Post by Anko Shosuro on Dec 7, 2009 0:20:45 GMT -5
OOC:
Puppeteer:
Hunter
IC:
Puppet:
Anko
Passed Down:
Shosuro
Cursed:
Female
Rotations:
213, appears to be 18
Form:
Shadow Youkai
Class:
Ninja
Destruction:
Beyond the usual assortment of ninja weapons, but her best weapon is Shinjitsu. It is a magical blade of the Shosuro family and it has a habit of choosing its own bearer and it has chosen Anko. The blade is powerful and can cut like a shadow, bypassing armor leaving deep wounds with no visible injury.
Powers/Abilities/Talents:
Anko has training in the arts of the shadow ninja which are as follows:
The Shadow has no Mask- This art allows the ninja to vanish into the shadows and large crowds effortlessly.
The Shadow has no Mercy- This is the art of the silent assassination, coming with it knowledge of how to strike perfectly so that even a minor would can cause agony or death.
The Shadow has no Form- A supernatural power that strips the shadow ninja a traits such as scent, leaving them that much harder to detect.
The Shadow has no Substance- The Shadow ninja develops the ability to actually turn invisible for several minutes at a time.
The Shadow has no Soul- With a bit of meditation the shadow ninja can shed her form of physical substance allowing her to walk through walls no thicker than a single inch per minute of meditation.
The Shadow has no Name- A shadow ninja learns at this point how to quiet its true name with a bit of meditation allowing it to alter its physical form however it sees fit. For each hour they choose to shape change they must meditate for one minute.
Beyond her training as a ninja the fact that she is a Shadow Youkai gives her many powers her human family members do not. The first and most useful is the power to transform into a living shadow. The other power that of the shadow bolt, which is a corrosive bolt of pure shadow and darkness that hits with the cold of the dark and drains life from such a hit.
Attitude Check:
Anko possesses a sense of cold loyalty, going beyond what even normal Bayushi possess. She also holds up the three oaths of the Shadow Ninjas: Secrecy, Loyalty, and Duty. Her sense of self is so linked to these and regardless of her circumstances these are the what she will fall back on, and in the end it is entirely possible that her unwavering loyalty to her clan may even extend beyond death. Beyond this sense of loyalty Anko has little regard for the lives of others or personal property and generally takes some enjoyment out of causing pain to others. She is one sadistic ninja who relishes phychological torment as much as physical.
Mirror:
Return to the Past:
Anko Shosuro was born not born in with that name, for in truth she was born Anko Goju, for she is one of Clan Bayushi's shadow youkai, and that puts her in a clear purpose within the clan, and that role is Ninja. Like many Goju born into the clan loyalty was instilled into her from a very early age, and knowledge of the price for disloyalty and Anko took these dark lessons in loyalty to heart and they would become a driving force in her life.
When Anko came of age she did what many Goju did and entered into the Dojo of the Hidden Moon, the Bayushi clan's school for Shadow Ninjas, a task her heritage made her a natural in, though this did not mean she had any easier a time than any other and still had to go through a Dojo which had a 25 percent death rate, and that's not counting those that are lost to the darkness of the shadow brands. Though Anko was turned down for branding as most Goju have no need of it and it is even more dangerous for them than it is for humans, given their preexisting connection to the shadow.
But Anko not only survived the training but thrived in it and eventually graduated out of the school and moved on to her mission which she was just as successful in, garnering her respect and glory within the clan while remaining unknown outside it. Amoung these rewards was a husband in the lordly family of the Shosuro, which she took with honor, and though she respected her husband as any good Bayushi does he was a human and she was not, and as such, she out lived him by a century at this point. She has some half-breed kids in the clan, but pays them little mind, after all even if they die, she can always have more. And her children, and even her own life mean nothing to the greater glory of the clan.
Other:
She knows some secrets of the clan that it would like to remain secrets, the fact that she lives shows how much the clan trusts in her.
