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Subject: Kátsuro {Chi Blocker} Sat Apr 14, 2012 1:25 am
Basic Character Information:
Name: Katsuro
Age: 17 Gender: Male
Looks: Warning alot of pictures. Disclaimer: I did not make these etc, and give credit to the manga the character derives from
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Description
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Katsuro height is nothing out of the ordinary. He stands at a modest 5'8 and weights about 160 lbs. Due to the fighting style he prefers, this is probably best. As being a smaller target allows him to move around much better. His skin is fairly dark which can cause him to stand out slightly among his fellow peers. Katsuro's hair is slightly out of the ordinary. It is a snow white, which among his dark skin stand out quite a bit. The picture is not entirely accurate, his hair while in the same if not similar style stands significantly shorter, making it harder to once again grab. It simply shows off his personality. Katsuro has a lean body build, not going for anything too muscular. If he was too bulky in a sense it would slow him down and cut into his agility, interfering with his fighting style. On his left hand there is scarring on his palm from when a knife entered his hand. On his left are burn scars from a fight earlier in his life. On his chest are several burn scars, as the fire circumvented his clothing and onto his bare skin beneath his clothes. His clothes are meant to allow freedom, but at the same time be comfortable. He does not want his clothes to get in the way of his fighting.Katsuro's shirt in a way doubles as a hoodie, fitting snugly and have a hood at the back.
However because he is well aware of people grabbing it to take him back, it can indeed snap off with buttons. Separating his hoodie from his shirt safely, avoiding any health risks that could come from it being caught...or grabbed. The shirt itself is black, with two white lines splitting it into three sections. Around his neck there is a small pendant given to him by family. It is a small piece of gold that has various parts of it cut out into almost like a maze. Very few have actually seen it, as he is extremely possessive of it. It is usually worn under his clothes to avoid it getting in his way. However in times of feeling safe or comfort he has no issue wearing it where it would be visible. His pants are black and white, alternating each side as if showing the two types of people he can be. They fit well enough so that he can move without them creating much if any noise, but aren't so tight they are uncomfortable. On his feet he wears shoes that come up to his ankles. Giving him ample protection against he damage sudden movements could cause damage to his ankles. The clothes are black, blending in with his pants, and offer good protection against various terrains so that he can move comfortably. The material is light, allowing for fast movements and most importantly, not much noise.
In Combat Note: Unfortunately I could not locate a simple image containing only who I was looking for. So I just took several pages from the manga depicting them, note the guys with the masks.
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Description
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When knowing he is about to enter a combat situation, or simply leaving away on a decently long trip or journey Katsuro dresses considerably differently. He wears a mask meant to conceal his face, simply because at times it is best to avoid being seen. As shown the mask doubles almost like a helmet, looping over to protect the back of his head as well. Effectively hiding his very distinct hair that he has. He wears slightly tighter clothes, and a vest over his shirt. His pants are not black and white, just simply black and a little bit tighter. He would also wear armor along with this set. This clothing is meant to allow him to move better in combat.
Personality:
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Katsuro is by no means a shy person. He is always willing to meet with people and make new friends. Towards those of the opposite sex however he may be a bit more reserved. Being close to his mother has thought him to treat women with a certain level of respect. However at the same time the teachings of his father have led him to believe that everyone is..or "should be" treated equal. Everyone should be given the same opportunities and be given or lose things all based upon their actions. This has led to a twisted combination of the two ideals forming in Katsuro. Deciding that he wants to take his own interpretation on life. He will treat everybody with respect, albeit women by default receive more. How he treats you from then on out depends on your actions and your attitude. He will not judge you as a person until he feels like he has gathered enough information to do so. Upon making his judgement it is by no means absolute, it is very malleable in fact. Allowing Your actions to change his view of your over time. How much varies based upon the severity of what was done and how often it happens. Katsuro is loyal to those he considers his friends, often times willing to put himself in danger for their well being. The term of friends is strict however, he will not throw his life away for somebody that would not even blink twice about doing the same for him. Towards his elders he is respectful in a sense. He doesn't buy into the older generations demand respect thing kids are taught.
He starts out having respect for those older than him. However it is quite easy for them to lose it, from acting like children to making rash and uneducated decisions. He feels those older should know better, and these mistakes are for the young to make. He does however have a habit of feeling a little confident about his abilities. Feeling that he is progressing abnormally fast for a person of his age, especially at such a difficult fighting style to master. Katsuro isn't sure how he feels about benders overall. They break the very laws of his ideals, believing that everyone should be born equal. In his mind Benders are born with an extreme handicap to their abilties, having god like control over the worlds basic elements to aid them in battle. At the same time, some do not lord over their abilities and take unfair advantage of them, and some do. When it comes down to it Katsuro is split entirely down the middle. Katsuro is no a military man like his father, he however has taken the time out of life to learn martial arts. The taking of life, bloody combat is not a concept he is so readily used too and quick to brush off. He tried not to understand people he must fight until they are no longer a threat, otherwise it may cause hesitation when he thinks about harming a human being.
Rank Information:
Rank: Adept Nation: Fire Nation Organization: N/A Bending Element: N/A
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Special Characteristics:
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Name:Furnace Flesh Nation:Fire Description:Residents of the Fire nation have lived and are around fire all the time. They have built up a resitance to heat and will not feel hot from their own fire or others. They can still get burned and feel pain from fire but will not be bothered by heat.
Name:Cunning wits Nation:Fire Description:Residents of the Fire nation are extremely cunning, they are good at battle plans and are very devious. They can formulate ideas quick in battle and are very sly individuals.
Name: Ambidextrous Range: Self Description: Katsuro's style requires quick precise strikes with both hands. To facilitate this Katsuro has trained himself to be ambidextrous. Having conciously ignored his dominant, right hand at times in favor for his left, working up to more complex action
Techniques:
Fighting Style:
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Origin:
Katsuro's fighting style is very unorthodox. It is not based upon bending, because he is incapable of doing such a thing. As such to remain combat effective in a bender dominated world he has taken several years of his life to learn martial arts. The core style that he uses has been passed down to him by his grandfather. This style of martial arts can be identified by it's closest real world counterpart Dim Mak, which focuses around hitting an opponents pressure points to disable them before then can fight back effectively.
Application:
The style is very physically demanding, as it requires the user to close the distance between them and the victim very quickly. Once that is done it requires extreme precision and knowledge of the body for the user to make any effective use of the style. Aiming a series of quick jabs or at times even kicks at pressure points along the designated body part. While in the terms of external damage the pain itself is negligible, the true damage is inside. Striking key pressure points along the body blocks the chi of the victim. To benders this can be especially dangerous as it renders them incapable of bending, often times the base of their fighting skills. Even otherwise it can render a struck body part immobile or if a person is struck right leave them incapable of moving for a set period of time. As said earlier it requires knowledge of the body, as not just anybody would know all the pressure points that need to be heat to have the desired effects. The strikes at times are capable of circumventing clothing, making light armor useless against the style.
Effects:
A person being struck in several pressure points have many effects. For one the struck body part, or even their entire body becomes immobile or at the very least nearly impossible to move for a set period of time. Essentially paralyzing them. For benders being struck can render bending impossible for a set period of time in addition to the paralytic affect. There are many pressure points on the human body that if struck properly can lead to death, making the style fully capable of killing a person. There is no way to train not being affected, simply high pain tolerance will not work, and the affects are the same across all types of people, as on humans the pressure points are all the same.
Videos To Watch. Remember to stop the music up top if your going to watch the vids!
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Shows the style in several different applications with several different effects. Even (albiet arguably) the strikes circumventing armor that victims are wearing. The paralytic affect multiple times such as the loss of bending ability.
Once again showing the speed at which the jabs happen. The intricate knowledge of the body needed, the paralytic affect and loss of bending. Lastly shows the agility and speed necessary to make good use of the style.
Name: Jīngquè Rank: Adept Element: N/A Range: Within arms Reach Description: A series of quick and not necessarily powerful jabs aimed at the pressure points of a persons arms or legs. These jabs happen in simply 1-2 seconds or less. The jabs Essentially paralyze the body part and render it impossible to bend via the arms or legs.
Name: Xiàmiàn Rank: Adept Element: N/A Range: Within Legs Reach Description: This is one to two quick kicks to a targets leg, usually the side of their shins, in front of their shins or somewhere on their knee's. These weak points will cause even the largest of people's legs to at the very least buckle, throwing them off balance. Since balance is the key behind most bending this can disrupt moves for a split second, long enough for Katsuro to launch a few other strikes at his target.
Name: Bēngkuì Rank: Adept Element: N/A Range: Arms Reach Description: A strong jab or hard grab to an opponents pressure point directly near the collarbone can cause their body to go limp and collapse to the ground. While this technique has the potential to paralyze them temporarily preventing movement at Katsuro's currently level, their body will go limp for one too two seconds causing them to fall. They will feel considerably weaker and slower for 10 seconds afterwards. Benders will be incapable of bending across whatever half of the body the strike was done too.
Name: Jīngquè--Zhōngxīn Rank: Adept Element: N/A Range: Arms Reach Description: Similar to the other version of the attack it is simply a series of extremely quick jabs aimed at pressure point. The difference is that these are aimed at the center mass of a persons body, having considerably different effects. Striking the body areas such as the lower ribs, sternum, and solar plexus. The strikes can damage lightly defended ribs, lungs knock a person down in pain out of air etc. The stomach is also described as the body's "The the source of energy in your body; it is called the sea of chi" meaning it can cut off bending entirely as the main hold for their chi is not closed.
Name: Tiānkōng Rank: Adept Element: N/A Range: Arms Reach Description: Katsuro begins this by grabbing one of the more vulnerable pressure points along the shoulders, neck, arms or even legs. The pressure on the vulnerable point leads the limb to be compliant, and immobile to the victim. He will use this to attempt to work them into an awkward position or an open position. If possible he will use this to throw them to the ground, either by flipping them over his shoulder or cutting out their legs, leaving them open to several strikes along the body.
Specialty skills:
Name: Medic Specialty: Medical Ability: Katsuro has intricate medical knowledge on how the human body works. He is capable of applying medical aid to others as well as himself. Making poisons, and most importantly understands and knows where the pressure points around the human body are. Allowing him to make great use of his fighting style.
Name: Acrobatic Specialty: Athlete Ability: Katsuro has spent years learning his style and it's strengths. He is incredibly agile fast, and flexible. He has an amazing sense of balance allowing him to land in small areas or even tightwalk on ropes. Preform flips, and scale buildings, this makes him a very difficult target to hit. Katsuro makes use of Parkour mainly to move around.
Weapons:
Name: Knife Pouch Appearance:
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Range: 15 meters effectively Rank: Adept Special Abilities: Holds Katsuro's knives safely. A quick motion of his right hand it will cause by default three blades to safely fall into his hand. Allowing him to make quick use of the weapons in a split second. Worn under sleeves. Origin: While Katsuro's parents were never directly involved in the military his grandfather was. As such the man had intricate knowledge of how weapons and other devices work and how to make them. He too himself was not a bender and as such recreated this for Katsuro, someone who took an interest in martial arts and fighting.
History and RP Sample: History: Childhood
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There is noting too special about Katsuro's childhood. He didn't have it particular hard and especially not easy. His family earned enough to live comfortably. Katsuro's mother was a doctor that worked out of home. His father worked in a shop out of town. Spawning frequent trips that would lead his father to be absent for extended periods of time. This absence of a father led to Katsuro becoming close to his mother at a young age. His grandfather, an ex military man also stepped up to fill the role of a father figure. His grandfathers stern values instilled a level of respect for those older than him. Kept the young boy in line and for the most part kept him out of trouble excluding a small bit of mischief here and there. Still that could not fill the void of a father, so whenever Katsuro's father tended to return from his travels the kid would spent all his time with him. Listening to what he had to say despite how boring it may have been and just taking advantage of the small bit of time they had together before it was lost again. This led the two, to still having a close relationship despite the distance the way it should be between father and son.
Awake
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As time moved on and Katsuro became older, things began to change around him. The ideals instilled in him by three separate people had flourished, beginning to define the very person that he was. His mother began to have more work as a doctor. With nobody else around to help, Katsuro took up the job. It was cheaper than hiring help, and they weren't exactly rolling in cash in a sense. Not only that but it was a chance for him to learn things about the human body that fascinated him. Under the apprenticeship of his mother he cared for several people of various different injuries. He learned how to set broken bones, drugs that can be used on people for different effects and possibly most importantly weak points and vital spots in the human body. On the side of his grandfather Katsuro had delved deeper into his military heritage. The old man had taken the time to teach him basic fighting skills, something which Katsuro had a surprising affinity for.
He picked up on what he was taught extremely fast, and while his grandfather held knowledge of weak points on a body to strike. The true chi blocking techniques using intricate knowledge of the human body came from the boy himself, applying his mothers teachings in a way that if she found out would make her cry. His skill for Parkour came from just curiosity, a want to run along the rooftops and learn how to move. Showing his desire to learn new things on his own, a never ending curiosity that pushed him forwards in life. This urge however led the young man to wish to experience things. To test out what he had learned in the field of combat. One could say that this was in a sense the beginning of Katsuro's fall from grace almost. Involving himself in street fights, instigating problems, running from police. All to test his fighting abilities, all to test his Parkour skills. However to him nothing brought the same exhilaration as fighting a bender. Something about meeting a formidable enemy that you could get along with made him happy. At the same time knocking the gifted off their arrogant pedestal made him feel accomplished, maybe because he felt inferior, not born with their natural talent. Needless to say, his grandfather and mother were disappointed and attempted to lock him down. It was like a pressure cooker, eventually he would explode and run off and pull the same things.
Splintered Family
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His father was gone rarely visiting he never really met his family much. The bond between him and Katsuro began to weaken, the one with Katsuro's wife shattered. After some time she herself developed an illness. What exactly it was, Katsuro was never truly told. All he knew is that she got sicker with each passing week. Still their father sent letters, incapable of meeting them or finding them. A few days after Katsuro's fifteenth birthday his mother presented him with something. A simple token thanks for all his help, and an official introduction into the family. A gold pendant, that she had mad specifically for him. The design of a maze meant to symbolize that no matter how hard something tried to keep him locked down there was always a way out. Without hesitation he gladly accepted it, and went about his day as usual. Later that night upon entering his house, Katsuro discovered something admittedly cliche but new to him. Three men holding his mother against the wall, visibly beaten and injured. Being the only parent he felt he had of course the young man retaliated, barely knowing their reason and mostly not caring to know it.
After a fight which using his unique style of fighting catching the three firebenders off guard seemed to work everything fell apart. Inexperience in true life or death combat left Katsuro making vital mistakes, in the end he was struck with a throwing knife in his left hand, causing the puncture would scar. On his right hand he was burned while trying to block a punch in panic. His chest also has burn wounds from blasts that hit him nearly directly, however the damage was superficial suggesting no real intention to kill him. When he awoke in his grandfathers bed later, his wounds had been wrapped and dressed. His mother had been killed her body and their house burned nearly unidentifiable. The same people he trusted all his life, benders and non benders alike simply salvaged what was left while he was asleep. His grandfather too old to bother stopping them, grieving the loss of his daughter, and Katsuro not having the strength to get it back if he wanted too, especially with his injuries. He now only had his grandfather, his father stopped responding to letters, and times became hard, the main source of income, his mothers profession as a doctor now gone, him being too young for people to trust him. His grandfather was far too old to work, and did not have enough saved up to support them both, so Katsuro now takes care of himself. After some careful digging, to find his father Katsuro discovered the truth of that night. In her loneliness and poor health his mother began cheating on his father. Someone who worked for very, adventurous "business men". In this person she began to love, she began to confide in him details that his father would have preferred to keep secret. The man she shared it with also could not keep secrets, eventually word follow information networks and corrupt law enforcement reaching his father and employers.
In a rage, sadness and hope to stay out of jail, he dispatched the men Katsuro met that night to handle his mother. Wishing to make her suffer the shame she had forced upon him. Unfortunately his despicable actions were all in vain, as six months later he was arrested for his part in organized crime. Behind bars, watched twenty four seven and never attempted to face his son, Katsuro felt abandoned, betrayed, livid. He wanted to get revenge but has no means of doing it. Since then he has taken steps to improve his fighting style, being far more efficient at it. Resolved not to have a repeat of that night. His old house has been long since torn down and replaced with a store. The pendant he received that day a painful reminder to what happened that night. Every-time he touches it or even looks at it, he feels the burns on his body come alive again. However he holds onto it, not wanting to forgot the pain his mother had probably felt, to forgot his mistakes that night. Now all he has left is his grandfather, an old man in the waning days of his time on this earth, who at times can't even remember who the young man standing in front of him is. Just one more pitiful sight that Katsuro has to endure in his life.
Rp Sample: Taken from another site
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"Just get out of my face..." Cold and defeated words of someone who had just experienced something that nobody ever should. Sad words really, Takumi's onisugan picked up the lifelessness in her actions as she stared blankly at the table. Shaking his head the Shugendo left the room. Soon later, everything he promised would enter, he would watch from behind a one way mirror, for any sign of reaction. She wouldn't be able to see him or know he was there, but he would easily be able to see her. She didn't react, she didn't touch her food or drink. For all purposes she was basically dead. Sad really, but if this is what it took then this is what it took. There was nothing he could do about that. After a little while he would enter the room once again. Taking his old seat back beside her, he simply waved his hands. The way she was acting it wasn't needed in the least.
Quickly two guards came in and removed the shackles from her body. The distance between them would not be closed, and he still had ways to defend himself. But atleast now he could talk without having to listening to the annoying sound of that rushing metal. Sitting up, he was a bit insulted by her refusal to look up at him. The way he was brought up, the way he was raised in this country. You always looked as if you had pride to give. Clearly at this moment she had none but would it kill her to atleast act so? Sighing the young Shugendo never deactivated his onisugan. Cracking his neck, Takumi sat down once more and stared at the girl for a moment. There was no smile, his true sociopathic emotion showing out. Takumi looked up at the girl ignoring everything she was given.
Can't really blame her for not being hungry when you think about it. Well either way it was time to get to work. Sitting back down, Takumi looked directly at her. "Now now..I know being walked through the streets is humiliating but this isn't how one usually acts after the event. I want to get to the bottom of my job fast. But first thing is first, your actions, your bruises and your cuts. What went on in that room, I found the wait time a little bit suspicious, and their claim that there was no cloths to give you is shaky at best. I want to know what happened and deal with it accordingly." There would be no change in his voice. No hint at a possible lie, simply because there was no lie. Well, he knew what went on in the room, but if he wanted to act on it, she needed to say something. Maybe she didn't want to talk about it, he had never studied victims of what he had just seen before. So for all he knew her actions were set. Still he had a plan, and however painful and traumatizing that was for him, he would find a way to make her talk. Takumi just hoped that the people that were ordered to be rounded up did so quickly. He was in fact a bit impatient, no reason to wait here.
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