Post by finchy on Mar 3, 2009 6:28:29 GMT -5
[/b] Oukan Saku
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Primary Weapon of Choice: Tsurugi (which he is rarely seen without)-"( The word is used in the West to refer to a specific type of Japanese straight, double-edged sword no longer in common use)
Secondary Weapon of Choice: Throwing Knife
Horse (only used in emergencies)
Signature Hand: Right handed
Character Type: Commander
Physical Appearance:
Brown eyed and with a look of confidence, despite not being traditionally handsome there’s something there that makes people willing to trust and follow him. Not a dominating figure and not obviously muscled despite this he is relatively strong and fast.
Long hair that covers his forehead and a beard over his lower face means that much of his face hidden and that which isn’t is heavily tanned as he spends a lot of time in the field.
Weight: A little below average
Height: 6 ft
Build: Not heavily muscled but capable of using a sword for hours and walking for longer. Made more for running then any other physical pursuit.
Likes:
Practising with his sword
Bathing
Reading texts, both histories and strategic manuals
Pet hounds
Music
Competitions
Dislikes:
Horse riding
Using bows
Hunting (because it generally requires doing the two above)
Manual labour
Immorality
Strengths:
Political skills
Charisma
Sword fighting
Devout to a cause
Good judge of character (i.e who will remain loyal)
Brave
Weaknesses:
Using a bow
Thinks his a better commander then he is (his better then average but no match for the likes of Oda or Shingen)
Tying in to the last point he can be egoistic
Overly competitive and is known to take offense if he deems someone to of cheated.
His dislike of horses means he often avoids cavalry charges
His opinion on right and wrong means he often won’t use underhand techniques that his rivals do.
Personality: His a Christian and as such lives by a different set of rules to most of the people in the era, he thinks of honour over power but his faith hides his highly ambitious nature and subconsciously he normally manipulates the situation to put himself forward. His humbler origins have given him a deep dislike of manual labour and since he spent the early years of his life as illiterate he loves his ability to read so enjoys showing off his scholarly knowledge and enjoys a good debate.
Background:
He was born in Mutsu, a son of a farmer however he got bored of that life and at the ages of 15 he joined an imperial army to crush a small rebellion. His commander recognised his talent and promoted him above normal rank for someone his of his age and birth. However this commander died before they reached the rebel base. The replacement officer was inept and the army suffered a series of reverses until they were surprised one evening by an ambush and were nearly wiped put. However Saku survived the intial panic and the remaining men rally to him as the highest ranking officer left. With just over 200 spearmen left they manage to escape. During the time of mentorship of the first commander he become literate and appears to be of a better class then he really was. He leads his men to join the new army sent to crush the rebels and receives high praise from the new commander. He then recieves a high rank and this time they crush the rebellion. The army disband but Saku retains 500 men and they became his core retainers. Its at this point he takes the surname Oukan which means crown as he says (and does believe but others think its a dream or made up to help him realise his ambition) that an angel told him to take the name and to restore order to Japan. This starts off his titianic struggle and gives him a certainly legality like in China and 'Heavens Mendate'. He also created a banner for himself which was a wolf howling at a cross and its on the pavises surrounding his tent and on the cloak he is never seen without.
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So is this ok?
