Name: Moretsu Kurenai
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Alliance: Good
Skills: Being the sole protector of his (family's) farm, Moretsu became skilled with a wide array of short-range weapons. Not only did this include the usual fighter's weapons (swords, knives/daggers, axes), but also any random item he could find lying around, including farm equipment (staffs/rakes, sickles, rope/chains).
Appearance: 5'9". Moretsu is of a lean build, with black hair and brown eyes. Due to a mishap in his past, he has a dark-red scar that extends from his right temple, curves across his eye and down his face across the left half of his chin and neck, and then curves back across his torso in the other direction, stopping at his right hip. Presently, he wears a crimson-red long-sleeved robe with a hood. He always has a sword at his right hip, a knife at his left, and a pair of sais (or whatever the fictional-Medieval world's equivalent is) in his robe, which he picked up while on an overseas mission (overseas being Japan, or this Medieval world's equivalent of Japan =P). Being foreign to his home country, they are his favorite weapons, given that he had to learn to use them entirely on his own.
History: Moretsu was born into a family of farmers, the only farmers in his small hometown. Though he had two older brothers and an older sister, they were all terribly lazy and didn't do much to help the farm. As the years passed, his siblings left home one by one, until he was the only child remaining shortly after turning 6. His parents soon lost heart in the farm, and turned to studying magic. Moretsu hated it. From then on he (for the most part) single-handedly tended the crops and the farm. His parents hardly noticed.
A few days after he took over, he took his first trip to the town market. It was then he met Jenna, a weapons expert. Moretsu instantly took an interest to the sharp blades and heavy axes, so Jenna arranged to train Moretsu every week.
It paid off within 2 months. After his second session, he received his first sword from Jenna. He took it with him into the fields while he worked. One day he saw a thief break into his house. Knowing that his parents were busy with their silly magic in the basement, he followed the intruder into his house. Using his sword, he was able to fight off the intruder. His parents never knew; he didn't tell them.
The next few years passed with little change. Tending to the farm alone (he didn't know why his parents didn't notice the unchanged flow of income, despite the fact that all they did was tinker with their crazy experiments) and constant training with Jenna. One day when he was 12, Moretsu's father called him into the basement asking for some help with his latest crazy experiment. He tentatively followed and agreed to help. But something went wrong; his dad had made a mistake. There was an explosion. All Moretsu remembered was a searing pain across his chest and his face. He immediately ran upstairs and out of the house, cursing the foul magic his parents loved so much more than himself. Despite the agonizing pain, he made his way to Jenna’s. However, when he arrived, Jenna wasn’t there. There was no sign that there ever was a Jenna. Heartbroken, he instead walked himself to the clinic, where he spent two days recovering. The scar was permanent, though.
After recovering, he returned home, collected the weapons that he had received from Jenna, and left town without saying goodbye.
Joining the military, he made a life for himself in the large city of [INSERT NAME HERE], where his skill with weapons shot him through the ranks. But after a run-in with a fellow officer over a petty debate, he was demoted a rank. Moretsu dropped out of the military shortly after. He wasn’t forgotten however. People contacted him knowing of his skills, and he soon became an exceptional mercenary, a job which he continues to this day. It takes him across the world, where he’s able to increase his skill by learning new techniques and gather new weapons. Because of this, he’s a very well-rounded fighter.
Personality: Moretsu has a very short temper. He's very easily annoyed and becomes angry when things don't go his way. He's prone to rash decisions and snap-judgment. He HATES magic with a passion.
However, he is also very introverted. Being quiet and reserved, people are often frightened when his anger emerges.
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