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Character: Rokurou Rangetsu
Canon: Tales of Berseria; post end game
Age: 22
Background Information:
wiki and my write-up.
Rokurou is the sixth and youngest son of the Rangetsu clan, a family renowned for their masterful swordsmanship, duty, and commitment. The Rangetsu clan was founded when their ancestor came to the continent from a foreign country and was helped by a noble family, the Capaluses. Since then, the clan has served the Capaluses, assisting them as bodyguards, assassins, body doubles—whatever is called for them. It is because of this past that the family, and Rokurou in particular, holds the following creed: "Always return that which you've borrowed, even if you must repay it with your life." So how did someone from a prestige lineage fall into a daemon?
For most of his life, Rokurou has always trained and therefore competed against his oldest brother, Ichirou. However, Ichirou was basically a natural genius and Rokurou always lost against him no matter how hard he trained. This fostered what would become a deep intense hatred, and once Ichirou became the head of the family (now called "Shigure"), Rokurou set to seek his own personal revenge and kill him. (It's kind of what the Rangetsus do; strange warrior family.) He created a lie to justify his attempts to execute Shigure, but ultimately failed and humiliated himself. Sentenced to essentially life in prison (500 years), Rokurou's intense hatred, anger, shame, and jealousy ultimately drives up his malevolence and transforms him into a yaksha—a war daemon. All at age 19 (darn those teenage hormones).
Three years later, another daemon named Velvet Crowe would break out of her cell and incite a riot prison, allowing him to escape. After informing him the location of his sword, Rokurou vowed to follow and help fight alongside her in repayment of his debt (remember the creed?). Since then he's followed Velvet through her journey of her own vengeance, gathering others along the way. Rokurou himself is able to gain help from the daemon blacksmith, Kurogane, to forge various swords to fight against Shigure. But it would ultimately be Kurogane forging himself into the blade Kurogane's Stormquell that allows Rokurou to beat and kill Shigure in their final battle. He then continues to help Velvet finish her own goals, and with everything more or less "settled," he goes off on his own way to continue his journey to become the strongest swordsman.
Rokurou still has a long path to go to actually supersede the skill and talent of his brother, but at least he's found some peace after finally connecting with him.
Personality:
More detailed write-up can be found here but this is a shorter version:
Rokurou is actually a pretty simple guy every since becoming a daemon. For the most part, he's a chill, easygoing, considerate, honest, friendly guy and at first glance you honestly wouldn't be able to tell he has a dangerous, daemonic side to him. As a daemon many of his old human emotions have become muted so he doesn't feel as deeply or worried about things as often as humans do, and that just lends to his easygoing nature. But he's still a very energetic and happygolucky, carefree kind of guy, usually looking at things in a positive light. He's also usually the one trying to pull people back down if they go to extreme, and he can be very understanding, usually taking things objectively. And despite becoming a daemon, he still holds his family's values close to heart. He'll remain steadfast, loyal, protective, and will repay any debts owed. He also is very proud of his family heritage, and anyone who besmirches a family member's skill, even if it's Shigure, will incur his wrath. Despite whatever insecurities or jealousies he has over his brother or anyone else who may happen to fall into a similar position, that doesn't blind him to the fact that they are worthy of respect and admiration. He also holds very true to his honor and values, sometimes to a fault.
However, he's not completely a "blind follower." He may help others and can be selfless, but he's actually quite selfish in his goals and motivations. He'll even work around and make loopholes to get out of any of his previously placed debts when he had been human, saying that now he's a daemon it doesn't really matter as much, anymore. He's a very "go at his own pace" and independent kind of guy, doing whatever he feels like and following his own path. And while he will help others, if it starts moving against to what he wants to do, it's not impossible that he will also turn around. Fortunately, such circumstances will only really come about if it involves anything with fighting.
As a war daemon, he really, really likes fighting. And swords. One of his main catchphrases is, "my sword is my life" and it's a reflection of his life as a swordsman. Just as a daemon, it gets kicked up several notches. Get in the way of his fight, then friend or not, he'll turn on them. That said, it should be noted that's more of an unconscious, "natural" side of him being a war daemon. He'll apologize and try to warn people beforehand to try and not have people get unwittingly dragged in, but after that all bets are off. So he's a nice guy, but with extreme bloodlust.
And finally, there's his anger and the other negative feelings that made him a daemon. Pretty much all of it is related to his relationship with Shigure, but it's still a reflection of his flaws. His intense hatred and anger consumed him so much that it blinded him, allowing his insecurities and jealousy cloud his judgment and become too reckless or overconfident. A lot of this has been tempered and he has a much better understanding of his flaws now, working on turning it around to use them as a strength rather than a weakness. But sometimes it can crop up if he feels particularly emotional or passionate about something, losing his cool and becoming more of a brash hothead.
However despite all that, it's that same pride that allows him to retain a lot of his "human" self. Although he'll do almost anything to get stronger, he doesn't want to become a mindless monster. Instead he prefers and takes great pride in his ability to maintain his reason despite being a daemon. Sure he sometimes loses it when he gets out of control in a fight, but he has yet to go truly berserk. That could of course change in the future, but for now he's doing pretty good.
Abilities & Inventory:
Although a daemon, Rokurou doesn't have any true "supernatural" powers as all of his skills come from what he trained when he used to be human. He's an expert swordsman, capable of using both dual short swords and the greatsword. However, due to his upbringing and personal preference, he mainly fights with the dual short swords and reserves the greatsword for more punishing moves and finishers. He can also perform more elemental focused hidden artes call "Form Seals." These involve moving his blades in certain formations to activate the arte rather than attacking directly. It's just as quick and instantaneous, with the more advanced artes packing a lot of damage. A compilation of all his artes can be found here.
Because of the style, he is very agile and quick on his feet, capable of crossing distances in a short amount of time, sometimes even seeming to "teleport." He signature moves involve countering, where he'll change stance so that he can parry and appear behind his opponent for the counter attack. This can allow him to chain more attacks which can eventually lead to some of his more powerful Mystic Artes.
Becoming a daemon has also heightened his senses and increased his strength, but not overly so. He still trains everyday as he wants to rely on his personal skill rather than just the bonus daemon strength. Although sometimes not immediate, he is capable of sensing whether someone is human or not, as well as recognize fellow daemons (demons) or spirits. He is also more resistant to temperatures and illnesses, finding extreme heat or cold not a problem and (supposedly) incapable of catching common diseases like colds. (Doesn't stop him or the others from sneezing!)
His malevolence will still be a thing, but fortunately he keeps it under wraps so no one should be affected by it. However, if there is some big nightmare event or something that forces him to lose his otherwise cool head, then it's possible for it to seep out and affect others. This will lead to a slow corruption, though in Songerein it might be more of having nightmares and attracting noctaere. Rokurou himself technically has a higher chance of becoming a noctaere due to his nature of being a daemon and all that malevolence, but it's unlikely since he is more levelheaded about things. But some more details on how he'll work can be read here.
As for his weapons, he'll be bringing four swords. Yes. Four. Because that's how he is. Not only will have both Kurogane and Stormhowl, but he'll have his short swords as well. He's still training up to use the two greatswords so his primary weapons will be the short swords, but he'll gradually move to maining the greatswords. Because his artes aren't too all powerful, they shouldn't need to be nerfed.
For learning abilities, there's nothing too crazy I have in mind other than just augmenting his current artes or learning some new ones based off dreamotion energy. They would all be in the similar vein of "video game Tales" abilities. When dreamwalking, however, Rokurou will definitely try to be able to summon swords at will. Unlimited bladeworks will happen this time mark my words—
Just a note that in canon, once the "daemonblight" is cured no one except those with high resonance or spiritual affinity can see his daemon markings. However, this won't be a thing in Songerein, so anyone will be able to see the marking on his face and his daemon eye clearly.
Suitability & Plans:
/cackles
Okay more seriously, Rokurou is just a great character to throw into any setting. He's a chill dude, but he's fairly social and get along with most anyone. And with anyone he doesn't, he just has a great excuse to fight them so "negative" CR isn't really all that negative for him. He's a versatile, fun character that can easily get involved with things—and just as easily can be kept out if needed since all I need is the excuse that he went off to fight some strong monster or fae. He also has some great materials for dreams, both good and bad, and he'll be an easy one to get involved with others.
As for plans, there is one thing I want to do and that is have him go berserk and go full war daemon at some point. IT WAS FUN TO DO BACK IN EMPATHEIAS let's see how it runs in dreamland ho ho ho. His malevolence does open up other possibilities related to nightmares, and while he would be careful, stuff can happen outside of his control (ie, whatever events we throw at them huhu). So. Just a lot of fun all around.
Test Drive Sample: Sample
Questions: why do i do this to myself... » this remains unchanged crying. Rokurou will remembering everything from his previous stay.
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flamekthunderCharacter: Rokurou Rangetsu
Canon: Tales of Berseria; post end game
Age: 22
Background Information:
wiki and my write-up.
Rokurou is the sixth and youngest son of the Rangetsu clan, a family renowned for their masterful swordsmanship, duty, and commitment. The Rangetsu clan was founded when their ancestor came to the continent from a foreign country and was helped by a noble family, the Capaluses. Since then, the clan has served the Capaluses, assisting them as bodyguards, assassins, body doubles—whatever is called for them. It is because of this past that the family, and Rokurou in particular, holds the following creed: "Always return that which you've borrowed, even if you must repay it with your life." So how did someone from a prestige lineage fall into a daemon?
For most of his life, Rokurou has always trained and therefore competed against his oldest brother, Ichirou. However, Ichirou was basically a natural genius and Rokurou always lost against him no matter how hard he trained. This fostered what would become a deep intense hatred, and once Ichirou became the head of the family (now called "Shigure"), Rokurou set to seek his own personal revenge and kill him. (It's kind of what the Rangetsus do; strange warrior family.) He created a lie to justify his attempts to execute Shigure, but ultimately failed and humiliated himself. Sentenced to essentially life in prison (500 years), Rokurou's intense hatred, anger, shame, and jealousy ultimately drives up his malevolence and transforms him into a yaksha—a war daemon. All at age 19 (darn those teenage hormones).
Three years later, another daemon named Velvet Crowe would break out of her cell and incite a riot prison, allowing him to escape. After informing him the location of his sword, Rokurou vowed to follow and help fight alongside her in repayment of his debt (remember the creed?). Since then he's followed Velvet through her journey of her own vengeance, gathering others along the way. Rokurou himself is able to gain help from the daemon blacksmith, Kurogane, to forge various swords to fight against Shigure. But it would ultimately be Kurogane forging himself into the blade Kurogane's Stormquell that allows Rokurou to beat and kill Shigure in their final battle. He then continues to help Velvet finish her own goals, and with everything more or less "settled," he goes off on his own way to continue his journey to become the strongest swordsman.
Rokurou still has a long path to go to actually supersede the skill and talent of his brother, but at least he's found some peace after finally connecting with him.
Personality:
More detailed write-up can be found here but this is a shorter version:
Rokurou is actually a pretty simple guy every since becoming a daemon. For the most part, he's a chill, easygoing, considerate, honest, friendly guy and at first glance you honestly wouldn't be able to tell he has a dangerous, daemonic side to him. As a daemon many of his old human emotions have become muted so he doesn't feel as deeply or worried about things as often as humans do, and that just lends to his easygoing nature. But he's still a very energetic and happygolucky, carefree kind of guy, usually looking at things in a positive light. He's also usually the one trying to pull people back down if they go to extreme, and he can be very understanding, usually taking things objectively. And despite becoming a daemon, he still holds his family's values close to heart. He'll remain steadfast, loyal, protective, and will repay any debts owed. He also is very proud of his family heritage, and anyone who besmirches a family member's skill, even if it's Shigure, will incur his wrath. Despite whatever insecurities or jealousies he has over his brother or anyone else who may happen to fall into a similar position, that doesn't blind him to the fact that they are worthy of respect and admiration. He also holds very true to his honor and values, sometimes to a fault.
However, he's not completely a "blind follower." He may help others and can be selfless, but he's actually quite selfish in his goals and motivations. He'll even work around and make loopholes to get out of any of his previously placed debts when he had been human, saying that now he's a daemon it doesn't really matter as much, anymore. He's a very "go at his own pace" and independent kind of guy, doing whatever he feels like and following his own path. And while he will help others, if it starts moving against to what he wants to do, it's not impossible that he will also turn around. Fortunately, such circumstances will only really come about if it involves anything with fighting.
As a war daemon, he really, really likes fighting. And swords. One of his main catchphrases is, "my sword is my life" and it's a reflection of his life as a swordsman. Just as a daemon, it gets kicked up several notches. Get in the way of his fight, then friend or not, he'll turn on them. That said, it should be noted that's more of an unconscious, "natural" side of him being a war daemon. He'll apologize and try to warn people beforehand to try and not have people get unwittingly dragged in, but after that all bets are off. So he's a nice guy, but with extreme bloodlust.
And finally, there's his anger and the other negative feelings that made him a daemon. Pretty much all of it is related to his relationship with Shigure, but it's still a reflection of his flaws. His intense hatred and anger consumed him so much that it blinded him, allowing his insecurities and jealousy cloud his judgment and become too reckless or overconfident. A lot of this has been tempered and he has a much better understanding of his flaws now, working on turning it around to use them as a strength rather than a weakness. But sometimes it can crop up if he feels particularly emotional or passionate about something, losing his cool and becoming more of a brash hothead.
However despite all that, it's that same pride that allows him to retain a lot of his "human" self. Although he'll do almost anything to get stronger, he doesn't want to become a mindless monster. Instead he prefers and takes great pride in his ability to maintain his reason despite being a daemon. Sure he sometimes loses it when he gets out of control in a fight, but he has yet to go truly berserk. That could of course change in the future, but for now he's doing pretty good.
Abilities & Inventory:
Although a daemon, Rokurou doesn't have any true "supernatural" powers as all of his skills come from what he trained when he used to be human. He's an expert swordsman, capable of using both dual short swords and the greatsword. However, due to his upbringing and personal preference, he mainly fights with the dual short swords and reserves the greatsword for more punishing moves and finishers. He can also perform more elemental focused hidden artes call "Form Seals." These involve moving his blades in certain formations to activate the arte rather than attacking directly. It's just as quick and instantaneous, with the more advanced artes packing a lot of damage. A compilation of all his artes can be found here.
Because of the style, he is very agile and quick on his feet, capable of crossing distances in a short amount of time, sometimes even seeming to "teleport." He signature moves involve countering, where he'll change stance so that he can parry and appear behind his opponent for the counter attack. This can allow him to chain more attacks which can eventually lead to some of his more powerful Mystic Artes.
Becoming a daemon has also heightened his senses and increased his strength, but not overly so. He still trains everyday as he wants to rely on his personal skill rather than just the bonus daemon strength. Although sometimes not immediate, he is capable of sensing whether someone is human or not, as well as recognize fellow daemons (demons) or spirits. He is also more resistant to temperatures and illnesses, finding extreme heat or cold not a problem and (supposedly) incapable of catching common diseases like colds. (Doesn't stop him or the others from sneezing!)
His malevolence will still be a thing, but fortunately he keeps it under wraps so no one should be affected by it. However, if there is some big nightmare event or something that forces him to lose his otherwise cool head, then it's possible for it to seep out and affect others. This will lead to a slow corruption, though in Songerein it might be more of having nightmares and attracting noctaere. Rokurou himself technically has a higher chance of becoming a noctaere due to his nature of being a daemon and all that malevolence, but it's unlikely since he is more levelheaded about things. But some more details on how he'll work can be read here.
As for his weapons, he'll be bringing four swords. Yes. Four. Because that's how he is. Not only will have both Kurogane and Stormhowl, but he'll have his short swords as well. He's still training up to use the two greatswords so his primary weapons will be the short swords, but he'll gradually move to maining the greatswords. Because his artes aren't too all powerful, they shouldn't need to be nerfed.
For learning abilities, there's nothing too crazy I have in mind other than just augmenting his current artes or learning some new ones based off dreamotion energy. They would all be in the similar vein of "video game Tales" abilities. When dreamwalking, however, Rokurou will definitely try to be able to summon swords at will. Unlimited bladeworks will happen this time mark my words—
Just a note that in canon, once the "daemonblight" is cured no one except those with high resonance or spiritual affinity can see his daemon markings. However, this won't be a thing in Songerein, so anyone will be able to see the marking on his face and his daemon eye clearly.
Suitability & Plans:
/cackles
Okay more seriously, Rokurou is just a great character to throw into any setting. He's a chill dude, but he's fairly social and get along with most anyone. And with anyone he doesn't, he just has a great excuse to fight them so "negative" CR isn't really all that negative for him. He's a versatile, fun character that can easily get involved with things—and just as easily can be kept out if needed since all I need is the excuse that he went off to fight some strong monster or fae. He also has some great materials for dreams, both good and bad, and he'll be an easy one to get involved with others.
As for plans, there is one thing I want to do and that is have him go berserk and go full war daemon at some point. IT WAS FUN TO DO BACK IN EMPATHEIAS let's see how it runs in dreamland ho ho ho. His malevolence does open up other possibilities related to nightmares, and while he would be careful, stuff can happen outside of his control (ie, whatever events we throw at them huhu). So. Just a lot of fun all around.
Test Drive Sample: Sample
Questions: why do i do this to myself... » this remains unchanged crying. Rokurou will remembering everything from his previous stay.