About Akodo TakajiCrunch:
Given Name: Takaji
Clan: Lion Family: Akodo School Akodo Bushi School Rank: 3 Insight: 191 Age: 21 Sex: Male Height: 5'6" Appearance: Dyed blonde hair, often disheveled. Clean shaven. Somewhat soft-spoken (mostly so that he can make people jump when he suddenly raises his voice) Earth 3 (Stamina 3; Willpower 3)
Init: 6k3
Health/Wounds (x2)
Skills
Advantages
Wary (3pts): You are constantly on alert, al- ways looking out for the unexpected. When rolling Investigation (Notice) / Perception against Stealth (Ambush) / Agility to detect an ambush, you add +1k1 to your roll. Kharmit Tie (2pts): Isawa Katsuko Disadvantages
Obligation [Matsu Kenichi] (3pts/minor): There is someone to whom you are indebted or for whom you must fulfill some significant duty. The nature of this debt can vary considerably, but when it comes due, nothing else matters. You must honor it, even if it leads to your ruination. The first level of this Disadvantage is a relatively minor matter that nevertheless demands your full attention. The second level represents a major, significant obligation that could potentially damage your family’s standing if you do not devote considerable time and resources to fulfilling it. Techniques
Strength of Purity: Akodo-trained warriors are known for their dedication to bushido, and take a fierce satisfaction in defeating dishonor- able foes. During a skirmish you may add your Honor Rank to the total of any single roll during your Turn. You may not increase damage rolls in this fashion, nor can you do this while assuming the Center Stance. Strength of my Ancestors: The Akodo bushi attacks twice, once for himself and once for his ancestors. You may make attacks as a Simple Action instead of a Complex Action while using weapons with the Samurai keyword. Gear:
Fluff:
Family
Takaji is the second son of Yoshiro and Akiko. His elder brother Katsuro is a bushi of the Matsu school. Katsuro is loud and brash, falling into the stereotype of both his Clan and his school, and due to the similarity in their appearance, many often assume the less well known younger brother is as well. As such, it's not unusual for Takaji to find himself part of what he's heard a few Crane refer to as "Lion Baiting," where they attempt to anger him into behaving in a shameful manner. Unfortunately for the Cranes, Takaji is not as easy to anger as his brother and takes great pleasure in frustrating them. He sometimes wishes he were good enough with words to turn the tables, but that seems to be a talent best left to his younger sister. Takaji's parents have started looking into an arranged marriage for him, a process that Takaji seems mostly indifferent to. He seems far more interested in practicing his swordsmanship and tactics. However, occassionaly when he sees the Lion's Pride practicing, he daydreams about what it'd be like to marry another bushi who shares his interests. He dismisses these as idle fancies though, figuring he'll wind up married to some fairly low level courtier. But he thinks as long as she can take care of his household, he'll be happy enough. Dream Takaji wishes to be part of a truly great war. Although he finds it unfortunate that most likely this will take place with the Crane, not because he likes them, but because he wishes to be part of something all clans will talk about for centuries to come, and he thinks this is most likely with some outside threat (probably from the Shadowlands). He wishes to see all* the clans united under the tactical brilliance of the Lion to defeat a great foe. *The Crane, Scorpion, and Dragon are left out of this vision because Takaji believes they have nothing to offer to this fight. The Crane are expert duelists, but duels aren't going to happen in the midst of a war. Politics are certainly unnecessary, further excluding both the Crane and Scorpion. And the Dragon never really leave their mountains. Even though he doesn't realistically think there's likely to be an incursion from outside of Rokugan, Takaji still lept at the chance to visit Crab lands. He figures the best he's going to get is the (probably exaggerated) stories of the samurai who have served on the wall, but you never really know. And really, he's spent far too much time recently in Lion lands. Whatever's to be found at Winter Court has got to be more interesting (or at least different) than sitting at home in meeting with one potential suitor or another or prowling along the Lion-Crane border to growl at those on the other side. Current Motivation Takaji is frustrated by his lack of true battle experience. Thus far he has only managed to be in a few very minor skirmishes and a lot of fairly uneventful patrols and escorts. The generals constantly speak of war with the Crane, but the longer the near-peace stretches, the further away it seems. Takaji keeps his frustration fairly well hidden though. At least compared to many of the other young Lions around him. His frustrations are exacerbated by the stories he hears of his brother getting into "real" skirmishes. A small part of him fears that war will break out while he's away in Crab lands. But a larger part worries that he'll soon go mad if he doesn't get away for a while. Or that the war will last long enough that he'll never see anything of the Shadowlands of legend. Weapons
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