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Full Name

Saki Kanazawa

Race

Human

Classes/Levels

Paladin 5

Stats:
HP: 44/44 || AC: 22, touch: 12, flat-footed: 21; Snake Style || CMD: 20 || Fort: +9, Ref: +5, Will: +8 || Init: +1 || Perception: +1 || Immune: disease, fear; aura of courage 10 ft.

Gender

Female

Size

Medium

Age

20

Alignment

LG

Deity

Shelyn

Location

Avistan (originally from Minkai, Tian Xia)

Languages

Common, Minkaian, Tien

Occupation

Warrior of love, beauty and justice

Strength 17
Dexterity 13
Constitution 14
Intelligence 10
Wisdom 12
Charisma 14

About Saki Kanazawa

Name: Saki Kanazawa (name in kanji)
Gender: Female
Age: 23
Race: Human
Class: Paladin
Deity: Shelyn
XP: 12
PP: 12
FP: 17
PFS Number: #10321-1

Daily Abilities:
.....Smite Evil—2/2
.....Lay on Hands (2d6)—4/4 [channel energy 3d6 for 2 uses]
.....Divine Bond (+1; 5 minutes)—1/1

Spells Prepared:
1st--divine favor, honeyed tongue

Appearance:
Saki is a short and attractive Tian-Min woman with a trim but muscular physique. She moves with preternatural grace, careful footsteps and a gentle touch, coupled with an eternally-present dimpled smile. Her eyes are like flawless sapphires, more often than not sparking in merriment. Her dark brown hair is usually kept tied in a loose ponytail with bangs left to frame her face, and is frequently adorned with hana kanzashi (traditional flower-shaped hair ornaments). Given a choice, Saki prefers to wear flowing and tasteful gowns, and is especially fond of traditional silk garb from her distant homeland of Minkai. When forced into battle, Saki wears a suit of full plate that is as artistic as it is functional. The shoulder greaves are fashioned into the shape of a songbird, with stylised wings spiking backwards, and the body is engraved with songbird and cherry blossom iconography. Her weapon of choice is the glaive, sacred to her faith, and hers is a well-made black polearm decorated with traditional beadwork and engraved with poetry in Minkaian script.

Personality:
Saki is polite and genial, always approaching the world with a warm and gentle smile and an even, diplomatic touch. She is considerate and kind, a friend to all and loathe to think negatively about any individual. Optimistic almost to a fault, Saki tries her best to find the positives in every situation, although she has trouble dealing with people who take a more pessimistic viewpoint. Though she constantly tries to find the beauty in every person, she constantly finds faults and flaws in her own self, and as a result constantly pushes herself to improve on what she views as past mistakes and can be quite down on herself.

Love to her is the most sacred of all things, and must not ever be destroyed or twisted--whether that is love of a partner, love of the family, love of one's companions, or love of life itself. However, she finds herself hesitant to form close bonds with others, unable to shake off the sense of danger instilled into her as a child and too critical of her own self to indulge in her Goddess's greatest gift. Instead she seeks to cause love to blossom wherever she can, even if she herself should never be worthy of it.

As a devotee of Shelyn, Saki is enamoured with all kinds of beauty, whether that be a masterful piece of artwork, an expertly crafted turn of phrase, or an exquisite vista lit by dawn's light. She practices traditional Tian dance, weaving the movements into her combat actions in order to return even the slightest of beauty to one of the most ugly of acts: killing. She also fancies poetry and calligraphy, often quoting from famous Tian poets.

Background:
For centuries, the Kanazawa family were retainers in service to the Higashiyama family, serving as honoured members in his retinue and personal guard. The clan were known as talented entertainers, artists, and wise counsellors both on and off the battlefield, and many a famous poem or artwork can be attributed back to one of the Kanazawa ancestors. Saki was born in her family's sprawling home in Kasai amidst the turmoil of a bubbling civil war, and was witness to the fallout from the imprisonment of Emperor Shigure Higashiyama by his own clan. Her parents, loyal servants to the emperor, protested the move, and were harshly critical of the Jade Regent's despotism—and they were excommunicated for their efforts. The shame of losing their exalted position was compounded by their visitation by hired ninjas; if not for her parents' skill at arms, the three would have perished in the night. Instead, the young Saki was bundled up and hurried off in secret under the cover of night, evading the retaliation that would no doubt follow their passage.

The next few years of her life were grim as the exiled family members travelled across the continent, constantly wary of pursuit. Saki came to understand that her parents knew something about the Jade Regent and the machinations of why the Emperor was sealed away, but they would never tell her what that was, no doubt for her own safety. Her parents taught her all they knew, training her in herbal healing arts, in dance and poetry, in the glaive-dance combat sacred to the Shelynite faith. Life was never unhappy for the young Saki, and even though she would always miss the warmth and artistry of their ancestral home, she discovered—and created—beauty wherever she went. At the age of 15, the exiled family left the country through a Gokan trading ship bound for Andoran. They paid the captain quite richly to record their names as something entirely different and to conveniently 'forget' that they were ever aboard the ship at all.

Adjusting to the foreign way of life was difficult, but being able to live in the one place without fear of attack was something of a relief as well. Saki took to the strong belief in freedom espoused in her new home of Almas, finding it deliciously liberating after many years of strict living. Though a very disciplined, honourable, and dedicated person, Andoran's message of liberation—of freedom from persecution and hatred—helped to break down some of the internal barriers Saki had developed over her many years in hiding throughout Tian Xia. Saki joined the Pathfinder Society as a means of stretching her wings and seeing the world; fighting against the tyranny she found there was merely an additional benefit to her new lifestyle.

Stat Block:

Saki Kanazawa
Female Human (Tian-Min) Paladin 5
LG Medium humanoid (human)
Init +1; Senses Perception +1
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Defense
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AC 22, touch 12, flat-footed 21 (+10 armor, +1 Dex, +1 deflection)
hp 44 (5d10+10)
Fort +9, Ref +5, Will +8
Immune disease, fear
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Offense
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Speed 20 ft.
Melee +1 glaive +10 (1d10+5/×3) or
. . unarmed strike +8 (1d3+3 lethal or nonlethal)
Ranged longbow +6 (1d8/×3)
Special Attacks channel positive energy 2/day (DC 14, 3d6), smite evil
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 5th; concentration +7)
. . At will—detect evil
Paladin Spells Prepared (CL 2nd; concentration +4):
1st—2
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Statistics
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Str 17, Dex 13, Con 14, Int 10, Wis 12, Cha 14
Base Atk +5; CMB +8; CMD 20
Feats Improved Unarmed Strike, Power Attack, Snake Style, Weapon Focus (glaive)
Traits Intense Artist, Suspicious
Skills Acrobatics -3 (-7 jump), Diplomacy +10, Heal +9, Knowledge (nobility) +4, Knowledge (religion) +4, Perform (dance) +10, Perform (oratory) +3, Sense Motive +12
Languages Common, Minkaian, Tien
SQ aura of courage, aura of good, divine bonds (weapon +1, 1/day), lay on hands, mercies (mercy [fatigued])
Favoured Class paladin (5 skill points)
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Special Abilities
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Aura of Courage +4 (10' radius) (Su) You are immune to Fear. Allies within aura gain a morale bonus to saves vs Fear.
Divine Bond (Weapon +1) (5 minutes) (1/day) (Sp) Weapon shines with light and gains enhancement bonuses or chosen properties.
Improved Unarmed Strike Unarmed strikes don't cause attacks of opportunity, and can be lethal.
Lay on Hands (2d6) (4/day) (Su) You can heal 2d6 damage, 4/day
Mercy (Fatigued) (Su) When you use your lay on hands ability, it also removes the fatigued condition.
Paladin Channel Positive Energy 3d6 (2/day) (DC 14) (Su) Positive energy heals the living and harms the undead; negative has the reverse effect.
Power Attack -2/+4 You can subtract from your attack roll to add to your damage.
Smite Evil (2/day) (Su) +2 to hit, +5 to damage, +2 deflection bonus to AC when used.
Snake Style Gain +2 on Sense Motive checks, deal piercing damage with unarmed attacks, and deflect attacks as immediate action with Sense Motive check

Possessions:

+1 glaive
Longbow
20 arrows

+1 full plate
Cloak of resistance +1
Ring of protection +1

Ioun torch

Wand of cure light wounds (33 charges)
Potion of protection from evil
Oil of bless weapon

Belt pouch
Masterwork backpack
...Whetstone
...Waterskin
...Trail rations (4)
...Silk rope (50 ft.)
...Flint and steel
...Grooming kit
...Silver holy symbol (Shelyn)
...Ink (black)
...Scrivener's kit
...Journal
...Silversheen
...Healer's kit (10 uses)
...Alchemist's fire (2)

Courtier's outfit
Jewellery (worth 50 gp)
Silken ceremonial armor

4,988 gp, 3 sp, 8 cp

Chronicles:

(Ask if you'd like to see scans of these!)
#0-03: Murder on the Silken Caravan
#0-05: Mists of Mwangi
#0-19: Skeleton Moon
#0-04: The Frozen Fingers of Midnight
#1-29: The Devil We Know Part 1: Shipyard Rats
#1-30: The Devil We Know Part 2: Cassomir's Locker
#4-09: The Blakros Matrimony
#0-07: Among the Living
#4-14: My Enemy's Enemy
Module: Fangwood Keep

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