 About Shosuro AyumiNAME: Shosuro Ayumi
FIRE 3 (Agility 3; Intelligence 3
INITIATIVE 7k3
Healthy (+0) 15
TECHNIQUES Weakness is My Strength: When you are making a Contested Social Roll against someone else, you gain a Free Raise to your roll for every 3 points of Mental or Social Disadvantages (rounded off) he possesses. Disadvantages that did not award Experience Points still count for their normal point value for the purposes of this Technique. This cannot award more than 5 raises. Gain a free raise when using the Courtier skill to spread Gossip, and need not raise in order to conceal that you are the source of that gossip. Shallow Waters: By conversing with someone for a few minutes, you can make a Contested Roll of your Investigation/Awareness against their Etiquette/Awareness. With a success you learn the identity and rank of their lowest Mental Trait and their lowest Social skiill that has at least one rank (GM chooses in case of ties). You may spend a Void point to also learn their next lowest Mental Trait and next lowest Social skill. Secrets are Birthmarks: By speaking with someone for a few minutes, you can make a Contested roll of your Courtier (Manipulation)/Awareness against their Etiquette (Courtesy)/Awareness to force them into revealing one Mental or Social disadvantage they possess. If they have no such Disadvantages, this will instead reveal one Mental or Social Advantage. (Note that this only reveals the rulebook title of the Advantage/Disadvantage, not the specific nature of it. One can learn that they have a Dark Secret, but not the specific nature of that secret.) If the roll succeeded in revealing a Disadvantage, with the GM's permission you may take a 2point Blackmail Advantage aginst this individual, for no cost in Experience points. ADVANTAGES Dangerous Beauty, Blackmail, Benten's Blessing, Darling of the Court, Perceived Honor (2), Crafty DISADVANTAGES Lost Love (Sister) SKILLS
EQUIPMENT
Traveling pack containing: Mask, Game kit, Divination kit, Jewelry, makeup kit, Perfume, personal chop, Spare kimono and sandals, Ink brush kit, smoking pipe. "You can ALWAYS trust a Scorpion! What you trust them with is up for debate though..."
HISTORY Your Family Born into the Shosuro family, Ayumi is one of three children sired by Shosuro Shimizu and Kotone, herself, her twin sister Ayame, and their older brother Haruhiro. The three of them were all fairly good to one another, though the twins were closer to one another obviously than they were to their brother. The two sisters had both developed the looks of their Bayushi clansmen, rather than the blandness of the Shosuro blood, and it allowed them to get away with a LOT from those who were susceptible to their charms. Even their brother was not immune to their wiles, something they used ruthlessly when subjecting him to their pranks. Good-naturedly, Haru was more than willing to return the favor however, which resulted in more than one prank war within their household over the years. As the trio grew, each of them grew to take up a different branch of the clan's lifestyles. Ayame joined the Soshi's shugenja school, while Haruhiro joined the Actor's school. Ayumi on the other hand, showing a bit of flair for both dramatics and wordplay, instead of going for the actor's school like her brother chose to enter the Bayushi's Courtier school, hoping to gain some reknown for her family. The three kept in contact with one another over the years, and shared letters regularly. Yet danger always threatens... Ayame's wedding came as natural amongst Scorpions, arranged with the future of the clan in mind. The ceremony itself was good, with Ayumi's sister marrying a Soshi magistrate named Jinochi, much to the delight of their family. However, three months afterwards, word came to Ayumi and her brother that there was something wrong. When they went to investigate, they found that their sibling had been murdered along with her husband. The killer had apparently slipped into the house and attempted to accost Jinochi, but when Ayame got involved they killed both of them and fled. Noone knew who the killer was, or how they got past the village's guards, but the dead bodies didn't argue the facts. This was a complete embarrassment for the clan. To have someone murdered, and no idea as to the identity of the killer or knowledge of their means of entry, within the Clan of Secrets was something that many within the family considered a direct insult. Ayumi petitioned to be able to head the investigation, but was instead turned down. Despite that, her brother Haruhiro was able to convince his sensei and the clan's leadership that he could find the killer and put an end to this shame. Much to his sister's regret, he was granted that chance. Her only comfort is that his letters to her have not stopped, and he keeps her informed as to what he finds... Your Assignment Ayumi's task is, as ever, to collect the secrets of those around her for future use. In an effort to distract her from her sibling's death, she has been sent far from Scorpion lands as a result. "The Scorpion without a tail" is what some call her, some even to her face. While others might call that an insult to one of her clan, she takes it in stride. Few realize the significance of the phrase after all... WHAT YOU THINK OF THE OTHERS Asoko Shiori: The woman seems like quite the lovestruck little bird. Yet she hides something inside, I just know it! The only question is, how to get it? She seems like a hollow doll, and only time will tell how to find the truth. Akodo Takaji : His brother looms as a mountain over him, yet it only an illusion made by the setting of a sun upon the horizon. When that sun rises once more, mayhap his own shadow will grow to eclipse his brother? Making this come about may put him in my debt, yet doing so half-heartedly or with little care will only result in the Lion making a meal of me... The unrest between his own clan and the Crane might make this easier than one might think though... Hida Yuo : Our elders say that the crab are too stupid to be manipulated, but there's always an exception to the rule. This one is too quiet for him to be that brutish... Shinjo Nagasawa : I know little of this one, but that will change... sooner or later. Soshi Obito : My yojimbo, cousin, and sometimes confidant. A man who obviously wants to prove himself, but who cannot do so through his current means. This can be useful, or disastrous. My own prosperity may be tested in making it come to be though... Either way, the clan will be strengthened. YOUR DAISHO Shungou ("Talent") is the name of your katana. It is 212 years old, and despite being in good condition shows that it still has seen much use. The saya is jet black with scarlet sakura blossoms along with a winding scorpion's tail. The tsuba is patterned after a net, and the hilt's ray-skin is dyed blood-red with black cotton wrap. Fuzen ("Mischief") is its companion. It is patterned with a red sakura tree with a scorpion wrapped around the trunk, a smile on its face. |
