| Full Name |
Utaku Yukari |
| Classes/Levels |
Utaku Battle Maiden 1 |
| Gender |
Female |
| Age |
15 |
About Utaku Yukari
Name Utaku Yukari
Unicorn Clan (Bushi)
School: Battle Maiden
Insight 124
XP
--Spent 4
--Unspent 0
--Total 4
Current Void Points: 2
Air 2
-- Awareness 2
-- Reflexes 3
Earth 2
-- Willpower 2
-- Stamina 2
Fire 2
-- Intelligence 2
-- Agility 3
Water 3
-- Perception 3 (12 pts)
-- Strength 3 (12 pts)
Void 2
-- Void Points 2
Skills
Battle 1 (Skirmish)
Defence 3 (5 pts)
Horsemanship 4 (7 pts) (+1k0/+1k1 mounted)
Kenjutsu 3 (5 pts) (+1k0/+1k1 mounted)
Kyujutsu 1 (Horse-Archery) (2 pts) (+1k0/+1k1 mounted)
Iaijutsu 2 (3 pts)
Spears 1 ((1 points)
Investigation 2 (3 pts)
Athletics 1 (1 xp)
Etiquette 1 (1 xp)
Hunting 1 (1 xp)
Courtier 1 (1 xp)
Mastery Abilities
Horsemanship: Rank 1: You can fight while mounted
Horsemanship: Rank 3: You may use the full attack and full defense postures while mounted
Defense: Rank 3: At the beginning of the first round of a skirmish and after all Initiative changes have occurred, you may declare the Full Defense Posture. This is your Posture Declaration for your turn.
Advantages
Irreproachable (2 pts)
Disadvantages
Brash (-2 pts)
Haunted (-2 pts)
Can't Lie (-3 pts)
Obligation (Bayushi Tenmaku)
Techniques
Riding in Harmony: (roll one extra dice for the following three school Bugei skills: (Kenjutsu, Horsemanship, Kyujutsu) While mounted, may keep an additional dice as well. Add water ring to TN to be hit at all times)
Honor 3.6
Status 1
Glory 1.2
Combat
Attacks
Katana (Attack 7k3; Damage 6k2)
Daikyu (with Willow Leaf Arrows) (Attack 5k3; Damage 7k2)
Initiative
4k3
TN to be Hit
24, or 29 in armor (18/23 if Defence bonus does not apply - unaware of enemy attack or in full attack mode)
Wounds
[ ] +0 (4)
[ ] +3 (8)
[ ] +5 (12)
[ ] +10 (16)
[ ] +15 (20)
[ ] +20 (24)
[ ] +40 (28)
[ ] Out (38)
Equipment
Katana
Wakizashi
Daikyo
20 arrows (Willow Leaf)
Naginata
One other weapon
Light Armour
Kimono and Sandals
Travelling Pack
Utaku steed
10 koku
Appearance
Yukari has a fairly slim build, albeit with muscles that are well toned from her childhood training. Possessing the natural beauty of the Utaku family, she has long, dark hair held back from her face with a simple, white clasp and large, dark eyes. When dressed for a fight, she wears light armour, coloured in the purple and white of her clan, otherwise she wears a similarly coloured kimono. Usually, she is seen with her steed, the gaijin warhorse Arashi. As an Utaku steed, Arashi is much larger than most horses seen in Rokugan, powerfully built and snow white in colour.
Personality Young and inexperienced, Yukari is nevertheless determined to prove herself as a worthy battle maiden. She can be quick to take offense at slights, seeing them as an insult to her honour. Yukari sees the currently enforced truce as holding herself and the Unicorn clan back - she can't prove her worth just by fighting bandits and the Unicorn's main strength lies in their military prowess.
Background
As a girl born into the matriarchal Utaku family, it was expected that Yukari would follow in the footsteps of her ancestors and become a samurai-ko. Sure enough, once she was old enough, Yukari was enrolled at the Shiro Otaku Shojo Dojo, the training school for Utaku Battle Maidens. She showed aptitude for her training, quickly becoming as comfortable in the saddle as out of it. While she learned to use both the naginata and the bow, she was more comfortable with the katana by far. During Yukari's time at the dojo, she was also united with her now almost constant companion, the Utaku steed Arashi.
Not long after she started at the dojo, the young Yukari started to hear an older woman speaking to her, particularly after a bad training session. The voice was that of Utaku Sakura, sister of Yukari's great-great grandmother and a respectable (if not particularly notable) battle maiden in her own right. Sakura would attempt to correct Yukari's errors, berating her descendant when she didn't learn something quickly enough. All Yukari could do was attempt to appease her ancestor by trying her utmost in her training, but it didn't seem to satisfy the ancestor spirit. Sakura still appears to offer Yukari regular 'advice'. Sakura's influence has had both a positive and negative effect on Yukari. On the one hand, Yukari threw herself completely into her studies and training in an attempt to please her ancestor. On the other, Sakura's continued disapproval has made the young battle maiden desperate to prove that she won't be a failure and somewhat sensitive to insults from anyone else - she tends to take any slight very personally. Having been recently chosen to attempt the Topaz Championship as her adulthood ceremony is a great source of pride for Yukari. She's determined to show that the honour hasn't been lost on her - she *won't* let the Utaku name down.
