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Tamaki Kiyoko 玉姫 喜与子

Lawful Good
Human (Tian-Min) female
Samurai (sword saint) 4/Fighter (weapon master) 4

Favored class: Samurai

Size: Medium (5'7" tall)
Age: 22 (birthday: Goz 3)

Height: 5 feet 7 inches (170cm)
Weight: 120 lbs. (54.4kg)
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Platinum
Dominant Hand: Left

Description: Kiyoko brings to mind nothing so much as the beauty of a master's ice sculpture. Perpetually straight-faced, this young Tian-Min samurai-ko is stoic and taciturn, rarely speaking more than necessary. She is possessed of icy blue eyes and an equally icy demeanor, looking upon the world with cold indifference through the bangs of a chin-length platinum bob. She is slender, with the lithe and toned body of a martial artist or swordswoman, and the calloused hands to match. She has a distinctive beauty mark to the right of her chin.

Often found wearing a short red yukata and the geta sandals of Minkai, Kiyoko carries an ancestral katana in her daisho, a jet-black adamantine blade. The base of the blade is stamped with Minkaian characters that read 零天星野 (Reitenseiya), "Starless Night."

Portrait(s):
Armored
Unarmored

Background: Kiyoko Tamaki is the only daughter and middle child of Kiyoshi and Eriri Tamaki, a pair of samurai serving the governor of Sakakabe in Minkai. Raised in the arts of iaijutsu and kenjutsu from an early age by a man she has only ever known as "Sensei," he sent her off at age 16 (with her family's blessing) on a musha shugyo, a warrior pilgrimage.

Though her parents have led relatively peaceful lives, she comes from a line of samurai who often spend years of their lives on musha shugyo, warrior-pilgrimages, acting as knights-errant and wandering troubleshooters. Her grandfather Kiyoto was the previous generation of the family to be a shugyosha (a warrior-pilgrim), and he wielded an ancestral katana called Reitenseiya, or "Starless Night." A few short years before Kiyoko's own musha shugyo, he himself fell in battle against honorless bandits led by a powerful oni, though he defeated the oni and many of the bandits. In an unusual move, Reitenseiya was passed on to Kiyoko rather than the eldest child after her grandfather's death. Long regarded as an iaijutsu prodigy, her Sensei sensed a great deal of potential in the young swordswoman, and this seemed to guide her father's decision. Even so, her older brother Jin seemed to resent being passed over for his sister, especially since he won every single sparring match between the siblings--the only thing preventing a more permanent rift between them was their younger brother, Muzan. Only shortly before she departed on her musha shugyo did he finally seem to let go of his lingering resentments and doubts, when Kiyoko proved that she had finally surpassed him as a swordfighter by besting him in a non-lethal iaijutsu duel.

Since her departure from Minkai, she has managed to find her way to Absalom, where she has fallen in with the Pathfinder Society.

Languages: Common (Taldane), Tien, Minkaian

HP 72
AC 16 Touch 12 Flat-footed 14
BAB +8/3 CMB +12 CMD 24
Initiative +8

Fortitude 8 + 2 = 10 Reflex 2 + 2 = 4 Will 2 + 0 = 2

Abilities: simple weapon proficiency, martial weapon proficiency (plus katana, naginata, and wakizashi), all armor and non-tower shield proficiencies, challenge 2/day, order of the warrior, order ability (honor in all things), resolve, iaijutsu strike +2d6, weapon expertise (katana), brutal slash; 3 fighter bonus feats, chosen weapon (katana), weapon guard, weapon training +1

Weapon Expertise (katana): Kiyoko has an unparalleled expertise with her chosen weapon, the katana. As such, she can draw her katana as a free action as if she had the Quick Draw feat. In addition, whenever she threatens a critical hit with her katana, Kiyoko gains a +2 bonus on the confirmation roll. Finally, her samurai levels count as fighter levels and stack with any fighter levels she possesses for the purposes of meeting the prerequisites for feats that specifically select her katana, such as Weapon Specialization.

Traits: Reactionary, Expert Duelist

Expert Duelist: In her youth, Kiyoko spent countless hours in the dojo, perfecting the art of the duel and focusing her efforts on defeating a single foe. She gains a +1 trait bonus to her Armor Class so long as she is adjacent to a single foe. This trait bonus is not applied to her Armor Class for touch attacks or when she is denied her Dexterity bonus.

Feats: Power Attack, Weapon Focus (katana), Improved Initiative, Weapon Specialization (katana), Improved Sunder, Greater Sunder, Improved Disarm, Combat Expertise

Skills:
*Background skills
Bluff +11 (8 ranks + 3 class + 0 CHA)
*Craft (calligraphy) +13 (8 ranks + 3 class + 2 INT)
Climb +15 (8 ranks + 3 class + 4 STR)
Diplomacy +7 (4 ranks + 3 class + 0 CHA)
Intimidate +11 (8 ranks +3 class + 0 CHA)
*Knowledge (nobility) +13 (8 ranks + 3 class + 2 INT)
Ride +9 (4 ranks, +3 class, +2 DEX)
Sense Motive +11 (8 ranks, +3 class, +0 WIS)
Swim +15 (8 ranks + 3 class + 4 STR)

Equipment: Reitenseiya (+1 keen adamantine katana), wakizashi, shortbow, dagger, 2 scabbards, knife sheath, belt, belt pouch, quiver, 20 arrows, traveler's outfit, cloak, haramaki armor, leather lamellar armor, whetstone, fighter’s kit (a backpack, a bedroll, a belt pouch, a flint and steel, ink, an inkpen, an iron pot, a mess kit, 50' hemp rope, soap, torches (10), trail rations (5 days), and a waterskin), 2 flasks of alchemist's fire, wayfinder, 23950gp

Attacks:

Reitenseiya, +1 keen adamantine katana +16/11 to hit, 1d8+10 dmg, 15-20/x2 crit., type S, 6 lbs.

wakizashi +12/7 to hit, 1d6+4 dmg, 18-20/x2 crit., type S/P, 2 lbs.

dagger +12/7 to hit, 1d4+4 dmg, 19-20/x2 crit., type S/P, range 10', 1 lb.

shortbow +10 to hit, 1d6 dmg, x3 crit., type P, range 60', 2 lbs.