«Steel» The Shadow Swordsman

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Username: Steel

Real name: Takeshi Kurogane

Age: 20

Gender: Male

Height: 6 ft

 

Level 15

HP: 300

SP: 37

Energy: 30

Attack: Martial Arts: 4 (1 base damage + 3 rank 1 damage)

             One Handed Sword: 5 (1 base damage + 2 weapon + 2 rank damage)

Mitigation: -30 (-18 from armor -12 from skill)

 

About: History/personality

Personality

Takeshi mainly grew up being taught the Bushido code. It has taken deep root into his personality and he tries to uphold it throughout his daily life. He has a strong sense of justice, always wanting to stand for what he believes is right. He is courageous almost to the point of recklessness to fight for his justice, not really caring about the level or strength of an enemy. He places high value in honor and reputation, not wanting to disgrace/embarrass other nor himself if he can help it and is strict on himself because of it. His preference is in one on one battles as these were primarily how the Sengoku period wars were fought, with several one on one duels between the members of both armies.

He is shown to be especially protective of his friends and the people he cares about, becoming angry when they get hurt by someone else. Despite this, he is able to keep a cool enough head to analyze the situation and react accordingly due to his lessons in swordsmanship which have always stressed to keep a cool head in any situation. He doesn’t like using dirty tactics but if there’s no other option, he will use it.

Despite appearing to be a cold person who shrugs people off, Steel has consistently shown to be a very kind, selfless and helpful young man and always put others before himself. Even when it comes to his enemies, he shows them respect and never speaks ill of them. He also refuses to allow anyone to ever speak ill of others. Whenever he's injured or someone else is, he states the other people injured should be tended to first. He constantly tries to befriend others even if they were former enemies and always acts friendly towards them. He also has a bit of a carefree personality.

Despite his skill in combat, especially with a sword, Steel underestimates his own abilities and has trouble accepting praise about them, always thinking that he’s not that good and he’s a bit of a perfectionist in terms of swordsmanship. He also has trouble grasping the meaning between indirect words sometimes as well as fathoming others' goodwill or attraction towards him, as he can usually only interpret them by logical explanation and often questions why people would think positively of himself.

Steel possess a type of charisma which is from how he always knows what to say to make anyone feel more comfortable and can once in a while make people laugh. It also comes from how he cares for those around him.

 

History

Takeshi grew up in Japan and was raised alongside his little sister by his grandfather as his mother died before he could remember and his father had to go on a lot of business trips due to his work. As a child, Takeshi showed great interest in the Sengoku period and always wished he could have taken part in it, completely ignoring the fact (due to his childish nativity) that he would have most likely died on the battlefield and other such things. He at least had the common sense to know that he couldn’t travel back in time nor was there any known method so he settled for imitating the famous warriors of the time period as best as he could in front of his little sister. The imitations in general were terrible yet hilarious in the said sister’s point of view. This is probably because he talked as if he were in some Sengoku period based drama and the fact that his voice had not gone through puberty.

Having admired the brave warriors of that time period, he sought to at least emulate their courage as he obviously did not have the skill to imitate them well. He attempted this mainly by trying to protect most everyone and everything. When some kids started bullying a kitten, he charged in and fought the kitten’s attackers. When one of his classmates kept getting harassed by some bullies, he fought those guys as well. This may seem good and all but Takeshi really lacked in both physical strength and skill compared to who he usually fought, leading to him getting beaten up whenever he got into a fight. Thankfully, because of this, whatever he was trying to protect usually was forgotten about so he was fine with it. It was when his sister got involved and got hurt that he wanted to get stronger.

He asked his grandfather to train him, knowing that he used to be the master of a kendo dojo when he was younger and they even had their own small dojo next to the house. Although the grandfather was hesitant, Takeshi managed to persuade him and the training began. Soon, Takeshi was able to gain enough strength to blast all of his enemies away with one punch! Well…that’s what he imagined he’d be able to do after some training. After one week, he forgot all about this fantasy. His grandfather was a kind yet strict teacher who worked Takeshi hard to build up his strength and stamina as well as drill the basics into him. Despite almost collapsing in exhaustion at the end of each day’s training, Takeshi didn’t complain even once, showing a type of resilience most kids his age didn’t have. After a few years of that, Takeshi was taught the advanced skills of the sword style he was taught and had to work even harder, and this is while keeping up with his school work and social connections. He continued to live like this until he graduated high school and went off to college though he still trained on his own.

He had bought Sword Art Online at his sister’s recommendation, the girl having wanted to know how good was it before choosing to buy a nerve gear and game herself. Little did she know that she had doomed her brother to a virtual prison.

 

Virtues:

 

Kind: Underneath his tough exterior, Takeshi is kind hearted, always willing to help others. He hates seeing others, especially his friends sad. He always tries to keep the mood light whenever he can and if he does see a friend sad, he will try to comfort him/her. If unable to do that or the friend in question refuses to talk about it, Takeshi will simply be there for the friend..

 

Combat Ready: Having done martial arts (mainly karate and kendo) for a long time, he is very knowledgeable in combat and it has also resulted in fast reflexes and the ability to read the battle situation quickly. This allows him to be more efficient in battle and be able to formulate the best course of action for the situation at hand. Furthermore, it lets him keep a cool head in combat, making it less likely for him to make a fatal mistake due to his emotions running high.

 

Musical: Takeshi has a good ear for music. He also sings and plays instruments well. Music was one of the few ways he could make friends. His voice is very soothing when he sings soft songs and can calm down those around him. He has used it in the real world to soothe his little siblings..

 

Flaws:

Rude/Blunt: On first appearance, he acts somewhat rudely, one of the reasons its hard for him to make friends. To people he doesn't know well, he says what's on his mind without paying too much attention to sensitivity. Even to people he does know, he still keeps up this front at times..

 

Socially Awkward: Although he seems like a rude guy, he just has issues with talking with people and doesn't know how to interact with others. The reason why he has these issues is because he has a light form of Asperger's Syndrome which makes social interaction somewhat difficult, although not as bad as those with a worse case of Asperger's. Although on the inside he feels nervous when talking to others, to those same others, he looks as if he's shrugging them off or being rude. Sometimes, he doesn't react the way people would predict he would..

 

Stubborn: He may be a bit too stubborn in his opinions. Once he forms one in his mind, it's really hard to change it. For example, if from experience he knows something is dangerous (Just like when Kirito figured out that going for that chest in episode 3 was a bad idea), he will try to stop the people from doing it, especially his friends. In real life he once got into a fight because of this when he tried to stop a classmate from doing something dangerous..

 

Profession:

 

Skills (SP 36/37)

Non-combat:

» 

 

Passive:

» Searching (Rank 1)

 

Combat:

»Martial Arts (Rank 1) (+3 Damage)

 

Weapon skills:

»One Handed Sword (Rank 2) (+2 Damage)

»Heavy Armor (Rank 2) (-12 Damage Taken)

 

Inventory

Weapons/Tools:

» Starter One Handed Sword

» Uncommon One Handed Curved Sword (+1 Damage)

» Anneal Blade (+1 Damage) 

» Black Defender (-9 Damage Taken)

» Shinshi Onimaru (+2 Damage, Bleed on 9-10 BD) (Equipped)

Spoiler

Name: [Shinshi Onimaru]
Your Profession: Blacksmith
Your Rank: 9
ID: 98616
Roll: 12
Item Type: [Weapon (One Handed Straight Sword)]
Tier: [1]
Quality: [Perfect]
Enhancements: [Damage, Damage, Bleed]
Description: [A One Handed Katana without a curved blade, making it a straight sword. It is simple in design, focusing more on practicality by having a slightly above average reach while keeping it light enough to swing at fast speeds. Combined with its sharp edge, its wielder can cut through enemies with ease. It's name basically means 'Gentleman Demon']
Post Link: http://www.sao-rpg.com/topic/1065-shop-f1the-blazing-typhoon-rank-9-master-blacksmith/?do=findComment&comment=544796

» Dawn of the Samurai (-18 Damage Taken, 9 Thorn Damage)

Spoiler

Name: [Dawn of the Samurai]
Your Profession: Blacksmith
Your Rank: 9
ID: 98644
Roll: 12
Item Type: [Heavy Armor]
Tier: [1]
Quality: [Perfect]
Enhancements: [Mitigation, Mitigation, Thorns]
Description: [Armor belonging to a samurai who's just starting on their journey and is rather simple yet striking in design. Despite that, the will to protect others can still be felt strongly through this armor set. At the same time, although slight, there is an air of revenge within the armor, hurting enemies who dare strike at him.]
Post Link: http://www.sao-rpg.com/topic/1065-shop-f1the-blazing-typhoon-rank-9-master-blacksmith/?do=findComment&comment=544819

Items:

» The Matriarch’s Stinger x2 (From Long Live the Queen) 

» 5 Tier One Health Potions of Uncommon Quality (+40HP)

» 1 Tier One Damage Potion. (+1 Damage)

» 1 Tier One Over-Health Potion (+50 Temp. HP)

» 1 Red Velvet Cake (+ 1 LD, + 1 Prosperity) 

» 1 Uncommon Consumable

» Rare weapon (unidentified)

» 2 Rare Consumables. 

 

Total col: 4265 col

Col Transactions:

First Day Training: + 665 col

A Rough Start:: + 245 col

Breaking the Unbreakable: + 500 col

Fighting more monsters out of boredom: + 1200 col

Secret Medicine of the Forest: + 450 col

Worn Out Welcome: + 105 col

Black and White: + 400 col

Have a Drink with me: + 400 col

Time to Sting: +100

Back to the Basics: +400

 

Roleplays

» [private] Have a Drink with me

» [solo] Back to the Basics

» [private] Time to Sting

(no "in progress" means its complete; "incomplete" can mean one or the other person stopped replying for a long time)

 

Relationships (optional)

» Neloe: Steel's first friend in SAO who to his surprise was friendly with him from the start.

» Setsuko: Steel had a rocky start with Setsuko, the two's personalities clashing with each other. But after having to fight wolves together, they became on better terms."

»Reinka: A young woman Steel saved in a bar and the two had a nice conversation afterwards, leading her to open up to him. She has been labeled with the Sub Leader position as member number 2 when Steel makes his guild. She is now his girlfriend.


Story Thus Far (optional)

Edited March 14, 2018 by Steel

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