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Birth Date | July 22, 1995
Pronouns to Use | He/His
Height | 5'4"
Weight | 121 lbs
Species | Human
Character Source | Original Character
Homeland | Opealon
Nationality | Skylander
Ethnicity | Shadow Clan
Occupation | Assassin
Affinity | Specialized (Ongoing)
Shinku can often be seen, noticeably by his black disheveled medium length hair. He stands moderately short for a 25 year old man having broad shoulders and lean, tapered body. He has a dark tanned skin with most of his upper body being covered with black tribal tattoos but are mostly hidden under his usual ragged outfit. His eyes are dark brown when exposed to a bright light with a noticeable diagonal scar just beside his left eye.
Shinku is a Vengeful Assassin. Most of his actions, if not all, are driven by his thirst for revenge. He rarely interacts with people and is very much elusive in any relationship that might turn into a deep bond. He would only converse for the sake of acquiring information and would work simply for his continuous survival. He only views everyone around him as tools that he can use for his pursuit of vengeance.
As an assassin, Shinku mostly avoids direct confrontation as much as he can. His ways in combat are more commonly referred to, as dishonorable as he subdues his victims through a covert and speedy manner. He carefully plans each assault mostly even weeks before confronting his target. When confronted in battle, Shinku would mostly choose to escape as long as he can especially if the opponent does not pique his interest.
Shinku was born on a now forgotten and abandoned village, hiding within a floating island somewhere at the east of Kirden Wharf. Once, the place was inhabited by villagers who are mostly farmers, miners and blacksmiths living in a rather ancient culture. They are mostly known however, for the practice of the shadow arts and their blacksmiths being able to imbue magic into the weapons they forge. With the magic being a forbidden art in the whole of Opealon, this tribe decided to hide themselves deep in a luscious tropical rain forest.
For years, the village has lived rather peacefully as the whole island itself has already been abandoned by other civilizations due to unexplained anomalies that makes most part of the island pretty much uninhabitable. One day however, after one of the village's traditional feast, its people was surprised with an attack from an unknown band of marauders. With most of their warriors drunk from the night's feast, the people wasn't able to do much to defend themselves. Although somehow being able to put up a fight, they were easily subdued by their assailants, who seem to posses weapons with designs that were noticeably from the village itself.
The marauders razed their houses and slaughtered every people, old and children alike, seemingly aiming not to leave a trace of its civilization. At the edge of town however, a woman was able to somehow escape with her child through a small trapdoor built by her husband. Some of the marauders were able to notice the woman as she runs for her life outside the village walls and deep into the forest. She was hit by a poisoned arrow which was shot by one of the raiders who then commanded for her pursuit.
The woman was able to go deep into the forest however, her strength starts to fail her due to fatigue and the effect of the poison. She then decided to hide her child into a thicket commanding the child to be quiet no matter what happens as she slowly walks towards a huge tree and lay just beside it. The marauders where finally able to catch up seeing the lady lying beside a tree trying to catch her breath. The boy can only watch hidden in a thicket as one of the men approach his mother. Mercilessly, the man raised his spear then stab the defenseless lady right into her heart. The boy was frozen in fear and agony as men drag his mothers body with them towards the village.
The boy, who was actually Shinku, remained frozen until the men finally disappeared from his sight. Shinku stayed in the forest, for a few days with the thicket where he was hidden serving as his shelter. It took him a while before he can gather the courage to go back to the village where he was born only to witness an even more terrifying scene. At the center of the village was a mountain of burnt bodies piled up. He wailed for almost an hour then composed himself in an oath to hunt for the ones that are responsible for the genocide of his peers and family. Unable to salvage anything usable from their village, Shinku still decided to start his journey in an aim to get stronger and seek for the revenge of his people.
Ability Effects:
Concealment (Sight [500], Hearing [500], Smell [500], Extrasensory [500]) Rank 5 -> Ongoing [0]
Shinku covers himself in darkness, concealing his appearance, any sound he can make, and his scent making him undetected by sentient beings around him.
Essence Cost: 2000
Ability Effects:
Damage Rank 8 [800] - > Ranged [400]
Debuff Rank 8 [800] - > Ongoing [0]
Descriptor: Shinku wields a black steel 60cm katana that he got from his father as a gift while still a child. The katana is able to inflict poison to whoever is cut by its blade. Within the blade, a shadow demon of the name Orochi was sealed. The demon resembles a large snake, stretching up to four times the height of an average man. With the shadow demon awakened, the sword's quality has significantly increased and even allowing its user the utilization of some of its power. The sword can only be exclusively used by its owner, latching some chains onto its user the moment it is drawn. Also with the latched chains, Shinku is able to throw the sword and swing the chain to cut enemies from a distance. The sword also has the ability to resist the grip of anyone else who tries to take a hold of it. It's black blade is adorned by speckles of red dust from the stone that he found in a ruins by the hinterlands and it's hilt with purplish petal like crystals from the stone that he found in a cavern under the ocean of Opealon.
Essence Cost: 2000
Ability Effects:
Teleport Rank 5 [1500]
Shinku steps into his shadow, warping out of reality then reemerging at any point within 49 meters of his original location.
Essence Cost: 1500
Ability Effects:
Agility Rank 8 [1600]
Speed Rank 8 [1600] -> Ongoing [0]
Sense (Extrasensory [800]) Rank 8 - Affects Multiple [400], Indirect [800], Ongoing [0]
As a shadow assassin, Shinku is gifted with superhuman agility and senses. He could run at a maximum of 360 miles per hour, move and react at almost lightning speed and balance himself even on a thread. Also, he is able to detect the number of sentient beings within 2,250 feet around him, along with their movement. Each being has their unique signature but identifying those signatures would require him to be able actually meet the target first before accurately knowing who each of the beings are. His sense can go beyond the physical barriers of the place.
Essence Cost: 5200
Ability Effects:
Debuff (Movement) Rank 8 [800] -> Indirect [800], Ranged [400], Affects Multiple [400]
Debuff (Poison) Rank 8 [800] -> Ongoing [0], Indirect [800], Ranged [400], Affects Multiple [400]
Damage Rank 4 [400] -> Indirect [400], Ranged [200], Affects Multiple [200]
Snake-like shadow energies burst from the ground, aiming to wrap into enemies' feet. If successful, the targets are temporarily held to the ground until they could shake off the coil. Once the shadow energy connects though, it will puncture the victims; legs, releasing venoms that can significantly affect their concentration for a period of time.
Essence Cost: 6000
Ability Effects:
Adaptation: Starvation and Thirst [50]
Adaptation: Need for Sleep [50]
Shinku could go longer than an average being without the need for food, water or sleep. He could eventually die without them though, but the conditions would not impede nor affect his vitality in battle.
Essence Cost: 100
Ability Effects:
Healing Rank 4 [800] -> Ongoing [400], Triggered [200] (Upon injury)
Adaptation (Toxic Environments) [50]
Blessed with Orochi's vitality, the assassin of shadows gained the shadow demon's regenerative ability and immunity to poisons.
Essence Cost: 1450
Driving/Piloting Rank 6 (Horse)
Essence Cost: 300
Weapon Mastery (Sword) Rank 8 - Muso Jikiden Eishin-ryu (Master Skill)
Essence Cost: 400
Muso Jikiden Eishin-ryu is a technique centered on Iaido. Iaido was the technique of a simultaneous draw and cut motion, as opposed to cutting from a normal stance after having already drawn one's sword. Iaido is intended to develop a spirituality combined with the battlefield technique of iaijutsu (quick draw). Eishin-ryu was for training in sitting and standing techniques as well as fighting against multiple foes.
Social Rank 6 (Microexpressions)
Essence Cost: 300
With his years of observing people, Shinku learned to catch and interpret even the faintest body language or change in facial expressions. As much as it helped him to predict an opponent’s next move, it also gave him advantage over his social interactions. A faint smirk could warn him of a person's hidden motive of contempt. A slight movement of the eyes could warn him of people lying, along with countless other actions and expressions that allows him to almost accurately read others.
Investigation Rank 6 (Tracking)
Essence Cost: 300
Years of operating as an assassin honed his ability to track his targets having little to no initial clue about his target's location. It includes the ability to accumulate specific information such as habits, relationships, and interests that might narrow his location search. He has also learned to be keen with rumors and the best place to gather them. An initial encounter with his target could potentially make it easier even, with him knowing how to identify tracks, discover signs in his surroundings that might lead his path, and his quickness on mapping a surrounding's layout to predict his target's possible routes.
Essence Spent | 19550
Essence Left | 12107
Effects
Instant Revive
Shinku owns a pair of earrings, gifted by a merchant on Opealon. Both earrings are adorned with a green emerald-like gem, that holds an ancient power. It is said that the magic of the gems latch into the soul of the one who wears both the earrings. When the host dies, the power of the gem then recreate the host's body and pull its soul back from the abyss. Once the whole process is done, both the gems shatter leaving the pair of earrings merely a decorative accessory.
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Biography
Chapter 1: Avenger of Blood [Completed]
Chapter 2: Memories of Love [Completed]
Chapter 3: First Steps [Completed]
Chapter 4: Flight of the Fledgeling [Completed] -> Opealon to Erde Nona
Chapter 5: JAK XI: Grand Theft Auto [World Quest, Completed] -> RP with Jak
Chapter 6: Nightmare of Shadows [Unmaking Quest - An Arbiter's Plea, Completed]
Chapter 7: Saving a Thief [Unmaking Quest - Fleeing Masses, Completed]
Chapter 8: Loyalty or Betrayal? [Unmaking Quest - Kidnapped, Completed]
Chapter 9: The Trial of Orochi [Completed]
Chapter 10: Crimson Night [Unmaking Quest - Root of the Problem, Completed]
Chapter 11: Commander's Fury [Custom World Quest, Completed] -> RP with John Connor and Ghost Orchid
Chapter 12: Curse of the Eight [Flashback, Completed, Solo]
Chapter 13: Vow of the Defeated [Completed]
Chapter 14: Closer to Home [Custom World Quest, Completed] -> RP with John Connor [Quest: New In Town]
Chapter 15: Hide and Seek [Completed]
Chapter 16: Eyes for the Ancient [Custom World Quest - A Very Personal Tour, Completed]
Chapter 17: A Very Personal... Mistake? [Custom World Quest, Ongoing] -> RP with John Connor
Chapter 18: Dance of Swords [Solo Storyline, Completed]
Chapter 19: Quest for the Serpent's Eye [Completed]
Chapter 20: Whispers in the Shadows [Solo Storyline, Completed]
Chapter 21: A Master's Heartbreak [Solo Storyline, Completed]
Chapter 22: Reunion and Resolve [Solo Storyline, Completed]
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