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[b]Name:[/b]
[i]Hu[/I]
Now only known by his current name of Hu, he knows not his true name. When he was younger he and his village had fallen terribly ill and as one of the few youths still able to seek help, he was sent down a road said to house a temple. While he searched and searched, he slipped further away from his health and soon became too weak to press on, no matter how he struggled. When he awoke again, a master of the [i]Divine Tiger Fist[/i] had cured him of his bodily illness, but some of that which affected his spirit could not be recovered. Knowing his name no longer, or even his mission, he sought understanding and recall from his mentor and savior. She restored it to him when she passed on her [i]qi[/i] when her time was up, having hidden the sad truth that he had failed from him until he could better understand it.

[b]Age:[/b] 
24

[b]Gender:[/b] 
Male

[b]Appearance:[/b]
Hu has an appearance of a man who keeps himself immaculately clean, both clean shaven and fond of the color white, which has much symbolic reflection and impact upon him. He accents himself in the colors only of black and red, such as his black sash, cuffs and shoes, of which white is worn under. Hu is well muscled and defined, having ascended from the path of a regular man to a fighting spirit as much as he is a healer who draws upon the injuries of his foes to restore others. Physically, outside of this, he bears the scarring of his days stricken by illness, many of which are jagged and worked by the wanderings he had in the wilderness, looking for aid. He is neither an unwelcome sight to look upon or all too strange for a military aged man.

[b]Personality:[/b]
Despite his failure in a "past life", Hu is optimistic that his master saw something within him that even he did not know. He is resolved in that sense to do well by what he learned, removing illness or sickness from those that cannot help themselves - most often the lesser peoples - while fighting in the face of those that would spread sadness, fear and pestilence. Hu is vocal, to the point of even being foolhardy about voicing his opinion and courage, but he's also wise enough to know when its best to keep things to himself when outsiders are about. Hu lives as who he has become, warrior and healer, rather than who he was as a lost soul.

[b]Stage:[/b]
[i]Foundation Establishment (Core Foundation)[/i]
While Hu has only modest aptitude, much more of that of [i]Foundation Establishment[/i], the [i]qi[/i] bestowed upon him by the act of transference has opened up elements of mastery just beyond his reach - [i]Core Foundation[/i]. It is like an ocean that comes and goes, where at his best he might find a way to manipulate the energy within, but at his worst he is still but an adept in comparison to a master. Until he learns to harness both his masteries in and out, he cannot truly act on what gifts are within.

[b]Abilities:[/b]
[i]Divine Tiger Fist[/i]
The external application of [i]qi[/i] was not wholly unknown to Hu, but when it became his practice, he realized that it was as much an internal art as well, but only time would prove him just how right he was. To cultivate himself, he needed to act on both. Before he could do so, he was graced with a gift that allowed him to see both paths as a single one; the [i]Divine Tiger Fist[/i]. The school focuses upon mighty precision and the exploitation of one's [i]qi[/i] to affect another's, striking from outside to affect the inside and upsetting the balances of others through careful power with blows that are like the metal element. The low stances, acrobatic kicks and heavy use of clawed palm strikes mimics the tiger, channeling elements of its immortal ideals into the mortal body by clawing, tearing, ripping and grasping. Masters of the art in time become like tigers themselves, able to see and perceive a person's [i]qi[/i], shrug off injury, walk unseen and unheard, react without thought and manifest deceptive strength many times their seeming ability.

[i]Hands of Black and White[/i]
Like the master who imbued Hu with her [i]qi[/i], his hands are both killing and healing instruments. They act like tools of [i]qi[/i] disruption, for both better and worse. A harmful blow made up of focused energy strikes with fierce velocity and force with a near roar, upsetting balance in body and spirit, whereas a careful, precise touch can restore this balance and mend deep injuries beyond just the flesh. However, all things in some semblance of his ability must be equalized. The wounds he inflicts upon others draws up the power to heal and cure, but without violence, there cannot be restoration; he can only take to in order to give to others or himself. No less, it is difficult to store without dedication to the art.

[i]Spring and Autumn, Wood and Wind[/i]
As a disciple of [i]Divine Tiger Fist[/i], Hu has made himself like the tiger. His [i]qi[/i] makes his body not only tough and resilient, but exceptionally swift. Like the reed or bamboo, he is well balanced, reflexive and reactive, turning with his injuries when they do land whilst moving himself between the others. When he rebounds, he lashes out more ferociously, returning the favor over by expelling the negative forces absorbed. Endurance is not his strength owing to this, so his style encompasses periods of weathering calm and unrelenting assault. As with the ideals of spring and autumn which his martial art draws on, his overwhelming energy makes him akin to the wind, moving hands and feet in a near blur of motion before rest must take place.

[i]Teachings of the Fierce Master[/i]
That day that Hu was nursed back from near death by his master to come has stayed long in his mind. She has since became nothing more than [i]qi[/i] herself, granting this gift to her student, but her presence was never truly gone. Through a period of intense calm and manipulation of aura and the vital essence by [i]qi[/i], Hu as his name implies, can become the tiger itself. Every motion and action blurs the lines between man and animal, with the rapidity to alter between them faster than the eye can perceive and become more the essence of existence rather than a defined thing. It is this talent that Hu himself has only begun to understand, to embody the actual tiger itself beyond concept. Because it requires such immense skill beyond his aptitude, it is not wholly realized more than in times of brief but absolute serenity in conflict. 

[b]Items:[/b]
[i]Ten Thousand Breaths Vial[/i]
A bottle of potent winds distilled by time only, the vial is capable of awakening those who have descended into comas, petrification or paralysis, liberating the body to match the mind when inhaled. Its tremendous age and exceptional craftsmanship infer it has been used by many, many healers of old.

[i]Humbled White Sash[/i]
The material of the unassuming white sash is marked only at its ends with inky black stripes. Its symbolic purity dampens the affects of the elements in relation to the bearer's own [i]qi[/i]; the more tranquil and cultivated the wearer, the more potent its shroud. When worn, flames burn not as hot, frost stings not as sharp, storms seem to weaken against it, and the like. It was once worn by the [i]Nameless Master[/i].

[b]History:[/b]
After surviving his ordeal of illness and weakness before being returned to health in body but not yet mind by his mentor, Hu practiced for years to recover entirely. He recalled in some time before he wished to understand good kung fu in the martials arts, but then he could not have understood. When the master's time came, she placed upon her student her [i]qi[/i] to keep what she taught alive, more than he could learn or know at the time. Instructed to teach this school first by coming to know it himself, he has sought out a future showing others the way of the [i]Divine Tiger Fist[/i] and its most mythic art, the [i]Hands of Black and White[/i].

[b]Other:[/b]
Although Hu knows of his past life now, he too reconciles there is nothing to be done about what had already come to pass, not of course without having missed out on what awaited him now. He embraces, as a warrior-priest, that he must prevent such a fate from ever befalling others again; that their bodies and [i]qi[/i] must not be tainted or made sickly by the evil forces at work.  It is also worthy to note, Hu's master never revealed her name or identity, being known only to him as his mentor despite her seeming power and prestige she might have held in life.
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