[CHAR] SAO: Living in Aincrad

[MarshiestMallow]

Name IRL: Shakuntala

Name In-game:
Suki

Age:
16

Gender:
female

Amour class:
medium

Current Stats
level 3
health 600
Agility 9
Strength 7

Current Equipment
Light Leather armor--Chest, arms free,
--light, thin leather over her legs
--linen pants and shirt over leather armor, with a belt over the shirt over her waist. Ribbon to tie back hair
3xhealth potions
Plain Rapier (beginners blade)

Potential back up skills
Non-Combat Skill
scooking
equipment
appraisal
medicine mixing
Searching
Tracking
listening
detection
hiding
sprint

current combat skills
Parry,
light metal equipment

Bio:
Shakuntala was born in a farmers family, the youngest of seven. Her mother died shortly after birthing her from complications, and Shakuntala led a sheltered life. Her six elder brothers protected her, even while they helped her in the world. She learned to fight with basic hand to hand skills, loved computer games and sports thanks to their influence, enjoyed working on the farm, and with the animals.HHer brothers camped out for days to get her a copy of the game, and the nervegear, and she was so thrilled.

Personality:
Suki is a kind, caring person, but is not afraid to do what needs to be done. She is a determined young girl, loving the outdoors, loves to laugh. She is a tough as nails type of girl, and tends to always get her way. She is easy going, laughing a lot, and tends to make people feel better around her. She enjoys working with her hands

[Little_ninja]

Name in Real Life: Kyouketsu Sei
In Name Game: Umichi
Age: 15
Birthday: 8th April
Gender: Male
Looks:

Umichi's Appearance

Short Bio:
Sei is a rather average high school kid. Except that he was a vivid gamer, and took up Ninjutsu. He has a normal family with one younger sister. They get along fine. There aren't any dramas in his life. However, when it comes to games, anyone that has said anything bad about a game, without any real critique, just words without argument, he will let them have it. He has been suspended for beating 5 other kids to the ground due to their trash talk of a game, that was just saying it was bad, without discussing what it was. He had asked them, what is wrong with that game, and they only could answer it is just bad. During his free time, he has taken up programming, and has learned how to code. Although not proficient, he can program very simple games. Sei has been excited over the first VRMMORPG, and thinks when he has the time, he will try to decode parts for his own learning.

Personality:
Generally, a nice, friendly guy all round. He isn't very social though. Doesn't engage other people often. But he will help others when they need help. Only when people talk badly about games with no reason, does his personality twist around a bit. If they can explain, he has no quarrels with them. Sometimes he gets overly excited, and loves in-game limited time events.

Skills:

Stats
Level: 5
Health: 950
Strength: 10
Agility: 12

Weapon Skills
One-handed Straight Sword
Blade Throwing
Martial Arts

Combat Skills
Battle Healing
Parry

Passive Skills
Tracking
Detection
Acrobatics
Sprint

Preferred weapon and Armor:
One handed straight swords

One handed sword

Current Sword Skills:

• Slant
• Vertical
• Horizontal
• Uppercut

Current Equipment:

• Anneal Blade
• Leather armor plate
• Clothes (as mentioned below)
• Pouch
  
  • 7x Potion
  • 1x Basic Teleport Crystal (Town of Beginnings)
  • 3x Basic Teleport Crystal (Random)
  • 1x Basic Teleport Crystal (Geniku)
  • 1x Basic Teleport Crystal (Horunka)

Current clothes:
Midnight blue, short sleeved, collared shirt. He also found some black cargo pants with pockets for his hands.

[LokiLeo789]

Name in Real Life:
Lao Jaximas

In Name Game
Lao'Jax

Age:
23

Gender:
Male

Short Bio:
Lao was born into a rich family. His father was a popular political leader in China, bit his family lives in Japan. Lao did not have much of a child hood, school and his behavior was what he focused on as a child. But he was not bitter, hour enjoyed learning about politics an leadership. He strived to be like his father, taking every chance he could, to see his father, even if it was on TV. Unfortunately, his father was assassinated, and the killer unknown. Lao fell into depression, his mother did everything she could to get him out of it. Eventually, SAO came out, and she ordered one of the 10,000 copies. Lao started playing games before SAO and was slowly improving. His mother was hopping this would help him.

Personality:
On the surface, Lao comes off as a rather silly and lighthearted person, frequently engaging in comical behavior and retaining his oft-present grin even while making threats. He displays a childlike amusement for new situations whether or not they prove adverse or even potentially fatal, has a penchant for wandering off on his own only to collapse in the middle of a street. Even with all these idiosyncrasies, he is extremely personable and his particularly complimentary nature easily gains him the friendship and trust of those surrounding him.
Of course, these aspects believe the complex and determined young man underneath. On the reverse side of his frivolous nature is his considerable shrewdness, which makes him quite capable of reading people and situations. He is particularly observant, taking into consideration even the smallest details of his surroundings in order to better understand and deal with challenges and is not above using cheap tricks or questionable tactics to ensure his own survival. Being singularly ambitious, Lao also has a remarkably tenacious will that allows him to overcome virtually insurmountable obstacles and accept inhuman burdens for the sake of his ultimate goal. He has considerable pride that will not stand for having his humanity insulted or condemned by his enemies, but he is also capable of shelving his pride if it becomes something that will stand in the way of his objective.

Lao is very protective of his family and comrades, refusing to allow any harm to come to them and often deeming their safety more important than his own in spite of his own personal ambitions and goals. He has to be reminded several times that his own safety is something upon which many people depend and uses his loved ones as his primary motivation when all hope seems lost. As such, he becomes furious when observing those who willingly or remorselessly cast aside their own comrades or brethren and is sickened by the idea of superiors who reject their duty to those who trust them.

Skills/Stats

Level
3

Stats
Strength: 8
Health: 600
Ability: 8

Weapon Skills
-One-Handed Sword Skills
-Katana Skills
-Martial Arts

Combat Skills
-Parry
-Battle Healing

Passive Skills
-Acrobatics
-Hiding
-Sprint
-Tracking

Preferred weapon and Armor:
Light Leather armor
-Tight chestplate with a short yellow shaw, and baggy white pants the tightens around the ankles. And to top it all of, leather combat boots.

One-Handed Blade

Taking the form if the blade depicted above. This blade his usually strapped to the small of his back and used in the unorthodox, back hand style at times.

[Lennon79]

Pyotr

RL Name
Todoroki Akiko
IG Name
Pyotr
Age
17
Gender
Female

Equipment
Pyotr wears a mix of leather medium armour with heavy armour pauldrons, bracers and greaves in plate.



She wields an elegant but fairly small sabre with a sheath at her waist, modelled after a Cossack's shashka.

Skills

Profession and Related Skills
N/A

Non-Combat Skills
- Fishing
- Skinning (To be learnt)
- Cooking (To be learnt)
- Sales Negotiation (To be learnt)
- Armour Appraisal (To be learnt)

Combat skills
- Parry (To be learnt)
- Two-handed Curved Swords
- Medium Armour Proficiency
- Heavy Armour Proficiency (To be learnt)

Sword Skills
- Arc (Single curving strike, 1-hit, Can be used to extend a 2 or 3 hit combo attack by 1 extra attack, Post-attack slowdown and cooldown time are increased after boosting a combo)
- Hilt (2-hit strike, first with the hilt and then with the body of the blade)
- Ura (1-hit charge attack with a moderate chance to knock target down)

Stats
Level - 3
Health - 600
Strength - 11
Agility - 5

Bio
The adults of the Todoroki family both worked in shipping, mainly between Sapporo and Vladivostok, taking the family to various countries for business trips. Their oldest daughter Akiko, already something of an internet addict, eventually became obsessed with Russian pop culture and history after one too many trips to Moscow. Taking up the pseudonym 9rota, or Pyotr online, she quickly made a name for herself on Russian chatboards and MMO servers as a hardcore russophile, eventually picking up the language through local TV and midnight Skype chats. Her entry into Sword Art Online was nothing special, bar that she took the decision to create for herself male avatar, tall, proud and sporting the most exaggerated Soviet features she could get her mitts on. In real life she is rather less striking, with a short and rather plump form that evokes a relaxed air and casual personality.

Her first day in Sword Art Online went about as well as anyone's. After several hours bumbling around alone, she eventually picked up a stray by the name of Cam-Cam. The boy's weird personality and odd habits did little to endear him to Pyotr and before long she passed him off to another lonely adventurer on the first night. She then proceeded to get rip-roaringly drunk at the local tavern, consuming far more alcohol than her real body could possibly handle. Amid the desperate drunken revelry and escapist partying, she found a sense of belonging she had never quite known in the real world... as well as opportunity. Even whilst heavily drunk, she began the first of her wily trading deals that would eventually make her a fortune; for the moment it was simply buying tons of cheap ale at the bar and selling it for one Col over asking price, but from such meagre profits a new dream was found.

Albeit at the bottom of a bottle.

Personality
Akiko tends to be upbeat in a half-hearted way, preferring to cheer others and provide support rather than get stuck in herself. This philosophy applies to her social life as much as combat, as she tends to drift to the edge of the social group. She can be quite darkly cynical at times too, naturally expecting the worst from people if only because of what she might do, given the same opportunity. Pyotr tends to conceal her true feelings from others, throwing up a cheery face even when she loathes them. She is also rather vindictive at times... and her sense of morals is decidedly greyer than most.

That said, once she is comfortable in someone's presence, Akiko will comes out of herself to be both more useful and talkative. Those who earn her friendship and business partners who have earned her trust can expect to be treated like family, but others who cross a certain line may find themselves subject to... punitive measures. Regardless of how well she knows someone, they will likely be on the receiving end of her sarcasm and occasional perverse joke.

[Ebil Bunny]

Ritaka

Rihito Fumitaka

THEME
Clicky

IGN
Ritaka

AGE
17

GENDER
Male

STATS
Level - 3
Health - 600
Strength - 8
Agility - 8

SKILLS
- Curved Sword
- Light Metal Equipment

- Parry
- Sprint
- Hiding

- Familiar Recovery
- Familiar Communication

- Purchase Negotiation
- Sales Negotiation

EQUIPMENT
- Arms Length
- Default Light Metal Chestplate
- Defualt Leather Wear
- 2 Health Crystals
- 1 Message Record Crystal (Used)

PET (to be)
NAME: Nixie
TYPE: Riverbow Bird
APPEARANCE: Clicky
DESCRIPTION: Riverbows don't help in battle situations like most other pets, though their abilities are just as useful. When somebody tames a Riverbow, they have the ability to see through its eyes, allowing them to literally have a birds eye view. However, SAO has an invisibile barrier about one third of the way up to the bottom of the next floor that can not be passed except through dungeons. This makes was mainly made for making it possible to kill flying monsters with ranged attacks, who would normally just fly out of reach of knife throwers and rain death upon all.

BIO
Rihito was the only son of Gyousei Fumitaka, one of the higher-ups in the NerveGear company. Saying his family was rich would be an understatement, but in no way did that make Rihito's life perfect. In fact, it was far from it. His father expected much from Rihito from a young age. Private Tutors were hired to teach Rihito as much about Math and Science as he could possbily learn, and then some.

Rihito was very protected, bearly ever leaving the large expanse of property that was owned by the Fumitaka Family. His father forbid him, telling Rihito that he didn't want him to "pick up the childish ways of the childish people".

Rihito turned inward, and became timid and quiet like his mother. He really loved his father, and wished to please him, but he didn't feel like there was anything he could do. He wasn't strong like his father. He was just Rihito.

He turned to video games, and though he enjoyed a lot of different genres of games, he really got into MMORPGs. There, he could be whoever he wanted. Timid Rihito became strong, independant, and powerful Ritaka. Ritaka could do whatever he wanted, banishing powerful demons, and rescuing damsels in distress.

Rihito always had a NerveGear, as his father worked for the company, but he didn't really use it much. However, when he found out his mother had secretly signed him up as a beta tester for SAO, and he had gone through, he was overjoyed! He quickly wizzed through his studies every day so he could go to that other dimension where Rihito and Ritaka became one person.

Rihito played as much as he could, becoming one of the most powerful beta testers. He tried everything he could, from spear fighting to sewing, just so he knew for sure what he wanted to go for when SAO was released. He decided on Beast Mastery, because it heald so much experiances that no other type of play style had. He researched as much as he could, and found out about all kinds of tamable beasts, but none of the lower floor tamables were as appealing to him as the Riverbow.

PERSONALITY
Although Rihito acts shy in real life, when he becomes Ritaka, he becomes a strong leader like his father. He keeps his cool in most serious situations, and is always ready to lead, or be led, into battle.

Though he's serious about a lot of things, he's not unkind. No matter the circumstances, he's always willing to help someone learn the game a bit better, or listen if they had a bad day. Whenever someone comes to him for aid, he feels honored and happy to help.

Rihito thinks that Ritaka is just a character. The truth is that Ritaka is Rihito, but with the ability to act the way he feels in a comfortable environment. Sword Art Online is Rihito's freedom, not his cage.

[KoL]

-"I Don't mind if you're god or not, as long as I have his memories with me, beating this game won't be a problem!"

Name in Real Life: Alice Kirishima
In Name Game: Alyss
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Looks:



Short Bio: Alice is a half-British girl who came to live on Japan along with her mother after her father, who's the CEO of a big pharmaceutical group back on England, remarried with a woman 20 years younger than him and started to strange himself from the rest of the family. Once she began attending classes at an all-girls middle school, two years ago, she was mercilessly bullied by her class mates because of her utter lack of understanding of the japanese language and culture and soon became disinterested and started to skip classes and isolate herself from the outside world. It wasn't until her mother finally convinced her to enroll on the same public high school from where she graduated over a decade ago that Alice started to see the life in a new light.

The source of this change was her meeting Kouta, a boy that was know as a delinquent by everyone on the school because of his wild looks and the fact that he didn't cared for other people's opinions. Their encouter palyed almost as if it came straight out of a shoujo manga, when the rough boy saves the bullied heroine from the other girls and, at the same time, drives her to do something for herself. It didn't took long before Alice's maiden heart belonged only to Kouta and they started dating and sharing all the things they liked, including Kouta's love for MMORPGs and action games, in fact, Kouta was one of SAO's beta testers. However, unknown to to Alice, Kouta had a very small time left to live because of brain tumor and before they had to part, he used every second he had to instill in her to will to live for herself, as well as, his strong sense of justice. When the time finally came, Alice vowed between her sobs that she wouldn't let Kouta's efort be in vain, she would live for both on them and when the time to meet him again finally came she would have no regrets.

A few weeks after Kouta's death, ALice received a package sent by him, inside of it where a brand new NerveGear, a beta tester copy of SAO, and a post card with a picture of his smilling character along with his beta test party on one side and the message "Have fun, even if I'm not there anymore" on the other.

Putting the NerveGear on, and reading herself for a new chalenge with a smile on her lips and tears in her eyes, Alice vowed to clear this game not only for helsef, but for the one showed her a new way on life.

Personality: Alice inherited a strong sense of justice from Kouta and as such she is always very straightforward in her actions, always fighting her foes head on, never using any sort of deception or dirty trick and loathing those who do. She does her best to protect her friends and allies, but don't care to save people who pursue their own undoing thanks to greed or jealousy. However, she too has her girly streaks, like her love for sweet things and fondness for love stories and dramas.

Skills:

Support Skills
>Acrobatics
>Search
>Sprint
>Straining

Combat Skills
>Parry
>Battle Healing
>Light Metal Equipment

Sword Skills
>One Handed Swords Skills
>Martial Arts

Preferred weapon and Armor: Medium metal armor who offer solid protection while still alowing a measure of mobility and heavy one handed swords, paired with some ocasional martial arts moves (specially grabs and tackles, if it's allowed).

Stats

Level 3

Heath 600
Strength 9
Agility 7

[Animal]

Name in Real Life: Evan Winters

In Name Game: Cam-Cam

Age: 17

Gender: Male

Looks

Short Bio: Evan is more odd in real life than he is in the game. He has a hobby of sewing up costumes or little animal beanies that he wears out in public. People thought it was weird at first, but he just so happens to travel with his twin sister Lily to cover for him. He adores his sister very much and made a pact to never stray too far away from her. Evan thought it was pretty fun dressing up as something else and wanted to expand on that by creating a character in SAO. So he named himself after the first animal costume he has ever sowed, the chameleon.

Personality: Evan is a cheerful, energetic person who will often invade someone's personal space for a simple hello. His goal centrals around to having the perfect adventure. Doing so, he will have to complete all a hundred floors. At first, he had his fun by exploring what the game had to offer. At some point, he began to take the game more seriously as he started to really get into his newly created character by treating it like a second life. A life he does not want to get away from, a place where he can escape the boring reality. The game is slowly corrupting him, making him forget the vow he made to his sister in order to start a new life here...in Aincrad.

Skills:

-Scythe Skills

Combat Skills
-Parry
-Leather Equipment

Passive Skills
-Acrobatics
-Listening
-Tracking

Non-Combat Skills
-Sewing

Preferred weapon and Armor:
Light Leather Armor. (Chestplate, Boots, Gauntlets, and Tasset)

Scythe

Stats
Health: 425
Level: 2
Strength: 6
Agility: 7

[PKMNB0Y]

Name in Real Life: Hideki Yasuda
In Name Game: Fujiwara
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Looks:
Clothes subject to change, of course.
Short Bio: Born to two Japanese immigrants to the U.S., Hideki was always fascinated with his parents' homeland and the developments within. He became even more engrossed in the world of video games, however, and would often spend time playing inside than with the children in the park. When he heard of the development of a VRMMORPG, he became extremely excited, going so far as to have his parents import a copy of the game and a NerveGear on the game's release day from Japan. He's an avid fan of all games, ranging from visual novels to RTS games to, of course, MMORPGs.
Personality: Hideki usually isn't a sociable person, mainly due to the fact that his isolation during his childhood didn't really develop any social skills. What few social skills he has he gained from playing online with others, at which point he began to reach out to others and extend his knowledge of others. He's generally friendly to others around him (it's his default attitude inside MMOs), but his attitude quickly turns colder if in danger. If so, he becomes a lot more callous to people and attempts to make the best possible decision for the survival of the group, even if he has to sacrifice others (or even his own safety, if need be) to assure that.
Skills:
Weapon Skills:
Curved Sword
Katana

Combat Skills:
Light Metal Equipment
Parry
Emergency Recovery

Passive Skills:
Detection
X-Ray Vision
Extended Weight Limit

Non-Combat Skills:
Slash Weapon Forging
Fishing
Metal Refining
Metal Equipment Repairing

Preferred weapon and Armor: Katana and Light Metal Armor

Level: 4
Stats: STR 11 AGI 8

Name in Real Life: Ayame Tachibana
In Name Game: Ayame
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Looks: (Remove the third eye and all connecting wires.)
Short Bio: Ayame and Hideki's history goes back to roughly 7 years before SAO's release, during a trip by Hideki's parents (and him) back to Japan during his summer vacation. Ayame's parents were old friends with Hideki's, seeing as how the four had met during college and never dropped contact with each other ever since. It was during this time that the younger Hideki met Ayame, who at the time was an incredibly introverted bookworm. At their parent's encouragement, the two opened up to each other and became friends. This led to Ayame becoming a more social person in the years to come, eventually joining her high school's track and field team and a model student for the rest of the school. Hideki retained contact with her during this time, but as he became more introverted and more of a closet gamer she began to worry about his well-being. When the news of SAO's release came out, she asked her parents to get her a copy of the game and a NerveGear as a gift, not for her own amusement but because of her wanting to resolve Hideki's 'obsession' with games (in fact, it was from him that she learned of the game's existence and his resolve to play).
Personality: Ayame's dedication to a cause, when she puts her mind to it, is absurd- it's what allowed her to reach the top of her class during school and outside of it. The 'death game' Kayaba implemented is seen by her as one of self-fulfillment, something that she can't understand the existence of. Being a bookworm half her life, Ayame's understanding of the world is slightly limited, social interaction being something she reacts towards. Though she puts on a very bright and happy facade most of the time, the truth is that she's still the same person at heart- given the right circumstances, she could easily revert to being the shy introvert she used to be during her childhood. Ayame sees Hideki as a little sibling more than a friend at this point, and thus acts more like a big sister to him than anything else. To others, Ayame is relatively friendly; the times where she acts cold or aggravated are few and far between.
Skills:
Weapon Skills:
Rapier (Temporary): Just Linear
Scythe

Combat Skills:
Cloth Armor
Parry

Passive Skills:
Acrobatics
Extended Weight Limit

Non-Combat Skills:
Cooking

Preferred weapon and Armor: Scythe and Cloth Armor

Level: 2
Stats: 6 STR, 7 AGI

[ItsToppyTippers]

NAME IN REAL LIFE: Hatsumi

IN GAME NAME: Rey

AGE: 18

GENDER: Female

LOOKS:

Hider

SHORT BIOGRAPHY: She lived feeling pretty lonely when she was younger. Raised by her older sister after her parent's deaths, Hatsumi always stayed home after school everyday. The female never made as much friends as she wanted to, but she made very few that she could feel comfortable around. Although she was lonely, she made it her goal to not be all closed up like when she was younger. She turned to video games for help in being social.

PERSONALITY: Despite her age, Hatsumi is childish at heart. She absolutely loves adventures, and would do anything to travel around the world, but since she does not have much money, she imagines traveling. She is open to change as everything in the world changes during some points in time -- so why not just accept it as is? She isn't ashamed to show how excited she gets, so she practically runs about freely. When people are threatened, she does become serious. To her, life is a precious thing that should be cherished till the end.

STATS/SKILLS:

• STATS
  
  LEVEL: 3
  HEALTH: 600
  STRENGTH: 6
  AGILITY: 10
• PROFESSION AND RELATED SKILLS
  
  In the future, she would probably want to be a Performer.
• RAPIER SKILLS
  
  Linear
  Above
• COMBAT SKILLS
  
  Battle Healing
  Parry
• PASSIVE SKILLS
  
  Acrobatics
  Listening
  Sprint
• NON-COMBAT SKILLS
  
  Cooking
  Musical Instrument

PREFERRED WEAPON AND ARMOR:

Rapier

Light Leather Armor.

CURRENT EQUIPMENT:

WEAPON: Basic Rapier (Beginning Rapier)
CLOTHES: Sleeveless collared vest & shorts that end mid-thigh and Combat boots.
POUCH: 2 Potions

[KoL]

Oops, sorry for the mistake, my phone betrayed me.

[Thanatos]

Ojiisan

"You gonna let an old man show you up, youngster?"

Name in Real Life: Akita Mashai
In Game Name: Ojiisan
Age: 70
Birth Day: September 25^th
Gender: Male

Looks:

Short Bio: Mashai was born into a slightly above average family, money wise, in Kyoto, Japan. He got average grades in school, did normal school-boy things. He was just an average, not a memorable person. When he was 24 years old, he took over his family's restaurant. Which after a few years, he opened a second restaurant. Mashai fell in love when he was 30 years old, and got married a year later. He ended up having three kids, two boys and one girl. Eventually Mashai handed his two restaurants to his kids and retired. He spent his new free time spoiling his grandchildren. Recently he has gotten into gaming, because of his grandchildren. He heard from his daughter that she and her husband where going to be getting a copy of Sword Art Online for his granddaughter, Hanako. So he worked a little of his "magic" and bought his two other grandchildren each a NerveGear and copy of Sword Art Online. So they all could play it together. Of course he bought himself one so he could enjoy it with his grandchildren.
Personality: He is a kind old man, most of the time. He is not afraid to stand up for what he believes in. He would without hesitation throw his life away to protect his family. Sometimes he acts like he is senile, just to mess with people. He tends to use semi-insulting sayings to motivate people. On occasion he will do or say something that would be classified as perverted.

Stats:

Level: 3
Health: 600
Agility: 7
Strength: 9

Skills:

-Passive Skills:
• Extended Weight Limit
• Listening
• Night Vision
• Sprint

-Non-combat Skills:
• Cooking
• Heavy Metal Armor Forging
• Metal Equipment Repairing

-Combat Skills:
• Battle Healing
• Howl
• Heavy Metal Equipment
• Martial Art

Preferred weapon and Armor:
- Heavy Metal Armor
- Two Metal Shields

[Savo]

Aiko Makoto/Aikoto

Name in Real Life: Aiko Makoto

In Name Game: Aikoto

Age: 16

Gender: Male

Looks:



Height: 6'1"

Weight: ???

The glasses he is currently donning are just aesthetical to his appearance; he used to wear actual glasses that improved his eyesight, but his eyes became better in his life. The lenses won't affect how he sees since he replaced them with fake ones.

Short Bio:

Makoto was born to a Japanese-American family that was living in America for the most part due to business in the states that his mother who was Japanese attended to. His father was a chef who owned his own restaurant and half of his childhood was spent under careful watch of his father or older sister. His sister would often tease him and often strike a heroic pose for the most part whenever her brother was under her care. From what he could easily discern, she must of felt really cool for protecting her younger brother, however in reality her brother did most of the protecting when trouble arose due to her own immaturity. Bailing her out wasn't uncommon to him and he frequently found himself getting dragged into trouble by his older sister. It did leave him with a bitter taste in his mouth, but to say the least he did enjoy it. It wasn't long before the family was drafted to Japan due to their mother gaining a promotion and a chance to work wherever her business was... however, she first consulted her family about this, and most of them agreed for the most part... And at the age of six, his father, his seven year old sister, and mother came to find themselves in Japan. As the boy grew older with his sister, she invited more trouble while gaining new interests in the world of gaming.

However, unlike his sister Yui, Makoto wasn't ever considered one for games throughout his life, often finding himself engaging in other activities which didn't involved virtual reality. At a young age, none of it interested him to say the least, much to his older sisters chagrin who often tried to get him into video games. Makoto would often brush her off, calling it nothing more than a mere time waster to say the least. Makoto often spends his time performing Kendo, studying myriads of things to improve himself for the long run, ignoring all distractions that would of otherwise occupied his time for the most part. He acted rather adverse to his friends who would often attempt to trick him into frittering away his time on a program for their entertainment. To say the least, he did applaud their efforts and found it amusing to say the least before letting out a victorious laugh and a cocky smile. Makoto is noted by them to be rather adept at spotting these things in the long run which at the most causes them grief to an extent before they awkwardly join in. Either way, in an nutshell, his school career was fretted with hard work in which he pushed himself to the maximum potential, and he generated crushes to which he never fessed up to.

On one uneventful evening, while he was hanging out with his friends they all pressured him to agree to an excruciatingly convoluted and somehow veiled deal. He already knew where this was going and begrudgingly agreed to their little deal, all of them giggling and smiling. He chuckled a bit, knowing full well that they must of had something set up for him that might snare him this time and get him to play a video game for the first time, or a VRMMORPG. The bet was to ask a girl out on a date before their friend Kazuki could, but before they could finish explaining the whole deal, he smugly cut them off, saying it was a deal. Even though he wasn't at all good with talking to girls, he still figured he could manage to appease them and beat them at their little game. His pride got the better of him as he wished he bit his tongue as they said he had to ask Aiko Yui, his sister, out on a date. Makoto immediately rejected the idea, but soon came to realize that he was snaged in their little trap with no way out. Since he was compelled by his hubris, he bitterly agreed to the little coup they manifested and asked them what game it was. Surprisingly enough, his sister popped out from inside a closet, carrying what looked to be very peculiar looking helmets... before tripping onto the rug and scattering out four peculiarly looking helmets. His sister Yui explained what they were and how she got in on the deal to try to finally get him to join in, and enviously shoved one towards him. From what he managed to collect was that helmet would of been for her had he not coolly agreed to the deal. Furthermore, only four out of the ten of them there (his sister being the tenth) could only participate. Once their little meeting was done, they all headed back to their homes to start it up.

"... Gone?... That... No, he can't?..."

Personality:

Makoto is a rather intelligent young man with an efficient persona which he puts up for the most part, taking everything seriously as if it was forfeiting or fighting. He is rather quite adept at spotting inconsistencies and discerning volatile situations, his friends and late friends often commented on this, saying it was an innate ability, to which he coolly brushes them off. He acts with a no nonsense attitude, often chastising either his friends or sister for wasting their time on gaming since it was doing nothing more that decomposing their lives away for the most part. Makoto often finds himself pressured, to which he can effortlessly brush off or crumble under if the right conditions are met. He also thinks things through and never at all acts on instinct, unless it actually comes to him having to fight without thinking. Makoto also has an alleviated ego which can sometimes cause his downfall at times, such as his confrontation with having to perform such a ridiculous action. At times he can keep his hubris under control, and stay his tongue from speaking out.

Even with his attitude which is against such folly, he will still have fun and enjoy his time for the most part. He is shown to have increasing loyalty towards his friends and will stubbornly stick with them till the end if their plan is plausible. If not, he will attempt to drag them out of the ongoing situation before it delves into darker territories. He is also very stalwart, and unwilling to back down from anything that dares harm his friends and considers them to be greater than the golden lust of the world. His friendliness to an extent comes from his sister who helped him out through his darkest hours, giving him hope for the future. Once reminded of this, he will unrelentlessly push on forward with no delay, maybe breaking the mold on how he acts. Makoto can also be described as dense at times when talking to a girl, and they can even go as far as to say that he gets a bit scatterbrained when doing so if he has a crush on them. This has lead to many accidental crushed hearts an awkward encounters that he feels guilty for, but he chooses to push on.

Due to being in Kendo, Makoto is extremely competitive for the most part, and will often strive to better himself in the long run. If there is someone better than him, he will learn how to cause their downfall fairly without resorting to any dirty tactics that might soil their skills but reputation. The ambitious boy often can reach to far beyond his own expectations, and as a result may fall flat on his face at times. This can sometimes enrage him to the point where he will swear on that person to regain his honor and will hold a grudge against them. This is mainly due to when someone cheats him out of a victory and very rarely happens when someone falls him in a adequate duel. However, he is rather dignified and graceful in his losses, seeing them as a way to improve himself, unless they gloat over their victory... if there is anything worse than seeing a sore loser for him, its seeing a sore winner.

Skills:

Weapon:

-One-handed Straight Sword
-Martial Arts

Combat:

-Parry
-Battle Healing

Passive:

-Acrobatics
-Extend Weight Limit
-Searching
-Sprint

Equipment/Items:

-Basic One-Handed Straight Sword
-Light Leather Armor (Shirt, Pants, and Shoes)
-Linen Clothes (Shirt and Pants)
-Pouch
--Health Potions (x3)
--Guide Book
--Teleport Crystal - Town of Beginnings

Stats:

Level: 3
Health: 600
Agility: 11
Strength: 5

[chukklehed]

Name in Real Life: Tsukiko Yamimoto
In Name Game: Tsukiya
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Looks:

Appearance

Short Bio:
In real life Tsukiko is confined to a wheelchair, unable to move her lower body after surviving a car accident. In SAO, she can do all the things other people do, and more. She feels that if it was only her, she would never want to leave Aincrad, but she will beat the game if it means everybody else will escape.

Personality:
Tsukiko doesn't talk much to strangers, so little in fact that people who don't know her think she's mute. Despite her standoffish behavior, she's kind and understanding, but extremely strong willed. In the general, she prefers fighting to socializing, but strangely would rather solve personal fights with words instead.

Skills:

Passive Skills-
Nightvision
Detection
Acrobatics

Combat Skills-
Battle Healing
Heavy Metal Equipment

Two Handed Sword Skills-
Slash
Backrush

One Handed Dagger Skills-
Sidebite

Preferred weapon and Armor:
Two Handed Sword and Heavy Metal Armor (Although she has been seen occasionally using a knife instead)

Stats

Level 4
Health: 775
Strength: 10
Agility: 8
Col: 2325

Inventory

Steel Claymore
Steel Poniard
Steel Armor
Healing Potion (x5)
Teleport Crystal (x3)

[_Middle_]

Name in Real Life: Makoto Kimura

In Name Game: Lincoln

Age: 18

Gender: Male

Short Bio: Makoto lived a pretty normal life. His family was always below average in wealth. He lives in a fairly small house with his mom. Makoto's dad left when he became a major alcoholic. Makoto's sister died, which he was extremely close with, and is a very touchy topic with him. Makoto got his hands on a NervGear by having saved his money combined with his birthday. He always loved video games. Since his mom was always working or doing something, all he had was games. Makoto was never one to have a lot of friends. He had a few, his gaming buddies from different games. Now that SAO came out, he is extremely excited to play. Since he has a lack of people skills, he is planning in playing the game solo.

Personality: Makoto has a pulled back personality. He isn't much of a people person. After his dad leaving, and sister dying, he never put his trust in anyone. He never relied on anyone. But when Makoto meets someone he cares about, he will protect them with his life. He won't become a cling-on, but will go to great lengths for them. Makoto is a very laid back guy when you get to know him, and brings some comedic relief when needed. He isn't much of a leader, and just likes being told what to do.

Skills

Skills:

Combat Skills
Battle Healing

One-Handed Sword
Vertical
Horizontal
Sonic Leap
Vertical Arc
Deadly Sins

Passive Skills
Acrobatics

Preferred weapon and Armor: Light armor that allows good movement. A straight sword.

Stats:
Level One
Health: 250
Strength: 5
Agility: 5

[Eklispe]

Jack Tiner

Name in Real Life: Jack Tiner
In Name Game: Jax
Age: 16
Gender: Male

Looks

Short Bio

Average. Average height, average eyes, average hair, average grades, average at sports. The word that seemed to define Jack. It wasn’t like he tried to be average. He didn’t want to be average. But it seemed to be all that he could manage. Even the music he listened to was average, mainstream. A droll life for the most part one the Jack wished to change but could somehow never break out of. Finally Jack saw his chance with the newest gaming system on the market, Nervegear. The first game for it was Sword Arts Online, a virtual reality game where he could be whoever he wanted, where he could be something more than ordinary. So naturally he applied for the beta, and was promptly rejected. Knowing that his parents would never waste so much money on “pixels and light” Jack considered what to do.

His parents wouldn’t pay for it and he didn’t have the money himself, his only shot was at getting the beta key, unless he got it without paying… Resolute in his decision Jack decided that he would have to steal, not from a store of course, but from one of the students. He listened around until he found someone bragging about having not just one but two copies of SAO and Nervegear to match. Jack used the school system to find the boys address and waited until the boy and his family were off on vacation. Of course Jack’s own family rarely went on vacation and generally just stayed in town. Jack broke into the house and found that the boy had left the second copy home and unguarded. He eagerly came home and immediately plugged in.

Personality: Dedicated. In this new world Jack is determined to prove himself as something different. He will prove himself as something special, someone to take note of. If working harder than everyone else is the only way he can make himself shine, and that’s exactly what he is going to do. He is very friendly and honest but can also be quite naïve at times. He is always up for laugh and is very easy going.

Skills

Spear Skills:
Fend
Sweep
Jab

Non-Combat Skills
Equipment Appraisal
Fishing
Cooking (to be learned)
Detection
Lock picking
Merchant (to be learned)

Preferred Weapon/Armor- any

Armor Class: Medium
Weapon type: Spear/Shield

Stats
Health: 250
Strength: 5
Agility: 5

[AiyvaGuard]

Name in Real Life|
Ackley Donamie

IGN|
Oaky

Age|
16

Gender|
Male

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| Height- 5''5 | Weight- 117.3 | Build- Athletic |

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Short Bio|
Ackley lived the most introvert and boring way. He spent most of his time exercising, playing games, and reading. His family was known to be filled with professors, scientists, and archeologists...but Ackley didn't strive to be one of his parents, feeling as if he could change the pathway and break free from the chain of professors and scientists, working up to the life goal of being the world renown game-maker. So, friends weren't necessary anymore...he fully devoted himself to his studies, gaining every little piece of knowledge he could gain, secluding himself from others to be what he wanted to be...but that mentally damaged him, becoming so secluded that he lost his way of speaking...becoming shy as he forgot what it's like to smile, " Wake up honey...this isn't a book anymore. " His mother died, saying that last sentence, feeling as if he'd been stabbed by an arrow...tears rushing down his cheeks and realizing his mistakes...without his mother he led to constant damage, cutting himself due to the loneliness he casted upon himself...'Why...why'.....In an attempt to regain himself, he played a game, attempting to make friends but that ended badly.

Personality|
" Deprived. I am tired, sick of the pain I've recieved. Nothing came out of my life...it's only gotten worse by the second and I can't stop the tears that run down my face. Useless...might as well remove myself from the world, people...people hate me, even in the virtual reality in which I thought was true paradise...simply turned on me and killed my insides. I can't stand the fact that I am trembling to others, falling to the ground because of there voices echoing in my mind...so suicide. Suicide is the answer, so many others did it to...why can't I? They say its wrong but...do they feel our pain, they can't feel the urge to destroy ourselves, removing the pain from ourselves. I don't know...maybe I can turn myself around, living a new and broad life, leaving my shy shell. "

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Skills|
Support Skills
- Acrobatics
- Extended Weight Limit
- Straining
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Combat Skills
- Leather Equipment
- Meditation
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Sword Skills
- One-Handed Straight sword
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Preferred Weapon & Armor

The Large Straightsword

Anoia's Light

No shield though

Stat's|
LEVEL: 3
HEALTH: 600
STRENGTH: 5
AGILITY: 11
Col: 936

[Animus]

RLN: Natsume Araki

IGN: Natto

AGE: 19

GENDER: Male

APPEARANCE:

Hider

SHORT BIOGRAPHY:
Being raised by a single father, Natsume grew up dealing with responsibilities others his age did not have to. Helping out both with household chores and bills was the norm for him. Although one might argue he might have wasted his youth doing odd jobs, it was not without benefits. He was respected by his friends for his maturity and was well liked by the people in his town. He is currently a first year science major at the local university. As his father was recently able to solve their financial problems, Natsume had wanted to break away into a more care free life. His ticket to said life laid in Aincrad… or so he believed.

PERSONALITY:
Strangers might label Natsume as an introvert but his peers know better. While he loves alone time, Natsume makes for great company with his bubbly personality and his conversations never run dry due to his multitude of experiences. Though he was brought up to be kind and understanding, he has not mingled those traits with naivety and he can be perfectly pragmatic when necessary. He is not without faults though, the young man is particularly distrustful of people and seldom accepts things at face value. As a result, while Natsume can easily make friends, there are few whom he is truly close to.

STATS/SKILLS:

• STATS
  
  LEVEL: 3
  HEALTH: 600
  STRENGTH: 10
  AGILITY: 6
• PROFESSION AND RELATED SKILLS
  
  Natto has an interest in the Merchant profession.
• SPEAR SKILLS
  
  Jab
  Sweep
• COMBAT SKILLS
  
  Parry
• PASSIVE SKILLS
  
  Acrobatics
  Night Vision
  Hiding
• NON-COMBAT SKILLS
  
  Cooking

PREFERRED WEAPON AND ARMOR:

Spears or Lance type weapons.
Medium type armor.

[Little_ninja]

Name in Real Life: Yukizawa Hanako
In Name Game: YukiHana
Age: 8
Birthday: 8th April
Gender: Female
Looks:

YukiHana's Appearance

Short Bio:
Hanako is an only child in a rich family. Her parents did not spoil her though, but they do treat her well. She’s grown up with their cousins. An older boy and an older girl. They were like Hanako’s older brother and sister. They would do many things and play together lots. The parents encouraged the children to get along, which they did, and hoped they would continue to as they got older. Hanako's grandfather, Mashai Akita, would often played with both Hanako and her cousins.

As the announcement of Sword Art Online came out, her parents, who were closely associated with the production of the game, had decided to spoil Hanako a little and got one of ten thousand copies of the game. When it was time to play, Hanako excitedly spoke the magic words, “Link Start~!”

Personality:
A cute little girl who is a bit clingy. She's innocent and is curious about lots of things. Friendly and energetic, yet just a little mischievous, a simple but perfect way to sum up the girl known as Yukizawa Hanako. Beaming with life, and playing pranks from time to time.

Skills:

Stats
Level: 3
Health: 600
Strength: 6
Agility: 10
Col: 1500

Weapon Skills
War Dance (Claws)

Combat Skills
Leather Equipment

Passive Skills
Hiding
Tracking
Acrobatics
Sprint

Combat Skills
Musical Instrument
Picking

Preferred weapon and Armor:
Claws
Leather armor

[Stale Pizza]

Name in Real Life: Masae Nagayama (永山 雅恵)

In Name Game: Aero

Age: 14 (June 16, 2008)

Gender: Female

Looks:


Masae is above average height compared to most schoolgirls around her age, measuring at 168 cm (5'6"), and moderate weight of 61 kg (135 lbs). She dislikes using eye contacts, finding it irritating; therefore she wears glasses. While her sight issues could easily be dealt with even after the game locks down, she still prefers to wear them out of habit and fashion.

Biography:
In Funabashi, Japan, Masae was born as the first daughter of the Nagayama family, two years before her younger brother Yasu (永山 野洲). Her father was a young professor in one of the universities at Kashiwa, which they quickly moved, going away from the suburbs. She was technically one-eighth Korean – from one of her grandfathers, who was the runner of a Pachinko parlor in the bustling city of Tokyo – though besides that, there was nothing that seriously stood out from her family.

Masae looked strikingly similar to her father: they both wore glasses (Masae didn't start wearing them until eight, however), had the same amber-colored eyes, and while their hair color was different, they both had curvy and slightly messy hair styles. Born into a generation where the world was slowly changing, Masae was able to experience those innovations personally; she was just going through her middle years of grade school before they were suddenly using tablet computers and all sorts of strange technology. Her professor dad wasn't a fan of it, believing that the replacement of the new of the old was washing away cultural values...which was where they were different in terms of belief. Generally he tried to avoid conversation with the young girl, not willing to restrict her life despite his discontent.

Masae immediately established herself as a model leader in her class once she entered junior high school; like many of her peers, she eventually became interested in video games and quickly made herself as a fairly intelligent student who cared about her classmates. She also had a way with talking to others, and usually was the leader in certain affairs. In fact, she was vice-class president for 7th grade and class president for 8th, as well as a runner for one of the smaller chess clubs in school, something that she likes to claim as an achievement.

When SAO came out during the middle of her last year in junior high, Masae managed to persuade her parents to take at least an one hour trip to downtown Tokyo just before dawn, not to mention the general traffic congestion there, to buy one of the non-beta versions there, to her luck (or lack of it), she was able to get the Nerve Gear and the game #8097, just getting back home to play it in the afternoon.

Personality:
Masae is a girl that is highly attentive to physical appearance and personal credibility; she usually does her best to appear organized, and while she doesn't necessarily get all the perfect grades, she knows how to look smart. She is very much an "ends justifies the means" leader. As long as she can get the work done in the most efficient way possible, a few small sacrifices could be made. Masae is assertive for the most part, but her understanding of others know when not to cross over someone's lines.

Secretly, Masae is also bossy and selfish; if someone is working with her, it is fairly certain that she would try to sweet-talk so she could get the bigger part of the pie, and she would try to find the best way to "overthrow" someone if she isn't commanding something, feeling that her skills are being underused.

In her more casual part of life, Masae likes to sketch, though she usually likes sketching people more than landscapes. And if she's not sketching, she likes writing about her own fantasy stories (being a sort of closet-otaku in a way).

Weapon Skills:
– Knife Throwing – Dagger

Combat Skills:
– Light Metal Equipment – Parry

Non-Combat Skills:
– Tools Appraisal – Sales Negotiation – Sprint

Equipment:

Standard Throwing Knives

Carving Dagger

Stats:
Level 2
HP: 425
STR: 5
AGI: 8

[Grayscythe]

Name in Real Life: Wesley Shanks
In Name Game: Dar
Age: 20
Gender: Male

Short Bio: Wesley is a military brat, and like so many military brats has lived moving around most of his life. With his father being in the United States Navy, Wesley has been overseas several times. This has made it difficult for him to establish long lasting relationships with others, though he does have a few pen pals. The last few years have seen him in the country of Japan.

Wesley's father has always saw his son going into the military like his old man but Wesley wants to do something different with his life. At the moment he's searching for this meaning in his life, something that has been driving a wedge between him and his father.

While he has been growing distant from his father in recent years due to getting sick of moving around, Wesley has developed a stronger relationship with his new step-mother. The two of them have bonded over a common hobby, video games. It was always something that Wesley had an interest in but his step-mother helped introduce him to a whole new world of it. When the VR for Sword Art Online made its way onto the market, Wesley had to try it out.

Personality: Wesley is an awkward snarker. He really wants to have friends but he just doesn't have good social skills when it comes to making/keeping them. However once he forms a bond with someone he will walk through hell to protect them. He has an altruistic nature and wants to protect others. However once you get him off the field, that's where he flounders.

Combat skills:

Parry

Passive skills:

Tracking

Profession Non combat skills:

Alchemy – Wants to work as a merchant and sell medicine. He predicts he will be bad at it.

Two-handed sword skills:

Avalanche
Cyclone
Slash
Cleave
Break Rush

Preferred weapon and equipment: Two handed swords, zweihanders, etc.
Heavy armor.

Level: 2
States
STR: 8
AGI: 5