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[center][b]Name:[/b] Takeshi Shun
[b]Age:[/b] 26 
[b]Sex:[/b] Male
[b]Occupation:[/b] Artist and Armorer
[b]Sword:[/b] Yoken

[b]Personality:[/b] 
Takeshi is a kind and patient man. He is a bit of a perfectionist with a meticulous eye for detail, which serves him well in his professions, but often puts him at odds with the people around him. Takeshi is a bit of an introvert, preferring to spend time alone with his art and his designs, than spending time in the company of others. It isn’t that he dislikes people; it is more that he just doesn’t know how to properly act in social settings. One on one, Takeshi is more than capable of interacting with others, but the more people he is around, the more he hides himself away.

[b]Background:[/b] 
When he was very young, Takeshi realized that he had a passion for art. This alienated him a bit from the other children his age, as he preferred to spend his time drawing and painting rather than play-fighting or playing sports. 

As time went on, and Takeshi’s skills flourished, his father grew worried that he would be stuck without any employable skills. Resolved to finding a way to put Takeshi’s skills to good use, his father decided to teach him the basics of armour crafting and design. Surprisingly, Takeshi took quite well to the craft. For him, designing armour was just another way of creating art, and this way he could see his designs coming to life. 

Once he came of age to move out, Takeshi did so, finding a job as an armorer and making quite a name for himself. He received the sword Yoken as a gift from a samurai whose armour he designed. The samurai told him that the sword had been in his family for generations, but nobody had been able to actually draw the sword. He had assumed it to be a simple decorative sword, and so he gave it to Takeshi in return for crafting his armour.

Takeshi had taken the samurai at his word and never tried to wield the sword… that is, not until the day the man came looking for him.

[b]Skills:[/b] 
Takeshi is an incredibly talented artist. He has a keen eye for detail, and is actually a talented strategist. His most unique gift was an enhancement from the blade. When Takeshi wields Yoken, he not only gains enhanced sight, but he also becomes aware of what he has called the ‘shatter-point’ in different forms of armour and weapons. He believes this to be the result of his years spent extensively studying different armour and weapon designs. 

[b]Equipment:[/b] 
Aside from the blade, and his own custom armour, Takeshi brought his art set with him, which includes various art supplies. He also brought along his father’s knife, just in case he was ever in need.[/center]