Oni/Feudal Japan Roleplay

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[b]Name:[/b] Chiemi Hanayo

[b]Age:[/b] 24

[b]Sex:[/b] Female

[b]Occupation:[/b] Doctor/Herbalist

[b]Personality:[/b] Hanayo-san has a very down to earth type of personality and is quite a practical individual. She is very hard to rile up and has a very no-nonsense approach to life and her work. She is more than content to play her role in society and the war with no real ambition to rise above her station. One thing of particular interest is that she likes to be busy, be it gathering herbs or preparing tea she prefers to accomplish her tasks rather than chat around. If one finds themselves as one of her patients she will take complete control of the situation to ensure that the healing process proceeds as smoothly as possible, even if she has to give them a little extra pain to ensure their cooperation. Despite her professional demeaner and attitude she does at times show a softer side and can be a very good listener to anyone who just needs to get something off their chest. Chiemi is certainly a very dependable healer of both mind and body.

[b]Background:[/b] Chiemi was born and raised in the northern regions of Japan where Oni attacks are much more frequent. A peasant to the core, there had been hardly any chance of a more interesting life, her lot going to be to marry young and raise a family on some rice paddy. This was not to be however as a traveling master of Kampo, the use of medicinal herbs and medicines, and Reiki, or palm healing. Due to constant Oni sightings and attacks the traveling doctor had many patients to visit. During one of his visitations the good doctor found he was lacking a vital herb while in the town Chiemi lived. Chiemi overheard the doctor’s lament, as she had decided to go visit him out of curiousity and much to the doctor’s astonishment Chiemi instantly knew the type of herb he needed and where she could easily procure some in the nearby mountains.

Impressed with her knowledge, the doctor quizzed the young girl who was only 8 years old at the time and found she had a natural talent for identifying herbs and creating medicines. Realizing that such a gifted child needed to be trained, and how such skills were sorely needed during these trying times, the doctor offered her family a decent sum to take her on as an apprentice. The ecstatic parents quickly agreed and Chiemi left her home to work as the assistant to the traveling doctor. She learned many things from the man and soon her skills were quickly approaching his, before she could fully learn everything from the man tragedy struck. During one of their trips they found a dying scout who had been attacked by Oni, the pair tried to save him but to no avail, he died in Chiemi’s arms but not before he told them to run; however, the warning came too late and some Oni in the area came back and found them. Knowing he needed to save Chiemi as she could save many more lives over time than he ever could, the elderly doctor sacrificed himself to give Chiemi time to run away. Chiemi was alone at 15 years old.

Chiemi was a strong young woman and managed to later recover the doctor’s books and recipies and so she went into the forest to practice her medicinal arts. After much experimentation and self-training with the doctor’s materials she felt confident enough to start her own medical service. She was able to avoid Oni detection even when as their numbers were increasing in norther Japan thanks to her knowledge of the land and medicinal herbs. One day as she was practicing her arts, healing the sick, once again she found herself crossing paths with men sworn to protect the land from the Oni. The men had gotten involved in a skirmish with the monsters and were in horrible shape but for the most part alive. Chiemi quickly got to work using her Kampo and Reiki skills she was able to help almost all of the injured recover and even saved a man who was thought to be a hopeless case. The moment that solidified her reputation with the soldiers was when she managed to fend off an Oni that was trying to get at one of the severely injured soliders long enough for the others to come to their rescue. Deeply appreciative of her work, word of the miraculous lady doctor spread throughout the army.

Because of her exceptional skills she was recruited by the military to serve and save as many soldiers lives as possible during the Oni invasion. After serving in the military as a medic for a few years she has found herself hand-picked to one of the members of the battalion to be sent with Yasushi Miyoshi and the 7 swords to put an end to the Oni threat. She will soon find her resolve and skills pushed to the limit.

[b]Skills:[/b] The ability to easily locate herbs and create medicines from them is one of her most defining traits. Herbal teas are one of her specialties as she is easily able to brew them up even with the most basic of equipment. Chiemi is also a Second degree practictioner of Reiki, meaning she is able to send Reiki energy through hand placements and with special symbols even practice ‘distant healing’, of course any Reiki treatment is usually accompanied by more normal herbal remedies. Because of her Reiki training she is also accomplished as a messager and can use acupuncture as well. Due to her work in northern territories Chiemi had to learn some sort of defensive skill and so has some practice using her Naginata.

[b]Equipment:[/b] Chiemi is never without her Medical Box where she keeps her herbs, powders, medicines, bandages, and even some medical textbooks for good measure. If there is someone in need of healing she is ready to get to work immediately.
She also carries a Naginata for protection. 
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[b]Notes:[/b] Due to her rough, traveling lifestyle Chiemi is quite used to making rather nutritional based, rather than good tasting, meals. As such she does have a bit of a weakness to tasty treats and sweets when she can get them. If one wants to get on Chiemi’s good side the best way is by treating her to something tasty, after all, food is quite practical.[/center]

I was also thinking for her background it might be nice to maybe have her heal one of the other characters in the roleplay during her travels to build up a bit of an extra dynamic to the ground instead of just being picked for the battalion only for her skills. Any takers?