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[b][u]Izaka Sazaka[/b][/u]

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[b]Age:[/b] 42

[b]Gender:[/b] Male

[b]Nationality:[/b] Zeteth

[b]Personality:[/b] Somewhat stand-offish when first met, the man is all about professionalism and efficiency. At times this hinders him, as he approaches almost all of his problems with a willingness to sacrifice others. At the end of the day, he extends little empathy to others beyond their usefulness to him and the mission. The world these days doesn't move without gold lining the hands of everyone involved and after his impoverished past, Izaka is more than willing to bloody his hands for a piece of that shiny, shiny action.

[b]Equipment[/b]
Ozonian Light Armor
One-handed Axe
One-handed Sword
Throwing Knives

[b]Background[/b]
The poor son of a miner and a town whore, Izaka's life didn't have the most noble of beginnings. For most of his childhood the bleak prospect of a life in Zeteth's incredibly deadly mines and a premature burial before the age of 30 were the only things that awaited. Instead, the boy became pro-active and spent his youth, at least what time he had not assisting his father, speaking with local traders and armed escorts, learning from mercenaries who were egotistical enough to indulge a couple of querries about their nomadic and dangerous lifestyle.

When it finally came time for Izaka to begin bringing in money, instead of joining the mines he chose a different path, becoming a member of the town guard. While the life expectancy of a guardsman wasn't much higher than that of a miner, the boy, then teen's skills saw him through his first couple of years of service warding off bandits and protecting caravans and as always his skills continued to increase. However, these at least somewhat happy years were not to last and as the teen grew into a man, the death of his father weighted heavily on his shoulders. Freed of the burden of caring for his parent, he opted to leave on the first convoy out of the town, setting his sights on greater prizes.

For the next couple of years Izaka's time was spent roaming the land as a mercenary and, occasionally, an assassin. Although a little rough around the edges, his extremely serious demeanor was usually the deciding factor in him getting the nod for assignments and over time he acquired a reputation for ruthless efficiency. He was the sort of man employers called when they needed a little dirty work done, he was the kind of man they called when they valued their objective over the deaths of twenty or more subordinates. Izaka was never popular in his field of work, but at the very least he was respected by others in his profession.

Upon hearing the call for seasoned adventurers, Izaka answered in kind but was late to the departure of the party and thereby delayed in meeting up with them. However, when he did rendezvous his usefulness was immediately discovered and he became an important, if somewhat aloof member of their little entourage.

[b]Note[/b]
I've ret-conned this character a little bit, the most notable aspect is making him a little older. I think the new age matches his back story better, as it makes his previous experience more believable.

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