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[b][color=0076a3]Character Name:[/color][/b] Mitsuru Sazanami
[b][color=0076a3]Title:[/color][/b] Prince of Smoke
[b][color=0076a3]Character Age:[/color][/b] 16
[b][color=0076a3]Character Gender:[/color][/b] Non-binary (They/them pronouns)
[b][color=0076a3]Nationality:[/color][/b] Japanese
[b][color=0076a3]Appearance:[/color][/b] Androgynous. Slim, frail frame. Vacant-looking eyes. 175cm and 60kg. Noticeably pale. When transformed, their hair turns into a glowing yellow, Super Saiyan style. Their cloak is constantly billowing behind them like smoke, whether their ability is activated or not.

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[b][color=0076a3]Personality:[/color][/b]
Mitsuru expertly wears the façade of a well-adjusted teenager. They’re polite, confident, knows when to crack a joke, is a consistently excellent student, and is pretty good-looking to top it all off. Teachers see their elegance and attitude as befitting of a future Student Council President, while adoring fangirls (and fanboys) see them as “princely”. Mitsuru commands attention and respect with ease, making them seem like an excellent leader-type person.
Mitsuru is pretty good at socialising and making light conversation. Being a straight A student, their hardworking nature and natural intelligence is something to brag about. But they’ve never really been the type to show off. They do however, have occasional ditzy moments, such as ineptitude in sport and general clumsiness. Most people dismiss them as endearing traits. Very few people know that these moments are due to their illness.
In reality, Mitsuru is quite cynical and irritable, the latter due to their illness’ symptoms. However it would be a stretch to call them pessimist. Because of the mindset they were forced to grow up with and the recent magical developments in their life, Mitsuru is unsure of how to go on from this point in time. They have latched themselves to the ideal of a ‘hero’, choosing to portray themselves as a noble warrior of justice during their Cosmic Prince duties. Although they approach their new role with enthusiasm and gratitude, their preoccupation with what they should be doing, rather than what they want to, is quite rigid. A side effect of this trait is that they treat the Sun Princes with disdain and view them as selfish scum, mostly because they are unable to comprehend the nonchalance and freedom that the Sun Princes possess.
More worryingly, this attitude has instilled in Mitsuru a martyrdom complex. Mitsuru is not afraid of death but they can’t exactly be deemed suicidal either. They know to exercise restraint when throwing themself into the thick of battle but if the odds are too low and the stakes are too high, Mitsuru will gladly give their life. This would be an incredibly virtuous trait if it were done with an actual purpose. Mitsuru lived for four years with the knowledge that they would die before they reached the age of twenty. Now with magic erasing most symptoms of their illness, they have yet to adapt from their previous mindset and acceptance of fate. This martyrdom is possibly an unconscious manifestation of this, a way to return things to the way they were before.

[b][color=0076a3]Faction:[/color][/b] Moon Prince
[b][color=0076a3]Magical Weapon:[/color][/b]
A curved double bladed staff. Mitsuru’s staff is a formidable close-ranged weapon that possesses an impressive amount of attack power. A common attack used with this weapon is to rush a horde of enemies and essentially clothesline them while racing past.
The staff can also turn into a bow at times, shooting magical energy projectiles. However, Mitsuru rarely ever uses this function and is nowhere as skilled with it as they are with its staff form.

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[b][color=0076a3]Magical Abilities:[/color] [/b]
[indent][b]Shadow Stalk –[/b] Mitsuru can turn any part of their body to a dark cloud of smoke. In smoke form, Mitsuru’s mobility and speed is greatly increased. They can scale buildings and pass through small gaps. Inanimate objects can pass through the cloud without injuring Mitsuru. They can also pick up objects that weigh less than a large dictionary. However, they are unable to attack in this form.
There are a few weaknesses to this ability. Mitsuru is extremely vulnerable to electricity. They are unable to pass through electrical panels, telephone wires, and plugged in appliances because of this. Mitsuru's smoke form can also be harmed by magical projectiles. If the smoke form sustains damage, they forcibly revert back to human form. It is possible for an exceptionally strong gust of wind to blow Mitsuru off course in this form. It is unknown what would happen if Mitsuru reverted back into human form while their smoke form is separated, e.g. trapped in separate jars.
[b]Teleport –[/b] In their smoke form, Mitsuru can teleport to any spot in their line of sight within a range of 35 metres. However, this ability is extremely taxing, so Mitsuru can only use this around two times per night for now.[/indent]
[b][color=0076a3]Strengths:[/color][/b] Speed/mobility, offense, tactics, keeping cool under pressure.
[b][color=0076a3]Weaknesses:[/color][/b] Lacking in defence (sturdiness), weak in beliefs (susceptible to being swayed or corrupted), fatalistic, vulnerable to electricity in smoke form.

[b][color=0076a3]Biography:[/color][/b]
Mitsuru was born and raised in Tanzaku City, the second child to a middle-to-upper class family. They were an obedient child, hardworking and smart. Their family was kind, financially stable, well liked within the community. Mitsuru’s sister, Honoka, played with them often and was as talented as Mitsuru was predicted to be.
At the age of 12 they were diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease, or ALS. The doctors told the Sazanami family that Mitsuru would be lucky if they lived to age 20. Bucketloads of medicine were consumed to offset the symptoms but as time went on, Mitsuru’s condition only got irreparably worse. They would wake up every morning in a great deal of pain and surprised to be awake at all. They had to enter a restricted diet. Physical activity became almost impossible unless they had the whole day to prepare for it, and even then they were in pain. Worst of all were the mood swings, the sudden lapses between laughter and crying, the sheer inability of it all. Mitsuru’s body was a torturous prison.
Despite it all, Mitsuru wasn’t a complainer. They contained all their sadness, all their frustration and hatred within themselves. They never let their family see the devastating emotional effects it had on their youngest child. Mitsuru begged their parents to keep it a secret within their family and to let them attend school like any normal kid. They wouldn’t have been able to bear the piteous looks from their peers. The ones they received from their family were hurtful enough. All this would seem to be an attitude that was far too relaxed, coming from a not-even teenager faced with their mortality. And it really was.
Mitsuru had always been a reasonable, well-behaved kid. So with an uncanny amount of calm, they had accepted it on the drive back from the doctor’s office that day. They were going to die. No amount of tears or anger was going to change it. Although there was a sea of rage under that unnerving façade of acceptance, Mitsuru never let show how distraught they were. They continued living in greyscale, depression. They learned to live with it. They were fine.
Then they received their powers. All at once, the physical symptoms of their ALS disappeared. For the most part, the mental symptoms did too, though it is uncertain if they have left completely. Mitsuru tentatively started living normally again, unsure of what to do now that their fate had been erased. For now, they would fulfil their duty as a Cosmic Prince.

[b][color=0076a3]Character Theme:[/color][/b]
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn6MB5i9ZOw[/youtube]

[b][color=0076a3]Transformation Theme:[/color][/b]
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2L4r0Aelvg[/youtube]

[b][color=0076a3]Battle Theme:[/color][/b]
[youtube]https://youtu.be/Xk9dyREdRWA[/youtube]
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