[u][b]Name:[/b][/u] Gen Katsuragi
[u][b]Age:[/b][/u] 25
[u][b]Race:[/b][/u] Human
[b][u]Appearance:[/u][/b] Gen is a somewhat handsome looking gentleman, with a clean-cut face, and wild blonde hair that he curls upwards. He stands at 5'7, due to both of his parents being rather short, and he has somewhat developed muscles. He weighs 134 lbs, and isn't sluggish in any way. He has green eyes, and a slightly tanned Caucasian skin tone all over. He has average sized ears, a petite nose, and short eyelashes. Gen has a standard posture, although being slightly slouched over due to his fighting style

[u][b]Attire:[/b][/u] He normally wears a white undershirt, with his favorite blue vest on top. His pants are normally baggy and lightly colored, though he tucks them into his brown leather boots to prevent them from snagging too much. He also wears a necklace that his father gave to him before he died, with the pendent being a golden leaf. Gen will normally keep leather pouches around his belt for various uses, as well as various holes to stick anything extra. Gen has a scabbard across his back for his long sword, with the hilt at his left shoulder. He normally keeps the black eggs he has in a more secure pouch, as they are extremely fragile. Gen normally keeps his throwing knives on the back left side of his belt, with his stabbing knives in the back right.

[b][u]Bio:[/u][/b] [hider=bio] Gen grew up under the care of his loving father and mother, and was an only child. He had heard tales from his father of a land not too far away, where he had fought monsters and giant trees. His mother spoiled him often, taking him out to see the trees even if he wasn't at an age to remember them. Gen soon became interested with the strange object they had kept on a mantelpiece in their home that he hadn't known yet was a sword. At the young age of 5, his father taught him how to use a sword using wooden sticks at first after Gen had attempted to sneak off the family weapon, and graduating from there. Gen trained every day with wooden swords as well as academically with his father and mother, though he didn't get quite as many lessons with his mother as he wanted. As he grew, Gen saw less and less of his mother, his father stating that she was "going to see the trees" every day. Gen grew frustrated as time went on, as each time he wanted to show his mother his growing skills as a swordsman, she was nowhere to be seen. She only came home around night time.

At the age of 10, Gen followed his mother in secrecy one night, as she went into the nearby forest. Watching from behind a bush, he heard her speaking to seemingly no one. "Please, I must live to see my son a full-grown man," was all he could make out. Gen had no idea what she was doing, but it sounded as though she were praying. He attempted to run up and ask her a question, but his mother disappeared. Soon, his mother was gone for weeks before coming back. Then months, and then Gen never saw her again, blaming his father for never being with her. Gen and his father constantly fought for the next two years before all his father did was cry every time he had brought it up. His father grew not only more depressed and illogical as time went on, but also somewhat deranged as well. Gen stayed with him to ensure he was taken care of, having to sell some of the families belongings to stay afloat. One year later at 13, Gen's father passed away from an illness he thought was his manifestation of heartbreak. With no family left, Gen traveled with his father's sword in tow, which he spoke about dearly. Doing the occasional odd jobs in a nearby town and gaining strength and wisdom for three years.

At 16, Gen was found by a group of thieves passing through his town, who took him in as a cook due to theirs dying only a few months before. Gen slaved away every day, making meals for the crew of ten he was not fond of in the slightest. They gave him bad ingredients, with a time crunch no sane man could work with and still provide a decent meal. The captain was a lazy sort, lying about as he ordered the crew to take small jobs and pocketed more than his fair share of the money. Gen soon had enough, and poisoned a bowl that was specifically for the captain of the crew. With him dying that night in his sleep, Gen rose from being a mere cook, to becoming a genuine thief, going out into towns and taking valuables and sometimes useless items he saw as mementos. As he did larger and larger jobs, Gen became the right hand man to the captain of the crew at the age of 18. 

Gen grew more ruthless as a thief, becoming wretched and greedy far beyond what his father would ever have wanted or allowed. There isn’t much Gen wouldn’t do for the right money. Infamous, hated, and notorious for taking things too far. Gen made sure to then poison the then captain after gaining his trust, becoming captain himself at the age of 19, to the shock of some of his crew members. Gen made much larger scores for his crew, requiring all of the members they had to work together as compared to separately.

 Instead of merely raiding caravans, or pick-pocketing in the streets of smaller towns. Gen had managed to pull off a score at the edge of Tour De Rouge at a lesser known Foji noble's home, though gaining a massive scar across his back due to it, and wanted to be more ambitious. He entrusted his second-hand man Noren with plans to take as much goods and money as they could by attacking a treasury in the Twilight Fields. Halfway through the job however, Noren pointed the crews swords at Gen in an attempt at a coup. Forced to retreat, Gen was forced to run from the Twilight Fields into Cinder, where he waits and hides, trying to find news about Noren and what happened with his crew so that he could exact his revenge and get his money back. [/hider]

[b][u]Personality and Aspirations:[/u][/b] Gen tries his hardest to be gentlemanly, though he houses a rather short temper. A Casanova, due to his lack of much interaction with women growing up, pretty girls never escape his sight now. Gen is loyal to whatever cause he takes up as long as they’re giving him his money, and while he does enjoy playing tricks and arguing, he tends to be extremely cocky as well. Claiming that the "Spirit of the Sword" that he wields is why he hasn't died despite coming extremely close on several occasions.

Gen aspires to become a man of either infinite wealth, or immense status, and uses anyone he comes across as a shield.

[u][b]Inventory:[/b][/u] [list] [*]Saya no Uta: Translated as either “the Song of Saya”, or “Saya’s Song,” this broadsword found its way into Gen’s hands through his father Keima, who claimed it had the soul of a warrior that protected their family for generations within it. Though there’s nothing seemingly special about it other than an inscription in a language Gen could not decipher, it’s stuck by Gen’s side ever since leaving his home. The sword seems to possess Gen with almost another mind when he’s in trouble, and has led to him luckily surviving many fights where he should not have. The sword emits a slight glow of red when he’s in battle, hinting that there could truthfully be a warrior within the sword.

[*]Back-up knives: No thief worth their salt would be caught without knives to spare, and so Gen carries three for throwing, and two for stabbing even though he gets them switched up every once in awhile. Tucked within his belt, these knives wait for the moment they’re unleashed. 

[*]Black Eggs: Used to blind his opponents, black eggs are made from hollowed out chicken/duck eggs filled with dust, metal shavings, and anything generally harmful to the lungs and eyes which he then paints black. He crushes them in his hands, and either blows, or throws the egg directly into his victims eyes, usually permanently blinding, or possibly even asphyxiating them. Gen uses black eggs mostly just for retreat and as a last result due to how cumbersome they are for him to make and maintain. Normally carrying about two or three with him, black eggs really only work on opponents that aren’t fast enough to move out of the way, and their eyes can be very visibly seen.

[*]Clawed Feet: Gen normally keeps a pair of claws that he's fashioned himself out of scrap metal and nails to put on the front of his boots. He generally stores them in a pouch he keeps on his right hip, and only uses them for climbing, although he has them for fighting with kicks as well. They're surprisingly sturdy, and generally won't break unless he's kicking at a wall or similar object with all of his might. All he needs to do to put them on is simply screw them into the holes he included in his boots. [/list]

[u][b]Skills:[/b][/u] 

Gen has no knowledge of spellcraft or wizardry, but has grown fairly efficient in throwing and cutting with his knives. While initially starting as a simple parlor trick, over the years Gen has grown fond of throwing knives, using them not only to instill fear by whizzing a knife past someone's head, or just for general attacking, Gen has grown fairly accurate with them as once he became captain he would hold competitions to see who could hit a target dead center from the furthest away. Over time, Gen would consistently win with his record of hitting a bulls-eye from 12 meters away.

Generally using his agility above all else unless cornered, Gen uses the environment to his advantage as much as he can. When using his long sword however, Gen normally takes a more defensive stance, side-stepping and cutting when he sees an opening. Using his knowledge of more formally fighting from his father, combined with the dirty tactics his thieving days have taught him, Gen is a formidable foe to fight. Gen will normally never stick to the same tactic for too long so as to not give his enemy any opportunity to really learn from a fight, and so he'll usually go between his knives, his sword, and then using kicks and jabs in a combination to keep his opponent guessing.

Gen is only proficient in Aballic, but knows some Foji from his father. He is very literate due to his parent’s schooling of him, and Gen is an excellent cook due to his mother and many years of having to work around using sub-par ingredients. While not able to create immense masterpieces, his cooking always has some sort of hint of spiciness to it. 

Gen’s years of being a thief have given him the knowledge to easily deceive any who haven’t caught onto him, and a proficiency with climbing and moving about undetected. Gen very much prefers shoes that don't have hard soles or heels for the express purpose of keeping quiet, and normally attaches a sort of claw to the front of them if he's climbing, but tends to be useful for fighting as well. His coercion came naturally over the years, and while it's mostly effective against the dim-witted, Gen has managed to trick people more knowledgeable with his silver tongue through promises and deceit.

Gen is especially no stranger to running away from fights, and has a sixth sense of sorts for when to flee, which has generally saved his life on numerous occasions. Gen has always attributed this to his sword, but Gen normally seems to hear a whisper in the back of his head when entering any sort of confrontation. He can determine quickly whether a fight is worth the trouble, and generally unless a lot of money is involved, he'll tend to avoid fights.

[b][u]Current Location:[/u][/b] Gen’s current whereabouts are in the port town of Cinder.