[hider=Hayate Yoshi] Full Name: Hayate Yoshi Nicknames/Aliases: Kamikaze Age: 31 Gender: Male Gift: Hayate has the ability to manipulate the very air around him to act either as a weapon or a shield. He can send foes flying or pull them towards him with powerful gusts of wind. He can also increase the amount of oxygen his brain receives, increasing his ability to regenerate and replenish energy and stamina. Hayate can propel himself at high speeds, can fly in mid-air or float gently to the ground. His most devastating ability is creating miniature tornados, but this requires an immense amount of concentration and energy to achieve. He can also deprive his opponents of oxygen but he has to be within a meter and still requires a lot of concentration to do so. Loyalty: Would give his life for Erubesco Description: Hayate stands at a solid 6 feet with a very muscular and well toned body due to years of intense training and fighting. He has a somewhat large and cleanly shaven forehead, his jet black hair tied into a long ponytail to symbolize his loyalty to his nation. His nose and chin are pointy, his face has a small straight mustache and a small stubble on his chin. His eyes are a deep blue, like the ocean, and beneath his left eye is a small c-shaped scar left from a great battle. Hayate is very pragmatic and simple when it comes to his clothing. He is rarely seen without wearing some form of kimono, usually his black one with a white undershirt, but he does have a kimono for every color of the rainbow and for every season. He loves kimonos because they provide comfort and modesty without sacrificing flexibility. On the occasions that he is not wearing a kimono or some sort of uniform, he prefers dressing lightly, favoring loose clothing. When doing hard labour, he wears cargo pants or shorts with a tank top. Personality: Hayate is stoic and soft spoken, preferring actions to words for getting his point across, though when he does speak, he says what he means for his word is his bond. While he is slow to trust others, he genuinely does care for other people's well-being and he would fight to the death to protect anyone whom he regards as a friend. Hayate views himself as a warrior through-and-through, and above all else a man of integrity, conviction and honor. He shows a deep and grateful kindness and respect for his allies and friends and would go out of his way to protect the weak. When in combat against an enemy, he would not hesitate to cut them down, fighting savagely and without mercy. If the world is to ruled by the sword, Hayate would want his sword to smite the vengeful and spare the merciful. Skills: Hayate through rigorous mental discipline and meditation has managed to control his gift to a very fine degree, such as filtering the air of impurities or controlling the oxygen levels in small pools and ponds. Regardless of his control over his gift, he knows he must give everything he has, mind body and spirit in battle and must never rely solely on his gift. While he does know how to use a number of firearms, he isn't the best shot and much rather prefers getting into close quarters combat with his enemy and uses his wind powers to do just that. He is trained in various forms of martial arts and is skilled in disarming his opponents and knocking them of balance. His favorite and signature weapon though, and one he has learned to use with terrifying efficiency with is the katana. He will carry firearms into battle but when the chips are down, he will always use his beloved razor sharp titanium katana. He can also use wakizashis or shortswords when he is without his trusty katana. Hayate dons samurai armor made from titanium plates and held together by tough fibers. It provides him great protection while still offering great mobility for him. Weaknesses: Hayate is willing to put others, even his own subordinates before his own well-being. While he does not believe this to be a weakness, it can result in him abandoning his initial goals to prioritize someone else's safety. Hayate’s personal katana is his pride and joy, and if separated from it he will go through tremendous and even deadly risks to get it back. His honor and pride mean more to him than his own life, and he takes great offense to anyone that accuses him of being dishonorable. He is proud of his fighting prowess and will rarely turn down a challenge or a duel, regardless if he can actually win. His fighting style prioritizes speed and precision as opposed to brute strength, putting him at a disadvantage against opponents with strong physical strength or endurance. While he can reach high speeds with his wind throttle, but he can’t steer very much when he uses it, putting him at risk at slamming into something with great force. For this reason, he usually needs a straight, clear shot to maximize it’s effectiveness. While it does not take too much effort to fly, he does risk plummeting if he gets hit hard while in the air. Brief History: Hayate was born the eldest child of an honorable knight who taught him to value life and the virtues of the unspoken bushido code of the samurai of old. From an early age he became enamored with the way of the warrior and anything worth loving was worth protecting. While he considered himself fortunate to have been born in a military high class family, he never looked down upon anyone from a lower class, because he knew that despite possessing far less than him, they still worked tirelessly to achieve their dream. This inspired Hayate to reach his dream, to one day become a great benevolent ruler, one who would use his power to serve his people rather than the other way around. After all, a king would be nothing without his subjects, for it is they who granted the king his power in the first place. Therefore a king cannot command respect from his people unless he had earned it, and that is the man Hayate desires to become, no matter the cost. Other: Hayate has a younger sister named Sakura who serves in the infantry. He was given the nickname Kamikaze by his infantry men because of his fiery passion in combat and the sheer tenacity of his attacks were “like a roaring tempest”. [/hider] [hider=(Possible) Theme for Hayate] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNR15tHjdzU [/hider] [hider=Vasuki] [hider=Vasuki's Human Appearance] http://orig10.deviantart.net/c253/f/2014/074/b/4/snake_by_eyliant-d7a70lg.png All Credit goes to Eyliant on Deviantart for this amazing picture. [/hider] Full Name: Vasuki Nicknames: Rattly Age: 33 Gender: Male Gift: Vasuki has the ability to mix and match the physical characteristics of any snake species and incorporate them into his body, basically being a shapeshifter with a heavy emphasis on snakes. He can grow fangs, scales, and contort or elongate his body to rediculous degrees. He gains all the unique and powerful senses any snake would possess, such as heightened hearing, smelling and tasting simultaneously with his tongue, his sixth sense tempreture sensor, and an impressive tactile information system, not counting all the weaponry and survival tools he can extract from the snake gene pool at any given moment. His snake forms grant him an inhuman amount of strength, allowing him to crush bones with ease. It is thanks to his ability to morph and adapt that has given him an edge above the rest when it comes to surviving the harsh and brutal wastes. Vasuki can go days without eating and still retain energy thanks to his high metabolism and long term water and energy storage thanks to his python genes. Snakes also possess a very strong immune system, making them resistant to most forms of bacteria, diseases and poisons. Vasuki rarely gets sick because of this, though resistance is not total immunity and he still risks dangerous bacterial infections from open and untended wounds. In addition, he also has a complete immunity to even the deadliest of snake venoms. Loyalty: Himself, Wanderer Description: Vasuki has short, dirty blonde hair and somewhat pale skin which makes him blend eerily well with the deserts that mar the wastelands. He wears robes and full body clothing best acclimated to whatever weather he expected to be in. His build is lean yet muscular with scars dotted across his body, evidence of personal struggles to wrestle and hunt beasts. The greatest concentration of scars line his arms, though the majority of which comes from snake bites from attempting to handle such aggressive predators. His default eye color is a bright yellow, which matches nicely with his hair, though thanks to his gene manipulation, he can turn them any color he desires. Regardless of what forms his eyes take, he always at least somewhat resemble snake eyes, thus Vasuki often wears sunglass or goggles to blend in. In human form he is 6'6, though when fully transformed into snake form he can reach up to 20ft in length. Personality: Vasuki is very greedy and avaricious, coveting money, knowledge and power and being very stingy and reluctant to share anything he can get his hands on. That being said, he is not overtly malicious and while prideful, is not above listening to reason and learning from his mistakes. He is slow to trust and very self-centered, though he has a strong since of debt to any who show kindness and respect to him. He is very intelligent and a bit of a social recluse, and while he does loathe to admit it, he is very protective and loving of his friends, even if he has a very weird and somewhat clingy way of showing it. Skills: Vasuki is very intelligent and learned to read from an early age. He learned to survey the lay of the land to the point where he can start making maps and is a very experienced survivalist. He has become adept at starting fires, cooking meals, hunting, tracking, and finding water due to his expanded senses and strong sense of self-reliance as opposed to trusting others with his survival. His knowledge of snakes is vast and he often uses this information to his advantage when bio-morphing his body to match the situation. He has a lot of knowledge concerning poisons, especially snake venoms. He is trained in using various firearms, usually using hunting rifles for bringing down his food, though admittedly he isn't the best shot. Vasuki is most comfortable using and most proficient at being a quickdraw with his trusty heavy revolvers. He is yet to find a gunslinger quicker than him on the draw thanks to his lightning-fast reflexes. When in close combat, he uses a bowie knife often coated in his own venom. Most bullets he loads into the chambers of his guns he also coats in deadly venom so that even if he doesn't hit his mark, his target is still going down. Vasuki is very perceptive when it comes to identifying counterfeit money or false replicas. He is very good at hiding his presence, camaflouging seamlessly into his environment and his slithering makes very little noise, allowing him to sneak up on most targets without being detected. Weaknesses: While Vasuki is skilled at hunting wild animals, he has very little combat experience fighting people, preferring to negotiate or weasel his way out of conflicts if possible. He is very adept at surviving hot and arid regions, but due to being cold-blooded is much more suspitible to freezing and frostbite in cold weather. While he is very fast and strong, he is very reliant on the element of surprise and catching his opponents off-guard to inflict any lasting damage. His scales mainly protect his body from environmental hazards and serve as insulation and locomotion, and provide little protection from force and pressure, thus lacking in defensive options. While he knows how to use guns, he is not very accurate with them and relies on close range weaponry, putting him at a severe disadvantage against longer ranged opponents. Stealth is a tremendous assest to Vasuki. Robing him of this asset greatly limits his options. While resistant, he is not immune to biological weaponry. His greed and pride can get the better of him Brief History: Not much is known about Vasuki, save that he is a merchant and a very dedicated cartographer whose maps are highly treasured by caravaners and other wanderers. Vasuki's craft usually earns him just enough merit and respect for others to overlook his more greedy and eccentric nature. Other: Vasuki has an adorable pet Ball Python named Arcamedis. Vasuki is bisexual, with a stronger leaning towards women. [/hider]