Name: Ryo-Ji

Age: 24

Fighting Style: Freestyle Karate

Nationality: Japanese

Height: 5'10

Weight: 170





Overview:
Ryo-Ji is a tough, experienced fighter based in Neo City. He doesn't have much of a story that is known. He was raised by his grandfather and was studying martial arts from the age of 6. Throughout his teens he competed in various world tournaments and built a name for himself on the Asian fighting circuit. He came to Neo-City to learn about 'The Fighter's Path' a legendary pilgrimage said to bring great frotune to those who wish to take it.

Gameplay-wise Ryo-ji is an effective and easy to use striker, with good hard hitting combos and overall balanced stats and no weaknesses, though his grappling game is fairly underdeveloped. He is also a polite man with experience of traveling the world, and most find him easy to get on with.



Hard Falcon: A Short Knee, followed by a short rising punch and finishing with a spinning back kick.
(1d5),(1d6+1)(1d10) (Knockback 2+)

Falling Leaves: A Left knife hand strike, followed by a quick shoulder charge and then finally a shoulder throw.
(1d3),(1d6) (1d8+1) (Injury Bonus) (Scramble Neutral)

Rising Demons: Two powerful lifting spinning high kicks to the head.
(1d10+2)x2 (Dizzy 2+) (Fury 4+)

Canyon Beast: A snapping front kick followed by a series of 3 short, heavy karate punches to the mid section.
(1d6),(1d4)x3 (Injury Bonus) (Knockdown 6+)


Ryo-ji is a balanced and straightforward fighter who excles at full offensive hard striking. He is better at striking approaches than grappling, and can try and rely on his solid stats to 'give and take' his way to victory. Defensively he has less options. But can set up some high damage counters.

Name: Callie Daniels

Age:28

Fighting Style: Pro Boxing

Nationality: Canadian

Height: 5'8

Weight: 156





Overview:
The adopted daughter of the great DuShane 'Duke' Daniels, Callie could throw combos before she could walk. She slept, ate, and breathed everything boxing. Movie nights would be watching tape of classic fights and story time was simply various boxing encyclopedias. She racked up an amateur record of 112-0 by the age of 22 and then soon turned pro. The only problem was, she absorbed and lived boxing so much, she never really found the love for it. And only seemed to compete because it was the one thing she knew she was the best at. But competition was easy, and her fights were either brutally short, or her arrogance would have her toy with her opponents in a classless manner before destroying them. After becoming champ at 25, she decided it was time to do something else. It wasn't until her bad attitude got her in a street fight with kung fu fighter which she lost, did she find the true love for fighting again. Now it was time for the 'Queen Of The Ring' to test herself against various disciplines, to see the true extent of her boxing abilities.



One, Two, Third: A jab, straight followed with a low body hook.
(1d3),(1d6),(1d6) (Stun 4+) (Injury Bonus) (Knockdown 6+)

Smash and Grab: A fast 'smash' punch immediately followed with a single collar tie clinch with the other hand.
(1d8), (Clinch Advantage)

Sting like a Wasp: An evasive circle step followed by a pivoting check hook.
(1d8) (Fury 5+) (Stun 5+)

Queen's Scepter: A simple, amazingly fast and heavy haymaker punch.
(1d10+1) (Knockdown 3+)


Callie is a viciously fast and effective puncher but has almost no kicking technique. Her grappling is also abysmal but she is an expert at standing striking, measuring distance and keeping her opponents on the end of her punches. Depending on your opponent, you might want to bum rush with combos and keep stunning your opponent to pile on finishing damage quickly, or stick and move to wear down and frustrate your opponent, take full advantage of counters to land high volumes of strikes at openings.

Name: Han Shen Xiao

Age:21

Fighting Style: Shaolin Kung Fu

Nationality: Chinese

Height: 5'5

Weight: 150





Overview:
Han was always too energetic and competitive for his class at the dojo. He was interested in fighting but never spirituality. Although a heroic young man with a good heart. His hotheaded nature means that he would never graduate as a Shaolin and has instead chosen to find his own path in the world. Honing his skills as a warrior in the wild open world of combat. Also an amazing cook.



Sparkling Tiger: A fast counter elbow strike to the opponents mid-section.
(1d8+1) (Injury Bonus) (Stun 2+) (Fury 4+)

Soaring Kites: A counter-wrist throw, used to parry grapple attempts or to follow up a grapple of your own.
(1d6+1) (Fury 3+) (Scramble Advantage)

Golden Roar: A forceful double palm thrust loaded with Ki energy.
(2d6+2) (Knockback 2+)

Year of The Dragon: A high speed flying dragon kick which covers distance very fast, can only be used from Zone 4.
(2d8) (Dizzy 3+)


Although somewhat fragile and not very damaging. Han excels in counter fighting, especially when it comes to grappling. His fast attacks can keep an opponent off guard while he sets up to open with offenses of his own. Many of his moves can send an opponent far distances, so use the environment to your advantage too.

Name: Sven 'Frost Raider' Halgren

Age: 37

Fighting Style: Pro Wrestling

Nationality: Icelandic

Height: 6'6

Weight: 257





Overview:
In his younger years Sven Halgren had great success on the indie pro-wrestling circuit. Building a very big fanbase around his 'proud viking' persona in the ring. After the death of his grandfather who inspired him to wrestle. He began to look further into his family tree to discover he actually was a descendant of Viking Warlords, and then took a 5 year hiatus from the pro-circuit. To travel to the mountains to put himself through truly hardcore training that he felt was 'viking' appropriate. Now back to civilization after half a decade of solitude. He know wants to prove himself as a fighter outside of the ring. To do his family proud as a warrior.



Snap Suplex: A Suprisingly fast back suplex which can only be initiated from the clinch.
(2d8+2) (Scramble Neutral)

Cold Shoulder: A charging shoulder attack which has very high knockback and covers a lot of distance. Can only be used from Zone 4.
(1d10+3) (Knockdown +2)

Polar Driver A modifed Michinoku Driver II Whixh starts a head chop.
(1d4) (2d10+1) (Dizzy 3+)

Absolute Zero: An Inverted Cloverleaf Which can be held over multiple turns, causing a range of different status effects as it is held.
(1d4) (Random Effects 4+)
Hold Success +2

Ride Of the Valkyries: A lifted powerbomb which can be used from the ground or standing on a grounded opponent.
(2d6+1) (Injury Bonus) (Scramble Advantage)

Viking Horns: A hard headbutt which is immediately followed by a clinch attempt.
(1d6+1) (Dizzy 4+) (Clinch Advantage)


The Frost Raider's slow movement make it difficult for him to approach or escape, but once he is in close range he is absolutely devastating. Focus on landing big wrestling moves not only for damage but for the psychologic effect both on you and your opponent. Don't think too defensively your Raider Armor ability will provide you the resistance to close the gap and wreak havoc.

Name: Officer Marcus St Paul

Age: 27

Fighting Style: Roughouse Judo

Nationality: Canadian-American

Height: 6'

Weight: 182





Overview:
A proud cop from a proud family of cops. Marcus was always willing to go the extra distance to challenge himself in his department. So he took one of the riskiest undercover roles as possible in the violent area of Neo-City's South Side. Although he carries a fire-arm Marcus despises death and has instead built upon his childhood martial art of Judo, mixing in street fighting to better suit his current environment. He would rather stop and drop his opponents with technique before using a deadly weapon. In and between major cases, Marcus finds himself in street fighs with those who want to prove themselves against him. With a large reputation on his block, he has found he has a taste for keeping that rep as the toughest around.



Street Sweeper: A fast and effective leg sweep tripping throw. Will instantly ground an opponent. Damage varies on surface of the floor.
(1d8) (Scramble Adv) (Area Bonus)

Dirtnap: A wrist trap followed by a heavy over shoulder throw that grounds both Marcus and the opponent. The initial wrist trap can be used to counter a punch.
(1d8) (Injury Bonus) (Scramble Neutral)

Charlie Horse: A dirty and heavy punch to the back of the opponent's leg.
(2d6) (Injury Bonus) (Stun 4+) (Berserk 5+)

Biker Crank: A wrenching modified arm-bar grappling attack.
(3d4) (Arm Damage)
Hold Success +2

Stomp The Yard: A heavy, dual purpose foot stomp that can be used to trample an opponents foot as a surprise attack. Or as a follow up on a downed opponent.
(1d10) (Injury Bonus) (Stun 3+) (Berserk 5+)


Marcus is best when he is up close and personal. Roughhousing in the closest of quarters and making it a brutal streetfight. Utilise his grappling skills to throw your opponent around the arena into hopefully hard walls, floors and anything else around. His striking is very limited (1 combo chain) and is best used as a 'surprise' tactic when option are running out.

Name: Jacqi 'Jackknife' Quan

Age: 18

Fighting Style: MMA

Nationality: Chinese-American

Height: 5'4

Weight: 146





Overview:
Jacqi was born to fight, her parents speculated that's she probably has the same 'gene' as her scrappy cousin Han. Thrown out of every school she every attended for fighting. Jacqui has now all but given up on education to pursue prize fighting. Using the money to maintain her independence from all authority figures. She hopes to win enough money to start her own fight club, so she can do what she loves every day.



Triangle Trap: A counter grapple Triangle choke that can be attempted from any position on the ground as a response to an escape attempt or an offensive grappling move.

Kick & Pick:A roaring roundhouse kick that transitions into ankle pick takedown from the outer orbit or a double leg takedown from the tight circle.

Rain Down Hell: A 3 punch 'ground and pound' strike followed by a devastating top elbow strike. Can only be used from the mount on the ground.
(1d8)x3, (2d8) (Injury Bonus)

Locker Combination: A combination of a low leg kick and a knee to the body followed by a very fast dirty boxing uppercut. Can only be used in the clinch.
(1d6),(1d6+1),(1d8) (Injury Bonus) (Dizzy 2+) (Fury 4+)

My Anaconda: A surprise rolling anaconda choke from the clinch, grounds both opponents and is effected by the floor and anything in the way of the roll.
(2d6+1) (Head Damage) (Scramble Disadvantage)

Supergirl Punch:
A fast flying over hand punch that closes the distance between the two combatants. Can only be used from Zone 4
(1d10+1) (Knockdown 3+)


Jacknife's true strength is with her versatility. She can pose a threat from any distance and aspect of combat, and has a plethora of moves and techniques to creatively keep your opponent guessing. Her stats are not super impressive though and she is a little bit of a glass cannon with her low toughness and hitpoints. So you don't want to take too many chances. Although her high charisma makes her taunting abilities an attractive gamble.

Name: Ivy Izumi

Age: 30

Fighting Style: Izumi Self Defense Arts

Nationality: British-Japanese

Height: 5'7

Weight: 123





Overview:
Ivy is the heir to the 2nd richest family in Neo-City. The Izumi family have largely operated 'behind the scenes' because of their Yakuza ties. But Ivy has become a public figure and along with her mother and father have become public figures, promoting the X-1 fighting tournament for the last 6 years. Ivy hopes to turn the family business into a legitimate fighting enterprise so has put everything into promoting her fight cards.

But since a fateful day when she was saved from an Assassin by a young man called Kyo-ji, she realised that she would have to search harder for the best talent in the land. And entered the underground fight circuit herself.



Cherry Blossom:
A counter to any kicking move, the ankle will be caught and lifted to a graceful sweeping move to ground the opponent.
(1d10) (Knockdown 1+)

Birdcage: A counter to any punching move, opponent will be be afflicted with random status effect and take a break test.

Dancing Fireflies: A graceful pivoting move which puts you to the opponent's side followed by a wrist throw.
(1d8) (Injury Bonus)

Sake Bomb: A short shocking palm thrust to the face, can be used as a stunning attack move or as a counter to a grapple attempt. H
(2d4) (Dizzy 2+)

Finger Trap: A wrist and hand submission hold used on either a standing or grounded opponent.
(1d5) (Fury 4+) (Arm Damaage)
Hold Success +4


Ivy is neither strong or damaging but her amazing technique means that she will execute her interesting moves with relative ease. She is a totally defensive fighter with an emphasis on countering and inflicting a wide range of status effects on her opponent to render them helpless. She is also very fragile so use her techniques to avoid damaging moves at all costs.

Name: Anastasia 'War Hawk' Volkov

Age: 26

Fighting Style: Commando Sambo

Nationality: (Unknown) Presumably Eastern Europe

Height: 5'9

Weight: 161





Overview: Having woken up in a tank in full combat gear with no memory of how she got there or even who she was. Ms Volkov simply read the first name she saw on a discarded name tag (not even sure if it was her) and took it as her own. Every now and again she has nightmares about ferocious combat experiences which seem to be pieces of her memory slowly coming back to her. After a month of dreams and drifting from area to area she finally comes across the Yakuza-run X-1 tournament and her memory starts to kick in about the organization and realises that her past will only be uncovered through fighting.



Combat Shotgun: Two hard hook punches to the body followed by a front kick. Can be used to break the clinch.
(1d6),(1d6),(1d8)(Stun3+) (Injury Bonus)

Landmine: A rolling leg grapple into an ankle lock that grounds both opponents. Can only be attempted from zone 3 and 4.
(1d8) (Leg Damage) (Scramble Disadvantage)

The Red Scare: A hard knee to the body followed by a guillotine choke that pulls both fighters on to the floor.
(1d6) (Injury Bonus), (1d5) (Head Damage) (Scramble Disadvantage)
Hold Success -1

Pistol Whip: A ducking dodge into a spinning back elbow to the head.
(1d6+1) (Dizzy 3+)

Bear Trap: A catch an opponents kick with a counter and drag them to the floor for a kneebar.
(1d8) (Leg Damage) (Scramble Disadvantage)
Hold Success -1


The Warhawk excels in her ability to control positions, basically keeping the fight where she wants it. Luckily she has tools to be formidable almost anywhere. To maximize damage, focus on getting injury inducing holds and then dispatching your opponent with fast solid combo strikes. The key is to pick your moments to go on the offense to make the most of your toolset.