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[b]Name:[/b]Botan Ichihara
[b]Age:[/b] 36
[b]Gender:[/b] Male
[b]Class:[/b] Samurai
[b]Clan:[/b] Lotus Clan

[b]Appearance:[/b] Botan stands at 5' 8'' with a moderate build that isn't lean nor bulky weighing in at 160 pounds. He has ocean blue eyes and dark brown hair. His body is well toned and carries the scars of his past. The only signs of aging would be the distinct notice of gray hair and a few wrinkles that lie on his face.
 
[b]Weaknesses & Fears:[/b] 
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[*] [i][b]Focus:[/b][/i] Given a task, Botan will focus on that one task sometimes forgetting the bigger picture to hone in on that task alone. 
[*] [i][b]Honor:[/b][/i] Sometimes some battles are unwinnable and must be recalculated but Botan's honor gets in his way and will fight until his last breath or is pulled back by others.
[*] [i][b]Loss:[/b][/i] While he has seen some serious blows in battle, he has never witness an utter defeat on the field, a record he wishes to keep until he passes on.
[*] [i][b]Capture:[/b][/i] Worst that loosing a battle would be to be captured and not have his honorable death on the field of battle.
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[b]Equipment:[/b] 
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[*] [i][b]Yatoza's Ring:[/b][/i] Ring of Sosa Yatoza, Botan's teacher. The ring boosts the wearers attack speed, as long as the attacks are continuous.
[*] [i][b]Whispering Dragon Ring:[/b][/i] Ring that silents the users footsteps when worn.
[*] [i][b]Pendant:[/b][/i] A simple pendant with no effect. Even so, pleasant memories are crucial to survival on arduous journeys.
[*] [i][b]Nagamaki:[/b][/i] Weapon of choice
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[b]Bio:[/b] Born within the territory of the Lotus clan, he was raised by his father Hideaki Ichihara, a samurai himself. His mother unfortunately died while he was still young due to illness that was not cureable by his village's medicine. Botan's teaching to become a samurai started in childhood under the tutelage of master Sosa Yatoza. Sosa taught him the ways of the samurai like many others that had been under him. Botan's first campaign would be when he was sixteen, a battle against one of the minor clans. Tragically it would also mark the death of his father in the battle due to getting pierced in the heart by one of the minor samurai's arrows. In his passing, Botan gained his fathers Nagamaki as his own and replaced his normal katana as his weapon of choice. After the death of his father, he swore to himself to be the best samurai he could be, becoming one of Yatoza's best students. Impressing his master enough to give Botan his special ring as a gift.

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