Well Assassin left so I might aswell fill in. [hider=Assassin of Red 2.0][centre][img]https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/456008279844192256/715392245158903868/D78B93C4-AA63-46BA-8656-5D8300E05764.webp[/img] [b][h2]Assassin Kawakami Gensai[/h2][/b] [b]Sex[/b]: Male [b]Region[/b]: Japan [b]Source[/b]: [i]Historical Fact[/i], etc. [b]Alignment[/b]: Lawful Evil[/centre] [b]Personality[/b] Gensai has a calm and peaceful personality and will treat his master like he would a trusted comrade. When in a fight he rarely speaks and prefers to focus on taking out the enemy as efficiently as possible. Generally, Gensai is a laid back individual who is loyal to his beliefs and doesn't really abhor the fact he will need to dirty his hands to achieve this. He will typically invite his master and allies to perform tea ceromonies with him to relax. Although not having any regrets in his life, his wish is simply to relax in a tea ceromony with his friends again and maybe even duel for old times sake. [b]Background[/b] Assassin's True Name is Kawakami Gensai, one of the four most notable hitokiri in the Bakumatsu. Gensai was born in Kumamoto in 1834, to Komori Sadasuke, a retainer of the daimyo of the Kumamoto Domain. As Gensai was the second born, his elder brother Hanzaemon was chosen as the family's heir, due to this he was given up for adoption to Kawakami Genbei (河上彦兵衛), another Kumamoto retainer at the age of eleven. He was entered into the domain's school, the Jishūkan (時習館), and followed its academic and martial courses of study. Despite what feats he performed later in life, it did not necessarily you show in his younger years, as he is noted to not have won a single fight. With regards to this he is said to have commented "Kenjutsu (swordsmanship) with bamboo shinai is nothing more than play." At age sixteen he was called to serve in the Kumamoto castle town as a menial in charge of cleaning (Osōji-bōzu お掃除坊主). Despite the fact that this was a low-level position, Gensai devoted himself wholeheartedly to it, using his free time to polish his martial and literary skills, as well as learn sadō (tea ceremony) and ikebana (flower arrangement). It was at this time that he met two men who would later be important in the activities of the Ishin Shishi: Todoroki Buhei and Miyabe Teizō. Thanks to his discussions with them, he took a serious interest in the concept of kinnō (勤王), or imperial loyalty. In 1851, he joined the Kumamoto lord Hosokawa Narimori and went to Edo for his lord's sankin kōtai rotation. It was during his service to the lord in Edo that Commodore Perry arrived in 1853. As the shogunate subsequently entered into a series of increasingly unfair unequal treaties, Gensai left Edo in anger and returned to Kumamoto, where he entered the Gendōkan academy of the kinnō scholar Hayashi Ōen. After a thorough schooling in Ōen's kinnō philosophy, Gensai returned to Edo. Gensai was present at the Kumamoto residence in Edo during the Ansei Purge. In the aftermath of Ii Naosuke's assassination, when a group of the escaping assassins suddenly entered the residence, it was Gensai who calmed down the subsequent uproar, calling for a doctor and having a private tea ceremony for the men. It was during this ceremony that he told the men of his admiration for them. In 1861, Gensai married Misawa Teiko, the daughter of another Kumamoto retainer. A martial artist herself, she was highly skilled in the use of the naginata. The couple would have a son, Gentarō, who survived even after Gensai's execution, thanks to Teiko's efforts. In 1862, he joined Kumamoto forces who were posted to security duty in Kyoto. It was at this point, he quit his job as bōzu, and soon after, left Kumamoto service altogether. In 1864, he lost his mentor Miyabe Teizō to a Shinsengumi raid at Ikedaya, vowing to become strong enough to fight against them. While he didn't go on a war path for revenge, he would hold it with him for the rest of his life, and trained to become stronger, perfecting his speed, and his swordsmanship. From this, the Shiranui-ryū was born. This came in handy soon after, when Gensai carried out his most famous and only confirmed assassination: that of Sakuma Shōzan. He ambushed Shōzan in broad daylight in 12 August 1864. Using his renowned speed along with 3 other assassins, he was able to assassinate the politician before his band even noticed Gensai was there, his cohorts killing the guards and inflicting Shōzan's body with 12 more wounds to ensure the certainty of his death. Gensai escaping before Shōzan's other retainers realized he had been killed. This one act of killing what was said to be the greatest man of his era changed the tide of the war. He would later clash with the Shinsengumi many times, and it was during this time that he met various other manslayers, most notably Okada Izō, becoming friends and comrades on the battle field. He would also go on to make various assassinations. After this, he withdrew to Chōshū and took part in the military actions of Takasugi Shinsaku's Kiheitai against the shogunate's Chōshū Expeditions. However, during action in Kokura, he surrendered to Kumamoto forces, and was imprisoned until just after the Meiji Restoration. In the aftermath of the Meiji Restoration, Gensai was released from prison. He changed his name to Takada Genbei, and served as a military official and teacher for the Kumamoto domain. However, because of his harboring of some Kiheitai stragglers under his old comrade Oraku Gentarō, he was again put in prison, and was executed in 1872. Even on his deathbed, he had no regrets in his life. He was proud to have fought for his ideals, even if it meant dirtying his hands. After his death he was inducted in the Throne of Heroes. [centre][b]Parameters[/b]: STR: C ||| END: C ||| AGI: A ||| MAN: D ||| LCK: B[/centre] [centre][b]Class Skills[/b][/centre] [b]Presence Concealment[/b]: A Hides one's presence as a Servant. Suitable for spying. It is possible to disappear completely and become nearly impossible to be detected. The rank of Presence Concealment drops considerably when preparing to attack. [centre][b]Personal Skills[/b][/centre] [b]Manslayer[/b]: A+ Being the most prominent of Four Hitokiri of the Bakumatsu, Gensai's sword skill is specialized in cutting down humans with a blade. A practical form of swordplay focused on nothing but victory, unsuited for one whose soul seeks out the truth of the blade. Yet that is why it is strong, and so brittle. Drastically improves one’s offensive power against Mankind this is not a talent, but the very anecdote of speacializing in killing man. [b]Disengage[/b]: B The ability to disengage from battle, returning it to its initial state. This comes from the fact that after dealing Shozan's death blow, he managed to immediately flee without trouble before Shozan's retainers arrived. [b]Eye of The Mind (True)[/b]: B A heightened capacity for observation, refined through training, discipline and experience. A danger-avoidance ability that utilizes the intelligence collected up to the current time as the basis in order to predict the opponent’s activity and change the current situation. This is not a result of talent, but an overwhelming amount of combat experience. A weapon wielded by none other than a mortal, gained through tenacious training. So long there is even a 1% chance of a comeback, this ability greatly improves the chances of winning. In Gensai's case he is capable of calm analysis of battle conditions even when in danger and deduce an appropriate course of action after considering all possibilities to escape from a predicament. [hider=Noble Phantasms] [centre][b]Shiranui-ryū: Shunkan Ken(Unseen Sword)[/b] [b]Rank[/b]: - [b]Type[/b]: Anti-Unit Mystic Sword [b]Range[/b]: 1 [b]Maximum Targets[/b]: 1 Person[/centre] The Noble Phantasm of Kawakami Gensai. It is not a regular Noble Phantasm, however, and can be more described as "Gensai's signature sword style being used as a Noble Phantasm". It s a sword-style completely unique to him, as he was the only practitioner after being educated in kenjutsu by Todoroki Buhei, and has therefore become his iconic symbol by default, in a similar manner to No Second Strike. A style that allowed him to assassinate targets in broad daylight, described as a high-speed technique. While normally his sword style is already incredibly fast, when using its true name it is a lethal attack that is "the act of drawing the sword, striking the target, and re-sheathing the sword instantaneously". Drawing a sword with one hand, with right knee in front and slightly bent, with left leg extended backward so straight that the left knee almost touches the ground. As soon as drawing he attacks in extremely low posture. Due the technique having been used to assassinate Shōzan Sakuma. It has also received the characteristic as "The act of killing the greatest man of the era". Due this property of the Noble Phantasm, the damage dealt by Gensai increases the more renowned and acknowledge his target is. This damage is symbolized by the wounds dealt to Shozan's body after having been struck down by Gensai, the additional damage ranging from 1 to 12 wounds appearing on the body after Gensai's strike. [/hider][/hider]