*trumpet fanfare*
behold!
the newest and no doubt greatest hero of our tale

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[b]Name:[/b] Karin Kanzuki
[b]Game Origin:[/b] Street Fighter Alpha 3
[b]Appearance:[/b] [img]https://images-ext-2.discordapp.net/external/9qzLzYQU2bvynybnjkZWkbpARMnAS4RDw661z-myX2E/%3Fcb%3D20180519195242/https/static.wikia.nocookie.net/vsbattles/images/d/d6/Sfakarin.png/revision/latest?width=422&height=562[/img]
[b]Personality:[/b] The most accurate word to describe Karin Kanzuki is proud. Proud of her skills, her power, of herself. But there are a few other words that might also do the trick. Arrogant, haughty, and elitist, Karin Kanzuki is the richest rich girl you could possibly fathom. Karin believes that she can be the best at anything she puts her mind too. Snobby and condescending to almost everyone around her, she believes that she is better than 'commoners'. Most attempts to attack her she sees as laughable, which is probably why she laughs so much. Karin enjoys winning more than anything, and it used to be she would win at any cost.

	She has her own code of honor, and understands that winning the right way is more important than victory in and of itself. She has a dry, sardonic sense of humor. And despite having quite the big head herself, it is difficult for her to find more joy than destroying the fragile egos of people with lesser spirits and hearts. Nowhere can there be found more cloying, desperate egos then amongst evil. A decent amount of the reason she battles evil is just witness the third act villain break down. 

	Karin, while she is used to an enormous amount of luxury, is a very hard worker. All her life she has strived for perfection in all things. This has resulted in very high expectations on herself, and she is constantly pushing herself to be better than before. Everything she does has to be just right. Contrary to one might belief, she has a critical, demanding inner voice.

	Karin struggles with showing compassion. Beneath it all, she has a very kind heart, but for the large majority of her life she was taught that kindness was weakness. While she has moved on past this way of thinking, the Strength Above All mentality has deep roots in her heart and soul that are hard to shake.

[b]Background:[/b]
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 All you need is victory. Be the winner in everything. The worst we'll ever be is the best. Victorious: Therefore Supreme. She is Karin Kanzuki! And these mottos were the pillars of her childhood. 

	Her father was a strict man who in many ways resented her for not being a son. He needed an heir, and believed a girl couldn't be up to the task. From a very young age, Karin was trained and molded to be the perfect canditate to run the powerful Kanzuki Zaibatsu- one of the most powerful business conglomerate in the world. 

	Karin rose to the challenge. She bested her father in all of the same trials he was put through as a child, not to mention solving them in innovative ways he had never considered. High wires over waterfalls, sheer mountain cliffs, searching for targets underwater, surviving in the woods for two weeks. Defeat a lion in mortal combat. (Note: all of these things were done in the Karin Estate wildlife sanctuary in the middle of Japan) Instead of defeating the lion, she dominated it mentally with a hard stare, and then befriended it. Karin has had an affinity for large mammals ever since. 

	But her father never believed in her. Instilling in her a deep distaste for all other 'commoners', the only 'friends' Karin ever had were her servants. Servants, maids, and her personal army of ninjas, all of whom revered her as a goddess. But she never had an equal. She never had someone she could view as a peer, or even look up too. Not even her own father. Whom she destroyed, backstabbing him by sneakily purchasing the majority shares of his own company. He challenged her to a duel, and she swiftly defeated him. Under the 15 year old's direction, the Kanzuki Zaibatsu became THE most powerful legal conglomerate in the world. 

	During this time, Karin turned her attention to street fighting. While becoming a martial arts master was always a part of her training, she had only ever fought in the official, sterile fighting competitions of the world. But she learned that the real challengers, the real passion for fighting and perfection, were found in the unorthodox places. That was when she learned of a young girl named Sakura Kasugano, who everyone was claiming was the youngest, yet most promising, female fighter in all of Japan.

	This, obviously, would not do, for Karin was clearly the filler of this spot. Long story short, she challenged Sakura to a fight and...lost. For the first time in her life, Karin Kanzuki lost. Defeated by some commoner 'prodigy', who trained by watching VHS tapes and jumping through dirty old rubber tires with her dullard best friend.

	Nonetheless, despite the indignation, something changed in Karin that day. A fire was lit in her heart and she trained harder than she ever had before. She challenged Sakura again, and this time, defeated her. though she pondered if perhaps Sakura truly was the better fighter of the two. But she could not deny that in that moment, Karin truly 'wanted' to win. Was there a difference between needing to win, and wanting to win? And which one was more powerful? She wasn't certain. But all she knew was that a worthy rival was needed in order to truly push oneself to perfection. Karin elected Sakura to be her rival. Their friendship has grown over time, and slowly the cut-throat knife's edge of Karin's harsh personality has softened. Somewhat. A little. Tell anyone of this, and she will destroy you.
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[b]Specialty:[/b] Duelist
[b]Level:[/b] 1
[b]Experience:[/b] 0/10 
[b]Powers:[/b] 
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[*] V-Meter: Karin's two barred V-Meter gives her access to two powerful defensive options. She builds V-Meter by blocking, dodging, [s]getting hit by,[/s] and countering attacks. Both defensive options deal Gray Damage, a special type of damage that fades over time and is only made permanent if Karin lands a true attack. 

	V-Reversal: Spend a bar to push through the enemies attack with unflappable strength, knocking them and all enemies around back and away from Karin. Very easy to execute, and difficult to avoid. Though skillful enemies could counter it if she overuses it. 

	V-Shift: A perfectly timed dodge on an opponent Karin has read. She becomes immune for a momentary window of time if executed correctly. Time seems to slow for Karin and she can counter and punish her enemy for their insolence. Upon a successful V-Shift, she regains half a bar.

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[b]Strengths:[/b]
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[*] Footsies: Karin always knows where to stand. Simple adjustments of her stance and foot position allow her to outmaneuver and outplay even the most skilled melee combatants. A centimeter can be the difference between victory and defeat, and Karin always knows where that centimeter is. 
[*] Kanzuki-Ryu: Karin's fighting style allows her to endure large amounts of damage, perform incredible athletic feats, and send people five times her size flying into the air with a simple well placed palm thrust. She can also dash with incredible bursts of speed, moving in and out of combat range at her leisure. Much like any Street Fighter, she can use her arms to block attacks, blades, bullets, and bursts of energy and plasma. As long as she isn't walking forward. While she has no long ranged attacks, she is an expert at surpassing the defenses of those who would rather keep her out. She is no slow moving grappler- zoners fear HER.
[*] Forceful Personality: The heart of a lion beats within Karin's chest. (Not literally, though she could have that arranged). Karin is difficult to dominate or intimidate. Indeed, she is capable of doing these things herself. Once per fight, simple minded beasts can be pacified with a glare, and enemies of weak willpower tremble before her. As if they know their foolish arrogance will only waste Karin's time- as if they know their blood is not worthy of getting stuck under her perfectly manicured fingernails. 
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[b]Weaknesses:[/b] Hordes of Plebians: Karin is incredibly difficult to beat one on one. However with her reliance on deliberate, powerful strikes, she doesn't have much in the way of crowd control. While she can maneuver out of situations, if she is overwhelmed her skill won't matter. (Fortunately her intimidating matter will prevent weaker minded commoners from having the confidence to gang up on her- for at least ONE of them will be totally destroyed. But if they can push past that, she might be in trouble.) 

	Monsters: While Karin's powerful strikes and durable body will no doubt prove useful against monsters, her skillset is not made to fight unfamiliar creatures from strange worlds. How do you do 'footsies' against a tentacle monster? 

	Teamwork: Karin also has trouble working with and utilizing the strengths of her teammates. As well as supporting and helping them. She is used to doing everything by herself. Her powerset also does not lend itself well to helping others.

	Discount Shoto Ripoffs, Apparently: Hey! Who put this one here? This is libel. 

[b]Spirits:[/b] 
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[*] None yet. 
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[b]Guest List:[/b] Ishikazi: Karin's loyal, faithful, engaging butler who is a talent in his own right.

	Birdie: Karin's new bodyguard. A hulking brute of a man who loves food, is nasty with a chain, and is cleverer than people give him credit for. 

[b]Inventory:[/b] Training Ribbon: The ribbon in Karin's hair weighs twenty five pounds. 

edit:
Money: A lot of money. Too much money.

Beach Estate: Her own private beach estate! On Earth, this was her summer home.
	
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let me know if there's anything I should change or add. i edited her inventory after a DM discussion with GM lugubrious but it's all still up in the air [@Lugubrious]