[center] [hider=Hidden for Size] [img]https://i.imgur.com/hn4nDwa.png[/img] [/hider] [/center] [b]Name:[/b] Hajime Sakurazaki [b]Age:[/b] 16 [b]Grade:[/b] 2nd Year, Mephisto's School for the Wickedly Inclined (or maybe Kiburi's). [b]Biography:[/b] Hajime was born to a Samurai Family with very few Gifted in its ranks, and he was not one of those few. Learning how to use a sword from an early age, Hajime knew that he was slated to be mere cannon fodder for the Emperor of Izumo, whom he learned to fear and revere in equal measure. But as he grew up, still powerless, he began to resent his position and his powerlessness, hoping against hope that he would be given a Gift, that the Gods would notice him and give him one. But no one took notice of him, he continued to toil and fight for his hated liege until one day, he was forced to kill civilians, innocent people. When he cursed his commander for forcing him to do it, he was told to commit seppuku and make it extra painful. With no other choice, he prepared to do so, finally giving up on life. Then, a Micro Mech suddenly leaped down on them; yes, a Micro Mech - A 4-meter tall humanoid machine of magical materials and advanced technology which had been stolen from Ryujinmaru Co., Izumo's official Arms Company. This mech was piloted by Akio Takaki, an Ungifted whose piloting skills nevertheless landed him a place in the Izumo Resistance, a group that fought against the 'Usurper Emperor' in the name of the 'Legitimate Branch' which still held out in Rhea. Akio defeated Hajime's commanding officer and his cronies, his mech beating their gifts, and then offered Hajime a ride back to the Resistance's lair. And so, after a period of mutual mistrust, Hajime joined the Resistance as a Mech Pilot. His adventures were many and he blossomed as a person, making many friendships over the next year and a half. Then, he and Akio were captured by Ryujinmaru Co.'s security personnel as they tried to steal one of the company's latest mechs. What happened next to him and his mentor was... Painful. Very, very painful. Then Akio was publicly shot in the back of the head and he, due to his relative youth, was transported to an illegal mining camp to be worked to death digging out gemstones from the ground. Six months later, on his sixteenth birthday, he was on the verge of death, his stamina finally giving out. Tears in his eyes as he lay dying, his overseers about to 'dispose' of him, he wished for power, he wished for his mentor back, he wished for a free Izumo, he wished for a mech, he wished for a Gift, he wished for strength, he wished for everything he had been denied in his short life... And gunshots rang, but it was the Resistance that came to rescue him, bringing with them a new machine; A crimson mech, Heaven's Wrath, which had been gifted to the Resistance by the Nitta Clan, loyalists to the 'Legitimate Emperor-in-Exile'. Constructed using a mix of Magic and Science, Heaven's Wrath was given a crude form of intelligence and the ability to 'Phase Shift' into a pocket dimension (same as that used by the Narrativia family, but the Nitta Clan didn't know it). And the mind within the machine bonded quickly with Hajime, seeing in him some sort of kindred spirit. This turned out to be because Heaven's Wrath's AI was based on Akio's brain patterns. And so Heaven's Wrath saved the boy, who had a new vehicle and powers [i]like[/i] a Gift, but not really. And after escaping back to an Izumo Resistance base, he was given a mission for someone of his new potential: Find the Legitimate Emperor of Izumo, if he is still alive, even if he had to go to the foriegn City of Rhea to do it. [b]Powers:[/b] [hider=Hidden for Size] [center] [img]https://i.imgur.com/G9n1plI.jpg[/img][/center] [/hider] [i]Core Power: Heaven's Wrath[/i] - Heaven's Wrath is a prototype Micro Mech meant to be used against Gifted opponents. Able to stay in a pocket dimension and hide as long as Hajime wills it to be, it can be made to expand to a five-meter tall mech that consumes all Magic which touches it, whether positive or negative; this consumption also makes it resistant to any mental effects hurled at its pilot (when in its cockpit) or its own barely-awake intelligence. Heaven's Wrath can also repair itself with the magic it siphons, and can extend this healing ability to its pilot as long as the latter is in his cockpit. Drawbacks: The Micro Mech can be defeated with mundane force, including purely physical but advanced tech. Hit it hard enough with a blunt object and it can be destroyed and its pilot pummeled to submission. Also, its next three powers require it to be in its Mech Form. Oh, and it is only 4.51 meters tall. [i]First Power: Grasping Claw[/i] - As a Micro Mech, Heaven's Wrath can grab an enemy and drain the magic out of them while also cutting them with claws as sharp as a diamond. [i]Second Power: Mana Blast[/i] - Heaven's Wrath can blast an enemy with some of its drained magic, which in turn can melt down an apartment building at maximum power from up to half a football field away. Drawback: Heavens Wrath has to use the same arm it uses for Grasping Claw to use Mana Blast, forcing it to choose between melee and ranged options but not both. [i]Third Power: Flight[/i] - And finally, Heaven's Wrath can fly, enough to perform high-speed maneuvers which can rival civilian stunt and air show planes while protecting its pilot from G-Forces and other environmental hazards like lack of oxygen. [b]Relationships:[/b] Ken Illustrious Ikari: "You are my liege, and you are also very handsome." Suzakura Plagarazes: "The worst sort of person." Chinami Nakadai: "I'm glad my liege is disenchanted with her now." Reverio Galand: "A person who made my liege sad. How I wish I can cut him down." Orpheuz: "No, I am not your enemy, geez! But get in my liege's way and you will be..." [@supertinyking][@KillamriX88][@AtomicNut]