'Kotaro Kuzunoha'
'Kotaro Kuzunoha'

| Post: Part-Frontliner, Part-Tactician, with a dash of Medic
^{R e n d i t i o n} :
Kotaro Kuzunoha is essentially what you'd expect from a 10-year old. Upbeat, emotional, adventurous, ambitious, vindictive, and quite a bit pretentious with his sense of honor and code.

Kotaro was raised by Tai to be capable of helping himself sooner rather than later, but that doesn't mean he was strictly about training the boy to fight. Everyday was spent training, but that doesn't mean he trained his entire life. The boy had more knowledge and skill jammed into his little brain than any normal 10-year old should, and it shows. While Tai tried to give him a proper childhood, he was a mentor first and a father second.

As such, what we have is a boy who chooses to act more mature than his age suggests, but is ultimately awkward to society and having little experience of the world outside his training, and even less of a childhood as a result. Kotaro is booksmart, but street average; clever, but naive, and tries to hide the rather large inner child underneath his mentally grown-up facade with mixed success. As such having potential episodes of various emotions, and an internal thought process that may be much more nervous and fearful of bad situations than he'd ever let show on the outside. As such, easily flustered by taunts and perversions of others.

On his negative emotional highs, he thinks back to his masters words and teachings and repeating them like mantras to calm him back down. He has a great respect and need to protect his master and father figure, refusing to accept insults or critiques upon him, and this respect is what drives him to do something as reckless as attempt to travel across the world and hunt particularly powerful devils just to clear his name.

However, his master's training has conditioned his mind to focus in the face of a battle. In combat, he puts aside all his thoughts and emotions, focusing only on the opponents in front of him, and how best to take them down. The boy is perceptive and taciturn in this state, not just relying on his own skills and strengths but the limitations of the opponent and any advantage or disadvantage of the environment around him.

But ultimately, the greatest thing his master has ever taught him, is both empathy and willingness to help. Kotaro is a kind and generous child, and when he sees someone in need, he's compelled to help aid them, sometimes to literally stupid degrees. A bit selfish in that regard to a point where it could considered a hero complex of a kind, but ultimately with his heart in the right place. Save devils, it really doesn't matter what they are; if anything, he was trained to help spirits find their way to the afterlife as much as possible.

^{A d v e n t u r e} :

There's not much to tell of the boy's story. Being a mere 10-year old, one could argue his story is only just beginning.

For as long as he could remember, Kotaro was raised in Hizuru by his mentor, a 9-tailed Kitsune yokai renown in the region as the "Fox Sage" Wizard, Tai Kuzunoha. Before that, the earliest memories he had were flashes of a man whom Tai states is his father, and this feeling of sickness that made those early memories feel like a fever dream. Life under the Fox Sage's tutelage was all he ever knew, and were it not for Tai giving the boy info regarding his real heritage, Kotaro would have likely assumed he was practically Tai's son. To that end, He inherited the family name "Kuzunoha" from Tai.

That was a peaceful life, with the only hardship the boy knowing was his master's training. From the moment he could walk, he was taught the ways of magic and combat. Tai knew he had a potential talent for wind magic, but also for the spirit arts themselves. Being a Yokai affiliated with fire himself, Tai also knew there was so much he could teach the boy without knowing about wind magic himself. As such - despite knowing the boy wasn't old enough to have an affinity for anything else but wind - in addition to teaching him the basics of Raigetsu, Tai taught him as much his own yokai spirit arts as he could, calling them "Tai"-getsu as a way to help the boy differentiate between the two, starting with the ability to become a kitsune yokai temporarily himself using spiria as the basis. In the end, however, all he could teach the boy was the capability to produce fox flames and how to implement and use it in different ways both inside and outside the box.

Tai was also Hizuru's spirit guide. He claims he once had another job far from this island, but retired from it; never elaborated further on it for whatever reason. As a Spirit guide, it was his job to encourage and aid people of the living while guiding the dead into the embrace of Ankhselam, and as his pupil, Kotaro was also to learn how to be a spirit guide himself via his yokai magic Tai taught him. To that end, across the whole of his training, he was taught Tai's signature ability of "Guiding Star" to allow wayward spirits to pass onto the afterlife. He was only ever taught to exorcise one soul at a time, tapping into the soul and slowly using psychology to unchain them to the living world. But he wasn't ready for a mass exorcism of multiple spirits at once.

But one night during one of their escapades to haunted places for Tai to exorcise - specifically a haunted forest near a rural village - the two were surrounded, and a careless mistake led to Tai getting injured. He told Kotaro to run, but instead Kotaro could feel as if something was telling him to stand his ground to save his father figure. The boy used guiding star, and against the orders of his teacher, he used it on every spirit in the area, burning them away by force. The last thing he could feel with that event was a stabbing pain and a thunderclap headache, before he blacked out.

When he came through, he was in a bed with his master overlooking him, a small look of dread instantly going to relief, and they seemed to be in a different place from the forest, a building by the looks of it, but not their home, and seemingly a bit more civilized than the rural village they were at before. They seemed to be at a hospital in Hizuru's capital, with Tai stating that the boy blacked out after using Guiding Star, and that using Guiding Star to force spirits out of the living world has dangerous consequences. He never elaborated further, just stating that it unwittingly drew in the attention of a great devil to the area. Tai fought it while the boy was unconscious, burning away its influence on the area around it, but unfortunately it led to the village being caught in the crossfire.

The whole village area they tried to save and give peace to, was wiped out.

Needless to say, the boy was saddened and guilty over it, but as if his mind was read, Tai stated it wasn't the boy's fault. He couldn't have known there was such a powerful force of evil in the area. If anyone was to blame for it, it was Tai himself for not teaching the boy anymore about Guiding star than he had. He told him that when someone makes a mistake, they must recognize and own up to it, no matter how large or small. ...It was around that time the boy realized that Tai's little fox paws were cuffed. Turning his focus away from him, he also noticed a few of Hizuru's cops behind him.

As it turns out, Tai was made the scapegoat for the incident; not only was the village and everyone in it up in smoke - creating a charge of multiple counts of involuntary manslaughter - but he failed to capture and exorcise the devil partly responsible for it. The only reason he was at Kotaro's bedside was at his request before the sentencing, wanting to inform the boy of the situation and stating he'll need to move into a new family. Before the hauled him to jail, having satisfied this request, Tai whispered something to the boy.

"Go west, to the land of pendragons where the flaming bird cries, You will find what you need at the gathering of its tears."

Tai has given the boy riddles before as part of his training and education. However, if ever he tells him a riddle outside his training, it's generally to keep what he says a secret in case someone decides to listen in. In this case, it seems he didn't one the police to listen to what's being said, before being hauled off.

Before Kotaro was sent to an orphanage, he ran away from the hospital with weapon in tow, heading west. He didn't know where exactly his master was telling him to go, but what he was taught about the world solved the first part of the riddle already:

"Avalon."

However, after beginning his journey west, arriving on the continent, he was kidnapped and brought to frozen lands of Iceberg. As if by the hand of fate, he crossed paths with Fenix Tear, who aided him and defeated his captors. Figuring out that they're the answer to his mentor's and helping in his own way against those who took him to Iceberg, he followed them back to their guild, hoping to join them in kind.

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'M a g i c'
'M a g i c'

^{Raigetsu Wind Arts and "Tai"-getsu Yokai Arts} :
Kotaro Kuzunoha is a little expert of spirit arts, specifically Wind Raigetsu, making able to use sky magic to attack, defend, and heal using the wind. In addition, while he lacks an affinity for its element, he was taught how to use Yokai spirit arts by his master, Tai, turning himself into a yokai temporarily and being able to cast spiritual fire magic in place of his sky magic.



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'W o r k s h o p'
'W o r k s h o p'

^Infinity : Skilled though he maybe, Kotaro is not yet ready to have his own room or occupation given his age, not to mention being new to the guild.

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^{B e s t o w m e n t} : ???

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'Musical Accompaniment'
'Musical Accompaniment'

'Akane'
'Akane'

^{R e n d i t i o n} :
Akane is very calm and collected, often found doing her own thing from reading a book to sipping tea, but will be one of the first to step in if there is trouble. Even squabbles within the guild, she will at least attempt to mediate, and will not hesitate to punish wrongdoers if they attempt to bring harm to the guild from the inside. She holds a very clear cut opinion that no member of the guild should ever bring true harm to another, no matter the situation. But what is considered 'true harm' is up for debate, as she clearly doesn't care if they bicker and fight amongst themselves.

^{A d v e n t u r e} :
An oddity, she would appear to be from the Far East, but anything beyond that as far as her history goes is quite the mystery. Nobody even quite knows why or when she joined the guild, only that she is a figure that has seemed to always just be around. Which is made even stranger by her seemingly un-aging appearance, standing half as tall as your average adult. She is typically known for taking on the most simple of guild quests, from anything involving children to getting a cat out of a tree. Whatever the reason, she has not been known to take on quests that might seem... difficult. As such, it is very much a mystery to many as to whether or not she can even handle quests that guild wizards are most often known for dealing with. What is known, is that she is never seen without her sheathed sword close at hand.

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'M a g i c'
'M a g i c'

^{Spiria - Violet Thunder} : She seems to have control over general lightning abilities, whether it's snapping her fingers to shock someone, disappearing and then reappearing in another location, or just making people's hair stand on end for dramatic value... At least, that's probably all it is, right? All her lightning is also purple too. Neat right?

✧ Raishi: With the snap of a finger, a bolt of electricity will zap her target. This can range from feeling like you just clicked one of those zappy prank pens, to feeling like you were hit by a taser.

✧ Shiden: In a flash, she disappears, only to reappear in a different location with a snap of thunder. Note that she does not get tax write offs for traveling this way on guild business.

✧ Shiraiha: The longer an individual is within her presence, the more susceptible to her thunder they become. This is something she can turn on and off so to speak, though seems to happen with her mood, so it's not always something she realizes she is doing. This is for area use, making her more dangerous to groups the longer she is active. By time you can feel the static in the air, it's probably too late. She also has a habit of using it to let others know it's time to calm down, without needing to say anything.

✧ Kōmyō no Ikazuchi: Unknown

✧ Inazuma no Mai: Unknown

✧ Senra no Tsubame: Unknown

✧ Rairyū no Kokyū: Unkonwn

(All abilities are okayed, just not publicly known at this time)

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'W o r k s h o p'
'W o r k s h o p'

^{Shiko Shoko} : A library containing all manner of literature from the Far East. From poetry and fantasy novels, to history and mythical stories. There is also just something, off about the place. As if something else has taken route here. The stillness, the silence, it is unnerving. And there is static in the air. Members of the guild are only ever allowed access to the main room. The doors that lead 'beyond' are off limits, for undisclosed reasons.

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^{B e s t o w m e n t} :

'Dolores De La Fuente'
'Dolores De La Fuente'

^{R e n d i t i o n} :
Dolores is the noble beauty many a suitor has tried to conquer, the queen clad in blood and armour; gentle but strong-willed. A long mane of fiery red hair - her bloodline’s trademark heritage - falls down to just below her shoulders, and violet eyes burn with a strong, dutiful passion. To be honest, Dolores is not a picky woman and has a very practical appearance about her. Someone who's grown accustomed to the harsher parts of mercenary work, and as such Dolores is relatively fit and toned compared to the average mage (and scars to prove her worth as well).

Dolores is a creature of habit and does not like to break out of any routines she's been taught over the years, comfortably sitting in her own bubble and careful not to pop it by mistake. A stiff upper lip mentality mixed with an upbringing that of royalty, the woman is unnaturally rigid and formal in the face of strangers and close relatives alike. Difficult one to thaw out to be sure, despite trying to be less high-strung. She's typically well-mannered and friendly, just not fond of small talk.

^{A d v e n t u r e} :
It's difficult to hide the grimace on her face when people casually mention her family name - De La Fuente, a branch of the Le Lendard clan. A volume of sneers encompass just how much Dolores resents what should've been the perfect fairytale "happy ever after". So much so that she sought extreme measures to stick it to the big man of the family, and when father's precious princess had been sighted among less favourable members of Crèmisi's society, Dolores was abruptly scrapped from the De La Fuente history books. Good-fucking-riddance if you'd ask her. At least, that's the official story, and Dolores is nothing if not happily referring to that everytime someone asks what her deal is.

Whatever the reason (or reasons), Dolores took to the company of several criminal circuits and, in a rebellious tantrum, joined up with a dark guild the likes of which were fairly common across Crèmisi. Typical thieves and assassins, anything for a quick buck. Not a major threat, but enough of a nuisance to attract the odd guild mage or two. She'd proven a reliable member and had managed a deadly streak, and an even bigger following from the Magic Council and several ambitious proper little mages who'd thought her head a nice gateway to everlasting fame. Usually it was the other way around, another head to mount on the wall of her guild's hideout and an increase in bounty.

For several years Dolores had indulged in reaving and stealing and stone-cold murder. She had damned the consequences. And, hey, if she ever did get caught? Well, fucked if she hadn't lived her life the way she wanted. Only the truth tasted more like a sour apple than it did a sweet honey...

Her actions had soon caught on with the bigger fishes in the pond, and Dolores found herself outmatched in single combat by the strongest mage she'd ever met. Barely a fight, she found herself at the mercy of some nobody with a crest she'd never seen. She thought her life forfeit at that moment, but instead she was offered to come see their tavern. Whether she stood on the doorstep by choice or out of kindness, Dolores had relinquished her darker lifestyle some time later and marked herself a member of Phoenix Tear since that faithful day.

Six months passed since her initiation into the guild, and Dolores has found herself contemplating her current position and that perhaps she could pursue bigger ambitions...

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'M a g i c'
'M a g i c'

^{Dragon Lacrima} : Through certain procedures Dolores was implanted with a lacrima that has bestowed her with Dragon Slayer magic, which manifests itself in a smoke-like element; effectively dubbing her a "Smoke Dragon". While Dolores is hesitant to use this power on a whim, she's mastered it that all but the subtle differences, such as her immunity and ability to devour her element, are indistinguishable from plain regular smoke magic. The flashier parts of her slayer magic are usually withheld; not out of restrained, but because “You don’t hunt rabbits with a cannon”. Like her bladed staff, her magic is a tool - used precise and deliberate.

✧ Smoke Dragon's Roar: A Dragon Slayer's signature roar. Dolores lets out a raging whirlwind of ashen smoke that blows away anyone in its path.

✧ Smoke Dragon's Nails: An assassination technique devised by Dolores in which she morphs her fingers to resemble smoke-like knives that puncture on contact.

✧ Ashwalk: A spell that morphs Dolores's body into thin vapours, providing complete stealth for infiltration and assasination.

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'W o r k s h o p'
'W o r k s h o p'

^{A Lady Dragon’s Refuge} : Smelling faintly of smoke and ash, Dolores’ workshop is a disgraced noble’s private quarters; a corner room dimly lit by ever-burning candles on chandeliers and wall torches. Bookcases stand crooked, creaking from the weight of leatherbound manuals and guides, scrolls neatly folded in between containing valuable information on trade routes, underground deals and even private affairs. A desk sits on the opposite wall, littered with half-written notes and stained with ink. For the guild, she deals in favours; brokers information and gathers knowledge on potential guild jobs.

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^{B e s t o w m e n t} : T.B.D.

Taylor Hiss

^{R e n d i t i o n} :
On first impression, Taylor can seem unpleasant, gruff, confrontational, transactional and borderline selfish; but given the course his life has taken, it's a manifestation of deep trust issues: he's slow to accept that other people actually care about him and his well being as an end in itself, and not just for what he can provide for others. First to step up to the line, and last to retreat; he takes promises and obligations seriously, even to his own detriment. Beyond that, he has a penchant for unconventional thinking; unexpected angles to solving problems, and twisted uses of the elements to open new approaches.

^{A d v e n t u r e} :
A byblow of some noble family or another that's long since fallen from prominence; not that he was ever in any position to care about things like heritage. With his mother passing away before he came of age, and his father utterly unknown to him, he fell in with some outlaws, discovering and teaching himself how to harness his affinity for fire magic to serve as the gang's bruiser - up until Conq scattered them. Fixed on the front line and too afraid to flee, he's been offered a second chance to make something of himself and learn his art for real.

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'M a g i c'

^{Fire Alchemy} : Under Conq's tutelage, Taylor can form semi-stable objects and convincing visual illusions using fire. Solid objects so far are limited to what can easily be carried in one hand.
✧ Mirage: Army of One - When affected by his mentor's Multiply spell, Taylor coordinates up to five illusory duplicates of himself for a coordinated multi-directional assault. Only one Taylor actually strikes, but when attacking from six directions at once, the odds of the real one hitting are in his favor. He's learning how to conjure and coordinate the additional duplicates without Conq's help, but he prefers the support.

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'W o r k s h o p'

^{Wit's Whetstone}: Taylor's space in the guild manifests as a lounge with tables for games of cards, dice and other implements of chance, to match wits and wills with his colleagues. He rarely wins, but he rarely seems to mind.

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^{B e s t o w m e n t} : -

'S H I N R A R U D E G A R N'
'S H I N R A R U D E R A R N'

^{O d y s s e y} :
Shinra can be easily described with a single word: passionate. Outwardly friendly and outgoing with an unwaveringly adventurous spirit, he wears his heart on his sleeve in his every action. Shinra has poor control over his facial expressions and shows his emotions very transparently, which is equal parts amusing and frustrating. Never one to shy away from a fight, he often challenges people he sees as strong, though never with malicious intent. While he can be brash at times (almost always), Shinra is surprisingly sharp-witted and is capable of thinking things through if the situation calls for it; it just usually doesn’t. At his core, Shinra is a lonely person with a deep desire for personal connection.

Honest and enthusiastic, Shinra strives to become stronger and surpass limits.

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'E t h e r G e a r'
'E t h e r G e a r'

^{Satan Gravity} : Inherited from his adoptive mother when he was a child and trained extensively, Shinra’s Ether Gear allows him to control and manipulate gravity. At his current level, he can only manipulate the gravity of himself and anything he touches, as well as fire spheres of condensed gravity at mid-to-long ranges.

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'W o r k s h o p'
'W o r k s h o p'

^{Boundless Hall} : An expansive training room divided into two major areas; one used only for physical training, and the other for magic training and sparring. The rest of the room has various amenities to ensure a fulfilling session. Any and all members of the Guild are welcome at any time. However, all must take heed, for once they enter, they will not leave the same.

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^{B e s t o w m e n t} :

Lucas Gutenberg
'Lucas Gutenberg'

^{O d y s s e y} :
The Gutenberg is not an ordinary last name, rather it is one that traces back to a chain of master and apprentice who dedicated themselves in finding the lost library of Alexandria, legends say that it was burned in a great fire that consumed the city it was built on. The Gutenberg continued to march on regardless. Lucas is the latest apprentice of this line of Gutenberg, initially an orphan studying magic at Merlin Magic Academy before meeting Gutenberg before him and the man who would become his master, Johanne Gutenberg in his brief teaching stint. The two would then leave the academy together and become a two man expeditions in search of the said library.

It is in one of those expeditions Johanne Gutenberg will meet its demise courtesy of a Tartarus Dark Mage who would also be soon killed in the crossfire of an ensuing battle. After burying the body in its resting place, he would be then contacted by a woman who tells him the truth of Alexandria. It wasn't a mere library, that long ago it was the seat of her power and that as the last surviving Gutenberg it is his mission to continue what his predecessors started. Seeing that he has nothing to lose and a way to honor his mentor clearly given, he agreed to continue the search.

As a new Gutenberg, Lucas decided to focus his time accumulating knowledge visiting libraries to gain knowledge and heading to the most obscure and isolated places to write experiences his predecessors failed to notice. This is while he does his best to avoid the attempts of White Creed to recruit him into their already stacked ranks. Eventually his wanderlust would lead him to the steps of a group that would be known as Fenix Tear eventually joining as their Archivist much to the frustration of White Creed.

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'M a g i c'
'M a g i c'

^{Magic Name} : Glyph Maker Magic (Knowledge God Slayer Magic)
✧ Spell Name: Glyphs are a vital component of any conventional spell craft yet most spells utilize glyphs shaped by the user's instinct and experience. Glyph Maker Magic replaces that instinct with clear intent allowing it's users to virtually cast countless spells at will. Complicated spells however take time to 'shape' and materialize.

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'W o r k s h o p'
'W o r k s h o p'

^Infinity : A simple library containing the books and knowledge collected by Gutenberg's from various places and time period. Covering countless topics and written by authors both known and unknown to the public's eyes, it is said that some books in the library are once destroyed by the state for official and unofficial reasons.

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^{B e s t o w m e n t} : Dont add anything in this list, this is our power up system, I decide on what to give you, this is different from you adding spells, because it's GM bestowal.