Restalaan

Tales Of Shizuyama (Far-Eastern Monster Girl RP)

Right, posted, anyone wants to hop on with Skarsneek for his quest, feel free.

I'm also hoping to get Gringor part done quickly so he can join in for the second day (Since he's still in the first day.).

Tales Of Shizuyama (Far-Eastern Monster Girl RP)

[color=f7941d][/color]@AzureKnight@PaulHaynek@Hammerman@Nakushita@Dark Cloud

Skarsneek of the Red Hill

Hmm.

Skarsneek kept to the shadows and hidden behind the walls as he quietly overheard everything about the two sisters' relationship and Hinami's odd behavior.

It'll certainly explain some of the details, he had thought the two was just born of an Echidna or misfortune in general.

But hearing that one turned into a mamono because of a spell to bring back the other? That certainly wasn't what he expected.

Turning his head upwards and letting out a sigh, he supposed he'll have to really step in this time.

Quietly, he moved away from them before returning, this time taking an obvious path and letting his footsteps be known as he trudged noisily around the corner.

"Hey, found ya!" He looked to them and acted like it he had just found them. Hands apart and moving to the two sisters. "Come on, let's get some rest. I bet you're all tired."

Gently wrapping a hand around both sister's waists, he led the way for them to where they can rest.

He did however look to Hinami for a moment before smiling. "Don't worry too much yea? If there's any problem, just rely on us."

"Same for you too, dear wife." He swiftly turned to Atsuha with a grin. "The two of you now are my beloved, and there's nothing I won't do for you both."

Even if it meant dying. Though that part went unsaid by Skarsneek as he pulled the two closer. He may be a scum but he kept his words.

After taking a quiet sleep and hopefully taking some tension off from Hinami, the next day came. Skarsneek was already up and about, giving himself a quick rinse and wipe before seeing what's for today mission.

He was just in time to see the numerous figures that came after being recruited, giving a salute and smile to Takamori, or at least, who he think Takamori is from the getup. "Heya, welcome to the fight, old man. We didn't desecrate it, we just refurnished it! That's all."

Then it was not long when Sorae came, and while he felt his mood soured, Skarsneek pushed it away quickly.

"Glad you can join us, Takeshi is in." He said and cleared a path respectfully but not before adding a little tidbit as she was about to walk past him. "And don't forget, We'll get the bastard together, and I get first dips on what to do this time. Else your ass will be smarting more than just my hand."

"But other than that! Welcome! Space is at premium, so you can always huddle in the stables, trees, and open air. Though my bed is always open for another~" Skarsneek teased before pointing to where Takeshi would be located.

With that out of the way, Skarsneek went through and see the temple and surrounding situation. It's getting cramped, food is going to be a problem, alongside hygiene and disease. They need to work fast to organize this thing out.

For now, he suppose they'll have to get some space.

Though during his thoughts, a request came to him.

No Place Like Home.

Hmm, if he can get them to clear off, then they could use the space if it's nearby enough.

"Aight lady! I'll kick them Varjan ass-I mean, I'll kick the man's ass-I'll solve the problem! Just you wait!" Skarsneek eagerly said a thumbs up, completely blurting his thoughts and words together as he skedaddle away.

Now he just got to find some companions for his job. He wonders if some are willing to join.

---

Gringor of the Ironhide tribe

A moment passed as Gringor stretched his senses, wondering if they really weren't going to respond to him and considered showing just how serious he was by chopping every tree in the vicinity.

Then something shimmered, or more accurately, the air itself twisted before giving way to reveal the sneaky one.

Well, a nice looking sneaky one in his opinion.

Resting his weapon against his shoulder and cracking his neck, idly shifting his foot once before answering her. "I'm Gringor, Ironhide tribe. Strongest and biggest."

"Your boss, Takeshi, lost a scrap against the Varjan. Now he's gathering all the other bois and looking for a second round," He explained curtly between the broken Zipangu language, slowly getting a bit more fluent. "I already crack Nobudata head in and he's ready to fight and get his other bald bois back. Good lad that one, big and strong."

He's stronger though, Gringor huffed inwardly at that. No one is stronger than he was, after all. Or at least, he will be stronger than them eventually.

"So you in, sneaky boi?" Gringor said before he adjusted his weapon and swing it downwards once lightly. "Or do I have to crack your head in too?"

The way she hide was nothing like he ever seen before, closest was the few high bounty-hunters sent to him but even they weren't this good.

A grin formed at the side of his lips, he looked forward in breaking that technique apart and crushing it. Unaware of how it came across as it looked like Gringor was looking for a reason and ready to jump into a tussle against Kageho if she disagree.

Jianghu: Age After War

Golden River inn

Xiao Shan

Within Xincai, the hustle and bustling city, the Golden River Inn was full of martial artist of various backgrounds. Each of them was here for jobs, celebrating their success or drowning whatever misfortunes that they had in their task.

Strong incense filled the air, clanking of plates and chopsticks, and wine bowls repeatedly slammed on wooden tables by boisterous hands before being refilled.

At the corner of the inn at the first floor, a square table meant for four currently housed only one occupant. Not many are willing to share the same table due to their foreign appearance and warclub that rested against the wall, tall and large as they slowly sipped their own wine bowl, alongside a variety of dishes.

Adding to that, the blue hair and mask denoting a demonic face alongside the dominating presence along would have scared most people off, but those that do recognize the clothes and mask gave the owner a wider berth. Especially those of the orthodox martial artists that mingled here, giving a sharp glare from the corner of their eyes.

The young master of the Broken Mountain sect didn't show any inclination, opting to focus on their meal instead as they placed the cup down and continued to pick at the famous dishes in Xincai province.

For her, all this chaos and constant activity was just like home.

Hmm, a bit bland. Xiao Shan thought as she popped a piece of chicken with chili paste sauce. It was a much sharper flavor than what she usually tasted but she supposed this was expected. The spiciness wasn't close to what they serve in Hunan as she chase it away with another mouthful of wine.

At least the portion was generous enough that she can get her money's worth.

Picking the last portion down into her stomach, she wiped her mouth exposed from the mask. She slowly stood up and grabbed her warclub, sending some of the patrons to rest their hands on their weapons as she walked past them and down to the ground floor. Her far eastern style of clogs thumped on the floor lightly with each step before Xiao Shan looked at the board of jobs available.

Idly, she came across the one that requested for help in looking for someone. A Tang Yuying, the madwoman of Sichuan. More known for her odd behavior rather than her affinity for martial arts.

Sparks of curiosity came, wondering just how one would be known for her personality in the Jianghu than martial arts.

With that, Xiao Shan headed out northwest. Wondering just how this mad woman will be.

Jianghu: Age After War

Xiao Kai, Xiao Shan father. |NPC Sheet|

Drink, fight, live to your heart contents! Don't be like those hypocritical dogs from the Martial Alliance.

Name: Xiao Kai

Titles: Unrestrained Master of the Broken Mountain, Scoundrel of Hunan (For the Martial Alliance that dislike him), Hundred swords Xiao Kai (From his long track record of breaking martial artist swords when they duel.)

Age: 49

Rank: Unrestrained Master

Allegiance: Recusant

Appearance: 176 cm, 75 kg Much like Xiao Shan, he wears a similar white garb of Wakoku, alongside the Geta shoes. Though his are made out of steel rather than wood.

Personality:

Personality: Xiao Kai craved strength more than anything, in this dog-eat-dog recusant world, where the strongest leads. He climbed the ranks by training himself hard and fought duels after duels to further his strength.

This extends to making his sect the top dogs in Hunan, he brooked no arguments and dissent across the state. Those that didn’t bend found themselves broken and absorbed by his sect, those that did became part of his sect and were treated like brothers. Allowing him to fully dominate the routes. Similarly, he enforced a strong discipline amongst his group and ensured that nothing untoward happens during sect business. What they do after the job was none of his concern.

When it comes to Xiao Shan, Xiao Kai raised her as a boy because he had no other knowledge to do so besides the life of a warrior of the Jianghu. Still, he poured every love and care he had towards her, and in his eyes, it didn’t matter anymore if she was a girl or boy. He was proud of her.

This, much to Xiao Shan chagrin, often involves tough love from their sparring session. The former going extremely hard to ensure she’s ready to take on the Jianghu itself when the time comes.

History:

History: Xiao Kai was a nobody, an orphaned and abandoned baby. He was found and raised in the Broken Mountain sect. From this, a long period began as Xiao Kai repaid the sect by being strong. Blessed with a strong body, it didn’t take long before he too made into a first-class warrior at the age of 19. He also married Tai Shan, a normal woman that wasn’t remotely associated with the Jianghu but came to contact after regular business in being a driver for their escort. This momentary happiness will not last, however.

The Martial Alliances came to their borders of Hunan, accused them of acts that they never did, and then attacked them viciously later despite the Broken Mountain sect kicking them out politely. This sparked a long period of brawls, then bloody fights, and outright war when it was clear the Martial Alliance wouldn’t stop these unjustified attacks alongside mounting casualties.

So they marched out, kill and razed towns to the ground where the Martial Alliance had stationed their troops. Xiao Kai was often at the forefront of these vicious strikes, earning him a loathsome reputation. Many warriors and members of the sect were lost during this period. Such an event forced Xiao Kai to be far from home often due to the intense fight, where he can’t even mourn or be there for the passing of his wife after delivering their daughter.

Then when the truth of the matter came out and the Devil clan was responsible. The newly transcendent master Xiao Kai was selected as the few that’ll take the fight to them directly as a reserve force. The final battle left him severely injured and was such a brutal battle, that Xiao Kai reached the Unrestrained realm merely by surviving it till the end. The master of the Broken Mountain, however, wasn’t so lucky and died in that confrontation.

After the war, Xiao Kai turned his attention inwards for many years as he stepped into the role as the new Master of the Broken Mountain. Stabilizing, rebuilding, and expanding the sect's business venture, creating a more rigorous training, and emphasizing sparring with one another by taking lessons learned from the conflict.

Yet time cannot heal all the old wounds, the loss of his brothers, friends, and wife still lingered within him. Now that the Devil Clan was gone and broken, the Martial Alliance and sects responsible for the early attacks still stood proudly.

That, Xiao Kai felt, was a grave insult to him, and all the brothers that died during the early stages of that war. He was not alone in that matter, as Elders and veterans of the Broken Mountain sect shared the same opinion.

Lee Hyeon, one of the few men that Xiao Kai will acknowledge as the leader, favored the treaty. Unable to express or do more about his disdain for the Martial Alliance, he focused on strengthening his sect instead by building up weapons, information, and manpower instead. A reason why he allowed his daughter to undergo the wandering trial. It’ll open her eyes up and perhaps, let her see reason and wake up to the realities of the Jianghu.

Other:

Other: Xiao Kai loves a good drink, so much so that he carries a gourd-filled wine everywhere he goes.

Body Enhancements:

Body Enhancements: Steel bones, iron muscles. Long practice of his art had transcendent his body akin to that of metal. Even without his technique, his skin is tough enough to withstand blows even from unrestrained realm masters.

Great Ocean: His stamina, honed by a lifetime of battle and maintained by training has allowed him to constantly be at its peak. One wouldn’t even realize that he was nearing 50 and as he looked to be in his thirties.

Equipment:

Eight Heavenly Trigrams: An extremely heavy and large club that tapers off at the handle, its dark metallic surface absorbing all light. Made of the highest and strongest steel, it followed Xiao Kai since he was first inducted as a first-rank warrior and shattered countless of foes since then.

Wine gourd: Containing the strongest of alcohols in Hunan, it’s further enhanced (Much to the disgust of those who drank it.) by having the wine pickled in plenty of dried chilli peppers for additional taste and spiciness. Something that Xiao Kai acquired a taste for.

Cultivation Base: Sturdy as a Mountain

Techniques:

Techniques:

Thunderstrike (Perfected): The core of all his techniques, it’s a vicious strike that transforms even the most mundane attack into the deadliest. What Xiao Shan doesn’t know, is that while they can match strikes, the methods of execution are completely different. Xiao Kai covers his in qi that it gives him extra reach, concentrates its power, and transmits the destruction through it. Thoroughly destroying both inner and outer as compared to Xiao Shan who falls behind in the inner destruction.

Lightning strike: Using the very air and sending it flying like a projectile, it’s the range version of his thunderstrike. Capable of sending the blast into a concentrated line like lightning. This attacks contains is his most powerful piercing attack.

Ironskin (Perfected): A technique from the Ironfist sect that came to the Broken Mountain Sect with its exiled master, under Xiao Kai had reached its peak and has no delay to any of the body parts that he chooses to harden.

Thunder step: Created completely by accident, its origin as a derivative of using the thunder strike with a kick. A single step allows him to cross meters onto his opponent with a violent explosion from the initial start. Making look like he appeared in a blink of an eye even against Unrestrained Masters.

Foresight: Combining his experience, instinct and knowledge, Xiao Kai is able to read and discern his opponent's moves before it starts. Granting him the initiative. Against masters of his caliber or higher, it becomes more complicated as Xiao Kai has to read potentially dozens of moves ahead.

@OwO

Just wanted to post this here so you can get more of an idea of what Xiao Shan father and Leader of the Broken Mountain Sect is like.

Tales Of Shizuyama (Far-Eastern Monster Girl RP)

Right, got my stuff posted.

@AzureKnight

Good luck on the job hunt man.

Tales Of Shizuyama (Far-Eastern Monster Girl RP)

@Nakushita@PaulHaynek@Hammerman@Rezod92

Skarsneek of the Red Hill

She didn't notice! That had Skarsneek happy as she didn't even mention about his gender!

"Right, this here is a goblin! Annoying, charming, and also the best at mischief!" He pointed to himself with a wink towards Yuki, introducing himself as he's probably the first goblin she saw in her life. "I'm also the sneakiest around here, so you want a place to have a break-in, I'm the best monster for the job!"

Then looking at Samael and Yuki interacting with one another. Skarsneek grinned ear to ear as he slide next to Samael and put his arm around his aslders like close friends did.

"Ey, I was also born and raised in the mountains! One of the eight, in fact." Skarsneek beamed as he pointed a thumb to himself before gently putting Samael forward. Letting the demon have some confidence boost with him at the back, whispering to him quietly. "Go get her."

Then afterward, he turned to Kerry, Lunatea and Takeshi.

"Right, I got to see a man about his dog. See ya for the night!" He announced to the rest of them, intent on retiring for the night but not before doing one little thing.

@AzureKnight

Finding the sisters, Skarsneek will try to see if he can get to meet and talk to Hinami alone. There's something bothering him for a while now and he intends to get to the root of it. After all, they're family now. Can't let small things grow into a large problem. He thought idly with both hands on his head.

---

Gringor of the Ironhide Tribe

Seeing the blue flames, Gringor eyes was blinded but the residual figures of were mages was still in his mind.

Not bothering to scream, he continued forward as air escaped his lungs but he moved on. Flames burnt him and hehasdoubt have only seconds to last startse he start to burn.

Yet Gringor slammed his foot forward! There was no retreat, he'll cut all of them down even if he was ashes! No retreat! Never!

Through the flames, his ax flashed forward and inches away from cutting down the shaman before he fell like a puppet with its string cut. Gringor ax merely doing superficial damage at that point as it harmlessly pushed the shaman's body back.

Ignoring that, Gringor turned before seeing all the other shamans in similar states. Idly, he patted the remaining flames and felt the stinging air on his skin. It was like it was rubbed raw.

Still, better than being roast pork, he supposed.

Looking around, taking a deep breath before bellowing outwards like a wild beast. His cry shattering the night silence, echoing far and wide across the jungle.

Once done, he recalled something about underboss Takeshi's words. Or the gist of it.

"Your bossman wears woman's clothing like Nike Maiko, Miso, Miko?" Gringor guessed, hoping that he got it somewhat correct. His guttural Zipangnese wasn't the best. "He sent me here to crack yer heads on why youz didn't come for the scrap at the beach."

Tales Of Shizuyama (Far-Eastern Monster Girl RP)

Same, sorry but this weekend is swamping with work. I'll get something by Tuesday night or so.

Jianghu: Age After War

Xiao Shan, Young Master of the Broken Mountain Sect

Stealing? Hah! It’s called learning!

Name: Xiao Shan

Age: 19

Rank: First Class Warrior

Allegiance: The Iron Concord (Formerly The Recusant)

Appearance:

Appearance: 210 cm, 85 kg.

Amongst the Broken Mountain Sect, Xiao Shan is the tallest, including her own father. A source of pride for the latter and consternation for the former. Xiao Shan is dressed in a weird mixture of both Han and Wakoku clothing style. One that isn’t out of place in her sect but outside of it, it’s very obvious and clashing.

Additionally, Xiao Shan always wears the mask to denote her official position as the Broken Mountain Sect Young Master as per tradition and never seen going out without it and thus, leading to many outlandish claims of the Young Master of the Broken Mountain Sect being a disfigured brute of a man.

Yet, despite all of that, she is a female. One that many others would envy heavily if they saw what lay underneath her thick eastern clothing that masks her true gender.

Personality:

Personality: Xiao Shan is one that never shies away from learning something new or fawning over things she finds exciting or fascinating regardless of how trivial it is. This bled into her martial art style, not having a single iota of shame when it comes to learning new techniques and moves that other sects perform. An image that the Broken Mountains thievery on techniques and moves also encourages.

As another side result of her upbringing from her sect, she’s also very blunt at times which often brings her plenty of trouble outside of her home and downright insensitive to the majority of the Jianghu.

History:

History: Hailing from the Broken Mountain Sect, a recusant sect that came about from multiple martial artists of sordid, fallen or exiled past, congregating together to form their own haven amongst the many mountainous regions in the Jianghu.

Xiao Shan, daughter of the Unrestrained Master that leads the Broken Mountain Sect, was raised amongst the band that conducts bodyguard business, protection racket, Inn business, and smuggling routes for less than savory merchants.

Her father, who desired a son instead of a daughter, felt conflicted at her birth, and thus, decided to raise Xiao Shan up like a son instead. Under his watchful eyes, Xiao Shan was raised thoroughly as the next successor of the Broken Mountain Sect. Given the best training, attention, and care, she was even allowed to accompany her father on official business for running the sect.

Seeing many faces, from devils, and scums of the lowest rung to honourable warriors, saints and even heroes of the Martial Alliance. Xiao Shan was intrigued and listened to many stories told by travellers that stayed in their territory. Filling her heart with tales of heroism and stoic stories of how the Iron Concord was forged, alongside with the eventual sacrifice of the many heroes and Heavenly Demonic Master.

This stoked a fire in her heart, desiring and wishing to be as great as these heroes were. After all, they saved the entire Jianghu and stopped the tracks of the Devil Clan. Were they not examples to be followed?

Yet no sooner than the major conflict was over, did the Resucants begin to turn their attention to old grudges again. The Broken Mountain sect had suffered attacks from the Martial Alliance despite not being close to the initial conflict, only being dragged into it after enough assault.

But the perpetrators were caught, their vengeance sated, was it not enough?

No, it was not. They may be outcasts, but to show weakness in front of this affront, was to invite greater danger and shame upon themselves. An eye for an eye, blood for blood.

Thus, Xiao Shan left the Broken Mountain Sect home under the pretence of undergoing her wandering trials to break into the Peak Master, understanding that she and her father will never see eye to eye in regard to the Iron Concord.

Equipment:

Equipment: War Club, a heavy piece of steel and hardwood meant for bludgeoning others. Two grown men would struggle to even lift the heavy war club but Xiao Shan alone is able to wield it like a normal club.

Cultivation Base: Sturdy as a mountain

The foundations of the Broken Mountain Sect are numerous as it is mixed. Born from multiple masters mixing and numerous unfortunate trials ranging from humiliating to deadly, one path was finally created to be the basis of its Martial arts.

These mix of ideas, while contrary to some of the Recusant view, had its origin from former Orthodox Masters. To gain true strength, one must endure numerous trials and dangers.

Many Broken Mountain Practitioners are noted for their impressive physical bodies because of this. Bones are broken but healed, then hardened over time that it’s no different from iron. Some are even able to mimic the Iron Fist techniques just as well, one that has caused no few arguments with the Iron Fist Sect, claiming it was stolen.

Finally, for those that met the requirements of the body. Will have another wisdom imparted to them.

Through the body growth, shall Qi follow.

By pushing the body to its limits, one gains a foundation strong like a mountain and in turn, allows pathways of Qi to be developed in tandem. These pathways are then slowly mastered before pushing it to the limits just as well.

The advanced techniques will be utilising Qi as part of the strikes themselves and Infusing their weapon, making even the simple twig to be as sharp and hard as a piece of steel.

Then, the final techniques are the mind. It is particularly the hardest, as it involves studying oneself thoroughly and pushing basics like Qi Sensory, pre-initiative, post-initiative and finally, foresight to its mastery.

Lastly, the pinnacle will be a combination of Qi, Mind and Body, effectively allowing the user to break past their very limits. Once all conditions are met, only then can one reach the desired level of Profound, or perhaps, the coveted Heavenly Master rank. Commonly referred to as breaking the mountain itself.

Techniques:

Iron Skin - Hardening one limb enough to the point that the skin darkens till it’s black, creating a powerful defensive skill that can block even weapons. A favoured way of showcasing one prowess amongst the Broken Mountain Sect, it’s the very technique that the Iron Fist claimed to be stolen from them. Arguments arose aplenty, saying that their technique could never match the true Iron Fist style. Yet those that dare utter such words often don’t last long in front of the Broken Mountain Masters.

Thunder Strike - Xiao Shen infuses either a limb or weapon with Qi, compresses, and releases, creating a powerful shockwave on point of impact. It’s her father's trademark skill and the only technique that she can match her father.

Slow Observation - Xiao Shan utilizes Qi to further speed up her senses and thoughts, allowing her to perceive the world in a slower manner and thus, pick up things that usually are missed by others. An advance technique meant for Peak Masters but she had learned it unintentionally since young, enabling her to progress her skill far more rapidly.

Jianghu: Age After War

Xiao Shan, Young Master of the Broken Mountain Sect

Stealing? Hah! It’s called learning!

Name: Xiao Shan

Age: 19

Rank: First Class Warrior

Allegiance: The Iron Concord (Formerly The Recusant)

Appearance:

Appearance: 210 cm, 85 kg.

Amongst the Broken Mountain Sect, Xiao Shan is the tallest, including her own father. A source of pride for the latter and consternation for the former. Xiao Shan is dressed in a weird mixture of both Han and Wakoku clothing style. One that isn’t out of place in her sect but outside of it, it’s very obvious and clashing.

Additionally, Xiao Shan always wears the mask to denote her official position as the Broken Mountain Sect Young Master as per tradition and never seen going out without it and thus, leading to many outlandish claims of the Young Master of the Broken Mountain Sect being a disfigured brute of a man.

Yet, despite all of that, she is a female. One that many others would envy heavily if they saw what lay underneath her thick eastern clothing that masks her true gender.

Personality:

Personality: Xiao Shan is one that never shies away from learning something new or fawning over things she finds exciting or fascinating regardless of how trivial it is. This bled into her martial art style, not having a single iota of shame when it comes to learning new techniques and moves that other sects perform. An image that the Broken Mountains thievery on techniques and moves also encourages.

As another side result of her upbringing from her sect, she’s also very blunt at times which often brings her plenty of trouble outside of her home and downright insensitive to the majority of the Jianghu.

History:

History: Hailing from the Broken Mountain Sect, a recusant sect that came about from multiple martial artists of sordid, fallen or exiled past, congregating together to form their own haven amongst the many mountainous regions in the Jianghu.

Xiao Shan, daughter of the Unrestrained Master that leads the Broken Mountain Sect, was raised amongst the band that conducts bodyguard business, protection racket, Inn business, and smuggling routes for less than savory merchants.

Her father, who desired a son instead of a daughter, felt conflicted at her birth, and thus, decided to raise Xiao Shan up like a son instead. Under his watchful eyes, Xiao Shan was raised thoroughly as the next successor of the Broken Mountain Sect. Given the best training, attention, and care, she was even allowed to accompany her father on official business for running the sect.

Seeing many faces, from devils, and scums of the lowest rung to honourable warriors, saints and even heroes of the Martial Alliance. Xiao Shan was intrigued and listened to many stories told by travellers that stayed in their territory. Filling her heart with tales of heroism and stoic stories of how the Iron Concord was forged, alongside with the eventual sacrifice of the many heroes and Heavenly Demonic Master.

This stoked a fire in her heart, desiring and wishing to be as great as these heroes were. After all, they saved the entire Jianghu and stopped the tracks of the Devil Clan. Were they not examples to be followed?

Yet no sooner than the major conflict was over, did the Resucants begin to turn their attention to old grudges again. The Broken Mountain sect had suffered attacks from the Martial Alliance despite not being close to the initial conflict, only being dragged into it after enough assault.

But the perpetrators were caught, their vengeance sated, was it not enough?

No, it was not. They may be outcasts, but to show weakness in front of this affront, was to invite greater danger and shame upon themselves. An eye for an eye, blood for blood.

Thus, Xiao Shan left the Broken Mountain Sect home under the pretence of undergoing her wandering trials to break into the Peak Master, understanding that she and her father will never see eye to eye in regard to the Iron Concord.

Equipment:

Equipment: War Club, a heavy piece of steel and hardwood meant for bludgeoning others. Two grown men would struggle to even lift the heavy war club but Xiao Shan alone is able to wield it like a normal club.

Cultivation Base: Sturdy as a mountain

The foundations of the Broken Mountain Sect are numerous as it is mixed. Born from multiple masters mixing and numerous unfortunate trials ranging from humiliating to deadly, one path was finally created to be the basis of its Martial arts.

These mix of ideas, while contrary to some of the Recusant view, had its origin from former Orthodox Masters. To gain true strength, one must endure numerous trials and dangers.

Many Broken Mountain Practitioners are noted for their impressive physical bodies because of this. Bones are broken but healed, then hardened over time that it’s no different from iron. Some are even able to mimic the Iron Fist techniques just as well, one that has caused no few arguments with the Iron Fist Sect, claiming it was stolen.

Finally, for those that met the requirements of the body. Will have another wisdom imparted to them.

Through the body growth, shall Qi follow.

By pushing the body to its limits, one gains a foundation strong like a mountain and in turn, allows pathways of Qi to be developed in tandem. These pathways are then slowly mastered before pushing it to the limits just as well.

The advanced techniques will be utilising Qi as part of the strikes themselves and Infusing their weapon, making even the simple twig to be as sharp and hard as a piece of steel.

Then, the final techniques are the mind. It is particularly the hardest, as it involves studying oneself thoroughly and pushing basics like Qi Sensory, pre-initiative, post-initiative and finally, foresight to its mastery.

Lastly, the pinnacle will be a combination of Qi, Mind and Body, effectively allowing the user to break past their very limits. Once all conditions are met, only then can one reach the desired level of Profound, or perhaps, the coveted Heavenly Master rank. Commonly referred to as breaking the mountain itself.

Techniques:

Iron Skin - Hardening one limb enough to the point that the skin darkens till it’s black, creating a powerful defensive skill that can block even weapons. A favoured way of showcasing one prowess amongst the Broken Mountain Sect, it’s the very technique that the Iron Fist claimed to be stolen from them. Arguments arose aplenty, saying that their technique could never match the true Iron Fist style. Yet those that dare utter such words often don’t last long in front of the Broken Mountain Masters.

Thunder Strike - Xiao Shen infuses either a limb or weapon with Qi, compresses, and releases, creating a powerful shockwave on point of impact. It’s her father's trademark skill and the only technique that she can match her father.

Slow Observation - Xiao Shan utilizes Qi to further speed up her senses and thoughts, allowing her to perceive the world in a slower manner and thus, pick up things that usually are missed by others. An advance technique meant for Peak Masters but she had learned it unintentionally since young, enabling her to progress her skill far more rapidly.

@OwO

Finally got my CS up, sorry it took a bit.

Jianghu: Age After War

@Zeroth i will fully review this later today (within like 16 hours)

<Snipped quote by Restalaan>

Characters would probably have some kind of personal goal they're working towards. It could be rebuilding their clan, it could be getting revenge for the death of someone from the war, it could just plain be exploring the world. The overarching goal of the story hasn't really been finalized since I plan to work around the initial group of characters, but it would generally involve accidentally becoming embroiled in a conspiracy about the war and figuring out some answers about the war.

In regards to faction, Almost, yea. You can have your character be of any faction. Martial alliance, recusant, scattered Heavenly Demonic Cult, independent. The only limit is probably currently being aligned with the Devil Clans, since that would paint a massive target and be a little unwieldy. Former Devil Clan is fine though. The main thing is that your character should, in theory, be able to wander in a theoretical neutral zone within the Jianghu and not be iced on the street.

@OwO

Aight, I'll get to making the CS in a day or two.