Name: Masato Ishimaru (Displayed traditionally; family name first)<br/>Age/Grade: 18, senior<br/>Gender: Male<br/>Sexual Preference: Straight<br/><br/>High Aspect: The Determined Samurai<br/>Trouble: Spread Too Thin<br/>Mystic Talent: Restful Vigil<br/>Background: Samurai's Strength, Monk's Wisdom<br/><br/>Mystic Talent Info: The Restful Vigil is a period of meditation that satisfies ones need for sleep; in addition, while active, his hunger and thirst will remain satiated. However, despite the deepness of the meditation, he remains fully alert and cognizant of any threats that may arise (non-threatening actions will not arouse him from the Vigil). The Vigil can only be entered into when he has specifically been charged (either by himself or by another) with the defense of a person, place, or object, and can only enter the Vigil when around said person, place, or object; if it leaves his general vicinity, the Vigil ends (and he has an idea of where the thing he is guarding is at the time the Vigil ends).<br/><br/>When active, he is able to make small 'leaps' through space, essentially teleporting himself into a spot where he comes halfway between a threat that has 'triggered' his defenses, and the target he is defending. Additionally, for the length of the scene where he is still charged with something or someones protection, his ability to both parry and disarm 'threats' is greatly increased.<br/><br/>Background Info: Ishimaru's parents died when he was young in a car accident; he was left in the care of his uncle, his father's brother, who was a Buddhist monk known as Mutatsu. Mutatsu did his best to raise Ishimaru to have freedom of thought and choice, rather than trying to mold and shape him into a successor of the temple (though the now old monk would certainly like to see that).<br/><br/>Consequently, Ishimaru's attitude towards life and personality are eclectic and eccentric, to say the least; on the one hand, you have one of the fiercest Kendo fighters in the school, who plans to compete regionally, and one day, nationally; on the other hand, you have a man who speaks from the heart about the importance of patience, kindness, peace, and  compassion; someone who spends every waking moment training himself, but who still manages to find time to help maintain the temple, and time to aid his fellow students in whatever task they might need assistance with.<br/><br/>Very mature for his age, Ishimaru manages to have many acquaintances, but no true friends;  his goals of martial, mental,  and spiritual excellence leave little time to cultivate a social life, even if he seems to be possessed of a natural charisma.<br/><br/>Refresh: 3<br/>Fate: 3<br/><br/>Weapon(s): Bokken, katana, wakizashi<br/><br/>Skills:<br/>Good (+3): Swords<br/>Fair (+2): Survival, Endurance<br/>Average (+1): Athletics, Sense Motive<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Normal Appearance</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div class="floatleft">(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c195/TheOneTheOnlyTheShane/355838-shinjiro_aragaki_large_zps33fd5404.jpg)</div>Masato is five foot, eight inches tall, weighs about 200 lbs. He has dark brown hair, and slate  gray eyes. His physique is somewhat muscular, but, he is primarily possessed of a wiry strength. He prefers to wear darker clothing, and always has a very intense look about him.<br/></div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Awakened Appearance</div><div class="spoiler_body"><div class="floatleft">(http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c195/TheOneTheOnlyTheShane/felice-beato-japanese-samurai-in-traditional-costume-1868_zpsf77c4fee.jpg)</div>Masato grows to an even six feet tall, and his weight grows to about 220 lbs, keeping his size more or less proportionate. In this form,. he is bald (much like some monks may do), and his eye color remains the same. In this form, he wears a more traditional samurai's garb, consisting of sandals, tabi socks, black hikama pants, blue shirt, faded blue and yellow horo (a cloak signifying a man as a warrior of distinction and importance), and sedge hat. When in this form, any weapon he wields takes on a silvery coloration. <br/></div></div>