<div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/DoSXPeq.jpg?1)(https://i.imgur.com/Gf2Zubz.jpg?1)<br/></div><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: georgia;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>Ryu “Red Dragon” (https://i.imgur.com/XfMKo47.jpg) Jinzaburo</strong></span></span><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: georgia;"><br/><strong>Age:</strong>  30<br/><strong>Gender:</strong>  Male<br/><strong>Sexuality:</strong>  Heterosexual<br/><strong>Face Claim:</strong>  Lee Byung-Hun<br/><strong>Position:</strong>  Carpenter/Saboteur<br/><br/><strong>Personality:</strong>  Ryu is very secretive about who he really is. There isn’t anyone outside the East who has a chance of knowing about him or even recognizing his face. While Ryu isn’t fleeing from a dark past, he is trying to leave it behind. He felt that what he needed was a change of scenery, and so he ventured to the West, going from one merchant ship to the next working as a carpenter. Besides his secrets, Ryu is soft-spoken and rarely raises his voice. He is bold, and his confidence is often mistaken for arrogance. He knows himself better than anyone, and he knows what he is capable of. While he acts as a mere carpenter, there is much more to him than he lets on. Ryu doesn’t trust many people. He works for himself, and if the pay isn’t cutting it, then he will leave. His feelings aren’t easily hurt, but he doesn’t tolerate being disrespected for being Asian or treated like a slave. He also doesn’t tolerate anyone else being treated in such a manner in his presence.<br/><br/><strong>Background:</strong> Ryu was a Iga ninja employed by Tokugawa Ieyasu to guard Edo Castle and provide intelligence. Life was good until Hattori Hanzo handed command of the Iga unit to his son Hattori Masanari. The Iga rebelled due to maltreatment. Some went on to continue to serve the Tokugawa shogunate as musketeers and others <em>doshin</em> (police), but gradually, the secrets of the Iga-ryu started to fade. Ryu, once upon a time, was known as the Red Dragon. He always wore a red dragon mask when he worked for his lord and became a horror story among his enemies. He served until the rise of Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Toyotomi decreed that the samurai caste was to be codified as permanent and hereditary and that non-samurai were forbidden to carry weapons. Ryu refused to give up his weapons and was persecuted by the shogunate he once served. Ryu fled not only Japan but the East, taking with him the remaining secrets of the Iga-ryu. Upon sailing West aboard merchant ships, he learned other languages, notably English. He learned carpentry to make himself valuable to the ships he hitched a ride upon. As a carpenter, he was able to maintain a low profile, and for once, live for himself and not a lord.<br/><br/>The further he sailed, the more interesting the world became and the wider it seemed. Ryu wanted to see more, but he also wanted to keep getting paid. He learned about a crew seeking treasure, which wasn’t unusual. Most pirates searched for treasure and only few to none found it. Nonetheless, Ryu was curious and eager to go on another adventure. If it proved to be fruitless, then well, he would just leave.<br/><br/><strong>Strengths:</strong> Polygot (mostly Asian languages), Carpentry, Weapon Specialist, Ninjutsu, Ninja Tricks; Tough and Resilient.<br/><strong>Weaknesses:</strong> Distrusting; stubborn; refuses to use guns; won’t ask for help; and sometimes bites off more than he can chew.<br/><strong>Ons &amp; Offs:</strong> O/O (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=168823.0)<br/><br/><strong><span class="bbc_u">Notes</span></strong> Across the expanse of Ryu’s back is a red dragon tattoo (https://i.imgur.com/VuIrt35.jpg). He knows a few extra things learned in the East such as herbal medicine and Asian cuisine. While his cooking skills wouldn’t warrant him as a cook, he does know how to do basic cooking such as grilling fish and boiling rice. Survival skills.<br/></span>