Name:<strong>Kitsuki Akano</strong><br/>Gender: Female<br/>Age: 22<br/>Clan:<strong>Dragon</strong><br/>Family:<strong>Kitsuki, House Ryusaki</strong><br/>School: Kitsuki Courtier School / Kitsuki Jotomon<em>Bushi</em>School (City of Ryoko Owari) - visiting ;)<br/>Honour: 3.5<br/>Glory: 2.0 (Samurai Insight Rank 2)<br/>Status: 1.0<br/>Insight Score: 157<br/>Insight Rank: 2<br/><br/><strong>Rings:</strong><br/>Earth = Stamina 2, Willpower 2<br/>Water = Strength 3, Perception 3<br/>Fire = Agility 3, Intelligence 3<br/>Air = Reflexes 3, Awareness 2<br/>Void = Inner Strength 2<br/><br/>TN: 18 or 23 (15 from reflexes, 5 from armour, 3 from defence)<br/><br/>Primary attack:<em>katana</em>damage 6k2<br/>Other:<em>naginata</em>damage 5k3 or 4k4<br/><br/><strong>Skills:</strong><br/>courtier (gossip) 4<br/>etiquette (bureaucracy) 4<br/>investigation (notice) 3<br/>meditation 1<br/>theology 1<br/>lore - law 2<br/>underworld 2<br/><br/>shadowlands lore 1<br/>calligraphy 1<br/>horsemanship 1<br/>artisan 1<br/>medicine 1<br/>games 1<br/>stealth 1<br/>commerce 1<br/>athletics 2<br/>forgery 1<br/>lore - poisons 1<br/>tea ceremony 1<br/><em>kenjutsu</em>2<br/>spear 2<br/>defence 3<br/><br/><strong>Advantages:</strong>Clear Thinker (+4), Fleet (+2), Precise Memory (+3), Sage (+3).<br/><br/><strong>Disadvantages:</strong>Compulsion (obsession with fine scrolls and<em>sumi-e</em>-2), Haunted (-2), Lost Love (-2), Phobia (acrophobia -4).<br/><br/><strong>Equipment:</strong><br/><em>Naginata "Yukiakari", Katana "Aoao", wakizashi, kimono</em>plus spare (formal)<em>kimono</em>, sandals plus spare sandals, personal journal, pen & ink, a personal teacup, a sake-cup (a small shallow bowl), a porridge stick, a basket hat, a good quality medicine kit (cost 3 bu), a personal seal, travelling pack, 3<em>koku</em>, 4<em>bu</em>and 7<em>zeni</em>.<br/><br/><strong>Travelling pack:</strong><br/>coin purse<br/>fan<br/>flint & tinder<br/>lantern<br/>makeup kit<br/>perfume<br/>small hand mirror<br/>second spare<em>kimono</em>(for sleeping; the spare given as a courtier are formal robes and constitute a fairly bulky full set of garments - I'll show an illustration if the opportunity arises).<br/><em>sumi-e</em>(ink brush) kit<br/>wide brimmed straw hat<br/><br/><strong>Heritage:</strong><br/>Roll #1: 3B9 - Honourable death: Seppuku. Great-great-grandmother Ryusaki Yukino's fine quality Naginata "Yukiakari" passed down through the family.<br/>Roll #2: 3A4-5 - Great Battles - Battle of the Cresting Wave. Ancestor (16 generations!) Kitsuki Shunsen died defending part of the Carpenter's Wall, heroically single-handedly fighting off hordes of Shadowlands stinking creatures for thirty minutes until help in the form of a fresh company of Dragon Ashigaru arrived.<br/><br/><strong>Description and Personality:</strong>This<em>samurai-ko</em>is very slight and slender, almost boyish in her shape. She is just under five feet tall, about four-eleven and slim; she must weigh about 90 pounds. She is economical in her movements though these are quick and bird-like. She may stay still for long periods but when she chooses or decides to move or act she will do so confidently and quickly. She is no beauty, she isn't even pretty in the common way of thinking; her face is plain but she has an aura of calm and peace about her, a solidity of purpose and her face is pleasant enough, perhaps 'cute' is too much of a word to use but her looks and demeanour relax and inspire the onlooker. She has a very friendly face, approachable, unassuming and kind. There is no malice there, no meanness at all. She does however have very pleasing eyes, almond shaped and very dark and she lines them with henna or stibium to emphasize their strength and clarity. They are the thing that draws you to her and what you notice at once about her. There is intelligence and wit there, wisdom and patience. Perhaps hidden within them is cunning too and a sense of being driven to some goal she keeps hidden. In the court style her eyebrows are completely plucked and when wearing formal makeup she will paint false ones on high up the forehead, the<em>ho bi taku</em>.<br/><br/>When she speaks her voice is light and pleasing, buoyant and holds a promise of an enquiring, happy mind. Along with her eyes, her voice is quickly noticeable as her most intriguing aspect.<br/><br/>(http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk137/HaibaneR/KitsukiAkano01_Edit.jpg) (http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk137/HaibaneR/KitsukiAkano06_Edit.jpg)<br/><br/>In the street she dresses in male clothes for ease of movement. She owns but rarely wears (unless it's necessary) a light suit of armour that is lacquered in warm autumnal tones, but focusing mainly on oranges with filigree designs picked out in cream. If she wears it, she keeps her helmet hanging down her back on a strap, putting it on only when it is obvious a fight is unavoidable. When out of doors in the strong sun or wet she wears a conical straw hat instead.<br/><br/>She has black hair, very fine and straight. Unwound it reaches to below her rear but she usually wears it wound into a thick plait which shortens the resulting ponytail into one that reaches below her shoulders. The plaited hair normally being interwoven with narrow green and yellow silk ribbons.<br/><br/>Her<em>katana</em>and<em>wakizashi</em>are tucked into her narrow male<em>obi</em>with the wider female<em>obi</em>positioned above so that it comes high on her chest. Normally she wears a simple black cotton<em>gi</em>and russet-red<em>hakama</em>. Her<em>obi</em>are a mix of lilac and pale cream, patterned with lotus flowers.<br/><br/>The sleeves of her<em>gi</em>are long as is the bow of her obi indicating a maiden, though she customarily keeps all these pinned up except in formal circumstances. Nevertheless the folds of the cloth make her status plain.