James Justice
Charting new Paths
Name: Tsubasano Senshi
Intent: to help develop James' storyline and character quest
Affiliation: James Justice, their families, then Justice Shipping
Availability: Unique.
Quality: B - Veteran.
Type: heavy mellee infantry
Strength: 320
Description:
Individuals:
Katsumoto
Loyalties: clan, James Justice
Role: Leader of the Tsubasano Senshi, clan warlord
Development Threads: (see bellow)
Age: 36
Species: near-human
Force Sensitivity: none
Appearance: playby Ken Watanabe
Personality: thoughtful, wise, quiet, and honorable, Katsumoto is a man of tradition and the lost ways of the warrior. When he speaks it commands respect, not only for his natural-born role as a leader but for his honor and sense of dedication.
Weapon of Choice: vibroKatana
Wealth: moderate; armor and weaponry, a farmstead.
Combat Function: general and powerful warrior.
Skills:
++tactical leader. Katsumoto has learned the ancient traditions of land war from his father who was also the clan leader
++Swordsman: Katsumoto leads his people by example, holding to the tenants of honor through swordsmanship
Notable Possessions: traditional durasteel plate armor
Other Notes:
A man of complexity, Katsumoto is honorable, fearless, and wise. He is a man of his word, his skill with the blade is only rivaled by his poetry with the hikku
Intent: a leader of the Tsubasano Senshi and a spiritual leader to James Justice
Ujio
Loyalties: clan, Katsumoto, James Justice
Role: Katsumoto's bodyguard and captain of the guard (right hand man)
Development Threads: (see bellow)
Age: 32
Species: near-human
Force Sensitivity: none
Appearance: playby Hiroyuki Sanada
Personality: loud, outspoken, and brash, Ujio is a type-A personality who sees no respect as earned not given. His words are often scathing and strong, he says things the way he sees them and finds no reason not to. But he is honorable and true to his word.
Weapon of Choice: vibroKatana, spear.
Wealth: moderate; armor and weaponry, a farmstead.
Combat Function: Katsumoto's bodyguard and advisor, as well as a powerful warrior.
Skills:
++Martial skills: under his crusty personality and hard to love ways, Ujio knows how to rally and inspire his troops on the field and off it.
++Swordsman: Ujio is a master of the blade, his life devoted to the study of its use has paid off
++Feildmartial: on the battlefeild, Ujio had learned how to adapt, surve and make it home with the men under his command, no matter the cost.
Notable Possessions: traditional durasteel plate armor
Other Notes:
Ujio was the first born in his family, and as the custom of their clan, Ujio began training in the use of the blade as a youth. Even during these formative years he showed the qualities of a fine leader and earned the rank of Katsumoto's second in command.
Intent: a second in command to Katsumoto
Bob
Loyalties: clan, Katsumoto, James Justice
Role: Katsumoto's mentor and keeper of the clan's weapons
Development Threads: (see bellow)
Age: 55
Species: near-human
Force Sensitivity: none
Appearance: playby Seizo Fukumoto
Personality: Bob says more with his silence than most ever say with their many speeches. He is quite reserved and has never been seen speaking, though we are all sure his is able to. His skills of observation are only second to his endless dedication.
Weapon of Choice: vibroKatana, his own hands
Wealth: moderate; armor and weaponry, a farmstead, a workshop to repair and maintain the weapons and armor of the Tsubasano Senshi clan.
Combat Function: If Katsumoto's life is threatened, Bob will spring into action with speed and agility that is unbelievable for his age. His blade strikes true, hitting where it will do the most damage, his fists cripple using pressure points on the body.
Skills:
++Weapon and armor Smith: rumor is held that Bob was once a youth--and that he even spoke once. From this point he began learning to repair and maintain the weapons of his fellow warriors.
++Swordsman: With age comes wisdom. Though his moves are slower, his aim is truer and his abilities are sharpened by the power of a lifetime of war.
Notable Possessions: traditional durasteel plate armor, virbokatana, weapon smith tools
Other Notes:
While we never hear Bob, speak, Katsumoto hods his wisdom in the highest level. He is the last of his generation, a dying ember among the flames. In his youth he was a legendary warrior, garnering respect from everyone in the clan. These years of experience have given Bob wisdom enough to maintain a fighting level that compensates for his aged body. No one dares challenge Bob, his respect is only second to Katsumoto's.
Nobutada
Loyalties: clan, Katsumoto, James Justice
Role: Katsumoto's son and a leader of the clan
Development Threads: (see bellow)
Age: 18
Species: near-human
Force Sensitivity: untrained.
Appearance: playby Shin Koyamada
Personality: Nobutada is very youthful by the clan's standards. He is full of energy, sometimes brash, but loyal to the core and well meaning. He can at times be arrogant and over estimate his ability.
Weapon of Choice: vibroKatana, bow and arrow.
Wealth: moderate; armor and weaponry, a farmstead,
Combat Function: Nobutada prefers to rely on his incredible skills with the long bow, picking his enemies off with ease. When that fails or they are too close, he resorts to his katana to finish the job.
Skills:
++Archer: As the greatest archer of the clan, Nobutada is the head of their archers. His aim with the bow is legendary.
++Swordsman: as the son of Katsumoto, his blade stays sharp, nimble, and powerful.
Notable Possessions: traditonal durasteel plate armor, weaponry, farmstead.
Other Notes:
Nobutada, like his father before him has been groomed since birth to be the next leader of their clan. His weapon of choice is the bow, even despite the controversial status of it in the clan. He works hard to make his father proud, even more than his ancestors.
Intent: to flesh out the leadership of Tsubasano Senshi.
Strengths:
++Skilled warriors: the Tsubasano Senshi are skilled warriors with the blade, the spear, and with the bow and arrow. Their weapons are archaic but several hundred generations have been spent honing the skills down with these weapons, turning it into a religion and an art.
++Loyal: Wherever Katsumoto goes, they will go, the see him as the descendant of a god and all but worship him.
++Strategic: One does not spend hundreds of generations fighting against superior numbers without mastering the tactics of land battle. These beings have, and will use often unconventional means to win.
++Hair-trigger: living for many generations in the wild, with enemies on every side, the Tsubasano Senshi are always ready to fight and defend their own.
Weaknesses:
--Archaic: No blasters. No speeders. No spaces ships. No computers. Nothing if this nature. For over 1,000 years these people have had any of these things. They are mystified by such things and have no hope what soever of ever being able to operate or use them.
--Never withstood an insult: a culture built on honor, even the slightest insult is a grave offence. They have been known to start wars over such things as a faulty mannerism, diluting their resoruces and needlessly killing their own.
--suspicious: They do not welcome strangers quickly into their ranks. Honor and loyalty for these warriors is a slow gain to even begrudging acceptance.
Early in the days of Soceras, when Dal'Bor was still a pair of colonies Dal and Bor living out of prefab houses, the people needed protection. The space around them was filled with pirates, dark lords, evil people looking to push them around. So they scrimped and saved and hired a ship of Astrean mercenaries. Their ship, the Dragon's Tear unfortunately fell prey to Verga's strange gravity patterns and fell into the southern hemisphere. In this wilderness, the mercenaries began to survive at all costs. They made themselves and their children into great warriors, self reliant suspicious, and strong. Over the generations this ship of mercenaries became warriors using weapons they could readily re-create. Their blasters ran out of ammo, they reverted to vibrokatanas, spears, and bows.
Their culture evolved into an honor-bound, close-knit community of warriors with few equals. Against the hoards of savages of the southern hemisphere of Soceras, they fought and honed their skills and tactics. One fateful day their town was overrun by savages. Their leader, Katsumoto went out to recover their captured women and children. On the way he met James Justice, who helped him retreive his people. Katsumoto was indebted to James Justice, who in turn gave the Tsubasano Senshi a chance to live in a collony outside of Dal'bor. Here the Tsubasano Senshi remain at James' beck and call, as an honor-bound private army.
Links: dev thread
