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Shunsuke Nishiyama, Mordecai and Council member
« on: June 02, 2014, 11:23:05 am »
"It matters little what the circumstances are, it's wrong to change your demeanor to people simply because they are different from you."

Name: Shunsuke Nishiyama
Nicknames: None
Gender: Male
Age: 37
Birthday: 27th November
Nationality: Edani
Race: Human
Relationship status: Married
Residence: Tynova
Occupation: Council member, Mordecai
Religion: Agnostic/unspecified, though he believes in karma and reincarnation

Physical appearance
Height: 186 cm
Figure: Tall, thin and lithe, Shunsuke has little muscle mass and body fat, but does not appear gaunt, as his frame is frail just as well, and thus even though weighing little he is not underfed. However, he does give out a somewhat fragile look (truthfully), but not so much that it would get in the way of his natural elegance. He has some muscles due to the training he still, even now, undergoes, but it is really little.
Hair: His hair is a striking and very noticeable, as it is pure white in color, straight, and very long, even if he was not a man. It reaches beyond the middle of his back, almost to his waist, is straight, and cut and worn very simply, lining his face and softly cascading onto his back, parted aside with bangs brushed to the side, a few wisps usually falling over his eye.
Skin color: Pale white, even a little unnaturally colorles due to the fact that he only comes in contact with sun rarely.
Eye color: A fresh, cold shade of mint green
Facial features: Similarly thin as his entire self, he has a somewhat long face with slim features, a straight and thin nose and a pointed chin, and almond-shaped eyes above tall cheekbones. His features sometimes border with appearing androgynous, and he looks younger than he truly is. However, even in face he often looks frail and tired (although he tries to hide that fact). He's usually seen with a calm expression or a slight smile.
Distinguishing marks: None. His body is completely devoid of any tattoos or piercings, kept 'natural' as the Edani fashion for the upper class favors.
Clothing: Shunsuke favors loose and comfortable clothing, even despite not undergoing much physical strain most days. He dislikes clothes that are too colorful, ornate, or complicated, and is usually seen in colors such as black, grey or white, and rarely also in dulled shades of colors, though he very rarely wears more than two colors at once. His usual attire that he wears most often around his house is just a simple light grey robe, wide, tied by a sash at his waist, and with a similarly wide and long coat hanging over his shoulders, in colder months often with the addition of a scarf. For formal occasions, he does wear a suit, however, he avoids anything heavy such as boots or armour as much as possible. The 'dog tag' that connects him with his assigned mordecai hangs on his neck on a long, simple silver chain, but otherwise, he does not wear jewelry and avoids anything unnecessarily ornate. He views those things as luxuries that are simply a waste of resources that others may need more than himself, and complicated clothing is also uncomfortable to him.


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Personality
Shunsuke is a man of a dozen faces and is horribly difficult to see through. The only person that genuinely knows him is his wife.
In public, he keeps a face that is generally much liked (maybe even loved) by people. He is well-respected, on the outside holding a high moral code and treating everyone kindly and with respect, rarely ever seen arguing, and almost never for his own sake. He does not care much for the rank or position for the people he comes in contact with if it concerns the respect he shows to them or how nice he is. He believes in equality and treats people in a way that nothing bad can be told about him concerning this.
He is usually helpful and kind-hearted, and though he does pay a lot of attention to the law, is willing to break a rule for the greater good, and even take the punishment if it will result in something that will aid others. He doesn't like when his subordinates and anyone close to him is mistreated and would not let them get harmed, or at least so it seems.
Also, he is a very intelligent and perceptive man. While not judging, he is actually capable of guessing people's character and intentions very accurately after coming in contact with them only for a short while, and notices even small changes in whatever is going on around him.
Inside this gentle and soft front is a completely different man. Shunsuke is, in fact, a rather cold, unfeeling, and careless person that only treats others well because it benefits him, and popularity brings power. His intelligence and insight helps him act in the proper way depending on the situation, and use anything in his favor. He is never openly antagonistic, but actually, he can quite effectively get rid of anyone that he dislikes or would threaten him very easily without himself having to actively do anything about it. The fact that he has the popularity and his knowledge of people and their behavior can help him very simply get people into trouble without ever being suspected. He actually cares little for others, much less than he lets out.
Though, this cold, calculating side of him possibly conceals something else that it covers. Actually, Shunsuke may not be as heartless, and his pretended personality is closer to the truth than suspected. He genuinely believes in reincarnation and karma and tries not to be a bad person, and even though he is not really as amicable as his 'mask', he is not an evil person, and doesn't desire power too much. He simply wants some things to go his way for 'the greater good'.

Skills and combat abilities
Physical: Shunsuke may be, on one side, a fragile man, who is easily negatively affected by the conditions around him, such as oxygen levels, or temperature, and easily gets ill (mostly during his trips outside of a city, he needs to wear an oxygen mask). He isn't too sturdy, either, and is not as durable as many other mordecais. Even otherwise not too strong attacks can hurt him more than an average human male.
His own physical strength is only somewhat above ordinary, though he is exceptionally fast and acrobatic, and when required, can perform incredible stunts, though a lot of physical effort puts strain on him, what can be potentially dangerous to his fragile body. Even then, for short periods of time, he is capable of running exceptionally fast, and despite not being sturdy, he is highly flexible.
He has a sharp sight and an exceptionally good aim, what makes him fit for ranged weapons, which he prefers, as they pose as a lesser risk of physical harm to him - as he heals at a slow rate, any kind of actual physical damage can be potentially dangerous to him more than to an ordinary human. However, he prefers small firearms, as the repulse from larger ones hits him back quite strong.
Also, he has a good training in martial arts, mostly self-defense, and is highly skilled in those, capable of very easily disarming an opponent (unless his own attacks are too strong for his own self). He has a level of training with fighting with bladed weapons, mostly more elegant, refined blades, though he can hold his own with a hunting knife just as well.
Magic: Mordecaism with a range of 1.5 - 2 miles, depends how/when measured.
Weapon of choice: Small guns, light swords
Strengths in combat: Large magic-negating field, good aim, fast, skill in martial arts
Weaknesses in combat: Very physically fragile and susceptible to injury and illness

Occupation and relationships
Parents: Aris Nishiyama (nee Franco), mother, retired mordecai, alive, and Kensaki Nishiyama, father, deceased
Siblings: Twin younger sisters, Hikari and Kariu
Other living relatives: A number of distant relatives
Partner and children: Naori Nishiyama, wife, mordecai in service, alive
Friends: Everyone who is nice to him and can benefit his career.
Pets: None
Occupation: Mordecai (though rarely in service), member of the Diplomacy part of the Council
Education: Good, he has a quite large field of knowledge in a wide variety of subjects
Residence: A personal residence in Tynova

Backstory
Childhood: Shunsuke was born to a mordecai, Aris Franco, when his mother was only 17 years old and hardly finished her training, and a much older co-worker and close friend of hers, Kensaki Nishiyama. She married the man in a hurry shortly after her son's birth, and soon returned back to service. Shunsuke, a child of two mordecai, had an exceptionally wide magic-negating field since childhood, and was considered a wonder of his family because of that. At an early age, soon after reaching 10 years, he was put to the training, as his mother planned on him to become a part of military just like her.
Teenage years: Unfortunately, military training was not too good for the boy's fragile health. He spent more time off due to the stress and strain in put onto him than actually training, and in the winter when he was 15, he had to quit the training completely due to an exceptionally threatening illness (which was suspected to be caused by the difficult conditions in he had to train). Instead, Aris decided to have him trained in less physically demanding forms of combat, and Shunsuke focused on ranged weapons and training in martial arts. When he was 19, his twin sisters Hikari and Kariu were born.
Adulthood: After finishing education, Shunsuke was assigned, as a mordecai, to only one mage at first - a girl called Tori. However, once when traveling through the frontier alone, they were ambushed by a group of outlaws overnight, Tori was captured to be sold as a 'human battery', while Shunsuke himself ended up locked within a cell in the cave complex they utilized, with an uncertain fate. The event didn't only terrify him psychically, but also almost caused his death, as the low oxygen levels of the cave and generally bad environment, along with his attempts to yank the door off, didn't benefit his frail physical state. It was actually his father, Kensaki, who tracked him down after not hearing from his son for longer than expected, and broke into the hideout. The old mordecai, serving as a high-ranked military officer, managed to slaughter a large part of the outlaws, and rescue Shunsuke, though getting gravely hurt on the way out, and carried his son out in his arms despite that. However, shortly before getting into the closest city, Kensaki collapsed and died shortly after. It was most likely that event, after which he was found nearly unconscious clutching his father's corpse, that radically changed his personality. He was only fortunate enough to be found soon enough, otherwise he would have most likely died as well. He, however, didn't stop his work as a mordecai, though his mother made sure that he would not be assigned dangerous tasks. At the age of 29, he met Naori, a 10 years younger girl, serving in the army as a mordecai much like his mother. Two years later, they got married, though they did not yet manage to have a child (most likely to be blamed on Shunsuke being always flooded by work and Naori unwilling to step out of service). Some people pity him for marrying her, as the girl is generally considered somewhat off (she collects guns and takes her duty... too seriously). That was one of the happiest parts of his years, as shortly after he was promoted, and became a member of the Diplomacy department of the Council. That was when they moved to a more luxurious part of Tynova. Since then, they lived in (relative) peace, as Shunsuke serves as a mordecai only within the city, and is more of a source of advice, rather than actively working, what is to be blamed mostly on his health. However, he is still training, and when required, can stand his own in a fight.
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