Botan Ichihara
"L'aîné Naginari va vous voir maintenant."
Ces paroles rompirent le vieux ronin de sa méditation dans laquelle il était allé pendant qu'il attendait avec d'autres guerriers. Pourquoi il a été invité à une telle réunion il n'était pas sûr car il était un ronin, un samouraï sans seigneur ou maître. Normalement, on ne ferait pas confiance à Ronin pour que la plupart d'entre eux mettent la lame au travail de mercenaires ou de voyous engagés qui se tournent vers le crime pour gagner leur vie et perdre le chemin de ce qu'il signifiait être un samouraï, pour suivre le code du bushido. Ils ont perdu leur honneur, quelque chose que Botan n'avait pas perdu alors peut-être qu'il était différent. Il a écarté la pensée, il était préférable d'avoir un esprit clair alors celui qui a réfléchi sur une question qui ne peut pas être répondu.
Il entendit quelques murmures des autres guerriers, surtout les plus jeunes. Son visage est resté impassible alors qu'il suivait ses compagnons guerriers à l'intérieur, donnant un arc à qui il présumait être l'aîné Naginari. Après ce qui semblait être l'achèvement de l'introduction du premier guerrier à l'Ancien, Botan est entré avec les siens.
« C'est un privilège de se rencontrer. Je vous remercie d'avoir permis à ce ronin d'entrer chez vous », a-t-il déclaré étant véridique sur qui il était «, je suis Botan Ichihara ».
Botan Ichihara
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Age: 36
Gender: Male
Eye Color: Ocean Blue
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Physical Description: Botan stands at 5' 8'' with a moderate build that isn't lean nor bulky. His body is well toned and carries the scars of his past. The only signs of aging would be the distinct notice of gray hair and a few wrinkles that lie on his face.
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Personality: He is a rather silent man, rare to start conversation amongst the company of others giving the impression of a man who is impassive to many when in truth he is quite the opposite. He cares for his fellow man and still holds the ideals and honors of what it means to be a samurai even if the title has been stripped from him. He is a loyal warrior willing to give his life to protect the innocent and bring justice to those who are not. He carries the scars that he has on him as proof of his honor, to show that even if he is ronin he still upholds his master's values that were taught to him.
Biography:
He was trained to be a samurai, beginning training in his young teenage years. Botan showed his strengths through perseverance and dedication, never giving up in his training. He and his fellow samurai protected the village that they lived in from those who would try to harm the citizens. He was honored to work with such a master that he had and his comrades became his brothers and a few sisters as well who were given the same honor. He brought honor to his family. The good times though would not last.
On the year of his twenty fifth birthday, his master was killed changing the fate of all those that had been under him. It was deemed an honorable death one through combat from what was examined on the body but Botan did not believe this to be true and chose to become ronin as to seek the truth. His fellow samurai chose separate paths some committed themselves to being into the villages own personal army merely becoming one of many of the warriors that protected it, though with better skills with a blade. Some chose to join their master with an honorable death while others went to seek out new masters who would let them join. His village became one with no samurai in the end.
History: Optional
Place of Birth: Tongai Shogunate
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Weapon of Choice: Nagamaki
Personal Affects:
-Money from his occasional hired jobs.
-Tanto just in case his nagamaki is not with him he has something to use, be it for combat or an honorable death.
-Bed roll since a luxury to sleep indoors is not one he is usually accustomed to in his wanderings.
-An old worn pendant that belonged to his master. He does not wear it but looks at it when he needs guidance on his wandering.
-Spare set of clothes. Even being ronin he has a sense of needing to look at least presentable at the festivities.
Other: N/A