[Bio] Yoko Taro [Jōnin; Mizukage; Earth Corner]
Mar 9, 2020 4:20:30 GMT -7
Post by Cadoc on Mar 9, 2020 4:20:30 GMT -7
Basic Information
Name: Yoko Taro 羊子 太狼
Bloodlimit: Uchiha
Rank: Jōnin; Earth Corner
Height: 2 ft. 8 in.
Weight: 29 lbs
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Birth Country: Water
Village: Mist
Special: Taijutsu/Medic Specialist; Clan/Genjutsu Non-specialist
Taijutsu
Medic
Clan
Character Depth
Personality:
She prefers to hide her tracks and remain hidden away within the background, having developed the habit of removing all signs of her presence. Carefully stalking her prey, until it is time to mount her attack, silent and as insubstantial as the very shadows in which she hides. The very antithesis of man's modern world in which people don garish outfits, abandon all pretext of a subtle approach, disregarding it in favour of single combat in open areas. As such, it is not all that uncommon for others to dismiss her way of acting as paranoid or foolish. Indeed, she has thought that from their perspective, her actions might seem as much.
But she knows the truth. She has seen creatures with far more power than herself crushed in mere moments before her eyes enemies dissolve into ash as if blinked from existence. Indeed, powerful combatants filled the hidden villages, warring fractions, and in some cases, bloodthirsty maniacs. So whilst others might have perceived the young Venator as delusions, she instead saw herself as one of the only sane people in a world filled with chaos.
For how could one openly walk in the light, knowing that they were a constant target for attack? Many upstarts could see a considerable boost to their reputation for killing a Kage; indeed, the other villages might have paid quite the bounty for her head. As if that wasn't bad enough terrorist insurgents have plagued the hidden mist in the past, attacking former leaders.
Indeed, even her training as a Venator reinforced this aspect of her personality, the path of the stalking shadow's doctrine encourages its disciples to use the element of surprise to strike down heretics, to slaughter them by any means necessary. Through her training, she found a degree of kinship within this branch of the Venator order, other like-minded individuals who did not mind using what others might have considered immoral or dishonourable means of defeating their opponents.
Travelling tribe and trader
As a member of a nomadic tribe that essentially amounted to a self-sufficient pack of vagabonds in the eyes of others, it shouldn't come as a surprise to learn that in her formative years Yoko travelled around a lot. Whilst others might have spent their childhood growing in up the relative safety of a house; she instead had the night stars and a campfire to keep her company. All of this movement had quite a profound effect on the youth's personality. She developed a tenancy to interact with people on a transactional basis: seeking to gain an advantage in her business dealings to turn a profit. Whilst she is also acutely aware that many traders would be more than happy to peddle lower quality wears to someone that they believed they would never see again.
Indeed, her various dealings and travels have given rise to a level of infamy. Perhaps, that is the right word to describe the effect. For whilst she remains largely unknown to the general populous she has built a bit of a reputation amongst certain circles, becoming renowned amongst other merchants for the quality of her wears and her efforts to strike a good price. Through her time trading and travelling the seas of the known world, she has put this skill set to great uses, purchasing goods in one land to transport to another to turn a great profit. Indeed, she has amassed her millions in large through commerce.
Even so, she has not lost sight of where she came from; Yoko still remembers her deals with criminals and other unsavoury characters who make up the so-called underclass of the countries she visits. And whilst others might look upon them with disdain she instead remembers them fondly, often at times utilising her web of contacts to gather information for jobs. Or adopting the mannerisms learned on the streets to seamlessly blend into a crowd as a nobody.
General demeanour
Yoko is very friendly and polite, even going as far as to use honorifics when she addresses her enemies. It is the combination of this and the laidback demeanour that makes her appear to be a bit of an airhead: somebody that is unable to understand the seriousness of what is happening around matching her child-like appearance. The reality, however, couldn't be further from this with Yoko being a deeply cynical individual often suspicious of the actions of others with a pessimism outlook on the world.
Preferring to work in a small close nit pack as opposed to openly trusting people that she has just met based purely of the vague notion that there was some kind of comradely between the hidden villages. Indeed, if it were not for her child-like appearance onlookers might have readily assumed that at times she is arrogant or perhaps cold and distant. Instead, however, onlookers often assume that her silence is simply a child's shyness as opposed to her silent judgement.
Crafting and alchemy
Yoko has amassed a vast wealth of knowledge and understanding of the world as a whole, but even that, pales in comparison to her mastery of the alchemical arts, with her mastery verging on the level of the supernatural. Indeed, her pursuit of new-found knowledge has transitioned from the mere study of horticultural, creatures, and rare materials to the very forefront of what is considered possible.
Perhaps most impressive of all is that she has managed to make her way to the forefront of the world of technologists through self-study, as opposed to subscribing to the teachings of someone else, having never attended a university. Instead, she built her knowledge from her experiments, many of which others would consider mad. And with the number of willing participants gradually declining the youth vivisectionist had to turn to other means to acquire her knowledge. Quaffing all manner of potions, and applying untested alchemical treatments to herself and her companions. Alas, Yoko's peers have often viewed her feverish dedication to her craft in a negative light, with the uninitiated thinking even less of her actions.
Still, the results that she has been able to obtain have been undeniable, managing to create her own philosopher's stone and harness its power to reshape her body into a perfect form. Even so, her advancements have not stopped. Instead, seeking to advance beyond the crude physical matter that makes up the creatures of this realm. And advance towards a state of being that was closer to that of a god. Unfortunately, her advancements in this field have resulted in quite the boost to her pride, a relatively common trait shared amongst scholars and academics. This pride has made it marginally harder to interact with the simpletons of the world.
The Druidic priest
Whilst some druids venerate the raw forces of nature themselves Yoko instead devotes herself to a pantheon of deities, chief amongst these are the Outer Gods, Yog-Sothoth, Shub-Niggurath, and Abhoth. Of which she is a particularly devout follower of Yog-Sothoth an Outer God who is the embodiment of time itself. As a druid, her worship is comprised more of ancient traditions as opposed to the raw faith that one might find in a cleric or a paladin.
Her veneration of the Outer Gods means that she has a natural pull towards the Circle of the Thousand Young, a Druidic Circle that deals with the Outer Gods communing with creatures that cross the boundary between the natural and the supernatural. Rather than showing destain for these aberrations and oozes as other circles of druids usually would, they instead tell tales about lands beyond the stars, hoping to preserve life when the old ones return.
This practice of embracing aberrations is not the only practise that Yoko's circles engage in that might be anathema to other druids; the other is how she accepts undead. Usually, undead creatures are sought out and destroyed by most Druidic circles; however, the Circle of Spores sees nothing inherently wrong with the presence of undeath. Instead, she only wants to destroy those who are seeking to avoid passing on to the next stage of life, or that would force the change on all living creatures.
Instead, the druids of the Circle of Spores believe that undeath, death, and life are all part of a grand cycle each a change in state that eventually transforms into a new form. For they understand that just as forests grow and prosper, so too do they decay. And that through this decay, the dead matter is recycled, allowing new trees and animals to flourish: the circle of life.
As a result of this intermixing of the Druidic Circles, Yoko cares for almost all creatures. Including those that might have otherwise have been neglected or actively destroyed by others: vermin, oozes, and aberrations. Even though the circles embrace activities that others might find questionable Yoko still has activities that she considered anathemas that are common to most other members of Druidic orders. Namely, the despoiling natural places and the teaching the Druidic language to non-druids.[/font][/font]
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Appearance:
Background:
Name: Yoko Taro 羊子 太狼
Bloodlimit: Uchiha
Rank: Jōnin; Earth Corner
Height: 2 ft. 8 in.
Weight: 29 lbs
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Birth Country: Water
Village: Mist
Special: Taijutsu/Medic Specialist; Clan/Genjutsu Non-specialist
Taijutsu
- Marksman
- Armiger
- Mounted combat
- The Eight Celestial Gates
- -
- -
Medic
- Sensor
- Soul Caster
- Alchemist - Brewmaster
- Alchemist - Demolitionist
- Medic
- -
Clan
- Uchiha
- Yokushin
- Inuzuka
- Venator
- Figment
- Pattern
- -
- -
- Artisan - Armourer / Technical Path / Metal Crafter's Art
- Artisan - Seamstress
- Artisan - Machinist / Mechanics Art
- Artisan - Jeweler / Jewelry Crafter's Art
- Artisan - Bowyer/Fletcher
- Artisan - Weaponsmith
- Ritualist - Creation
- Ritualist - Deception
- Ritualist - Warding
- Jack of Trades – Master of None (Universal Miscellaneous)
- Monster tamer
- -
Character Depth
Personality:
Some Inuzuka's are more than trackers and scavengers. They recall the places that the pack has travelled, and they remember where bolt-holes are found, where middens were dug and were last season’s growth was plentiful. They understand that when the pack eats fruits and vegetables, the next year, the old buried middens will be overgrown with the new plants from the waste. They know that when they find the refuse of other people, that sometimes that which is discarded is not useless.Hunters come in many different shapes and forms, employing all manner of tactics to take their quarry down. Of course, the Inuzuka packs are no exception to this, some of the Silinrul hone their skills to detect carrion, pray that other animals have already killed. Others take to a more combative role, finding and killing would-be predators in a display of superior skill or force. Then there is the silent hunter, the patient hunter, who lurks within the forest's undergrowth, biding their time for they know that all that it takes is a well-placed blow to take down even the strongest of prey. Yoko belongs amongst the latter category, a seasoned Silinrul, who prefers the more traditional way of hunting, an aspect of her pack life that she has carried over into her new occupation as a ninja.
These experts, the Silinrul, have a precise memory for landmarks and especially for the scents and sounds of particular places. When a pack settles into an area, the Silinrul learns all the surrounding burrows, bolt-holds, and places to find food and water, as well as the paths and villages used by other thinking beings. When the pack is on the move, the Silinrul knows how to return to any place visited before, how to find the food and water in a home from long ago, how to read the terrain and recognize where the people of the moon once visited and will visit again.
She prefers to hide her tracks and remain hidden away within the background, having developed the habit of removing all signs of her presence. Carefully stalking her prey, until it is time to mount her attack, silent and as insubstantial as the very shadows in which she hides. The very antithesis of man's modern world in which people don garish outfits, abandon all pretext of a subtle approach, disregarding it in favour of single combat in open areas. As such, it is not all that uncommon for others to dismiss her way of acting as paranoid or foolish. Indeed, she has thought that from their perspective, her actions might seem as much.
But she knows the truth. She has seen creatures with far more power than herself crushed in mere moments before her eyes enemies dissolve into ash as if blinked from existence. Indeed, powerful combatants filled the hidden villages, warring fractions, and in some cases, bloodthirsty maniacs. So whilst others might have perceived the young Venator as delusions, she instead saw herself as one of the only sane people in a world filled with chaos.
For how could one openly walk in the light, knowing that they were a constant target for attack? Many upstarts could see a considerable boost to their reputation for killing a Kage; indeed, the other villages might have paid quite the bounty for her head. As if that wasn't bad enough terrorist insurgents have plagued the hidden mist in the past, attacking former leaders.
Indeed, even her training as a Venator reinforced this aspect of her personality, the path of the stalking shadow's doctrine encourages its disciples to use the element of surprise to strike down heretics, to slaughter them by any means necessary. Through her training, she found a degree of kinship within this branch of the Venator order, other like-minded individuals who did not mind using what others might have considered immoral or dishonourable means of defeating their opponents.
Travelling tribe and trader
As a member of a nomadic tribe that essentially amounted to a self-sufficient pack of vagabonds in the eyes of others, it shouldn't come as a surprise to learn that in her formative years Yoko travelled around a lot. Whilst others might have spent their childhood growing in up the relative safety of a house; she instead had the night stars and a campfire to keep her company. All of this movement had quite a profound effect on the youth's personality. She developed a tenancy to interact with people on a transactional basis: seeking to gain an advantage in her business dealings to turn a profit. Whilst she is also acutely aware that many traders would be more than happy to peddle lower quality wears to someone that they believed they would never see again.
Indeed, her various dealings and travels have given rise to a level of infamy. Perhaps, that is the right word to describe the effect. For whilst she remains largely unknown to the general populous she has built a bit of a reputation amongst certain circles, becoming renowned amongst other merchants for the quality of her wears and her efforts to strike a good price. Through her time trading and travelling the seas of the known world, she has put this skill set to great uses, purchasing goods in one land to transport to another to turn a great profit. Indeed, she has amassed her millions in large through commerce.
Even so, she has not lost sight of where she came from; Yoko still remembers her deals with criminals and other unsavoury characters who make up the so-called underclass of the countries she visits. And whilst others might look upon them with disdain she instead remembers them fondly, often at times utilising her web of contacts to gather information for jobs. Or adopting the mannerisms learned on the streets to seamlessly blend into a crowd as a nobody.
General demeanour
Yoko is very friendly and polite, even going as far as to use honorifics when she addresses her enemies. It is the combination of this and the laidback demeanour that makes her appear to be a bit of an airhead: somebody that is unable to understand the seriousness of what is happening around matching her child-like appearance. The reality, however, couldn't be further from this with Yoko being a deeply cynical individual often suspicious of the actions of others with a pessimism outlook on the world.
Preferring to work in a small close nit pack as opposed to openly trusting people that she has just met based purely of the vague notion that there was some kind of comradely between the hidden villages. Indeed, if it were not for her child-like appearance onlookers might have readily assumed that at times she is arrogant or perhaps cold and distant. Instead, however, onlookers often assume that her silence is simply a child's shyness as opposed to her silent judgement.
Crafting and alchemy
Yoko has amassed a vast wealth of knowledge and understanding of the world as a whole, but even that, pales in comparison to her mastery of the alchemical arts, with her mastery verging on the level of the supernatural. Indeed, her pursuit of new-found knowledge has transitioned from the mere study of horticultural, creatures, and rare materials to the very forefront of what is considered possible.
Perhaps most impressive of all is that she has managed to make her way to the forefront of the world of technologists through self-study, as opposed to subscribing to the teachings of someone else, having never attended a university. Instead, she built her knowledge from her experiments, many of which others would consider mad. And with the number of willing participants gradually declining the youth vivisectionist had to turn to other means to acquire her knowledge. Quaffing all manner of potions, and applying untested alchemical treatments to herself and her companions. Alas, Yoko's peers have often viewed her feverish dedication to her craft in a negative light, with the uninitiated thinking even less of her actions.
Still, the results that she has been able to obtain have been undeniable, managing to create her own philosopher's stone and harness its power to reshape her body into a perfect form. Even so, her advancements have not stopped. Instead, seeking to advance beyond the crude physical matter that makes up the creatures of this realm. And advance towards a state of being that was closer to that of a god. Unfortunately, her advancements in this field have resulted in quite the boost to her pride, a relatively common trait shared amongst scholars and academics. This pride has made it marginally harder to interact with the simpletons of the world.
The Druidic priest
Whilst some druids venerate the raw forces of nature themselves Yoko instead devotes herself to a pantheon of deities, chief amongst these are the Outer Gods, Yog-Sothoth, Shub-Niggurath, and Abhoth. Of which she is a particularly devout follower of Yog-Sothoth an Outer God who is the embodiment of time itself. As a druid, her worship is comprised more of ancient traditions as opposed to the raw faith that one might find in a cleric or a paladin.
Her veneration of the Outer Gods means that she has a natural pull towards the Circle of the Thousand Young, a Druidic Circle that deals with the Outer Gods communing with creatures that cross the boundary between the natural and the supernatural. Rather than showing destain for these aberrations and oozes as other circles of druids usually would, they instead tell tales about lands beyond the stars, hoping to preserve life when the old ones return.
This practice of embracing aberrations is not the only practise that Yoko's circles engage in that might be anathema to other druids; the other is how she accepts undead. Usually, undead creatures are sought out and destroyed by most Druidic circles; however, the Circle of Spores sees nothing inherently wrong with the presence of undeath. Instead, she only wants to destroy those who are seeking to avoid passing on to the next stage of life, or that would force the change on all living creatures.
Instead, the druids of the Circle of Spores believe that undeath, death, and life are all part of a grand cycle each a change in state that eventually transforms into a new form. For they understand that just as forests grow and prosper, so too do they decay. And that through this decay, the dead matter is recycled, allowing new trees and animals to flourish: the circle of life.
As a result of this intermixing of the Druidic Circles, Yoko cares for almost all creatures. Including those that might have otherwise have been neglected or actively destroyed by others: vermin, oozes, and aberrations. Even though the circles embrace activities that others might find questionable Yoko still has activities that she considered anathemas that are common to most other members of Druidic orders. Namely, the despoiling natural places and the teaching the Druidic language to non-druids.[/font][/font]
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