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My Character's story:
I never knew them, however the choice they made was probably the most difficult decision of their lives. For what they gave me was a chance, a chance to have a wonderful life... One without corruption or poverty... A life born from faith. Who are they? That is the question I may never be able to answer, however I still hold them in my heart for giving me life. Yes, they are my parents, the ones who brought me into this world and gave me breath, and with the same essence left me inside an old monestary. Yet, I have made a new family, one with my kingdom--Bakugun...
--Shugenja Chibikko Taitesu
Raised in a monestary through his early life, young Chibikko Taitesu began to discover hidden powers that nobody could explain. This power was not a gift from Goddess, no this was a power with a more unexplainable origin. His power came... from inside!
At age ten, he accidentally set fire to a small farm. People began to worry if this was an omen of something terrible to come. However, the Monestary of Brigid denied their accusations and protected "Chibi".
As the years passed, Chibi began to study all types of magic, as if it was part of his destiny. Then one day he went on a pilgrimage, to ask Brigid for some assistance in finding his true path. Gone for over a year, when he returned, he found his home village being attacked! He tried casting every spell he knew, yet this force seemed to have immunities to magic! This legion of minions drew from the depths of the underground, as if something had pushed them out of their sprawling den.
This is the climax of his life, the point where he cast aside his faith for his country...
Looking towards the dead body of the town's guard, he saw a katana, a weapon that was shunned in the very teachings of his Goddess... Yet he drew the weapon and slayed every last fiend in sight. The power that drew through him was gone as quickly as it came, and he then he collapsed.
Voices echoed through his head--screams, whispers, taunts, cries... They all became as a wave crashing down. Then silence...
"Meow!" Light began to shine through his eyelids. It was morning, and he had been asleep through the night. "Mrow", he looked to see a cat sitting on the ground. As he looked past the cat he saw everything in ruin, and bodies slewn everywhere. The monestary burned to ashes, houses still burning, the corpses of peasants as they tried to flee... There was nothing left for him to return to.
"How could this happen, why, of all things WHY!??" He then looked at his hands... they were more like claws. Startled, he scrambled to his feet. "What?" Then he looked towards sheet of metal, he saw in the reflection a fox. (had Brigid done this to me to make me remember who I was?)
Walking around pondering, he saw a shovel... He decided to spend the entire day digging graves for everyone who had died. Then chissled on a large stone "Here lies the family I knew... -- Chibi". Packed up his things, took a swig of saké and headed for the castle to become a Shugenja. |