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Watanabe Raizo; "Lightning"
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Name: Watanabe Raizo
Alias: Lightning
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Alignment: Lawful Neutral

Kin: Iretaso Mori, Master and adoptive father (deceased).

Status: Single.
Sexuality: Straight.
Loyalty: Loyal to himself, for the time being.
Occupation: Former Rōnin.

Height: 1,76m
Weight: 63kg

Likes: Rice, miso soup, cold tea, humble people, the beauties of nature.
Dislikes: Tyrants, war, troublemakers.
Personality: He's somewhat of a solemn character at first glance. Quiet and composed. However, when someone gets to know him, he's actually a person you could depend on. He's eager to help other that might be in trouble and will attempt to avoid physical confrontation at first. He believes that peaceful negotiations are the key to unify the people and avoid bloodshed.
Habits: Likes to spar every now and then, falls asleep when bored.

Inventory: Self-made ointment and some bandages.
Weaponry: Raizo utilizes 90cm-long nodachi, common weapon that foot soldiers would use against the cavalry.
Ability: For someone who's pretty much retired himself from the his ronin path, Raizo's skilled with a nodachi. While the bigger size and weight might seem as a disadvantage for him, he's actually capable of using it due to his training with heavier bokkens through his childhood. The added weight and length gives him a longer range and cutting capability than conventional katanas.


Biography: Raizo was born into a poor farmer family in the Echigo providence, ruled by the Uesugi clan. With no real means of being capable of sustaining another mouth, they were forced to leave their newborn child to someone else capable of giving him a better life than they could. Iretaso Mori, who owned a rundown dojo close to Echigo's border, happened to find Raizo. Having no children of his own, he opted to bring in the newborn and raise him as his own. Iretaso Mori seemed like your average adult, no different than any other one you'd find. However, he had an unusual style of swordplay.

Mori was actually an expert of Kage-ryū. Kage-ryū teaches battojutsu using very long swords like the nodachi. Mori deposited all of his knowledge on the child and taught him the ability to read and write as well.

A couple years later, when Raizo had finally matured into a fine young man, Mori had been bedridden for quite some time. As a last request, Mori requested Raizo to travel throughout Japan and seek employment as a samurai under a daimyo after his last breath. Raizo did so, setting off soon after his Master's death. However, he did not know what expected him.

Raizo travelled around Japan, searching for the right lord to server under. However, he had begun to hear rumours from the mouths of the villagers that there samurai being extremely treacherous and even disloyal among others that commited atrocities and still calling themselves samurai. Not to mention that the country was currently plunged into chaos because of the various warlords. It was by this time that he had heard about the Shimosa province as well. According to rumours, it was still devoid of any conflict. Going against his Master's wishes, he set for Shimosa, hoping to settle down there.
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