Character Guide
The Chosen
Sanada Ryoko -- Ryoko is Ryo and Mia's granddaughter and the new bearer of the Armor of Wildfire.. She has a fiery temper, and at times, a tendency to rebel against authority. She also can be a bit too stubborn and closed off for her own good.
Ryoko and her little sister Junko were raised by Ryo and Mia after their parents were killed in a car accident when Ryoko was ten. She was in the car when this happened, and was greatly traumatized by it. As a result, she trusts few people, and secretly blames herself for what happened. Her stomach is badly scarred from the accident.
Though few people know this, she loves to dance, and will occasionally sneak off to take classes at the dance studio where her mother worked. She is also konketsu, as her mother was from Ireland.
Even though it wasn't very creative ^^;, Ryoko's original design is like that of Rogue from the X-Men. (Not copyright of me, Marvel! Making no money!) I made her up a long time ago, and just couldn't see her any other way, so I kept the design. ^-^;
Age: 17
Hashiba Kenji -- Kenji is Rowen's grandson and has inherited the Armor of Strata. He can be a slacker at times when it comes to schoolwork. Often, he is found listening to his headphones, making it nearly impossible to hear a word anyone says to him. He also enjoys flirting, and has a fanclub made up of three ditzy blondes, named Cindi, Bambi, and Candi.
His parents are almost never home, being busy business types. They are also abusive, verbally and physically. He is often ignored in favor of his genius little brother, Touma.
Kenji is tall and a bit thin, with shoulder length, shaggy blue hair and blue-green eyes.
Age: 16
Rei Fuan Hiroko -- Hiroko is Kento's granddaughter and has inherited the Armor of Hardrock. She is one of the more popular girls at Han`a High, and has inherited her grandfather's appetite and love for life.
Her family owns a Chinese restaurant, where her mother and father work. She is quite full of life, much like Kento, and seems to be smiling or laughing a lot. She also aspires to become a fashion designer one day.
At her house, she has plenty of cats hanging around, which show up because she feeds them scraps. More and more seem to arrive every day.
She is a little dyslexic, and at times, this causes her plenty of frustration.
Hiroko is small and delicate, with long blue-black hair that she wears in a braid down her back, and silvery-grey eyes.
Age: 16
Date Akira -- Akira is Sage's grandson and has inherited the Armor of Halo.
He really enjoys reading, and loves Shakespeare. His favorite play is "Romeo and Juliet", and he sometimes helps Hiroko with her reading.
He has two older brothers who are twins, Seiji and Korin. His mother, Tenshi, ignores him a lot, and clearly favors the twins over him. This causes him a bit of grief, but he seems to be somewhat used to it.
Because of his shyness, before meeting the other Ronins, he had few friends. Since meeting them, he seems to have come out of his shell quite a bit.
Akira is of medium build, and has violet eyes and black hair that covers his left eye.
Age: 15
Mouri Yoshio -- Yoshio is Cye's grandson and has inherited the Armor of Torrent. He has been best friends with Ryoko since kindergarten, and is very close to her.
When he was younger, his mother, Yuki, abandoned him and ran off with an aspiring musician, and his father, Suiko, seems to believe he will be like her. Therefore, they are at odds a lot of the time.
Most people at school believe him to be a punk, but it's actually a front. He is a lot like his grandfather, with a love for the sea and the creatures that live within it.
Yoshio has a stuffed alligator he sleeps with named Mr. Miko, given to him by his mother. Very few people know this. *snicker* He also has a secret that not even Ryoko knows. Soon, however, it must be revealed.
Yoshio is tall and muscular, and has dark brown hair and sea blue eyes.
Age: 17
The Fallen
Loki-- Loki is Talpa's Dark Warlord of Death, and the leader of Talpa's new Warlords. He was born in Japan in the 1800s, during the period when Japan was begining to Westernize, and was a son of the noble house Nakayama.
At first, he has an obsession for Ryoko, a hunger to possess her, and physical desire. However, this turns into a kind of obsessed hunger and love that may cost him everything, when all is said and done.
He has blood red hair and eyes, and upon his face are five diagonal scars.
Weapon: War Axe
Armor Color: Blood red
Surekill: Soul Death Slash
Age: Over 200
Real Name: Nakayama Ryutaro
Nationality: Japanese
Ares--Ares is Talpa's Dark Warlord of Destruction. He is one of the more mysterious Warlords, with little known about his past, though it seems he has some type of connection with Hecate and Bacchus. At times, he can be quite competitive with the other Warlords.
He has long, dark purple hair that he wears tied back, and green eyes.
Weapon: Mace
Armor Color: Bluish-black
Surekill: Spiked Metallic Crush
Age: 301
Real Name: Cyril
Nationality: Greek
Orochi -- Orochi is a cruel and vicious warrior as the Dyansty's Dark Warlord of Betrayal. He seems to be among the cruelest of the ten, and believes himself to be superior in strength and skill to his comrades. He also appears to have a strange obsession with one of the former Dark Warlords.
He has curly blue hair, ice blue eyes, and a tattoo of a black jagged star on his left eye, with a resemblance to Cale that is almost disturbing.
Weapon: Broadsword
Armor Color: Metallic Black
Surekill: Shadow Incineration
Age: 256
Nationality: Japanese
Rapier -- Rapier was born in 1882, in Petrograd (St. Petersburg), Russia. At the age of twenty, he had become a guard in the palace of Czar Nicholas the II. He blamed himself when he was knocked unconscious when Bolsheviks stormed the palace and dethroned the Czar, executing him and his family. At the promise of serving another master faithfully, and making up for his past failure, Rapier joined up with Talpa and his Dynasty, become the Dark Warlord of Hatred.
He has short, dark brown hair and grey-green eyes.
Weapon: Rapier
Armor Color: Dark Grey
Surekill: Flames of Hatred
Age: 186
Real Name: Mikhail Chasek
Nationality: Russian
Azrael -- Azrael was the second born to he and Loki's parents, and as such, grew up to envy and covet everything his brother had. His parents paid more attention to their heir, while allowing their second son to fade into the background. In fact, Azrael's original name, Jiro, means 'second son.' Hecate, a somewhat new member to the Dynasty, approached him with the offer of joining Talpa and becoming a Warlord. After poisoning his parents with her help, he left with her, only to find Loki had already joined, and centuries later, that his brother was to become leader of the new Warlords. Thus, his hatred and envy grew stronger, weakening him where he should be strong.
Weapon: Lance
Armor Color: Dark Blue
Surekill: Vertigo Slam
Age: Over 200
Real Name: Nakayama Jiro
Nationality: Japanese
Lucifer -- As the Dark Warlord of Terror, he casts a frightening figure, full of hatred and wickedness. His hatred for people and humanity began as a child, when he was outcast and shunned because of his mismatched eyes. He says nothing about where he is from, or who he once was, though it is known he was to be beheaded for murder before Talpa came to him.
He has a deep, powerful hatred for Loki, who made a cruel comment about his mismatched eyes shortly after joining the Dynasty. Since then, he has endeavored to destroy his leader, and turn his fellow Warlords against him.
He has dark blonde hair, and one blue eye and one green eye.
Weapon: Sais
Armor Color: Crimson and Purple
Surekill: Icefire Flash
Age: Unknown
Real Name: Unknown
Nationality: Unknown
Bacchus -- Bacchus is the type of character that you want to bash over the head until they're dead. And then you want to bash them some more. He is quite the whiner, and delights in kissing up to his superiors, trying to make himself appear as the best soldier possible. In his past, he had something to do with Hecate and Ares, but just what is unknown. Despite the annoyance he is, he is no slouch upon the battlefield. This Warlord was an apt choice for the title Warlord of Insanity.
He has black hair with red streaks, and silver eyes.
Weapon: Club
Armor Color: Red and Green
Surekill: Time Warp
Age: 300
Real Name: Xanthus
Nationality: Greek
Hecate -- Hecate is Talpa's Dark Warlord of Jealousy, and the term truly fits her. Despite whatever odd past she has with Bacchus and Ares, she has fallen deeply in love with Loki, and has cared for him since she first set eyes upon him.
However, he does not care for her in return, instead hungering for his enemy. This causes her great heartbreak sometimes, yet she remains loyal to him, and would gladly die to protect him.
She hates Ryoko with a fiery vengeance for the hold she has over him, and wants nothing more than to see her dead.
She has long lavender hair, and violet eyes.
Weapon: Whip/Bo
Armor Color: Lavender
Surekill: Moonlight Burn
Age: 297
Real Name: Jacinta
Nationality: Greek
Sadira -- Appropriately, Sadira is the Dark Warlord of Desire. To put it bluntly, she is a mix of a nymphomaniac and your everyday tramp, and one has to wonder why Talpa selected her as a Warlord at all.
When she was kicked out of her home at fourteen, by her parents for her promiscuity, she took up work as a saloon prostitute in Golden, Colorado (this one's for you, Swifty!), and continued up until she was twenty-three, when she answered the call to join Talpa and have eternal life and power.
She has long blonde curls and powder blue eyes.
Weapon: Spear
Armor Color: Blue and Silver
Surekill: Black Passion Flare
Age: 212
Real Name: Missy Jackson
Nationality: American
Crysanda -- Talpa's Warlord of Heartbreak was born in 1897, in Luxembourg, Germany. During the beginning of World War I, on her way home, she was raped by drunken German soldiers, who were celebrating a return from a battle upon the Western Front. Six months later, she joined Talpa in his Dynasty.
He fueled the pain she felt at her violation, and twisted it into hatred and anger with the use of his Netherspirits. Her hair was originally blonde, but the constant intake of dark energy has caused it to fade to a frost white, as well as turned her once blue eyes a bright golden shade.
Crysanda is a vicious and hateful fighter upon the battlefield, wanting nothing more than to destroy all men and those who dare to harm her.
Weapon: Crossbow
Armor Color: Purple and Green
Surekill: Prison of Heartbreak
Age: 171
Real Name Serilda Von Weiss
Nationality: German