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Firstly, why did Kouka end up in ritenkyo? It's a prison island so I doubt he would (or could) have just moved there for the fun of it, let alone bring his family there.
Name: Matsumoto Kouka
Alias/Titles: (N/A)
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Profession: Former "Shogunate Dog"/ Medicine Merchant.
Likes: Fish, Receiving challenges from those who aren't Amateurs, Fair fights, sunsets, various types of food. Plants.
Dislikes: Those with their minds set on one thing, Western Foreigners(At this point in life anyways. Its because they brought guns.), How merciful he usually is, Amateurs.
Bio: Born as the second child of Matsumoto Eiji, a middleclass Shogunate Guard, Kouka felt as if he had no choice but to serve the Shogunate. This was due to the fact that his older brother had set out for a different town instead of following their father's footsteps.
Trained from his youth by a friend of his older brother named Gisaya Heishiro, Kouka learned that being a Samurai was more than being an arrogant slave to the Shogun, it was about protecting the people of Japan. However he found Heishiro's ideology a bit... soul-less and bland. Day in and day out he would study the art of war, breath it, perfect it. He would become the best that he could and far surpass his father. Kouka married at age 23 and while he did Serve the Shogun, rather quickly climbing through the ranks at the time, quite possibly becoming one of the best Samurai of the capital, he decided to take his leave due to boredom and temporarily ventured as a bodyguard with a foreign trade group in india. There he found a nameless child whose parents were murdered by a, would be, gang of bandits. He took this boy under his wing and trained him in Heishiro's art. After the group returned to Japan, Kouka planned to live as a gardener in Edo with his wife, daughter, and newly adopted son but was inevitably forced to leave a few months after finally returning due to how most of his former colleagues there treated him. He started traveling from place to place working as a medicine merchant (Promptly kicking the shit out of whoever decided that they wanted to try to steal) waiting to meet his family again to end up in Ritenkyo. He's occasionally seen as a bit threatening due to his amount of bodily scars and unkempt facial hair, but he's not one to hurt an innocent civilian... without a reason.
"The amount bloodshed is high, and it is here where I earn the most."
Weapon(s): "Shin'ichi" a 70.6cm Katana Kouka named after his older brother. It's a tiny bit thicker than a few of the others he's had, the guard is coloured bronze and the braid used a red dye dipped fabric though it's finally beginning to fade. There are also a few chips on the side...
Fighting Style: "Gisaya's style" a style in mid-stance named after the man that made him what he is. he typically slashes diagonally, which tends to catch his challengers off guard, and he's rather nimble on his feet enabling him to be able to dodge a bullet, if even barely. Should he get enough leverage, one swipe alone is enough to break through an opponent's guard.
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minus the bandage, now atleast.
Name: Honda Gendo
Alias/Titles: Settling Third Sun
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Profession: Lieutenant Magistrate of Ritenkyo.
Likes: Sake, shogi, rivers... Oddly, the smell of blood... Not much besides that...
Dislikes: Having his pride hurt, octopus, old men (at this point, because of the Yakuza.) being proven wrong, being bored.
Bio: Born and raised in Ritenkyo as the third son of a yakuza support branch, Gendo really only had two choices, to live as a criminal or to live as a Magistrate worker under the Blades of Dominion. During his earlier life he actually did take his father's place as a supplier but quickly quit when his older sister was killed over the supply. He later joined the Local Magistrate, as he felt that would override his otherwise criminal deeds. Over the the years he's become fairly skilled, and fairly cocky in return, as he's seen himself rise higher than past rivals of his. He's not corrupted however, and while he does enjoy a good fight, he will not go out of his way to start one unless angered.
Weapon(s): Two Katana
1. "Heaven of past": 72 cm Katana inscribed with the name "Amanohara". The braid is made of a fabric dipped in green dye.
2. "Forbidden" 68.9 cm Katana jagged from its many uses from when Gendo was with the Yakuza. He refuses to use it now, and keeps it around as a reminder of the path not to follow. The braid is made of a fabric dipped in blue dye, it is however dulled due to its age.
Fighting Style: High stance.
Whew. Tell me if there's anything I oughta toss in or changify...
secondly, ritenkyo has only been a prison island for about 7 years, and the 3 blades only established control about 5 years ago. If Gendo was born and raised on ritenkyo, he woudl have been born to the largely non-criminal locals who were just kind of forgotten by the japanese government until Ritenkyo was declared a prison island. Also, since a magistrate is an officer of the state tasked with upholding state law, it wouldn't make sense for him to be one. For now the three blades haven't actually created a fully functioning government or declared independence from japan (they're more a coalition of three strong, charismatic men with common interests but separate goals). I guess the closest equivalent to that though would be working as a secretary for Muramasa's workshop (since muramasa is the one who pretty much takes care of the group's logistics). Or he could be working under Kirose, since his group is the closest thing to centralized law enforcement the island has.
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