Katsura Yukimura (PU Ready for Grading):

The Biography

Birth Name: Katsura Yukimura Aliases: The Mechanist Gender: Male Age: 44 Birth Day: 10/5 Arcana: Moon (Arcana types can be found here. Place of Residence: Backlight Evoker: Mental Shackles Academy Semester: None Class: None Sorority:None. Part/Full Time Job: Former Chief Engineer on ASSW development, now a inventor. Appearance: He looks like this: Katsura: His skin is pale, almost like a ghost's, and he is thin and bony, to where you can easily see his veins, and even some bone outlines up close. His face is best described as often looking slightly tired, no matter the expression as well, the glasses hiding the bags under his eyes. He typically wears a simple, grey, two-piece suit. He is about 6 ft, 7 in, and weighs a mere 220 lbs. Alternate Appearance: When Katsura wears the mask of his persona, it looks this: Alt. Appearence Costume: The mask itself that he puts on looks like this: Mask Image: The look itself is based on Katsura's tastes, mainly in a sense meant to invoke vigilante heroes he saw in his childhood. Personality: Katsura is a kind, soft-spoken person, willing to help anybody who asks, particularly children, who he always sets aside time for to fix the broken toys they bring to him. He is otherwise withdrawn and reclusive, however, the result of deep mental scars the divide left in him. As a result, he simply goes silent if the conversation if the topic is the events of the divide, or changing the subject to something else, preferring not to answer if at all possible. He tends to apologize a lot, even if it's not his fault, the result of low self-esteem. He is also a very sensitive person, especially when it comes to loss. This is one of the few triggers he has, as making light of death, particularly that of family members, is something that will cause him to react badly. The other trigger is anything involving his past career if pushed. Both are some of the only things that can make him truly angry. As a now reclusive inventor, he very rarely exits the house, only going out to get groceries or other supplies. He also suffers from depression and a guilt complex, making him prone to taking errors far more seriously than normal, usually ending in a mini-breakdown. Though he takes antidepressants, he does so rarely, preferring to throw himself into his work to get his mind off the grief rather than do that or see a therapist. This is because when he does something like working, he has an incredible amount of natural focus, often shutting out almost all other things in order to get it done. He tends to get extremely frustrated when he hits a roadblock in his work, throwing fits and tantrums when he can't get past one. This happens often, to the point where it forms a vicious cycle of first coming up with an idea, then the inevitable roadblock being hit, causing him to have a fit and give up, before coming up with another idea, with the cycle repeating itself. He also engrosses himself to his work so much, he actually can forget to eat and/or sleep, something that he tries not to forget to do. He also has a hard time making friends, because he has a bad habit of getting nervous easily when talking to others, particularly when it's unplanned (i.e, he's not the one that initiates conversation). This tends to lead to him stuttering, having a hard time making eye contact, and in general appear weird and/or suspicious (if not outright creepy) to others. But the few friends he does have, he is fiercely loyal to. While some of these flaws was present before the divide, many of them surfaced, or got worse in the aftermath of it, leading to his current state of mind.

 

Strengths: (Anything your character is skilled in, such as Martial Arts/ Drawing/ etc? You are allowed a maximum of five strengths and a minimum of three.) —Strength Name: Perspicuous: —Description: Katsura is extremely well read, being a bibliophile from his youth. As a result, his intelligence starts at rank 2. —Strength Name: Mechanical Master: —Description: The master's degree in robotics isn't just for show. He genuinely earned it. As a result, intelligence starts at rank 3. —Strength Name: Incredible Focus: —Description: Katsura has an incredible amount of natural focus, which is key to successfully putting something together, particularly when it comes to delicate components. As a result, he has a 10% additional chance to hit enemies (this cannot affect the base 10% miss chance). —Strength Name: Heroic Loyalty: —Description: One of Katsura's best qualities that not even the divide changed, he is still immensely loyal to his friends and family. This loyalty is so strong, Katsura would willingly suffer harm if it meant protecting them at times. As a result, he takes 10% less damage when taking the hit for others. —Strength Name: ASSW Knowledge: —Description: Katsura worked on ASSW's for several years, meaning that he has prior knowledge of them pertaining to things such as the general reason why they were built, what they could do, and a knowledge of what the Persona is. ----- ((A floating Strength is a strength you've gained inRP. For example, if you were on a Kendo team for some time, you'd naturally know Kendo which is where this strength would come in. However, be aware, it will not be as strong as any of your actual strengths and is a small plus) —Floating Strength Name: —Description: Weaknesses: (You must have the same amount of weaknesses as strengths. These weaknesses pertain to you and not your Persona. IE: Physically Weaker, lack of attention span, etc.) —Weakness Name: Broken Courage: —Description: The Divide left Katsura with low self-esteem (amongst other things). AS a result, he only gains half as much courage points from events. —Weakness Name: Bad Liar: —Description: Katsura was never the best of liars, or the most charismatic person around. As a result, he gains only half as much charisma points from events. —Weakness Name: Weakened Immune System: —Description: The result of depression weakening his immune system, healing spells are 10% less effective on Katsura. —Weakness Name: Mental Imbalance: —Description: The combination of depression, a brain disorder, and PTSD have weathered quite a bit on Katsura's mental resistance. As a result, he is 10% more vulnerable to mental ailments. —Weakness Name: Poor People Skills: —Description: Katsura has one bad habit that started from his days at the lab: he tended to treat people like they too were the machines he worked with, like they were tools that he could use as means to an end, and like things that he expected to obey his every command within reason. ----- ((A floating weakness is one gained in RP. It could be a fear you inherited during RP, or an injury that hinders your character. Some can be temporary while others can be permanent.) —Floating Weakness Name: —Description: Soul Bound Weapon: (This is the weapon you'll be able to summon to your hand while in combat. This weapon is special for your character specifically and allows you to fight Shadows and Demons without the need of summoning your Persona. This can be anything but a Gun (Or gun related weapon)) Weapon Name: The Gentleman's Weapon: Weapon Description: It is a slim cane-sword, about 3ft, 4 in. long. It sacrifices cutting power for sheer piercing ability. Katsura hits a hidden button underneath the hilt to unlock the blade for use. Weapon Image: Image: Weapon Attack Type: Pierce. Weapon Element: (Leave this blank. Only special weapons obtain an element behind its blows.) Side-Arm Weapon: Side-Arm Name: Steamer Side-Arm Description: A black, brown, and gold pistol that Katsura holds in his right hand. Side-Arm Image: Image: Side-Arm Attack Type: Gun Side-Arm Style: Revolver - Single Shot - Accuracy is increased by 20%. Consumes only one type of ammo per use. Can shoot only one enemy at a time.

The Background

History:(At Least 2-3 Paragraphs) From the time Katsura was a young prodigy, he had an interest in machines after watching a certain children's cartoon one Saturday morning. From there, he grew fascinated by the machines. He wanted to know how they worked, how they were made, and dreamed of creating all sorts of machines to help people one day. He set his mind to it, taking advantage of any opportunity he got that could push him to his dream. The years flew by for Katsura, who graduated Magna Cum Laude from High School before going to a prestigious college where he graduated with a Master's degree in Robotics. He soon landed a job at a small robotics company, and started a family a few years later with a coworker. They had a daughter who Katsura loved dearly, and for a time, life was perfect. Until one day, Katsura was contacted by a group known as The Techne Foundation, who offered him a large sum of money for his talents that was worth almost three times his current salary. Though reluctant to do so due to the amount of confidentiality contracts he had to sign raising his suspicions, and the long hours meaning that he wouldn't see his family nearly as often, he took the job, mainly so that they could have enough money to support the cost of raising a child and pay the bills, as his current company was beginning to fail financially (it went out of business a few years later). What he soon found himself working on though was beyond his imagination. Tasked to make sentient robots called Anti-Shadow Suppression weapons, he was gleeful to find out that they wanted him to make several designs to use to create these things that were meant to protect mankind, like the robots he had seen on TV all those years ago. So blinded by the prospect of fulfilling his dream at last, was he, that he threw himself into his work, and though he felt guilty that he was neglecting them, he felt that his work was just as important. In particular, to make it up to his daughter, he promised to make her a birthday present that she would absolutely love. She would not live to receive it, however. The day of her birthday, you see, was the same day the Eternal Divide occured. He was at the lab, already guilty that he had was working late on his daughter's birthday, but by the time he managed to get home, the demons had slaughtered his family, something that he would never forgive himself for. As such, he shut himself up in the house, driven mad by grief and guilt. He had no job either, the company all but ruins after the Divide. It was then, where, by chance, he came across a child toy left on his doorstep that was broken. He fixed it then and there, and the next day, it was gone, a small thank-you note in it's place. It is from there that the local legend of the old man who fixed broken toys started. Recently, in a attempt self-prompted by himself to get his life back together, he started trying to invent something that would be just as good as what he used to make in terms of service to mankind. However, one man can only have so many ideas, something that he has forgotten. He needs friends to support him, and most of all, inspire him to find solutions to his problems. Time will tell wether or not he succeeds.

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*leans against scythe* Hmm. Very nice love; however, not quite purrfect. So here we go.

The image of your mask is broken.

—Strength Name: Mind over Matter~ Power Substitute:
—Description: Katsura is not the best at physical strength... on the other hand, his mind is a wholly different story altogether. The epitome of Mind over matter demonstrated with a Persona. This boosts his Ppstr. by 10%.a.

The ability says power substitute, we would not identify that with a strength in physical for the person or the persona. we associate the mind with magic, but perhaps this is a me thing more so than anything. We would prefer due to due the way it is written that you change the focus to magic; however, it is a suggestion. What is not a suggestion is this: if you are going to keep this strength please counter it with an appropriate weakness.If I am magically strong, I don’t expect to be physically strong or vice versa though your current weaknesses are interesting we do not see them balancing out this.[

We typically don’t have much to say about histories however we must ask:

You said he took the job "mainly so that they could have enough money to support the cost of raising a child, and to pay the bills."

How is this so when he is at a prestigious company and working in a field with a degree that gives him leverage to be in a position that pays big bucks? This did not make sense to us. Please explain why he is struggling with money.

Fix this for us and we can approve it.

*Was notified via PM this was ready for review. Reviews again before pointing scythe at two problem areas.*

—Strength Name: Loyal:
—Description: One of Katsura's best qualities that not even the divide changed, he is still immensely loyal to his friends and family. He would always try to do things that would benefit them. As a result, he is 10% more resistant to rage and charm

We are fine with this...if you take off the 10% resistance to charm and rage. My reason being is that it clashes with the weakness listed below. Either take the last part off and replace weakness or find a strength to balance out the weakness below. On that note, let's look at the weakness....

—Weakness Name: Mental Imbalance:
—Description: The combination of depression, a brain disorder, and PTSD have badly weathered Katsura's mental resistance, leaving him prone to panic attacks. As a result, he is 10% more vulnerable to fear and panic.

First off, we don’t even see how he is able to function with all that going on. It just doesn’t seem to make sense since all of those things are very crippling things depending o their severity and one alone can halt a person from performing normally or having the will to even do so. Perhaps just stating he is mentally unstable would be better than listing it all out like that. In any case, we do not like the 10% thing you got there since you are separating aliments...which are mind tricks. You say he is mentally unstable, yes? So why and how does he have a strength where he has a resistance to certain aliments? It doesn’t make sense unless there is some really good backing as to why he can resist such things….which I see none of in the app.

What I suggest is you make this a 10% weakness to aliments in general and balance it out by giving him a 10% boost in something that balances it out and fits with the information given.

Anywho, you’re almost there. All you have to do is get these balanced and then it will be purrfect.

Fixed, I hope.

Actually, there is one thing... Weaknesses and Strengths that directly affect social links won't go here. Especially not when it comes to balancing out a major strength like Determining if one's an ASSW or not. A thorough examination of an ASSW can give you so much more information, and I would like to see a weakness that balances it out properly. Information (Especially in a Setting where there's a constant game of Hide and Seek) like that is extremely valuable.

—Weakness Name: Stunted Social Growth:
—Description: Katsura's isolation has caused him to lose touch with much of the world in the process. As a result, he has a hard time forming social links.

So, this Weakness has to be replaced with something equally crippling as the Strength is aiding. If you want something that affects social links, it has to be done in a different way, like say... a weakness that alters the way he acts under specific circumstances, which would in effect, make it harder for people to link with you. You can still have this written in his personality though (which is what I recommend, since you need this last weakness to balance out the final strength)

And finally, your weapon is a bit ridiculous. Let me put this into perspective. This is a cane sword, yes? Well, it's taller than I am. A cane that's 6 feet tall is absurd. It's almost as long as the dude swinging it. Look up actual cane sizes if you really wanna use a cane-sword. Or make the weapon something else, like a spear or something.

Fixed the bit on the cane-sword to something more properly sized.
Not sure if I did it right on the weakness, though, but I think it should be alright now.

Approved.