Jiro Takahashi
From Changeling Venue
| Seeming | Beast Hunterheart |
|---|---|
| Court | Spring Court •• |
| Freehold | Dreams of Wyrd and Memory |
| Player | Robert Martinez |
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Overview
Alias(es):
Real Name: Kazunori Takahashi
Age: 26
Concept: Unsettled fighter for hire
Entitlement:
Physical description:
- Mask - : Jiro has dark skin that has been somewhat weathered, particularly around the eyes, by the brutal Texas summers of his youth. Standing about 5'7, he has long and thick black hair, brown eyes, and is clean-shaven. He prefers to dress in loose clothes, even in winter. He'll claim that it's liberating to do so.
- Mein - : Jiro's Mein appears to make him look several inches taller, even though he leans forward quite a bit due to his years as an animal. This is mainly due to the thick comb on top of his head that appears to be slicked backwards. The dark eyes shift frequently, still in their mortal shape. The feathers that come down along his back and hackles are a sight to behold, of various greens, golds, and reds. The same feathers cover the back of his arms. The front of his body and upper thighs seem to have quite a bit of scarification from the constant combat he endured.
His feet retain his rooster characteristics, right down to the spread toes and claws.
Relevant Mechanics:
Character Livejournal: http://rooster-head.livejournal.com/
Character Information
Known History
Basic Timeline:
1981 - Born
1997 - Taken
February 2005 - Returned, aged 10 years
November 2006 - Upon completing an assignment for Vestigere, Jiro wound up in a Las Vegas casino for the first time in his life. To make matters worse/better, he wound up working the room for Glamour with Sin Right. He would later describe the weekend as one of the best since he returned.
December 2006 - Ended a few months of general contract work for Vestigere. Jiro then visits Auntie Em at her Garden of Lights freehold. He becomes quite attached to her at this time.
October 2007 - Jiro, in breaking with a personal tradition, pledged to the Autumn King, General Benedict Waldo Ironhand, to return Austin to a place where the True Fae were not welcome ever again.
Current Activities: Returned to Austin after the Hunt of 2007. During this time he sought out information regarding his fetch. Since returning, he's stayed a few times at The Harp's Hostel. Other activities include late night gambling where he manages to stay just around breaking even.
Merit Details:
Like an animal, Jiro has little patience in many things. If he's bored, he'll meander off. In respects to gathering Glamour, he's focused on harvesting it through the emotions of others. He'll often do this while enticing them to a game of chance.
Fighting as an animal, Jiro has developed a style very close to Capoeira. This style is an Afro-Brazilian martial art that emphasizes fluid acrobatic play, feints, subterfuge, and extensive use of groundwork, as well as sweeps, kicks, and headbutts.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capoeira
Background:
Balancing a true "Texan" youth and a Japanese home life made Kazunori feel compelled to excel at something - to capture that "larger than life" feel. He picked up fencing at 10 and made a fairly good name for himself at competitions over the next six years.
Then, he was taken. Kazunori was fancied by Countess Adeline Glace after she was approached by another Fae. As one who fancies gambling on many fronts, she was asked about dueling roosters. The Countess exclaimed she always had one, and stormed off to pluck him from across the Hedge.
The newly transformed fighting rooster served his master well for some time. She gave him room to lord over the chicken coop when he won, and bore the brunt of her loss when he failed. After a while, fighting roosters lost their pizazz, and Kazunori was treated like any other chicken. When he wouldn't produce eggs, he was caged. Kazunori soon became desitute, and pulled out many of his feathers. It was then that he realized that something wasn't entirely right. He belonged somewhere far beyond the cage. He pecked his way out, and sought a way to return..somewhere.
Looking for:
-Lovers
-Allies
-Motley
-Antagonists
-Places he could have stayed
-Traveling buddies
-Folks looking for a defender or fighter for hire
Motley
Allies
Gaea - He'll stay at her Hostel when he's down on his luck.
Enemies
Character Inspirations
Sanosuke Sagara from Rurouni Kenshin
Jeffrey Coho from Boston Legal
Reno from Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
Soundtrack
A Pain That I'm Used To - Depeche Mode
El Scorcho (The Stereo cover) - Weezer
Everything for Free - K's Choice
Faded Into One - Imperative Reaction
Hitching a Ride - Green Day
Let's Go To Bed - The Cure
SexyBack - Justin Timberlake
Unicorn - Apoptygma Berzerk
Quotes
About Those Locals
"She needed less sun. ...Or maybe just more sun on all the rest of her. I could help her with that, but she's kinda scary." on Delphi
"Couldn't tell what ..he, she? ... it was. ...It was kinda hot though." on Kira
Rumors
- He's really a chicken...no really. Like the kind that begawks.
- He's got ties to the local Russian mafia so deep he can dig his way to Moscow.
- Rumor has it that he's done a few contracts for Vestigere close to the end of 2006 to pay off some debts.
- Indeed. The sword he has in his possession was made from the bones of a powerful huntsman and was enchanted with all of the powers he has in life. Vestigere gave it to him as fair compensation for some foul manner of service.
- I tell you, he's not a changeling. Don't let that mild demeanor full you. He is some kind of dimension-hopping wizard who adapted to Arcadia and numerous other worlds in his mad quest for power! He is well on his way to evolving into some higher being!
