Ross Shimada

Ross Shimada is a major character who appears in: Shadows of Visvara.
The former chairman of the Geller Clan, who deserted and began his own organised crime clan, known as the Shimada Clan.
== Appearance ==
Ross Shimada looks like David Schwimmer.
== Synopsis ==
=== History ===
Ross Geller was born into the Geller Clan, where he eventually became the 24th chairman, after his father retired. He was known for his outstanding leadership, but after a falling out with his father, he left the clan with as many people who would join him as possible and changed his surname to Shimada to distance himself from his past. This single act disrupted the peaceful coexistence between the different organised crime clans within Central Perk, plunging them area into a never-ending war. Ross Shimada's new Shimada Clan quickly grew to become one of the most powerful forces in Central Perk and his name was feared across the land.
=== The Bulging Stick's Backstory ===
Main Article - The Bulging Stick
Ross Shimada adopted a young orphan boy who tried to pickpocket his wallet, then personally trained him to be one of the best assassins in the clan. The boy was given the codename the Bulging Stick (often shortened to just Bulge) and became quick friends with other members of the clan. While on a mission with his friends and Dinge Dirt, he witnessed first hand the true horrors of the war they were in and was sickened by the terrible acts of violence Dirt forced them to execute. Bulge and his friends were determined to desert the clan and did so not long after returning from the mission. As soon as they deserted though, Ross sent the Shimada Justice Division, a team comprised of the clan most terrifying assassins, after them.
=== Shadows of Visvara - Chapter 10: Tribbiani Tribulation ===
Ross had assigned the Shimada Justice Division a mission to assassinate Joey Tribbiani, although when they returned they revealed that the Bulging Stick had long since formed up the West Side Boiz and they managed to save Tribbiani. He was also informed that one member of the SJD, Helix, had been killed.
=== Shadows of Visvara - Chapter 13: Battle of Central Perk - Part 1 ===
The Shimada Clan had received a calling card to war by the Tribbiani Clan, so Ross Shimada had the Shimada Justice Division follow him as backup. When they reached the top of Central Perk tower, they found the West Side Boiz. Ross scoffed at Joey for bringing backup, then summoned the SJD behind him from the shadows, prompting Davril to spit at them in disgust. Tesserace was now more eager to rip him to shreds, but was stopped for a moment by Ross himself, meanwhile clanking and banging was sounding around them, and Chandler then revealed that a bunch of Bing Clan ninjas were climbing their way up the tower in secret to ambush them. All three clan leaders then looked at each other with an intense seriousness then charged at one another with all their fists colliding at once, creating a massive shockwave of power that blasted all the backup away and cracked open the roof, causing the clan leaders to be suspended in the air above the rest of the combatants. As the fight went on, the battle below them crashed the pillars supporting them and they fell through the ground too.
=== Shadows of Visvara - Chapter 14: Battle of Central Perk - Part 2 ===
A piece of rubble hit Davril and knocked him out clean, but as the dust settled, the rest of the remaining West Side Boiz saw Ross Shimada and Chandler Bing still exchanging powerful blows at one another, while Joey Tribbiani was knocked out cold from the fight. Edron rushed over to Joey and healed him, but he'd already broken his legs, but gave him a mint as a thank you regardless. Ross and Chandler stopped fighting for a second and turned their attention to the West Side Boiz, seeing that they were the only surviving group of backup, so they prepared to fight them instead of each other for a moment, since they were larger in numbers. Ross stared down the Bulging Stick and shouted out hi his real name, Leonardo Turtle, then ripped off his bodywear to reveal his dragon tattoo in all its glory. The two instantly clashed swords in a ritualistic duel, while Chandler Bing began doing battle with Edron and Sigismund. The battle became intense, although the two clan chairman were significantly weaker than normal, since they'd just been fighting one another with full force previously. During the fight, Ara appeared, having forced Trish to give him a ride there to help out and making his way up Central Perk Tower, where he started blasting his magic at Chandler Bing. Meanwhile, the fight between Bulge and Ross grew more fierce and Ross unleashed the Dragon Blade's full potential, summoning an astral Shimada Dragon at all of the combatants, dealing an insane amount of damage to them all, despite this, Bulge managed to press forward and cut deep into his old master with empowering resilience. Ross, realising his loss, seathed the Dragon Blade up and handed it to Bulge alongside his chairman's pin, awarding him the status of 2nd Chairman of the Shimada Clan. Ross's body was set alight down Central Perk river for his funeral.
== Powers & Abilities ==
=== Iaijutsu Mastery ===
Ross Shimada is incredibly skilled with a sword and developed many of his own techniques that were only taught within the Shimada Clan.
=== Dragon Blade ===
Ross Shimada wields the Dragon Blade as his main weapon of choice and was able to summon an astral projection of a dragon to deal incredible damage with it. It's unknown how he managed to came in possession of it and how he learnt how to unleash its full potential, although he likely acquired it while a part of the Geller Clan, considering that the dragon is supposedly the "Shimada Dragon", which could be what he named his clan after.
== Gallery ==
RossShimada.jpg|Ross Shimada (1st edition render)
RossShimadaFinalConcept.jpg|Ross Shimada Battle Render
BulgeVSRoss.jpg|The Bulging Stick fighting Ross Shimada
RossShimadaFuneral.JPG|Ross Shimada's funeral
RyujiGodaTattoo.jpg|Ross Shimada's back tattoo
== Trivia ==
* Ross Shimada's back tattoo is the same as Ryuji Goda's from the Yakuza series.
* Ross likes fossils.
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