Hotoke Perzsike

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"*Life is irreplaceable. I didn't always believe it myself but it is nonetheless the honest truth. If you want to be a good man, then treat all life with the outmost respect. Sadly, I'm not a good man.*"
—Hotoke

**Hotoke Perzsike** (***KANJI, ROMAJI***) was a sadistic and brutal murderer in his youth, uncaring for the lives of others as he believed that they did not exist in the same way he did and that the only reason for their "existence" was for his own sick and twisted entertainment. Now however, he is on a quest for redemption, hoping to liberate himself of his past sins. A hopeless quest in his own mind.

Despite his negative view of himself, it has not stopped him from dedicating his life to the embetterment of the ones around him, his most prevalent feat being the redemption and help of his "sister", Carwen Vroman. He wields Eden Dragon Ascension Magic, Divination, and Carrion Magic, the latter of which being a Black Arts magic, highly frowned upon and illegal of teaching and practicing in most kingdoms. Despite that, he has made a name for himself strictly within the innermost circles within Toranku 15.

## Appearance

"*Appearance does not really matter to me. I love personality and strength of heart and mind... Now with that said, do I look good?*"
—Hotoke
Hotoke is a very tal man who appears to be in his early twenties. One of his most prominent features is his multi colored hair which is in a constant shift of color, though he often comes down . His hair is unruly and spiked up. His eyes are of a deep azure, but when engaged in combat it takes on that of a golden hue but not only are his irises golden, his very pupils are golden as well. His skin is a bit on the tanner side of the spectrum. He is rather well built man as a result of his excessive training.

He carries himself with a sense of grace and nobility, often intimidating the ordinary people around him as they think him to be someone of high stature that one should not cross with. He most typically walk around in a gray and blue jacket and a grey and red undershirt. Around his neck is a necklace that he claims once belonged to his mother and it is a gold chain with a cross made of steel. It is something of a lucky charm to him. On the bridge of his nose rests a pair of frames for glasses made out of silver. But apparently he does not actually need them, nor are the glass on the glasses in any way improving or worsening his eyesight. When once confronted about why he wears them, he answered: "Because they make me look clever". On his left hip rests his rapier: Memento of the Forest. Finally, over his body he wears a violet robe with vivid orange patterns in the pattern of scales when he goes abroad, whether for simply travel or missions he undertakes.

## Personality

"*He is not a good man. Never been, never will be.*"
—A common phrase back in the day
There is a great distance between the personalities of whom Hotoke was as a young boy and as he is as a grown man. Little is known about the mage's life and how he was before the dark mage Kelatriell Hada took him into his necropolis and started to teach him how to be a Carrion Mage. Due to his upbringing by the not so mentally sound Carrion Mage, Hotoke began to question the very existence of everyone around him, eventually believing himself to be the only person who is really alive, while everyone else were just false images. A belief which was shared with Kelatriell. Hotoke grew up to become a ruthless monster who has shown that he had no qualms about killing, torturing and destroying everything that was around him. After all, it was all fake, what was there to feel bad about? He was pretty much evil incarnate and he made no effort in hiding or denying it. Something he also showed was the selfish desire to be paid attention to. Many times he would do the most horrible and despicable acts simply for the sake of that people would hear and speak of it. And he loved the recognition, he loved to be talked about, even if it meant that countless guards would come after him.

He was also very arrogant. Due to his limited experience of the world, after just two battles with the Toranku Soldiers and the destruction of a few various small towns, he started to believe that he was the most powerful mage in the world and that none were his equal, believing that everyone was at the low kind of level as the soldiers that had followed him and started to call himself by the self given title "Harbinger of Death". After his battle with Miki Wood, his personality took a drastic turn. After he had killed her and consumed her soul and essence, he came to a shocking discovery. She had feelings, emotions, memories, a soul, all the things that he had but believed that no one else had. He took in everything that she had ever experienced. And as if that was not enough, he then also understood that everyone that he had ever killed and harmed were all real people as well. This proved to be a very traumatic experience for Hotoke. After he recovered to some extent, he showed an overwhelming amount of grief and regret over all the things he had done, suddenly wishing for his own demise as repayment for all he had done. Even to this day, that regret weighs heavy upon his shoulders.

He also has a very strong sense of justice, never wanting to do wrong by anyone ever again and bring in anyone which do wrong. But old ways have seemingly not all died out as when and if he finds a criminal, which he deems too dangerous or too far gone, he would rather deal with him/her in a permanent manner rather than imprisonment. This however, is a last resort which he only employs when there is outmost proof to him that the criminal will never change. He will more often than not attempt to negotiate with his opponents before relying in combat and violence. He does this as he wishes for others to recieve the same chance he recieved in his youth, the chance to better oneself. Previously, he was also very undisciplined and impatient, preferring the easy way above any other. But after getting raised by the forest dragon Sylvan, he had an unrivaled patience with just about anything. Beyond patient, he was also cautious. Especially in battles. He can drag out on a fight for hours just to find that one opening in his opponent's assaults or defenses. He is of a strategic mind whenever he enters a battle, always calculating his opponents moves and tries to evaluate the best way of confronting said foe.

Hotoke is also very courageous as often demonstrated when he has faced off against far stronger opponents without even blinking. After the fight is over and done with he would often confess to being "Scared shitless" but despite that he always stands tall and strong before his adversaries. He has a very strict "No running" policy that he encourages all his friends and comrades to follow as well. There has been only one opponent that he has ever faced and decided to break that little policy and that was when he faced off against a spatial mage as after a full minute of fighting he decided that this was an opponent that he could not beat. He has also shown to be both rather vain and indecisive as can be seen with how much he cares for and tends to his appearance. He spends more magic than one probably should in order to change his appearance according to how he sees fit, and what he deems to fit and be "cool" changes on a very regular basis. His nose, ears, eye shape, skin tone, but most of all his hair. He is so indecisive on what color his hair should be, so he wastes multitudes of magic every day to keep it in a constant change of color, though as of late he seems to have found a color he likes rather much and keeps returning to.

Hotoke have more than once displayed a charismatic side of him, able to sway people from their dark paths and convince a multitude of former criminals to either serve their punishments willingly and/or serve a greater purpose as a champion of the Toranku 15 to rectify their mistakes.

## History

"*My disdain for life knew no bounds. I didn't hate it, I just never considered it worthwhile or "real". Then I killed my adoptive sister... I was never the same after that.*"
—Hotoke
Little is known about Hotoke's background as he has been less than willing to share it with others. Though there are a few things he has allowed to be known by those closest to him or those that has seen or experienced it. The earliers known moment of his history went back to around seventy years. Hotoke was wandering through the forests in the outskirts of Hylion and their neighbouring country. Hotoke had in the past recent years murdered and ravaged whole villages in the outer rims of the nations, in destroying small and insignificant villages. He started to aim higher. And higher he aimed as he came to the decision to obliterate the capital city of Hylion.

On his way there, in the midst of the forest, he came across a girl around his own age, wandering through the woods, completely absent of clothes. The girl turned to him and they locked gazes and as she approached him and tried to greet him, he struck out, attempting to impale her on a spike of bones. A fight ensued. The battle was long and tedious and Hotoke started to get frustrated with the whole ordeal. He started to attempt to break down her calm resolve. Taunting her, threatening her and even threatening what would happen to the city and those she loved. That was a mistake. The girl who had previously mostly avoided his attacks was now retaliating, striking him with full force with her Forest Dragon Magic. Finding himself, for the first time in his life, in a tight spot, started to take on his most powerful form: The Lich Stage.

Even then, she still proved herself to be a challenge and much to his dismay, she even overwhelmed him. With one powerful bash of the hammer, she utterly destroyed him, rendering him down to nothing more than a pile of bones. After this happened, the slayer girl was too exhausted to even move, barely able to breathe. What happened next was something that would change him forever once he woke up. His bones would start to evaporate, and in their place was a small crystal-like orb that hovered in the air. Slowly, the "crystal" started to consume all life of the nearby area. Plants, trees and critters withered and died as all life was leeched out of them. The girl was no exception to this. Eventually she died and as she did, he took her very soul from her and with it he was able to reconstruct his body.

When he woke up, he was in a daze, not remembering anything of what had just transpired. But as he looked around at the dead creatures and plants around him, the memories came back to him. Not his memories though, but hers. Every minute, every second of her life came to him, even the moments which she had long forgotten. The memories ravaged him, tormented him. Because they made him realize something. They were alive. All of them were, every single person that he had ever slain was actually alive with feelings, memories and souls. All the guilt, all the sadness, all the pain struck him like a meteor and utterly broke him. As he "recovered" he hated himself for everything that he had done and he had come to the decision that he did not deserve his life after all the ones he had stolen. But first, he had to put some things "right". She still had friends and family, and they needed to know what had happened.

More to be written...

A time after the fall of his mother and mentor, Hotoke scoured the nation of Hylion in hopes of finding the great civilization and finding a new purpose to his life. He wandered from village to village and city to city, his searching seemingly being for naught. It was then at his lowest moments where he came across a recruitment sign for the Toranku 15's Cambium Knights. He approached the recruiting knights and applied for a position amongst their ranks, something which put the council in a bind. On one hand, Hotoke displayed a combat prowess that the knights could never have imagined from him. His power surpassed and outright crushed any knight that would enter a spar with him, and he excelled at all training sessions. So this would imply a great cchance for them to gain a new and strong recruit. However, his age remained an issue, being a mere sixteen year old boy, he was far too young for the requirements to become a professional for the council. Despite this, they felt that they couldn't deny this lad's request out of fear of losing such a potentially powerful member to their squads.

To attempt and resolve this issue, one of the appointed squad leaders amongst the recruiters to escort Hotoke to the Council's head quarters so that they themselves could interview and inspect him forthemselves. This was a process which would take months upon months as the Council could quite frankly not be arsed about some little boy which may or may not hold even a minumum of potential. When the meeting finally came about, even the council stood astounded at his prowess, and as such immediately sought for a solution. During the meeting, Hotoke had refrained from speaking of the horrors which he had commited, sticking solely to the tale of how the Dark Mage Kelatriell had trained him in the arts of magic and how he eventually escaped from his grasp, though they always had their suspicions of a darker past, something he would come forward with in later years.

Years afterwards, Hotoke had grown to become a strong, slightly feared, and most of all respected member of the official Cambium Knights, gaining the praise and appreciation of both his fellow knights and the "common" people as he had served well to incarcerate a multitude of violators of the common and magical law. Of course, there were those whom held little regard for the Eden Dragon Magician. He had even garnered further praise and appreciation for the deed of having redeemed Carwen Khapree, which in time led to a brand new Beast Saint having been crowned.

## Equipment

"*Except for the material? Nothing. If you learn to rely on the strength of your equipment, you will soon forget to rely on your own.*"
—Hotoke about his Sword
## Magic and Abilities

"*Please, do make this difficult.*"
—Hotoke before a fight.