BlackSamurai

The Recluse

# Character Information

### Summary

Akira's uncle was defeated and embarrassed by runners and--as a result--was forced to take his own life to spare his family such embarrassment. Renraku pulled their SINs and left the family stranded in Seattle. His uncle's first blade in hand, Akira Mori set out to destroy the middle management corpo scum who pushed their failures upon his family and recover his uncle's lost blade in the process.

Now that his uncle's blade has joined the shrine in his honor and the woman who ordered the deed has been found dead in a parking lot, Akira has started to reevaluate his goals and motivations.

### Goals

* ~~Destroy the middle-management at Renraku who ordered his uncle to take his own life.~~
* Find a new path or mentor to guard.

## Background

Born to a father from Japan and a mother from Ireland, Akira Mori grew up in Seattle. His uncle, only twelve years older, was a Red Swordsman in Training with Renraku and a point of pride for the family. That is--until he lost control of a black site. With only one way to restore his family's honor, his uncle's remains were buried in a Renraku-branded urn, a testament to both his failure and the corporation's draconic culture.

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## Narrative Significant Qualities

**Positive**

* **Bilingual** | The Black Samurai was born to a father from Japan and a mother from Ireland. He grew up learning and speaking both English and Japanese.
* **Mentor Spirit (Stag)** | The Black Samurai mixes his father's Shintoism with his mother's Irish customs. Both draw from a knowledge that the land is where all people draw their power. All will return to the earth in time.

**Negative**

* **Corporate Pariah II / RoF (Renraku) / Prejudiced vs Renraku** | His uncle, disgraced in battle, took his own life at the direction of his superior at Renraku. Despite rescinding his family's SINs, Renraku still has his information on file.
* **Designated Omega** | Trained to be a bodyguard and soldier by his uncle, Akira feels lost without someone charismatic giving orders.
* **Emotional Attachment (Uncle's Katana)** | Akira uses his uncle's first katana since the second sword was taken after his disgrace in battle. He hopes to find and carry the second in time, as well.
* **~~Superhuman Psychosis~~** | Akira has been stricken several times with the desire to prevent needless bloodshed. He's slowly starting to consider other methods.
* **~~Wanted~~** | Wiped out via old SH ruling on the run. I'm sure I'll earn one again, so I'm leaving this here.

## Affiliations

### Organizations

* School of Clashing Blades and Smashing Fist

### Enemies

* Black Chrysanthemum
* MCT
* Renraku

# In Character Information

## Matrix Search Table

 3
 6+

## Shadow Community Table

 3
 6+

## Assensing Table

 2
 3
 4
 5+

## SINs

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R5 Katashi Jin, Renraku

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  R5 Adept License
  R5 Restricted Armor License
  R5 Restricted Augmentation License
  R5 Restricted Weapon License

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R5 Levi West, UCAS

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```
  R5 Adept License
  R5 Restricted Armor License
  R5 Restricted Augmentation License
  R5 Restricted Weapon License

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R6 Trent Kyle "Chad" Johnson, UCAS

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```
  R6 Adept License
  R6 Restricted Armor License
  R6 Restricted Augmentation License
  R6 Restricted Weapon License

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## Appearance

Akira's head is shaved on the sides with black hair pulled into a short ponytail on top. His long face is clean shaven. When wearing his Black Samurai garb, he changes his cybereyes to be fully black with no white; when out of costume, his eyes are grey and mimic normal eye structures. Akira is skinny, but sinewy. He weighs an extraordinary amount because of his metal limbs.

### Notable Scars

A small scar protrudes out the neckline of his shirt. When shirtless, the thin, deep scar extends from the side of his neck, across his chest, and down underneath his right armpit, thanks to the sharp blade of a Yakuza bodyguard (see Family, Duty, Honor.)

A wide, two inch scar sits just above his heart where he was stabbed with a blade he was imbuing.

### Mentor's Mask

A large rack of rotten antlers sprout from his head.

When protecting others, the antlers are living and entwined with flowering vines.

When angry, the antlers are rotten and decaying with dust and flecks of ethereal bone rain from him as he casts. When the mentor's mask is deactivated, the antlers crumble into ash and smoke around him.

### Clothing

As the Black Samurai, he wears a black armored jacket and ballistic mask with matching helmet. Arm and leg guards cover obvious cybernetic limbs. Outside of running, Akira wears hoodies or--when needed--a cheap black suit and black tie.

### Matrix Persona

A polyhedral humanoid figure with a deer head; neon purples and pinks radiate from where the surface edges meet.