Aoi Ryosuke

## Ares (mr\_taisho)

### Special Markings

Fox ears with red tips, 9 tails with red tips, red markings along his body, fangs and claws

## Power Specifics

### Ability/ies

Fox fire, illusions, dexterity, speed, regeneration

### Class Powers

Fire manipulation, wind manipulation, create elemental

## Personality

Aoi for all the world appears as a put together professor who's willing to help anyone who asks. Kind words and pleasant smiles are common, and maybe even a small bit of chaos if you're lucky.

In reality the kitsune only acts proper while riding the edge of insanity. He was broken at a young age and never truly put those pieces back together. Or at least not correctly.

Don't ask where he goes late at night, never try to get too personal, and never attempt to entrap him. Follow these rules and Aoi will be nothing more than a sexy professor who's a little mischievous.

## Background

Aoi was born into a time where the holy empire controlled all. His family lived in the Serpent Isles, incredibly close to the holy empire, and poor on top of it all. So really it shouldn't have been any surprise when they sold their youngest to a rich lord for some extra money and never looked back.

Many children were taken in alongside Aoi, all seemingly coming from species who had an inherent connection to mana. Of course, back then mana had been so thoroughly drained that anyone outside the holy kingdom tended to die without ever once learning to wield their natural born abilities. Then again, it had gotten to a point where only a select few could even access anything higher than a first level spell.

Due to this the lord wanted to run experiments to see just how much mana a body could handle and if it was possible to artificially force their mana capacity to grow. For years and years Aoi watched as the kids around him died horrific deaths from mana overdose, barely enduring the agony himself. And besides the mana torture, he was made to dress in the traditional kitsune clothing and be paraded around on a leash for all the lord's friends.

Things only grew worse once he became of age, the interest of others taking on a more sinister edge. Between the torture sessions and 'special' appointments with the rich, Aoi's mind broke. His thoughts turned vicious and deadly, twisted in what they wanted to do to those who dared touch him.

It took time, but the once scared kitsune turned mad and began working towards freeing himself. This was helped by how the others treated him as an animal, forcing him to transform for their enjoyment and thinking they had won when he showed no resistance. But then, it was that overconfidence that kept them from seeing it was all a rouse.

During the last showing, he was able to swipe a steak knife from the table when no one was looking. He hid it in his sleeve until the moment they took off his leash then attacked everyone. By the time the resistance showed up to kill the old man off, they found Aoi drenched in dried blood and eating the people he'd killed to survive while slicing at them with a demented giggle every so often.

That was when Aoi found out just how pretty bodies where when they were sliced apart and how much he enjoyed making others scream in agony. This feral need to kill, slice and torment was what drove him to join the ranks of assassins and work in the resistance.

He found one of the ones who saved him, Mael, took a personal interest in trying to help save him and make the kitsune docile. Over time the two developed a relationship of sorts, though Aoi fell hard for the elf without ever addressing such things. Between that and his awareness of becoming an avatar to a god who he'd thought was only the land he could feel in those cold, dark cells, his life was rather hectic.

A crazed killer who gave in to the chaos of his mind in battle, it perhaps shouldn't have been any surprise that Mael couldn't help but chase after other avenues of enjoyment. Maybe if he'd known how to communicate, had suspected their feelings weren't aligned or even had realized there'd been no talk about such things... well. The point is they hadn't and so Mael coming and telling him about the female he'd met and fallen for hit the kitsune hard.

Suddenly the future he'd envisioned was no longer a reality and the one he'd thought was his was taken by someone else. The conversation turned into a fight, then a dash away, neither speaking to each other again before the elf suddenly went missing. Aoi blamed himself, thought he'd have been able to prevent such things if only his old friend had been able to come to him and ask for help.

Ultimately there wasn't anything anyone could do, and instead Aoi decided to focus on his job. He'd followed Shiro instead of Mael, enjoying the way others looked up to him when they didn't quite know what they were in the room with. It went a long way to helping him get over some of his trauma and give his life some much needed structure. Not to mention being so close to Shiro meant he was able to continue to work as an assassin, something that was needed in order to keep his more unsavory habits under control.

## Mark/Powers/Abilities/Class

### Fire/Wind -

The control of these elements come from his years being locked up. He can fly around, create elementals and even decimate large groups of people. Unfortunately he's spent so long focusing on killing others that he's not too good at making sure his allies aren't caught in the crossfire.

### Nature -

Due to his connection to Cernunnos, Aoi can manipulate nature, creating vines and using what's already there for his own personal use. Connecting so deeply can cause him to lose himself so it's important that his concentration never be broken while doing this.

### Madness Overdrive -

Taking on the madness of nature, Aoi can empower his body with an excess of mana and increase his speed, power and firepower. The longer he's lost to madness, the more risk he's at of turning beast and attacking everyone and everything.

## Trivia

* The best way to get on his good side is to amuse the kitsune. Though that can also get his attention and perhaps might not be something that's wanted.