Ryujin

## Biography

### Origins

Roughly abandoned at birth, never knowing who his parents were growing up, this little kid turned out quite feisty in all the activities he had growing up. Martial arts dojos were open on having him stay and train with them as the quality of life was somewhat improving in the world, so there weren't that many abandoned children.
**Ryujin** actively showed that he isn't a quick learner and not because he can't, on the contrary - he was very gifted, but because he's stubborn. Still, his initiative and desire to improve more than made up for his young and naive nature, sometimes foolish even.
When he was 9 years old the other pupils noticed that there was something off with him, he got these body marks out of nowhere, he didn't act normal and even his body rising to abnormally hot temperatures. His masters and everyone around them have seen supernatural talent developed, but there was always a cause and what was happening with **Ryujin** was merely out of nowhere, completely spontaneous and without reason. After having a secret meeting, they came to the conclusion that he's cursed. Having heard about the story with ShadowSlash and how his masters merely let him go and all the trouble he caused, the council concluded that simply expelling and banishing the young **Ryujin** is not enough. It was a tough decision, but they voted to kill the youngling, before whatever's hiding inside him truly awakens and possibly brings doom to everyone. In his first calm and relaxed sleep in a very long time, they ambushed and chained him, taking him to the edge of an active volcano. **Ryujin** was defenseless and scared to death. As they pushed him in, the marks on his body developed their complete form and awakened what's been hiding inside him and keeping everyone awake. He transformed into an ancient Dragon creature, eclipsing the moon completely, making it pitch dark for everyone. He then hurled a huge fire blast at the people who vowed to kill him and as he was about to kill the others, he calmed down and turned back to a human. Deep down he knew that they didn't want to, but had to, so he spared the other pupils.
As all of the council were now killed, the young martial arts students needed a new leader and who better than **Ryujin**, with his newly found powers. He didn't like the idea at first. He knew the other students were always afraid of him and confronted him about it. But now that fear had translated into respect. They were all like him, abandoned, alone, shunned and felt safe with him and he finally felt at home.
His head sensei at Kyoto always taught him that no matter what, he needs to make it on his own, never make excuses for himself, fight until the end, no matter what. He also encouraged him to never, ever use his parents abandoning him as an excuse, rather to use it as motivation and strength. These and many more teachings stay true to him even today, which is why it's not uncommon to find **Ryujin** meditating.

### Armageddon

**To be continued...**

## Equipment

**Ryujin**'s equipment arsenal consists of various things you'd find on japanese martial arts masters and ninjas. He has an iconic two-layer martial arts scarf, which cannot be mistaken for anything else and his mouth is covered with a mask.
Large parts of his upper body are exposed, but that poses no threat to him as his skin is imbued with draconic might. The most metal that is not a weapon is the bracer, so his entire equipment is very light, to allow carriage of more hidden, deadly weapons.
**Ryujin** has a grappling hook, a short sword, a pincer knife and a small toolkit. But his signature weapon is the Black Drake Katana, which is blade perfection itself, its precision is legendary.

## Powers & Abilities

**Passive:**  Once every 40 seconds, if you're about to die, you become invulnerable for 1 second. Every time you take damage, one of the following effects can happen that affects all enemies in a PBAoE centered around you. Dragon's Blood can only occur once every 0.2 seconds.
15% Chance to apply a 20% Attack and Movement Speed reduction for 2 seconds.
10% Chance to apply a 1.1 second stun.
**Ultimate:**  Transform into a dragon and bombard medium-sized AoEs every 0.5 second for 8 seconds. Each successive hit on the same target does more damage and slows them continually. You reapper at the place of your last bombardment, gaining invulnerability for 0.7 seconds.

## Gallery

Ryujin 2020 Release ArtRyujin Old ArtRyujin before his encounter with NightmareRyujin Sketch 2019Ryujin LineartRyujin Fan Drawing
## Quotes

* There's something inside me that you don't want to awake!
* I bear the marks of a dragon!
* Not all who wander are lost.
* I am whole!
* The signs are there!
* We become one!

## Appearances

* #035 - Armageddon (Part 1)
* #036 - Armageddon (Part 2)

## Trivia

* Ryujin's playstyle is very high risk-high reward type with a pretty high skill ceiling and unforgivable arsenal. Should be lots of fun to play as!
* Ryujin is one of the very first characters that shares classes (Multiclass) - he's both a Specialist and an Assassin.
* Conceptualized 02.2016. First Release 06.03.2016

## Related

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