The Samurai

The Samurai , real name unknown , is a powerful warrior hailing from Los Angelocos. Specifically, he was born and raised in the streets of Roco Coco, the neighborhood near the eastern coast of the city. After arriving in NCC, he obtained citizenship and works with the Watermelon Alliance in exchange for Takis and cool swords.

## Origin

The Samurai was born into a poor family from Roco Coco, an area of Los Angelocos with a similar standard of living to New Crunk City District 12. After growing up watching Dragonball Z and Naruto on TV, he soon became diseased with being a dirty weeaboo. However, his dreams were soon destroyed after he learned that anime is not real and anime powers aren't real. Distraught, he wandered the world soul searching. For the next 180 years of his life, he lived on his own in the Wildlands.

The Samurai would gain his epithet after becoming a local legend among travelers. Until the Samurai settled in his future home of NCC, his travels would bring him into conflict with local wildlife, local native communities, and explorers from both New Crunk City and the Crandis Federation. Word of the Samurai's ventures would be passed along by travelers who witnessed the Samurai doing spectacular things. After he stopped appearing in the Wildlands as often, a book was published that indexed his exploits throughout his life so far, The Art of the Ronin. The Samurai is still upset that it was not titled "The Art of the Samurai", as he never wanted to be referred to as a Ronin for unknown reasons. What's more, according to the Samurai many of the tales in the book are completely false.

He often roamed the Northern Plains of Zone 11, but has been seen in most zones. Soon, he found his way to New Crunk City and was found by Watermelon Michael digging in the dumpster for food. He was taken in and given a Sacred Artifact, the Armor of Lethal Reflection. Due to his combat experience and strong will to do anime moves, he is now a powerful asset to the Watermelon Alliance.

## Powers and Abilities

Being a very old human, he is very wise and has years of battle experience. This can manifest in his special martial arts technique, the Viper Style. This style uses speed over power, and given his incredible speed he can easily defeat opponents even if their strength outclasses his.

His armor, the Armor of Lethal Reflection, is a Sacred Artifact that allows the user to create an additional copy of ones self with no drawbacks. The Samurai uses this to his advantage as the reflection is an exact copy except for its endurance, being a D tier. If the clone gets destroyed, it can't be used again for 3 hours.

The two swords on his waist are actually plastic, and no one knows why he uses them instead of real swords. However, recent analysis of his blades have shown that prolonged use of these weapons over the decades has strengthened them substantially and are now inherently linked to the Samurai, making them akin to Sacred Artifacts. It is unknown if the swords had this potential before he acquired them, or if prolonged use has somehow allowed the Samurai's soul to enter the blade. These blades exhibit powerful cutting potential, and their lightweight makes them ideal to use in tandem with the Viper Style.

The Samurai does possess the rare Element, Time. The vast majority of the time, he does not have the ability to access his Elemental powers on command. Rather, in times of great distress, he can fuse his two plastic swords into one blade, appearing a normal steel katana. However, this blade has the incredible ability to strike an opponent in the future. If the Samurai were to swing and miss in the past, perhaps the blades strike will manifest in the future and strike the opponent that way. I don't really get it. The blade demanifests after 2 minutes of not being used. It is a pain on the space-time continuum to use, the Time Engineer really really hates the Samurai.

## Trivia

* The Samurai has a documented encounter with the Gumbit, giving it a trademark scar across its hind legs. It is one of the most popular stories in the Art of the Ronin.
* The Samurai claims to have once held and used the Blast Sword, but there is no proof of this.
* One time, the Samurai got so lost out in Zone 3 that he tripped upwards and fell into the Aetherspace for a short time.