Haruko Yuta

**Haruko Yuta** (ハルコ ユタ, *Haruko Yuta*) is a former Rune Knight who was cursed with the Evangrius Curse after his licentious past came to spite him when he called upon the angel Evangrius to save the life of the women he truly loved. Being cursed with immortality, he watched as all he loved began to fade away into nothing. The heartache that accompanied this forced him into 247 years of solitude among the Bulbinella Mountains.

In these blossoming mountains is where Haruko met a dragon by the name of Zhulong, who saw great sadness in the man's heart and wanted to shine light on the darkness that was overtaking him. Becoming one of the dragon's first pupils, Haruko learned the mastery of Light Magic. With a new found strength, and sense of mental purity, Haruko stepped foot back into the world. He did, however, maintain his home within the mountains, where he would later retreat to to train a young Theia Zhulong; 172 years after his own mastery of the slayer magic.

In that 172 year gap Haruko would run across a man named \_\_\_\_ who shared the same eternal curse as him. These two would eventually become good friends, more from the thrill of the rousing debates they constantly had, and the fact that back then, all they had was each other to understand the pain they felt deep down. It was through one of these vibrant discussions that the two became the first members of a faction that calls themselves the Solis Knights; an organization set on keeping the balance between the light and darkness of this world.

He now works alongside his partner, \_\_\_\_, as the team of "The Sun" and "The Moon". Due to their fluidity with attacks and complimentary magic styles, this duo is one of the more proficient pairs within the Solis Knights. Haruko sees a lot of promise within this young mage and hopes to help the man succeed in his endeavors, no matter what they may be.

## Appearance

This Samson-like statured man has been adored by the fairer sex for his onyx-black hair. It was a casual jumble sometimes, but mostly neat and flowing. His golden eyes glimmer with the fascinating tales hidden behind them. His angular cheekbones carve down towards a strong jaw hidden beneath a full charcoal beard.

His attire is that of nobility, echoing his prominent gifted past. When not in battle he sports a basic suit vest, sticking with neutral, warm colors. A black button up hides beneath the vest with an accentuating tie crafted in a half windsor knot. Darker tinted slacks complete his attire with crafted leather shoes. A double breasted trench coat covers his attire, lined with fur, and completed with a loose scarf. The coat itself is dressed with a small black pin on the left lapel. This is the symbol of the sun, and a token to show his affiliation with the Solis Knights as the God of Light.

When requiping into his Knight attire, his appearance still maintains is sense of formality and regal air. Although it's appearance is that of little protection, aside from the sabatons and greaves plating the feet and lower legs, and the vambrance and gaunlets plating the hands and lower arms, this armor is actually quite durable. The cloth itself is made of a Kevlar and microfibrillated cellulose construct, giving it a strength 10 times that of steel. It is adorned with a cross on the chest, in remembrance of Haruko's time as a Rune Knight in years past, but has now been covered with the symbol of the Solis Knights perfectly placed inside of it. He wears a large brown cloak for travel, as to hid his appearance, but removes it for battle. A hand crafted leather sheath is draped upon his waist, where he hold's his most used sword, **Radiant Judgement**.

## Personality

Haruko is known for being somewhat of a pacifist, despite his masterful skills in battle. Haruko has no initial desire to fight or kill another being, but will do so if they refuse a diplomatic approach. Because of his history, and the line of work he chooses, he feel little or no remorse for the lives that he takes an sees it as a necessary path to maintain balance in the world.

Within the Solis Knights, Haruko is known to speak his mind freely about his feelings on the matters and will respond logically to propositions, always keeping the balance between good and evil in mind. He is a highly logical man, always putting two options against one another and following through with the one that supports his cause, no matter if his morals go against it. He can come off as a charming and highly sophisticated man; whom is generally well-liked, and at times, even admired for his apparent undying loyalty to his cause. His experience has led him to insights of impeccable wisdom and depth, which he does not fear sharing with others.

Haruko is anything but a kind teacher. He has a tendency to hound his students until he deems them trustworthy enough to take into battle, for he values life, but will not watch out for his teammate during intense moments. This is because he feels attachment to such a teammate will only cause pain if one is to be lost in battle, and you tried but failed to save them. This could be a trait carried over by the affliction of his curse, for if he gives into the feelings of love and lust, he will not be able to gain back his mortality. It is this reason that Haruko can come off as cold and emotionless in order to protect himself from someone who he thinks is capable of warming his heart; particularly women.

In battle he stands still and watches the enemies enclose upon him, gauging their skill and attack strategy. When he does finally fight he will ensure it is quickly and efficiently executed. His movements are hardly wasted, and although he has no need to dodge attacks due to his immortality, he merely does so out of habits formed during his Rune Knight days. His moves are calculated and precise, with power to match, making him a fearsome opponent for all.

## History

Born into a noble family, Haruko was raised with proper manner and social etiquette. His father was held in the highest position and respect amongst the Cambium Knights, and Haruko was seen as a protege who would some day surpass his father. His gifted surroundings, indisputable charm, and dashing looks put him in high standings among many maidens, and as some may say, he tended to overindulge in this fact. Haruko had slept with countless females, yet always managed to talk his way out of any harbored anger felt by the women he used to fulfill his lustful desires.

It wasn't until he met the maiden named, Yukiyo Hoshino, that Haruko desired to put his ways behind him and settle down for a peaceful life with the love he never knew he desired. Yukiyo came from a noble family like his own, and so their marriage was blessed by both parties. The decision to settle down and put his risque past behind him was looked on favorably by his father, and gave him the security to promote Haruko to the head of the Cambium Knights division.

The couple had a gracious nine years together before Yukiyo fell ill with a large anti-Ki tumor on the temporal lobe of her brain. No cure was available at the time, and as such Haruko fell in to a deep depression as his wife began to lose herself to the sickness. Seeing as he had no other hope, he put his hope in the rumors of an angelic power that was able to transcend the powers of magic. Casting the chant that summoned the angel Evangrius to ask that he heal the sickness in his beloved wife. Being the kind and benevolent angel he was, Evangrius chose to heal Yukiyo, but at a great expense to Haruko. Seeing the sin that still lay within Haruko's heart, despite his nine years of loyalty to his wife, Evangrius chose to take his payment as the mortality of Haruko. Cursed to live for thousands of years until had repented for sin, Haruko may have saved the life of his beloved, but he wouldn't get to grow old with her like he wished.

Years past and the minutes ticked by like the tears that fell from Haruko's eyes as everyone he once loved return to the dust of this world. Haruko attempted to take his own life, with a bullet to the head, but after the pull of the trigger Haruko only awoke the blood stained hair and a bullet wound that healed into nonexistence. Feeling the dread of his curse Haruko set out for the mountains of Bulbinella, a place that always brought him great joy as a child, as well as a secluded place where he could live out his days in silence.

One fateful day in the mountains, Haruko came across the dragon Zhulong, who took pity on the man and his immortal curse. Sharing his wisdom, as well as teaching him the ways of Light Magic, the two long lived creatures spent years together training. Once the dragon believed his time had come where he had nothing left to teach, he begged Haruko to open his heart once again, maybe not to love, but at least to humanity.

Conflicted by his teachers last request, Haruko spent days mustering up the courage to once again step foot into the world that he now knew nothing about. Fates had smiled on him for his courage and brought him to a friend that would not leave him, like those of his past. Caught in the middle of a fight, Haruko found the man know as \_\_\_\_; one who shared the same eternal curse as him. These two would eventually become good friends, more from the thrill of the rousing debates they constantly had, and the fact that back then, all they had was each other to understand the pain they felt deep down. It was through one of these vibrant discussions that the two became the first members of a faction that calls themselves the Solis Knights; an organization set on keeping the balance between the light and darkness of this world.

Although the creation of the Solis Knights was still in it's infancy during the time, Haruko was summoned back to his house to process the destiny that he had just embarked on. Setting forth to create an organization to maintain balance in the world was a big feat for Haruko to take, having just been introduced back into that same world...His flurry of thoughts was cut short when he heard a surprising knock on his door, a knock that opened to reveal the dragon who trained him, and a girl who would change him.

## Magic Abilities

**Light Magic** Haruko has the unique ability to manipulate the light all around him, which puts he at an advantage against other users of light magic. This also makes any fire based attacks rather useless as well. Because of the light dragon slayers ability to control light on the electromagnetic spectrum, this gives him access to manipulation of infrared light. Infrared is the unique wavelength of light given off from flames that can be felt as heat. This is because the photon emission from the combustion transfers the kinetic energy from the created photons to another body, which is what we feel as heat. Even thermal radiation up to 2000 Kelvin is 99% from infrared light. So most fire attacks are rather futile against him because Haruko can choose to manipulate the infrared light produced by the flames reaction and cause it to dissipate. This does come with limits however, such as he can only completely cool attacks that run up to 2000 K, making it very useful against fire attacks, as they can get up to around 1800 K. It is useless against elements such as plasma and lightning, which can get into the hundred thousands, or even millions as far as temperature. There is also a limit as to how much light he can move. An attack that spans larger than 40 square feet would be too large to completely cool, but he is able to reduce the temperature a bit to lessen the damage. Speed is another deterant, as this photokinesis would only work if he had time to prepare for it. So close range attacks like fire coated fists would still hurt just the same because he can't react quick enough to dissipate the heat.

* **Light Dragon's Roar** (光竜の咆哮, *Kōryu no Hōkō*): The most basic of all dragon slayer attacks, Haruko builds up a large amount of magical energy on the inside of his mouth and proceeds to produce a large blast of light upon release of the stored energy. This is typically started with a large intake of air to help expand his chest to make room for a greater output of Ki. Due to intensity of the light produced, this roar is incredibly dangerous, and can blast through even the toughest of metals. Haruko has the ability to alter the wavelength of the light to allow for a more brute force attack, or even change the consistency of the light to make it infrared. The shorter the wavelength of light, the more damage will be done by the attack. Because short wavelengths of light have a higher frequency, the **Light Dragon's Violet Roar** is the most powerful of all his single color roars, acting as a million tiny needles piercing your skin at a high speed; while **Light Dragon's Red Roar** is the weakest of all the roars, but the most “dense” feeling. His ultimate roar is **Light Dragon's White Roar**, where each visible color is combined on the color spectrum with the same wavelength and frequency, causing it to be a powerful roar that is said to be able to pierce dragon scales, according to Zhulong. His roar has been shown to have an impressive range of over half a mile before dissipating out, making it one of his more powerful mid range attacks.
* **Light Dragon's Blinding Fist** (光竜の眩惑鉄拳 *Kōryu no Genwaku Tekken*): Similar to the way of releasing an aura, Haruko will channel his magical energy into both of his fists, surrounding them in a bright white-golden light. However, Haruko will release an almost undetectable amount of Ki into his arm, muscle, and shoulder’s structure to help strengthen the resistance of his body as well as increase output of the punch. This light around his fist is of a greater molecular speed and density, making it act as a greater protection as well as a means to deal a more damaging hit on his opponent. He could easily use this spell to pierce through or block physical or magical attacks, depending on the strength of the attack. He uses this attack to mostly up the power of his close range combat. This spell doesn’t take up much Ki either, as the output of such an attack is relatively close range and can be recycled by reincorporating in the lost photons. This means that Haruko could easily keep this up for the duration of a battle, and even use other spells simultaneously.
	+ **Radiating Strike** (分かれ出る当て身 *Wakarederu Atemi*): While using Blinding Fist, Haruko is able to alter the wavelength of the light surrounding his hands into that of infrared light. Infrared light is the unique wavelength of light, although unseen to the human eye, is felt as heat. This appears invisible to those of normal eyesight, giving him a surprise advantage in close combat. As most people would attribute his size to someone of little strength, leading them to not fully guard against his fiery hot strike. Even to mages with keen eyesight, like that of other Dragon Slayers, his fists only appear slightly hazy, as if they were staring through the heat wave that bounces off the hot pavement in the summer. To Haruko, or other Light Slayers who can see the wide spectrum that he can, it appears as a red hue, the light crawling up his arms like a flickering flame. By generating a great deal of infrared light, Haruko is able to hit with extreme heat, coming close to that of a Fire Dragon Slayer's attacks, and leaving his opponent with scorched skin.
	+ **Photovoltaic Strike**(太陽光発電ストライキ, *Taiyōhikarihatsuden Sutoraiki*): Using the metallic rings on his fingers as his conductor, Haruko will bombard the metal molecules with high energy photons from his Blinding Fist to help dislodge the valence electrons within the ring and give the object a sitting charge. Through intensive training and Ki manipulation, Haruko has developed a slight tolerance to the electricity that surges through him during the photovoltaic attacks, but the same cannot be said for his opponent usually. When this strike hits it can cause extreme local muscular contraction, stunning the area for around a minute from one hit. Consecutive blows can cause the paralysis to spread out and increase its duration.
* **Light Dragon's Shimmering Arrows** (光竜の水明雨注 *Kōryu no Suimei Uchū*): First Haruko will concentrate his Ki into the palm of his hand, causing a small glow to spread out as this technique is activated, encircling his hand in a raidiant golden glow as multiple streams of light are sent out to attack the enemy. The spread of these beams can cover a distance of 260 feet straight, and 35 feet across, making it one of most widespread and threatening attacks in Haruko’s arsenal. The beams themselves are always connected at the point of origin, allowing Haruko to alter the beam's direction after being shot by the aid of expert Ki manipulation. This makes it possible to strike multiple enemies with pinpoint accuracy, even bypassing hostages held in close proximity. The beams start off at a thickness of 8 inches from their point of origin, and gradually get thinner as the travel down their path, ending at a mere quarter inch thickness at their maximum length. They can easily puncture steel or earth, and even make their way through viscous liquid due to their vibrational frequency. A unique trait about this spell is his ability to increase the number of beams to a substantially large amount, splitting them in half in the process. An initial attack can generate 15 different beams, each which can easily be controlled by Haruko. But should he desire to split them up towards their 480 beam maximum, the maneuverability of the arrows lessens, turning the attack into more of a barrage, rather than a pinpoint attack.
* **Light Dragon's Wing Attack** (光竜の要撃*, Kōryu no Yōgeki*): Crouching down and putting his two fists together, Haruko brings about a decent amount of Ki into his arms and hands. This Ki swells outwards, taking shape in what appears as large draconic wings, spanning a total of 32 feet arched upwards. The benefit of this extremely dense attack is that can be performed both at close range, or “thrown” from a distance. Once formed, Haruko will bring his hands as far back as he can and then proceeds to swing his arms forwards into an extended clapping motion. Should an opponent be in close range of this clap, he will feel the concussive force of this photonic attack like a freight train hitting him head on. The light itself can cause minor lacerations from its molecular speed, but the true power of this wing attack comes from the barrage of force. This is even a two part attack, as a shockwave of pressure from the force of the wing attack will follow a couple seconds after the initial strike. This does as much damage to the body as it does to the earth; effective ripping up rocks and roots half a foot under the surface. This can act as a boosted attack as well. Whereas by aiming one attack at the ground, he can propel himself upwards about ten feet, allowing him to use the force of gravity to aid in the strength of subsequent downward strike of the second “wing”. This increased power does come at a cost, for Haruko is subjecting himself to the rubble and debris shot up from his attack on the initial boost.
* **Illuminating Whip** (照らす鞭*, Terasumuchi*): Sticking his hand out in an outstretched fashion, Haruko will begin to channel his Ki out of his palm into a concentrated stream of golden white light. This stream takes on the shape of an eight foot long bullwhip, with a heavier light concentration near the handle to balance out the sleek tapered length of the whip. The amount of control Haruko has over this whip allows him to easily hit his target with the accuracy that can clean the wick off a candle. He can easily use this to wrap around a target’s body to constrict and crush them with great force; or fling them into objects or the ground for excruciating pain. He has even been seen using this whip to latch onto object to save himself from a fall, or to swing himself around and object and use the momentum from a more powerful hit.
* **Light Step** (光歩*, Hikariho)*: This slight adjustment to his Ki output allows Haruko to quickly dodge incoming attacks within fractions of a millisecond. By quickly shifting himself into light particles, a feat that is achievable in half the time needed in his form when compared to normal. Haruko is able to shift himself into photons and transverse these particles across space to appear at a location within a twenty feet of his original stance. This allows him to almost “flash” to a different spot to counter a linear attack or appear in the null spaces of a multifaceted attack to come out unscathed.
	+ **Flash Step** (瞬間歩*, Shukanho*): Similar to that of Light Step, Haruko will transition his molecular structure into that of photons; but these are moving at a far greater speed. Giving off an burst of 1850 lumens, if an opponent happens to be looking his way when he performs this spell they will experience severe photo-bleaching, seeing spots for around 15 seconds. Now this spell has be akin to a Transportation Magic spell, for he is able to cover a distance of up to 60 feet in a matter of millisecond, but he can only travel in a straight line and is incapable of passing through solid objects. Because the photons are moving at light speed, should an opponent step in his way, they will experience a great deal of force that is able to knock the wind out of them. The photons themselves will dissipate to travel around the object, but because of their strong atomic bonds, they will rejoin back together quickly, allowing Haruko to form on the other side of the object.
* **Light Body** (明り体*, Akari Karada*): While performing this relatively complex and useful spell, Haruko integrates his Light Magic into his flesh and fuses it with his body. In doing so, he becomes a mass of photon particles. Once he has shifted into this form, he gains the signature intangibility of the elemental magics, which allows Haruko to let physical and magical attacks pass harmlessly through his body while he is transformed. This form also grants Haruko some traits typical of light; capable of freely moving around at light speed, being able to travel long distances and rapidly appearing at his destination as if he was teleporting. This can act as a boost to his physical attacks as well, in which he will typically shift into his photon form and travel with an insanely high velocity to his target, shifting back a mere second prior to impact. This will give his punch an amazing amount of force behind it, capable of shattering bones or concrete, as long as he reinforces and protects his arm with Ki prior to contact with his target.
* **Veiled Body** (隠す体 *Kakusu Karada*): One of his most useful abilities to the novice mages who don’t have as well developed sense of magic detection, Haruko is able to refract the light particles around his body, effectively gives off the illusion that he is invisible. This is because no light particles bounce off of his body; rather they are emitting a wavelength to reflect that of what is behind him. This allows him to obtain the element of surprise, or escape from a difficult situation, without his enemy visibly detecting him. This does take up a lot of focus and energy to stay in this form, and so he only has 12 seconds before it begins to take a deeper toll on his magic. But given his speed and agility, this is more than enough time to be able to land a substantial hit, or escape to better cover.
* **Luminous Cloak** (発光マント *Hakkō Manto*): Haruko coats himself in a shroud of light that increases the damage of his attacks, as well as greatly increases his endurance, and even his speed slightly. This is due to the light being emitted and recycled into his aura that gathers up ambient Ki to bring into his body and replenish his muscles more rapidly. His speed has been noted to increase two fold, giving the appearance that he is merely floating on the earth, for the light being emitted from him allows him to simply glide over the earth, lowering resistance, and increasing speed. When wearing this cloak the light given off by the shroud can help blind the enemy, making it extremely useful, especially in close combat. The photo-bleaching of the opponent’s eyes can last for over 2 minutes depending on the exposure, and direct visual contact with the cloak for over 3 minutes can cause permanent retinal damage. Although those who have an affinity towards Light or Lightning Magic are immune to its visual effects, as the Ki that flows through their body has altered the physiology of their rods and cones, making it possible to withstand such intense lumens. An added benefit of this form is the resistance to light based attacks, as they become integrated with the luminous cloak, reinforcing its properties. The strength of a punch in this light clad form is able to easily break through brick, stone, and weaker metals; but given the output of Ki into the cloak, the power of a mages physical skill can be increased.
* **Light Clone** (クローン *Kurōn*): A highly advanced technique for that of a mage, this spell allows the caster to construct an almost identical clone of themselves made out of Ki. Akin to the ninja way of Shadow Clone Jutsu, a mage will have to expend a great deal of Ki to give shape to a human body. The clone is able to perform physical techniques and interact with the environment due to it having physical substance, and has an Ki network as an exact replica of Haruko, giving it the ability to perform known spells as well. The clone itself is not of its own free will, but is instead directed by original by fluctuating the Ki output of the clone’s construct. Haruko can even send his consciousness through to the clone to give it the ability to speak, but this leaves the original body open to attack as one’s mind cannot be in two bodies at the same time. This is why Haruko will generally hide his real body and send his consciousness to the clone to help use it to assess his targets abilities before getting injured himself. Typically used in combination for a close range, omnidirectional attack, a clone’s maneuverability and power can be highly advanced depending on the skill of the caster. But this is all dependent upon the control of the caster and how well they can keep the clone in their line of vision, because without seeing the environment the clone is inhabiting, their movements would see inorganic and tip off their opponent to the likes of a clone. This technique can be used for more than one clone, however, it will evenly distributes the caster’s magic between each clone, which comes at a cost of weakening the overall effectiveness of the clone and expend a great deal of energy. If the clone is seriously injured, it will revert to its natural light-state, at the same time blinding whatever opponent dealt such damage. Haruko has used this as a trap himself, as he will use the clone to latch on to his target and then stab himself in the chest to cause the clone to revert and blind his enemy. Another great benefit of this is that a small portion of Ki from the clone is returned to the caster’s body, in which their brain will process the information gathered by the clone. This can help a great deal with intel and even with training on a new technique. As the time to master a technique can be halved if using a clone.
* **Light Dragon's Shining Impact** (光竜の映射振盪*, Kōryu no Eisha shintō*): Haruko engulfs his entire body in a whitish-gold light, expelling and circulating Ki at a faster rate than normal to coat himself in a dense, oscillating light that ferociously wears away at a surface like a high powered water jet against a cliff. He then channels a great deal into his feet to give him a high speed boost as he propels himself towards his opponent, hitting them with a powerful headbutt. He protects his head from any damage by shifting the coat of Ki to be the thickest at the point of impact, allowing it to absorb the energy and expel it out the back to further propel him forwards. Haruko then halts the propulsion from beneath his feet to plant himself underneath the bent over opponent and release all the light in his coat to send the enemy flying up in the air. This huge release of magical pressure can launch a target about 10 feet in the air; giving Haruko enough time to generate another attack, typically Illuminating Whip, to slam his target back into the ground with great force.
* **Light Dragon's Wings** (光竜の翼*, Kōryu no Tsubasa*): By sending greater amounts of Ki to the space around his should blades, Haruko is capable of releasing it out and molding it into large wings made of light that can be used for multiple purposes such as attacking, defending and of course flying. Haruko is capable of moving these wings by flexing and relaxing the muscles in his back alongside a variance in Ki output to give his added thrust. A bonus is that he is able to mold and release “feathers” from these wings that he can shoot forward at an opponent to overwhelm them with destructive, high frequency light that releases a small explosion on impact. The wings are also incredibly durable and quite difficult to destroy, making them a great shield due to their dense Ki oscillation. This mode of transportation also helps prevent Haruko from getting motion sick, a plague that devastates all first generation dragon slayers, and allows him to travel distances relatively fast; moving at speeds up to 90 km per hour, similar to that of the fastest bird alive. Previously, Haruko was unable to master the art of this spell and could only use it for a short period of time. He had trouble controlling the amount of magical energy given to each wing individually, causing him to give one wing an uneven amount of magic, making him unable to fly properly. But after his experience with his long life he is able to sustain this spell indefinitely and use it in unison with other attacks.
* **Light Dragon's Solar Flare**  (光竜の太陽フレア*, Kōryu no Taiyōfurea*): Creating a large concentration of magical energy above his head, Haruko creates a sphere of densely molded light. He then proceeds to throw it towards his target, and upon impact, it explodes to level out the land up to a 5 mile radius. This ball of light is only about 8 feet wide, and it is very hard to control once released. Haruko is doing his best to condense the ball into a smaller diameter, thus making it a more accurate projectile attack, but has only been able to get it down to about 4.5 feet wide.
* **Light Dragon's Photon Shield** (光竜の光子盾*, Kōryu no Kōshi Tate*): One of his most practices skills, and the spell that he would drill his student on the most, Photon Shield serves as Haruko’s highly used defense. By manipulating the light particles in the air and combining them with his own Ki, Haruko is able to construct a highly durable hexagonal shield that can span around 120 square foot area. This spell is immovable to those without photokinesis, but to Haruko it is a freestanding shield that he can easily use in conjunction with his movements to help block incoming attacks. It’s Ki frequency and molecular density is so high that very few magic attacks are able to pierce it’s construct on the first hit. Though those of S Class Rank and higher have been seen cracking it through the use of a very powerful attack. Needless to say, that repeated hits will eventually cause it to crack and shatter, leaving Haruko with little time to construct a new one. He generally has a refractory period of ten seconds before he can effectively create a shield of a suitable thickness. Once created his spell can last for a time of twenty seconds to two minutes, dependent on the size and thickness of the shield and how much magic Haruko wishes to devote to keeping its structure intact. Though generally used to block incoming attacks from opponents, these photon shields can be used in many other ways, such as trapping his foes, using them as a means to limit his opponent’s movements, or even as a creation to aid in travelling over areas where there is no solid earth beneath. A unique variance of his Photon Shield has been developed after witnessing the reflective abilities of Ice Mage’s barriers. By altering the shape and elasticity of his Ki construct, Haruko is able to simply “bounce back” an offensive attack back at his opponent. This only works for spells constructed out of magic, and won’t working with objects like knives and swords, but has the means to redirect projectiles with this highly elastic shield. This Photon Bungee Shield is something Haruko can only do on a small scale currently, as it takes a great deal of concentration to manipulate his Ki into something with elastic properties, so omnidirectional or surprise attacks generally are not combated with this shield variation.
* **Light Dragon's Total Eclipse**(光竜の累算食*, Kōryu no Ruisan Shoku*): Haruko inhales and absorbs all visible light from different sources, in order to create an area of pitch black darkness within a confined space. This is one of Haruko's strongest spells, as it robs his opponent of all sight, allowing for his to easily land attacks. This spell, however, cannot work without a confined space; for there is too much light for Haruko to negate. Haruko does like to combine it with his Light Dragon's Photon Shield, making a box with the shield itself around the target, and then consumes all the light present in the box.
* **Static Discharge** (静電放電 *Seiden Hōden*): More of an Ki ability, rather than a Light Magic ability, Haruko will first build up magical energy in his core and then slowly expanding his aura at a high molecular vibration, only to pull it back towards his core once more. Static electricity is then generated by the vibrational friction caused between the Ki particles in his aura, and the molecules in the air. The molecules of the two materials of different composition tend to stick together on contact due to a form of chemical reaction. This is very close to a chemical bond; the adjacent dissimilar molecules exchange electrons. And when one material is physically moved away from the other, such as the condensing of Ki back into Haruko’s core, it is regarded as friction. The result is that excess electrons are left behind in one material, while a deficit occurs in the other. With the air having developed a slight charge, Haruko releases the stored Ki energy from inside him, causing the previously charged air molecules to become electrically overstress and come alive with streams of lightning going off in all directions. Depending on how long Haruko collects radiant Ki, the reach of this spell is positively correlated. A typical discharge with a collection period of 5 seconds will reach a radius of 10 feet, while doubling that time will double the reach. A mage’s body can only store such energy for a given amount of time however, and so the maximum reach of this spell tops out at a charging time of 160 seconds, with a reach of 320 feet. The epicenter of this attack, with a 15 foot radius, will yield the most devastating damage; while to outer rim will only cause little discomfort, described to feel like the shock that occurs when you rub your feet on the rug and touch another surface.
* **Radiant Aura** (炯然霊気*, Keizen Reiki*): A unique ability to the Light Dragon Slayers, this power allow the user to cancel any ocular magics. Learned from the Light Dragon Zhulong, this ability was passed on to Haruko by infusing himself with Zhulong's own magic. This magic shines a special light that is infused with Dispel magic, thus giving Haruko the ability to cancel out any eye magic powers within his vicinity. This power does have a downfall, however, if the target's magical power far outweighs his own, the abilities effect will be weakened.
* **Double Sight** (光幻 (ダブル・サイト)*, Daburu Saito lit. Light Illusion*): When performing Double Sight, the user intensifies their light, releasing a burst of pure photonic energy that covers the immediate vicinity for the smallest of moment- the heer amount of light unleahed causes a shift in the atmosphere, causing illusions all around. When the light settles in a matter of seconds, anyone in the area will see two or more doubles of the caster- this is because Double Sight is an all-around illusion-casting spell that affects the area around the user, blurring the light in the area so that everyone will see double. Generally, the illusions manifested by Double Sight are completely indistinguishable from the real thing to the naked eye and simple sensory-type magic, though those who have dealt with illusionists before can distinguish the two. While it *is* possible to manifest more than simple copies of the user and perhaps their allies, it is the easiest to perform. The user can also use Double Sight in conjunction with their spells and attacks, allowing them to mix up the fake with the real, allowing them to hold up enemies and create greater opportunities to launch their own attacks, causing feints of a sort to distract the opponent from the real deal. Even so, Double Sight requires a considerable amount of mental focus in order to continue stabilizing the illusions, even moreso per fake manifested, making it extremely difficult to sustain for longer than a few seconds per spell cast, though it does not cost much magical energy.
* **Infrared** (光霊気感 (インフレアド)*,* *Infureaedo lit. Light Aura Sense*): By using Infrared, the user is capable of focusing and expanding their light, albeit in a non-offensive measure, focusing it into their own Magical Aura and subsequently, their sight, enabling them to perceive the infrared spectrum, a type of electromagnetic radiation; which serves as an alternate Sensory Magic of sorts. With Infrared, the user can visualize temperature variations in the immediate vicinity, including those within objects and in the environment. This spell is incredibly useful for observation, and as stated above, can serve as an alternate version of Sensory Magic, as the user is capable of observing the heat presences of everyone around them, which can change at any time, alerting them of any shift in emotions, stamina, health, or magical power. Infrared can also be utilized as a form of night vision, allowing them to sense radiation that would normally be invisible to anyone else.
* **Lumen Grid** (ルーメングリッド, *Rūmenguriddo*): Placing a magic circle out in front of him, Haruko releases a tight grid pattern made out of light. This grid can expand to cover an area of 35 square feet, with each individual square making up 2 square inches. This is one of the more Ki expensing spells as the individual squares are sealed with pure Ki to solidify the construct of this grid. Meaning that Haruko, at maximum capacity, can only give form to this spell for around 30 minutes. The amount of time greatly decreases as the battle progresses, making it only capable of defending off a short burst attack, rather than a steady stream of attacks. The moment that an offending attack comes into contact with the grid it acts like an elastic net and bounces the foe's power back at them at such a speed that it seems that Haruko had cast it himself. This is due to the high resonant frequency of the Ki, causing it to vibrate at such speeds that the interaction of the energy clouds emitted by the Ki particles will keep them held together, but still allow them to stretch and recoil back into their original form. It is able to affect physical as well as projectile attacks of both magic or non-magic origin, so much as they are within the scope of this spell and an adequate amount of Ki was put into the spell to reinforce it. It is the utmost highest in defensive spell in the proper hands, but should the magical energy of the opponent overwhelm the caster, the Lumen Grid will merely shatter, but can slow down the attack enough for the caster to get out of the way. This can act as either an offensive trap, or a defensive wall, making it a very versatile attack. In Haruko’s case the luminous lines that make up the grid pattern have the capability of blinding those who look at his attack, also distracting them from the counter attack.
* **Light Dragon's Scatter Shot** (光竜散弾*,Kōryu Ryū Sandan*)**:** By gathering light from the surroundings he can create a giant magic circle in front of his hand or hands that shoot out beams of light. Haruko can choose either to have the beams shoot out in a linear fashion or to shoot out in multiple directions making it great for a wide-spread attack.
* **Light Dragon's Radiance** *(*光竜輝き*,Kōryu Ryū Kagayaki)***:** A spell that is a showcase to Haruko’s abilities at Photon Manipulation, he outstretches his hands towards the sky and clenches his fists together. This action is accompanied by the condensing of ambient light with that of the Ki in the air to form thin constructs similar to that of senbon. He can create close to one thousand needles that are suspended in the air and can be sent off in various waves with a swish of Haruko’s hands to tell the needles to rain down on his target. He can choose whether it has cutting or explosive properties by altering the flow of the Ki in the senbon. By changing the Ki into fast moving circles it will give it the ability to slice through objects, where condensing it into a small orb in the center of the needle will give it explosive properties. The typical spray pattern for the needles is a solid conical shape that reaches an area in a twenty foot diameter from its point of origin.
* **Light Dragon Blinding Angel** *(*光竜盲目の天使*,Kōryu Ryū Mōmoku no Tenshi)***:** Creating a Photon Shield around the target, Haruko seals off their body from the rest of the world. With a clench of his fist, a thousand tiny shard of light shoot forth from the shield onto the targets body with enough velocity to pierce steel plated armor. With shards coming from all angles, this attack acts more like an Iron Maiden rather than a blinding angel. The duration of the spell depends upon the density of the Photon Shield created. Because the needles are formed from the magic of the shield, when the shield runs out, so does the spell. A quickly constructed barrier of 1 inch will last about 15 seconds.
* **Illuminating Dragon Claws** (竜の爪を照らします*, Ryū no Tsume o Terashimasu*)**:** Creates sharp claws by gathering light into their finger tips. The claws are so sharp they can cut cleanly through a thick steel door and every time the user swings, the claws leave a trail of light that is extremely sharp and durable that can be used for multiple defensive purposes. Should someone try and catch the users wrist before connecting, they are also able to shoot light needles from the finger tips allowing them a chance to get free or just to cause more damage.
* **Firefly Shrapnel** (ホタルの榴散弾*,Hotaru no Ryūsandan*): Using his internal magic, Haruko claps his hands together and creates multiple small orbs in his palms. Scattering them across the playing field, these small orbs are made up of concentrated, high energy photons with an internalized pocket of compressed air. The high energy from the photons causes immense pain if touched, giving off infrared light as well. Upon impact these "fireflies" will explode from the pressurized air within; causing this attack to be compared to a mine field.
* **Needle Bringer**(針ブリンガー, *Hari Burinjaa*): This spell releases a rushing wave of massive light spikes that rip from the earth below and rise to the surface, impaling and tearing anything above it apart. These needles themselves are extremely sharp and immensely destructive stampeding through most defenses and literally ripping the ground up as they surface. When impaled by the sharp points the target is instantly struck with a mass of light energy that can cause extreme pain and deep lacerations.
* **Apollo's Wrath** (アポロの怒り, *Aporo no Ikari*): By gathering and generating light between his open facing palms, Haruko can clap his hands together to bring about a massive spear upon release. This spear can be wielded like that of a normal weapon, but it’s luminous construct makes it a deal a great bit of damage if even a graze from it occurs. The spear itself stands about 7 feet tall, but it is connected with a light chain that is freely shaped and manipulated by Haruko. It connects on his right wrist and can increase the combat range of the spear by an additional 5 feet. The main wrath of this spear comes from its impact in the earth when it is launched at an opponent. When thrown, it produces a massive blast of light behind it to increase its speed, allowing for optimal power to penetrate even the thickest of metals. When it digs the tip of its spear into an object, whether that is a person or the earth, the spear will look as if it is collapsing, the light compressing down and traveling into the earth. When the length of the spear has traveled down into the earth it will spider web out in a 20 foot radius, where merely 2 seconds after impact, the light hidden beneath the earth will shoot up like a multitude of geysers. The light beams will cover every square feet of space in its domain, ensuring that even if it’s target escaped the initial pierce of its blade, it will be struck by its secondary means of damage.
* **Tempestuous Light** (大嵐の光*, Ōarashi no Kōryi*): Similar to a Fire Dragon Slayer's Flames of Emotion, this effect is generally caused when a Light Dragon Slayer feels very strongly about something. Due to the fact that Haruko's magic is strongly connected to his emotions, when Haruko becomes very angry or passionate about something his light will become exponentially more intense in correlation with his feelings. He also begins absorbing ambient Ki at a much greater rate, which causes an excess of magic stored up inside him. This excess magic is leaked out of his pores, giving off the appearance of a golden white light radiating from his skin that dances around as if it were flames. This acts as a defense of sorts, for anyone who touches the light will get slahed and burned by its intensity. This outpour of magic generally allows him to achieve a more heightened state, one that surpasses even his Light Drive. This increases both his speed and strength nearly threefold! However, this state causes a heavy strain on the body’s Ki system and will eventually cause Haruko to pass out after only thirty minutes or so. In the past, he is seen to only be able to pull off two to three attacks with this light, in both his Light Dragon form and Luminous Alloy form; but its strength typically only requires one direct hit to incapacitate his target and calm his emotions down before he is rendered unconscious.  File:HARUKO AURA.jpg
	+ **Light Dragon's Revenge** *(*光竜ラゴンの復讐*,Kōryu Doragon no Fukushū):*When Haruko reaches the peak of his emotions, his aura takes on the appearance of golden light dragon. Letting off a fearsome roar, the dragon takes on a path of it's own, locking on to the magical signature of whatever caused Haruko's emotions to run rampant. The attack very seldom misses, unless the target completely erases their magic essence.

**Dragon Slayer Secret Art**:

* **Light Circuits** (光回路*, Kōryu Kairo*)**:** By generating a large amount of their magic to surround them it appears as though all light is being absorbed into the user who then proceeds to let out a large shockwave that not only knocks away everything in its path,but once the blast is over, large numerous lines which some are interlinking with each other making them look like computer circuits are drawn all over the surrounding area. The lines shoot out beams of light targeting his opponents that explode on contact and anyone that gets near gets blasted by a blinding flash, stopping his opponents movements momentarily.Any attacks towards the drawn lines are quickly deflected by a barrier of light and the user has the lines bend the light around themselves to make them appear invisible.
* **Great Dragon's Photoelectric Burst** (この巨大な龍の光電バースト, *Kono Kyodaina Ryū no Hikari-den Bāsuto*): Cupping his hands together, this attack can be performed in five different levels dependent on the level of strength desired from the output. For the first stage of the fist, an output of 20% of full power is released. For this, Haruko will cup his hands together by holding the wrists together and keeping the palms open. He will then extend both of his index fingers towards the center of his palm and begin emitting high speed Ki from both of them, keeping the force contained within the space in front of him. His fingers act like rods for the light energy to bounce back and forth, the particles of energy hitting one another in the space between his fingers, causing the particles to become more excited and give off a great deal of static electricity. Due to the speed and containment of such a spell the Ki will continue bouncing off one another, generating more and more energy and static electricity, that after a "charging" time of only 10 seconds this concentrate light and static electricity will have an output of 30,000 amperes for a 20% power blast, as well as a light of 20,000 lumens, the attack also known as **First Strike** (先制攻撃 *Sensei Kōgeki*). Once the charging period is complete, Haruko will push forth a large surge of Ki from the middle of his palms, breaking the containment he had on the mass and sending the blast of lightning forward in a beam towards his target at a speed twice that of a lightning strike. This spell is able to increase its power and output by increasing the number of "rods", or fingers, that Haruko puts into the palm's space to channel his Ki. When all five fingers are used for this attack, the **Fifth Strike** (フィフスストライキ *Fifususutoraiki*), the electrical output is equal to that of lightning forming at the top of the cloud, a strike that exceeds a billion volts. Its light is of such a high frequency that it will be able to pierce through a S Class level Barrier Spell and blind the target for up to 5 minutes. Its speed makes it an almost sure strike, but even in the wake of the attack, buildings can be leveled in a five mile radius when Haruko unleahes his Fifth Strike. This spell is said to be derived from the legendary spell Kamehameha (かめはめ波; *lit. "Turtle Devastation Wave"*) of old times, when dragons still roamed the earth.
* **Great Dragon's Burning Fist** (拳燃え偉大な竜*, Ken Moe Idaina Ryū*)**:** By gathering a large amount of his Light Magic and the light particles from the surroundings into his hands, he can proceed to shoot out a large stream of the concentrated magic from his fist. While gathering the light particles it seems like a black void is forming around the fist, as if all light around them is being absorbed. When shot, the stream seems to have swirls of fire trailing behind it. The attack is so strong, not only does the ground shatter on take off, but it continues to shatter the ground as it reaches its target.
* **Raksha** (ディフェンス*, Difensu*)**:** Is used by creating and gathering large amounts of light particles either from Haruko's magic or the surroundings to create a shield surrounding him. The shield being able withstand extremely powerful attacks. If the shield should ever crack or break it is instantly repaired by the surrounding light inside or outside the shield. The Shield is also capable of shooting rays of light towards the sky that burst and cause multiple rays of light to rain down on the immediate area. They have quite the piercing power as they can shatter steel quite easily. Haruko is also able to mold this shield as a thin hell that surrounds his body, almost as a second skin. Because of the magical drain it has to keep the shield in place, Haruko is only able to use this for an hour or so.
* **Light Dragon's Tears** (光龍の涙*, Kōryu Ryū no Namida*)**:** Creates a massive dragon out of light that flies towards the sky and once it is in position above the intended target. The Dragon bursts into hundreds and hundreds of small dragon heads that rain down towards a large area that are capable of shattering rock and steel easily. This spell could easily wipe out a decent sized city if not used by the right person.
* **Light Dragon's Luminous Destruction** (光龍発光破壊*, Kōryu Ryū Hakkō Hakai*)**:** Haruko charges his fist for a brief moment, releasing a large quantity of light in the process.Because of the highly concentrated light energy, when he punches, he deals massive damage to them; so massive, in fact, that it even breaks their victim into pieces/ This is one of Haruko's most powerful attacks and gives off energy equal to that of splitting an atom.

**Grimoire Magic** (魔道書の魔法 *Gurimowāru no Mahō*) is a high level magic that dates back to some of the closest times to the origin of magic. These books contain a mix of spells, conjurations, natural secrets and ancient wisdom that have served to guide mages along the path of magic for centuries. Though there are many different grimoires that hold a variety of spells that will generally follow a particular theme, the true value of these books come from their ability to adapt and integrate new spells into the pages of the text. Dating back to the times when humans had begun to exhibit signs of magical abilities, humans began to document their findings in large books that would come to be known as Grimoires. They learned that by linking certain words together and reciting them while channeling this magical energy would produce results that no other human was capable of through any other means at the time. The now called mages would record the directions and specific incantations that they spells would produce, allowing for them to reproduce the effects at a later date without having to remember such lengthy incantations. Because the spells in each individual grimoire were highly valued by practicing mages many of them infused their own magic into the book to act as a guard against others, the spell blanking out the pages of the decorated book, revealing themselves only to those who’s magic energy resonated with the creators own. Because resonate energies were involved in the protection of the grimoires, this class of magic took on two distinct categories: The Light Chronicles and The Dark Chronicles.

Because magic is highly integrated with the emotions of a person, the Ki will take on a certain essence that reflects the innate nature of a person. If a person is that of a kind and gentle soul, their magic will generally reflect that and show in the spells that they produce. Those who are filled with anger and malicious intent will generally produce magic of such caliber, functioning as the polar opposites to the aforementioned mages. It is because of this quality in magic that grimoires fell into the two different classes of Chronicles. Those who developed spells that were used for malicious crimes and personal gain began to take on a darker essence than those who would document spells that were used for protection and healing. So when a writer would protect their grimoire from prying eyes, the Ki that they used for the protection spells would reflect the feelings and intent that the caster had hoped to use the book for; in essence, the intent of using those spells for "good" or "evil". So when the current holder of the book died, the book would only reveal itself to those who's Ki resonated with these energies infused into the pages of the book; leading to a clear divide between those who would later become legal mages, and those who would fall to become dark mages.

Though the traditional means of casting has not changed much from its creation, mages of today have become highly advanced in the art and speed at which a spell is done. The tradition means of using a grimoire comes from reciting rather long incantations that have been documented on the pages, while channeling their Ki through the use of the divination symbols that are present on the page. These divination symbols are activated through the use of the incantation and are used to transmute the Ki into the desired properties. As it typically followed, the more complex and powerful the spell, the more divination symbols were required to alter the Ki, and so the incantation of such spell could be as much as a paragraph of text. As time progressed, mages began to take notes of other freelance magics at the time to help speed up their spell process. Taking heavy influence from the use of Solid Script, grimoire users began to this freestanding type of magic to etch their divination symbols straight into the air, effectively cutting down the need for them to exposed their grimoire to possible damages during battle. Though the length at which a person could remember the proper incantation and divination symbol sequence was not that great, and so this "script method" was typically only used for low power spells, such as basic barriers and projectile spells that could be used in the quick rally of battle

**Second Book of Bararaq**: The first grimoire that Haruko came across long ago, this is one of his few pocket size grimoires that he keeps on him at all times. It is one of the more mass produced Grimoires in existence, and is a staple among those who wish to access the powers of the sky. This book is golden with silver trims in the shape of lightning bolts around the edge. This decoration alludes to the fact that this grimoire holds a great deal of Lightning Magic spells within its pages.

* **Luminous Cloak***(発光マント Hakkō Manto)*: Haruko uses this incantation to coat himself in a shroud of lightning that increases the damage of his attacks, as well as greatly increases his speed. This is due to the increased synaptical transmission speed in the action potentials caused by the electrical current surrounding him body. His speed has been noted to increase six fold, giving the appearance that she is merely floating on the earth, for his feet only touch the ground for miliseconds before exploding into another powerful stride. Haruko has broke this limit by combining it with her Light drive, giving him such speeds that it looks as if she is teleporting to those with untrained eyes. When wearing this cloak the light given off by the lightning can help blind the enemy, making it extremely useful, especially in close combat. the photobleaching of the opponent can last for over 2 minutes depending on the exposure, and direct visual contact with the cloak for over 3 minutes can cause permanent retinal damage. Although those who have an affinity towards Light or Lightning Magic are immune to it's visual effects, as the Ki that flows through their body has altered the physiology of their rods and cones, making it possible to withstand such intense lumens. An added benefit of this form is the resistance to lightning based attacks, as they become integrated with the luminous cloak, reinforcing it's properties. The strength of a punch in this lightning clad form is able to easily break through brick, stone, and weaker metals; but given the output of Ki into the cloak, the power of a mages physical skill can be increased.
* **Lightning Body** (雷体化|ライトニング・ボディ, *Raitoningu Bodi lit. Lightning Body Transformation*) is a staple amongst extremely powerful Lightning Magicians.When performing Lightning Body, Haruko integrates Lightning Magic into their flesh and fuses it with their body. In doing so, they become a mass of electrically charged particles. Once they have become a mass of charged particles, they separate positively charged particles from their body and positions them to create a certain extent of an electrical field. The charged particles and electrical field can be changed at will from a latent state to an active one, and vice versa, by Haruko, who has taken the Lightning Magic into their body. When the electrical field becomes active, its powerful electric potential difference draws the negatively charged particles that make up their body toward the positively charged particles of the field with tremendous force; turning themselves into a lightning bolt, whose size can vary from mere, fast-moving sparks to large pillars of lightning. Together with the signature intangibility of Elemental Magic, which allows Haruko to let physical and magical attacks pass harmlessly through their body when they're transformed, this form also grants Haruko some traits typical of real lightning: they're shown capable of freely moving around at high speed and to travel over long distances, rapidly appearing at their destination from places away from sight as though as they are teleporting, as well as to electrocute everything crossing their path, with the voltage of their bodily electricity being high enough to wreak havoc. Due to the velocity in which Haruko attacks, Haruko's attacks are enhanced drastically; however, his attacks become more predictable the more that the battle drags on, and when transporting themselves, Haruko can only transport to one point of a place per transport, changing a point in space is next to impossible during transport.
* **Raiton Bullets** *(レートン弾丸 Reeton Dangan)*: By positioning his hand to mimic the appearance of a gun, Haruko release concentrated electrical energy in the form of a bullet. Haruko has been shown to fire these these versatile bullets to perform both offensive and defensive moves, dependant on the amount of Ki put into them. This attack is typically packed with 120 milliamperes (mA) of electricity that, when shot, spark uncontrollably on their path to the target. When they make contact with the target a bullet can cause extremely painful shock, respiratory arrest, and severe muscle contractions over the entire body. Haruko can even "charge" this attack by flooding the bullets with excess eternano, causing the particles within the bullets to become excited, making the output of his shot up to 1,030 millamperes! This is a shot that will cause ventricular fibrillation, full muscle contraction, and long term nerve damage. When this **Rajin Shot** (雷神ショット*Raijin Shotto*) hits the target straight on, death is almost certain.

* **Raiton Dance***(レートンダンス Reeton Dansu)*: First Haruko will concentrate his Ki into the palm of his hand, causing a small glow to spread out as this technique is activated, encircling his hand in a crackling blue lightning as multiple streams of lighting are sent out to attack the enemy.The spread of these beams can cover a distance of 260 feet straight, and 35 feet across, making it one of most widespread and threatening attacks in Haruko’s arsenal. The beams themselves are always connected at the point of origin, allowing Haruko to alter the beam's direction after being shot by the aid of expert Ki manipulation. This makes it possible to strike multiple enemies with pinpoint accuracy, even bypassing hostages held in close proximity. The beams start off at a thickness of 8 inches from their point of origin, and gradually get more thin as the travel down their path, ending at a mere quarter inch thickness at their maximum length. A unique trait about this spells is his ability to increase the number of beams to a substantially large amount, splitting them in half in the process. An initial attack can generate 15 different beams, each which can easily be controlled by Haruko. But should she desire to split them up towards their 480 beam maximum, the maneuverability of the arrows lessens, turning the attack into more of a barrage, rather than a pinpoint attack.
* **Raijin's Wrath***(雷神の怒り Raijin no Ikari):*By gathering and generating electricity between his open facing palms, Haruko can clap his hands together to bring about a massive spear upon release. This spear can be wielded like that of a normal weapon, but it’s electric construct makes it a deal a great bit of damage if even a graze from it occurs. The spear itself stands about 7 feet tall, but it is connected with a lightning chain that is freely shaped and manipulated by Haruko. It connects on his right wrist and can increase the combat range of the spear by an additional 5 feet. The main wrath of this spear comes from its impact in the earth when it is launched at an opponent. When thrown, it produces a massive blast of lightning behind it to increase it’s speed, allowing for optimal power to penetrate even the thickest of steel. When it digs the tip of its spear into an object, whether that be a person or the earth, the spear will look as if it is collapsing, the lightning compressing down and traveling into the earth. When the length of the spear has traveled down into the earth it will spiderweb out in a 20 foot radius, where merely 2 seconds after impact, the lightning hidden beneath the earth will shoot up like a multitude of geysers. The lightning bolts will cover every square feet of space in its domain, ensuring that even if it’s target escaped the initial pierce of its blade, it will be struck by its secondary means of electrocution.
* **Electroblade***(エレクトロブラド Erekutoroburado)*: Molding lightning into Harukos hands, they are able to manifest a blade of lightning that is extremely durable, inhumanly sharp, and having the capability to simply cleave through even the toughest of materials, magical and non-magical in nature. This spell is easily able to pierce steel and destroy rock to rubble. Through advance manipulation and Ki output a user's blade would be able to slice cleanly through a building of 10 feet across. The blade itself can extend up to a distance of 25 feet, with a thickness of 4 inches. The shorter the blade, the thicker it can become, as well as the more concentrate the electricity can become. When it comes into contact with a living subject, the lightning will cause immediate muscle contraction, triggering the voltage gated channels on the targets muscles. These contractions can last for 8 seconds for every second of exposure from the blade. This is only a byproduct from the actual cutting power of the blade, as the high frequency of the lightning Ki can easily cut through flesh. Should Haruko desire the need, they can even branch out the blade to impale multiple enemies at once. A maximum of 10 "branches" by increasing the Ki output and concentrating on the points of output on the blade itself.
* **Raiju Fang***(雷獣牙 Raijū Kiba)*: Clapping his hands together, Haruko is able to release a form of lightning upon release of the clap that takes on the form of six identical wolves. Typically considered a Lightning Make spell, Haruko has denounced this classification as she only knows the one dynamic cast, and one other static cast; giving him in no sense the need to call himself a mage of this subspecies magic. These wolves are able to lock onto their target, able to maneuver around obstacles and attacks in order to sink their electric fangs into the flesh of the enemy. Once bitten the Raiju will immediately stun the target by contracting all their muscles at once, disrupting the path of signals to the tissues in that localize area, making it impossible to move said joint. The interesting phenomenon comes when more than one wolf is able to latch on. Typically aiming for the limbs of their target, should a wolf latch on to each one of someone’s arms, for example, then the strong bond of Ki between the two will cause their current to travel through the targets body and paralyze their entire arms and chest. Should the wolves get hold of all four limbs, a mage would effectively have a full body paralysis until the wolves were released or overcome with a surge of superior levels of Ki. During a battle where these wolves had taken on another elemental dynamic spell, they were overcome due to the low output of Ki put into them. In order to overcome this in the future, Haruko has since increase the resonating frequency and allocation of Ki to make them more durable and long lasting.
* **Static Discharge***(静電放電 Seiden Hōden)*: First building up electrical energy into his core, Haruko gathers and condenses the ambient static electricity from the environment, concentrating it within his body by combining it with that of his own Ki. This is done by the vibrational friction caused between the Ki particles in his aura, and the molecules in the air. The molecules of the two materials of different composition tend to stick together on contact due to a form of chemical reaction. This is very close to a chemical bond; the adjacent dissimilar molecules exchange electrons. And when one material is physically moved away from the other, such as the condensing of Ki back into Haruko’s core, it is regarded as friction. The result is that excess electrons are left behind in one material, while a deficit occurs in the other. With the air having developed a slight charge, Haruko releases the stored Ki energy from inside him, causing the previously charged air molecules to become electrically over-stressed and come alive with streams of lightning going off in all directions. Depending on how long Haruko collects radiant Ki, the reach of this spell is positively correlated. A typical discharge with a collection period of 5 seconds will reach a radius of 10 feet, while doubling that time will double the reach. A mage’s body can only store such energy for a given amount of time however, and so the maximum reach of this spell tops out at a charging time of 160 seconds, with a reach of 320 feet. The epicenter of this attack, with a 15 foot radius, will yield the most devastating damage; while to outer rim will only cause little discomfort, described to feel like the shock that occurs when you rub your feet on the rug and touch another surface.

**Advanced Spells**

Raijin's Roar at 20% power
* **Raiju Roar***(雷神の怒り Raiju Gōon)*: Generally used with the script method of Grimoire Magic to allow free use of the hands, this attack can be performed in five different levels dependent on the level of strength desired from the output. For the first stage of the Roar, an output of 20% of full power is released. For this, Haruko will cup his hands together by holding the wrists together and keeping the palms open. She will then extend both of his index fingers towards the center of his palm and begin emitting high speed Ki from both of them, keeping the force contained within the space in front of him. His fingers act like rods for the lightning to bounce back and forth, the particles of energy hitting one another in the space between his fingers, causing the particles to become more excited and give off a great deal of static electricity. Due to the speed and containment of such a spell the Ki will continue bouncing off one another, generating more and more energy and electricity, that after a "charging" time of only 10 seconds this concentrate lightning will have an output of 30,000 amperes for a 20% power blast, also known as **First Strike** (先制攻撃 *Sensei Kōgeki*). Once the charging period is complete, Haruko will push forth a large surge of Ki from the middle of his palms, breaking the containment she had on the mass and sending the blast of lightning forward in a beam towards his target at a speed twice that of a lightning strike. This spell is able to increase it's power and output by increasing the number of "lightning rods", or fingers, that Haruko puts into the palm's space to channel his Ki. When all five fingers are used for this attack, the **Fifth Strike** (フィフスストライキ *Fifususutoraik*i), the electrical output is equal to that of lightning forming at the top of the cloud, a strike that exceeds a billion volts. It's speed makes it an almost sure strike, but even in the wake of the attack, buildings can be leveled in a ten mile radius when Haruko unleashes his Fifth Strike.
* **Lightning Clone** *(雷クローン Kaminari Kurōn)*: A highly advanced technique for that of a mage, this spell allows the caster to construct an almost identical clone of themselves made out of Ki. Akin to the ninja way of **Shadow Clone Jutsu,** a mage will have to expend a great deal of Ki to give shape to a human body. The clone is able to perform physical techniques and interact with the environment due to it having physical substance, and has an Ki network as an exact replica of Haruko, giving it the ability to perform known spells as well. The clone itself is not of its own free will, but is instead directed by original by fluctuating the Ki output of the clone’s construct. Haruko can even send his consciousness through to the clone to give it the ability to speak, but this leaves the original body open to attack as one’s mind cannot be in two bodies at the same time. This is why Haruko will generally hide his real body and send his consciousness to the clone to help use it to assess his targets abilities before getting injured himself. Typically used in combination for a close range, omni directional attack, a clone’s maneuverability and power can be highly advanced depending on the skill of the caster. But this is all dependent on the control of the caster and how well they can keep the clone in their line of vision, because without seeing the environment the clone is inhabiting, their movements would see inorganic and tip off their opponent to the likes of a clone. This technique can be used for more than one clone, however, it will evenly distributes the caster’s magic between each clone, which comes at a cost of weakening the overall effectiveness of the clone and expend a great deal of energy. If the clone is seriously injured, it will revert to its natural lightning-state, at the same time electrocuting whatever it is touching. Haruko has used this as a trap himself, as she will use the clone to latch on to his target and then stab himself in the chest to cause the clone to revert and electrocute his enemy. Another great benefit of this is that a small portion of Ki from the clone is returned to the caster’s body, in which their brain will process the information gathered by the clone. This can help a great deal with intel and even with training on a new technique. As the time to master a technique can be halved if using a clone.
* **Circut Grid***(配電網 Haiden-Mō)*: Chanting the incantation causes a magic circle to appear out in front of him, Haruko releases a tight grid pattern made out of lightning. This grid can expand to cover an area of 35 square feet, with each individual square making up 2 square inches. This is one of the more Ki expensive spells as the individual squares are sealed with pure Ki to solidify the construct of this grid. Meaning that Haruko, at maximum capacity, can only give form to this spell for around 30 minutes. The amount of time greatly decreases as the battle progresses, making it only capable of defending off a short burst attack, rather than a steady stream of attacks. The moment that an offending attack comes into contact with the grid it acts like an elastic net and bounces the foe's power back at them at such a speed that it seems that Haruko had cast it himself. This is due to the high resonant frequency of the Ki, causing it to vibrate at such speeds that the interaction of the energy clouds emitted by the Ki particles will keep them held together, but still allow them to stretch and recoil back into their original form. It is able to affect physical as well as projectile attacks of both magic or non-magic origin, so much as they are within the scope of this spell and an adequate amount of Ki was put into the spell to reinforce it. It is the utmost highest in defensive spell in the proper hands, but should the magical energy of the opponent overwhelm the caster, the Circut Grid will merely shatter, but can slow down the attack enough for the caster to get out of the way. This can act as either an offensive trap, or a defensive wall, making it a very versatile attack. In Haruko’s case the electric lines that make up the grid pattern have the capability of stunning any physical body it comes into contact with, scaring off those who wish to damage his barrier through the means of physical attacks.

**The Book of Zepar**: This purple book holds black and silver music notes around it and is known for holding spells who's melodies and Sound Magic spells could put any mage down. Haruko use's this grimoire when facing difficult foes who are able to counter elemental magic, but have trouble facing vibrational based magics.

**The Lesser Key of Neptune**: As it's name and blue cover would suggest, this grimoire holds the more basic spells of Water Magic that a mage can employ at any time.

* **Aghartha Geyser***(アーアサ間欠泉 Aaasa Kanketsusen)*: This spell allows Haruko to use the groundwater beneath his target to cause devastating effects. By increasing the energy within the molecules until it becomes boiling hot, Haruko will quickly bring the water just to the verge of vaporization, before manipulating it to shoot out of the earth's crust. With great force and speed, the geyser bursts out from under his opponent to throw them into the air with scalding hot water. This spell can continue on for a solid 30 seconds, spitting out almost 1.6 million gallons of water in total, completely scalding those that enter in its wide spanning path. The water itself can cause immediate blistering if a mage has no protection against such a powerful geyser.
* **Flooding Fist**(水竜の浸水拳 *Suiryu no Shinsui Ken*): Haruko collects a large amount of water from the surroundings and causes it to be compressed on his fist. He then releases that compressed water as a large fist made of water towards the opponent, causing major blunt damage and depending on the properties of the water, can cause it to burn or freeze his opponents. He can also cause the fist to freeze, making a large fist of ice rush towards the opponent. He can also utilize this in close range, creating a beam of water that can actually pierce the opponent's body if given enough power.
* **Tsuba Whirlpool** (ジェットバス *Tsuba Jettobasu*): Extending his arms to the sides Haruko forms a large circle of water on the ground beneath the feet of the opponent. Once it has enough power, he will place his hands on the ground, causing the water on the ground to flow upwards into a massive spinning whirlpool that completely surrounds the opponent. At this point it become impossible to both leave or enter the pillar, as attempting to do so will result in being crushed by the power of the waves. Those who are not strong enough to stand are pulled towards to be flooded by expansive pool of water, while those who can stand with be crushed by the rapids if they attempt to leave. Only those with incredible willpower and durability will be able to leave before the user releases them. This is one of Haruko's largest and most powerful attacks.

**Summoning Magic** (換装魔法レキップ, *Rekippu lit. Express Equipmentary Magic*), is used by multiple mages which pertains to the summoning of various types of equipment.This Magic allows the user to store items in a pocket dimension so they can easily summon it at any time, even during battle, which gives them a high level of flexibility in combat. It is said that the user summons the items from a pocket dimension; the notional place that things come from when they are needed, and where they go back to when not. The actual location of where they summon the items is very hard to determine. It contains only a few things, not because it is limited in capacity, but because that is all it is ever used for - for example, this is where the user normally summons the armor and their equipment; withdrawing things even during battle, which gives him a high level of flexibility in combat. However, there is a limit to how much the pocket dimension can store. Requip can be used for simple or for combat-related purposes; and the user may just choose to use it to change their clothing, capable of using it in the midst of battle. The user would often pull any items that they had collected out of nowhere and then they would just vanish without any physical means of transporting them.

**Zoraku Armor**

* **Extreme Speed**: The Zoraku body is adapted towards the rigors of high-speed running, as it is rumored that the beasts with whom the armor is made from were once great hunters that would kill their prey by running circles around them to create a pocket of no oxygen. The cardiovascular and respiratory systems become far more efficient than those of a normal human when clad in this form. The chemical processes within muscles are so highly enhanced and efficient that the body does not produce lactic acid or other harmful byproducts of respiration. The body actually has a modified physiology that allows it to recycle byproducts and use 98% of byproducts from metabolites, making it an efficient machine that can run for hours without replenishment. His joints are smoother and lubricated more efficiently, as well as increased tensile strength on his tendons and muscle fibers to better suit that of high speed exertion. Because of these enhancements, Haruko is able to reach speeds up to 165 MPH in short burst, but can sustain speeds of 135 MPH. Haruko's brain is also slightly modified to be able to process information while traveling at high velocities. His face, particularly his eyes, are protected by the high winds through a streamline B2 metallic mask.
* **Extreme Durability**: The addition of armor is not all that makes this form one of the most durable Take Over's in Haruko's arsenal. The armor itself covers a great deal of Haruko's body, being made of a B2 metallic formation that is 13 percent less dense compared to normal steel, and has almost the same strength-to-weight ratio compared to titanium alloys. This specially heat treated alluminum-steel alloy plating allows Haruko to be lightweight enough to maintain his speed and flexibility, but tough enough to stop a steel blade in its tracks. What isn't covered in metal is protected by cloth made of a Kevlar and microfibrillated cellulose construct, giving it a strength 10 times that of steel. Along with the fact that the bodily tissues of this Take Over is 2.5 times more dense than normal tissue, offers one more line of defense to make this is ultimate form for speed and defense.
* **Blade Enhancement**: With this armor, Haruko gains a far longer Chokuto, holding a length equal to his size at 6 feet 7 inches. This blade is extremely heavy, making it unusable to those who do not possess extreme strength or the ability to equally distribute its weight across their body; such as Haruko through the use of his gauntlets and modified armor. As well as its size, it also gains a subsequent layer of Kinesium that allows the blade to overcome the limiter on its kinetic absorption. With this additional coating the blade is now able to absorb Ki based attacks up to an MPF of 2300, making it highly useful in blocking attacks from typical mages. Although there is still a limit on how much energy the blade can store before needing to be expelled, the quantity is far greater than what it originally is.
	+ **Night Daze** (ナイトボーッ, *Naitobō~Tsu*): With his long sword, Haruko charges his Darkness magic into his blade and swiftly strikes forward, eliciting an effect simillar to Sword Pressure. However, this strike has a fairly unique ability. Due to the speed at which he releases this attack, there is a two fold effect. The first comes from the high pressure wall of energy that hits the target and causes them to become disorientated. This wave create a pulse that shift the endolymph within the three semicircular canals of the ear and cause the hairs within the ampule to depolarize and send a signal through the vestibular nerve, to signal the position of the body. Due to the misalignment, caused by an inappropriate signal to the brain, a person becomes unable to correctly determine his/her body position in space. An additional effect comes due to the fact that the signals originating from the person's visual cortex and the signals coming from ears are not synchronized, the person will experience extreme nausea. The second phase of the attack comes from the onslaught of Darkness Magic that will cause immense pain upon contact, and is sent with so much speed that it is capable of slices through three layers of tempered titanium steel.

## Physical Abilities

**Enormous Magical Power**:

* **Magical Aura***(魔力の霊気, Maryoku no Reiki)*: A Magical Aura is a common term given to the exertion of magical energy into a form outside of Haruko's body that isn't used in the formation of spells. It has been demonstrated by various mages of varying potency, and is a common means of intimidation. A magical aura is created when the body's container of Eternano particles exceeds the limits of what it contains, or is purposefully released by Haruko. Upon doing so, the magical energy surges around the body and is exerted outwards in the form of an aura, which holds considerable pressure surrounding it. Depending on the level of magical power one possesses and the control behind it, it can be used as a means to intimidate another individual, or as a preparation for a powerful spell. A single magical aura can have a wide variety of effects dependent on the power an individual exerts, which will be outlined in the following sections. A standard aura is produced by mages with a moderate level of magical power within their body. By exerting it outward, it forms a thin layer of pressure that can cause one to be intimidated if they aren't a mage, or if they are a rather weak mage. This is generally demonstrated by individuals of Gold strength when they are holding back, or when standard mages are showing that they are entering their full reserves of power. It should be noted that the density of this aura, by a Gold mage, can cause physical attacks to be repelled with notable ease. Haruko, being that of a higher caliber, is able to give off an aura capable of repelling average mage's attacks if he wishes. Although typically not resulting to such wasteful measures, Haruko's aura has been seen to be a red color and dance around him like flames.
* **Second Origin Activation** (二番原解放, *Nibangen Kaihō*): Second Origin is a force known as the "second container" of magical energy in an individual. This container exists due to the mage in question constantly, and passively, absorbing a quantity of magic from the environment to renew their original reserves. Any excess is placed within this container and kept sealed until absolutely necessary, or unlocked through a Second Origin Release spell. This Second Origin, when initially activated, places an enormous level of stress on the body unless it is awoken in gradual amounts, as the body isn't accustomed to handling so much magical energy in the body at one time. This can be circumvented by mages with control of their magic, however, allowing them to restore the magical power as a reserve that can be accessed whenever required, therefore providing an extremely useful back-up. Second Origin Activation can only be taken place, as said before, by mages who have control over their own magical energy. It generally only works when one is in a magic-rich environment and has nearly exhausted their initial supplies. By absorbing a copious quantity of magic from the surrounding environment passively (which can be noticed through a tingling sensation in the body), the user's internal reserves can be released at the same time. This, in turn, allows for an immense quantity of magic to replace the initial, depleting reserves. Notably, one can allow the Second Origin to passively increase the quantity of magic that is within it, so long as it isn't used during this period of time, otherwise it has to accumulate magic once again. The overall effects of activating the Second Origin are quite evident: an enormous boost in magical energy, empowered spells, ability to enhance physical strikes with magical reinforcements, temporarily breaking the "laws" of magic with specific equipment, and the rest. Notably, Second Origin is thought to be powerful enough to make a S-Class Candidate become as strong as a fully fledged S-Class Mage, while making an experienced S-Class Mage even stronger. Though it should be noted that most S-Class Mages are nearing this level of magical power in any case.

**Ki Manipulation:**  From a young age Haruko had been somewhat of a protegee when it came to drawing in ambient Ki from the atmosphere; even able to do it kinetically, rather than through traditional means of meditation. He has the additional capabilities of absorbing Ki into his magical origin, as well as manipulating the Ki for offensive, defensive, and supportive purposes in any way that he wishes; although it still requires a great deal of concentration for him to harness ambient Ki, and so it isn't used in battle frequently. Generally, a magician has an easier time collecting this stray Ki in environments with higher concentrations of it such as the area where a vicious battle between others has progressed. He has however, been able to manipulate his own Ki reserves with great skill, allowing him to execute attacks without excess waste of Ki. At the absolutely highest level, a master magician's Ki prowess functions as a defense against illusions due to their sheer mastery over it, making them all but immune to everything except the strongest of fabrications.

* **Physiological Meliorism** (生理的な改善説, *Seiri-tekina Kaizen-setsu*) :Through the use of this magic a user is able to alter the efficiency of particular cells to allow for greater efficiency of a certain physiological process. Particularly used on the endocrine system, nervous system, muscular system, and skeletal system; this ability is able to effect all anatomical systems to improve a mages performance. This is done through the manipulation of their Ki, allowing their magic to act as a catalyst or substitute substrate in various reactions in the body. This can greatly increase the output and efficiency of cell, as the body is able to use a form that can be replenished slowly through the means of ambient absorption; which is far less finite than the traditional metabolism and production.
	+ **Aldo Mena: Vigilant**- Adrenaline, also known as epinephrine a hormone secreted by the adrenal glands; especially in conditions of stress, increasing rates of blood circulation, breathing, and carbohydrate metabolism and preparing muscles for exertion. So once the mage is able to get control of the glands that secrete adrenaline Haruko may experience effects such as increased blood pressure allowing Haruko to react faster and become faster in general. As vasoconstriction occurs, Haruko may feel a bit stiffer afterwards using this.
	+ **Aldo Mena: Unleashed**- The manipulation of norepinephrine can be used to treat oneself and give Haruko\_ on final push if Haruko is extremely wounded or fatigued. Once Haruko seems like he/she is about to faint or lose a fight due to fatigue the norepinephrine can kick in to increase blood pressure. As norepinephrine is referred to as a "stress" hormone, using an excess amount can lead to organs being worn down faster than usual.
	+ **Aldo Mena: Propogate**- Using Ki as a substitute, a Mage is able to disperse Ki through the epimysium of the skeletal muscles and cause massive depolarization of the muscle fibers which causes the body to utilize all myofibrils during contractions. This can give a Mage an extra 20% increase in brute force, but this comes with a cost. Because a Mage is overriding the body’s natural defense mechanism of not utilizing all muscle fibers, prolonged use of this spell can result in extreme tearing of the muscles and related torque injuries.
	+ **Aldo Mena: Nutriment**- but utilizing substrate substitution or Ki catalysis on the adrenal gland, a Mage is able to increase their levels of cortisol, a steroid hormone. One this spell is in effect, the body will begin gluconeogenesis, allowing the body to have an increased supply of "fuel". Although this can increase the output of muscles, but giving it the copious amounts of energy it needs, it is one of the more risky spells to use; as prolonged use can increase water loss, increase protein and bone degradation, and decrease immune and healing functions. So this spell is best used for a quick boost in power on a final hit.
	+ **Aldo Mena: Inspiration-** By increasing production of erythropoietin in the kidneys and liver, the body is signaled to begin erythropoiesis, or the creation of red blood cells. With physiological meliorism a mage is able to increase their erythropoietin levels to hypoxic condition, which is about 10,000 mU of the hormone per milliliter of blood. This increase red blood cell production by almost 1000 fold, giving the mage a greater capacity for gas exchange, allowing their muscles to perform aerobic respiration and prevent the build up of lactic acid, which causes soreness.
	+ **Aldo Mena: Vitality**- Activating this spell will increase metabolic rate, protein synthesis, bone growth and repair, and increase the body's sensitivity to hormones like adrenaline. The manipulation of these hormones, via substrate substitution or Ki catalysis, will increase protein, fat, and carbohydrate metabolism of the mage's body and improve how cells use energetic compounds.
	+ **Aldo Mena: Vigor**- Manipulating the hormone produced by adipose tissue, a mage is able to increase the concentration of Leptin going to the hypothalamus. Using this spell helps slow down appetite, speeds up lipolysis, and maintain energy homeostasis allowing a mage to fight without fatigue for a greater period of time, while still maintaining substantial enough energy to fight at peak performance.
	+ **Aldo Mena: Overhaul**- Concentrating their Ki on the anterior pituarity gland, a mage can stimulate release of Growth Hormone (GH) to stimulates growth, cell reproduction, and cell regeneration. This allows a mage to recover from injuries and minor wounds within a matter of seconds. The effects of this spell is only highly effective on superficial wounds, yet it can help with deep wounds by increasing the healing process exponentially related to the amount of Ki output.
	+ **Aldo Mena: Alleviate**- This is a two fold modification that helps with releasing greater concentrations of enkephalin, a pain suppressant. This is one of the more difficult spells to master if Haruko wishes to grant instant pain relief. This can be done as a localized spell, or a generalized spell. Haruko will modify their Ki to act as a substitute preproenkephalin, a signal peptide that will cause the cells to release proenkephalin. If wishing to use this a precaution, a user can stop this spell in the first stage and allow their body to naturally create enkephalin through the post-translational modification of proenkephalin. If wanting to grant instant pain relief, Haruko may enter the second stage and use their magic to catalyze the proteases used to cleave peptide bonds on proenkephalin and greatly reduce the time for the opioid peptide to take effect.

**Expert Hand-to-Hand Combatant**:

* **Capoeira**: Being a fast and versatile martial art, this style emphasizes using the lower body to kick, sweep and take down an opponent, while the upper body is used assist those movements and occasionally attack as well. The series of complex positions creates an uninterrupted flow, in order to strike, dodge and move without breaking motion, giving it the characteristics of unpredictability and versatility. The defense is based on the principle of non-resistance, meaning avoiding an attack using evasive moves instead of blocking it. This fighting strategy allows quick and unpredictable counterattacks, giving the mage with the fastest reflexes the upper hand.
* **Aiki-jūjutsu**: Like other forms of jujutsu, it emphasizes throwing techniques and joint manipulations to effectively subdue or injure an opponent. With his rather quick reflexes and movements, Haruko is able to blend his defensive and offensive strike to fluidly neutralize an attack's effectiveness and to use the force of the attacker's movement against him. Some of the art's striking methods employ the swinging of the outstretched arms to create power and to hit with the fists at deceptive angles, this can easily level an opponent by striking vital points. This way Haruko is free to use his knee to pin his opponent, while leaving his hands free to access weapons or to deal with the threat of other opponents. When combined with Capoeira, Haruko can be highly lethal when subduing an opponent by alternating between the swift kicks of Capoeira and the damaging blows done by Aiki-jujutsu.
* **Ki no Michi**  **(**木の道, *Ki no Michi lit. "The Way of the Tree"*) is a martial arts style created by the monks of the Minstrel Mountains. It is said that the monks created it to be an integration of their martial arts practices and the personal expression of their philosophy to "live like that of a tree. Staying sturdy with deep roots, even in the face of a growing storm or scorching sun." This fast paced, flexible style of martial arts focuses on neutralizing an attack early on or using Haruko momentum and predicted trajectory to dodge said attack for a counter. It emphasizes a majority of throwing techniques and joint manipulations, although the use of a mages *Ki*, later realized to be Ki, is of great importance when delivering an effective block or counter. Also of particular importance is the timing of a defensive technique, either to blend or to neutralize an attack's effectiveness and to use the force of the attacker's movement against him. This means that a mage must be of fast body and mind in order to read an opponent’s intentions and movements in order to effectively block.
	+ **God Cedar Cranial Descent** (神杉頭蓋降下, *Kamisugi Tōgai Kōka*): Working best as in immediate counter move to follow an opponent's momentum, however, this move does require a great deal of strength to aid in the execution. As an opponent comes in for an attack, the mage will target the leading foot and scoop one the opponent’s thighs with their free hand. Using the opponent’s momentum to aid in their ascension, the mage will lift their opponent upside down so that their head is the closest point of contact to the earth. The mage will then proceed to drop to their side or back, driving the opponent into the earth on their neck and shoulders, or on the top of their head. If executed properly this move will follow one fluid motion and can leave the opponent with severe dizziness, a concussion, cracked cranium, paralysis, or even death if the opponent happens to land in such a way.
	+ **Great Banyan Dance** (大きなガジュマルの踊り, *Ōkina Gajumaru no Dansu*): Beginning with an Ki pulse from a low-rise kick to the opponent's sternum, a mage is effectively knocked up into the air. Afterwards, the practitioner's moves will differ based on the opening they see. They will typically swivel gracefully to land a kick to the left side of their opponent. This will shift the opponents center of gravity on their fall to cause them fall on their side. On the opponent’s decent, a backhand strike to the face will shift the opponent's body to be parallel with the ground. It finishes with a Ki infused punch to the gut upon the opponent’s impact with the ground. This final blow has been seen to break ribs, and never fails to knock the wind straight out of their lungs. Mages have been seen infusing their own magic into the hits to make this dance much more lethal and powerful.
	+ **Jaya Sri Maha Kick** (ジャヤスリマハキック, *Jayasurimahakikku*): Once the practitioner is able to see an opening, they focus a great deal of Ki into their leg for power, while also maintaining their center of balance and delivers a kick at the opponent's weak spot. The only major weakness of this technique is that Haruko has to focus a great deal of Ki into their legs, forcing them to lower the power given to their arms; this can be covered by an X guarded stance, or use the free leg to block as well. With the swiftness and power concentrated into the leg, this is easily break bones if an opponent holds no defensive protection. This is also a versatile skill that can be used to launch a practitioner into the air with a vertical distance of 45 feet.
	+ **Jōmon Sugi Thrust** (縄文杉の推力, *Jōmon Sugi no Suiryoku*): This technique begins with an open palm uppercut to the opponent's chin at close range. Once the hand is placed against the opponent's chin, the free hand is then used to strike the connected elbow. The force created from both hands is now behind a single point that's in contact with the opponent's chin. Since the hand is already in contact with the opponent's chin, they won't be able to evade the second hit. This is a skillful move to evade a grasp, as your opponent is within range and would not be able to stand the backward force to their spinal column without releasing their hold.
	+ **Chankiri Revenge** (チャンキリ復讐, *Chankiri Fukushū*): With one arm cocked back, and the other extended forward, the practioner throws a punch from the drawn-arrow stance. The mage delivers a swift punch forward to the chest, using a pulse of Ki to knock the wind out of the chest. A swift turn of the hips will send the other hand to dig into the heart with wrist bent and elbow facing downward. The end result can lead to cardiac arrest from blunt trauma to the heart. This move does take a great skill of precision to deliver the second blow through the spacing of the ribs. So a mage must practice on a multitude of targets before delivering such a fatal blow.
	+ **Kannimara Chord Cut** (カニマラコードカット, *Kanimara Kōdokatto*): while in a fighting stance, the lead fist is thrown straight ahead and the arm is fully extended. With fingers extended outward, Haruko covers their hand in a coat of Ki; at the moment of impact, the pronated hand is generally held in a horizontal orientation with the palm facing the ground. The power of this attack comes from it's ability to cut the vessels of it's opponent when executed with enough force. Using two fingers can cut off blood flow until the pressure is released, three can cause severe bruising, four fingers can cut superficial nerves and vessels, and 5 finger can damage muscle fibers.
	+ **Tembusu Mania Blitz** (テンブスブリッツマニア, *Tenbusu Burittsumania*): This strike follows a downward push of the target's own strike by applying fierce pressure to the joints of the target's striking limb and causing it to lose its consecutive momentum. Afterwards, fighter had to stiff his body to its utmost limits on the moment of impact. When the practitioner uses it at the right moment in a strike, all of his joints will be fixed. Although difficult, if done correctly,they will strike with the weight of their whole body. When the strike is covered in Ki, and comes in contact with the water that makes up the human body, it sends a shock wave through the body that can temporarily paralyze the target.

**Spear/Staff Specialist**:

* **Torunku Ryū**: The offensive aspects of the style focus on conditioning Haruko on an instinctive basis to, when fighting with a pole weapon, always keep the opponent within a certain zone of attack to optimize offense while still retaining the ability to defend oneself. By keeping the opponent a comfortable distance away Haruko is able to focus more on offense. Taking advantage of the extended reach of the staff, Torunku-Ryu holds a distinct advantage over weapons with shorter reaches, besetting the enemy with a relentless flurry of vigorous assaults at range. In the interest of pressing the advantage, practitioners of this weapons form are able to close considerable distance in a short space of time relying on pure agility as long as the opponent is within 15 meters of their position. Because of the extended reach of the weapons used in this form Haruko is able to deliver attacks faster than the time it takes for an opponent to cast a spell, forcing the mage to attempt to physically dodge or block Haruko's strike. Thus, this weapons form is extremely effective in closing the distance and forcing a direct physical confrontation. A master of such art can fight fluidly with two polearms at once. The draw back to this form is that Haruko will not be able to fight quite as effectively in extreme close quarters, nor can the advantage be maintained if the opponent's weapon is sufficiently heavy or of similar length to Haruko's. Torunku Ryu is also excellent at defense and evasive maneuvers. The defensive aspects of the style rely on perception and awareness of surroundings. By using deceptively quick sweeping movements Haruko is able to divert force away from their body easily by simultaneously shifting into the least accessible position while also not confronting the force directly when necessary. This can work to defend Haruko even from extremely swift assaults. Haruko can easily alternate between offence and defense, as this form allows for fluid transition. In addition, Haruko is trained to whip the staff around their body so quickly, they are able to block multiple projectiles from several directions easily so long as none are fired from a blind spot. This form is less effective in close quarters or in tight, confined spaces with places to potentially catch the staff weapon and halt its movement. Adept skill in the style allows Haruko to fight on par with close range combat masters on equal terms, and mastery of the style allows Haruko the ability to fight on equal terms with nearly any opponent.
* **Bōjutsu**: The basis of bo technique comes from thrusting, swinging, and striking techniques that often resemble empty-hand movements, following the philosophy that the bō is merely an "extension of one’s limbs". Bōjutsu attacks are often avoided by agile footwork or jumps and returning strikes made at the enemy’s weak points. The bō is typically gripped in thirds, and when held horizontally in front, the right palm is facing away from the body and the left hand is facing the body, enabling the bō to rotate. The power is generated by the back hand pulling the bō, while the front hand is used for guidance. When striking, the wrist is twisted, as if turning the hand over when punching. Bō technique includes a wide variety of blocks, strikes, sweeps, and entrapments. The bō may even be used to sweep sand into an opponent’s eyes.
* **Sojutsu**: Sojutsu focuses on the various uses of the spear in combat, and is one of the principle stance and holding techniques for those who learn the spear. Generally speaking, there are many kinds of spears or, *Yari*, that a mage can use within combat, however, nearly all of them are used in the same way. Haruko holds the bottom of the shaft with one hand and uses the other one near the middle. With the spear held like this, Haruko can keep the weapon between himself and the opponent, giving him a great advantage, and can also move it out of the opponent's range and slash back at them easily.

**Grandmaster Swordsmanship:**  The use of blades is where Haruko shines bright. Through years and years of training, the speed and precision of his strikes are able to inflict a lethal blow on his opponent without hitting a single bone. His power with a sword is also able to produce shockwaves from his strikes to intercept enemy attacks. The tremendous cutting power of Haruko's sword strikes are capable of effortlessly slicing through defenses while pushing them to their absolute limits. His defenses when blocking seems unmatched, and his offense is capable of tremendous precision. Utilizing evasion techniques, with effortless counterattacks, Haruko tends to use his speed to overwhelm the opponent and create an opening for himself.

* **Master Iaijutsu**: One of the principle sword techniques Haruko has at his disposal, this technique is by far his most proficient. Iaijutsu is a combative sword-drawing art, but not necessarily an aggressive art, because iaijutsu is also a counterattack-oriented art. Iaijutsu technique may be used aggressively to wage a premeditated surprise attack against an unsuspecting enemy. This fits in well with Haruko's nature as she is never one to initiate attack without reason, and this art allows him to focus on counter attacks.
* **Jikishinkage-ryū**: This is mainly learned to teach a mage footwork and breathing. The footwork used in the Jikishinkage-ryū style and can be translated as *law, rule or method (for) transporting, conveying or carrying ('walking')*. It is stressed that both feet stay firmly planted on the ground at all times. The kiai consists not only of the shouting, like most martial arts, but of the proper way of inhaling and state of mind as well. Every kata has two distinct roles called uchidachi, the striking/attacking sword, and shidachi, the doing/receiving sword. Roughly, the swordsman draws a semicircle (upwards or downwards) with both their right hand (holding the sword), and their left hand (free). They finish the movement with his arms extended, the sword pointing upwards, and the free hand's index finger pointing downwards. They represent all the things in heaven and all the things in earth, and the practitioner in the center of everything. Another typical technique is both arms movement in which uchidachi raises with both arms and receives the subsequent uchikomi with the side of the blade. This results in thrusting the left arm forwards and turning both arms outwards to allow to absorb shidachi's cut which is in kiritsuki style like performed by a kaishakunin.
* **Hokushin Ittō-ryū**: Hokushin Ittō-ryū is a very intense dueling style, which focuses on simple and fast techniques where no unnecessary movements are made. Controlling the enemy’s center line with the Kiri-Otoshi and dominating him with extremely fast tsuki-waza are the signature techniques of this ryūha. The principles of this style are that a perfect technique should contain defense and offense in one action.
* **Air Slicer** *(エアスライサー Easuraisā)*: His power with a sword is on par with that of any branch master, and she can also put forth a great deal of power behind his strikes. An example of this is his power to swing his sword with such great force that it creates a concentrated air current that is capable of slicing through objects in his path; regardless of if the blade actually hits the target or not.
* **Shield Breaker** (シールドブレイカー, *Shīrudo Bureikā*): Shield Breaker is one of Haruko's most powerful sword attacks; when using it, Haruko charges eternano into his blade, then she unleashes a mighty overhead slash, which causes a decent-sized explosion of lightning upon impact. Haruko takes a bit of recoil from the explosion, but because it is his own magic, the effects are minimal.
* **Marvelous Combination** (マーベラスコンビネーション, *Māberasu Konbinēshon*): Marvelous Combination is a unique sword technique, as it consists of four different attacks chained together. The attacks simply change the motion trail of his sword, but swiftly moving the blade along with alternating wrist and pivot movements, it is extremely challenging to tell which angle the blade will be striking from. If the first hit connects, it is nearly impossible to escape the rest of the combo. This is a combination based on speed and misdirection, making it one of the most versatile moves for Haruko.
* **Kitsune Slash** (狐スラッシュ, *Kitsune Surasshu*): Kitsune Slash is a sword technique which is most notable for it's quick execution; almost as fast as the speed of lightning. When using it, Haruko quickly gathers his magical energy within his feet and leaps up, expelling the magical energy as a sort of boost, flying quickly upwards with his blade extended out horizontally beneath the enemy. Kitsune Slash is best used point blank if it's meant to be used as an attack, since there is a greater chance of hitting the target with the edge of the blade. Haruko can adjust his trajectory anywhere from directly upward to a 45 degree diagonal on either side, at the expense of some vertical distance.

**Intelligence**:

**Resounding Strength**:

**High Pain Tollerence and Heightened Sensation**: Haruko has shown excessively high pain tolerance, with markedly decreased endogenous concentrations of nociceptin (pain-activating neurotransmitter) and extraordinarily high levels of enkephalin and anandamide (natural biologically-occurring pain relievers), which both serve to decrease pain reception. Furthermore, their thalamus show super-threshold afferent and efferent innervation, especially to the eye, ear, nose, and somatosensors, thus increasing the ability of their central nervous system to receive and integrate external sensory stimuli. This increased perception time, in combination with their heighten impulse speed, has given them a reaction time of 0.047; a time twice that of the average human.

**Impressive Stamina and Endurance**: When studied his muscles were shown to express extensive and continual neovascularization and increased mitochondrial proliferation, accelerating both short-duration and long-duration muscular contraction by capillary perfusion and readily available creatine phosphate. This ideal physiology grants him greater stamina, allowing him to operate at peak capacity for several hours without fatigue or assistance from his Ki. This has been obtained through countless years of high intensity interval training at various altitudes and conditions to expose his body to various environments to help shape it into that of an elite athlete. This training has also greatly affected his heart in a way that the size of his left ventricle is far greater than that of an average human; greatly increasing his stroke volume and cardiac output, allowing for him to send more hemoglobin rich blood to transport oxygen to his muscles and increase his endurance. When functioning at high intensities, such as during his sparing session with his guards, this comes in great help as this endurance training has helped his body maximize the efficiency in both his aerobic and anaerobic metabolism. This means that his body has an efficient metabolic cycle that can prevent muscle depolarization and can help keep up with the production of lactic acid that causes post exercise fatigue. His body will be able to stand a high level of exertion, such as long distance running, for a total of 12 hours without the need for a break. Haruko thinks that he could potentially run for three days straight without feeling tired, with a speed of about 6.5 meters per second (14.5 mph), if he were to truly push his body to its limits without sleep. But is this endurance and stamina that allows him to outlast even the most conditioned of foes, and will prevent him from missing a step in combat due to physical or mental fatigue.

**Keen Body Regulation**: Haruko has been known to control his breathing and heart rate to that of an arctic free diver. Having been trained in assassination techniques are expected to be able to regulate his breathing and body temperate to withstand the potential problems that would arise in the environments that the special operations organization is named after. One trick that he has learned is the ability to induce the mammalian diving reflex, which happens when your face is submerged in cold water, outer blood vessels constrict, directing blood away from the extremities and towards the heart and brain. The heart rate slows, reducing the rate at which oxygen is pumped around the body. By controlling his muscle contractions and his mammalian diving reflex, he is even able to survive in cold environments for an extended period of time by directing blood flow to his core. With training, Haruko became an experienced breath-holders by being able to drop his heart rate by twice that of non-divers upon immersion in cold environments. He is now able to hold his breath for 11 minutes and 24 seconds in a stationary breath-holding competition, something that is also known as “static apnoea”. This also comes from the induced hyperventilation that allows him to perform a prolonged breath hold. This is because the brain monitors the amount of carbon dioxide in the blood to decide when to trigger the gasp reflex. Purging this carbon dioxide with rapid deep breathing increases how long you can go before the urge to gasp becomes irresistible. And his large lungs is a natural advantage, which can allow him to survive underwater, in toxic gas environments, or in high altitudes far longer than that of an untrained individual.

**Immense Durability**: His joints and bone structure have adapted to such strain he puts on his body, as the cells within his joints produce a higher amount of hyaluronic acid, lubricin, proteinases, and collagenases to increase the replacement of synovial fluid at an unimaginable rate. This helps cushion impacts on the skeleton, preventing Haruko from suffering severe damage during hits far greater than that of the layman; giving him the ability to outlast other opponents in his missions. His body has also undergone extreme ossification of his bones due to the weight pushed upon them from constant training, allowing his body to act as a physical shield against the force of his opponent punches and kicks. This enhanced structure makes him resistant to blunt force trauma and allows him to fight beings with superior strength without being instantly decimated. This increased density allows him to withstand 5,000 Newtons (1,125 lbs) of force, that of a professional boxer’s hardest punch, without breaking; or even withstand the kick of a professional kickboxer, clocking in at a max of 9,000 Newtons, with only heavy bruising. One of the surprising factors of his durability comes from his mental clarity. He is able to prevent the tensing of his muscles and joints during a fall or incoming blow; the flexibility helping to cushion the impact on the spinal column, joints, brain, and internal organs. This mental control allows him to walk away rather unscathed from being thrown into a wall, or falling from a few stories up with the extent of only a broken bone or two.

**Master Assassin**:

**Master Acrobatic Skills/Superb Flexibility**:

**Incredible Speed**: