Shady

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## Physical Information

**Shady** is fighter participating in the **Ministry Succession Tournament**. Fighting in 4th match of 1st round.

## Personality

In the past Hanzo was a cheerful if not a bit shy kid. Once he was abducted, he was forced to undergo training and tortures, at first he cried until his eyes dried up, but soon he grew accustomed to the regiment and his emotions were sealed. His only purpose was to serve the Iga clan and be obedient to the Iga clan leaders. After he was betrayed by the Iga clan he was lost at first, having lost the purpose of his being and home. He wanted to find his purpose, which Fuyuki helped him. Fuyuki became a precious person to him, teaching him what he missed. Hanzo, despite being an adult and part of the Iga clan, possesses a child-like innocence which Fuyuki finds adorable. Hanzo was having trouble coming up with idea that he fell in love with a kitsune, thinking it was mere sexual attraction or gratitude which he thought was what he really felt. Fuyuki herself was confused by that but waited patiently.

Once the Onmyoji attacked he knew for sure that what he felt was indeed love, he regretted not confessing that to her earlier as they died in a loving embrace. In Valhalla he desperately looked for Fuyuki, feeling despair from missing his beloved one. He asked everyone he found. However the one who helped him was Ethelhelm Nerva, the Germanic God of darkness. If he promised allegiance to him, he would tell him the rumors where Fuyuki was last seen. Hanzo immediately moved and searched intensively for his sweet-heart. When he found Fuyuki, she was miserable, famished and in shackles. He swore to pay-back the offender a thousand folds after he saved Fuyuki that is. However he found himself fighting the demon, for the third time in life he was furious. Voices inside his head were telling him to slaughter the demon, wrath was filling him as the enemy was still standing, mocking his strength. Hanzo let himself become the worst in order to defeat his opponent. He regretted the fact he injured his dear Fuyu and swore to never use that form. He felt gratitude towards Ethelhelm and swore allegiance towards him. Hanzo was overjoyed by the birth of his son, crying like a child when he saw his first-born. He wanted the best for him, the reason why he served Ethelhelmas he was able to make a decent living for his family. When his 1st daughter was born, he swore to never let any bad boys near her and coddled her a lot. After the end of the tournament he moved to the Cube which was much more stable than previously devastated Valhalla and had many opportunities for his family.

## Backstory

Hanzo was born in a village from Shimagahara, in the Mie prefecture. At an early age he was abducted and became a member of the Iga clan, being trained and tortured in order to become a killing weapon. As a Iga shinobi he was above average, but nothing on the prodigy level, it was enough for him to undergo Anbu training, learning true ninjutsu. He wasn’t interested in learning all techniques and decided to stay with the basics. During his time as Ninja he knew that he lacked something, ignoring the gnawing feeling inside of him. Hanzo continued his jobs as that emptiness occupied his mind. One day, he couldn’t keep with his feelings and announced that he would resign.

The Iga clan leader was surprised, but accepted that. However, he wanted Hanzo to go on last mission, throwing a party during which his sake was poisoned with weakening poison. It was a slow acting poison which would start taking effect once he arrived at job location. Ambushed by a couple of bandits, he noticed having difficulties with fending them off, managing to kill a few of them before succumbing to wounds he received, bleeding out. His consciousness was fading out slowly and darkness encompassed his sight. He died as a decoy for a daimyo, or at least that is what was supposed to happen.

A dark aura enveloped him and caused his body to disappear in shadows. Now he lacked a purpose and place to return as he was meant to die there. He thought his last moments were there, and closed his eyes, expecting death to take him. However, he woke up from his dream alive,  as he was lying on the bed and a kitsune *(a fox deity)* was near him. Hanzo's instinct wanted him to move and attack but he couldn’t even lift a finger. Surprisingly, the kitsune *(named Fuyuki)* took care of him instead of ending his life. Though he at first mistrusted her intentions, it wasn’t long till he learned to tolerate her presence. Hanzo decided to attend a nearby dojo in order to overcome his powerlessness. He was too reliant on ninjutsu, which left him weak in open fights. He learnt kenjutsu from the dojo master while Fuyuki taught him Majutsu *(Demon Arts.)* As time passed on, Hanzo and Fuyuki grew closer by the day, to the point both started to develop certain feelings for each other, but without any of them having the bravery to admit it. However their peaceful life didn’t last long, as an Onmyoji group found an increased amount of demon energy in their area and soon targeted the pair, mistaking them for actual harmful demons. They both resisted the attacks of the exorcists and eventually managed to kill every Onmyoji sent after them, but they ended up so wounded their bodies couldn’t stand anymore. Both he and Fuyuki died in an embrace, with Hanzo regretting not having been able to confess his feelings before passing away.

Hanzo then appeared in Valhalla, but found himself alone, without any presence of Fuyuki. Still regretting what he couldn’t confess in his mortal life, he decided to search for the kitsune and spent all of his time looking for her, asking every inhabitant from Heaven he found, from deities, to demons, to deceased human souls. As he kept searching for her, he kept polishing his abilities, still finding some enemies who wanted to end him for their amusement. Despite this he defeated everyone who stood in his path and became stronger and stronger. He looked for years and finally found her, but, to his horror, realized she was a slave to a cruel dragon demon lord (*Ryuusei*) situated in Valhalla.

Full of rage, he kept training to properly face the draconic entity, always thinking in Fuyuki. After believing he was strong enough, he went to the home of the demon and, following his ninja ways, sneaked into his house and slaughtered all of the guards, eventually reaching the chamber where the demon resided. However, the demon, who had a foresight ability, anticipated this and attacked him on the spot as soon as Hanzo entered his room. Their subsequent battle was bloody and fierce, but the dragon eventually gained advantage. Running out of options, Hanzo decided to use his forbidden technique, “*Kageoni no Gita*”, which turned him into a bloodthirsty oni-like creature. With his newfound strength, he turned the tables on the demon and crushed him ruthlessly. However, even with the demon gone, he turned mad and was about to cause a mayhem in Valhalla, until he found someone hugging him behind his back and telling him to stop, sobbing. He turned his gaze and found a tearful Fuyuki, who told him he could stop his rampage and be the one he normally was. His conscience returned for a moment but it soon faded as he clawed Fuyuki's face. She knew she had to knock some sense into him, now that Hanzo broke her shackles she could use her energy freely, although she wasn’t at her peak form. Her tails manifested, forcibly growing 9 tails as her form was illuminated by white aura, as if she was a follower from Inari Okami. They clashed for a while they were equal but slowly Hanzo overpowered her, she had no other choice than use white flames even if it hurt her too. She threw magatama shaped flames at the Fake-Oni and made his spirit burn, as she didn’t want to kill him. Fuyuki hoped that Hanzo would return before the flames burned him from inside. Hanzo started to recollect what happened as flames consumed him. He was overcome by regret and the harm he caused to his Fuyuki. Hanzo returned to his old self and hugged the fox girl in tears, finally confessing his feelings for her, feelings Fuyuki also reciprocated. Swearing to never leave or hurt her again, both Hanzo and Fuyu left the demon’s mansion and went to form their own home. Here they married and eventually created a family.

However, his feat of murdering a demon lord didn’t go unnoticed. Soon, many started to fear him, while others tried to recruit him for their causes, seeing potential in Hanzo’s skills. However, he rejected them all, just wanting to live in peace with his loved ones. Soon, the war between Nuwa Genesis and Ethelhelm Nerva started. He decided to swear allegiance to Ethelhelm, as he offered to keep his family safe as long as he fought for him. He was so good that Ethelhelm had thought about using him in an assault on Genesis himself, but Hanzo refused to take part in it due to his wife’s pleas, as she feared for his life if he were to confront the full power of Nuwa's forces.

Years passed after the wars, and Albert Graff, now head of the powerful organization known as the Ministry, decided to recruit Hanzo, believing he would be a powerful asset for his organization. Obviously it didn’t work well at first, as Hanzo wanted to be left alone and away from trouble. It took many tries and a lot of convincing to get Hanzo into the Ministry, as he refused every one of them. Eventually, they came to an agreement. Graff would guarantee to keep Hanzo’s family wealthy and safe, while Hanzo would act as an enforcer of the Ministry in case of crisis. Graff put in a lot of money for that, and, in fact, he went bankrupt for a while due to that. Now, having money and protection, Hanzo (now known as Shady by his Ministry associates) is a happy man, loyal to Graff and his cause.

## Abilities

**Above Average Strength:** Hanzo during his lifetime hadn’t many opportunities to use his strength, as he killed his targets with weapons. However he’s capable of sending people flying few meters back and overpowering grown adults with ease.

**Average Endurance:** Hanzo is able to take hits, however due to his training he was trained to evade rather than take them head on. While his stamina is impressive for an average human, he can last less than 30 minutes fighting and half of that time fighting at peak performance.

**High Speed & Agility:** Hanzo specialty, as a ninja, had to hone his speed and reflexes to its utmost limits, reacting almost instantaneously and moving at high speeds.

**Ninjutsu Expert:** A secret arts taught only to Ninja, in most schools of thought they're a set of skills and diversion techniques required for Ninja, however in a certain school of thought *Ninjutsu* is on the border of magic, hidden art meant to be considered nothing more than fiction.

**Majutsu Practitioner:** Sorcery is an obscure art in Japan due to the association with demons, while Onmyodo is a more known magic system as Onmyoji purged heretics practicing Majutsu, Hanzo has affinity for Shadows and indirectly Light.  He isn't an expert at it as at most he can manipulate shadows although he’s able to coat his blade in energy.

**Katana Proficiency:** While he was trained in Kenjutsu when he was a ninja. His proficiency grew when he left the Iga clan, learning a few techniques and creating his own secret techniques (*hiden*). Secret techniques have 3 acts(ichidanme, nidanme, sandanme), since they are meant to be used in succession, overwhelming the enemy with their power and intensity.

## Equipment

**Hyakuya no Kage** *(Hundred Nights Shadow)*: **Cursed Blade**, originally it wasn’t a cursed blade. It was katana he found in cave which wasn’t that much different from usual katana, However absorbing Hanzo energy turned it into **Kokuto** *(Black blade)* and anyone else other than Hanzo was surprised by temperament of blade, as it expressed it’s force upon potential wielder and sucked energy from user. Only those who could dominate the blade were worthy of wielding it.

**Hosha-ha** *(Radiant Blade)*: **Newest addition,** pure white blade which reflects light. Hosha-ha is *wakizashi(sword shorter than katana.)* At first Hanzo couldn’t use Hosha-ha due to the purity this blade had, it was hard for him to use the blade as his spirit was hurt by it’s pure light. However he was able to use it without being hurt by it once he fell in love with Fuyuki, as his spirit was much more pure compared to it’s past self. He has to train intensely to be able to use this blade efficiently

## **Techniques**

### **Ninjutsu**

**Kage Bunshin** (*Shadow Clone*): Hanzo creates exact replicas of himself, this technique has 2 variants: **Fake;** which makes a clone covered in shadows a lower costing technique. **True;** which creates a perfect copy of the caster, however this variant is rather costly as it divides energy in half for every clone.

**Kawarimi** (*Substitution*) Hanzo swaps his place with objects, people or clones. Peak effectiveness is 15 meter radius and cast time is almost instant, which means a seasoned warrior can predict where Hanzo would appear.

**Henge** (*Transformation*): Hanzo transforms himself into another person, however he can’t transform himself into a woman. This technique is imperfect and can’t fool people who know the person very well or know the person's features/certain injuries.

**Gōkakyū no Jutsu** (*Great Fireball*): Hanzo gathers energy and expels it in the form of flames, usually the range of it is 5 to 15 meters, having limited effectiveness over longer ranges.

**Moguragakure no Jutsu** *(Hiding like a mole)*: Hanzo changes earth into fine sand by channeling energy into it, allowing the user to dig through it like a mole. This effect goes around the body (not just the hands), making it just large enough for a person to move through. The user can pinpoint where they are, despite being underground, by sensing the magnetic forces. They can also sense what is happening on the surface and use that information to launch a surprise attack on the enemy

**Suidan** *(Water Bullet)*: Hanzo gathers energy and expels it in the form of a powerful water torrent aimed towards its intended target. It’s range is from 5 to 30 meters.

**Doryuheki** *(Earth Wall)*: Hanzo places hands on the ground and causes earth to rise in the form of a wall. The smallest sized wall is 3 meters tall and 3 meters wide. The bigger walls consume more energy.

### **Majutsu**

**Kageoni no gita** (*Shadow Demon Mimicry*): Hanzo's energy flows inside and transforms him, he massively bulks up and grows two white horns on his forehead while his teeth become more wild and sharp. His nails turn into claws. During this form he becomes moodier and more blood-lusted.

**Kagemane** *(Shadow binding)*: User manipulates their shadow across a surface to merge it with a target or targets' shadow and causes the target to become paralysed.

**Kagegakure** *(Shadow Hiding)*: User steps in shadow before disappearing inside shadows, allowing him to travel through shadows, he can’t attack while inside shadows. He can also store inanimate objects within his shadows.

**Kagenegi** *(Silhouette)*: User covers the blade in an energy shroud, blade doesn't cast shadow. having merged with the shadow it is 2 times stronger and faster.

### **Kenjutsu**

**Kage-ryu ichi no kata: In** (*Shade*): Hanzo slashes wider than intended target, giving the opponent obvious to exploit weak-spot, only for it to serve as feint to counterattack.

**Kage-ryu ni no kata: Yoru-ame** (*Night Rain*): Hanzo performs multiple thrusts at once giving the opponent the impression as if it is a rain of blows.

**Kage-ryu san no kata: Kuro-Uzumaki** (*Black Whirlpool*): Hanzo gathers energy and releases black energy arc, resembling a whirlpool in pattern. It’s covering around 6 meters in diameter

**Kage-ryu shi no kata: Zashō-shi** (*Death Stranding*): Hanzo targets the joints of enemy, infecting them with demon energy while also dealing wounds which would lead to profuse bleeding and cause slow, painful death.

**Kage-ryu hiden ichidanme: Tasogare** (*Twilight*): Hanzo unsheathes Radiant blade gathering energy in it and dashes forward at immense speed and decapitates the enemy or cuts them in half faster than they can react and then sheathes it back. While executing this technique Hanzo presence completely disappears and only appears at the moment of impact.

**Kage-ryu hiden nidanme:  Nisshoku** (*Eclipse*): Hanzo unsheathes Hundred Shadows and gathers energy in it before releasing a crescent moon wave. It is called Eclipse because the energy wave covers big range.

**Kage-ryu hiden sandanme: Hikari to yami no yūwa** (*Harmony of light and darkness*): Hanzo unleashes sword beam from Radiant blade then rushes at enemy and slashes him with both swords. Stabbing enemy with Hundred Shadows which destroys enemy on molecular level.

## Trivia

* Average Monogamy Enjoyer
* Likes to wear drippy kimono
* If Shady was to fight Kenji in a city area, he would have decent chance. Kenji surpasses him at swordsmanship but Hanzo is better warrior. It wouldn't be that great if they fought in rather small open area as Hanzo wouldn't have way to use his ninja abilities effectively.