Isaki Shiro

*"A torch has a flame... and if you carry it for too long, it runs out... so what would you do before it flames out? You pass it on."*
—Isaki Shiro
**Isaki Shiro** (**白 イサき**) was a samurai and the distant grandfather of Lance White.

## Biography

### Early Life

Isaki was born around the beginning of the Tokugawa period of Japan, and was raised from a small child up to the age of 18 to protect himself from thieves who commonly attacked his village. He would be trained intensively, for the longest time of each day. He could not eat sweets, dairy foods, meat, or anything that could lead to body odor. He was on a strict diet of whole grain rice and vegetables.

### Origins

Growing older, he would find a job in the city of Kibō no Toshi, as a samurai officer, and worked intensively to stop those who defied city law. Eventually one day he met a criminal who gave him a scar that ran down the right side of his head to the bottom of the right cheek. He was taught Bushido (a martial art taught exclusively with two-handed blades) by the Commissioner himself, to prevent this attack from ever happening again.

At the age of 34, he would loosen his faith on the law, after finding they executed a fellow officer for a false reason. The lie was, the officer was leaking information about Project Raging Fire, an event that would change the history of Kibō no Toshi. Project Raging Fire was planned out to make the citizens of Kibō no Toshi form into protests, riots, and eventually the assassination of the Daimyo who was present at the time, who was accused to be passing unjustifiable laws. This would render the officers hands free of needing to do anything, besides sending the citizens into a chaotic mood. The prime objective before the project was to be initiated, was to terminate everyone spreading rumors, and leaking information, it turned out the first officer to leak information was a sergeant, deemed to be hung for 'brutality'.

Isaki would soon leak information after being informed, and the Commissioner would come to Isaki's home, to blind him turning him into a Zatōichi (座頭市) - an incredibly skilled blind swordsman.

### Death

Isaki would die at the end of Project Raging Fire, from old age, after carrying his son to the mountains for safety.

## Personality

Isaki was taught bushido, the code of honor and morals developed by the Japanese samurai. He therefore a warrior who embodied integrity, respect, courage, honor, compassion, honesty, sincerity, duty and loyalty. Isaki also had leadership traits, having led a group of like-minded individuals including the neko Kabi, the marksman Ruzo, and the archer Kato. As a former samurai, Isaki was optimistic in the face of adversity.

## Powers and Abilites

### Powers

*"Isaki saw without eyes almost his entire life."*
—Lance White
* **Superhuman Senses** Isaki, after being turned blind, gained extremely accurate senses through lifelong training. Hence, he was able to perceive the world around him without sight.
	+ **Superhuman Hearing:** Isaki's hearing was highly refined and allowed him to identify the people around him.
	+ **Superhuman Smell:** Isaki's olfactory senses were highly refined, allowing him to smell quite a few things that are unnoticed by normal people.
	+ **Superhuman Touch:** Isaki could feel the presence of those around him supposedly through vibrations and air currents, although the exact nature of his acute sense of awareness was undetermined. He could predict attacks by feeling the air pressure generated from an enemies' attacks.
	+ **Superhuman Taste:** Isaki could analyze food precisely with his taste.
	+ **Superhuman Balance:** Isaki's sense of balance was enhanced, giving him perfect equilibrium, coordination, dexterity, reflexes and agility, despite his advanced age.
* **Inodorosity:** Isaki had no body odor due to the strict diet he was placed upon in his youth.
* **Chi Manipulation:** Isaki could tap into chi, the energy of life itself, to perform the Seiken.

### Abilities

* **Master Martial Artist** As a former samurai, Isaki was an immensely skilled and experienced martial artist, being trained in bushido and likely Jujutsu. Even at his advanced age and blind, he remained an extremely dangerous warrior. Using his enhanced senses, Isaki was constantly aware of his opponents.
	+ **Sword Mastery:** Isaki was extremely skilled in the use of swords despite his blindness. With his katana he was able to to take on multiple opponents concurrently.

## Techniques

* **Seiken:** Like father like son, Isaki has mastered the ability of the wind, and can use the wind around him during storms to pierce through solid ice, trees, and even severely dent metal. If used properly, he can break a fleet of enemy's weapons, assuming they carry swords, spears, etc.
* **Taiko Shuffle:** With this technique, Isaki harnesses the unending, infinite power in White Fox, his legendary blade. This highly, severely increases his focus, pumping him with adrenaline, in his vision it slows down the enemy's strike at the right time, allowing him choose to block or dodge exactly when needed. It also allows him time to calculate where to strike, not just boosting his evade, but heightening his dexterity and offensive attacks.

## Equipment

### Weaponry

* **White Fox:** Isaki wielded his family's katana, which would eventually be passed down to his descendant, Lance.

## Relationships

* Hiroto Shiro † - Descendant
* Lance White - Descendant

Allies* Kato Takuza (タクザカトー)
* Kabi (カビ)
* Ruzo (ルぞう)

## Trivia

* Isaki was similar to Yamamoto Kansuke (山本 勘助), a blind swordsman known for dispensing justice on his own terms, a Sengoku period samurai from the 16th century.