Hitoshi Shino

Hitoshi is an Ex paladin from the Order of the Rising Gods, He travels Greenveil and the surrounding area making sure others stay out of harms way and saves those he can. Along with his pet undead Squirrel Ralph whom is vastly more intelligent then your average Squirrel. Despite being a disgraced Paladin he is exceptionally strong being well versed in swordsman ship, Potion brewing, Weapon/armor Smithing and is capable of using multiple forms of magic. He now sets out to revolutionize weapon smithing by imbuing metals or other materials with the power of Monsters, magical beings, and other things around the world.

## Appearance

Hitoshi has medium length black hair with a red Highlight that was placed on him when he was part of the order. He has green eyes with a scar over his Nose, and several others on his face showing that he's been on many adventures. Moving down he Wears a white tunic with a black leather jacket over it, when in combat he often wears light chest armor with a pauldron on his right shoulder and a light shoulder plate on his left shoulder. further down he wears black pants and leather boots, but when in combat lines his belt with throwing knives and bottles of flammable oils, also wearing light armored boots.

## Backstory

Hitoshi was born into the Shino family branch of the Order of the Rising Gods, one of the most well respected families in the order. He was expected to be like the other members of his family and would be trained to be as strong as possible. The Shino family practiced many fields such as, Potion brewing, Swordsmanship, and magic. These are the field Hitoshi was going to have to master if he was going to be a successful paladin in not just his families eyes, but the entire orders eyes as well. By the time he was 6 he had mastered Potion brewing and was even able to brew the special potion that his family used in battle to enhance their senses, magic abilities and strength. This potion is called God tears, the Potions formula is still kept secret to this day and only Shino family members are allowed to know it. When it came time to test his Swordsman ship skills his was the first Shino family member to achieve full marks before the age of 10 and went on to also master fire magic before 11 as well. The order was pleased by Hitoshi's results and saw fit to give him The mark of Kenovir the God of will and strength, this ceremonial mark is most often given to the older members of the order after turning 16. He was the first member of the Order to ever get the mark at the age of 10. Hitoshi would spend the next few years training with the best members of the order, refining his skills and learning more about the gods he was to worship. The order he belonged to believed that soon the gods would end their Millennia long silence, and that they would demand powerful warriors to rise up to defend the world from a powerful threat. It was during this time he would learn several languages of the gods, and be given his first test.

He was sent on a supply run to grab herbs, food, weapons and armor. On his way back he was surprised by some "Bandits" trying to harm a noble woman, they wanted to force her to give them her a portion of her wealth and valuables. When he saw this happen he grabbed a sword from the wagon and went to help the woman. While the bandits were distracted with the woman he hit one of the bandits on the head knocking them out and proceeded to engage one of the other bandits. When Hitoshi was busy with the other bandit another tried to attack him from behind, lucky he managed to use his fire magic in time to burn the bandit badly enough he couldn't hurt him, but while he was distracted the bandit grabbed him and threw him against a tree knocking the wind out of him briefly. Hitoshi some what panicked now he recovered and went up the tree, the bandit had tried to charge Hitoshi so when he climbed the tree instead of impaling the boy the bandit got his sword stuck in the tree. Hitoshi saw an opportunity and jumped down with his sword and impaled the bandit through the neck quickly killing him. The final two bandits stood there shocked to see that 14 year old boy was able to kill 3 grown men with barely any injuries, but they soon snapped out of it and they both charged him thinking they could overwhelm him. Unfortunately for them he had regained his composure swiftly dodging their attacks, he blocked one with the flat of his blade and cut off one of their arms, then proceeded to duck under the others strike sliding between his legs. After which he slashed the bandits back giving him a the chance to follow up with another attack this time cutting the back of the bandits neck severing the spinal cord. The bandit with a severed arm lay on the ground writhing in pain looked at the 14 year old boy in fear and begged for mercy. At this point Hitoshi was very angry and didn't listen to the plies of the injured bandit proceeding to kill him. Once he tied up the unconscious bandit for questioning later he checked on the noble woman who was traumatized by what just happened. It took him awhile to calm down the woman but when he did he was able to get her to her home safely.

After leaving the noble woman's house he went back to his fortress with the supplies and told the orders leader about his ordeal. Pleased with the young Hitoshi's accomplishment he named him a full fledged paladin and was now able to be sent on official Order missions. While it pleased his family Hitoshi wasn't sure how to feel about this development. Over the next 7 years Hitoshi would be sent on countless missions, ranging from protecting Religious figures, holy kings and the pope of churches who support their cause to slaying beasts of all types. Some missions weren't so holy though, he would occasionally be sent on missions to wipe out whole villages with other members of the order because they were deemed to heretic places of worship. Despite being one of the most powerful Paladins in the order, but he wasn't happy with his life, he was forced to worship gods most weren't sure are actually still around and sent on missions with questionable motives. One mission though would push him past his limits....

After that mission he left the Order and Rejected the gods, he set out to start a new life and so he needed change of scene. He traveled to Fortunata and became an Adventurer, he spent the next 5 years taking on jobs and learning skills, one of importance to him was weapon smithing, asked a great Smith who had many years of experience to teach him. But suddenly one night he was taken from the inn where he slept and he wasn't seen by anyone again.

## Personality

Hitoshi has always been a kind person, he places others well being other over his and often forgets his own weakness when in a fight. Which means if he gets hurt he just pushes on and perseveres. Despite being a relatively reasonable person, he can't stand the gods or anyone who tries to force their belief in them on others. Which can lead to them being injured in his anger. If there was one good thing to come from his up bringing it's ability to learn extremely quickly sometimes able to pick up a new skill in only a few days or weeks. If anything changed when he lost his memory it's his lack of a darker side to him. Due to his past he was actually very lenient with his morals when it came to killing others before he became a full fledged paladin he was very reluctant to kill unless it was in self defense, but after taking on many missions for the order he was more willing to kill.

## Powers and abilities

Hitoshi is an exceptional swordsman with the ability to use magic, and after acquiring his mana core along with pure mana he is able to unlock the full extent of his magic. As of right now he is able to use lightning magic, fire magic and water magic, but an ability unique to Hitoshi alone is the ability to unlock the true potential of any weapon he imbues his power into. There are 3 stages to this, the first comes in the form of a simple stat boost known as "Release Embers", this stat boost allows him to use devastating attacks to cut through most forms of protection such as mana reinforcement, light armor and even some forms of heavy armor. The second stage is "True Embers", this allows him to unlock the hidden powers of the weapon he imbues the core with, this then in turn unlocks an ability hidden within the weapon. Finally the last stage is "Full Evolution", this further enhances the weapons power and also grants Hitoshi a temporary defensive ability called "True Armor". This takes the power of what the weapon was made of and forms armor around Hitoshi's body, as of right now Hitoshi can only use this for a few minutes but with practice he may be able to use it for a much longer period of time. While he may not be able to use magic as effectively as a mage he can use it to aid his fighting style.

Even though his magic is impressive one thing that also aids him is his minds adaptability to new fields, its quite astonishing. He's currently learning many ways to help improve the future of weapons for himself and many others. When his goal is met he may even be able to aid physical ailments such as crippled limbs, blindness and people whom are deaf.

## Arsenal

Hitoshi being a weapon smith has quite a large arsenal and only serves to make this already deadly Ex Paladin even more formidable.

##### Divinity's Bane-

Divinities bane is a weapon forged from mana infused metal and an elemental lance allowing for the user to summon powerful magic through it which is further enhanced by 2 interchangeable cores. The first of which is a water core, this core is created from his water elemental Daxion and this core will grow in power as Daxion does, possibly allowing for this core evolve into something more. The second is a lightning core this core is a combination of pure lightning and Hitoshi's own lightning magic which is why its a red color. This weapon is one of Hitoshi's strongest weapons he's forged so far and in combination with his Weapon mana core it's potential is currently unknown.

##### Flaming throwing knives-

These throwing knives are forged from heat a resistant metal called "Balrok" to keep from being warped in combat and coated in a highly flammable oil to allow for extra burn damage. These throwing knives are sold exclusively by Hitoshi.

##### Necro daggers-

Hitoshi's back up weapons are almost as formidable as the creature their made from, these daggers are made from a Necrotic metal made by Hitoshi using the salivary glands of a high ranking ghoul called a Rot Crawler. These daggers cause the flesh around any wound inflicted by it to almost instantly began to die and rot away. Although Hitoshi did create an antidote for such a weapon incase a friend was ever hurt by it, but this antidote is rendered useless if not administered 5 minutes after being wounded by these weapons.

##### Molotov Cocktails-

These Molotov Cocktails are created using a mixture of alcohol and flammable oils created by Hitoshi along with a few pieces of explosive ore to give it an extra kick to it's damage potential. These are a favorite of Hitoshi's due it's ease of use and often buys him some extra time to plan out an attack.