Dreadstrider

Work in progress.

For those wondering WHICH player's story is this, it's the player whose names have been the following - Scarb, Kiyoshike, Deimus, Kishiko, Tropical, and obviously, Dreadstrider.

## Origins

- Kishiko Kairos was born in a small village from a father half Greek, and half Japanese, and from a mother who was pure Japanese, somewhere in Hokkaido. His parents were fairly nice to him, until he had reached the age of 12. At that age, his father started to teach him the way of the Bushido. He has known no siblings, and has had not a single friend since childhood. When he started learning the way of the Bushido, nearly every comfort he knew was taken away, as his father said "Comfort only makes you weaker". Kishiko has followed this through his entire life, and had started killing from the age of mere 13.

## A Scar for a Lifetime

One day, Honoshihai soldiers came upon the village, and claimed it that it had been given to them by Aka Ryu. The villagers said that whenever some sort of trade was made in the topic of lands, they were always informed, and they refused to hand the village to the soldiers. The general leading the troops was angered upon hearing this, and ordered the men to burn the village to the ground. Kishiko's mother, who was proficient in water and wind elements, as well as normal fighting with the blade, managed to hold off the soldiers from reaching little Kishiko for some time. However, she was soon outnumbered, and nearly killed by the general. With her dying breath, she summoned a tsunami to hold off the troops and sent Kishiko away on a horse with a stone imbued with lightning and wind. Kishiko was knocked out, but the last thing he saw was a Honoshihai soldier raising his sword on his mother.

## A Tough Life

*"You know, everybody needs gold to survive. But people like you, greedy, and at the same time, overloading with gold, there's just something wrong about you all. If I steal this pouch from you, it won't make any difference in your life. But if I run this blade through your heart, it will end it. So behave properly, merchant."*

~ Kishiko, stealing from a merchant. (with badass dialogues)

He was found days ago all the way in 51,25, Takanan city. There, he lived on his own. Stealing, robbing, and sometimes, even feigning innocence to steal. He took his first bounty at the age of 14, acting unconscious in front of the said bounty, and then stabbing him in the chest with a stolen sword. He became rather well known at the city, and most people would even just give him free items, the most favorite being a pure white saber. He stayed in that city for a year, improving his general skills, and as well as becoming proficient in using his quad elements. A lot of the time was spent on travelling between territories, looking for jobs, At the age of 17, an incident, one which would completely change his life, happened. He did the usual stealing, but freebies had stopped coming his way. One day, in a crowd watching a play, he silently snuck in the crowd, looking for someone with a pouch flush of coins. Eventually, he did find somebody. Acting like he was looking for something on the ground, he swiftly nabbed the pouch loosely hanging, and ran away at top speed, the white saber in hand. While running, something like a push, knocked him down. He rolled on the ground, knocking down several others and eventually regained his footing. He took a glance at his pursuer, and found it to be the very man whom he stole from, except that now he was wearing a light purple mask with blue designs on it, and that he was also ready to jump on Kishiko, with his black sword drawn. The stone that Kishiko's mother had given fell out of his pocket. Kishiko hastily took out his saber, and holding it up high, attempted to block the attack that was coming. At the same time, he made a frantic attempt to grab the stone. The attacker's sword and Kishiko's saber clashed, and immediately Kishiko pushed him away with his strength. When he had grabbed the stone, to his and the attacker's surprise, it transformed into a sword.

The most magnificent, blu-ish sword appeared. Kishiko slashed the sword at his attacker, and he was pushed away by a burst of lightning, and landed on a peddler's cart. Kishiko looked at the sword in awe, before charging towards his attacker in full speed. The poor guy had just enough time to raise his sword to block, but upon impact of both the swords, a large gust of wind knocked away everybody nearby. By this time, guards had come to disrupt the fight, but they too, were knocked away. But in the end they were managed to be separated, and the attacker, who identified himself as Archus, a man from Greece, said to Kishiko, "You seem very strong. Want to be sparring partners ?". Kishiko accepted the offer immediately, before he and Archus were sent into the city dungeon for questioning. A barrage of questions (and insults) were thrown towards Kishiko to try and make him fuss out any crimes he had committed (which, he had stolen and killed countless times). But Kishiko cleverly gave answers and pretended that it was his first time stealing. Archus, on the other hand, was not so lucky. He ended up spilling beans about something called "Hypaspistai" and something about protecting a dragon. He was whipped and lashed several times, which he endured for a while, but he didn't for much long. He threw his palm towards the whip that was coming to lash him, and it flew out of the hand of the guard holding it and got stuck in the dungeon wall. 5 guards rushed inside Archus' cell and started attacking him. Kishiko was in the cell right next to Archus', but without his weapons. He knew that Archus' could hold off against the armed guards for only so long. His white saber and the magic sword, along with Archus' black sword were sitting on a desk, collecting dust. He remembered how some war heroes and generals in clans were able to summon their weapons at will. He concentrated his chi towards his hand, and his eyes closed. After a few seconds, he was knocked back by a cold piece of metal flying into his hand, and his fingers automatically closing around it. He opened his eyes to see the sword his mother gave him. A guard noticed this and opened his cell. With all his might, Kishiko charged into the guard, slashing his stomach in the process. The guard lay colorless on the ground, struggling to warn his allies. Kishiko rushed to Archus' cell, and looked around for any more guards. None were there except the 5 of them beating Archus, who was wounded badly by this time, up. He focused a chi punch and broke a rod of the cell. He slipped through that rod using his thin but agile body, and stabbed a guard in his spine. The rest of the guards immediately noticed, and Kishiko felt a sharp pain in his cheek. He was just hit by a blunt club. He staggered backwards, his back aligning with the cell wall. I don't know what, but Kishiko suddenly felt immense rage when that happened. The guards and even Archus, stepped backwards. Kishiko looked at his sword. The gem encrusted in it was glowing bright blue. Suddenly, Kishiko felt something change in his eyes. He could not see what, but the others in the cell stepped back even more. Kishiko felt a bit dizzy, but he was not able to lose balance. In fact, he was not even able to control his own body any more. Automatically, Kishiko lunged at a guard, stabbing him in the throat. He (or more like his body, that is) ducked an incoming spear thrust, and cut the guards legs off. Yells of pain echoed across the empty dungeon. Suddenly, he was stabbed in the cavity behind his left knee. He stayed there for a while, pretending to be dead. The remaining 3 guards rejoiced, but Archus was worried. Suddenly, Kishiko broke out into a whirlwind, beheading 2 of the guards. The one that remained broke out of the cell, and ran away. Kishiko was about to take pursuit, if it wasn't for Archus catching his hand. "That's enough murdering for today. We don't want to be wanted.", he said in a gentle voice. Kishiko thought he heard something like a growl inside his chest, and a thud. He was back in control of his body. Over time, Kishiko and Archus became good friends, and even better sparring partners. That is, until they had to separate.

## Life Of A Soldier, Thrill Of A Battle

*"We need anybody, common townsmen, bounty hunters, mercenaries, anybody who has the courage to fight and die honorably against these rebels !"*

~Aka Ryu soldier recruiting people to fight against a Honoshihai general with a rebelling army.

One day, an Aka Ryu soldier came to the town recruiting people for battle against a Honoshihai general who had amassed a large army and was attacking Aka Ryu lands without proper authorization from the higher-ups. The leaders of Hono tried their best to put an end to the powers of this general, but were not succeeding. Besides, the troops of the real Hono were refusing to fight against their own brothers. And, the soldier explained, the rogue soldiers were attacking and taking over Aka Ryu lands. A similar rebellion like this happened when Honoshihai first formed, but this one was bigger. Kishiko inquired if the previous rebellion had happened in Hokkaido. The soldier said yes, and immediately Kishiko signed up in the Aka Ryu army. His first battle was taking back a land which was recently conquered by the rebellion. During the "motivational speech" before the battle, he was surprised to hear that Aka Ryu was known as the "Red Dragon" (since he had never read or heard anything about clans) for it's supreme army and fighting soldiers. The soldiers were given an hour to get ready for the attack. Kishiko's unit, however, got extra time since the idea was to "flank the enemy army from 3 sides so that they have no area to escape", and his unit had to flank the right side. The main attacking force went away. Kishiko grabbed his sword, which he named the "Stormcaller" and wore his rather sloppy Aka Ryu light armor. He and his unit waited in the forest, watching the battle unfold. Suddenly, all the soldiers in the attacking force started yelling at the same. The captain leading Kishiko's unit gave the command to attack. While charging towards the rebel army, he could see the soldiers from the other side charging as well. The two armies clashed against the single army, and several rebels were killed just by the impact. In the end, the territory was conquered by the Aka Ryu army, but a large band of the rebel soldiers were still loose.

***Thanks for actually bothering to read this, I'll continue the story once I manage to get on the internet again.***