Jou Chihoshi (legendary Defender)

Overview

Jou CHihoshi is a former Junoir Cadet at the Garrison. And also the paladin of the Guro lion. Jou is also Keith's boyfriend.

## Appearances

Jou stands at an average height of 5'7, with peach-colored skin, crimson red eyes, and white hair with silver tips. On both ears, he has an earring of a cross and 2 cuffed piercings. And a green jade necklace held by a red string held around his neck.

As casual wear, Jou wears a black sleeveless turtle neck tank top. On top, he has a cropped grey jacket with two stars on one side. And wears a kaki colored sweatpants with a white cloth holding it in place. He also has black-ish grey high tops with stars at the top and grey and yellow lances.

His paladin armor is the same as everyone's, except with grey markings.

## Personality

Jou is like the mother of the group and with his soothing and gentle personality and acts as a pillar of support for the team. But as the mother of the team, he has to make sure the there's don't get scolded by Shiro during and/or off missions.

But despite Jou's calming behavior, he is sometimes mischievous and is cable of sabotaging any machine. Speaking of machines Jou loves repairing machines and weapons and loves technology as much as Pidge.

Ever since Jou had joined Team Voltron he can expand his friendship and love with his teammates and even with Keith by his side.

## Abilities

**Equipment**

**Bayard: Afte becoming a member of Team Voltron Jou receives is Bayard. His Bayard takes the form of various weapons but his main weapon is a scythe. He can also have short scythes and also can form a sword.**

## Stats

**Paladin Armor:** Armor that allows for safe travel in space; it contains a highly advanced computer system, a communication system, a laser gun, a grappling hook and tether, holographic capabilities, an energy shield for defense, breathable air, and a jetpack for brief sustained flight.

**Explosives: Jou uses explosions to drive attention say from Shiro's quarantined crash site.**

**Hovercraft:** Jou owns a one-man grey hovercraft on Earth.

**Marmora Armor:** Armor specialized for the Blade of Marmora that allows safe travel in space; it contains a highly advanced computer system, a communication system, an identity-concealing helmet that can disappear and reappear at will, and breathable air.

**Marmora Blade:** A small double-edged knife made of lucite that can manifest into a larger, single-edge blade when activated by Jou's Galran heritage.

### **Jade Necklace**

Jou wears this necklace to protect himself from nightmares. The jade has the responsibility to protect him from spiritual beings and nightmares. The Jade necklace has used in the old chinses times as to where mothers protect their children with the necklace. And since Shiro disappeared that's where the necklace's abilities kicked in. With his Paladin armor he hides it under his armor.

## Skillset

### **Combat**

Jou specializes in close-combat with martial and blade sidearms but, also having the fighting style that's more Galarn than Human. He is a skilled and aggressive martial artist able to take down Garrison technicians in mere moments with a few powerful strikes. Jou's agility stats are very high. And his battles strength lies mainly in his physical speed, and he can quickly adapt to any changes on a battlefield. But this also makes him more observant of his surrounding making him able to react quickly.

### **Piloting**

At the Garrison, Jou was claimed as one of the top pilots in his class. He was assigned as co-pilot for Keith's crew. And as one of the most skilled pilots on Team Voltron, he's trusted to go through asteroid fields and other celestial objects.

### **Repairing**

In the Garrison Jou was also an engineer and repaired most of the equipment in spacecraft and weapons. He can repair almost any kind of alien machinery. because of is personality hs may just sabotage the machine.

### **Galarn**

Due to being held Galra, e can access any galra related tech such as computers, doors, structures, etc. This heritage grants the power to activate his Marmora Blade into it awakens form.