Adamu Takakura

**Adamu Hideyoshi Takakura** is a prominent character in *Neon Millennium*. He is a mage of Azar Crest and a member of the Anachorian Takakura mage family. He also goes by the epithet "**Azure Dragon**," because of his blue hair and eyes, his magic of draconic origin, and his large stature.

## Appearance

Adamu is a tall, muscular man with long blue hair, usually tied up in a long ponytail. He has tan skin, with a large scar running diagonally across his chest. His eyes are a royal blue, a defining characteristic of his family. Adamu usually wears contemporary clothing, though on some occasions wears his family's traditional warrior garb. Usually, he wears the color blue, as it matches his physical appearance.

## Overview

Adamu is a mage of Azar Crest, and a member of the Takakura mage family. This family, according to their traditions, is descended from a clan of great warriors who wielded lightning magic. These warriors are said to have come into contact with a dragon, who taught its own way of magic to them. The warriors mixed their existing magic with the magic taught to them by the dragon, creating the clan's signature Thunder Dragon Magic. This magic is passed hereditarily through the clan, and each member has it. Adamu is the 30th and current heir to the clan's leadership.

Adamu was born into the Anachorian mage family, the Takakuras. He grew up in the clan's traditional dwelling place, known as the Ota, and lived and trained there before joining Azar Crest. He joined Azar Crest because of its relative power level, it being consistently rated as one of the strongest guilds.

## Personality

Adamu is normally a calm and composed person, and is generally amicable. Even in battle, he maintains a calm facade, though internally his thoughts may be a whirlwind, which tends to intimidate foes. He is also loyal to a fault, and despite his usually calm demeanor, does not take kindly to betrayal, which he considers to be the gravest sin. When betrayed, he becomes incredibly vengeful, devoting all of his time and resources into exacting revenge on the person who wronged him. In smaller matters, this can make him incredibly petty, as he'll often return a prank with his own grandiose practical joke. However, in much more serious matters, he can become dangerous, as his focus on revenge can blind him from the needs and wishes of those around him. During those smaller matters though, he tends to have more fun in how his "revenge" is planned, and is a very caring person to those he truly trusts. Trust is the number one thing to Adamu, and seriously breaking that trust is something he could never abide.

## Powers and Abilities

**Great Physical Attributes-** As a result of his near-constant training, Adamu is a very athletic and physically capable person, possessing great physical strength, speed, and other such attributes.

**Martial Arts**- Adamu is trained in traditional Anachorian martial arts, and is an exceptionally capable hand-to-hand fighter.

**Swordplay**- Adamu is also trained in wielding a sword, and wields his family's traditional blade, the Inazoken, said to be the blade owned by the family's legendary founder. It serves as a conduit to Adamu's magic, allowing the sword to be an extension of his body.

**Augur Capacity**- Even though the Takakura family are traditionally skilled mages, Adamu is an anomaly among them. He possesses an immense amount of augur, and this is thought to correlate with his hair color. Only a handful of Takakura have possessed the striking blue hair Adamu does, and each of these people have been incredibly powerful. This is theorized to be because in these people, the great amount of augur they possess "spills over" into their physical appearance, giving their hair its striking color.

### Thunder Dragon Magic

A magic that came about as a result of human lightning magic being mixed with the magic taught to those humans by a dragon. Apart from the use of conventional spells, a hallmark of this type of magic is the use of augur to enhance the user's physical attributes and strength of magic. These come in tiers called "stages," which each user progresses through as they learn to harness the magic. There are three main stages: Cloud, Bolt, and Storm. The Cloud stage enhances the agility of the user ad well as magical power. The Bolt stage combines these benefits with a great increase in physical strength. Storm, the strongest stage, is an all-around power boost, and grants the user a special ability, called "Eye of the Storm." This ability greatly increases the vision and reflexes of the user, allowing them to see through illusions and greatly increases their dodging ability. Adamu is proficient in all three stages, and believes that he is on the breakthrough of a fourth stage, whether that is true or not.

#### Spells

**Draconic Thunderbolt** - A blast of augur that takes the form of a wave of pure electricity.

**Draconic Bolt Volley** - A large volley of smaller electrical bolts.

**Draconic Shield** - A shield made of augur, often used to block physical strikes or weaker magical attacks.

**Draconic Thunderclap** - Augur imbued into a physical strike, most often a punch. The user's striking limb is wreathed in electricity.

**Dragon's Protection** - A much larger magical shield, used to take much larger magical attacks.

**Dragon's Destruction** - A huge beam of electricity launched by the user, often to devastating effect.

**Dragon's Creation** - This allows the user to create a weapon out of electricity, most often a bladed weapon such as a sword.

**Great Divine Dragon's Heavenly Storm Strike** - The user summons the image of a great dragon made of augur, which is then launched at the intended target, to great destructive effect. However, this uses a great deal of augur, and even with Adamu's great capacity he still cannot use this technique more than once at a time without severe bodily damage.

## Trivia

* Favorite color: blue
* Favorite food: shrimp tempura
* Favorite songs: "Holy Wars…the Punishment Due" by Megadeth, "The Thing That Should Not Be" by Metallica, and "Zombie" by The Cranberries
* Adamu is a musician, and enjoys playing the guitar in his free time.
* If Adamu was born in the real world, he'd be from Tokyo, Japan.
* This version of Adamu is the Neon Millennium variant of the original Adamu character
* Both versions share an affinity for the color blue, which is his creator's favorite color. It was initially put in as a convenience for the character's design, however it became so entrenched in the character's backstory and identity as he developed that the creator decided to stick with it.