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Mizu

canon Blue Eye Samurai
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point 1x08 The Great Fire of 1657 + 2 years CRAU
iteration CRAU

age 26
species Human
health 👍
outfit Link to picture

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Canon History

Mizu was born and survived at least two assassination attempts shortly after birth. Her mother did not.
Someone paid Mizu's nurse to hide and to raise Mizu. She grew up on the edge of Kohama until the "bad men" burned down the shack and, it seemed, her mother. Mizu swore revenge.
Mizu lived on the streets of Kohama, eating trash, and being bullied by other kids.
Mizu became Eiji's apprentice after a meteor crash. Mizu also observed all the techniques of swordsmen who came to Master Eiji for a sword and practiced daily until she mastered their techniques.
In time, Mizu left for revenge against Master Eiji's wishes.
Mizu reunited with her "mother," who convinced her to get married and settle down. Mizu married Mikio, a disgraced Samurai who trained horses. They forged a real relationship over the course of a year, and Mizu opened up about her quest for revenge for the first time.
It went to shit. Someone turned her in for reward money. Mizu killed the men who came for her. Her husband and "mother" fought over who betrayed her. Mikio killed her "mother." Mizu killed him.
Mizu tracked down and killed the first white man.
Mizu tracked down Abijah Fowler via a flesh trader named Hachi, the Shindo dojo, and Heiji Shindo, his business partner. In the process, she unwillingly picked up Ringo as an apprentice.
Mizu barely survived fighting the Four Fangs and recovered while Taigen made her promise to give him a proper duel. Since he vowed no one else would get to kill her, he accompanied Mizu to tea with Heiji Shindo. After refusing his bribes, she escaped with both Taigen's and Ringo's help. She then abandoned Taigen on the road with a promise to duel.
Mizu tracked down Madame Kaji, who agreed to provide the intel to get into Fowler's fortress in exchange for a mercy killing staged as an accident. Mizu completed the assassination but was witnessed by a young boy who told the boss. Mizu then fought his entire army in Madame Kaji's teahouse and the streets. She won. Then she let Akemi be taken away by her father's men, losing Ringo's respect.
Mizu forged straight ahead into Fowler's fortress via a series of traps and battles. She rescued Taigen and climbed the final floors from the outside. Mizu saw Fowler's plans but chose to save Taigen and escape when her sword broke.
Ringo saved them from the icy water, brought them back to Kohama, and they all recovered. Taigen left when she revealed Fowler's plans to overthrow the shogun. Ringo agreed to go to Edo with Mizu provided she saved Akemi.
Mizu infiltrated the shogun's palace, warning Madame Kaji to leave, freeing Akemi, and interrupting Fowler's victory executions. She chased him through the palace, fighting him first with Taigen's help, then on her own. She nearly lost but got the upper hand.
Fowler revealed information about her she didn't know and tried to convince her she needed him alive.

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Basic medical skills
Hand-to-hand combat
Healing ability (CRAU)
Observation
Parkour

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Swimming
Swordsmithing
Tracking
Weapons combat: katana, naginata primarily

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⏵ player information
name and pronouns: Sil | they/them
age: adult (18+)
contact: silyara & inoctavo

⏵ character information
name: Mizu
canon: Blue Eye Samurai
age: 26
canon point: 1x08 The Great Fire of 1567 & 2 years CRAU in Folkmore
history:

Canon History:

❄️ Mizu was born and survived at least two assassination attempts shortly after birth. Her mother did not.
❄️ Someone paid Mizu's nurse to hide and to raise Mizu. She grew up on the edge of Kohama until the "bad men" burned down the shack and, it seemed, her mother. Mizu swore revenge.
❄️ Mizu lived on the streets of Kohama, eating trash, and being bullied by other kids.
❄️ Mizu became Eiji's apprentice after a meteor crash. Mizu also observed all the techniques of swordsmen who came to Master Eiji for a sword and practiced daily until she mastered their techniques.
❄️ In time, Mizu left for revenge against Master Eiji's wishes.
❄️ Mizu reunited with her "mother," who convinced her to get married and settle down. Mizu married Mikio, a disgraced Samurai who trained horses. They forged a real relationship over the course of a year, and Mizu opened up about her quest for revenge for the first time.
❄️ It went to shit. Someone turned her in for reward money. Mizu killed the men who came for her. Her husband and "mother" fought over who betrayed her. Mikio killed her "mother." Mizu killed him.
❄️ Mizu tracked down and killed the first white man.
❄️ Mizu tracked down Abijah Fowler via a flesh trader named Hachi, the Shindo dojo, and Heiji Shindo, his business partner. In the process, she unwillingly picked up Ringo as an apprentice.
❄️ Mizu barely survived fighting the Four Fangs and recovered while Taigen made her promise to give him a proper duel. Since he vowed no one else would get to kill her, he accompanied Mizu to tea with Heiji Shindo. After refusing his bribes, she escaped with both Taigen's and Ringo's help. She then abandoned Taigen on the road with a promise to duel.
❄️ Mizu tracked down Madame Kaji, who agreed to provide the intel to get into Fowler's fortress in exchange for a mercy killing staged as an accident. Mizu completed the assassination but was witnessed by a young boy who told the boss. Mizu then fought his entire army in Madame Kaji's teahouse and the streets. She won. Then she let Akemi be taken away by her father's men, losing Ringo's respect.
❄️ Mizu forged straight ahead into Fowler's fortress via a series of traps and battles. She rescued Taigen and climbed the final floors from the outside. Mizu saw Fowler's plans but chose to save Taigen and escape when her sword broke.
❄️ Ringo saved them from the icy water, brought them back to Kohama, and they all recovered. Taigen left when she revealed Fowler's plans to overthrow the shogun. Ringo agreed to go to Edo with Mizu provided she saved Akemi.
❄️ Mizu infiltrated the shogun's palace, warning Madame Kaji to leave, freeing Akemi, and interrupting Fowler's victory executions. She chased him through the palace, fighting him first with Taigen's help, then on her own. She nearly lost but got the upper hand.
❄️ Fowler revealed information about her she didn't know and tried to convince her she needed him alive.

CRAU History:

❄️ Two years ago, Mizu arrived in Folkmore with the express purpose of researching more information about her remaining fathers, so when she returned home she could kill Fowler and proceed to London on her own.
❄️ Her established routine involved regularly studying at the library, completing commissions for weapons, receiving hand-to-hand fighting training from Steve Rogers, and making a couple friendships, primarily with Vergil and Asano Rin. She sparred regularly with both but came to spend additional time with them (always having excuses).
❄️ Defeating Vergil became a benchmark/goal for herself as a sign she was ready to complete her revenge (unreasonable and never to happen, but again excuses to stay). As part of that, she purchased the ability to heal herself from Thirteen, so she could better keep up with him in combat and spar him more often (he required she be healed before sparring again).
❄️ Mizu was forced to face her feelings for both Vergil and Rin when the realm came under threat of destruction and their host swept most people away into safety at one of the schools. Vergil and Rin were both missed in that sweep, and she freaked out. Mizu spent a week trying to constantly get out until Vergil returned. She ambushed him to pin him/win hand-to-hand, which led to physical intimacy, the revelation Mizu has a woman's body, and emotional intimacy sharing more about themselves. They became romantic partners. When Rin returned a week later, Mizu also made sure she was healthy, rested, and fed. They were… friends.
❄️ Emotional complications continued with Vergil "secretly" gifting Mizu her horse Kai back, Rin leaving sparking a friendship with Makie from the same world, and getting to know Vergil's family that arrived in Folkmore. Eventually, Mizu made a major mistake in her relationship with Vergil, and the fallout from that forced her to consider her priorities and goals. She wants her revenge, but she also now wants… more. The possibility of a life and happiness at least once it's over. Like revenge, if she doesn't work on that now it won't be possible then. So she's chosen to devote less of her attention and time to revenge and more of it to… people. She doesn't know what life is possible for her in her world, but she wants it to be possible.

Auriel (TDM) History:

❄️ Mizu arrived confused and met/helped some of her peers backstage while trying to figure out what was going on. She told a semi-autobiographical story of an onryo and demonstrated her abilities with a sword on stage. At the party, she tried to find allies and ways out.
❄️ Mizu eventually made a move to try to escape the castle, whence she ran into Vergil. They each thought the other might not remember them, but Mizu was able to test the waters with a comment about seeing him in a library. Vergil brought Mizu back to his room, fetched her clothes and food, and she stayed there to avoid being taken back to any of the courts.
❄️ Mizu spent the remainder of her time in Auriel trying to figure out how to go back with Vergil and the rest to Etraya. She met up with others in the now abandoned castle and used her survival skills to help provide food. She wasn't especially interested in rescuing anyone else from a court, but the need for information and allies to achieve her aim meant she reached out and worked with others.

abilities:

❄️ Basic medical skills
❄️ Hand-to-hand combat
❄️ CRAU Healing ability: active ability to heal herself when conscious, kicks in passively to a lesser degree when unconscious (enough to wake her up). So long as she can consciously decide to heal herself, she can heal any injury. However, she needs to focus to heal herself, so she hasn't mastered using it effectively while actively fighting someone/something or otherwise distracted or focused on something else.
❄️ Observation
❄️ Parkour
❄️ Survival skills
❄️ Swimming
❄️ Swordsmithing
❄️ Tracking
❄️ Weapons combat: katana, naginata primarily

personality:

Mizu grew up knowing bad men, aka her fathers, wanted to kill her, so when she tried to play with kids and her cabin was burned down killing her mother (or so she thought), she blamed herself. She swore revenge, and no matter the kindness of Master Eiji, she's sought it. She trained for years. She left when she felt prepared. As she discussed with swordfather years later and shortly before she left her world: she is an artist. Revenge is her art. So everything she does is for revenge, the way everything he does is to make swords. That's her driving factor.

Except she's learned she wants more than revenge. Mizu tried to find happiness with her mother and Mikio, her husband. She set her revenge aside then, only to be deeply betrayed by them both. At the time, she thought that taught her it wasn't possible, not for someone like her. Her time in Folkmore, however, has forced her to face her desires. They were always there, if shoved away and ignored. Mizu wants connections and relationships of various types and happiness. A life, something that never seemed possible.

Mizu is often angry by default because she carries so much of it—for herself, for her fathers, for her mother, for how so many people have treated her her whole life. However, her mood changes readily, whether happy or sad, excited or annoyed, and so on. Mizu falls back on social norms and customs, using them as tools to interact with people, many of whom otherwise would ignore her at best. She can be formal or distant when talking with people. Mizu doesn't trust friendliness directed toward her, after all, and can often get along easier in a transactional interaction. Business, an exchange, helping each other helps ourselves.

Due to her experiences, Mizu is cynical about the world and people in it. There's few people she cares about, and she's not generally motivated to help others. No one—almost no one—looks out for her, so she needs to. However, she's confident in her ability to achieve her aims and stubborn and determined to meet them. She's hardworking, pragmatic, and reliable in the rare instance she's given her word. Her determination sometimes seems like idiocy or impulsiveness, but she's usually thought things through. She's not afraid of danger and trusts in herself.

samples: one & two, three

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Info Post

2024-03-03T22:18:42Z

sil
inoctavo
silyara
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Mizu

canon Blue Eye Samurai
history Summary
point 1x08 The Great Fire of 1567
iteration Canon

age 24 25
species Human
health 👍
outfit Link to picture

role Myth
housing Cabin in Wintermute
job Researcher
school Kuma Lisa Library

History

Mizu was born and survived at least two assassination attempts shortly after birth. Her mother did not.
Someone paid Mizu's nurse to hide and to raise Mizu. She grew up on the edge of Kohama until the "bad men" burned down the shack and, it seemed, her mother. Mizu swore revenge.
Mizu lived on the streets of Kohama, eating trash, and being bullied by other kids.
Mizu became Eiji's apprentice after a meteor crash. Mizu also observed all the techniques of swordsmen who came to Master Eiji for a sword and practiced daily until she mastered their techniques.
In time, Mizu left for revenge against Master Eiji's wishes.
Mizu reunited with her "mother," who convinced her to get married and settle down. Mizu married Mikio, a disgraced Samurai who trained horses. They forged a real relationship over the course of a year, and Mizu opened up about her quest for revenge for the first time.
It went to shit. Someone turned her in for reward money. Mizu killed the men who came for her. Her husband and "mother" fought over who betrayed her. Mikio killed her "mother." Mizu killed him.
Mizu tracked down and killed the first white man.
Mizu tracked down Abijah Fowler via a flesh trader named Hachi, the Shindo dojo, and Heiji Shindo, his business partner. In the process, she unwillingly picked up Ringo as an apprentice.
Mizu barely survived fighting the Four Fangs and recovered while Taigen made her promise to give him a proper duel. Since he vowed no one else would get to kill her, he accompanied Mizu to tea with Heiji Shindo. After refusing his bribes, she escaped with both Taigen's and Ringo's help. She then abandoned Taigen on the road with a promise to duel.
Mizu tracked down Madame Kaji, who agreed to provide the intel to get into Fowler's fortress in exchange for a mercy killing staged as an accident. Mizu completed the assassination but was witnessed by a young boy who told the boss. Mizu then fought his entire army in Madame Kaji's teahouse and the streets. She won. Then she let Akemi be taken away by her father's men, losing Ringo's respect.
Mizu forged straight ahead into Fowler's fortress via a series of traps and battles. She rescued Taigen and climbed the final floors from the outside. Mizu saw Fowler's plans but chose to save Taigen and escape when her sword broke.
Ringo saved them from the icy water, brought them back to Kohama, and they all recovered. Taigen left when she revealed Fowler's plans to overthrow the shogun. Ringo agreed to go to Edo with Mizu provided she saved Akemi.
Mizu infiltrated the shogun's palace, warning Madame Kaji to leave, freeing Akemi, and interrupting Fowler's victory executions. She chased him through the palace, fighting him first with Taigen's help, then on her own. She nearly lost but got the upper hand.
Fowler revealed information about her she didn't know and tried to convince her she needed him alive.

Skills

Basic medical skills
Hand-to-hand combat
Observation
Parkour
Survival skills

Swimming
Swordsmithing
Tracking
Weapons combat: katana, naginata primarily

Role

physical attributes Mizu's Myth attributes will be based upon the onryō, a Japanese vengeful spirit and accusation, insult, and label Mizu has been called. Specifically, the imagery will be based on that from the Kabuki show in Blue Eye Samurai itself and her makeup from the visual parallels.

Mizu will get golden horns sprouting from the top of her head, sharp golden teeth, and red coloration around her eyes. Her face and clothes will at the "worst" most Myth moments whiten like the onryō, and her mouth will split to cross her entire face. Further, the more she shoves her emotions aside to be emotionless, the greater the odds these emotions will release themselves in small localized weather phenomena onryō are known to make (e.g., lightning, fire). These attributes will come and go, but the horns and red coloration will be most common.

non-physical qualities Her natural skills will be enhanced for threat detection, reflexes, speed, resistance to poisons, innovation, luck, and cleverness. However, these will not be to such a degree it stands out as abnormal to her, at least at the start. Mizu will see in the dark when her onryō traits are more pronounced. As she grows as a character, she may be able to see these grow (if she embraces Myth-hood) or decrease (if she turns away from it).

reasoning Mizu considers herself a demon due to her Hafu status and further embraces the path of revenge, committing terrible deeds along the way to see it through. Though Master Eiji raised the idea of revenge as art, she still views herself as a terrible person whose demon may "win out." Mizu is also highly individually focused, not caring about society as a whole because it hasn't cared about her. Mizu is arrogant, emotionally distant, inconsiderate, and chooses actions that benefit her quest.

Mizu will see the role of Myth as confirming the worst aspects about herself, without seeing the good in them. She came to Folkmore as part of her revenge quest, and she will focus on that task to her satisfaction. If she believes she has gained all she can, she will try to leave. Those are her plans. Just like Ringo was a typhoon in her life, however, relationships with others in Folkmore may push her off that path.

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★ Character Information ★

Character Name: Mizu
Character Age: 24
Character Species: Human
Current Health: Freshly stabbed in the shoulder and recovering from older wounds. It's fine.
Outfit: Typical outfit: orange tinted spectacles with round frames, dark grey arm warmers weighted with iron, a dark blue haori tied with a lighter blue obi, baggy black trousers, darker black stockings and sandals, a white scarf, a plain brown kasa (large hat), and a dark blue cape.

Character Canon: Blue Eye Samurai
Link to History:

❄️ Mizu was born and survived at least two assassination attempts shortly after birth. Her mother did not.
❄️ Someone paid Mizu's nurse to hide and to raise Mizu. She grew up on the edge of Kohama until the "bad men" burned down the shack and, it seemed, her mother. Mizu swore revenge.
❄️ Mizu lived on the streets of Kohama, eating trash, and being bullied by other kids.
❄️ Mizu became Eiji's apprentice after a meteor crash. Mizu also observed all the techniques of swordsmen who came to Master Eiji for a sword and practiced daily until she mastered their techniques.
❄️ In time, Mizu left for revenge against Master Eiji's wishes.
❄️ Mizu reunited with her "mother," who convinced her to get married and settle down. Mizu married Mikio, a disgraced Samurai who trained horses. They forged a real relationship over the course of a year, and Mizu opened up about her quest for revenge for the first time.
❄️ It went to shit. Someone turned her in for reward money. Mizu killed the men who came for her. Her husband and "mother" fought over who betrayed her. Mikio killed her "mother." Mizu killed him.
❄️ Mizu tracked down and killed the first white man.
❄️ Mizu tracked down Abijah Fowler via a flesh trader named Hachi, the Shindo dojo, and Heiji Shindo, his business partner. In the process, she unwillingly picked up Ringo as an apprentice.
❄️ Mizu barely survived fighting the Four Fangs and recovered while Taigen made her promise to give him a proper duel. Since he vowed no one else would get to kill her, he accompanied Mizu to tea with Heiji Shindo. After refusing his bribes, she escaped with both Taigen's and Ringo's help. She then abandoned Taigen on the road with a promise to duel.
❄️ Mizu tracked down Madame Kaji, who agreed to provide the intel to get into Fowler's fortress in exchange for a mercy killing staged as an accident. Mizu completed the assassination but was witnessed by a young boy who told the boss. Mizu then fought his entire army in Madame Kaji's teahouse and the streets. She won. Then she let Akemi be taken away by her father's men, losing Ringo's respect.
❄️ Mizu forged straight ahead into Fowler's fortress via a series of traps and battles. She rescued Taigen and climbed the final floors from the outside. Mizu saw Fowler's plans but chose to save Taigen and escape when her sword broke.
❄️ Ringo saved them from the icy water, brought them back to Kohama, and they all recovered. Taigen left when she revealed Fowler's plans to overthrow the shogun. Ringo agreed to go to Edo with Mizu provided she saved Akemi.
❄️ Mizu infiltrated the shogun's palace, warning Madame Kaji to leave, freeing Akemi, and interrupting Fowler's victory executions. She chased him through the palace, fighting him first with Taigen's help, then on her own. She nearly lost but got the upper hand.
❄️ Fowler revealed information about her she didn't know and tried to convince her she needed him alive.

Canon Point: 1x08 The Great Fire of 1567 | 3 November 2023
Canon Iteration: Original canon

★ Folkmore Roles & Attributes ★

Skills:

❄️ Basic medical skills
❄️ Hand-to-hand combat
❄️ Observation
❄️ Parkour
❄️ Survival skills
❄️ Swimming
❄️ Swordsmithing
❄️ Tracking
❄️ Weapons combat: katana, naginata primarily

Canon Abilities: None of Mizu's canon abilities are considered superhuman, but she has a high pain tolerance, excellent fighting skills, and continually fights while injured. Perhaps superhuman dumbassery.
Role: Myth

Role Qualities/Attributes: Mizu's Myth attributes will be based upon the onryō, a Japanese vengeful spirit and accusation, insult, and label Mizu has been called. Specifically, the imagery will be based on that from the Kabuki show in Blue Eye Samurai itself and her makeup from the visual parallels.

Mizu will get golden horns sprouting from the top of her head, sharp golden teeth, and red coloration around her eyes. Her face and clothes will at the "worst" most Myth moments whiten like the onryō, and her mouth will split to cross her entire face. Further, the more she shoves her emotions aside to be emotionless, the greater the odds these emotions will release themselves in small localized weather phenomena onryō are known to make (e.g., lightning, fire). These attributes will come and go, but the horns and red coloration will be most common.

Her natural skills will be enhanced for threat detection, reflexes, speed, resistance to poisons, innovation, luck, and cleverness. However, these will not be to such a degree it stands out as abnormal to her, at least at the start. Mizu will see in the dark when her onryō traits are more pronounced. As she grows as a character, she may be able to see these grow (if she embraces Myth-hood) or decrease (if she turns away from it).
Role Reasoning: Mizu considers herself a demon due to her Hafu status and further embraces the path of revenge, committing terrible deeds along the way to see it through. Though Master Eiji raised the idea of revenge as art, she still views herself as a terrible person whose demon may "win out." Mizu is also highly individually focused, not caring about society as a whole because it hasn't cared about her. Mizu is arrogant, emotionally distant, inconsiderate, and chooses actions that benefit her quest.

Mizu will see the role of Myth as confirming the worst aspects about herself, without seeing the good in them. She came to Folkmore as part of her revenge quest, and she will focus on that task to her satisfaction. If she believes she has gained all she can, she will try to leave. Those are her plans. Just like Ringo was a typhoon in her life, however, relationships with others in Folkmore may push her off that path.

★ Personality ★

Option 2. Choose FOUR-FIVE of the following questions to answer and expand upon. You may choose a fifth question if you feel it is integral to your character's personality. Each answer has a 100-300 word requirement.

❄️ What was the most traumatic experience your character endured? How did this change them?

~~Being born.~~ While the most traumatic aspect of Mizu's life is the daily experience of being half-white half-Japanese in seventeenth century Japan, that trauma is crystallized most clearly in the end of her marriage. While Mizu married against her instincts—as it cut off her freedom from living as a man and put her quest for revenge on hold—she developed a solid loving relationship. Her 'mother' made her act more feminine, more wifely, and when Mikio saw her skill with weaponry, her passion, and her ferocity—the parts of her she'd hidden, the parts he said he wanted to see—he rejected her. He called her a monster, sold the horse she'd spent a year taming that he'd promised never to sell because it was hers, and turned away when he saw men came to kill her. Her 'mother' on the other hand cared more about her access to opium, to feed her addiction, than anything else.

While both denied selling her out, in the end it didn't matter. They both only accepted parts of her and would never let her be herself. They would both always be one disappointment or money shortage away from betraying her. They both had power over her when she lived as a woman and a wife, and they would not relinquish it. The lesson Mizu learned is that love and happiness are for other people. The people that are supposed to care for each other will never truly care for her.

Mizu returned full heartedly to her path of revenge. Her heart was closed off to Ringo, Taigen, and Akemi in various ways and disappointed them all. What's the point in doing otherwise when they can never love a demon anyway?

❄️ What is the most important and defining relationship(s) in your character's life and why?

Mizu's relationship with Master Eiji, her swordfather, mentor, and the man who raised her defines Mizu more than anything else. They never talked about him taking Mizu in. He only started wishing~ for things aloud and began training Mizu to his high standards as a master craftsman. Not only how to forge steel but the spiritual side. Purity of the metal, the maker, the one to wield it. Mizu learned patience, dedication, and acceptance. When Mizu confessed to the blind artisan that she was Hafu, he reminded Mizu that the best steel requires impurities, and the right impurity can be a great strength. When they reunited, after she nearly died fighting Fowler, Mizu opened up to him about considering herself a demon. Eiji replied that he didn't raise Mizu to be a demon. He moved from calling Mizu a foolish young man for going on her revenge quest to proposing that revenge can be an art, one that can defeat the demon inside. He meets her where she sees herself, using her own language to teach her that she is a person, an artisan, more than a demon.

His teachings and profession even informs her quest for revenge. Helping Eiji, Mizu witnessed and learned more styles of sword fighting than most swordsmen usually ever see. It allowed her to understand the strengths and weaknesses of them to apply when they serve her. It cultivated her devotion, dedication, and ability to commit fully to her path. Only with Eiji's advice and support does Mizu manage to reforge the steel of her broken blade.

❄️ What would your character sacrifice to get what they want or to reach their potential? What have they sacrificed already?

Mizu wants revenge on all four white men and potential fathers who made her life what it is (imagine, if you will, Mamma Mia! if instead it were a power ballad full of bloodshed and fighting sequences). Her potential is something she's only started considering, something that teeters on a sword's edge: a demon or an artisan. Both thirst for revenge. It's only the nature of how that revenge goes that determines which she'll become.

Mizu has already sacrificed a safe, established, well enough compensated life as a sword maker's apprentice (and eventual master of the craft) in the only home that has ever shown her love and affection. Her quest for revenge has rejected this possibility time and again, even as Master Eiji offers it to her. She's further sacrificed the only mother she's known, her husband, and the newfound relationships she's made with Ringo, Taigen, and Akemi.

Beyond people, however, Mizu also sacrifices morals and ethics. She ignores the fates of others around her all the time: women, the poor, the shogun. From top to bottom, not her concern. Mizu fights and kills, permanently disables, or beats the shit out of anyone who she needs to harm to reach her targets. The worst example is when she accepts the job to assassinate an abused young woman in exchange for information to enter Fowler's castle. Though Madame Kaji promised Kinuyo would understand and accept death, she didn't. She wanted to live. Mizu killed her anyway.

Only after that does Mizu consider whether her revenge can be an art, but she still believes when push comes to shove she'd make the same decisions again. Even if that makes her a demon.

❄️ What is a time where your character failed drastically at something and how did it impact them, what did they do about it?

At the start of her quest, Mizu tried to bribe her way to information about illegal traders peddling goods from Europe to reach white men. It went nearly as badly as it could. Mizu is stabbed and nearly bleeds to death. While her 'mother' distracts her from her path for over a year, Mizu still learns from the experience. People involved in illegal trade won't respond to bribes about its infrastructure. That's a fishy line of questioning, and they're particularly invested in keeping anyone from learning too much about it. That would threaten their business far more than anything a bribe could make up for.

Therefore, when dealing with people directly involved in some manner, it's best to get straight to violence or to anticipate violence. Whether that's with a flesh trader or a prestigious dojo, violence gets what Mizu wants. Cutting off fingers gets Heiji Shindo's name. Beating up all the students at the dojo gets her time face to face with the master of the dojo.

Mizu will still use other means when they present themselves or when they're necessary, but honest to goodness direct violence straight ahead gets a lot of the job done.

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Player Name: Sil
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2023-12-24T04:29:11Z

Mizu
Blue Eye Samurai

age: 24
gender: Revenge
(genderqueer)
ext. pronouns: he/him
int. pronouns: she/her
sexuality: queer

Out of Character

yes ✔︎ ask first | see notes ✱ no ✘

backtagging ✔︎ If it's been > 1 month since it was tagged, I assume it's dropped.

threadhopping: network ✔︎ threads/logs ✱ (touch base first)

fourthwalling: Generally, no. Open to discussion for exceptions.

spoilers: minor ✔︎ major ✱ (touch base first) I prefer to consume content for CR.

negative cr: While OOC communication is always good, I require that for negative CR.

descriptive violence/horror: I'm usually comfortable writing at my character's canon levels. I still appreciate a heads up all the time.

explicit sex: Generally no. Once I have gotten to know & trust a writer, I will consider it.

Limits

need warnings, can play ✱ need warnings, cannot play ✘

anti-queer content ✱ insect horror ✱ internal body horror ✱ gaslighting ✘ dubious consent ✘ rape ✘ sexual assault ✘ unplotted deaths ✘

Please reach out about references to canonical backstory involving these topics.

In Character

yes ✔︎ ask first | see notes ✱ no ✘

casual touch ✱ extended touch ✘

physical affection: Mizu is uncomfortable with physical affection. She will generally affirm her boundaries. You may hand her things. Keep your hands to yourself.

fighting while injured ✔︎ minor injuries ✔︎ sparring ✔︎ swords ✔︎ killing others ✱ major injuries ✱ srs altercations ✱ temporary death ✱ permanent death ✘

physical violence: Mizu's comfortable place. Challenge her, and she'll meet you. She won't seek it needlessly, but it's her answer to many problems. Push her hard enough—and plot it out—and she may kill others.

homoerotic moments ✔︎ romance ✱ sex ✱ fast burn ✘

romance & sex: Mizu is not focused on romance or sex. She has poor experiences with both, so expect slow burn to no burn. Reach out if you're interested, but don't be offended if the answer's no.

using abilities on Mizu ✱ Mizu using abilities ✘

psychic abilities: Mizu has no psychic abilities or defenses beyond stubbornness. I prefer to plot these interactions in advance.

innate magic ✘

magic: Mizu has no innate magical abilities.

constitution ✔︎ pain tolerance ✔︎ basic medical care ✱ identifying Mizu as a woman ✘

medical information: Mizu regularly fights through major injuries enough to make doctors and sane people scream. She can sew a wound together and do other basic medical care appropriate to seventeenth century Japan. She is human and binds regularly. Do not identify Mizu as a woman (she will not seek medical care where someone would be able to tell).

Content Warnings & Sensitive Subjects

series & background cws ✘ character's sensitive topics ✱

abuse ✘ bullying ✘ colonialism ✘ gore ✘ internalized racism ✘ mass murder ✘ murder ✘ prostitution ✘ racism ✘ rape ✘ violence ✘

being called weak ✱ white men ✱

sensitive subjects: When people call Mizu weak, she often feels the need to prove them wrong, even if she's so injured she can barely walk.

Mizu will be more suspicious/less trusting of white characters, especially male ones. Consider it hard mode with Mizu.

Player

name: Sil

pronouns: they/them

plurk: inoctavo

discord: silyara

age: 30's

time zone: EST

format: Prose

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