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   "A man's strength is determined by will"
   

Name(s): Ichiro Aihara
Nickname(s): Ichi
Age: 19
Sex: Male
Birthday: X761, August 20
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Class: Mystic
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Rank: S-rank GM (Applying for open rank)
Guild: Crime Sorciere GM
Guild Tattoo: Left Pectoral (Over heart)
Face Claim: Sora - No Game No Life

II. APPEARANCE

Height: 6'2
Weight: 153lb
Hair: To neck, Brown
Eyes: Brown
General Appearance: Ichiro stands straight and tall. He has little fat on him, if any, and his body is mostly comprised of muscle. His lean physique, combined with his strong and light leg muscles, make him optimized for acrobatics and speed. His face is shapely and sculpted, and his brown hair goes down to his neck. His canines are a little bit longer than the rest of his teeth, and they are almost fang-like; the reason for this development is unknown, and since Ichiro is not one to bite his opponents, he has not utilized them in combat before.

His daily outfit usually consists of a designer t-shirt and jeans or sweatpants, with converse style high-top sneakers. He can sometimes be seen sporting a baseball cap backwards. When he fights, he can be seen wearing a sleeveless Gi, with a black top and red pants. His other battle outfit is a black robe. At formal outings, he wears a blazer and a top hat, while putting his hair in a ponytail.
(169/150)
Extra: He has a scar under his left eye. It runs horizontally.

III. PERSONALITY

Personality: Ichiro is a complicated young man. He has a plethora of negative qualities balanced out by genuine positive ones. He is often quick to leap on an opportunity to make extra cash, and he loves liquor and ladies- the simple pleasures of most any man. Hedonism and greed aside, Ichiro takes joy out of some non-material life matters as well. A sense of righteousness and will to carry out what he believes in regardless of its difficulty drives him forward in life. To Ichiro, dark guilds should be eradicated, and their members punished or killed. To see out his belief he joined Crime Sorciere as a mage.

Ichi is often rather boisterous and bright, quick to make a joke or a flirtatious gesture to appealing members of the opposite sex. He tries to keep his greed in check (and fails often) by distancing himself from money. He harbors strong resentful feelings towards those who display arrogance, regardless of their rank, age or title, and by no means will ever respect them.

Ichiro rarely shows strong negative emotions unless under extremely stressful or dire circumstances. Such circumstances include exposure to his phobia, or death of a close loved one- small things and the like do not faze him externally, regardless of his emotions and true feelings. Due to past traumatic events he constantly looks over his right shoulder; he subconsciously touches the left side of every doorway he walks through.

Ichiro protects his friends, and would rather save them than himself, in certain circumstances, depending on the people in question. To those whom he is incredibly close, he cannot imagine life without them. He is faithful, comparable to a dog and its master, and he will do whatever it takes to defend his friends from harm.

Ichiro is a man of good humor and spirits. He enjoys cracking jokes, making terribly corny puns, and sharing a drink with his fellow compatriots. In good or bad times, he is quick to make light of a situation, no matter how serious it may be, in order to attempt to diffuse it. Whether or not this method works depends entirely on the company Ichiro chooses to surround himself with. As stated previously, he likes to hang around women. He yearns for love, and hopes that he will one day get it.

As he wants to keep his body in optimal shape, Ichiro trains physically quite often. He also enjoys training his magic and engaging in spars with his equals. He tries to keep a positive attitude when it comes to fighting, and does not mind getting hurt, as long as he can recover from it. After all, what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, right?
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Likes:

• Spicy Food
  
• Attractive Women
  
• Training
  
• Running
  
• Swimming
  
• Fighting Evil
  
• Jokes
  
• Bad Puns
  
• Gambling
  
• A light drink (this often turns into mind-numbing drunkness)
  

Dislikes:

• Arrogant People
  
• Rats
  
• Cockroaches
  
• Dark Mages
  
• Bitter Foods
  
• Overpowering Odors
  
• Human Faeces
  
• Public Restrooms
  
• Overcooked Foods
  

Motivations: Ichiro has always wanted to eliminate all the dark guilds in Fiore. Due to a painful occurrence in his past involving an unknown dark guild, he wishes to fight the forces of evil to make sure nobody else has to go through what he did.
Fears:

• Rats - He was locked in a dark cell for several months at a young age; rats were common visitors. Once, they were attracted to the scent of rotting flesh in a confinement cell, and swarmed all over Ichiro, causing him to have a distinct phobia of them to this day.
  
• Murder by Dark Mage - Being murdered by the one thing Ichiro seeks to destroy would be a terrible loss for him- therefore he fears such occurrences.
  

Positive Traits:

• Acrobatic (+3): You have excellent body awareness and coordination.
  Explanation: Character can perform flashy moves such as back flips, cartwheels and various other moves when dodging an attack.
  
• Swift (+3): You are fleet of foot. When running, you move three times your normal speed.
  Explanation: You have a passive C Rank speed buff at all times.
  
• Regeneration (+4): You heal very fast inside and outside of combat. Small cuts that go up to one inch deep are healed in the next post.
  Explanation: C Rank damage healed every post
  
• Diehard (+2): You can remain conscious after attacks that would fell others.
  Explanation: Allows for 1 A Rank spell to be shrugged off. Damage is still applied, but no pain is shown. Limit of once per battle.
  

Negative Traits:

• Phobia: A character afflicted by a phobia persistently fears a particular object or situation. She realizes that the fear is excessive and irrational, but the fear is disturbing enough that she avoids the stimulus.
  Explanation: Character is unable to face anything that has it's fear. If you're afraid of spiders and someone uses spider magic, you flee. (Rats) -3
  
• Compulsions: The character insists on performing ritual actions, such as touching a doorway at left, right, and top before passing through it. Though she may agree that the actions are senseless, the need to perform them is overpowering.
  Explanation: The character must do their compulsion, regardless of adverse affects--including bodily harm. (Looking over right shoulder, touching left side of every doorway - Subconsciously) -3
  
• Intolerance: You have an irrational dislike of a certain thing. It may be an animal, a class of person, a situation, or just about anything at all. Note that some dislikes may be too trivial or ridiculous to count--a dislike of Bavarian-crème-filled donuts or mechanical pencils, for example, has no real dramatic value and will not be allowed.
  Explanation: You must act very disgusted and displeased when your dislike comes into play.  - Cockroaches (-1)
  
• Judgmental: You form opinions quickly and change them very slowly. You also have a tendency to judge people on their appearance. A man dressed as a pirate, no matter how gentlemanly, is a scoundrel and a dog as far as you is concerned. A man covered in mud is a peasant, and a woman wearing revealing clothing is a prostitute.
  Explanation: You must act very disgusted and displeased when your dislike comes into play.  - Arrogant mages, regardless of rank (Arrogance is a sin)
  (-1)
  
• Allergies: You are afflicted with allergies. These may be something as simple as hay fever, but the reactions to such will result in something like a huge bout of sneezing and gasping. You must mention this allergy in your character application.
  Explanation: Whenever this allergy comes into play you must suffer the consequences. The allergy must be something that can actually come and not something strange and unique. - Pollen - Afflicted during the spring (Reaction = Explosive sneezing, coughing, wheezing, nausea, occasional vomiting, sore throat) (-1)
  
• Greedy: Money makes your eyes light up with joy. The more, the merrier, as long as it spends. Once in a while, whenever you're divvying up shares of the loot, being offered a hefty bribe, or catching wind of some fabulous treasure, the flaw can to convince you to grab for as much money as possible.
  Explanation: You may act differently when money comes into play. (-1)
  
• Hedonistic: You love a good time. You party too much, drink too much, and eat too much. You have trouble resisting an invitation to join someone in a drink and sometimes shirk your duty if offered a more enjoyable time elsewhere. Whenever a good time is presented you let your guard down. You're also not capable to resist seduction of any sort. It's just not in your nature to resist such opportunities.
  Explanation: You always give in when a good time is offered such as drinks, women and other things. Even in the midst of a dangerous raid through a castle you decide to stay in the room that has wine and beautiful girls in them even though they could be monsters. (-1)
  
• Righteous: The end justifies the means. You are willing to perform morally repugnant actions in order to achieve noble goals. Unfortunately, this can alienate those people who might support your cause if you didn't use such heavy-handed methods.
  Explanation: Your beliefs guide you so strongly that you are willing to kill an entire village that's harboring a thief, if it kills the thief too. (-1)
  

IV. MAGIC

Magic: Heaven's Mandate
Caster or Holder: Caster
Description: Heaven's Mandate is a powerful form of light magic which was created to combat the growing forces of evil. It allows the user to materialize holy light and cast extremely destructive magic at the peak of its mastery. The user can create defensive and offensive forms of light, as well as strong buffs and healing spells.
Strengths:

• Versatility - Can be used in many ways
  
• Elemental Strength against the Darkness element.
  

Weaknesses:

• Weak against the Darkness element as well.
  
• Spells can be heavily destructive- there is little control over the collateral damage they cause.
  
• Some spells have long cast times or may require an incantation to cast. (Certain Inconveniences.)
  

V. HISTORY

History: Ichiro Aihara was born in Magnolia Town to a pair of esteemed mages of the Fairy Tail guild. They were well-known throughout the town for their skill in eliminating dark guilds. Ichiro was never a part of Fairy Tail itself, but he spent a great deal of his youth hanging around the building and going on missions and adventures with his parents. He'd watch (conveniently hidden somewhere out of harm's reach) with awe as his heroic young mother and father battled the forces of evil. However, one day, while on a request to destroy a particularly vile and infamous guild, his parents were incapacitated by the guildmaster, who took them into a large cell with an imposing door made of black steel. Consumed by fear and curiosity, Ichiro exposed himself and followed them, banging on the door to be let in. Unsurprisingly, he was thrown in with his parents, who were shackled and chained to the walls. The guildmaster and another strange-looking man who wore hooded robes stood inside, laughing heartily.

"We've managed to stop the two most infamous mages amongst the dark guild community. We deserve recognition. Ha!"

The guildmaster left the room, but the hooded man stayed. He crouched down to meet the terrified boy's face- and smiled menacingly.

"Watch closely. This will be so much fun~"

With a swift movement, he turned around and sent a wave of electricity towards Ichiro's restrained parents. They screamed in agony- Ichiro winced as their cries echoed off of the steel walls of the cell. The hooded mage (Let's call him the Torturer) sent another wave towards them; it had the same effect. This went on for a few hours. After this it was assumed the torturer got bored; he brandished a sharp knife and pointed it teasingly at Ichiro's parents, before looking back at the boy and grinning. Then he walked forward, towards the father, took the knife, and sliced cleanly through the man's arm. A bloodcurdling scream echoed from his father's mouth- Ichiro was terrified. With a sudden burst of courage, he dashed towards the torturer-turned-executioner and grabbed ahold of his arm. This did not faze the man, who slashed Ichiro's cheek open with his knife, resulting in a scar. He then threw the knife, with the precision and power of an experienced hunter, towards the throat of Ichiro's father. It punctured the man's Adam's Apple, and stuck into the wall behind. The executioner grabbed the knife (yanking it with force out of its target's throat), sliced Ichi's father's face twice, and moved towards his mother, who had been mysteriously calm the entire time.

"It's like you're not scared," sneered the Executioner. "I'll give you a slow and painful death... right in front of your only child!"

"I have nothing to fear, bastard... I lived my life doing the one thing I lived for... and that's all that matters- Gah-"

The woman's voice was cut off by the executioner plunging his knife into her stomach- she tried to headbutt him but he dodged and twisted the blade rapidly, displaying an unknown and unforeseen strength. She screamed and he mocked her, before slashing deep gashes into her abdomen. Blood and innards poured out- Ichiro watched as tears streamed down his face like waterfalls. Finally, showing some mercy, the executioner ran his blade clean through the woman's neck, killing her.

Since Ichiro was just a young boy, he merely kicked him aside and left him to suffer, locked in a dark and dank cell with the decaying bodies of his mommy and daddy staring at him.  He was kept here for a total of 11 years- a confinement starting when he was 6 and ending at 17. However, many traumatic events occurred during his imprisonment. Surprisingly, very few of them were due to his captors and their torment- it was mostly caused by the condition of the cell he was kept in. Some of the more merciful members of the guild would dump slops in through a vent in the door, which Ichiro would eat off of the floor. However, the rats would get to them first. In fact, the rats, whom climbed through leaking pipes and squeezed through holes in the walls, gnawed their way through the rotting corpses of his parents. They came in hordes, squeaking and squealing, small feet scuttling all over the place. Watching them eat his already dead parents was enough to drive him mad- but when the hungry animals mistook him for a carcass, he freaked out. He screamed and kicked and flailed in a desperate attempt to get the rats off of him. He ended up stepping on several and killing them. Such an event left him with a phobia of rats which he would never shake off.

Every day the guildmaster ordered one of the literary, intelligent members of the guild to enter the cell and educate the boy on mathematics and speaking skills. It was unknown why until shortly before his release/escape. (He planned on brainwashing Ichiro and forcing him to be a member of the guild.) By age 16, after spending a horrifying 10 years imprisoned, Ichiro was incredibly intelligent. (due to hours and hours of literary and mathematical work.) He'd exercise by running around the parameter of his cell and trying to climb up the walls. When he was 17, he would leave the cell, but not the way he'd imagined.

He was awakened one morning by a tremendous crash. The walls of the cell shook violently; he looked outside the vent to see a hooded figure shoot a wave of electricity at a man with black hair, who deflected the shock and punched the hooded man's lights out. That man was recognized as the executioner who killed his parents. Then, an enormous crash was heard. The guildmaster shot a beam of purple light at the man, but he simply dodged and planted his fist in the ground. A circle of explosions echoed from the floor around him and the guildmaster was also knocked senseless. The man dashed towards Ichiro's cell- he blew open the door, and looked around for signs of life. Ichiro crawled out of a corner, frightened.

"Don't be afraid, kid. Are you a prisoner?"

He nodded.

"I'll take you somewhere safe."

Ichiro followed the man out; as soon as they were outside of the guild hall, they broke into a sprint; Ichiro's leg muscles had developed beautifully. The two men would travel to the Valley of Beasts, where the man introduced him to the members of Crime Sorciere. He joined the guild and took up learning a magic. He was sworn to defeat the forces of evil, but had to follow the doctrines of the guild in order to do so. During the next two years of his life he trained hard and became a reputed member of the guild- and he developed a friendly, social personality to try and shield him from his own past.

One day the man who rescued him went on a mission. He never returned- he was attempting to destroy a dark guild with a particularly nasty reputation. Ichiro swore he would avenge his savior and his parents' deaths by destroying that guild- but in time, he would test his luck. For now it was time for more training.

(900+/400)