Post by khajita9000 on Jun 26, 2014 7:49:32 GMT
Name:
Daidoji Hiwamokumachi
Alias
The Stalwart Samurai of Hiwamokumachi ((By the People of the Hiwamoku village where Daidoji was constructed and stood watch over))
The Childrens Savior ((The Children of the Village saw the Giant Metal Samurai as a hero thus the Children would often leave diary scrolls and even Ema ((or Wishing Talismans)) upon the Motionless Daidoji as they saw him as their own deity or guardian spirit as the village had no actual shrine nor patron deity))
The Red Demon ((Often called this by the Ronin that Daidoji's form actually manages to scare away from the village.))
The Scrap Metal Scarecrow((Due to originally being designed to scare off unwanted Ronin during the waring states period))
The Forever Standing ((After the Plague struck the village and killed off all of the villagers most of the buildings, and homes deteriorated Daidoji stood the test of time and remained standing amongst the Once thriving village now turned into a desolate place ))
Dai-Chan ((Often an affectionate name given by the Village women))
Daido-Ku ((Called by the Village Head's youngest grandson Hiro))
Age:
((The Body was constructed around the beginning of the Sengoku Period on July 8th 1470)) 137(as of the time he truely becomes selfaware and leaves the remains of the village))
Gender:
Male ((technically))
Fighting Style:
Zanbato Sword style ((actually has yet to learn how to effectively use the sword since waking to life.))
Weapon:
A very heavy very large Japanese Sword often called a Horse Cleaver also known as a Zanbato, The Zanbato used by Daidoji has an extremely long blade and lacks a guard the wooden handle of the sword is often always held two hands and is half the length of the blade. The thick blade meant to cleave rather then cut as the sheer weight of the blade is used to power the cutting motion. An extremely difficult weapon to master but its reach help make up for Daidoji's slow movement speed it also has a slight chance to smash an opponents guard. The down side to this weapon being that it is heavy thus its swings often leave the wielder wide open, the blade is very limited in motion as its weight and size make it slightly heavier and a little harder to master then an European Zweihander as the Zanbato is both a mix of a pole arm handle and a great sword. ((the blade is completely Cerimonial in nature and is actually a skillfully carved out of wood the wood its carved from while strong and old seems to still be quite heavy and the inside of the wooden blade is reinforced with a steel frame to help it keep from breaking if struck))
-like this except it has a wooden handle thats a little longer and the blade slightly wider.
Weapon Name:
Fake Zanbato
Place of Birth:
Constructed in the Hiwamokumachi Village in what is currently now just a ruined village hugging a desolate mountainside in the countryside of Japan
Appearance:
Stands around 7'1
Alliance:
Lawful Good
Personality:
Stalwart and not easily shaken, Good with kids, Optimistic and Chivalrous to women very friendly. Brave, Slowly becomes more human like as he progresses.
Background/History:
Deep within the countryside of Japan existed the Hiwamokumachi farming village, The village and its people thrived peacefully the village was built hugging a fertile mountainside the village kept to itself avoiding political or country wide problems. The village remote and removed from the normal commerse and trade routes of Japan was a village that took care of itself there were no temples throughout the village and there were no roads that lead from the village outside the village the village had cut itself off from the rest of Japan to raise itself in seclusion.
Though as the Sengoku Period drew near the village and its people were harassed by wandering Ronin who ventured out towards it the village felt it was being threaten and they all pitched in to construct in the center of the Village a Guardian who would scare off any wandering Ronin who ventured into their village. The village Elder gave the citizens of the village the permission they needed to construct their Ronin Scare Crow.
The villages smith, textile workers and various other craftsmen who lived amongst the village pitched in to create their villages Crimson Red Samurai and have him stand in the center of the town the frame a sturdy mix of Iron and steel the joints were implemented in the places they were needed by using various types of rope and pulley systems. Though the Samurai was never intended to ever actually fight or even move the Samurai was positioned in a Position of a Samurai awaiting a Challange.
The villages protector was named after the villages founder Daidoji Hiwamokumachi the Samurai stood stalwart amongst the villages center for many years to come as the years went by and the Sengoku Period continued the village prospered peacefully even during the time of war as the major combatants in the war left the village to its own as there was no strategic nor value to the land for any of the Samurai Warlords.
The days went by and the seasons changed. The land began to wither upon the near end of the Sengoku Period the Village began to suffer from a ravaging disease that had started up within the village. The village doctor and every man woman and child began to experience it the numbers infected by it grew by the days. The stalwart Samurai of Steel watched silently as the village soon became a mass grave. The people of the village the young and the old died one by one slowly. The body of the giant steel Samurai was tacked and decorated with story scrolls and drawings and Emas from the children of the village many of which stated about growing up and wanting to be strong the Steel bodied Samurai still did not move.
The village and its people were gone and the warring states drew to a close as Daidoji stood at the center of the ruins that had once been the village he protected. The Steel samurai stood guarding a village that was no longer there. The construct had begun to move however as the construct began to guard the already dead and buried little village he saw all that remained of the people and citizens who he had supposed to have been protecting. The clacking of the Ema's on his body began to draw his attention there was one of them that was a wish for the construct to one day be able to move about and one day explore the world the Ema was drawn up by a young girl among the village and seemed to draw significance to Daidoji thus he left the village and went about fullfilling the girls wish to him so that he may seek a new answer to his existance. Slowly the construct moved out into the dense woodlands and soon into the heart of Japan.
The constructs strange armor design comes from what the villagers all put into his construction from the textile work to the armor to the little decorations meant to make the construct a little more appealing to the villagers. The sword in his possession is not a true sword but an imitation made of wood with a steel frame keeping the heavy wooden replica of a sword that was just a thing of myth the weapon so heavy in design even as a replica still weighed a heafty amount thus still having the same amount of force to be expected from its design though just decoration in nature still has its uses as a weapon.
Relations:
Hiwamokumachi Village- ((Guardian of the Village till the village died out due to a disease that spread about.))
Hiro Asagani-((The grandson of the Hiwamokumachi Village he left the village before the disease hit though time has passed since Hiro last spent time with Daidoji even as a simple Scare Crow for the village at first Hiro was the first of the children to approach Daidoji when he was first constructed though Hiro has likely passed away since then Daidoji still holds hope within him of seeing even where the boy last lived even if that place may no longer be there))
Chikaia Horiuma- ((A village girl who was the granddaughter of the village blacksmith and essentially the first to make an Ema and leave it in Daidoji's care it is believed she is the one who designed his coat he often wears all the time, she passed away due to illness however this was before the disease struck the village. The ema she wrote was a wish that he would be able to see the world one day.))
Hakura Asaki- ((The last person to spend time with Daidoji among the villagers before the disease ravaged the village he polished Daidoji often and was the last to die off he kept Daidoji's apperance from deteriorating as much as possible while he still lived.))
Additional Information:
In truth the reason he comes to life is that he is a Tsukumogami a term in which it is believed to be a yokai that forms from when an item serves its purpouse for more then 100 years. Seeing as he served and stood guard for 137 years it is from this that made him into a Tsukumogami though he didnt realise it 37 years after he had become one and had stood there for a long while before moving.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUUOezyeOmU- Theme of Daidoji Hiwamokumachi
Daidoji Hiwamokumachi
Alias
The Stalwart Samurai of Hiwamokumachi ((By the People of the Hiwamoku village where Daidoji was constructed and stood watch over))
The Childrens Savior ((The Children of the Village saw the Giant Metal Samurai as a hero thus the Children would often leave diary scrolls and even Ema ((or Wishing Talismans)) upon the Motionless Daidoji as they saw him as their own deity or guardian spirit as the village had no actual shrine nor patron deity))
The Red Demon ((Often called this by the Ronin that Daidoji's form actually manages to scare away from the village.))
The Scrap Metal Scarecrow((Due to originally being designed to scare off unwanted Ronin during the waring states period))
The Forever Standing ((After the Plague struck the village and killed off all of the villagers most of the buildings, and homes deteriorated Daidoji stood the test of time and remained standing amongst the Once thriving village now turned into a desolate place ))
Dai-Chan ((Often an affectionate name given by the Village women))
Daido-Ku ((Called by the Village Head's youngest grandson Hiro))
Age:
((The Body was constructed around the beginning of the Sengoku Period on July 8th 1470)) 137(as of the time he truely becomes selfaware and leaves the remains of the village))
Gender:
Male ((technically))
Fighting Style:
Zanbato Sword style ((actually has yet to learn how to effectively use the sword since waking to life.))
Weapon:
A very heavy very large Japanese Sword often called a Horse Cleaver also known as a Zanbato, The Zanbato used by Daidoji has an extremely long blade and lacks a guard the wooden handle of the sword is often always held two hands and is half the length of the blade. The thick blade meant to cleave rather then cut as the sheer weight of the blade is used to power the cutting motion. An extremely difficult weapon to master but its reach help make up for Daidoji's slow movement speed it also has a slight chance to smash an opponents guard. The down side to this weapon being that it is heavy thus its swings often leave the wielder wide open, the blade is very limited in motion as its weight and size make it slightly heavier and a little harder to master then an European Zweihander as the Zanbato is both a mix of a pole arm handle and a great sword. ((the blade is completely Cerimonial in nature and is actually a skillfully carved out of wood the wood its carved from while strong and old seems to still be quite heavy and the inside of the wooden blade is reinforced with a steel frame to help it keep from breaking if struck))
-like this except it has a wooden handle thats a little longer and the blade slightly wider.
Weapon Name:
Fake Zanbato
Place of Birth:
Constructed in the Hiwamokumachi Village in what is currently now just a ruined village hugging a desolate mountainside in the countryside of Japan
Appearance:
Stands around 7'1
Alliance:
Lawful Good
Personality:
Stalwart and not easily shaken, Good with kids, Optimistic and Chivalrous to women very friendly. Brave, Slowly becomes more human like as he progresses.
Background/History:
Deep within the countryside of Japan existed the Hiwamokumachi farming village, The village and its people thrived peacefully the village was built hugging a fertile mountainside the village kept to itself avoiding political or country wide problems. The village remote and removed from the normal commerse and trade routes of Japan was a village that took care of itself there were no temples throughout the village and there were no roads that lead from the village outside the village the village had cut itself off from the rest of Japan to raise itself in seclusion.
Though as the Sengoku Period drew near the village and its people were harassed by wandering Ronin who ventured out towards it the village felt it was being threaten and they all pitched in to construct in the center of the Village a Guardian who would scare off any wandering Ronin who ventured into their village. The village Elder gave the citizens of the village the permission they needed to construct their Ronin Scare Crow.
The villages smith, textile workers and various other craftsmen who lived amongst the village pitched in to create their villages Crimson Red Samurai and have him stand in the center of the town the frame a sturdy mix of Iron and steel the joints were implemented in the places they were needed by using various types of rope and pulley systems. Though the Samurai was never intended to ever actually fight or even move the Samurai was positioned in a Position of a Samurai awaiting a Challange.
The villages protector was named after the villages founder Daidoji Hiwamokumachi the Samurai stood stalwart amongst the villages center for many years to come as the years went by and the Sengoku Period continued the village prospered peacefully even during the time of war as the major combatants in the war left the village to its own as there was no strategic nor value to the land for any of the Samurai Warlords.
The days went by and the seasons changed. The land began to wither upon the near end of the Sengoku Period the Village began to suffer from a ravaging disease that had started up within the village. The village doctor and every man woman and child began to experience it the numbers infected by it grew by the days. The stalwart Samurai of Steel watched silently as the village soon became a mass grave. The people of the village the young and the old died one by one slowly. The body of the giant steel Samurai was tacked and decorated with story scrolls and drawings and Emas from the children of the village many of which stated about growing up and wanting to be strong the Steel bodied Samurai still did not move.
The village and its people were gone and the warring states drew to a close as Daidoji stood at the center of the ruins that had once been the village he protected. The Steel samurai stood guarding a village that was no longer there. The construct had begun to move however as the construct began to guard the already dead and buried little village he saw all that remained of the people and citizens who he had supposed to have been protecting. The clacking of the Ema's on his body began to draw his attention there was one of them that was a wish for the construct to one day be able to move about and one day explore the world the Ema was drawn up by a young girl among the village and seemed to draw significance to Daidoji thus he left the village and went about fullfilling the girls wish to him so that he may seek a new answer to his existance. Slowly the construct moved out into the dense woodlands and soon into the heart of Japan.
The constructs strange armor design comes from what the villagers all put into his construction from the textile work to the armor to the little decorations meant to make the construct a little more appealing to the villagers. The sword in his possession is not a true sword but an imitation made of wood with a steel frame keeping the heavy wooden replica of a sword that was just a thing of myth the weapon so heavy in design even as a replica still weighed a heafty amount thus still having the same amount of force to be expected from its design though just decoration in nature still has its uses as a weapon.
Relations:
Hiwamokumachi Village- ((Guardian of the Village till the village died out due to a disease that spread about.))
Hiro Asagani-((The grandson of the Hiwamokumachi Village he left the village before the disease hit though time has passed since Hiro last spent time with Daidoji even as a simple Scare Crow for the village at first Hiro was the first of the children to approach Daidoji when he was first constructed though Hiro has likely passed away since then Daidoji still holds hope within him of seeing even where the boy last lived even if that place may no longer be there))
Chikaia Horiuma- ((A village girl who was the granddaughter of the village blacksmith and essentially the first to make an Ema and leave it in Daidoji's care it is believed she is the one who designed his coat he often wears all the time, she passed away due to illness however this was before the disease struck the village. The ema she wrote was a wish that he would be able to see the world one day.))
Hakura Asaki- ((The last person to spend time with Daidoji among the villagers before the disease ravaged the village he polished Daidoji often and was the last to die off he kept Daidoji's apperance from deteriorating as much as possible while he still lived.))
Additional Information:
In truth the reason he comes to life is that he is a Tsukumogami a term in which it is believed to be a yokai that forms from when an item serves its purpouse for more then 100 years. Seeing as he served and stood guard for 137 years it is from this that made him into a Tsukumogami though he didnt realise it 37 years after he had become one and had stood there for a long while before moving.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUUOezyeOmU- Theme of Daidoji Hiwamokumachi