Pokedo: Ashikaga Hikaru

Name: Ashikaga Hikaru
Pokémon: Volcarona
Age: 24
Height: 5'5"
Ability: Flame Body
- _{Attacks of physical contact have a 30% chance to burn the attacker.}
Attacks:
- Flame Thrower
- Fiery Dance
Home: Capital City
Job/Classes: Samurai
Likes:
- Warm sunny days.
- Being alone with her thoughts to meditate.
- Practicing her calligraphy and illustration skills with her various collection of rare inks and brushes.
- Certain types of flowers.
Dislikes:
- People who try to pry into her life.
- People who abuse others, or abuse their power to the misfortune of others.
- She has a strong dislike of large bodies of water.
Personality: Hikaru is a strong and sometimes wild spirit, though she is a woman of few words. She can be seen as reclusive and even rude at times, perhaps slow if asked questions or forced to solve a problem. She thinks things over fully before she acts upon something or says anything, but if you are acting in a way she perceives as wrong, she is quick to act.
Hikaru can be quick to anger when the right nerves are struck, and gets easily annoyed with people chasing her down for her name and asking her questions.
History: Hikaru was born to a farmer and his wife, in the far reaching south in a small village. Life was simple, happy and peaceful. Everyone helped at the farm, her parents rarely raised their voices, and the children rarely did anything to cause the need. Hikaru's older brother was her best friend, and a very protective older brother.

One day, war threatened the province in which they lived, and all young men were drafted into the war. Hikaru's father had been injured and could not fight, and to the dismay of the entire family her brother was sent away. Almost a year passed without word, from either her brother or others, nothing about the war or what was going on. But as the new year approached and lone horseman came galloping into the village, shouting of doom and death. The panic he caused may have given the villagers more of a chance, but when the hoards of the enemy's army fell on their village they could not resist. Men and women were separated, children were taken from their mother's, and all were carted away from the village like cattle.

Hikaru spent many years of her life as a slave to the lord who'd conquered her small village, in that time a burning hate had built inside her. After her Evolution, the Lord saw something in her that he fancied. A 'wild beauty as passionate as a flame'. The night he was set to take her as a concubine, she stole a small knife from the kitchen. With this she stabbed the Lord responsible for her ruined life, her dead parents and her lost brother.

Hikaru escaped the Lord's grasp, fled into the country side, and found the nearest village she could. Quickly, she stole a horse, clothes, and a few other things, leaving her fine jewelry behind as payment for what she took. By the time both her and her mount were near dead, she reached Capital City. Far away from her home, cloaked and covered to avoid the staring eyes of the citizens. An old samurai had found her in the hovel she'd hidden in, and against her bitter protests he took her in and returned her to health. Realizing who this man was, Hikaru begged him to teach her, that she would become strong and able to defend herself and others from what she had gone through already in her young life.

Hikaru threw herself into the apprenticeship with everything she had, devoting her life to the art of dual swords that her master favored.

Now, Hikaru is a fully capable and deadly Samurai. She wears seemingly bulky clothing to hide her gender, which she achieves with moderate success. Not speaking much, and with most of her face covered and all of her body covered, people who pass her in the street are unaware. She even came to laugh at her own name, amused that her parents had chosen a unisex name. She does not 'work' for anyone, she simply acts when the situation demands it. She lives modestly, never complains, and enjoys the simplicity of her life.
Additional Info:
- Her right eye was badly wounded during her flight from the Lord she murdered, leaving her barely able to see. The wound proved a distraction, so she covered it with soft silk. Sometimes the wound pains her, clouding her mind and landing her at a huge disadvantage.
- She has a small collection of scars on her wrists and back from her time as a slave, though her wings are undamaged.
- Thin, orange and red scales cover her back, thicker around her wings and fading away into her skin. The curve slightly over her shoulders and up the back of her neck, even edging in around her horns and forehead.
Styles of RP: I can do many styles of RP, but I only really enjoy it when it has depth... So... Paragraph, and longer, is my typical style. Not to say I write huge stories all the time, but once in a while for serious RP, its nice to have more then a single sentence, you know?
I am still more then willing to RP in chat and so on,


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I love Volcarona, <3 And when toying with different designs for a Gijinka this kept popping into my head!

Pending Application to the group, :3