Shuri

Shuri Vixun is a young woman of 22 years old, human girl from a rural town far out in the Mountains. She has silver hair, greenish eyes, a built physique, a lean yet powerful build, and a generally sweet yet prideful demeanor, always willing to lend a hand of help or a match for rivals, then offers them a meal and drink afterwards. She also has a strong sense of justice, one she uses primarily for her self-imposed crusade to "decimate all evil", as she would say in her characteristic charming bravado. Shes a talented and smart fighter, also somewhat gifted in the use of Ki projection, magical strikes, and grappling. She trains in fighting similar in style and execution to Wing Chun, Judo, Muay Thai and the specialty of her temple: Majutsu-shi no ken (Mage Fist). She wears loose gi mostly and styled undershirts, and likes spending her time meditating, training, gardening, reading to others, doing public services, and "smashing up baddies real good", as she would put it. She's generally playful and teasing with fighting, but takes it seriously despite banter. When the chips are down, however, she gets real serious and truly puts her all into it. Strengths: Physically tough, analytical fighter, kind and honest. Loyal friend and dedicated learner yet still finds time to slack off. LOVES tea Weaknesses: Can sometimes get emotionally played and goaded into mistakes by angering her. Sometimes goes too far in fights. Shes haunted by her past every so often. Chronic light sleeper. HATES coffee. She won't say it aloud, but she's very ticklish. Like, flailing and losing composure ticklish... not that she necessarily hates that... but she keeps it under wraps.

She lived her life peacefully in the mountain village of Kokowue, until a great being of darkness murdered her family for the sins of her late father. The only apparent survivor of this attack, sent away by her mother and father, she fled to Gojiran City, a veritable hub of commerce and trade in the region. There as a drifter, homeless and scared, she took to the streets. It was there she found her love of fighting. It wasn't just a necessity for her, it became a way of goin g her then aggressive tendencies and drive for revenge. What she lacked then, however, was restraint and conviction. That was when she was found by Master Uma Stone, Shifu of Ochitsuki Temple, a martial arts and physical magic temple with wide renown and respect from others, for being about as close to true heroes people get outside of adventurers in their many external pursuits. Training a few disciples, Uma Stone had a unique sense, where it was almost like she could read the potential off the very hands of a person. She approached the then standoffish Shuri and took her quickly under her wing. Over those next several years, nearly a decade, Shuri trained and grew into a proud, strong and shockingly sweet individual, almost like her true self came out once she had a home and friends again. The traumas of her past dulled but never faded, it gave her strength to ensure she became the legacy her family deserved, for her mom, dad and younger brother who perished in a fire drawn from past dregs. She has yet to truly learn or master most of the more advanced techniques taught by the temple, as they deal in mastering magics she is still understanding, and also due to the caveat of these techniques. To draw out more power, defeating powerful foes or saving more lives from greater threats, such techniques like seals, talismans, rituals, blessings, attacks or other such techniques draw on energy, and take on the user imparting danger to their lives and wellbeing's to achieve them. Only meant to be used in the most dire scenarios, the mroe advanced a technique, the more dangerous it is for the user to attempt or perform.

A world not unlike our own, a blend of quasi-futuristic technology mixed with analogue (High res TVs yet VHS is still popular), high tech video games and android tools, yet that nostalgic late 90's style of building and scenario. Smart phone technology, etc. New Helios exists as a strange amalgamation of familiar yet out of place from an Earth point of view. It's a planet dictated by a channel of Mana that flows underneath and permeates everything like a living force. Humans, animalkin (humanoid people with scant animalistic features, like ears and tails, so catfolk, wolfolk, etc) and beasts like living golems, elves and different religious sects speak to a long history that seems mostly forgotten by the general public. Perhaps the story of the Primoridal Wars, where a brother and sister pair of deities fought for the fate of the world, only for the sister, the good one, to emerge triumphant yet wounded, became the sun, while her godly allies split to become the Three Moons, is true... but enough time has passed for this that only the ruined structures of ancient warships, air cutters and old craters exist, alongside these ancient automata that have integrated into modern society. Now, new airships, boats and such dominate the lands, and the people generally go about more usual lives... aside from the occasional trouble from monsters, oppositing nations, brigands or other esoteric threats rear their heads. One finds a niche here: Adventurers to farmers, it's a societal ecosystem not distant from our own.