Character: Rokurou Rangetsu Canon: Tales of Berseria
About: Rokurou is a very laidback daemon with a rather "positive" attitude in the sense that he doesn't sweat the small stuff too much and just rolls with most things. As a war daemon, fighting is pretty much his life and what he enjoys most, with the sword being his one true lovebeloved favored weapon. He excels in dual short swords but isn't too shabby with the greatsword, either, and in fact now dual wields those, too. Like I said, sword nut. He follows the role of the "samurai" fairly well, living up to those codes and his family name. Can be super loyal and supportive, will repay any debt he owes, will look out for the younger crowd, and just overall a nice and fun guy to be around, especially at a bar. Loves that alcohol. He can also be a little bit of a fun jokester and a troll. But hidden beneath that nice guy exterior is a dark ball of rage that only surfaces when he's really into his fight. He doesn't like being interrupted. Period. A lot of that rage comes from his hatred for his older brother, but a lot of that has been resolved. He's otherwise pretty chill. (Except around his brother—there is no chill.)
One important thing to note is his daemoneye, with the black markings running down his neck. Normally only certain people can see it, but since this is a dreamworld anyone will be able to see it with those who are supernaturally inclined able to tell right away he's not human. In addition to this, Rokurou has something called malevolence, which is basically a dark, negative type of energy that can corrupt things and turn them daemon. It still exists in Songerein, but he keeps it contained inside himself so no one should be affected unless something causes him to lose it. You can read more about it here. I do have plans for this tho 👀
Abilities: Rokurou is a strong swordsman capable of dual wielding both shortswords and greatswords. He's based off the samurai, so his weapons are Japanese styled, the shortswords more like wakizashis or tantos, and the greatswords more like odachis. He excels with the shortswords and has trained hard in wielding one greatsword, but from his canon point he's starting to learn to dualwield the greatswords so that's something he'll be working on in Songerein. Being from a Tales franchise, he has elemental artes, or skills, and these will be expanded on with dreamotion energy to increase his arsenal of attacks. When dreamwalking, he is definitely going to learn how to create swords so he can summon and use as many as he can at will, lmao. Dreamwalker Form: No real change, but in nightmares he may take on a more "daemon" form where he just looks a little wilder and closer to a Japanese oni.
Plans: No real plans aside from the owl event and probably stabbing a few noctaere. I think he'll start making something like his own training grounds as he's been trying to practice using dreamotion energy on some training dummies to make them move. Something I do want to have maybe the next time we have a nightmare focused theme is have him go berserk daemon ho ho ho ho.
CR Dreams: Everyboooooddy~ Rokurou loves a good fight, so sparring partners, rivals, enemies, he'll be happy with them all. Drinking partners are also a plus. He's a very chill and easy to get along with kind of guy, so there's plenty of CR opportunities for anyone, really. As for what he can bring to the table, he's definitely a good "big bro" kind of guy. He is also very loyal to those he's sworn alliance to, so if there's any problems, he's got your back.
Rokurou Rangetsu | Tales of Berseria
Canon: Tales of Berseria
About: Rokurou is a very laidback daemon with a rather "positive" attitude in the sense that he doesn't sweat the small stuff too much and just rolls with most things. As a war daemon, fighting is pretty much his life and what he enjoys most, with the sword being his
one true lovebelovedfavored weapon. He excels in dual short swords but isn't too shabby with the greatsword, either, and in fact now dual wields those, too. Like I said, sword nut. He follows the role of the "samurai" fairly well, living up to those codes and his family name. Can be super loyal and supportive, will repay any debt he owes, will look out for the younger crowd, and just overall a nice and fun guy to be around, especially at a bar. Loves that alcohol. He can also be a little bit of a fun jokester and a troll. But hidden beneath that nice guy exterior is a dark ball of rage that only surfaces when he's really into his fight. He doesn't like being interrupted. Period. A lot of that rage comes from his hatred for his older brother, but a lot of that has been resolved. He's otherwise pretty chill. (Except around his brother—there is no chill.)One important thing to note is his daemon eye, with the black markings running down his neck. Normally only certain people can see it, but since this is a dreamworld anyone will be able to see it with those who are supernaturally inclined able to tell right away he's not human. In addition to this, Rokurou has something called malevolence, which is basically a dark, negative type of energy that can corrupt things and turn them daemon. It still exists in Songerein, but he keeps it contained inside himself so no one should be affected unless something causes him to lose it. You can read more about it here. I do have plans for this tho 👀
Abilities: Rokurou is a strong swordsman capable of dual wielding both shortswords and greatswords. He's based off the samurai, so his weapons are Japanese styled, the shortswords more like wakizashis or tantos, and the greatswords more like odachis. He excels with the shortswords and has trained hard in wielding one greatsword, but from his canon point he's starting to learn to dualwield the greatswords so that's something he'll be working on in Songerein. Being from a Tales franchise, he has elemental artes, or skills, and these will be expanded on with dreamotion energy to increase his arsenal of attacks. When dreamwalking, he is definitely going to learn how to create swords so he can summon and use as many as he can at will, lmao.
Dreamwalker Form: No real change, but in nightmares he may take on a more "daemon" form where he just looks a little wilder and closer to a Japanese oni.
Plans: No real plans aside from the owl event and probably stabbing a few noctaere. I think he'll start making something like his own training grounds as he's been trying to practice using dreamotion energy on some training dummies to make them move. Something I do want to have maybe the next time we have a nightmare focused theme is have him go berserk daemon ho ho ho ho.
CR Dreams: Everyboooooddy~ Rokurou loves a good fight, so sparring partners, rivals, enemies, he'll be happy with them all. Drinking partners are also a plus. He's a very chill and easy to get along with kind of guy, so there's plenty of CR opportunities for anyone, really. As for what he can bring to the table, he's definitely a good "big bro" kind of guy. He is also very loyal to those he's sworn alliance to, so if there's any problems, he's got your back.
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