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Description

An oval face with flat high cheekbones common of her Asian heritage. Long thick black hair that reaches just past her waist, usually worn in a low loose ponytail with an off center part. Full lips and dark eyes, nearly black, that seem to pierce into your very soul. Pale skin with a full dragon tattoo on her shoulder and back, though few have lived to know of its existence. Her attire is quite scandalous for women of her home country, choosing only a one layer robe of black silk with a trail of large red flowers embroidered throughout. A wide decorative obi around her waist in mixed shades of gold and traditional naga-bakama or long divided skirt in dark blood red. Her katana is always at her side along with the smaller (and slightly concealed)wakizashi, completing her daisho (to sword carry style).

Personality

Fiercely loyal, observant and watchful. A woman of few words but will give her full opinion when asked. Can be surprisingly pleasant and even allow her face to melt into a heavenly smile on rare occasions. When angered her wrath is swift.

Equipment

katana
wakizashi

History

At an early age Hisako sought to learn more than custom thought needed of a woman, a result of her adoration of her skilled father. As a guard he was noticed by higher ranking courtesans for his skill in a unique sword technique and was invited to teach it to the bored sons of nobles as a flashy addition to their rarely used swordsmanship skills. The change in her fathers position allowed her to learn, in secret, the art of swordplay. She admired the two sword style conceived by her father and everyday copied the movements he taught to the men of the court. Though he never spoke directly with her on the matter she knew he was aware of her growing talent and unspoken secret between father and daughter.

Hisako's father was murdered by an unknown assailant and not a month afterward a noble attempted to take credit for her fathers Nitō Ichi or "two swords as one". Some of his students were enraged at the audacity of the proud noble, but not enough to oppose a high ranking noble and his son. A handful of them were angered enough to physically oppose them and a bloody feud broke out with Hisako joining in the midst. In a blind rage Hisako nearly killed them all leaving a severely wounded noble cursing her as she was encouraged to flee by the remaining followers of her father.

She spent the next few years wandering from place to place, often being mistaken for a young man. This mistake allowed her to make money with her swords, though most did not care that she was a female her reputation speaking for itself. As long as it paid well she would kill anyone and was known for discretion as well as her deadly talent. Her journeys brought her from her humble island home further west into strange lands, but she soon found that though the people were very different they still made use of her services. It was in this strange western land that she came across vampires for the first time. In a weakened state after a rare defeat, she was turned by a young lustful vampire who saw more potential in her body than just her talent with a sword, but he was chased away by one far greater. When she awoke she looked into the eyes of her new master...

Hisako Sizuka Kiyoshi's Story