Role: Guard 1

Name: Lo Shiro Ume Tenko, she goes by Shiro mainly, or Shi

Age: 26

Appearance:
Shiro has the body build of a well-practiced ballerina. She stands at 5'9'' with lean muscles. Her eyes are a very light mint green color, odd and from a distance they can appear the shade of liquid hazel. As it appears in the picture, her hair is black, fine tints of sapphire can be spotted in the correct sunlight. She usually keeps her hair pulled out of her face with a bang on either side, she rarely wears it down, finding it to be quite the hassle to have perfect vision with hair constantly in her eyes. Her choice of clothing is a silk silver kimono, borderline grey. Its length cuts off three inches above her knees. The material has falling cherry blossoms sown in black thread, outlined with a very thin, fine golden thread. The flowers go up the sides of the kimono, and across the bottom. On the back there is a cut out circle inbetween her shoulder blades, revealing a tattoo of the Japanese symbol for a tiger. The sleeves are tight fitted around her arms until it gets to the elbows, then they bell out and drap past her hands. Undeath of the kimono she wears a pair of black material capris that cut off just above her knee, they are tight fitting and made of a stretchable material for easy movement. Around her waist is a black bow, known as an obi, its tied into a large bow in the back. Her shoes are standard wooden sandals, only they are made from a rich wood that almost looks black.

Personality:
Surprisingly upbeat. Determined. A bit loud. Most people look at Shiro and expect her to be the silent type that goes crazy when she fights, but its actually quite the opposite. Shes very energetic and is always doing something, whether it be protecting the princess, training, or even cooking, shes always doing it with a smile on her face. Shes very optomistic about everything, even in the most pressing of moments, she always points out the positives, or looks for one. She of course has moments when she gets tired or upset, but when shes moody about something she'll isolate herself from people, not wanting to ruin their good moods. Shes a very determined female, she isn't one to turn around and give up easily. She would rather die an honorable death then to come back home defeated because she ran away. Sometimes she can be too headstrong though and disobey orders, but shes human just like everyone else. Shiro has had times when people have stopped talking and looked at her because she has said something totally out of place, a downside to her always speaking her mind. She isn't one to bullshit you, if you want the honest truth, ask her. You may not like what she has to say, but honesty is one of her traits and sometimes a weakness; she is awful at lying.

Weapon(s):
Shiro's best weapon is her body itself, she has spent many years of her life--starting at 13, training in close range hand-to-hand combat. But for fighting rivals who are armed with more than a a simple sword she has a few weapons. The first would be a wakizashi that she has tucked away in her obi. Its shorter than a katana, easier to use when fighting indoors, and has a single red thread hanging off of the hilt, at the end is a bell. Her second weapon is a pair of jutte's which she uses to disarm her opponent or break their fingers. Lastly, possibly he rmost favorite of all, nunchaku. She doesn't always it with her, but when she does she'll use that before all other things. When fighting she tries to knock her opponent out first, which is why her nunchaks are her most valued weapon. The chain detaches in the center, so if necessary, she can also use them to throw.

Role:Princess Akemi Takemaru
Name:Princess Akemi Takemaru
Age:(17-50) 17 almost 18

Akemis normal attire consist of a long silk dark colored kimono, her favorite is a rich satin blue with silver and black cherry blossoms embroider on the long sleeves that ripple as they fall a few inches above her ankles, she is never seen without being properly dressed and dolled up. Her hair styles are usually exotic. Even simple tasks such as walking through the gardens or around her home her hair is usually twisted upwards or pulled back in a rather simple yet elegant hairstyle with jade clips in it

She's around 5"5 in height and weighs around 130 pounds
Because of her mothers strict policy of maintaining her beauty Akemi has a strict diet that contributes to her a soft curved figure much like a squash in shape, she has a short torso and long slender legs.

Personality: Polite, proper social everything a well trained girl should be she rare looses her temper and maintains a certain elegance to her at all times, she is brave and does not cower easily however she can be emotional in the privacy of those she trust. She is dutiful and honorable, while forming opinions of her own and knowing when to voice them, she is caring and passionate about what she believes in.

She is disgusted by unnecessary brutality or force and cares for the lives of her people and others, people who are rash and rude annoy her to an extent and she has a no nonsense attitude when it comes to anything involving the empire and her family.

Weapon(s):(Maximum of 4)