Akodo Aramoro

Wounds (Earth x2)
		Name: Akodo Aramoro Clan: Lion School: Akodo Bushi Rank: 2 Insight (Rings x 10 + Skills): 152 Player: Frank
		Primary Weapon Katana Roll to Keep & Hit Roll Agility + skill, Keep Agility 6K3 Roll & Keep Damage Roll Strength + Damage Rating, Keep Damage Rating 7K2+3 TN to be Hit Reflexes x 5, plus Armor 20 Initiative Roll Reflexes + Insight, Keep Reflexes 5K3 Glory: 3 Boxes: 0 Status: 2 Boxes: Honor: 5 Boxes: 3	Skills (Emphases): Athletics - 1 Storytelling - 2 Battle - 1 Bojutsu (Staves) - 1 Courtier (Manipulation) - 1 Defense - 1 Ettiquette (Sincerity) - 2 Lore (Heraldry, History) - 2 Iaijutsu - 2 Jiujutsu (Unarmed) - 2 Kenjutsu (Swords) - 3 Kyujutsu (Archery) - 1 Subojutsu (Heavy weapons) - 1 Tantojutsu (Knives) - 1 Yarijutsu (Spears) - 1
Stamina: 3	Earth: 2
Willpower: 2	Earth: 2
Strength: 3	Water: 3
Perception: 3	Water: 3
Agility: 3	Fire: 3
Intelligence: 3	Fire: 3
Reflexes: 3	Air: 3
Awareness: 3	Air: 3
	Void: 2
[4]	+0
[4]	+3
[4]	+5
[4]	+10
[4]	+15
[4]	+20
[4]	+40
[10]	Out (Earth x5)
[X]	Dead
Equipment Katana - Fine Quality (4K2) Wakizashi (2K2) Yumi 20 Arrows Light Armor (2K2) Helm Travelling Pack Kimono Tanto Nage-Yari (0K2) (All Average Quality, except noted) 5 Koku Techniques / Spells Way of the Lion May ignore an opponent's armor or gain a Free Raise when attacking. Free Raise on first melee attack in a skirmish. Free Raise against an opponent who has made a Raise against you. Add your Water Ring to damage rolls and contested Battle rolls. Strength of Purity May add 2x Honor to either Attack or Damage. Spend a Void Point to make an Honor Roll, even if you have already made one this game. Lose half from failed Honor Rolls and Tests of Honor. Shadowlands Taint: 0 Boxes:			Advantages Luck (6) Ambidextrous Perfect Balance Ally - Shinjo Gidayu Disadvantages Brash Notes Experience: 1 EP. 1 EP to Iaijutsu.

Age: 18

Description: Average in most respects. Very much an "Everyman" of Roukugan. A close inspection would show a man built in tight bundles. He would remind someone more of a leopard than his clan’s namesake the lion. For this journey Aramoro wears a kimono of lion colors. Even his hair, tied in a tight tail and hanging to his shoulders, is held by a long orange/gold sash. The kimono appears somewhat large on him but this doesn’t detract from the grace and agility of the Lion samurai. But Aramoro’s is the grace of battle.

History: Aramoro followed in the path of his grandfather, his father, and most importantly, his brother Jinamoro. All were soldiers, bushi for the Lion clan. Jinamoro was just enough older that the two boys were in the same school for two years. Only a few months before his gempukku, Jinamoro was sent on an errand. Their sensei told him to go to a nearby but larger village to retrieve an important message. Aramoro snuck out of Shiro sano Ken Hayai (Castle of the Swift Sword) to tag along. Jinamoro was upset when he found out but they were already too far from the school. If Jin took Aramoro back he would be too long on the errand. But Jin couldn’t send the younger brother by himself. They were close and Jin allowed Aramoro to share the journey as long as the kid kept out of sight when other people were around. Besides, Aramoro had no traveling papers.

A few days later, nearing the village, Jinamoro’s honor was insulted by a heimin. Although it was a lonely road and there was no one else around, Jin felt obligated to kill the commoner to save face. But Jinamoro was cocky and somewhat thoughtless. The heimin was a strong adult, and fought back! The heimin did not even use a sword but merely a long walking stick. The method of fighting was too much different than fighting an opponent with a katana. The older man beat Jin badly and disarmed him. Aramoro had been hiding and watched the whole event. The commoner knew he could not leave Jin alive for fear of his own life. The man dropped his staff and picked up Jin’s katana. Pulling himself together, Jin grabbed the staff from the ground and tried to fight back. Though the man was not trained in the sword, neither was Jin skilled with the long stick. Jin was killed.

Later Aramoro rushed to the village. He completed the errand for his brother, retrieving the message, and returning to his dojo. Of course he told his tale and Aramoro’s father got justice for Jinamoro. But the younger brother was changed for life. He became brash and quick to defend his own honor. And Aramoro learned a lesson that would never leave him. Never find yourself without a weapon. Since then he has trained with every weapon he could put his hands on, including his hands themselves. To this day the noble, but brash, bushi continually teaches himself new weapons with which to defend himself and his daimyo.