Special thanks to Nitenman for his templates to use for sharing on here.

Thought I'd try my hand at creating a character. I was already leaning towards a specific ancestry, and by luck that's what I got for one of my d10 rolls. I found this (along with answering the rest of the 20 Questions) really helped to build a character whose background is organically tied to the character sheet, rather than merely contrived to explain away the min-maxing of a build.

My character's parents made the ill-fated decision to name him for his honorable great-grandfather who fell in battle as a yojimbo, saving the life of his Inquisitor charge and slaying a powerful maho-tsukai. In the heat of the battle, the great-grandfather's precious wakizashi (a gift from his charge) was presumably lost, and was in fact stolen by the maho-tsukai's apprentice, who disappeared without a trace. The apprentice began using the wakizashi for profane sacrifices, tainting the weapon and anguishing the spirit of the great-grandfather, who was already restless from a sense of failure for not stopping the apprentice before his death. The great-grandfather's spirit began to haunt my character, though only his immediate family is aware of this fact. At the behest of both his family and ancestor's spirit, he followed in the spirit's footsteps and became an inquisitor yojimbo, and was assigned to Inquisitor Isawa Shizuka, a rising star among the inquisitor ranks who has shared her love of fine sake with her yojimbo.

Asako Kibo, Phoenix Clan, Shiba Guardian School, Asako Inquisitor Yojimbo

Rings : Air 2, Earth 2, Fire 1, Water 2, Void 3

Skills: Culture 1, Courtesy 1, Fitness 1, Martial Arts [Melee] 1, Meditation 1, Skulduggery 1, Tactics 1, Theology 2

Techniques available: Kata, Shuji, Rituals

Starting Techniques: Kata – Striking as Water; Kata – Lord Shiba’s Selflessness

School Ability: Way of the Phoenix

Glory : 45

Honor : 45

Status : 30

Equipment: Ashigaru Armor, travel clothing, daisho (katana and wakizashi), naginata, traveling pack (Contents: blanket, bottle of sake, bottle of water, flint and tinder, shuki , small tent, smoking pipe, spare kimono, week’s rations, whetstone), 5 koku.

Distinction Advantage: Sixth Sense (Void) [Type: Spiritual]

Passion Advantage: Secrets (Void) [Type: Mental, Interpersonal]

Adversity Disadvantage: Haunting (Void) [Type: Interpersonal, Spiritual]

Anxiety Disadvantage: Dark Secret (Void) [Type: Interpersonal]

Mentor Advantage/Disadvantage: Sake (Water) [Type: Mental]

Derived Attributes:

Resilience (Water Ring + Earth Ring) x 2: 8

Focus (Fire Ring + Air Ring): 3

Composure (Earth Ring + Fire Ring) x 2: 6

Vigilance (Air Ring + Water Ring) / 2: 8

Void Points: 1

NINJO: Avenge great-grandfather’s murder and put his spirit to rest.

GIRI: Protect Inquisitor Isawa Shizuka as her yojimbo.

Edited October 10, 2017 by Zesu Shadaban

...and the Twenty Questions

Part I: Core Identity (Clan and Family)

1. What clan does your character belong to?

Phoenix Clan

Ring Increase: +1 Void

Skill Increase: +1 Theology

Status: 30

2. What family does your character belong to?

Asako Family

Ring Increase: +1 Air

Skill Increases: +1 Culture, +1 Theology

Glory: 40

Part II: Role and School

3. What is your character’s role and school?

[Bushi] Shiba Guardian School

Ring Increases: +1 Earth, +1 Water

Skill Increases: +1 Courtesy, +1 Fitness, +1 Martial Arts [Melee], +1 Meditation, +1 Tactics

Techniques Available: Kata, Shuji, Rituals

Starting Techniques: Kata – Striking as Water; Kata – Lord Shiba’s Selflessness

Honor: 45

School Ability: Way of the Phoenix

Starting Outfit: Ashigaru Armor, travel clothing, daisho (katana and wakizashi), naginata, traveling pack, 5 koku.

4. How does your character stand out within their school?

Self-awareness, Insight, or Mysticism (Ring Increase: +1 Void)

Part III: Honor and Glory

5. What is your character’s duty to their lord?

Protect Inquisitor Isawa Shizuka as her yojimbo.

6. What does your character long for?

Avenge his great-grandfather’s murder and put his spirit to rest.

7. What is your character’s opinion of their clan?

Firmly believes in clan’s precepts: +5 glory

8. What does your character think of Bushidō?

Has strayed from Bushido: +1 Skulduggery

Part IV: Strengths and Weaknesses

9 What is your character’s greatest accomplishment so far?

Distinction advantage: Sixth Sense (Void)

10. What holds your character back the most in life?

Adversity disadvantage: Haunting (Void)

11. What activity makes your character feel at peace?

Passion Advantage: Secrets (Void)

12. What concern, fear, or foible troubles your character the most?

Anxiety disadvantage: Dark Secret (Void)

13 Who has your character learned the most from during their life?

Inquisitor Isawa Shizuka

Mentor Advantage – Sake (Water)

14. What detail do others find most striking about your character?

Natural redhead

15. How does your character react to stressful situations?

Makes an inappropriate remark

16. What are your character’s preexisting relationships with other clans, families, organizations, and traditions?

Respected within Asako Inquisitors, trained with Shiba family, respects/works with Isawa family. Acquainted with various Phoenix clan magistrates and officials from the capitol through career.

Part VI: Ancestry and Family

17. How would your character’s parents describe them?

Hardworking and respectful, somewhat reserved. Burdened by his family duty.

18. Who was your character named to honor?

Great-grandfather who served as a yojimbo to a prominent Asako Inquisitor.

Glorious Sacrifice – great-grandfather died protecting his charge, his wakizashi disappeared at the time of his death. The Wakizashi possesses the qualities Resplendent and Unholy.

19. What is your character’s personal name?

Asako Kibo

Part VII: Death

20. How should your character die?

Protecting his charge, Inquisitor Isawa Shizuka