Post by SeraphMazrakiel on Dec 28, 2004 8:40:43 GMT -5
Before I begin... was I supposed to add this to the other thread, or create my own thread? After considering it, I thought it might be best to create my own thread... but then I wondered if they were all supposed to be in one thread... but then I thought I'd put my bio in it's own seperate thread because... A) If you wanna read a person's bio, it's just easier to go to that person's specific thread instead of wading through one massive topic... B) I'm special. 
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Anyways, onto the bio. Enjoy reading, sorry about the length. I thought I'd write a lot though because... A) I've been excited about this for some time, and in my spare time have written alot, and it seemed a waste not to post any of it... B) It's a detailed profile of Maz and his history, pre-any-development-he-will-undergo-in-this-fic... the base Mazrakiel, if you must. It also tries to iron out any possible loopholes or random ambiguous thoughts y'all might have.
Anyways, enjoy!
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Quick Profile
Name: Mazrakiel
Age: 19
Clan: Adarakisu (Adarakis)
Rank: Genin
Height: 182cm/6 ft.
Weight: 85kg/187 lbs.
Ambition: To serve the current Hokage of Konoha Village, Kaori-sama.
Physical Description
Look: Dark-skinned, average build.
Hair:Relatively spikey black hair (think Dart from Legend of Dragoon with black hair, or maybe Vincent from Final Fantasy VII, if he got a haircut. So that’s not spikey, but it’s not the sort of tidy hair my grandmother would like. XD!).
Eyes: Brown
Clothing: Wears black pants, with two silver lines going down the side of each leg. Wears a black short-sleeve shirt, with the shoulders colored white*. Likes to think he’s all that, and wears a short black cape over his right arm**, which bears the Adarakis symbol on it. Wears his forehead protector around his neck. The most important item he wears is a gold ring which he wears on a necklace he hides (and protects) underneath his forehead protector: a memento given to him by a long lost love***...
I’ve half-drawn a sketch of Maz somewhere. If I can find it, I’ll scan it and show y’all sometime.
*He also has a long-sleeved black top, which also has white shoulders, and two silver lines going down the sleeve, so when his hands are by his sides, the silver lines from his sleeves look like they continue onto his trousers, from a side-on perspective. He rarely wears this top, however, except on formal occasions.
** The other Genins tease him and tend not to take him seriously, however.
***You will never find out who this long lost love is. I don’t intend to write anything about this “long lost love” in the future, you just have to know there was someone important to Maz in the past, and now that he’s lost her (and don’t bother asking how), this ring is the only thing to remind him of her. Although, I might write something about it... some day...
Story
The Adarakis Clan is a fairly respectable clan that resides in Konoha Village, though not as legendary as the Uchiha or Hyuuga Clans. Mazrakiel is the descendant of the Adarakis Clan, and lives with his father, Kagemaru, in Konoha. Clan Adarakis are known to specialize in techniques involving shadows; Herion, ancestor of Mazrakiel, was the one who developed the technique known as Kagetokeru, and passed it down from generation to generation, until Kagemaru, and Mazrakiel. The Adarakis Family rate education and mental preparedness highly, and are one of the chakra powerhouses in Konoha. Their focus on mental strength usually means they are physically weak, however, and Mazrakiel is little an exception. Because of this physical weakness, the Adarakis Family are sometimes seen as below standard... and are often overlooked, and underestimated.
The Adarakis Family have an undying, unconditional loyalty to Hokage of Konoha Village; recently the Adarakis Family have served as an assistant to Hokage (Maz's father, Kagemaru, was assistant to the Ninth Hokage). With the appointment of Kaori Tensei as the leader of the village, Maz has made it his goal to serve the new Hokage. His devotion to this dream has sometimes led to teasing by others... but Mazrakiel shrugs those who would tease him off, and shows them his colder, quieter side.
Personality-wise, Mazrakiel is a BIG teddy-bear in wolves clothing. Lol. He closes himself off to most others, and seems a little quiet, almost harsh on the outside. Those closer to him, however, would find him to be a caring person. He accepts everyone if they accept him, and is usually quite forgiving. Mazrakiel believes in strictly following mission orders, only risking his life for his closest friends and Hokage-sama... and if his team were placed in such a situation, he would not expect them to compromise the mission for his sake.
Mazrakiel relies heavily on his chakra to get him through missions, so his chakra control is amazing. His training has focused mainly on intellectual strength, and his mental power and discipline are rivaled by few. However, this focus on his mental side means he is fairly weak physically. He is only of average attacking strength, and his defense is quite low. What he lacks in strength and resilience, however, he more than makes up for with his intelligence and his creativity; and though his abilities are quite demanding of his mind, they give him an edge in speed and evasion... and Mazrakiel is more than able to handle it.
Special Abilities/Jutsu
Kagetokeru (Shadowfusion): Allows Mazrakiel to meld with the shadows. By touching another shadow* and using an appropriate amount of chakra (the darker the shadow, the less chakra required), Mazrakiel can assume the form of a shadow, and can travel quickly amongst them. As long as two shadows touch, he can move from the shadow of one object to another. Using this technique, he can cover the distance of several miles completely undetected** and in minimal time, as long as there are sufficient shadows to carry him all the way to his destination. If there is a break in the shadows, Mazrakiel will only be able to travel to the shadow’s edge, and will then have to revert to his human form (therefore creating another shadow to link the two together) before transforming back into his shadow form***. The Kagetokeru mantra: “Where there is light, there is darkness... and where there is darkness, there is a way.”
The actual traveling amongst the shadows consumes no chakra (unless he of course, chooses to travel faster, which he then uses his chakra to proper his shadow at near light-speed); however, the transformation from human to shadow form uses a fair amount of chakra, and constant transformation will quickly wear down Mazrakiel’s chakra supply. It is because of this that Mazrakiel uses this technique sparingly (although, as his skills and chakra control increase, he begins to use it less sparingly, and sometimes even to show off. lol).
This ability is supposed to be used primarily as a scouting and spying technique, as well as a method of hiding and escape. However, it has proven its use in combat many times, and a true master of the Kagetokeru technique (armed with a lot of chakra) and creative use of the shadows cast by various sources of light can prove to be a near-impossible foe to defeat.
I’ll make an animated GIF of it sometime. Lol
*He can touch another shadow with either his physical self, or his shadow... however, using his shadow requires more chakra, as the chakra must be placed on his shadow instead of his body. Or at least very least, requires more chakra control, and takes a little longer to do than by physically touching the shadow.
**Any revealing technique, such as the Sharingan or Byakugan, would be able to show Kagetokeru.
***Also, as a note, say Mazrakiel is lurking in a dark room in his shadow, and someone were to come in and turn the lights on, he instantaneously transforms back into his human form, which costs chakra, and is unable to transform to his shadow form until he touches another shadow. Unless of course, he was sitting in the shadow of the lightshade. Interesting.
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Good? Bad? Thoughts, questions... and presents? Presents preferably, but thoughts and questions are also appreciated. lol
!Anyways, onto the bio. Enjoy reading, sorry about the length. I thought I'd write a lot though because... A) I've been excited about this for some time, and in my spare time have written alot, and it seemed a waste not to post any of it... B) It's a detailed profile of Maz and his history, pre-any-development-he-will-undergo-in-this-fic... the base Mazrakiel, if you must. It also tries to iron out any possible loopholes or random ambiguous thoughts y'all might have.
Anyways, enjoy!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Quick Profile
Name: Mazrakiel
Age: 19
Clan: Adarakisu (Adarakis)
Rank: Genin
Height: 182cm/6 ft.
Weight: 85kg/187 lbs.
Ambition: To serve the current Hokage of Konoha Village, Kaori-sama.
Physical Description
Look: Dark-skinned, average build.
Hair:Relatively spikey black hair (think Dart from Legend of Dragoon with black hair, or maybe Vincent from Final Fantasy VII, if he got a haircut. So that’s not spikey, but it’s not the sort of tidy hair my grandmother would like. XD!).
Eyes: Brown
Clothing: Wears black pants, with two silver lines going down the side of each leg. Wears a black short-sleeve shirt, with the shoulders colored white*. Likes to think he’s all that, and wears a short black cape over his right arm**, which bears the Adarakis symbol on it. Wears his forehead protector around his neck. The most important item he wears is a gold ring which he wears on a necklace he hides (and protects) underneath his forehead protector: a memento given to him by a long lost love***...
I’ve half-drawn a sketch of Maz somewhere. If I can find it, I’ll scan it and show y’all sometime.
*He also has a long-sleeved black top, which also has white shoulders, and two silver lines going down the sleeve, so when his hands are by his sides, the silver lines from his sleeves look like they continue onto his trousers, from a side-on perspective. He rarely wears this top, however, except on formal occasions.
** The other Genins tease him and tend not to take him seriously, however.
***You will never find out who this long lost love is. I don’t intend to write anything about this “long lost love” in the future, you just have to know there was someone important to Maz in the past, and now that he’s lost her (and don’t bother asking how), this ring is the only thing to remind him of her. Although, I might write something about it... some day...
Story
The Adarakis Clan is a fairly respectable clan that resides in Konoha Village, though not as legendary as the Uchiha or Hyuuga Clans. Mazrakiel is the descendant of the Adarakis Clan, and lives with his father, Kagemaru, in Konoha. Clan Adarakis are known to specialize in techniques involving shadows; Herion, ancestor of Mazrakiel, was the one who developed the technique known as Kagetokeru, and passed it down from generation to generation, until Kagemaru, and Mazrakiel. The Adarakis Family rate education and mental preparedness highly, and are one of the chakra powerhouses in Konoha. Their focus on mental strength usually means they are physically weak, however, and Mazrakiel is little an exception. Because of this physical weakness, the Adarakis Family are sometimes seen as below standard... and are often overlooked, and underestimated.
The Adarakis Family have an undying, unconditional loyalty to Hokage of Konoha Village; recently the Adarakis Family have served as an assistant to Hokage (Maz's father, Kagemaru, was assistant to the Ninth Hokage). With the appointment of Kaori Tensei as the leader of the village, Maz has made it his goal to serve the new Hokage. His devotion to this dream has sometimes led to teasing by others... but Mazrakiel shrugs those who would tease him off, and shows them his colder, quieter side.
Personality-wise, Mazrakiel is a BIG teddy-bear in wolves clothing. Lol. He closes himself off to most others, and seems a little quiet, almost harsh on the outside. Those closer to him, however, would find him to be a caring person. He accepts everyone if they accept him, and is usually quite forgiving. Mazrakiel believes in strictly following mission orders, only risking his life for his closest friends and Hokage-sama... and if his team were placed in such a situation, he would not expect them to compromise the mission for his sake.
Mazrakiel relies heavily on his chakra to get him through missions, so his chakra control is amazing. His training has focused mainly on intellectual strength, and his mental power and discipline are rivaled by few. However, this focus on his mental side means he is fairly weak physically. He is only of average attacking strength, and his defense is quite low. What he lacks in strength and resilience, however, he more than makes up for with his intelligence and his creativity; and though his abilities are quite demanding of his mind, they give him an edge in speed and evasion... and Mazrakiel is more than able to handle it.
Special Abilities/Jutsu
Kagetokeru (Shadowfusion): Allows Mazrakiel to meld with the shadows. By touching another shadow* and using an appropriate amount of chakra (the darker the shadow, the less chakra required), Mazrakiel can assume the form of a shadow, and can travel quickly amongst them. As long as two shadows touch, he can move from the shadow of one object to another. Using this technique, he can cover the distance of several miles completely undetected** and in minimal time, as long as there are sufficient shadows to carry him all the way to his destination. If there is a break in the shadows, Mazrakiel will only be able to travel to the shadow’s edge, and will then have to revert to his human form (therefore creating another shadow to link the two together) before transforming back into his shadow form***. The Kagetokeru mantra: “Where there is light, there is darkness... and where there is darkness, there is a way.”
The actual traveling amongst the shadows consumes no chakra (unless he of course, chooses to travel faster, which he then uses his chakra to proper his shadow at near light-speed); however, the transformation from human to shadow form uses a fair amount of chakra, and constant transformation will quickly wear down Mazrakiel’s chakra supply. It is because of this that Mazrakiel uses this technique sparingly (although, as his skills and chakra control increase, he begins to use it less sparingly, and sometimes even to show off. lol).
This ability is supposed to be used primarily as a scouting and spying technique, as well as a method of hiding and escape. However, it has proven its use in combat many times, and a true master of the Kagetokeru technique (armed with a lot of chakra) and creative use of the shadows cast by various sources of light can prove to be a near-impossible foe to defeat.
I’ll make an animated GIF of it sometime. Lol
*He can touch another shadow with either his physical self, or his shadow... however, using his shadow requires more chakra, as the chakra must be placed on his shadow instead of his body. Or at least very least, requires more chakra control, and takes a little longer to do than by physically touching the shadow.
**Any revealing technique, such as the Sharingan or Byakugan, would be able to show Kagetokeru.
***Also, as a note, say Mazrakiel is lurking in a dark room in his shadow, and someone were to come in and turn the lights on, he instantaneously transforms back into his human form, which costs chakra, and is unable to transform to his shadow form until he touches another shadow. Unless of course, he was sitting in the shadow of the lightshade. Interesting.
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Good? Bad? Thoughts, questions... and presents? Presents preferably, but thoughts and questions are also appreciated.
lol
Jeeze, leave it to Maz to make us all feel like dorks!
