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-Serial No. 00465
-Height: 6'5"
-Weight: 230lbs (of muscle & hate)
-Age: Unknown
-Birth Place: Unknown
-Weapons: 2 Scissor Katars, 2 Shang gou (no longer carries), Kusari-gama (no longer carries), Shinobi-gatana (no longer carries),Reverse-bladed Zanbato (Blood Scorpion), Dao (no longer carries), Shuriken & kunai, various smoke bombs (poison, smokescreen, pepper gas, ect.)
-Likes: Nothing
-Dislikes: Everthing
-Favorite entry line: "Into the darkness thou shall swallow my hate... " said calmly
-Favorite exit line: "Now you've tasted my pain..." said calmly
-Country of origin: His anatomy suggests he is from Europe or the Americas, but was born & raised in Japan. He is fluent in Japanese, Mandrin/Kantonese (Chinese), & English
-Alignment: Good[---|-----------]Evil
-Intelligence: Geneous, & is very quick on his feet too
-Traveling companion: Dairyu [link]
-Personality: Speaks very rarely & usually only when spoken to. Has a slight wheeze when inhaling because of a past gash across his throat, damaging his trachea. (though in battle or on a job (Assassin for hire) the weezing stops compleatly. Very serious. Emotion is rare (but he is not completely monotone). Believes he is alone in the world. Hides his face from the world because he believes he is hidieous, would devote himself to a person who would not be frightened by his face.

Backstory: At around the age of 10 his clan was surprize-attacked by a rival clan in the middle of the night. Many children were taken captive to train as shinobi to add to thier ranks. Ketsueki was given a pair of scissor katars & trained extensively. Around the age of 16 he found out is family (the last survivers of the Sasori clan) were being used as slaves. They were being sentenced to death for stealing a loaf of bread to feed them. Ketsueki was to be thier exacutioner. He hesitated & was told to do it or die himself. His family looked at him from thier knees, hands bound & nodded for him to do it. The last tear he ever shed rolled down his cheek & glanced at his family for the last time. That night he silently slit the throats of the clan leaders while they slept with the very same katars he was forced to use on his family. After all the leaders were slain, Ketsueki proceeded to burn down the clan bunks. None survived, Ketsueki Sasori became a Assassin for hire & took his hatred out on his targets. He had killed so many it had often became...... boring.

He went in search for the great sword smith Sengo Muramasa. When he found Sengo Muramasa, Ketsueki Sasori offered to pay Muramasa to forge him a Zanbato. Muramasa seen the sorrow & hatred in the man's eyes, Muramasa made the Zanbato for Ketsueki Sasori for free. Muramasa knew his Sword would be put to good use thus named the sword after the revenge filled man.

Ketsueki traveled to the ancient & mysterious land of China & was trained in Tai Tzu, Mi Zong, & Moi Fah. He then obtained a Dao & a pair of Shang gou (twin hook swords) & trained to the extremes with them.

Kesueki returned to Japan & was then trained with his family specialty weapon the kusari-gama. His teacher of kusari-gama also trained him in the art of "iron shirt" so hard he almost couldn't take it... but now he feels almost no pain at all.

Now frequently hired by the Yakuza as a high pay hitman, but is only hired if they really want the target dead. Though if the target was targeted out of revenge for a murder of a client's family or family member, he works for free.

-Companion meet up story: After the epic battle with Bougie, Dairyu finds herself exosted & battered, thus collapses, Ketsueki finds her passed out & carries her to the nearest town. Dairyu awakes with a docter at her side, confused of how she got there, thus the good docter explains & points to the tall dark stranger standing in the corner. Dairyu then learns of his name & recalls hearing it somewhere before. Then it hits her, "The Blood Scorpion" the famed high cost assassin. Ketsueki stays at her side for a few days while she recovered to make sure her previous attacker (Bougie) wouldnt seek vengence upon her/try to finish her off. The day she recovered Ketsueki went to set out once again, Dairyu wished to repay his kindness some how & some day & requested that she join him. To what Ketsueki replied "*weeze* If that is your desire...".


-Ref. Sheet: [link]