Application for thegreening

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APPLICATION
OOC
Name: Xander
Age: 18+
Contact: Journal PM or Discord glitzkrieg#0673
Character(s) Played: n/a

IC
Name: Okada Izō
Canon: Fate/Grand Order
Age: 27
Appearance: one and two
Abilities: Izō is a Servant, meaning he is stronger, faster, and more durable than a normal human. They can take a huge amount of damage, are capable of running very quickly and for great distances, jumping long distances, and their reflexes and movements are faster and greater than that of a human. He also requires a steady supply of mana from his Master to exist.

Like all Servants, he has a Noble Phantasm (a weapon or ability owned by a Heroic Spirit):

• Shimatsuken - Settlement Sword


• It is not his sword, but rather his own unorthodox swordsmanship. He can reproduce any sword technique with a glance. This is limited to techniques he knew during his lifetime when he's first summoned, but he can increase his strength with sword techniques witnessed after his summoning. His ability to copy techniques is limited to single-target attacks and cannot be used to copy abilities that rely on a Noble Phantasm.

Being a Servant, he has a number of skills (note: anything in quotes is quoted directly from translations of the Fate/ materials books)

• Presence Concealment B


• Signature skill of Assassin-class Servants. He can hide his presence as a Servant. This is typically used for spying; his rank also allows him to disappear and be extremely difficult to detect. This ability is diminished when he's preparing an attack.


• Manslayer A


• A specialized sword skill for cutting down humans with a blade. "A practical form of swordplay focused on nothing but victory, unsuited for one whose soul seeks out the truth of the blade. Yet that is why it is strong, and so brittle."


• Mind's Eye (False) C


• A natural talent to foresee/sense and avoid danger on the basis of an innate 6th sense, intuition, or prescience. It also lets him sense what's beyond visual obstructions, such as walls, to a degree.


• One with the Sword, as Swift and Nimble as a Falcon A


• This phrase was used to describe his skill with a sword when he was seeking out training in dojos during the Edo period. While he never studied any school or art seriously enough to be initiated into any of them, he has a natural talent and skill with the blade that rivals masters of any art.


Personality: Izō is very rude and crass. He is not refined at all and sees no reason to carry himself as something he isn't. He's blunt in his language and has no interest in softening the way he speaks. His line for the Master's birthday is extremely crude in its wording and his general speech is very rough.

He's not very smart and doesn't make decision for himself when someone else is in charge. Given the choice between deciding for himself and listening to someone else, he's more likely to blindly follow. Unfortunately, this leads to him being very easy to take advantage of. Even in his historical life, Izō was little more than a useful idiot for the assassination group he worked for.

In regards to his swordsmanship and his abilities, he's very arrogant. He calls himself a prodigy and a genius with the sword. He takes any criticism of his abilities very personally and hates to be laughed at. If he thinks someone is making fun of him, he quickly turns violent.

Izō can be a nice person if he's so inclined. He gets along with people of similar temperament or those that either play off of or ignore his arrogance and boasting. He's nice enough to the Master during the Imperial Capital Grail War, even if he sees helping them as only part of a job. Even though he has a somewhat adversarial relationship with Ryouma Sakamoto, he willingly helps him out. He even feels bad for injuring him when he expected Ryouma to get out of the way of his sword strike.

History: In the Imperial Capital Grail War, Izō serves as the Assassin, defeating others who try to claim the seat. He encounters the Master, accompanied by Ryouma Sakamoto, while trying to fight the Saber of the Grail War. They're all forced to retreat and he reluctantly agrees to serve the Master temporarily while they take care of the other enemy Servants.

He assists them by tracking down and fighting the Lancer, but loses to him. Disheartened by this, he tells the Master their contract is complete and disappears. He returns later to help the Master fight the transformed Caster of the Grail War, even going so far as to put his own life in danger to make sure the others escape. From here, it's assumed he perished in the fire.

He didn't and he returns in the epilogue, angry about being left for dead. He fights the Master and loses, granting them further territory control. His role in this particular Grail War ends here, but he is later summoned once again to Chaldea by the Master to serve them.

Also of note is the fact that Okada Izō is based on a real person and, as such, has memories of his original life.

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