Arashi Akage (Zeke Redsteele)

By Samurshy

• February 12, 2014




Age: 22

Gender: Male

Species: Non-Pony

Appearance: Arashi's main feature is his moderately long red hair. This stands out prominently in Sakoku, because redhair does not occur naturally among the natives. He is of average height. Around 5'11". His build is muscular from years of training. His facial features are calm, and benevolent. He always seems to wear a smile. He normally wears a blue shokozu (ninja outfit) with a layer of chain mail under it. He wears dark blue combat boots, and matching fingerless gloves. The gloves have metal plates on the back to protect against slashes. He uses a single 49" blade Katana with a black saya and black ray skin grip. The bottom of the hilt has a feather attached to it by a string. The katana was forged by the famous Swordsmithstress Nayuki Yashi. The metal used to forge the sword was taken from a meteorite, called divine steel. It never chips, or dulls, or looses it's pure mirror-like reflection.<br />__________________________________________________<br /><br />Circulating:<br /><br />Zeke Redsteele is 5'11", medium physical build. He has medium length, layered red hair. He is often seen wearing a blue/black plaid sweater. He has white Onkyo headphones around his neck at all times. Even though he needs glasses for long distance sight, he tends not to wear them, unless the situation demands that he does. His shirt under his sweatshirt varies, but is normally a white T-shirt with the band name Alesana emblazoned on the chest. He has an all black tattoo on his right upper arm/shoulder of what appears to be a combination of a cross and the sun in a symbolic, almost runic fashion. His pants are normally black skinny jeans held up by a black leather belt that has bullets all through it. The 45. ACP bullets on the belt go to his silver Beretta hand gun that is holstered on a black leather magnetic holster attached to the belt.

Personality: Arashi is a bit impulsive, but makes up for it in his ability to formulate plans on the spot. He is rarely ever indecisive, and is strict moral convictions have always dictated him in his decision making process. He is mostly always smiling, sometimes even in the heat of battle, if it is a challenge. He enjoys playing music on his pan flute, and has never lost a game of chess. Even though he has tough convicitons, his main flaw is that he is very emotional (even if he doesn't show it). And even though death doesn't stir him like it does to most, the thought of losing people close to him has made him put up a wall. He has few true friends, and no lovers. And when something happens that could have been prevented, he is quick to blame himself and fall into depression. He does enjoy a good drink, and knows how to have fun in a party, but when he is alone he often cries.<br /><br />_______________________________________________<br />Circulating:<br /><br />Zeke is a bit impulsive, but makes up for it in his ability to formulate plans on the spot. He is rarely ever indecisive, and his strict moral convictions have always dictated him in his decision making process. He is mostly always smiling, sometimes even in the heat of battle, if it is a challenge. He enjoys playing music on his Hohner Marine Band C Harmonica, and has never lost a game of chess. Even though he has tough convictions, his main flaw is that he is very emotional (even if he doesn't show it). And even though death doesn't stir him like it does to most, the thought of losing people close to him has made him put up a wall. He has few true friends, and no lovers. And when something happens that could have been prevented, he is quick to blame himself and fall into depression. He does enjoy a good drink, and knows how to have fun in a party, but when he is alone he often cries.

Backstory: Zeke Redsteele is the son of Queen Hanna Redsteele and King Allen Redsteele (the king and queen of Sarus a massive continent 2000 miles to the east of Sakoku) Zeke grew up in a castle and was never allowed to leave. Zeke never had a problem with making friends, most of the patrons of the castle were friends with him. Even though he was often bored, the highlight of his day was learning swordsmanship from the castle generals. Zeke yearned for adventure and knew he wasn't going to get it in the castle so the day after his 18th birthday he ran away from the castle and boarded a royal trading vessel originally headed for Lorada. However, in transit, the boat was struck by lightning. The boat was carrying black powder which was ignited by the fire. The boat exploded leaving Zeke unconscious adrift the Zarionic Sea. He washed ashore on the continent of Sakoku in the country of Narumi. He was found by the leader of a sword dojo. He had amnesia from the explosion and couldn't remember anything. The dojo took him in and trained him for two years, and gave him a new name as he does not remember his old name. He excelled at swordplay and eventually mastered the Raigiri sword style. Because his skill was second to none in Narumi, he enlisted in the army. It only took a year for him to rise up in the ranks and become head general. He lead the army to many victories against the Zetsumiei. And present day he spends his time formulating strategies to win the Tani Territory.<br /><br />________________________________________________<br />Circulating: Zeke's power was revealed to him at a very young age. It first started with immense physical strength. When his sister ran out into the street in front of car, his body reacted on it's own. He was much faster than he had ever been, and in an instant he was the one in front of the car, his sister behind him. The car ran into his extended arms, but even though the car was going 60 miles per hour, as soon as it came into contact with his arms the car stopped in it's tracks. The hood was crumpled and the car was lifted 3 feet off the ground as Zeke gripped the hood. Soon after, he was given to scientists to study his power. It seemed that whenever he was in danger, his power was activated. And whenever his power activated, his birthmark in his right upper arm, (what appeared to be a faded purple cross combined with a sun), glows a bright white. The more dangerous the position the scientists put him in, the more powers he exhibited, and the more the birthmark on his shoulder would change. Though his powers, at first, were mostly physical, (strength, agility, reflexes), he began to exhibit powers of luminomancy (control over light and radiation). The scientists dubbed his power, "Limit Evolution". The scientists eventually stopped testing on him after discovering that he did not emit any AIM diffusion field, as all espers do. After the discovery that he wasn't an esper he was cast out of the lab and the city that they allowed him to live in. He returned home and lived with his parents and sister once more while searching for the explanation behind his power. Not long after, Zeke discovered that magicians existed. Finding a gang of local magicians who had been vandalizing his town, he managed to defeat all of the subordinates and find his way to the gang leader, who was a magician saint. The magician saint did battle with him, and even though Zeke was defeated, the saint saw the power he displayed and decided to assist him with her knowledge. She examined his birthmark and surmised that it was not of religious or magical origins, even though the birthmark on his should appeared to be runic, it was not. The saint told him that she didn't sense any mana being used when she fought him. And therefore, Zeke continued his search. When he turned 18 he got a tattoo over his birthmark to make it look more prominent. He eventually came to terms with not knowing the specifics on his abilities. At age 20, when coming home from his part-time job, he noticed his house (and his family's house) was reduced to smoldering rubble. A man with golden hair stood in the rubble, with Zeke's parents dead on the ground under the rubble next to him. And in his hands was Zeke's sister Airan. Instantly Zeke's shoulder flaired to life and his powers were activated. And even though he fought his hardest against the golden haired man, he was too powerful and soon overpowered Zeke. The golden haired man was a level five esper, who had researched Zeke's powers and wished to test them. "I thought killing your parents would be enough to evolve your limits to the max, but I guess that wont do." The golden esper told him as he killed Zeke's sister in an attempt to evolve Zeke's limits. Zeke's anger took over and his tattoo glowed brighter than ever before. And with his anger he attempted to attack the esper, and although he wasn't able to kill the golden haired esper, he caused the golden haired esper to retreat. Zeke rushed over to his sister's body, and even though her life was quickly fading away, she wasn't dead. He propped her head up on his lap as he cried deeply shouting to her to stay with him. She opened her eyes once more and uttered a few words before passing away, "don't cry big bro. Your face looks much more handsome with a smile on it." Not long after that incident Zeke learned of the rumor of, "God's Hand", and artifact that allows the user to distort reality to their own perfect version, and effectively grants the user any wish possible. Zeke vowed to find God's Hand so that he could change reality and make it so his parents and sister never died.