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Clan info, now transferred to the main post.

I think we should all each post what their character does, and number them.

 

1.Guardian of Tarakona Palace

2. Menti Soulsword teacher.

(Almost done with it)

I also think posting profiles here would be a good idea, a quick reference point for profiles in the clan.

2. Menti Soulsword teacher.

(Almost done with it)

I also think posting profiles here would be a good idea, a quick reference point for profiles in the clan.

Or you could make a wiki page and then just simply tag the character with "daikura."

3. Sakrayo, Datsue, School Guidance Councellor

4. Nakane, Dasaka, Menti Willhammer Teacher

Odd question, but does anyone want to chop off the Toroshu's arm?

 

Her backstory calls for a student to have done it during an accident in Soulsword class a few years back. It might make for an interesting link between the two characters.

Mine, perhaps? She was too inexperienced, too unpredictable, and rough around the edges? Explains why:

1. Became a Mindarm shortly after. Guilty and traumatised.

2. Sent to guard Tarakona. Too unpredictable in her powers, and

3. Too dangerous to be a teacher.

4. Lacks teaching abilities. Too guilty and traumatised.

 

On a related note, my hiatus officially ends tomorrow, but... I leave for holiday a few hours later. So my Diakura will be up only midway through next week. Sorry.

5. Kentar, Dasaka, Menti Scholar

Edit to above, I meant I leave om holidays a few hurd after hiatus ends. Is my suggestion for the arm-lopping backatory good?

Norik, here's how I've written it in Ihi's bio. it's flexible, though, and could be altered to fit another character.

 

Recently, Ihi was involved in an accident while supervising a class of Soulswords. One student lost control of her weapon and, in a moment of panic, grabbed at Ihi for assistance. With them both pulled off balance, the blade of mental energy sliced straight through the Toroshu's left arm, right below the shoulder. The student was initially horrified, but went on to pass the course. Ihi sought a crystalline replacement for her limb, and, in fact, has kept the old one. It is encased in crystal and hangs in her office as a reminder of the need to be vigilant and careful with a Menti's powers, but also that even when disaster strikes, it is possible to work though the problems overcome them.

 

 

Also keep in mind that the person in charge of Castle Tarakona will have a lot of responsibility within the clan. Would the clan leadership really give that position to someone who was unstable in her abilities and couldn't be trusted to do anything else?

 

I don't think so. The person who runs Tarakona would have to be highly capable, and probably hold enough rank to justify having two Menti powers. If this character were the same one to have chopped off Ihi's arm, it makes sense that the incident would be an old source of embarrassment for them, rather than a lasting trauma. There's just so much contradiction otherwise (Ihi and I don't regard the loss of an arm as something too terrible, since she got an excellent crystal replacement. They might even be able to share a joke or two about it). Also, since the chopping was a relatively recent event, it would mean that the student rose awfully quickly to reach such a high position as ruling Tarakona. This reinforces the idea that they were an excellent student and retained their brilliance after the incident.

 

Think about it over your holiday anyway (I hope you have a good one ). it's always your call, but to me, it sounds like the character you described above is a very different one from one who could run Castle Tarakona. Maybe they really are two different people?

I have a question: who else is running for the male in our clan? I'm forgetting. :/

I think Tabby is the only other one who has said he wants the boy, after X and Norik dropped out.

 

More could still come out of the woodwork though.

Would we have history being taught at the Arohi School of the Mind?

I suppose you could if you wanted. it's mainly about menti Disciplines, but there could be other aspects of education included. I think history might be more suited to some other clans/places though, like the Towers of Knowledge, and possibly the Eiyu.

that would indeed be their domain, but what's to stop a military history of tactics to the menti deigned for higher command?

Good point, Kughii. Our Menti would certainly be trained in how best to apply their powers in different situations, not just how to use them.

If you don't mind then, my character could teach tactics and history at the school.

You're more than welcome to. Just let me know before you post the character so I can use them to get an extra dice-roll for the clan. We might get two males.

Hey, Lorax, could you use the dice roll that you put in for me in the original PM as Falcon's roll? (The one where I didn't respond in time to take out due to homework, school and sleep.) Yes, doing so wouldn't get us two males, but it would stop one of us from having to make a character they didn't want to.

Fair enough. I put in one for you when I shouldn't have, and I didn't put one in for Kughii when I should have. You two can trade the character slots.

Sounds good.

 

When are we going to roll out in Kentoku?

Actually, I already PMed Nuju to ask for a male and I got a 1. We might have three males.

Well, actually, if you already rolled, then we won't roll for you, unless you want another char in the group. (And you should have rolled with us, as with us a 2, 3, 4, or 5 would have been male.)

At that time I had not decided which clan I would join.