Ryudo

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Ryudo
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IC Information
Full Name: Ryudo
Gender: Male
Age (Birthdate): 17 (Unknown)
Hometown: Garlan
Hair Colour: Brown
Class: Geohound
Role: Drifter
Bounty: 0 Gella
OOC Information
Theme: Grandia 2
Major Group: None
Minor Groups: Geohounds
Player: User:Brosuke

Insufferably snide and willing to do almost anything so long as he gets paid, the swordsman Ryudo serves to reinforce most negative stereotypes associated with Geohound sellswords. Ryudo shows little tolerance for ignorance and what he deems to be stupidity, often coming across as a crude and unfriendly individual who prefers the company of his hawk Skye to fellow humans. Despite this, his bluster and barbed words conceal a sense of justice that makes it difficult for him to turn his back on the helpless. Recently hired by the Church of Granas to serve as a bodyguard for the Songstress Elena, Ryudo is slowly finding himself dragged into a confrontation between the very gods he makes sport of.

Background

Powers and Abilities

  • Garlan-style Swordsmanship: Ryudo has spent his entire childhood having the ancestral sword techniques of the Garlan people drilled into him. While he seems to have chosen to abandon his home rather than devoting an entire lifetime to mastering the style and improving it for future generations, one would be hard-pressed to find his sword skills lacking. In practice, most Drifters would simply identify that Ryudo utilizes a sword style that they haven't come across before, one which balances powerful strokes from a bastard sword with ki channeling techniques to disrupt an opponent's combat aptitudes.
  • "Falconry": To the untrained eye, Ryudo is a swordsman who incorporates unusual elements of falconry into his martial techniques. The "falconry" theory usually goes out the window once Skye begins trapping opponents in purple energy cages and dragging them around the battlefield. Skye is also far more robust than his size would suggest, capable of carrying the weight of a human (and far heavier monsters) small distances.
  • Shamanism: While he doesn't usually wear it in cities, in the wilds Ryudo typically keeps a butterfly engraved medium strapped to his chest with a bandoleer so that he doesn't have to fish it out during battle. Ryudo seems to use this medium as more of a practical combat tool than anything, as the rest of his mannerisms certainly don't scream "shaman" -- and he is clearly anything but religious.

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Chapter 1, Act 1

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Chapter 1, Act 2

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Chapter 1, Act 3

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Chapter 1, Act 4

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Chapter 1, Epilogue

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Chapter 2, Act 1

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Chapter 2, Act 2

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Chapter 2, Act 3

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Chapter 2, Act 4

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Chapter 2, Epilogue

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Chapter 3, Act 1

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Relationships

Trusted

  • Skye - Their interests align, for now.

Tolerable

  • Janus Cascade - Ryudo has mixed feelings about Janus. The man is clearly a scoundrel, and he keeps company with two of the biggest buffoons the Geohound has ever seen. On the other hand the pay is decent, he manages to keep those buffoons alive despite all common sense, and the finds that Ryudo has come across in the man's employ are simply mouth watering. Only time will tell how long their business relationship will last.
  • Cyre H. Lorentz - Ol' Kitty-ears seems to be able to carry his own weight, and Ryudo can respect that. It's probably a good idea to keep the conversations well away from Guardian worship though...
  • Molly Mason - Molly doesn't want people worrying after her, but should probably let them sometimes. Ryudo pretends to not care about others, but helps them when they really need it. Somehow, the combination works.
  • Dean Stark - A bit of a liability, but okay otherwise. Kids are great before they grow up, and he seems to be taking the scenic route to adulthood.
  • Rose - Does her job. Useful. What did Skye mean by "the one who stands with her"?
  • Dan Dairam - Not so bad as far as obnoxious pretend deities go. Knows how to broker a contract.

Ambivalent

  • Riesenlied - Apparently Metal Demons are tragic and misunderstood minorities, hunt bandits as a form of community service, and harbor the misconception that it's a good idea to mentally connect a bunch of random strangers in the heat of battle. Either that or she's the exception to the rule. Now that Ryudo has faced a few in battle, it's clear that the latter hunch was correct.
  • Catenna - On one hand, Cyre seems to trust her and she proved capable in their defense of the Fengalon statue. On the other, she would rather tend to the spiritual needs of unknown corpses than ensure that her companions don't become corpses themselves.

Insufferable

  • Elena - The only prayer to Granas in Ryudo's heart is that all of his worshipers not be this shrill on his ears.

Seriously What The Hell

  • Asteroid the Kid - Raving lunatic. Why would you drag a cart with you into a freaking mountain ruin? Were you TRYING to get us all killed, or are you just really bad at it?
  • Yarobeleedt - ADVERBS, man.