Character Information
character name: Sohki
Fandom: Genju no Seiza
Timeline: Just after Sohki gives the earring to Fuuto in Volume 5.
character's age: Unknown - although it would be well over a thousand years.
powers, skills, pets and equipment: One of Sohki’s powers is the ability to ‘read into people’s hearts’. Basically what this does is he can see their ‘true form’. It’s not so much as what a telepath can do by reading minds, but more of an ability to read a person’s soul to know what they are like at their core.
He is able to travel swiftly across the world, and a single leap can have him halfway across a continent. Obviously he won’t be able to do this in the game with all things considered.
He’s also able to control the elements (similar to what Storm does in X-Men). Sohki has been known to appear in a clap of thunder and lightning, and can influence the environment around him. Lightning is his main element and he often uses it to attack or to assert his dominance, but Sohki has been known to be able to make it cloud over and rain/storm, and has also caused tremors and earthquakes if he’s challenged.
Sohki is almost completely blind, and he is completely and utterly deaf (a sign of just how old he really is despite appearances), but even with these two disabilities, he’s not hindered in the slightest. He’s able to use devices such as cells phones without any problems, and for all appearances seems to live a normal life. His unique abilities to read other people allow for him to do this, and his strong mental abilities allow for him to ‘see’ the world around him regardless of his lack of eyesight.
Probably the oddest thing about Sohki, would be his appearance. He has one of three possible appearances. Two of them are human in nature, while the third is his true form as the Kirin (unicorn). Who sees what form depends on the person and the power they hold. His first form is a simple modern-day Chinese style outfit - similar to a modern day Hanfu. The first form (the blue background image) Sohki takes is for when he’s out and travelling around towns/cities since his appearance is ‘inconspicuous’. Sohki’s second form is similar to that of someone out of a Chinese Opera with his outfit being traditional and highly decorated with ornaments. He takes this second form (the pink background image) at all other times he’s around those who he works with, or those he sees as worthy of seeing that side of him.
His final form is that of the Kirin. There are only two ways that people will be able to see this form. The first is if he allows it to be seen (he’s not shy in flaunting it to those he likes), and the other is before those who hold mental abilities - like telepathy or those being able to sense someone’s true form. Outside of these two reason, Sohki will either appear to someone as either his first or second form.
canon history: Sohki’s the oldest of the Celestial Guardians who protect and serve the Holy King of Dhalashar. While he’s one of the guardian beasts, he’s the only one who isn’t under command or control of the Holy King or the other guardians who serve the king. Sohki is also a Kirin (Unicorn) and is the oldest and highest ranking member of the Kirin tribe. In the past, Sohki’s ability was used to find the child who would become the next Holy King of Dhalshar. Children would be brought to stand before Sohki and he would use his ability to look into their hearts to see if they were the chosen one or not. He would successfully pick the next Holy King each time without fail.
While it’s not actually stated what happened, Sohki began to grow tired of the constant battle between two of the other senior guardians, Garuda (The Phoenix) and Naga (The dragon), and left the Dhalashar palace to begin roaming the world. After that the other guardians were left with no choice but to seek the next Holy King without his aid. He flat-out refused to help any of the other guardians while the feud between Garuda and Naga remained.
It wasn’t until the 42nd Holy King was ‘found’ that Sohki began having anything to do with the other guardians or Dhalashar. Unlike any other time throughout history, there appeared to be two possible Holy King’s - one found by Naga in China (who Naga placed on the throne), and the other found later by Garuda in Japan. Two of the guardians sided with Garuda’s choice (the protagonist of the series) after realizing that Fuuto was indeed the true Holy King, but Naga wanted to eliminate the ‘fake’ king by sending a number of the other guardians out to assassinate him - the first two being the guardians who now serve and protect Fuuto.
Lamia (the serpent/medusa) was the fourth assassin sent to assassinate Fuuto, but after her defeat she had doubts to which child was the true Holy King. She travelled to the mountains in search of Sohki to ask for the Kirin to appear before each Holy King and declare which was really the true heir to the throne. She managed to find him, but Sohki still refused to ‘take sides’ in the scuffle between Garuda and Naga and left Lamia without an answer.
Sohki did eventually grow curious enough to see just who Garuda had picked and travelled to Japan. His appearance before Fuuto and the other guardians with him had mixed reactions. Apart from one, Hanuman (the Monkey), Sohki had been alienated by the others due to his powers and thus only received their distrust and caution towards his attention to Fuuto. Even after having his assessment, Sohki still refuse to say one way or another to if Fuuto was the true Holy King or not, but instead he changed the topic by talking about ‘erasing’ the feelings within Fuuto by stripping him of everything he held dear. He did just that by attempting to strike Fuuto down with a bolt of lightning. While most of the strike hit Fuuto’s guardian, Garuda, Sohki’s strike did manage to hit Fuuto as well. The gesture seemed to be malicious to all involved, save Hanuman, but Sohki’s method of dealing with the situation did what he had initially stated - the lightning strike did strip Fuuto of the restraints chaining him down, and the potential Holy King woke and found his mental abilities had increased and become more powerful.
He didn’t stick around long after Fuuto’s reawakening and moved off to go and visit his long time friend, Count D - a petshop owner who deals with exotic and legendary creatures. All the guardians assumed that Sohki had once again left Japan and was travelling the world, but that wasn’t further than the truth. The day after the lightning incident, Fuuto returned to his guardians to check up on Garuda’s recovery only to find Sohki sitting there drinking tea with his friends. While it was Fuuto’s body that had arrived back at the large home, his body had been temporarily housing the soul of the Holy King (Atisha) named by Naga while Fuuto’s soul inhabited Atisha’s body. Sohki officially apologized to ‘Fuuto’ at that point, and knelt down before him - a gesture that recognized Fuuto as the true Holy King of Dhalashar. It wasn’t long after this point that Fuuto and Atisha’s souls returned to their original bodies, but despite knowing this, Sohki still recognized Fuuto as being the Holy King.
personality: He is both highly respected and highly feared by those that know him, save for Count D (from the Petshop of Horrors series) who both respects him and sees him as a friend, for the powers and type of personality he has. Sohki is known by the other guardians to be the most ferocious and brutal of the beasts and is rumoured to have a whimsical sense of cruelty by the others. This is true, to some degree, but Sohki more enjoys tormenting the other guardians through other (less destructive) means. He’s definitely mischievous and prefers to verbally battle and bait the other guardians and beings in his life rather than relying on physically doing so. Part of this is merely because he feels that the others are just too serious to their duties, and feels the need to playfully remind them that their actions are misdirected by the ongoing feud between Garuda and Naga.
Sohki is tolerant of those he likes - as can be seen with his friendship with Hanuman when the monkey guardian hangs all over him while he’s speaking with Fuuto. He puts up with the verbally violent animosity towards him with an amused and light-hearted laugh unless it’s something that directly challenges his position and dominance.
It is true that Sohki is mischievous in nature and loves nothing more than to playfully taunt those around him, but there is also another side to him that shows the wisdom and sense of level-headedness he holds. Throughout the series he is more like the ‘voice of reason’ between Fuuto and the other guardians.
Fandom: Genju no Seiza
Timeline: Just after Sohki gives the earring to Fuuto in Volume 5.
character's age: Unknown - although it would be well over a thousand years.
powers, skills, pets and equipment: One of Sohki’s powers is the ability to ‘read into people’s hearts’. Basically what this does is he can see their ‘true form’. It’s not so much as what a telepath can do by reading minds, but more of an ability to read a person’s soul to know what they are like at their core.
He is able to travel swiftly across the world, and a single leap can have him halfway across a continent. Obviously he won’t be able to do this in the game with all things considered.
He’s also able to control the elements (similar to what Storm does in X-Men). Sohki has been known to appear in a clap of thunder and lightning, and can influence the environment around him. Lightning is his main element and he often uses it to attack or to assert his dominance, but Sohki has been known to be able to make it cloud over and rain/storm, and has also caused tremors and earthquakes if he’s challenged.
Sohki is almost completely blind, and he is completely and utterly deaf (a sign of just how old he really is despite appearances), but even with these two disabilities, he’s not hindered in the slightest. He’s able to use devices such as cells phones without any problems, and for all appearances seems to live a normal life. His unique abilities to read other people allow for him to do this, and his strong mental abilities allow for him to ‘see’ the world around him regardless of his lack of eyesight.
Probably the oddest thing about Sohki, would be his appearance. He has one of three possible appearances. Two of them are human in nature, while the third is his true form as the Kirin (unicorn). Who sees what form depends on the person and the power they hold. His first form is a simple modern-day Chinese style outfit - similar to a modern day Hanfu. The first form (the blue background image) Sohki takes is for when he’s out and travelling around towns/cities since his appearance is ‘inconspicuous’. Sohki’s second form is similar to that of someone out of a Chinese Opera with his outfit being traditional and highly decorated with ornaments. He takes this second form (the pink background image) at all other times he’s around those who he works with, or those he sees as worthy of seeing that side of him.
His final form is that of the Kirin. There are only two ways that people will be able to see this form. The first is if he allows it to be seen (he’s not shy in flaunting it to those he likes), and the other is before those who hold mental abilities - like telepathy or those being able to sense someone’s true form. Outside of these two reason, Sohki will either appear to someone as either his first or second form.
canon history: Sohki’s the oldest of the Celestial Guardians who protect and serve the Holy King of Dhalashar. While he’s one of the guardian beasts, he’s the only one who isn’t under command or control of the Holy King or the other guardians who serve the king. Sohki is also a Kirin (Unicorn) and is the oldest and highest ranking member of the Kirin tribe. In the past, Sohki’s ability was used to find the child who would become the next Holy King of Dhalshar. Children would be brought to stand before Sohki and he would use his ability to look into their hearts to see if they were the chosen one or not. He would successfully pick the next Holy King each time without fail.
While it’s not actually stated what happened, Sohki began to grow tired of the constant battle between two of the other senior guardians, Garuda (The Phoenix) and Naga (The dragon), and left the Dhalashar palace to begin roaming the world. After that the other guardians were left with no choice but to seek the next Holy King without his aid. He flat-out refused to help any of the other guardians while the feud between Garuda and Naga remained.
It wasn’t until the 42nd Holy King was ‘found’ that Sohki began having anything to do with the other guardians or Dhalashar. Unlike any other time throughout history, there appeared to be two possible Holy King’s - one found by Naga in China (who Naga placed on the throne), and the other found later by Garuda in Japan. Two of the guardians sided with Garuda’s choice (the protagonist of the series) after realizing that Fuuto was indeed the true Holy King, but Naga wanted to eliminate the ‘fake’ king by sending a number of the other guardians out to assassinate him - the first two being the guardians who now serve and protect Fuuto.
Lamia (the serpent/medusa) was the fourth assassin sent to assassinate Fuuto, but after her defeat she had doubts to which child was the true Holy King. She travelled to the mountains in search of Sohki to ask for the Kirin to appear before each Holy King and declare which was really the true heir to the throne. She managed to find him, but Sohki still refused to ‘take sides’ in the scuffle between Garuda and Naga and left Lamia without an answer.
Sohki did eventually grow curious enough to see just who Garuda had picked and travelled to Japan. His appearance before Fuuto and the other guardians with him had mixed reactions. Apart from one, Hanuman (the Monkey), Sohki had been alienated by the others due to his powers and thus only received their distrust and caution towards his attention to Fuuto. Even after having his assessment, Sohki still refuse to say one way or another to if Fuuto was the true Holy King or not, but instead he changed the topic by talking about ‘erasing’ the feelings within Fuuto by stripping him of everything he held dear. He did just that by attempting to strike Fuuto down with a bolt of lightning. While most of the strike hit Fuuto’s guardian, Garuda, Sohki’s strike did manage to hit Fuuto as well. The gesture seemed to be malicious to all involved, save Hanuman, but Sohki’s method of dealing with the situation did what he had initially stated - the lightning strike did strip Fuuto of the restraints chaining him down, and the potential Holy King woke and found his mental abilities had increased and become more powerful.
He didn’t stick around long after Fuuto’s reawakening and moved off to go and visit his long time friend, Count D - a petshop owner who deals with exotic and legendary creatures. All the guardians assumed that Sohki had once again left Japan and was travelling the world, but that wasn’t further than the truth. The day after the lightning incident, Fuuto returned to his guardians to check up on Garuda’s recovery only to find Sohki sitting there drinking tea with his friends. While it was Fuuto’s body that had arrived back at the large home, his body had been temporarily housing the soul of the Holy King (Atisha) named by Naga while Fuuto’s soul inhabited Atisha’s body. Sohki officially apologized to ‘Fuuto’ at that point, and knelt down before him - a gesture that recognized Fuuto as the true Holy King of Dhalashar. It wasn’t long after this point that Fuuto and Atisha’s souls returned to their original bodies, but despite knowing this, Sohki still recognized Fuuto as being the Holy King.
personality: He is both highly respected and highly feared by those that know him, save for Count D (from the Petshop of Horrors series) who both respects him and sees him as a friend, for the powers and type of personality he has. Sohki is known by the other guardians to be the most ferocious and brutal of the beasts and is rumoured to have a whimsical sense of cruelty by the others. This is true, to some degree, but Sohki more enjoys tormenting the other guardians through other (less destructive) means. He’s definitely mischievous and prefers to verbally battle and bait the other guardians and beings in his life rather than relying on physically doing so. Part of this is merely because he feels that the others are just too serious to their duties, and feels the need to playfully remind them that their actions are misdirected by the ongoing feud between Garuda and Naga.
Sohki is tolerant of those he likes - as can be seen with his friendship with Hanuman when the monkey guardian hangs all over him while he’s speaking with Fuuto. He puts up with the verbally violent animosity towards him with an amused and light-hearted laugh unless it’s something that directly challenges his position and dominance.
It is true that Sohki is mischievous in nature and loves nothing more than to playfully taunt those around him, but there is also another side to him that shows the wisdom and sense of level-headedness he holds. Throughout the series he is more like the ‘voice of reason’ between Fuuto and the other guardians.