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[ Player Name ] : Gabe
[ Personal LJ ] : skaldadottir
[ Age ] : 22
[ Timezone ] : CST
[ Other Characters ] : N, Naoya
[ Character's Name ] : Sanada Yukimura
[ Character's Age ] : 17
[ Series ] : Sengoku Basara 3
[ Canon Point ] : Near the end of his Blue Route.
[ History ] :
Sengoku Basara Wiki Entry
[ Personality ] :
At first glance, Yukimura is an over-eager, excitable young man with little practical experience in the real world. In the large part, that is mostly true. For a long time he spent his every waking moment training and trying to serve his lord, Takeda Shingen, and that eclipsed his experience with normal, day-to-day activities. Yet his nature also ties into the reasons for his naitivity: Yukimura does not look for trouble, nor does he lend himself to situations in which trouble is likely to occur. He has very little ambition of his own, preferring instead to place his Lord’s ambitions in the place of his them.
On the positive side, this makes him a very loyal vassal and an extremely honest man. His faithfulness could never be questioned, and he does not practice (nor particularly understand) deceit or deception. His motives are always as clear as day (particularly when he shouts them to the heavens…).
On the negative side, it makes it very difficult for those around him to nurture his leadership potential. While he has the charisma and compassion for the role in spades, not to mention the sheer physical talent, mentally he struggles in any situation where he is asked to act as a leader. He is perfectly well aware that he is inexperienced and he is more critical of himself than perhaps any other. Yukimura rarely thinks he is deserving of praise, and will degrade himself when compliments are given to him.
He does have reasons to be critical of himself: he makes stupid mistakes often simply because he is utterly impulsive and likely to go running off after the first idea that occurs to him. However, more often than not it is his insecurity and self-consciousness that prevents him from acting as a good leader. He is known for bouts of depression that all but paralyze him, unable to make a decision and lost in his own worry.
What causes others to see potential in him, however, is the absolute strength he shows when he has made a decision. Yukimura throws heart, soul, and body into an action then, and will allow nothing to stand in his way. This is most often seen on the battlefield, where all of Yukimura’s insecurities seem to disappear in a flash. He becomes much bolder, yelling for others to challenge him or boasting, though when he gets deepest into his battle-frenzy he acts much like a berserker might: he loses track of normal thought processes, often only responding to others in wordless sounds and yells. At these points he is extremely hard to rationalize with, and nearly impossible to stop.
[ Strengths/Weaknesses ] :
Strengths:
-Battle Skills
-Compassionate
-Loyal
-Energetic
Weaknesses:
-Insecure
-Naive
-Leadership Situations
-Impulsive
[ Other Important Facts ] :
His powers will be, of course, dulled somewhat in Vatheon, but the boy is extremely strong and tends to radiate fire when he really gets into a fight. Not to mention he can survive just about anything. What do you mean, punched through a wall multiple times? Totally normal part of his day.
[ Sample ] :
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[ Questions? Comments? Concerns? ] :
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