Saito Shibara npc (Shinsengumi trainer and detective)

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Name:Saito Shibara

Age: 35

Birthdate: Sept. 22

Nationality/Cultural Group: Saito is from Kyoto proper. He is a veteran of the Shinsengumi and resides at the Yagi Mansion.

Height: 5’8


Weight: He is a wiry man that is fairly fit from sword fighting.


Gender: Male

Affiliations: Saito is a veteran of the Shinsengumi. He lost his parents at fifteen to a yokai attack, specifically a Gouma den. At the age of eighteen he joined the Shinesengumi.

Appearance: He has salt and pepper hair and a constantly steely expression. Saito is the kind of fellow who is either on the job taking notes, hunting yokai, or drinking tea. He has a very neat uniform. He typically wears the clothing of an old school investigator(think Raidou Kuzenoha). He often wears a cap, gloves and a cloak. Both of his swords are always at his side.

Belongings:
He always wears two swords on his hip. His katana and his wakizashi. He has a flip phone and wallet. Saito also tends to carry a pen and pad on him to jot notes. He has a very old school beat cop way of going about things. Sometimes he will carry a leather briefcase for the files he is working on, sometimes a laptop inside of that.

Personality: Stoic, professional, and quiet. Most people think he hates them because he seems so stony, but it isn’t true. He’s just not the best emoter in the group. He also is a bit of a rules stickler and a stick in the mud. But there is no better person to train young Shinsengumi or work on cases.


Character Strengths:But the book, professional! He dots his eyes, crosses his t’s. He is also really helpful and good in a confrontation.


Character Flaws: Set in his ways. We do not go against protocol, and he is very much a stick in the mud. Also, he is not very responsive, which can be rather frustrating to deal with.



Backstory:Saito was a young man going to school in Kyoto when his parents were killed by being lured into a gouma den. Saito almost went with them, but realized he was being lured into a trap, and snapped to before he could be trapped. His parents were not so lucky. He watched them get devoured. Saito was taken in by his mother’s sister and raised until he was eighteen. While in school, he was scouted to work for the Shinsengumi. His desire was to prevent any more children from having the experience he did. He had no real abilities, but he was unparalleled in his class for swordsmanship. He has only gotten better with it over time.

Family, Friends Etc:

Parents: Deceased

Current protege: Momiji Fujiwara

Power Theme: Martial arts Mastery and deduction skills. Saito is one part Kenshin and one part Raidou Kuzunoha. His swordsmanship is more than enough to strike down yokai.

Rank C Ability: 1000 cuts- This move is a slashing attack that is a blink and you miss it with 1000 slashes to the opponent. It takes a lot of stamina to pull off. It can be blocked or dodged, but it is likely that you will get a few slashes even dodging or blocking because there are so many slashes. He can keep this up for the fill one thousand. Then he has to back off a little to get some stamina back.


Rank B Ability: Crescent- Saito draws his sword in a wide arc that gleams with light. This arc can hit enemies in an area that extends to the reach of his sword. It’s a deep wound on the opponent that can be fatal (if not treated). Definitely a lot of blood loss. This is a very strong attack. It is more of a finishing move, and it takes a lot of Saito’s stamina to do.

Rank C Passive:Judge Eyes- Saito has a discerning gaze that causes him to notice and scrutinize things in his environment. He can pick out the odd thing or thing that does not fit with ease. It also can make his strikes in combat more precise.