RARION RL: Blade E-mail: kumonryuu@hotmail.com ----- RANK & TRAITS Rank: 7 --- Attributes Fast Smart --- Skills Martial Arts Swordsmanship Telekinesis ----- ATTITUDE Style: Rarion's swordsmanship is an eclectic mix of styles; he takes influence from Zanji Shinjinken-Ryo, Kenjitsu, and various Western forms, modified further by the fact that, among other things, he can fly. His style can be briefly described as defensive, focused on parries while he awaits a chance to do a single strike to end the match. --- Methods: Rarion tends to open up a battle with an impressive display of his telekinetic powers, intending to awe and intimidate his foes. In fact, he basically continues that strategy throughout the entire match if he can help it, launching ever bigger, more complex and more spectacular attacks at his opponent whilst he hovers above the fray and smirks. Rarion will not usually rely on his swordsmanship unless exhausted or forced to by the proximity of his opponent. He may choose to duel with an opponent of Rank 6 or below, though. Rarion is GENERALLY fairly honourable; he spurns outside help or relying on magical enhancements. However, he has no particular compunctions against stacking the odds in his favour via pre-planning or ensuring that highly useful things are on hand for his powers to take advantage of. ----- SPECIALS Advantages: Standard Martial Arts Abilities. Rarion's powerful telekinetic abilities give him a huge advantage over most opponents. He can fly and attack at nearly any distance; as well as weapons, he can also create shields out of virtually any available matter. Aside from the obvious benefits of this, relying on his mental powers is much less draining for him than martial arts, and he can outlast most GRITers under favourable circumstances. Rarion is a clever strategist and tactician and usually paces himself quite well, slowly wearing down his opponents. It is difficult to anger him or throw him off his overall game plan. --- Disadvantages: While Rarion is no slouch with a sword, if forced to rely entirely on hand to hand combat he is effectively a rank lower. --- Techniques Iaido This is the samurai technique of drawing the sword and attacking with one motion. Given Rarion's rank, his mastery of this is such that the time from gripping the hilt of his katana to strike can be considered basically instantaneous. Even the likes of Tarou or Mint would be unlikely to be able to dodge at close range. However, the move is only good for one stroke. Telekinesis Using his telekinetic abilities, Rarion can achieve a variety of effects. Some of his most-used tricks are to hurl boulders and other large objects at high velocities; use similar objects to defend himself from attacks, or cause the ground to erupt underneath an opponent. Telekinetic Freeze Rarion's abilities are not limited to inanimate objects. With concentration, he can actually freeze or even direct the actions of an opponent. This is difficult to do (any particularly strong GRITer, and anybody above Rank 6, would still be able to move), but more subtle applications include misdirecting someone's jumping arc, or causing a blow to go astray. Advanced Telekinesis Rarion is POWERFUL. The telekinetic attacks described previously are the least part of what he is capable of doing. While fighting with Blade, Rarion ripped a pocket of magma from miles under the earth and shaped it into a gigantic dragon with which he did battle. Essentially, Rarion can do virtually anything with virtually anything. Imagination is the only limiting factor.