CaptainPenguin/Kumiho

A Tiffa/Challenge character. I think I'll take a lot more time with this one. Lunar! Changing Moon! Physical-Social-Mental! Survival, Stealth, Dodge, Larceny, Medicine!

Kumiho, the Invisible Fox Prince (Challenge #2)

"Gather round, children, and a tale I shall tell you,
of a wondrous Prince of Foxes
and his magical ways;
And if you listen close
And are quick when you look
You may see the Invisible One;
But not for long."

 -Legend of the Invisible Fox Prince

The Magical Fable of the Wondrous Invisible One

Once upon a time, in the branches of Mu Hur, the Great Tree of Gifts, there lived a young woman named Tsukuya. Now Tsukuya was not a person of the Mu Hur People, who were tall and thin and had gourds for heads; she was a beautiful girl, you understand, of the Tall House People who live in the mountains on the edge of the Land of Sand, and her name was not a Tall House Person name, but a name of one of the Dragon People.
Because she was so beautiful (especially when compared to the ugly women of the Mu Hur people, with their lopsided heads and knobbly feet), all the Mu Hur People were jealous of her, and they forced her to live in a cramped knot-house on the north side of the Great Tree of Gifts, where the cold winds blow from the Land of Snow. She lived all alone in the knot, with only a cloak for a bed and a little pot to keep her things in, and all day long she scavenged among the lower branches for the scraps that the Mu Hur People dropped when they ate their dinners of fruit (sloppily, of course).

... More to come ...

His Magnificent Person

Human Form: Compared to the staggering array of brilliant and regal forms given him in his tales, Kumiho's human form is almost disappointing. He is a short, whip-thin, lithe man with long arms and legs. He has dark-brown eyes with epicanthic folds and a flattish nose. His teeth are white and clean but gapped in the front. His hair is a lank, dull, hanging in wide strips around his head and in his eyes. He has bushy sideburns. He appears very young, perhaps early 20s at most.
He rarely uses this form- most often he utilizes a similar form with more pleasing features and golden hair, that of the leader of the tribe which he sometimes leads.
In both of these forms, Kumiho's Tell is quite obvious- a long, flowing fox tail. He wears long, knee-length sleeveless jackets, and silken fineries, and wears his famous Extensible Spear hanging on a golden chain from his belt. He goes barefoot most of the time.
Kumiho's movements and gestures are smooth and rapid. They seem slightly slippery, as if one cannot quite grasp the point. He illustrates his words with slow, silky gestures and enthusiastic little snaps. He seems to be very endearing.
His voice is melodious and smooth; he speaks with a slight Eastern accent, and has a very small lisp.

Animal Form: Kumiho's animal form is that of a large and sleek red fox. His dark liquid eyes hold a revealing intelligence, and his movements have more in him of nobility than of the sly cunning native to the fox.

Heavenly Literature of the Duke Of Illusions

Name: Kumiho (styled the Invisible Fox Prince, Duke of Illusions, et cetera)
Concept: Extravagant shapeshifting Robin Hood who harries the Guild
Nature: Gallant
Caste: Changing Moon

Virtues:

Compassion: 1

:Succor: 

Temperance: 2

:Cunning: 

Conviction: 4

:Mettle: 

Valor: 2

:Valor: 

Attributes:
Physical: Strength 4, Dexterity 4, Stamina 4
Social: Charisma 4, Manipulation 4, Appearance 2
Mental: Perception 3, Intelligence 3, Wits 3

Abilities:
Survival 3, Melee 3, Brawl 2, Stealth 4, Dodge 4, Larceny 3, Medicine 1, Awareness 3, Craft 2

Backgrounds:

Cult - 1
His myth cycle and folktales are well known, but it is a rare few who view Kumiho as a god. Shrines to him are tiny, household affairs, where self-reliant individuals and those who require blessings of thievery pray to him as the Duke of Illusions.

Heart's Blood - 3
Kumiho can take the shape of two rather ordinary looking humans (a male and a female) and of a selection of ten animals from throughout the eastern forests, including a small elk, a forest dog, a badger, and a pair of birds.

Mentor - 1
Kumiho's mentor, an elderly and ailing Lunar named Shadows Under Water, is possessed of a supernatural disease which eats away at his Essence and cripples his mind. He is thus unable to leave to visit anyone, much less the well-traveled Kumiho. The Prince of Foxes, for his part, has very occasionally visited out of sense of obligation, but he was not an apt pupil during his tutelage, and was never very close to Shadows Under Water.

Renown - 3
There is a cycle of legends told of Kumiho among many of the people of the East, and he is a known (though not generally readily familiar) name through the Silver Pact. Due to his insouciant manners and lack of respect for tradition, many elders consider him a young upstart (though some more respect his courage and brazen nerve).

Charms:

Shapeshifting: Finding The Spirit's Shape, Hide Of The Cunning Hunter, Masking The Brilliant Form, Humble Mouse Shape
Unarmed Combat: Body Weapon Technique
Melee Combat: Sensing the Deadly Flow
Perception: Sense-Sharpening Change, Every-Wary Fox Technique
Stealth: Stealthy Fox Method, Chameleon Skin Disguise

Base Initiative: 6

Inspired Commentaries of the Divine

WORK IN PROGRESS!