Taiyo Kodomo

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BACKGROUND: History: Taiyo was born to a rough couple in central city, a mistaken marriage, and the works. Taiyo was born shortly after that, and then adopted by a farmers family out in the wilds. He spent much of his time there moving about after they got divorced almost 5 years after his birth. He spent it travelling back and forth across earth seeing all its glorious sights at an early age.

Mother who lived across the globe from father would send him back and forth between the two often. His father would pick him up in different cities depending on where he was selling his produce when Taiyo would be arriving. This gave the boy plenty of time to see the world at a young tender age and appreciate its beauty. Growing up however, was not the greatest of experiences.

Father turned to traditional teaching methods, and believed Taiyo should be as manly as possible. The boy did not take to the teaches, instead simply wishing to be left alone. Taiyo at a young age was always in love with his own company. His imagination was the catalyst for him discovering magic later on, and what better place to experience imagination than when alone?

Taiyo was gifted in almost everything he could do, growing up he could play the piano flawlessly, yet he never did master it. The same with anything he ever did, Taiyo never mastered it. Sure he got proficient with it, but he never truly mastered his craft of any sort. His youth was spent with him being verbally thrashed for wasting his talents and mentally abused by manipulations.

Where his father took a more... direct approach in teaching Taiyo, his adoptive mother was more of a snake in the grass woman. She strangled Taiyo's growth as much as she could to further her own personal wealth and gains. Taiyo was eighteen when he escaped his abusive upbringing and finally moved out on his own. There is where the boy took to shining.

The world was his Gem and despite his... crippling self doubt. Taiyo was able to explore the world as he saw fit, and so he did. Taiyo wondered the world, doing odd jobs to survive for who knows how long. Years, yet it was when he was 22 that he found his given talent. Taiyo came across the budakai grounds far to the south, his twenty second birthday was around the corner.

A man, an instructor was teaching his students how to world a sword. The boy having never seen an Odachi wielded with one hand before and as such was stunned by the prospect of it. When the instructor noticed him watching for an extended period of time, he allowed Taiyo to hold his blade. In that moment of touching the blade, feeling its weight and the craftsmanship of the hilt. The sheer beauty of that weapon shown in his eyes.

Taiyo would begin his adventures after learning a decent amount from his instructor, and just like before he set out with his Odachi. In the long journey that followed, Taiyo came upon a woman who fell in love with the wondering monk. Deciding to live his days in her care, Taiyo would settle down for a short time in central city. There he would spend the next two years enjoying the company of his new wife.

She was much older than he was however, and as a result passed on before him, leaving the sword monk alone. Grieving for his beloved, the man set forth into the world once more. The burden of loneliness now a poison he had never felt before. So he searched the world, seeking the closure he needed on an question he didn't know he had. The monk had spent all his life alone, strengthened by his resolve to be free. But the thread of attachment had bound him up so tightly that now he was unable to find comfort in the long. 

Taiyo spent his days traveling across the world, his loneliness bleeding into his joy of the world. It wasn't till the man was in the far north where he discovered a shrine and inside the shrine was a box which housed a small gem with the hues of the rainbow. Taiyo touched the surface of the orb only to summon twin Oni who had taken on the aspects of Summer and Winter. These Oni were at first going to kill the man, but instead when the man held his ground to fight for his life. They decided instead to torment him on his travels.

Fusing with the man, the twin Oni's believed themselves capable of corrupting his heart. But despite their constant torments, Taiyo was happy to have company. In the years that followed Taiyo befriended his twin tormentors and the twin Oni found themselves almost like his daughters. The sword monk proved to be able to melt even their cold hearts. Yet despite these new found power, Taiyo was not satisfied and continued to visit his wife's grave every year. Vowing to never love another soul till he joined her in the after life. So the homeless sword monk with nothing but the ragged clothes on his back roams earth, but as the years have wore on, Taiyo feels an itch to explore more than just earth.

Technique Type | Light Attack| Summer Burn: Searing touch
Taiyo's blade glows orange hot before he slashes his opponent in an attempt to deal a small amount of damage with his Odachi.
Power: 20%
KP Cost: 1KP
Variants: N/A



Technique Type | Light Defensive| Winter's Rejection: Wall
Taiyo uses his blade to block an attack, but forms a magical ice shield before him to prevent damage.
Power: 40%
KP Cost: 2KP
Variants: N/A

Technique Type |MA Light Defensive| Fall's Haze
Taiyo dashes out of the way of an attack
Power: 50%
KP Cost: 1 KP
Variants: Evasive

Technique Type |MA Medium Defenive| Push The Limit
Taiyo Attempts to move out of the way of an attack as soon as possible, enhancing his legs with ki before attempting to escape.
Power: 90%
KP Cost: 3KP
Variants: Evasive

Technique Type | MA Sparking Heavy| Equinox
Taiyo summons the spirits in his sword to produce a searing hot and cold edge on his blade. An impossible act without the eb and flow of the twin Oni spirits to enhance his strike. Taiyo focus' in on his opponents moves, trying to intercept any escape or defense he might encounter. 
Power: 100%
KP: 4
Variants: Piercing, Piercing+, Homing