Nori “Nao” Kakuchouki

[Rasher204]

Name: Nori “Nao” Kakuchouki
Age: eighty seven, stuck as a teenager in his lifecycle
Gender: Spirit (looks male)
Species: The Gaki* (hungry ghost) of a Mulberry tree spirit, which is a powerful yet unpredictable sprit which shares a bond with the mulberry tree from which it came if three or more Iron (must be Iron) spikes are placed in the tree the spirit will be unable to leave it and imprisoned until the spikes are removed, if only one or two spikes are placed in the spirits power is halved for each spike and they are forced to retreat to an area closer to the tree, if the tree is cut down the spirit is still bound to it’s stump as if it were still a full tree if lightning were to strike the tree or a fire were to burn it away the spirit will die with the tree. However he only use to be a Mulberry tree spirit, now he is the phantom of one left to walk the earth due to unfinished business giving him a unique yet widely undefined being with the weaknesses and strengths of both a ghost and a spirit though no longer having a mulberry tree of his own the loss of power was balanced by the newfound abilities of Onmyodo`

Organization: none at the moment
Position in organization: acts as a freelance Onmyoji` for hire

Physical appearance: he retains his current, non hideous form is maintained by a strong will
Height: one inch under six feet (that’s 5’11”)
Build: slender and ethereal looking
Hair color: dark red
Hair style: Long and flowing, just a bit messy
Eye color: brown
Skin: normal, slightly pail honey color that reflects light more than any normal skin, yet still normal enough looking to give off the mere impression of super naturalness but not quite enough to be evidence of it
Other Features: gives off no presence at all, often sneaks up on people with out trying
Picture:

Clothing: Just like in the picture
Head: none
Upper body: a traditional Asian looking silken top, short sleeved and a grayish lavender
Lower body: Black Hakama pants (those are traditional samurai pants for those of you that do not know)
Feet: very light blue two toed socks with wooden block sandals, keeping with the traditional feel
Hands: Traditional gloves that cover the backs of the hands only with Seals are drawn on his palms
Accessories: usually playing a wooden flute

Equipment description/list: (all just pieces of paper he uses in his Onmyodo)
-barrier tags: five placed around a target creates a physical and holy based magical barrier
-exorcism tags: placed on the forehead, forces any demon or possessing entity out once
Note: when a exorcism tag is placed on a barrier the demon is forced form this plain of existence
-sealing tag: five creates a holy barrier much stronger than the barrier tags but no physical barrier
-shikigami paper: a tag with a black square on it, when folded in to a little man it becomes an invisible shikigami, which can take any human or animal form (becomes visible when doing this) and can poses weak willed living things
-his flute: helps him focus his energy for Onmyodo, counts as meditation and aids him like a demon radar when being played

Personality: Stoic and serious by nature he spends his off time studying methods to best ease his supernatural suffering, as a Gaki he is always hungry and thirsty unable to ever sustain himself, caught between two stages of existence and fraught with loneliness. He never tells anyone of how he suffers thinking that it would trouble others to hear of it, he likes to think that he’s making progress but can be at times faint of heart.
Likes: Quiet
Dislikes: Disturbances
Outlook: Realistic optimist (more hopeful than confidant)
Relationships: can’t recall any

Abilities summary: A very skilled practitioner of Onmyodo, is able to use spiritual and ghostly magics in addition to the Onmyodo

Canceled out: Due to the conflicting nature of his current situation many abilities and qualities are canceled out, as a spirit he was not solid and could not sustain injury, as a Gaki* he is and can. As a Gaki* he should be driven by his never ending animal like hunger for human flesh and blood`, as an Onmyoji he is no longer plagued by such torments or other demons. He should be weak against holy and spiritual attacks but being an Onmyoji` he is not vulnerable but not resistant either.

Passive skills: some traits unique to him, though he can sustain injury he does not bleed making him slightly less vulnerable, though he does get hungry he does not really need food or drink to live as a Gaki, he can walk on walls and other such surfaces, Though he cant die he can lose consciousness and requires a mulberry tree (or some amount of mulberry wood) to regenerate any injuries, they will not heal on their own.

Active skills:
-Use his tags and seals
-The summoning of Shikigami` (no NOT shinigami!) and power over the Shikigami` he summons, though Shikigami Gaeshi` will prove effective against him. (Shikigami can take on the forms of other people or animals but are invisible in their true form)
-The Faunakinetic ability of a tree spirit (growth of plats, though mainly wood, the movement of leaves through the air ect)
-Onmyodo exorcism and divination abilities (predict weather an outcome will be favorable or not, exorcize/seal the unholy or evil) see ghosts, demons and the otherwise invisible supernatural

History: He began life as a Mulberry tree spirit growing among many other healthy trees, though he remembers nothing of his past life he must have been particularly wasteful and deserving of poor Darma* because when he died he found himself to be a Gaki* living in Gakido*, though he suffered immensely his will remained strong form his life as a spirit causing him to retain his spiritual form, he stumbled back on to the human world where he caused a bi of trouble before coming across an Onmyoji whom attempted to exorcize him, though he overpowered the man he was able to study the documents he found on his body, and was wise enough to realize what they meant, with an unshakable resolve he trained himself in the ways of the Onmyoji finding many ways to ease his suffering and restore his mind most of which revolving around seals keeping he energies in balance. He resolved to redeem his soul by becoming an Onmyoji and bringing salvation to damned souls.

Goals: Achieve nirvana*, or at a least better Darma* through the practice of his Onmyodo`

* = its in Buddhism, look it up
` = its in Japanese mysticism, specifically the Onmyodo

[keymaster of souls]

He can still be hurt by physical attacks, no?

[Rasher204]

yes he is solid, as a Gaki.... all well explained

[keymaster of souls]

Oke dokie. Thw Cancel out confused me.
Approved!

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