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2008-11-30T20:56:23Z

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2008-11-29T22:24:22Z

^{☆ Player Info ☆

•NAME ★ Bellflower
•AGE ★ 21
•PERSONAL ACCOUNT ★ fightingoutside
•EXPERIENCE ★ I play Sanada Yukimura from Samurai Warriors (spearofhonour at discedo and Lucia from Devil May Cry 2 (defectwithasoul at dramadramaduck
•EMAIL ★ ladylightningaurora@hotmail.co.uk
•AIM ★ BellflowerBlade
•TIMEZONE ★ GMT

★ Character Info ★

•NAME ☆ Ishida Mitsunari
•FANDOM ☆ Samurai Warriors
•AGE ☆ Approximately 23 years of age
•SPECIES ☆ Human
•GENDER ☆ Male
•TIMELINE ☆ After the ending of his story mode in Samurai Warriors 2; his Western Army has defeated Tokugawa Ieyasu's Eastern army and have now gained the majority of the control of Japan in the name of the Toyotomi shogunate.
•POWERS/ABILITIES ☆
Mitsunari is an extremely intelligent man, learned in both matters of state and war strategy. His mind is sharp and logical, but this logic now comes second place to his sense of honour. If something is logical but goes again honour, then he will not do it (ambushes are a big no in his book). Also somewhat cultured, being known as extremely talented at performing the tea ceremony.

He can fight a little with a fan, but this is mostly a self-defence style, as he is not that strong.

•PERSONALITY ☆
Possessing a sharp wit, a sharp tongue, arrogance, a streak of stubborness and a blunt honesty, Mitsunari is one of those people who gives that sense of feeling superior to everybody else. He is quite happy to point out a person's faults without hesitation and possesses a sarcastic side in addition to this, but is far slower to praise. Combined with a tendency towards arrogance (and occasional vanity) and you get one of those people who you would assume is practically incapable of making really good friends.

However, while he does have more than the usual share of enemies after him, he has also managed to make many good friends, especially in the form of Sanada Yukimura and Naoe Kanetsugu, with whom he made a vow of friendship and honour, and also Sakon Shima, in whom he places a huge degree of trust. He as also well liked by his Lord, Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Why is this? Well, Mitsunari is very devoted to those who DO become his friends. He loathes the idea of ever letting them down and would do anything he could do make sure their belief in him is not unfounded. At heart he is a good guy, with a strong belief in honour, but his reluctance to ever stray outside of his set boundaries can annoy some, especially when he refuses to let them use their own methods in battle (including ambushes, which he considers dishonourable).

There are also plenty of hints within the canon that his outward personality is concealing insecurity and some degree of vulnerability, which he usually keeps well hidden, but it does slip out sometimes. He constantly refuses to admit that he is a very poor fighter, though as a man of great intelligence he should realise that it is true, suggesting that he keeps a hold on that image to make himself feel stronger.

•APPEARANCE ☆
Mitsunari possesses a slender build and is quite short (no more than 5'4"). His skin is very pale in colour and generally unblemished. As for his face, the young man possesses a feminine, fox-like beauty (obviously a link to his nickname, 'the fox of Mt. Sawa'). His eyes are of a warm hazel colour framed by long eyelashes, and his hair is auburn in colour, shoulder-length and rather silky-looking. This is left loose almost all the time.

He is known for having a taste for the colour pink, this, naturally, makes its way into his clothes. Typically, he wears two layers of black tops, edged with white around the collar, and these have long, elegant pink sleeves over white ones. The sleeve of the right arm only is tucked into a golden armour piece, and there is also a small piece of golden armour over the right shoulder. Over all this he wears a long, sleeveless jacket; the top half is white, the bottom half black, and it is edged in pink and gold. There is a crest on the back of the jacket and two on the bottom half, seperated by a split. The jacket can be done done up to some degree with a red cord, but never fully closed. He also wears pink gloves with small golden armour pieces attached.

His trousers are striped in black, white and pink, and he has a golden belt with cord attached. He wears long boots right up to his knees; they have a pointed toe and are black with golden armour attachments.

Mitsunari is well-known for his distinctive headwear: a golden headband with attachments made to resemble horns.

•HISTORY ☆
Mitsunari is a retainer of the Toyotomi clan. As a teenager he caught the eye of Toyotomi Hideyoshi after serving him tea during a visit to Mt. Sawayama, and served him from that moment onwards. The first real battle he ever assisted in was the Battle of Yamasaki, in which Hideyoshi defeated his master Oda Nobunaga's betrayer, Mitsuhide, and took on the role of Nobunaga's successor. He then began plans to conquer the war-torn land, and naturally, Mitsunari stood at his side. During this time Mitsunari's attitude and arrogance earnt him the hatred of several of the other Toyotomi retainers, who openly questioned Hideyoshi on why he kept the foxy man around; he simply told them to try and get along, being very much focused on creating a land where 'everyone could be happy.'

However, Mitsunari also ended up making some close friends, who accepted that he could be a difficult person to talk to but liked him nonetheless. These were Naoe Kanetsugu and Sanada Yukimura, who told him of honour. Before this time Mitsunari has only ever done things based on logical arguments, but they persuaded him of the important of honour in life. The three made a vow of honour and friendship together, and ever after they would have complete trust in one another. He also gained a retainer of his own, Shima Sakon, a man reknowned for being both strong and wise, who he would gradually come to depend on more and more.

It took many battles, most notably one against Tokugawa Ieyasu, before the Toyotomi clan finally took control of Japan. Hideyoshi became the new Shogun, and Mitsunari served as one of his ministers, overseeing key areas of state. Many believed this new peace would last forever, but Mitsunari was not convinced of this. He knew that after Hideyoshi died it was very unlikely that Ieyasu would follow his son, Hideyori, and would most likely make a bid for control of the land. Considering the fact that the Tokugawa were popular with many members of the Toyotomi court, it was likely that full-blown war would start again.

As it turned out, he was right, and this would all happen even earlier that he had suspected. Hideyoshi died rather young, his reign a short one, and after this Mitsunari was attacked by the Toyotomi retainers known to hate him whilst travelling. They claimed they wished to protect the Toyotomi line by killing Mitsunari, as he would only bring ill to them, but after being rescued by Yukimura and Kanetsugu a particular Tokugawa retainer was spotted assisting the retainers; Hattori Hanzo. Taking this as evidence that Ieyasu was making his bid for the land, and had incited the supposed loyal Toyotomi followers into trying to kill him, Mitsunari vowed to fight back, live and protect Lord Hideyori from Ieyasu.

After a series of battles two armies were formed. Those loyal to Mitsunari and the Toyotomi were known as the Western Army, and those loyal to the Tokugawa and those who wished to fight purely to defeat Mitsunari were known as the Eastern Army. Eventually they would clash at Sekigahara. The Western army came close to defeat thanks to man betrayals, but due to sheer resilience and determination Mitsunari would lead his army to victory, destroying the Eastern Army and driving Ieyasu, plus his remnants, back to their base in Edo. After giving a rare, rousing speech to his troops, and with peace once again in site, Mitsunari began pursuit of Ieyasu, determined to take him out once and for all.

However, just after starting this pursuit, Mitsunari finds himself on an ill-timed 'vacation...'

•THIRD PERSON SAMPLE ☆
It was late. Very, very late. The candle flickered in the darkness and Mitsunari took a moment to look up and glare at it wearily, before returning his gaze back down to the pile of scrolls he was working on.

Doubtless, his friends would tell him working so late was foolish, but they told him that a lot. Mostly because he worked late almost every night, until the candle burnt out and he had no choice but to retire for the night. Then he would look tired come the next day, and they would notice this at the morning meal and rebuke him for it. He usually just replied with a toss of his hair and a muttured 'I have to do it. It needs to be done or else it'll just get neglected, and what would happen then?'

Last time, though, Sakon had raised an eyebrow and mentioned that perhaps he should be doing some share of his work, as his retainer. Mitsunari had chosen to ignore that comment. He didn't need anybody's sympathy. He was fine doing his work in his own. He was more than capable.

Grunting slightly, the auburn-haired man read down his current scroll. General repair work... honestly, was Hideyoshi's palace that poorly kept that he had to constantly be signing off approvals for the coin to get such repairs done? At one point he'd grown suspicious and gone to make sure that the damage was actually real, and lo and behold, it had been. It made him despair sometimes. People could be so stupid. Logically, half of the staff needed replacing with more efficient workers, but his sense of honour told him he could not do that... and honour was very important to him. Once logic had dictated his life, but the presence of his new friends had caused a great change in him, and now honour was his guide. He had even made an oath with Kanetsugu and Yukimura to uphold honour and would break it for nothing.

Besides, Lady Nene would yell at him, and he wasn't sure he could survive another one of her rants at him. If he got called a 'naughty boy' one more time...

"Mitsunari! Heh, I knew you'd still be up."

Mitsunari rolled his eyes, though of course the man who had just entered, Sakon, couldn't see him doing that.

"I have work to finish," he replied, not taking his eyes away from his scrolls. "I should be the one questioning why you are still up. I know you finished all your work for the day, Sakon."

"Easy enough answer to that," chuckled Sakon, "and you should know it. I stayed up so I could take your work away from you and make sure you got enough sleep for once. You can't do this every night. Me, Kanetsugu, Yukimura and... ahhh... we decided on it together!"

Mitsunari moved around so he could look at his retainer, scowling heavily as he did so.

"You were going to say 'Lady Nene,' weren't you?" he asked dryly.

"Ah, you're too much of a fox for me to hide any secrets from you!" laughed Sakon, with a wink.

Mitsunari rolled his eyes again and gave an annoyed sigh. Honestly, that woman was so interfering! She wasn't even his real mother, but she acted like she was, and no matter what insults and demands that she 'go away' he yelled at her she never got the point. It drove him mad. He was not the child she treated him as. He was far from it. He was more intelligent that everybody else in the Toyotomi camp (except maybe Sakon, and in certain areas Lord Hideyoshi) and more than capable of looking after himself (despite certain individuals amongst those he counted as friends insistance that he couldn't fight). So why did she think he needed to be treat like an incapable youth all the time?

"I've told you before not to listen to her," he snapped, going slightly red-faced with anger. "You KNOW how she treats me!"

Sakon moved to sit at his side, glancing at the scrolls. Mitsunari moved to block his view, knowing what he was up to.

"Yes," replied Sakon, "I do. She also constantly insists that I'm the one supposed to make sure you don't get into trouble. Now, that's one point I agree on. Somebody has to save you from your ridiculous moments."

"I don't HAVE ridiculous moments!" snorted Mitsunari. "Now will you PLEASE let me finish my work?"

"Mmm... nope!" chuckled Sakon.

Mitsunari glared as hard as possible at his ebony-haired companion, but as usual, it seemed to have no effect whatsoever. Even Sakon and Yukimura backed off when Mitsunari gave them his hardest glare, but not Sakon. It was like he was immune. In truth, the red-head appreciated that fact about his retainer, because it meant that he took nothing personally from him and just handled him no matter what his mood, and would get his work done without harbouring grudges against his Lord. But right now? He was sulking, so that though wasn't really crossing his mind. He just knew that Sakon was going to grab the scrolls, and while he would put up an effort, Mitsunari simply was nowhere near strong enough to stop him.

He didn't like it when people tried to stop him from working. He was just fine getting it done!

Sakon stood up again, and Mitsunari did as well, shielding his working area.

"Honestly, Mitsunari, must you make this harder on yourself?" asked Sakon, clearly amused.

Mitsunari said nothing, and just continued to glare. Smiling even wider, Sakon moved straight at him, grabbed him by the shoulder and moved him aside with barely any effort. Extremely annoyed by this, the red-head tried to shove Sakon away, but all that happened was that the taller, stronger man gave him a push that sent him flying to the ground again.

"HEY!" he practically snarled.

"Sorry, but you asked for it!" laughed Sakon, picking up every last one of the scrolls. "I know it didn't hurt, and now, I can make sure you SLEEP properly."

Mitsunari just looked downwards and muttured something under his breath about people trying to tell him what to do. Sakon just shook his head, chuckled a little and marched out of the room with his prizes.

"Goodnight, Mitsunari!"

•FIRST PERSON SAMPLE ☆
A vacation, huh.

What nonsense. Why you would even attempt to try and convince me that this is some kind of holiday is beyond me. How you managed it, considering the great warriors I had surrounding me, is a mystery to me, but this is most definitely kidnap.

What purpose do you have behind stealing me away from my army? Rest assured that I will not let you use me as some kind of pawn against my friends and allies, nor will I do anything that would break my vow of honour.

•QUESTIONS/COMMENTS ☆ None~}

The Fox Of Mt. Sawa

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