Name: Saitô Ticori
Age: 14-15 (Season One and Two), 17 ( Remembrance)
Height: 155 cm/5'1" (Season One and Two), 165 cm/5'5" (Remembrance)
Weight: 49 kg/109 lbs (Season One and Two), 57 kg/126 lbs (Remembrance)
Birthdate: May 29, 1973
Birthplace: Osaka Fu
Astrological sign: Gemini
Blood Type: O
Favorite Sport: Judo, Kamigata-Mai (Osaka traditional dance), other forms of dance
Interests: Music, American Food , Arcade games, Japanese history and culture
Dislikes: Extreme sweets, Cold weather, Melons
Element: Celestial
Armor: Cosmos/ Uchuu
Jin: Yû / Courage
Call to Arms: Dao Yû
Appearance:
Her appearance is very…unique. She has hip length slightly wavy auburn hair with chin length dyed white bangs. Depending on the situation it is either tied back in a loose, low braid or left down. She has silver eyes and a medium complexion. Most often her clothes and accessories are wild and eccentric varieties from popular culture or just her imagination in general, and at a younger age she tended to go a bit overboard. After her father's death she has a tattoo of the kanji for ‘the past is history’ surrounded by an outline of angel wings on her left front hip in addition to already having her ears pierced once normally and a second time in her right cartilage.
Family:
• Father: Toshiaki, a university researcher specialized in ancient history and culture. He almost never leaves his work but still maintained time to attend school and dojo events for his daughter every now and then. He was all for raising his daughter with traditional methods, making her attend a local dojo to learn traditional skills and activities, but also favored more modern things and technology. There are only few relatives of the Saitô’s left and Toshiaki is estranged from his family due to his intense research and untraditional lifestyle making him and Ti each other’s only relatives. He is good friends with Touma’s father Genichirou as they worked in the same place. Died in a car crash when Ti was 14 (somewhere between the original first and second seasons, right before Tenkuden takes place).
• Mother: Died after birth, no name is ever mentioned.
• Twin Sister: Maria, discovered in season three (reborn version of Kazuko Oda). She is older by only a few minutes and has shorter hair and blue eyes. They have completely opposite personalities on the surface but underneath it all they are closer than they think. The majority of the time they get along well, but Ria dislikes the fact that Ti can act like a child at times (See: Maria Koma for more information).
• Uncle: Shuten (Toshitada Koma)
• Aunt: Cosette (Arai) Koma, a very kind and learned women. She is the wife of Toshitada and sister to the twin’s real mother Kiyomi. Unlike her sister she doesn’t care much for material possessions as long as her loved ones are prepared for, however she also maintains the same fierceness and manipulative skills as the other.
• Cousin: Pearl Koma, a quiet girl who is not used to Ti’s exuberant personality. She tends to stay away from her and would rather be alone. Her mother and father are Cosette and Toshitada Koma.
The name Saitô was used by Saitô Dôsan a daimyo that dramatically rose and also fell from power in Sengoku period Japan. He was also known as the Serpent of Mino for his ruthless tactics. In history, the Saitô clan was wiped out by the Oda.
It was rumored that Ticori’s family had a history of a yoroi, but very few people knew the truth or even really cared about it. These rumors are what initially interested her father in ancient history and he collected all of the information he could on the subject up until he reached a dead end on the subject and filed the information away. One day, tired of the constant mess, Ti was shoveling through the papers that clouded her father’s home office and she caught sight of a brown portfolio from the corner of her eye. Always be a curious girl she dug out and began to leaf through the book. She was entranced by the information inside of it, but couldn’t figure out why her father would hide something as interesting as this in their own past. Without bothering to clean up the rest of the mess she took the book and placed a phone call to her father at the university. He explained to her that he had just forgotten about it, having had no way to elaborate on the subject. With this newfound information she began to do research on the subject on her own, only aided by the fragments of information inside. However all of her leads always seemed to turn into dead ends, just as they had for her father years before. Then in the summer of her second year of junior high, about a year before the battle with Arago, she travelled to Azuchi Castle as it was a prominent location in the information., this is where she found her yoroi and would later train in the series. The story goes that at some point during her visit she noticed a group of kids taunting another and, having had past experiences with bullying herself, she confronted and eventually drove them away. After this the kanji for Courage shown on her forehead and Uchuu appeared to her.
Ticori's silver yoroi is Uchuu, Cosmos, and draws power from generally celestial objects and air. She has a pair of twin sai, Uchuu ken, which connect to crossed hilts on the back of her armor. Her special attack is Suta-Raito Himei, Starlight Shriek, which causes a large amount of falling star-like objects to rain down and join together to form a rather large laser-like blast of light between her sai when they are placed parallel to one another during the attack formation.
Ticori lived with her father in a modern high-rise mansion (i.e. apartment) in Osaka up until his death (Genichirou and Touma occupied an apartment just above theirs after the divorce). The apartment was put in her name through her father’s will and it, as well as its contents will belong completely to her once she turns 18. The only other known family she has are a maternal aunt and uncle who reside in Kyoto. It is rumored that both sides of Ti’s family are male-orientated and very traditional. This most likely accounts for Toshiaki’s estrangement as he married a woman with a career, looked down upon in her own family, and enjoys a more modern lifestyle, as well as the more traditional beliefs he conveys to his daughter.
Ti is a very bright girl though she refuses to pay much attention to academic matters that don’t interest her. This is shown through her mediocre grades and participation in school, however, and noted by Touma, if she actually tried it’s likely she would get mostly perfect scores. Because of her tendency to flake and procrastinate as well as her bizarre mannerisms her classmates often referred to her as an airhead and strange. Since most of her father’s friends were academics and her only friend for the longest time was Touma, she was never really treated as a kid and was given much more responsibility than someone her age would normally have. She enjoys reading for pleasure and continues research in the same field as her father out of sheer curiosity.
She is usually very energetic, seldom introverted, and a nonconformist. Also due to being raised by her father she is more of a tomboy in her personality and mannerisms, however she still enjoys using makeup, doing hair, and dressing up. She is often a social butterfly and tends to do well in large groups of people, while in smaller ones where the attention can be focused more fully on her actions she becomes slightly more socially awkward as she tries to fit in. She is not easily angered, but when she is she is a force to be reckoned with and seldom fully forgives people. The Troopers are some of her closest friends and she'll do anything to protect them.
In addition to the interests listed above, Ticori's hobbies are singing, a mix of traditional and modern dance, and judo. Toshiaki wanted his daughter to be well-rounded and versed in ancient traditions and culture and at a young age sent her to a nearby dojo to learn. Originally she wasn’t intended to have anything to do with the more masculine martial arts, but one day she stumbled upon a class learning Judo and immediately fell in love with it. She quickly talked her father in letting her participate and he only consented on the basis she also continue to learn the more feminine things as well. She agreed on this and became especially good at the martial art; however she soon became irritated when she was limited in some cases because she was female. This also caused her a lot of pain and to not fit in with her peers yet again. The girls in her classes teased her for being masculine and said that someone like her was a disgrace to traditional ways, while the boys, being intimidated by her skills, made up for their intimidation by saying she wasn’t a proper girl and refused to have anything to do with her.
She still enjoys Judo and in a total of five sparring fights between her and Shuu she has won three. However she has not participated in the Kamigata-Mai since she was 10 due to a bad experience with teasing. Ti will be the first one to playfully mess with someone and normally being teased back does not bother her, but depending on the matter she can still be hurt by words even if the person doing does not mean anything by it.
Ticori's blood type is O. By the Japanese blood-personality chart, that means she is a trendsetter, loyal, passionate, independent, and ambitious as well as vain, and easily jealous.
Ti views Touma as a brother but also develops romantic feelings for him for the first and second season. These feelings dwindle when she realizes he is in fact more of a brother figure (and that their relationship would closely resemble that of his divorced father and mother) and begins to be attracted to the now good Anubis.
Relationships:
Ryo- Ticori is very protective of Ryo just as the other Troopers are. She is grateful for his help in reawakening her and believes he has the potential to be a good leader for the group. With that said, she is also easily annoyed by him. With his ‘world on his shoulders’ outlook on life and her own carefree personality they tend to clash. Like her best friend she is also a cynic and has a very dry sense of humor, she also knows how to push buttons to get people to do what she wants and has a tendency to tease. Ryo never knows when to take her seriously and often considers her nothing more than an airhead. Despite this when they are alone and with the others they tend to get along well.
Seiji- Seiji is…intimidated by Ti. She reminds him of his sisters and so he tends to shy away from contact with her. In fact for the majority of the first two seasons the only time they interact is when they need something or are in battle. The reason behind this is not because he doesn’t like her but more because he is confused by her. Unlike other girls he’s met in the past she doesn’t put him up on a pedestal, she’s one of the very few females who actually treats him normal. He also doesn’t quite understand how someone so versed and active in the traditional way is also so modern at the same time. The fact that she is much more forward and eccentric than a traditional Japanese woman also perplexes him. However near the middle of the second and through the third season he warms up to her and they share quite a few insightful conversations considering their similar backgrounds
Shuu- Ticori and Shuu are alike on many different levels. They both can be stubborn and hardheaded but carefree at the same time. Their only real difference in personalities being that Ti is a lot more observant and tactical and very rarely runs into situations without some sort of plan (whether or not it’s a good plan is another story). Their relationship is that of a brother and sister, they enjoy teasing each other, play fighting and often are the ones that get into the most mischief together.
Shin- There is barely more screen time for the Shin/Ti combo than there is for the Shin/Touma one. About the only similarity they have is cooking; so much of the time alone between these two is done in the kitchen. Despite this fact Ticori enjoys his company and personality. Unlike Touma she knows better than to push his buttons and regards him as someone to look up to in most everyday situations due to his diplomatic personality.
Touma- Touma and Ticori are childhood best friends and practically attached at the hip. Their personalities are different in many ways but they are similar in many more. Ti is the one that often leads the two but Touma is in no way a follower to her and will be the first to stand up to or critique her. They have the same type of dry, cynical humor and sarcasm and know how to push each other’s buttons as well as cover their faults and weaknesses. These two are by far the closest of the six Troopers and this is only because they’ve grown up together for most of their lives. They also harbor unspoken romantic feelings for each other and despite the fact that they are polar opposites.
Nausti- Like the others Ticori views Nausti as an older sister figure. She is intrigued by her knowledge of her grandfather’s work and other historical things and finds a commonality considering her own father’s work. They have the potential to be good friends and possible research companions but they don’t spend much time together alone outside of battle.
Jun- Ti would like to act as an older sister to the little boy but more often comes off as a playmate. At first she is annoyed by his presence in the group but she quickly seems to get over this as the series progresses.
Cosette- Cosette becomes the closest thing to a mother figure she’s ever had and becomes the first person Ticori goes to with problems from her sister to battle as well as for information about her mother and past.
Shuten- She tends to shy away from her uncle but there is no evidence the two don’t get along.
Pearl- Like with Seiji she intimidates the younger girl. Despite this she and her sister combined become role models to their cousin throughout the series. Often Ti tries to include Pearl in outings and ‘girly’ activities but is nearly always turned down. Inside Ticori feels bad for the girl and wishes she would come out of her shell more, but she knows pushing will do her no good.
Maria- Identical twins and polar opposites. Where Ti can be obnoxious, energetic, and easily adaptable to any situation; Maria is stoic, hates change, and tends to be more introverted. Despite these and other differences the two tend to along quite well together. While occasionally each is annoyed and embarrassed by the other’s actions they are quite a pair. They both share a hidden bond of mischief and manipulation and know exactly what to do to get the other’s to do what they want. They are also both in the same confusing situation romantically and are very bad at giving each other love advice.
Rajura- Simply put, these two have NO screen time together alone, AT ALL. Rajura finds her strange and irritating and doesn’t bother to get to know her very well. Ti on the other hand doesn’t know what she thinks about the now reformed Warlord and has no interest in getting to know him thus far.
Naaza- If ever there was a greater hatred, these two find each other to be the most annoying person the other has ever met. The only reason they begin to tolerate each other is for the sake of the relationship between Naaza and Maria. Ti is irritated by his lack of trying to adapt to the modern world and constant complaining and Naaza, well…he just hates her entire personality and upbeat attitude.
Anubis- Strangely these two have the most in common out of all of the Warlords. While Anubis has traits of a pack animal he still maintains a sort of ‘lone wolf’ quality. Ticori also carries this trait despite her close bond with Touma. She is an idealist and nonconformist and refuses to fit into any type of stereotype. While both are obedient to their leaders, Ryo and Arago, they also have an independent air. While Ti is much more observant in situations (it takes Anubis forever to realize Arago is only using him for his power) they tend to react the same way. At first Anubis is not a big fan of the other’s upbeat style and persona and believes she is simple minded and shallow at the surface. However as he spends more time with the Troopers he soon learns that she is much more of a complex individual than he originally thought and he starts to be become attracted to her varying personality traits.
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Past Life (explained in notes below)
Name: Oda Sachiko
Birthdate: May 29, 1557
Birthplace: Unknown
Astrological sign: Gemini
Blood Type: O
Appearance:
She has mid-back length slightly wavy auburn hair with chin length bangs. Depending on the situation it is either tied back in a loose, low braid or left down. She has silver eyes and a medium complexion. She closely resembles her father in her facial features.
Family:
• Father: Kantaro Oda, a power hungry and black magic wielding warrior of the Oda Clan (later Arago).
• Mother: Kiyomi Arai, a peasant girl. She was cold hearted and longed for wealth, power, and material possessions. Also skilled in black magic, when her husband was killed and his soul banished to the Netherrealm she used to her magic to transfer her own souls as well as those of her daughters there to be with him. Later her spirit was destroyed by Kaos.
• Twin Sister: Kazuko, more obedient but just as mischievous. The only difference between the two is that Kazu has shorter hair and blue eyes.
Sachiko is the younger of the two twins and gets in the most trouble. Unlike her sister she is carefree and prone to practical jokes. Both are trained well in martial arts and have the same cold personalities as their parents.
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Notes
• Everything not in italics is the actual character I created. Everything in italics is only added when I put her back in the storyline my friend and I developed after her original creation.
• No OAVs, maybe at a later time. Just haven't had the oppurtunity to work them in.
• Only Kayura returns to Netherrealm, all other Warlords return to Ningen as their human ages to live out the lives they missed out on.
•“Remembrance” would be the arc of Season Three (including the Ronins, Warlords, and Koma family)
•Maria, Pearl, and Cosette are not my characters. They belong to a friend I only know as Lindsay H back when I rped with her:
Their original last name was Heiti.
I use Koma because in the story Cosette and Shuten were married and this is Shuten’s actual last name.
Pearl is their daughter.
Kiyomi Arai is the name I have given Cosette’s sister/ the twin’s mother for writing purposes.
Kantaro Oda is the human name I have given Arago for writing purposes.
Ti and Maria weren’t created to be twins, but decided to be for the purpose of our rp.
I believe but can’t remember, Maria’s virtue was ‘reason’ and her armor was Galaxy.
In the original rp Seiji/Naaza fought over Maria and Touma/Anubis fought over Ti (I have edited this some to fit in better with the characters actual personalities)
Ti and Maria are the daughters of Arago in the rp, they were not reborn as Sachiko and Kazuko.
Kazuko and Sachiko were developed by me to help make things logical.
Anytime I include Cossette, Pearl, or Maria I try to stick to the personalities they were created with that I remember.
Originally Pearl had armor as well, but I prefer her without one.
I have revamped these characters just a little to fit in with my storyline because I liked the general idea but aside from what is mentioned above they are the same characters that Lindsay H has created and they are NOT my own.
The reasoning behind why the twins are normal age compared to the Warlords and Kayura is because when Kaos defeated their father the first time he took the souls of the two girls and transplanted them into humans so that they could be reborn and hopefully have better lives.
• The original Ticori was “Ticori Ana/Sasaki’ and I cannot remember why I gave her this name. I changed her last name; this is also where Saitô comes from, because all of the canon characters are named after actual samurai clans. Ti also used to have fully white hair and dyed her bangs a variety of unnatural colors often. The new Ti has auburn hair to fit better with the aspect of her being a twin of the auburn haired Maria and I kept it as the original as well because it seems more natural than the white (with the bangs and occasional colored extension remaining).
• Ticori and Maria’s armors are split in the first season. Uchuu is included in the poem and on the Troopers side while Seiun continues to reside in Arago and does not appear until after he is defeated the second time.
• Outside of Remembrance Ticori actually does get romantic with Touma.
