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Sat Jan 14, 2017 7:44 pmYagokoro no Iratsume
Basic Character Information
Starting Bonus: Super Rookie | [Starting Bonus Roll]
First Name: Iratsume
Middle Name/Initial: -
Last Name: Yagokoro
Epithet: “Diao ye Zong”
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Race: Human
Faction: Marines
Profession: Warrant Officer, Musician
Physical Appearance
Height: 5’3” (162 cm)
Weight: 114 lbs (52 kg)
Hair Style: High, mid-back-length ponytail
Hair Color: Silver
Eye Color: Lavender
Scars: -
Clothing and Accessories: Being unable to adapt to standard Marine dress code and preferring a style similar to home’s, Zong’s Marine uniform technically qualifies as such, but sticks out like a sore thumb. This uniform is comprised of a long and wide-sleeved white dress (kariginu) with an indigo skirt that goes down to her knees, colorful ribbons at the trims of the sleeves, a pom-pommed sash (yuigesa), and an indigo tate-eboshi hat with white strings which tie to her ponytail. The Marine emblem can be found on the front of her hat and the back of her dress. Underneath her karinigu she wears two blouses (teal and gold, respectively) with lengths slightly exceeding the dress’, thus outlining it. She also uses heavy shin-length boots, so dark a shade of black they almost seem blue, with gold anklets around them.
Description: Zong is a small young woman with a fair complexion that the sun just can’t get rid of, and an alert expression in her eyes. She generally carries a commanding posture and affected body language befitting her old station, such as a habit of tilting her head in a very peculiar fashion over anything of interest. When combined with her very-foreign clothing, she looks just as out-of-place as she actually is.
The Past
Main Traits: Straightforward, Silly, Free-Spirited | Outspoken, Myopic, Wild
Likes: Wano Sweets, Kabayaki Eel Hot Pot, Tea, Practical Jokes, Ghost Stories, Larger-Than-Life Experiences, Playing the Biwa
Dislikes: Most “Weird” Food (especially the kind you can’t eat with chopsticks!), Beer, Paradoxes, Hardship, Otamatones, Ninjas
Hometown: Wano Country
Personality: Zong is someone who manages to both meet and defy one’s expectations of (former) nobility. She is simplistic and easily amused, and it doesn’t take much for her to be pleased with herself. She can be stubborn, insensitive, irresponsible, and resistant to change, but at the same time, she doesn’t express much of a wish to go back home, and is instead eager to take in her surroundings (so long as her surroundings don’t try to take her in, so to speak). Most instances of faux pas can be attributed to Zong’s fragmented understanding of customs outside of Wado. She is excitable, offbeat, and just a little loopy, and these qualities manifest most apparently in her somewhat nonchalant attitude towards even superior officers, as she is unused to being in a position of subordination. While she may carry the “aura” of nobility, by the time someone becomes acquainted with her, they will learn that Zong can be incredibly goofy, both deliberately and unintentionally. In fact, she usually is.
As it turns out, Zong is not just your everyday fish out of water. Zong is an idiot with a thought process which can be described as “lateral” using the kindest terms. Her epiphanies and solutions to problems can be strange and roundabout, sometimes to the point that any other option would be preferable to all parties concerned, including herself. Is there a secret that has to be kept from other people? “I should just poison them!” she’ll say out loud, only to realize either by hindsight or someone reprimanding her that poisoning people is actually a horrible idea, causing her to move on. This is partly why her not-so-secret plots to become a Fleet Admiral and be her own boss never work out - she lacks the willingness to invest some foresight or long-term commitment. Thankfully, Zong is as ready to forgive shenanigans that befall her as she is eager to set up her own schemes, no matter how awful they make her or the perpetrators out to be.
Ultimately, Zong is benign at heart, a little naïve, and quick to trust, both for better and worse. She has not seen or experienced the injustice of the world around her, and she has difficulty coming to terms with some of the forms it exists as, let alone the idea of it existing even within the Marines or World Government, which can cause a great deal of internal conflict for her if she must confront it. Similarly, she lacks a developed sense of the word “Justice,” and what Justice even means from person to person, or even to herself. Zong’s saving grace in this regard is what sense of good and evil she does have, even if she might not always follow it herself. She finds the idea of Absolute Justice too rigid for her tastes, and would quickly balk at a display of Justice that would be considered excessive, heartless, and cruel.
Zong has a habit of incorporating the word “boing” into her sentences, typically at the end of them. According to her, this is a trait common to her family. She even incorporates the verbal tic into her signature laugh, “Boi-yoi-yoi-yoi-yoi-yoing!”
- History:
- Yagokoro no Iratsume was the fourth child of Yagokoro no Seiwa, daimyo of the Shōki Province in northwest Wano Country, from his second wife, Tachibana no Ioe. She grew up as the middle of three sisters, and had three brothers as well. Iratsume spent most of her life within the confines of her father’s manor, and was never allowed to leave outside of special occasions, and never without a retainer close at hand.
This was not, as the courtiers rumored, because Iratsume was one of Seiwa’s most beloved children being sheltered from the world. In fact, it was the opposite. Iratsume was the black sheep of the Yagokoro family, possessing an inquisitive mind but a wayward, undisciplined disposition that took advantage of her father’s determination to make her brothers into worthy heirs and lack of attention to her to get into trouble of all sorts. There was also, as is often the case, a rift between the six children, as they were born of different wives of Seiwa and often fought over each other’s superiority and favoritism. As such, the only family members Iratsume stayed on perpetually good terms with was her mother and her full younger sister. More embarrassing for Seiwa still was Iratsume’s lack of domestic ability: her attempts to cook ended in disaster, she tracked in more dirt from the gardens (or from the rare successful escape outside the manor) than she bothered to clean up, and her language was foul by Wano court standards, leaving the only skill she relatively excelled in being playing an instrument for music.
It was only through great trepidation and effort that Seiwa was able to find a suitable groom from a neighboring daimyo’s family that could tolerate Iratsume’s personality once she was suitable for marriage. The arrangement, of course, was meant to remove Iratsume from the political playing field without the Yagokoro family losing any face. While Iratsume got along well with her fiancé in the times they met, nothing resembling love bloomed between them, and it was painfully obvious to all parties involved that Seiwa was trying to make Iratsume someone else’s problem. To alleviate this, Seiwa sent the groom’s family gifts frequently throughout the years, often gold or crafts from local artisans that graced his court.
On one occasion, Seiwa was able to acquire a mysterious fruit, from a merchant who specialized in those sundries. The merchant explained that these fruits, Devil Fruits, could bestow whoever ate them with incredible powers, at the cost of being unable to swim again, and an awful taste. As for the power a Devil Fruit bestowed, one would only know after it had been eaten. Seiwa saw this as an excellent gift for the other daimyo’s family and eagerly bought the fruit, taking it back to his manor. Seiwa kept the Devil Fruit stowed away in a pantry, and only ever took it out when the time came to present it to the other daimyo. Unfortunately, preparing the fruit in advance proved to be a recipe for disaster; while the other daimyo was still on the roads to meet Seiwa in his manor, Iratsume was consumed by a fit of hunger and sought to alleviate this, and walked into the dining hall, where a plate holding the fruit lay on the table, far too appetizing for her to second-guess its presence. . . .
When the daimyo and his son arrived, Seiwa did his best to be an amiable and generous host, as he always did. He exchanged the usual gifts of gold and art with his guest, and relayed his story of the mysterious, sorcerous Devil Fruit, which, to Seiwa’s relief, excited the daimyo as much as it had him, even with the warning of an awful taste. Promising an otherwise delightful banquet, the group made their way into Seiwa’s dining hall . . . where they had found Iratsume collapsed on the floor, unconscious, and part of the fruit already eaten.
Panic erupted in the manor, and the Yagokoro doctors were rushed to save Iratsume. Only, she wasn’t dead at all; she soon regained consciousness, and explained that the last thing she remembered was a taste so awful she had started to black out. Fear soon turned to outrage as Seiwa tried desperately to assure his guests that the fruit was not poisoned, but the damage had already been done. Iratsume’s gaffe created a misunderstanding that harmed the bond between the two daimyo families, and more importantly, it sullied Seiwa’s own honor. This was the last straw, and Iratsume was sentenced to be executed with the other daimyo family to witness to restore the Yagokoro family’s integrity.
Fortunately for Iratsume, this decision was not met without opposition; Ioe, Iratsume’s mother, and her little sister, Tabino, both begged Seiwa for mercy, and Iratsume’s fiancé likewise promised his forgiveness for her blunder. Once emotions had settled, the other daimyo had also come to forgive Iratsume, and asked her to be spared, but not unpunished. Very reluctantly, Seiwa relented, but with the guilt and frustration still burdening him, he knew he could not accept Iratsume as a daughter of the Yagokoro family, and deemed her too dangerous to herself and others to be a worthy bride for any respectable family. She was instead exiled and disowned, and ordered to leave Wano Country by boat - after that, whatever happened would be no one’s problem but hers. Iratsume was given a new name - Diao ye Zong, a “withered leaf” of the family tree - as well as a sturdy ship that would take her to a random island across the oceans, making her departure at 16 years old.
Weeks at sea later, Diao ye Zong’s ship beached upon the shores of Provence Kingdom, property of the World Government, and following her arrest and overview of her situation, she was transferred to the other side of the Grand Line to receive training as a Marine. . . .
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Age : 49
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Weight : 1043 lbs (473 kg)
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Re: Diao ye Zong
Mon Jan 23, 2017 12:27 pm
^Here's a picture of Zong's ancestor.
Diao ye Zong wrote:Yagokoro no Iratsume
Basic Character Information
Starting Bonus: Super Rookie | [Starting Bonus Roll]
First Name: Iratsume
Middle Name/Initial: -
Last Name: Yagokoro
Epithet: “Diao ye Zong”
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Race: Human
Faction: Marines
Profession: Warrant Officer, Musician
Physical Appearance
Height: 5’3” (162 cm)
Weight: 114 lbs (52 kg)
Hair Style: High, mid-back-length ponytail
Hair Color: Silver
Eye Color: Lavender
Scars: -
Clothing and Accessories: Being unable to adapt to standard Marine dress code and preferring a style similar to home’s, Zong’s Marine uniform technically qualifies as such, but sticks out like a sore thumb. This uniform is comprised of a long and wide-sleeved white dress (kariginu) with an indigo skirt that goes down to her knees, colorful ribbons at the trims of the sleeves, a pom-pommed sash (yuigesa), and an indigo tate-eboshi hat with white strings which tie to her ponytail. The Marine emblem can be found on the front of her hat and the back of her dress. Underneath her karinigu she wears two blouses (teal and gold, respectively) with lengths slightly exceeding the dress’, thus outlining it. She also uses heavy shin-length boots, so dark a shade of black they almost seem blue, with gold anklets around them.
Description: Zong is a small young woman with a fair complexion that the sun just can’t get rid of, and an alert expression in her eyes. She generally carries a commanding posture and affected body language befitting her old station, such as a habit of tilting her head in a very peculiar fashion over anything of interest. When combined with her very-foreign clothing, she looks just as out-of-place as she actually is.
The Past
Main Traits: Straightforward, Silly, Free-Spirited | Outspoken, Myopic, Wild
Likes: Wano Sweets, Kabayaki Eel Hot Pot, Tea, Practical Jokes, Ghost Stories, Larger-Than-Life Experiences, Playing the Biwa
Dislikes: Most “Weird” Food (especially the kind you can’t eat with chopsticks!), Beer, Paradoxes, Hardship, Otamatones, Ninjas
Hometown: Wano Country
Personality: Zong is someone who manages to both meet and defy one’s expectations of (former) nobility. She is simplistic and easily amused, and it doesn’t take much for her to be pleased with herself. She can be stubborn, insensitive, irresponsible, and resistant to change, but at the same time, she doesn’t express much of a wish to go back home, and is instead eager to take in her surroundings (so long as her surroundings don’t try to take her in, so to speak). Most instances of faux pas can be attributed to Zong’s fragmented understanding of customs outside of Wado. She is excitable, offbeat, and just a little loopy, and these qualities manifest most apparently in her somewhat nonchalant attitude towards even superior officers, as she is unused to being in a position of subordination. While she may carry the “aura” of nobility, by the time someone becomes acquainted with her, they will learn that Zong can be incredibly goofy, both deliberately and unintentionally. In fact, she usually is.
As it turns out, Zong is not just your everyday fish out of water. Zong is an idiot with a thought process which can be described as “lateral” using the kindest terms. Her epiphanies and solutions to problems can be strange and roundabout, sometimes to the point that any other option would be preferable to all parties concerned, including herself. Is there a secret that has to be kept from other people? “I should just poison them!” she’ll say out loud, only to realize either by hindsight or someone reprimanding her that poisoning people is actually a horrible idea, causing her to move on. This is partly why her not-so-secret plots to become a Fleet Admiral and be her own boss never work out - she lacks the willingness to invest some foresight or long-term commitment. Thankfully, Zong is as ready to forgive shenanigans that befall her as she is eager to set up her own schemes, no matter how awful they make her or the perpetrators out to be.
Ultimately, Zong is benign at heart, a little naïve, and quick to trust, both for better and worse. She has not seen or experienced the injustice of the world around her, and she has difficulty coming to terms with some of the forms it exists as, let alone the idea of it existing even within the Marines or World Government, which can cause a great deal of internal conflict for her if she must confront it. Similarly, she lacks a developed sense of the word “Justice,” and what Justice even means from person to person, or even to herself. Zong’s saving grace in this regard is what sense of good and evil she does have, even if she might not always follow it herself. She finds the idea of Absolute Justice too rigid for her tastes, and would quickly balk at a display of Justice that would be considered excessive, heartless, and cruel.
Zong has a habit of incorporating the word “boing” into her sentences, typically at the end of them. According to her, this is a trait common to her family. She even incorporates the verbal tic into her signature laugh, “Boi-yoi-yoi-yoi-yoi-yoing!”
- History:
This was not, as the courtiers rumored, because Iratsume was one of Seiwa’s most beloved children being sheltered from the world. In fact, it was the opposite. Iratsume was the black sheep of the Yagokoro family, possessing an inquisitive mind but a wayward, undisciplined disposition that took advantage of her father’s determination to make her brothers into worthy heirs and lack of attention to her to get into trouble of all sorts. There was also, as is often the case, a rift between the six children, as they were born of different wives of Seiwa and often fought over each other’s superiority and favoritism. As such, the only family members Iratsume stayed on perpetually good terms with was her mother and her full younger sister. More embarrassing for Seiwa still was Iratsume’s lack of domestic ability: her attempts to cook ended in disaster, she tracked in more dirt from the gardens (or from the rare successful escape outside the manor) than she bothered to clean up, and her language was foul by Wano court standards, leaving the only skill she relatively excelled in being playing an instrument for music.
It was only through great trepidation and effort that Seiwa was able to find a suitable groom from a neighboring daimyo’s family that could tolerate Iratsume’s personality once she was suitable for marriage. The arrangement, of course, was meant to remove Iratsume from the political playing field without the Yagokoro family losing any face. While Iratsume got along well with her fiancé in the times they met, nothing resembling love bloomed between them, and it was painfully obvious to all parties involved that Seiwa was trying to make Iratsume someone else’s problem. To alleviate this, Seiwa sent the groom’s family gifts frequently throughout the years, often gold or crafts from local artisans that graced his court.
On one occasion, Seiwa was able to acquire a mysterious fruit, from a merchant who specialized in those sundries. The merchant explained that these fruits, Devil Fruits, could bestow whoever ate them with incredible powers, at the cost of being unable to swim again, and an awful taste. As for the power a Devil Fruit bestowed, one would only know after it had been eaten. Seiwa saw this as an excellent gift for the other daimyo’s family and eagerly bought the fruit, taking it back to his manor. Seiwa kept the Devil Fruit stowed away in a pantry, and only ever took it out when the time came to present it to the other daimyo. Unfortunately, preparing the fruit in advance proved to be a recipe for disaster; while the other daimyo was still on the roads to meet Seiwa in his manor, Iratsume was consumed by a fit of hunger and sought to alleviate this, and walked into the dining hall, where a plate holding the fruit lay on the table, far too appetizing for her to second-guess its presence. . . .
When the daimyo and his son arrived, Seiwa did his best to be an amiable and generous host, as he always did. He exchanged the usual gifts of gold and art with his guest, and relayed his story of the mysterious, sorcerous Devil Fruit, which, to Seiwa’s relief, excited the daimyo as much as it had him, even with the warning of an awful taste. Promising an otherwise delightful banquet, the group made their way into Seiwa’s dining hall . . . where they had found Iratsume collapsed on the floor, unconscious, and part of the fruit already eaten.
Panic erupted in the manor, and the Yagokoro doctors were rushed to save Iratsume. Only, she wasn’t dead at all; she soon regained consciousness, and explained that the last thing she remembered was a taste so awful she had started to black out. Fear soon turned to outrage as Seiwa tried desperately to assure his guests that the fruit was not poisoned, but the damage had already been done. Iratsume’s gaffe created a misunderstanding that harmed the bond between the two daimyo families, and more importantly, it sullied Seiwa’s own honor. This was the last straw, and Iratsume was sentenced to be executed with the other daimyo family to witness to restore the Yagokoro family’s integrity.
Fortunately for Iratsume, this decision was not met without opposition; Ioe, Iratsume’s mother, and her little sister, Tabino, both begged Seiwa for mercy, and Iratsume’s fiancé likewise promised his forgiveness for her blunder. Once emotions had settled, the other daimyo had also come to forgive Iratsume, and asked her to be spared, but not unpunished. Very reluctantly, Seiwa relented, but with the guilt and frustration still burdening him, he knew he could not accept Iratsume as a daughter of the Yagokoro family, and deemed her too dangerous to herself and others to be a worthy bride for any respectable family. She was instead exiled and disowned, and ordered to leave Wano Country by boat - after that, whatever happened would be no one’s problem but hers. Iratsume was given a new name - Diao ye Zong, a “withered leaf” of the family tree - as well as a sturdy ship that would take her to a random island across the oceans, making her departure at 16 years old.
Weeks at sea later, Diao ye Zong’s ship beached upon the shores of Provence Kingdom, property of the World Government, and following her arrest and overview of her situation, she was transferred to the other side of the Grand Line to receive training as a Marine. . . .
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