Nica's RP dump ground

Character Information

Name/Alias: Tyrnen Monogan
Gender: Male
Age: 16

Physical Description:
Tyrnen is slender and of an average height. His skin is pale along with his hair which is cut to a little above his shoulder. He has violet eyes and wears glasses. He has a pretty face and long lashes, he looks delicate and the sort of person who needs protection.
https://i.imgur.com/xcRxUe0.jpg

World:
Cre is a world full of magic and the kingdom of Crann is at the head of most magical research within it. It houses one of the most prestigious magic schools in the world and owns one of the most diverse collections of magical tools and books collected over hundreds of years. Having basic understanding of magic is considered a given, though not everyone has the ability to use it. Most people on Cre are incapable of using magic beyond a very rudimentary level, thus the magic charm industry is quite thriving. This isn't to say that those with the ability to cast magic and powerful magic are rare, it just takes a particular type of talent and hard work in studying.

The technology level of Cre is somewhere between Victorian and Edwardian (1890s - 1919) though with magic replacing steam and electricity. Crann is the most developed of the countries having a monopoly on most information, as well as encouraging mages from around the world to move there both for school and job opportunities. The state gives great incentives to researching mages especially if they decide to work for the government. Due to this Crann has one of the most prestigious militaries with the highest number of mages enlisted than any other country. However Crann is on rather good terms with its neighbors and things are generally peaceful.

Eolas is Cranns magic school, which resides in the city of Crann na Haithne. Crann na Haithne was built around a great giant oak tree, large enough to house the magic school (which houses thousands of students, class rooms and research laboratories. Think a regular large campus). It is one of the oldest and most important cities in Crann. It is equal to the capital Crann na Ndeithe where the royal court resides and most nobility live.

Crann is a monarchy with a council of lords and then a council of representatives. The council of lords are the heads of noble families charged with the duty of advising the current king or queen and giving suggestions, only a few families are deemed worthy of such a status. Most lords are part of the council of representatives which is there to address concerns of the common man who live in each lords domain. Large cities that lack in a single ruling lord instead have their mayor attend it instead. The city of Crann na Haithne doesn't have a lord or mayor, instead the head of the Eolas acts as the head of the city and works directly under the Imperial Adviser of Magic. Generally affairs of magic are handled by mages and the current ruling monarch is only casually involved.

Mages in Crann are highly competitive and can be rather secretive. They like to hoard knowledge and only share it with proven disciples and apprentices, or create elaborate tests to deem one worthy of succeeding their knowledge. Ira the Book of Words is a good example of this, as the book will only choose a master that meets specific requirements, though what those exactly are no one is sure. Such items of knowledge and power with requirements are hoarded and selected individuals will be put through a test to hopefully unlock them. Crann currently holds within its borders 5 such artifacts, 2 have been assigned to individuals, one is locked up deemed dangerous, one is currently deemed stolen, and one is going through selection process.


History:
Tyrnen is the bastard son of Lord Monogan, a member of the council of lords. His mother however is a recognized mistress thus they didn't want for anything. They lived a life befitting of a recognized mistress of such a great lord; however Tyrnens mother became ill and eventually died to her sickness. Despite the fact that Tyrnens mother was a recognized mistress, with her death there was no further obligation to him. As a bastard child his best option (and the one he had assumed would pass) was to be sent off to a boarding school far away, and then be given a respectable job of a lords bastard, usually a bureaucrat, banker, or lawyer of some kind. Of course with no actual obligation to him he could have been turned to the street, but generally any aristocrat and even anyone wealthy will at least set up such a child with education and a career as it was the respectable thing to do and showing appearances was very important.

However Tyrnens assumptions of boarding school and a job afterward were dashed the day he went to meet his father about his future. Tyrnens mother had a strong affinity for magic and Tyrnen himself shared this as well. Instead of sending Tyrnen away somewhere as a bastard child his father decided to adopt him properly into the family, and audaciously put him as the second son over his younger half-brother. With this he then sent Tyrnen to Eolas to learn magecraft.

While attending Eolas, as a prank Tyrnen was locked in one of the library vaults, unable to get out he started wandering around looking at the different books and items, while doing this he ran across The Book of Words picking it up and looking at it. However The Book of Words housed a sentient spirit who manifested themselves in front of him as a beautiful young woman just as Tyrnen was about to place the book back down. The fright from such a thing startled him so badly he ended up throwing the book at the apparition, which caused the book to become angry and attack him. In defense Tyrnen cast his own attack spell at the same time managing to counter it. The Book of Words was so impressed by this reaction (or possibly just amused) that it decided to make Tyrnen it's master right there and forced a contract between them.

While suddenly acquiring The Book of Words Tyrnen continued his studies with no one the wiser that it was missing, though in the beginning he didn't know it was as big of a deal as it was. Not long later he's assigned a partner in his studies; the school had a policy to pair up students who were strong in each other’s weaknesses. Since Tyrnen was strong in offensive magic but lacked in his defensive skills he was paired up with another student who was strong in defensive skills and lacked in offensive. The school hoped in this way that they would learn from each other and thus become more well-rounded mages. Tyrnens partner, Aiden, ended up becoming Tyrnens friends and they started to get to know each other.

However the disappearance of The Book of Words was going to catch up to Tyrnen pretty soon by this point. There was a ceremony held every year of the most promising students in the country, the ceremony was to give The Book of Words a master, a feat they had failed to be able to do for over 200 years. When they went to retrieve The Book of Words and found it missing alarm bells rang. It didn't take long to track down the culprit, a student in the school, and then further track down that it was Tyrnen who currently possessed the book. To those in charge it didn't matter that the book chose him, he wasn't an ideal candidate (one that aligned with their ideals or was easily manipulated). With his life on the line Tyrnen fled the school hoping to figure out what he could do to make himself not a criminal and on a wanted list with a bounty. However he really didn't have much knowledge of the outside world and wasn't sure what to do, in the end he just focused on not being caught.

Meanwhile back at the school they were organizing hunt parties to track Tyrnen down. Aiden, Tyrnens friend, volunteered for one. Once they tracked Tyrnen down Aiden cast a spell to put them all to sleep to protect Tyrnen, his reason for joining the hunt party was to find Tyrnen which he was having a hard time doing on his own. Once reunited they worked together to both stay out of the way of authorities as well as form some sort of plan to get them off the wanted list.

Personality:
Though Tyrnen is completely capable of being polite, cordial and everything a proper noble should be, he tends not waste the effort. He did it for his father, for his siblings, for his tutors and for most his teachers at school, however students who came upon him outside of class never got that side of him. On his first day of school when others tried to befriend him he ignored them and kept to himself. Though at official gatherings like the entrance ceremony he was properly polite when introduction himself to his instructors. He was always polite while dealing with his father as well, including the meeting they had after his mothers death.

He tends to be more sarcastic or blunt with people he doesn't care about and don't matter. Most of his classmates will be replied to bluntly or with sarcastic remarks if they're being annoying. This wasn't so much because he's a grouch, or even grumpy as much as he isn't good with dealing with others his own age, or really others much at all. It's easier for him to avoid people and read than it is to socialize, even if he has all the skills to pretend like he can. But this side is not all of him; he is still young and has much room to grow.

Due to his family circumstances Tyrnen tends to try and appear more adult than he really is when around adults, trying to be serious when it is appropriate to be so, not indulging in frivolities and staying focused on the matters at hand. However, this is easier attempted than accomplished. He can easily be distracted and it's not that hart to get him to play around, Aiden is especially good at this. When he is comfortable with others it's easy to see a young easy going and rather naive boy. But to those he just meets he tries to put up the front of a stern and hard person, as if a shield against attacks. Generally it just makes him come across as easily annoyed and grouchy.

Tyrnen values intelligence and knowledge above all else and will be disdainful of others who do not value those principals. The worst offenders are those who do not value books and do not read. In situations where he is "suffering fools" he is more prone to sarcasm and will pull "status", even if status has no bearing on where he is. Despite him being a bastard son he was still raised in an affluent environment and his father is also a high ranking noble, he also is well aware that he is rather talented in magic and won't hold back to use these two things to his advantage.

Where he holds great contempt for the ignorant he holds great respect for the informed. If someone is knowledgeable in something he will question them eagerly, those with stories to tell he will listen with open ears. Those willing to teach especially he will be drawn to and if they are good he will do what he can to be a student of them. If he likes the person enough it doesn't even matter what they teach, he will try it at least once. Once Aiden won his friendship he obediently listens to him, though still grumbles a bit when told to practice protection magic.

He is quite aware of his abilities and knowledge, he will never brag about it, but he will correct people if they assume he doesn't know something he does. Most the time he will wait for people to fail before saying anything though, because he's the sort of person that likes to say "I told you so" or at least sit there while his face says it all.

Tyrnen has a soft spot for those in need, if he witnesses suffering he will want to fix it. Even in situations where he can do nothing he will feel a type of guilt and sadness. Bad situations will leave him slightly depressed for a while and he has a specific fondness for children and animals. Even if it means risking himself he will not ignore someone in need once he's seen them.

Tyrnens relationship with Ira the Book of Words is rather interesting, it's half instructor, half friend of sorts and not considered a tool at all. He respects it and admires it, though won't admit it, and feels more or less comfortable with it. However since it likes to pull pranks it's hard to be truly comfortable. He will even ask it suggestion and opinions about matters he is unsure of. However most the time it is indifferent and will leave him to make his own choices. The only times he will usually get suggestions and advice is when it comes to magic, it is a magic book after all and that is where its specialties lie.

As for Tyrnens relationship with Aiden it's that of a close friend. At first Tyrnen was reluctant and didn't like the idea of being paired up with someone, however Aiden is very easy going and friendly, and he’s also very persistent, because of this Aiden broke through Tyrnens shell and forced himself into his life. Once that was accomplished Aiden was a very valued friend. Their relationship almost seems like a brotherly one; Aiden is even teased for acting maternal towards Tyrnen, who has gotten to the point of just doing whatever he's told if it's Aiden that tells him.
Abilities:

Tyenens magic combat is rather extensive. He knows quite a bit of combat magic including area of effect skills. However the larger the area the longer it takes to prep and the stronger the magic the longer it takes. Quick fire spells are not as powerful and require more of them to defeat an enemy. He is really a character best suited to being behind others. However due to one of his unique skill of utilizing the symbols of base elements that power a spell he is capable of casting quick spells quicker than most. This is why he's best with offensive magic.

The most unique thing about him is his magic aptitude, he was borne with it and it was always high, he is not limited to one or two elements (as a lot of mages usually are, they will have an affinity for one element over another), but can use several, though he is still a student and not all of them come easily to him. His best are Water, Air, and fire. His worst are Earth and wood as they are generally the foundation of protection magic. He is also rather skilled with none elemental magic. However skilled is a loose term as things he is skilled with are easier for him to cast from memory, he is still what would be considered a student and is far from a master at anything, he is a child prodigy.

Quick fire spells are spells that do not require an incantation, or can use simple words to trigger. They can either be quick projectiles or quick defenses or bindings. A properly trained mage can cast stronger magic quicker; however Tyrnen is still young and despite his education still needs more hands on experience. Tyrnens specific method of casting quick spells is to draw out the symbol of the base element with his finger while casting the spell, usually a few words for the incantation or even just one word as his fingers draw out the rest as he moves.

However, his access to spells is not limited to what he's learned or memorized, the reason for this is The Book of Words which is a repository of spells written by mages over several thousand years. Tyrnens contract with The Book of Words allows him to access the content of the book either through recitation or through channeling. Channeling is a difficult process and recitation requires him to be able to read the spell. It's more difficult to cast a spell based off recitation alone and takes a lot longer. Also a drawback of recitation is that if the scroll, paper or books were taken away from him, or he was prevented from reading while casting the spell would dissipate unfinished. Learned spells on the other hand only need the users’ concentration to cast and when properly memorized and mastered take little effort to execute.

Learning spells is hard and time consuming, it should take three or so days to learn a new spell enough to cast it, it will take longer to cast it effectively. A lot of the spells he has access to he does not properly know, so his pool of knowledge on specific spells drops dramatically if he is not in possession of the Book of Words.

Samples

Dialogue:
It's been a while here now, and I'm starting to accept this is a reality. I....

...

I want to know what other people are doing here.

[It was a hard thing to ask, but he really had no choice. He couldn't do things on his own like he wanted, and the people closest to him that he relied on where not here.]

Or I guess how other people are dealing with this. I don't understand how this isn't just a nightmare.

[I don't want to talk to anyone, I just want information.]

It's been days and there's no change, my stuff is gone and I can't even use magic here. How do we know we're really here? How do we know we're not dead or dreaming or something else?

[The more he spoke the more scared he felt. Or more, the more he spoke the more of his thoughts went free and the more he realized he was terrified. Normally a time like this Aiden would be there to at least say 'everything would be okay'.]

That would explain it though, wouldn't it? That we're dead and this is some kind of horrible afterlife....

...

....

Never mind, I don't need any answers. Good bye.

Exposition/Introspection:
Where was he...? He felt groggy, like he had been be-spelled by something. That feeling when an enchantment is wearing off.... Wait, did that mean he had been enchanted!? The adrenaline rushed through him waking him up further, he was starting to now see his surroundings, he was clad in black with others clad in black as well. He had the vague sense that up until now he had been chanting, but why? What was the point? He couldn't cast spells. As he thought about this he could hear the chanting around him, the more he listened and looked around the more of the dim room came into focus. There was a magic circle below him, a crowed of students around him. He could spot a few others who seemed a bit bewildered. But Tyrnen felt more than bewildered or confused, he was scared. Beyond scared, terrified.

Why am I doing magic if I can't cast magic?

What was it that they were trying to do? It couldn't be any good... the set up was just... it chilled him. He didn't need to have his magic, or know the magic they were doing now to know that it was dark frightening magic. The fact he didn't know exactly how frightening it was made it all the worse. He wanted to bolt out of there right now, and yet, those other students waking up from the enchantment.... If no one spoke up... if no one said anything.....

He swallowed hard and took a deep breath.

"Please follow me, if we leave quietly I'm sure it will be fine," be calm, be gentle. It took a lot to speak up, but if he didn't no one else probably would either. He couldn't just leave them. What if lingering just allowed the enchantment to come back? "We can worry about what's been going on once we're out of here."

Though he didn't want to think about it, something somewhere deep inside told him the less he thought about it the better things would be. If only he had Ira around, that stupid book would probably love to speak up about its thoughts on the matter. Or even Aiden, though no matter what he didn't want to wish his friend here. That guy was always best when in a bright mood; Tyrnen didn't want to think about him in such a terrifying place.

He shook his head to chase the thoughts away and instead of focusing on things he had no control over, he started ushering the other students who had woken up towards the door. He could at least do this much....



Additional revision:

On his first day of school when others tried to befriend him he ignored them and kept to himself. However at official gatherings like the entrance ceremony he was properly polite when introducing himself to his instructors as well as other adults. He was always polite while dealing with his father as well, including the meeting they had after his mothers death. But he doesn't really deal with people, when the other students found him unsociable they started teasing him, his response to that was just being sarcastic right back. One situation involved bringing up his family situation. "Is it really alright for someone like you to be here as if you were always a part of that world? To think you even shoved legitimate children aside too." "And to think they let someone so hung up on family and politics into a school like this, are you sure you have any talent or did someone just pay your way?"

Since Tyrnen did try to ignore most his classmates and started getting bullied for it he didn't get a chance to actually make friends. Unable to make the effort himself he chose to not bother. If he had never been paired up with Aiden or come into contact with the Book of Words he never would have had any friends since the other person is the one who needs to make an effort. Aiden for example made a lot of effort to get Tyrnen to warm up to him. It helped that Aiden is a sort of maternal type of person.

After Tyrnens mothers death he tried his best to be a good boy, study hard and have nothing to complain about, thus trying to act the way he expected an adult to act, fearing that anything less would be unwanted. He tries to do this whenever around adults or in situations he's uneasy, while running from authorities several times he acts as if he knows what he's doing like he's done that sort of thing before, despite having no clue at all what a fugitive has to do. He didn't even know what to pack with him when running and just put all the things in his room into a storage spell he couldn't figure out how to open later. As for being naive general ways of the world he's never experienced. Particularly not being on guard when wandering around and trusting shop stall owners. While shopping he was almost cheated out of more money than something was worth since he didn't know what the right worth of the item was. If left on his own he would be swindled pretty quickly.

When people seem to not know things he knows he'll comment on it. "How could you not know something as basic as that?" He also gets really annoyed when people do things wrong, once in class he ended up yelling at some classmates when they were discussing answers to some questions and were getting them wrong. On the flip side people who teach him new things he hangs around, it's one of the things that got Aiden a way through, and allowed The Book of Words to become a friend.

Tyrnen is very close to his friend Aiden, and Aiden is Tyrnens only friend if we don't count the magic book. At first he was a bit standoffish, feeling that Aiden was too friendly and it was tiring to deal with. Aiden had a tendency to be overly friendly and touchy feely liking to hug and Tyrnens hands on greetings. This overly optimistic bright demeanor was hard to deal with, Aiden also tended to worry over small things like scrapes and other things like that. However slowly as they worked together and got to know each other better those annoying things started to grow into a more positive feeling and eventually became things that were appreciated. Eventually if Aiden wasn't around doing those things Tyrnen would feel lonely. At some point he had started to rely on Aiden though when that was he wouldn't be able to say. He only noticed after he ran away from school and wasn't around him for a while. He broke into tears when Aiden came running after him, he didn't think he'd missed him that much or would feel that relieved that he was on his side.

As for Ira, The Book of Words the relationship is a little strange. Tyrnen didn't like it at first, the book was pushy and on their first meeting was playing around with him and then, in Tyrnens opinion, tried to kill him. Ira claims it didn't try to kill him and if it had it would have been more spectacular. Ira is a flirt though, and it makes Tyrnen uncomfortable when it does those things. But despite all the things Tyrnen finds troublesome about the book, the book explains a lot of things Tyrnen doesn't know or understand about the world as it relates to magic. In this way Ira is one of the best tutors around and Tyrnen greatly admires and respects this aspect of the book. Though he started off as a reluctant master, as time progressed he slowly accepts it more and more, and reaches the point of wanting to be a proper master that Ira can be proud of.

Tyrnen has little relationship with his living family, his father is a person he has met occasionally and nothing more, they have a formal relationship. The same goes for his two brothers, which he met once before being sent to school. This distance doesn't bother him though, it's considered normal since he didn't live with them and his mother wasn't his fathers official wife. If anything he's more troubled by being adopted into the family properly. He doesn't understand what his father is thinking and it makes him feel uneasy about his position in the family. These are things he hasn't worked out yet, and may never work out.

Player Information

Name/Alias: Nica
Player Journal: kuraikun
Contact: kurai AIM: Yume no Kakyou
Timezone: Arizona
HMD: http://kan-chyan.dreamwidth.org/417.html
In-Game/Processing: N/A

Character Information

Name/Alias: Kantarou Ichinomiya
Gender: Male
Age: Implied to be in his 30s.

Physical Description: http://i.imgur.com/6iHSrVE.jpg

History: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactics_%28manga%29

Personality:
Kantarou is a very complex character, though he comes across as rather simple and shallow to most people. He is a very spiritual person and is a practitioner of Shingon Buddhism though has also studied various Shinto disciplines and can pretty much fill in for either Buddhist rituals or Shinto. Though he is a powerful spiritualist, he is technically a folklore writer and scholar.

The first thing that comes across personality wise is the fact that Kantarou is rather greedy, and also extremely lazy. He will discuss fees before anything else, and will try and milk a situation for as much as he possibly can. He's rather cunning in that respect as well, and is considered a tactician for how he lays out and plots his plans. As for his lazy tendencies they surface in many ways. The major one is how he avoids reaching his deadlines causing his editor to come and bother him and sometimes making Youko, one of his youkai he has named and bound to himself, do the research and sometimes write for him! He likes to avoid anything serious and really spend more time playing around and having fun at others inconvenience.

All of these negative aspects, though true parts of his nature, are more exaggerated and are used as a front. Underneath the immature selfish outward appearance is a very thoughtful and serious person, one who holds great compassion for Youkai and a strong sense of spiritual balance. Under it all Kantarou is a very sad and tragic person, with a dark past he tries to hide. He has been scared emotionally and these things, though he tries to hide them, do shape who he is. He has a strong resentment towards his mother, which has governed most his life. Kantarou suffered from an isolated childhood due to bullying about his abilities and albinism. He is very conscious and uncomfortable about his condition when it is mentioned and can become very uneasy. It also makes him very self conscious and has led to a self hate.

With a strong sixth sense, being albino and ostracized, a mother who was never there, and more or less a tool, Kantarou was a very lonely child. His only friends in fact were youkai. He has stronger feelings for youkai than he does other humans, to the point where he tends to favor them. He will give youkai chances to redeem themselves when they've done wrong when a normal person would just exorcise them outright. He gets excited when meeting youkai and claims that his best skill is befriending youkai. He's always been too friendly with them, hanging out with them as a child over other human children and even in his adult life his family is made up of a fox and a tengu. However this fondness should not be confused with taking their side unconditionally though; he is very good with keeping a balance and understanding when something is truly wrong, or misunderstood. But, generally he prefers to spend his time with youkai and will listen to them about issues first. Due to his growing up around them, and having made so many of them his friends, he considers himself to be especially good at making friends with all youkai.

But, despite his lack in people skills, he is a very good manipulator. Most of his interactions with others are of a business nature. Either they are contracting him to deal with an issue as an exorcist, are his editor wishing for him to finish manuscript, or someone he is trying to sell something to. He has been described as a 'tactician' due to how he organizes his plans, thinking several steps ahead and manipulating his situation to a favorable one. Usually this is displayed in how he gets Haruka, the tengu he has bound to him, to do his bidding when they first are brought together. Though he uses these methods in everything, telling people things that will make them react a particular way, or doing something that will lead to another event down the way. It would be easy to say some of his successes are more pure luck, but sometimes it seems he really did anticipate the outcome. Though the story doesn't focus on this aspect of his personality much outside the first few volumes.

Generally he has two sides, his outward appearance and his 'truer' appearance. Generally he will smile and act as if everything is fine, when it's not. And instead of admitting to true problems, he will exaggerate insignificant ones. This is so people he cares about won't worry about him, as he feels he isn't worth worrying about. He plays up most of his negative traits as a distraction.

Inside he is a very troubled person though, with a deep set belief that he is a sinner and is dirty. Some of this could be from the fact he is albino and was treated very badly by others, and some of it is due to having been directly the cause of his mothers death along with being possessed by a demon king who is sealed inside him. Though the details of this event aren't translated, so it's hard to say how that exactly effected him.

For the most part though, he comes across very good natured, and upbeat, if a little antagonistic and sarcastic. And despite being unconventional with his actions, he does follow the principles of Buddhism, especially that of no killing. Even his enemies who mean him death, he will not let them come to harm if they are human, or youkai. (Though he did exorcise a spirit before she could give a warning to his comrade.)

All in all Kantarou is a good natured asshole and purposefully makes his relationships with others antagonistic.

Abilities:
Kantarou is a folklorist and a scholar, his specialty is his vast and detailed knowledge of Japanese mythology, etymology and youkai. Along with his vast knowledge on various spiritual practices ranging from his native Shingon Buddhism (which is a style that specializes in exorcisms) to his ability to fill in for Shintoism and understanding of Onmyoudo and Taoism. Along with his educational knowledge he is a great strategist, who always thinks three steps ahead and manipulates situations rather effectively to his desired outcome. Though it doesn't seem to help him much financially.

Despite his tactical ability he has no fighting abilities what so ever, he can defend himself just enough with a sword to prepare a spell but not much else.

His powers are based in spiritualism and this is where he shines, his power level is quite high for a human, many youkai mention that it is on the level of a strong youkai, he also has a bracelet that acts as a seal for a very dangerous youkai named Ootani, who is Dairoku Tenmaou, a demon king of the sixth heaven. However, that part of the canon has yet to be translated and the reveal events are after his current canon point. What I can say though is that it seems to grant immunity to mind reading, as a Satori for the first time in her life could not look into his mind, as well as a strong resistance to harmful things inside his body. At one point the oni Irabagi Douji put a type of worm under her control inside him, supposedly nothing could harm it and only she could remove it, however later the worm was destroyed while within him.

Kantarou has the ability to see, understand, and speak with youkai. He claims his special skill is to "become friends with youkai" which he is very good at. Even violent youkai will generally calm down and befriend him in little time. Another ability that goes with that closely is the ability to name youkai, naming a youkai is a type of contract or binding which essentially makes that youkai a slave or servant of the person who named them. It's very difficult to do this by force and nearly impossible to do it to any youkai that wasn't something small and weak. However, Kantarou has never named an unwilling youkai and doesn't believe in the practice. He has only ever named two youkai, a fox and a tengu who he considers family.

Kantarou is very good with wards and can create kekkai, spiritual barriers as well as spiritual restraints. They take time to build up though, so he's vulnerable while preparing them, and usually requires someone else to deal with the target while he does so. He is also good with ofuda, mantra, sutra, and other skills. He has also been shown to call down the power of Buddhist gods to aid him. He has even used his exorcising skills to reseal a rather strong dragon who had formally been a mountain god.

Kantarou's number one most used skill is the Kuji, which is a complex and difficult exorcism skill, it is considered hard to execute properly and will work against nearly any demon or youkai. Of course the strength of the demon or youkai will diminish its effect, but even strong youkai can be restricted by it for at least a short time.

Samples

Dialogue:
http://inugameme.dreamwidth.org/378.html?thread=89210#cmt89210
http://inugameme.dreamwidth.org/378.html?thread=64122#cmt64122

Exposition/Introspection:

It wasn't that Kantarou was unflappable, there were plenty of situations where he seemed quite the opposite, but somehow whenever it truly mattered Kantarou managed to keep a cool and composed head. Maybe it was age, maybe it was that he'd seen a lot in his life, or that dire situations relating to the occult was somehow a common place for him at this point. Either way finding himself alone in a strange place didn't have him in a panic. Or at least didn't have him panicking like a fool. What was the point if no one was around him right now anyway? There was no merit to it right now. What he needed to do was thinking about his situation carefully. The last thing that had happened was the government had shown up wanting him to come with them, most likely related to Raikou. Yet... he had only been in front of the temple, they hadn't put him in the car yet and they definitely didn't put any spells on him. Though it wasn't like he knew that as a fact. What he did know was that he was currently in a school and there were items that he had never seen before.

"This is too elaborate as a trick just for me," he muttered to himself considering the potentials. It was too elaborate as a set up for Haruka too. Considering those things he was at a loss at drawing any sort of conclusions. "Instead, could this be unrelated to any of that?"

Kantarou closed his eyes meditating on the question. There was something off, there was something very off and he couldn't quite put his finger on it....

"Ah!" he cried out in surprise. How could he not realize it? How did he not notice!? It was right in front of him and yet.... "I can't sense anything here at all."