Name: Kenko
Alias: Kenko the Flame
Age: Nineteen
Sex: Female
Location: Europe. More specifically, merry old England.
Appearance:
A cacuasian, Kenko is rather tanned, something that has come from living in various places all over the world throughout her short life. Her oddly natural purple hair hangs just below her chin at the front, layering out until it touches the nape of her neck at the rear. Her eyes are somewhat a mixture of jade and azure, fluctuating with her mood. At 5'11", her frame is quite lithe, as she only weighs around the 115-120lb mark.
Personality:
Growing up the way she did, Kenko has a rather harsh personality, with a lot of rough edges to it. Firstly, she's not afraid to make her own opinions known, rather loudly, and is often ready to back any statements she makes up, with the power of her fists. A natural brawler, she has a quick mouth that often gets her into trouble, and rarely gets her out. Her interaction with people is fairly smooth, as long as they're not arrogant and/or concieted, and thus in need of a beating. More the type to solve any problem with her fists rather than her brain, Kenko isn't much for thinking beyond the ocassional battle strategy, unless it contains the accquisition of heavy liquor.
Renown: Kenko is fairly well known in the underground fighting ring. Those that attend such events will know her on sight. Otherwise, she's just another woman. Carrying a giant sword.
Talent:
Kenko has the same 'style' of talent that Yumiko has; The ability to "alter" matter into another form, although the form it takes it rather different. The ability is split up into three different stages; Three places where the ability develops or changes in such a way that it is no longer exactly the same as it was before. (Besides the ability to alter matter; The different stages also grant strength and speed above a normal human)
First Stage:
Basic manipulation of heat, and the ability to enforce that heat upon a singular in-animate object. Mainly, she enforces it upon her sword, but any object would do. The larger it is, the thinner the power is stretched out; The smaller, the more concentrated.
Second Stage:
Second Stage image.
Basically a suped up version of the first. Able to reach higher temperatures than before on an inaminate object, also able to weakly enforce this onto a living object easily. (Example of usage: In a battle against someone, they would be sweating from extreme heat, becoming exhausted faster).
Third/Final Stage: (This stage probably won't be reached at all, as it is a near un-obtainable level)
Completetly incased in red armour, forged by the flame of her power, Kenko becomes somewhat indestructable. Completely immune to normal attacks, her body radiates so much heat that most objects melt before they even reach the armour, and those that do bounce off the substance which makes diamond look brittle. Completely immersed in her power, Kenko can control any type of fire, from a tiny flickering flame dancing on the end of her finger, to huge fireballs raining down from the skies above. There is no longer a need for her sword, as she can easily create weapons forged of flame with her own will. Of course, such immunity with fire makes her incredibly vulnerable to all types of cold.
Fighting Style/Weaponary/Etc:
Brawler Style: Kenko doesn't have any style of fighting, such as a martial-arts discipline, or even something such as Western-style boxing. She's a brawler, meaning she fights by instinct, using her hands and feet when she deems it necessary, and she's been in enough fights throughout her life to have a decent hold on what works in what situations.
Blade of Heavenly Fire:
Her only weapon in her non-alter mode, besides her fists, it's rather impractical, as outside of her changed form, she lacks the strength to weild the weapon effectively. She could probably get one or two decent swings out of it, if she had enough adrenaline pumping through her veins, but otherwise she's restricted to un-armed fighting. The characters on her blade (origin unknown), are Ken no Ten Hi... Or, a more literal translation, 'Sword of Heavenly/Divine Fire/Flame'. These inscribed words become lined with fire when Kenko's power thrums through the blade.
Gauntlets:
Kenko's gauntlets are directly linked to her power... A crutch, something that helps her focus. They're the only thing (besides her blade, of course) which she has in a non-alter state, but are Alter related... In fact, the gauntlets are a direct representation of where she is in her power development. They each have embedded three gems, once lighting up for every stage of power that she reaches.
Flaws/Disadvantages:
In regards to her Talent, her ability to use it is not infinite, and it is quite taxing to do so. In her first stage, she can probably use the Shoten no Hiken two or three times before becoming close to, or being rendered unconcious; Pushing past this limit would very likely kill or cripple her to some extent. Her lithe body can't take the strain from the higher levels; And any use of them will cause her body to detoriate little by little; An irreversable thing. She must have the gauntlets on, or she can't focus her mind to Alter; Without them, she has as much Talent as the next person... who has a Talent... But can't use it. Yeah.
Outside of her Altered state, she is limited physically to the strength and speed of a woman her age, height, and weight. Adding to the fact that she carries the Ken no Ten Hi on her back, she cannot run around without exhausting herself quickly (Unless she dropped it... And still then, she will tire long before an athlete).
She is rather pigheaded and tends to rush into situations without calculating everything that is going on; Rather confident that if she hits something hard enough and in the right place, it'll fall down. This is both a asset and a failing; As she oftend finds herself in situations that are way over her head; Not that she'd every admit it.
(History... Well, bah. I'll do it later. Or not at all, and just make it up as I go along.)