Hikari Kanzaki Overview Overview A martial artist working at a local grocery store. He never seems to hold still for long and always is in motion. Basics Basics Name Hikari Kanzaki Player Butterfly Chronicle Baltimore After Dark Nature Celebrant Demeanor Bon Vivant Concept Introspective Martial Artist Clan N/A Generation N/A (Dhampir) Sire N/A Attributes Attributes Physical p Strength 11000 Dexterity Feline Grace 11110 Stamina 11000 Social s Charisma Graceful 11110 Manipulation 11000 Appearance Heavenly 11111 Mental t Perception 11000 Intelligence 11000 Wits 11000 Abilities Abilities Talents p Alertness 11000 Athletics 11100 Awareness 00000 Brawl 11100 Empathy 11000 Expression 11000 Intimidation 00000 Leadership 00000 Streetwise 00000 Subterfuge 10000 00000 Skills s Animal Ken 00000 Crafts 00000 Drive 11000 Etiquette 10000 Firearms 00000 Larceny 00000 Melee 11100 Performance 11100 Stealth 00000 Survival 00000 00000 Knowledge t Academics 11000 Computers 00000 Finance 00000 Investigation 00000 Law 00000 Medicine 11100 Occult 10000 Politics 00000 Science 00000 Technology 00000 00000 Advantages Advantages Disciplines Potence 10000 Celerity 10000 00000 00000 00000 00000 Backgrounds Resources 11000 Contacts 11100 00000 00000 00000 00000 Virtues Conscience/Conviction 11000 Self-Control/Instinct 11110 Courage 11110 Humanity/Path 11111 10000 Path Humanity Bearing Social (0) Willpower 11111 11110 11111 11110 Blood Pool 11111 11111 00000 00000 Blood/Turn 1 Merits & Flaws Merits & Flaws Merit Type Cost Language (English) Mental 0 Catlike Balance Physical 1 Berserker Mental 3 Daredevil Physical 3 Flaw Type Bonus Phobia (Cleithrophobia) Mental 2 Tic (Scratching his neck) Physical 1 Impatient Mental 1 Rituals & Paths Rituals & Paths Ritual Level Path 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 00000 Experience & Derangements Experience Total 15 Spent 15 Notes Freebie Spendings: 5 on Appearance, 5 on Dexterity, 7 on Merits, -3 on Flaws, 5 on WillpowerXP: 4 on Manipulation, 11 on Abilities Derangements Expanded Backgrounds Expanded Backgrounds Allies Contacts A local cop that he hangs out with at the gym, a drug dealer he befriended by pure coincidence, and the owner of a small bar. Fame Herd Influence Mentor Resources Despite his rather modest income, he does not spend a lot of it, resulting in a decent amount of money at hand. Retainers Status Other Rights & Possessions Rights & Possessions Gear (Carried) Phone, Switchblade Feeding Grounds Havens Equipment (Owned) Motorbike, two swords - one for training, one actually sharp one. Vehicles Other Blood Bonds/Vinculi Blood Bonds/Vinculi Bound To Rating Bound To Rating Description Description Age 22 Apparent Age 18 D.O.B. 7th of May R.I.P. N/A Hair Brown Eyes Jade Race Asian Nationality Japanese/American Height 156cm Build Lithe Gender Male Face Claim History History Born in Japan, Hikari was not a very normal child. His mother has conceived him after a one night stand with a man that she never met before but that knew her very well. The thinblood that fathered him had fled the UK to escape his sire, and had fallen in love with this mortal woman. While growing up, Hikari rarely met his father. It was always late at night when children were already sleeping - or supposed to be! - and his mother did not like to talk much about him, even after he visited and left generous amounts of money for her to raise her son with. Growing up, he struggled to keep a control over his Beast and his own emotional instabilities borne from dealing with it. His grandfather taught him how to meditate and got him into the same club that he had been in in his glory days as a martial artist. Hikari quickly took to it with preternatural grace and strength, but never enough to seem entirely supernatural. He steeled his will and trained hard under his grandfather, who ran him through a lot of exercises to steel his mind - despite the bits of money, he could not really afford therapy to deal with his 'mental problems' - not that a therapist would have helped much against the ravages of the Beast. While vampires are thrown into the deep end and have to learn to live with their Beast fast, Hikari had all his life to deal with his 'emotional outbursts', and through a strict training regimen, a lot of meditation and an iron will he managed to wrangle it under control - or at least he likes to thinks he did. Although weaker than the Beast of a proper vampire, Hikari still struggles to keep it under control at times, a reason why he keeps meditating and training his will to be stronger than his urges. After years of this, his grandfather passed away, leaving Hikari mourning for quite a while. The man had been the only person to truly understand him and his only real father figure so it hit him hard. But his grandfather did mention in his last will that quit a few of his possessions were to be sold off to get the money to let Hikari study in another country. He might not have been the best student, but his grandfather firmly believed that this would help him. And so he did move to the US just a few months later to study medicine.