Takami Ishikawa
From Gothpoodle
Bone Shadow Irraka Omega (Lodge of Hungry Ghosts)
Takami is Hirumi's granddaughter. Her father is a prominent businessman in Japantown.
Description
Hishu
A slender, athletic Japanese woman in her early 30s with short spiky black hair and expressive brown eyes. She wears a jade green blouse, loose tan slacks, black sneakers, and carries a small black backpack containing her katana and wakisashi, a black long-sleeves t-shirt, jeans, and black mask. She often wears a black greatcoat concealing her wakisashi, if expecting trouble. She wears a small bronze mirror on a cord around her left wrist.
Urhan
A small black wolf with no markings.
Storytelling Hints
Takami is a very proud woman, sure of herself and her lodge's mission, even though they are viewed suspiciously by the rest of the Forsaken. She sees their approach to the spirit world as sharing the same flaws as much of Western culture and can be very dismissive about it. Attitude aside, she still believes she is doing the right thing and is very sincere in her beliefs. She loves her grandmother enough to die for her, dislikes Dave (not for the competitive reasons he dislikes her, but because he's a white man), and is very fond of Kathy.
Stats
- Mental Attributes: Intelligence 2, Wits 4, Resolve 3
- Physical Attributes: Strength 3, Dexterity 4, Stamina 3
- Social Attributes: Presence 2, Manipulation 2, Composure 4
- Mental Skills: Academics (Japanese) 3, Computer 1, Investigation 2, Medicine 1, Occult 2.
- Physical Skills: Athletics 3, Brawl 3, Drive 1, Stealth (Shadows) 4, Survival (Tracking) 4, Weaponry (Kendo) 4.
- Social Skills: Expressions 1, Intimidation 2, Persuasion 2, Streetwise 2.
- Merits: Disarm 2, Fighting Style (Kendo) 4, Language (Japanese) 1, Meditative Mind 1, Quick Draw (Sword) 1.
- Primal Urge: 3
- Willpower: 7
- Harmony: 7
- Virtue: Justice
- Vice: Pride
- Health: 8
- Initiative: 8
- Defense: 4
- Speed: 12
- Renown: Cunning 4, Glory 1, Honor 2, Purity 1, Wisdom 3.
- Gift Lists: Death, Ending, Evasion, Father Wolf, Insight, Mother Luna, New Moon, Stalker's Moon, Stealth, Warding.
- Gifts: (1) Death Sight, Loose Tongue, Sense Malice*, Soundless Strike; (2) Blending, Sand in the Eyes, Scent of Taint, Slip Away; (3) Echo Dream, Running Shadow; (4) Blend In, Double Back.
- Notes: She gains an extra Essence when drawing from a locus and gets an extra +1 for using a reflexive surface while crossing.
Combat
| Type | Damage | Hishu | Dalu | Gauru | Urshul | Urhan |
| Bite | 2 (L) | 11 | 10 | 8 | ||
| Claw | 1 (L) | 10 | 9 | |||
| Grapple | 0 (B) | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 6 |
| Katana | 3 (L) | 11 | 12 | |||
| Wakisashi | 2 (L) | 10 | 11 |
Background
Takami grew up very proud of her culture but upset at the popularized version in vogue. She wanted to know the real stories behind samurai, ninja, and yakuza. Her grandmother fully supported her and she went to Berkeley to major in Japanese history. Shortly after gaining her undergraduate degree, though, she went through her first change. Rather than doing so under the gibbous moon, as seemed to suit her inclinations, she was an irraka. However, she took this as a sign and abandoned her study of history in order to train to become a ninja. She now takes care of patrolling the territory and checking in on the various allies of the pack.
