Profile Stats III
Extensive bout of research (in which most of the digging was a waste of time and brain cells), thus the slight delay. *hangs head, tired* I hate researching but it's necessary to make a fic for good reading. Sure, it's annoying but at the same time, it's kinda cool since when we're always learning about stuff we never thought before.
Disclaimers: Those of the RK cast, belongs to Watsuki-sensei. Kazeki is mine.
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Name: Kamaryn, Ashley Shriomoin
AKA: Icicle, Snake Leader
Age: 26
DOB: 01/15/76
Height: 6'
Ethnicity: Japanese/British
Rank: Information Officer, Captain
Cool, collected, calm, and a bit cold, hence his nickname "Icicle". "Snake Leader" later came during the few recon missions, most of his teammates complaining about his coldness and the ability to slip quietly away without anyone noticing. The son of Soren and Karen's father with a British woman when Kamaryn was on vaction near Stonehenge before the Kamaryn siblings' birth. After his mother died due to nature causes, their father remarried again in the States. True, his silent air and British accent often kept him apart from making many friends, save a few that actually befriended him instead, his half-sister loved him to pieces from the start. A small bout of sibling rivalry sparked between him and Soren, later along with Sam but after a good beating from a six-year old Karen (which none of the three will admit), they got along much better. The friends that had befriended him during his younger years is seen as a gang, yet in reality, they're just a group of best buddies with ranging interests.
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Name: Kamaryn, Karen
AKA: Raccoon, Karrie
Age: 19
DOB: 06/07/83
Height: 5' 2"
Ethnicity: American/Japanese/Western Europe
Rank: Civilian
Bright, trusting, and somewhat violent if provoked enough. Despite being the youngest and the only girl admist a family with four boys, Karen still had some girl wants and needs. As a toddler, she was equally doted by Soren and Ash, them always watching her every step. When Sam came into the family by their mother and his adopted father's marriage, Karen immediately took to him as any brother at the age four. Soren and Ash took a little convincing from their baby sister to finally accept Sam as their sibling, courtsey of the dreaded 'cute puppy/chibi eyes', which almost all older siblings hate but can't resist. Being part Japanese from her mother's side, Karen immediately fell in love with the culture and had hours of fun dressing her brothers up in the kimonos borrowed from female relatives, much to the boys' chagrin. Martial arts later came and she took up kenjutsu at the nearest dojo, her brothers taking up other forms. Personality wise, Karen is quite easy to get along. Oddly enough, she seems to have some control over Ash, Sam, and Soren, be it as a young adult or child. One thing all three brothers agree on: do NOT, under any circumstances, make fun of her cooking.
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AN: And voila! Ashley, the eldest Kamaryn sibling, originally known as Aoshi. He's still the same guy who doesn't talk much but with a soft spot for Kaoru and his family. I've read some fics where Aoshi's Kaoru's older bro and thought, hey, why not? Here, he's the half-sibling and oldest of the family. Originally, I wanted Ash to be in the UN Peacekeeping group as on the frontlines but figured that he'd be more comfy with being in intelligience.
On his rank, I'm borrowing a bit from "Rahxephon". Shitou Haruka is a captain in the Intelligence department. Quite difficult to accurately denote ranking in these kinds of sites but I'm just grateful that the military system on ranking system isn't too much different on various organisations. Technically, information officers aren't used in peace-keeping operations for the UN but since he gathers intelligence on any current situation, I've decided to tweak. Just to let him be still occasionally Oniwabanshuu Okashira in the modern era. ^\~
The link is an extension of the UN homepage to the UN Peacekeeping. A little tricky to navigate.
http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/dpko/home.shtml
Karen's personality isn't too much from Kaoru, save that she's a bit more rambunctious than her Meiji counterpart. But she wouldn't be Kaoru if I didn't kept the fact that she still can't cook too well! *smiles widely but winds up with a bokken lodged in the head* Itai.... Okay, maybe an improvement but if any of you guys have watched episode 5 of Fruits Basket, you'll get my drift. She can cook, just the fact that the foods are dried, even miso!
The dojo Karen help teaches at is the only one I know that even has to deal with katanas. I've been there before and it is quite almost like stepping into a dojo in Japan. It's an aikido dojo and yes, it has bokkens on the wall. Normally, they wouldn't let spectators in but I think I got lucky that time, though I wouldn't recommend anyone trying that again. One of the shihans kept looking at me funny until I finally left.
Along the wall to your left when you enter, you see the ranks and names of students and teachers alike. Furuya Kensho sensei is the author of "Kodo: Ancient Ways" and of "The Art of Aikido", a nine-volume video series. His office is on the, ah, second floor by taking the stars, near the name plagues. Iaido is also taught there, though only adults allowed in the class. Furuya-sensei also founded the Los Angeles Sword & Swordsmanship Society, where you can learn a bit more about iaido and katana fittings.
http://www.aikidocenterla.com/
All RK characters birth months are from the artbook Hiden, save Zeke's. So, none of you guys can pester me about the accuracy on their birthmonths! Birthdates were a bit tricky, save Kenshin's, that much I'll admit. Karen's DOB took some math thinking, as I follow both manga and anime. In epsisode 66, in which Kenshin "proposes" to Kaoru, Tae mentioned that our favorite shihandai's birthday was one month earlier. Tae also said that it was Tanabata, which occurs on the 7th day of the 7th month, according to the Lunar Calendar (think of it as China and Japan's version of Valentine's). As Kaoru's birthmonth was the 6th month, I decided to go with the Gregorian Calendar.
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Extensive bout of research (in which most of the digging was a waste of time and brain cells), thus the slight delay. *hangs head, tired* I hate researching but it's necessary to make a fic for good reading. Sure, it's annoying but at the same time, it's kinda cool since when we're always learning about stuff we never thought before.
Disclaimers: Those of the RK cast, belongs to Watsuki-sensei. Kazeki is mine.
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Name: Kamaryn, Ashley Shriomoin
AKA: Icicle, Snake Leader
Age: 26
DOB: 01/15/76
Height: 6'
Ethnicity: Japanese/British
Rank: Information Officer, Captain
Cool, collected, calm, and a bit cold, hence his nickname "Icicle". "Snake Leader" later came during the few recon missions, most of his teammates complaining about his coldness and the ability to slip quietly away without anyone noticing. The son of Soren and Karen's father with a British woman when Kamaryn was on vaction near Stonehenge before the Kamaryn siblings' birth. After his mother died due to nature causes, their father remarried again in the States. True, his silent air and British accent often kept him apart from making many friends, save a few that actually befriended him instead, his half-sister loved him to pieces from the start. A small bout of sibling rivalry sparked between him and Soren, later along with Sam but after a good beating from a six-year old Karen (which none of the three will admit), they got along much better. The friends that had befriended him during his younger years is seen as a gang, yet in reality, they're just a group of best buddies with ranging interests.
~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~#~
Name: Kamaryn, Karen
AKA: Raccoon, Karrie
Age: 19
DOB: 06/07/83
Height: 5' 2"
Ethnicity: American/Japanese/Western Europe
Rank: Civilian
Bright, trusting, and somewhat violent if provoked enough. Despite being the youngest and the only girl admist a family with four boys, Karen still had some girl wants and needs. As a toddler, she was equally doted by Soren and Ash, them always watching her every step. When Sam came into the family by their mother and his adopted father's marriage, Karen immediately took to him as any brother at the age four. Soren and Ash took a little convincing from their baby sister to finally accept Sam as their sibling, courtsey of the dreaded 'cute puppy/chibi eyes', which almost all older siblings hate but can't resist. Being part Japanese from her mother's side, Karen immediately fell in love with the culture and had hours of fun dressing her brothers up in the kimonos borrowed from female relatives, much to the boys' chagrin. Martial arts later came and she took up kenjutsu at the nearest dojo, her brothers taking up other forms. Personality wise, Karen is quite easy to get along. Oddly enough, she seems to have some control over Ash, Sam, and Soren, be it as a young adult or child. One thing all three brothers agree on: do NOT, under any circumstances, make fun of her cooking.
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AN: And voila! Ashley, the eldest Kamaryn sibling, originally known as Aoshi. He's still the same guy who doesn't talk much but with a soft spot for Kaoru and his family. I've read some fics where Aoshi's Kaoru's older bro and thought, hey, why not? Here, he's the half-sibling and oldest of the family. Originally, I wanted Ash to be in the UN Peacekeeping group as on the frontlines but figured that he'd be more comfy with being in intelligience.
On his rank, I'm borrowing a bit from "Rahxephon". Shitou Haruka is a captain in the Intelligence department. Quite difficult to accurately denote ranking in these kinds of sites but I'm just grateful that the military system on ranking system isn't too much different on various organisations. Technically, information officers aren't used in peace-keeping operations for the UN but since he gathers intelligence on any current situation, I've decided to tweak. Just to let him be still occasionally Oniwabanshuu Okashira in the modern era. ^\~
The link is an extension of the UN homepage to the UN Peacekeeping. A little tricky to navigate.
http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/dpko/home.shtml
Karen's personality isn't too much from Kaoru, save that she's a bit more rambunctious than her Meiji counterpart. But she wouldn't be Kaoru if I didn't kept the fact that she still can't cook too well! *smiles widely but winds up with a bokken lodged in the head* Itai.... Okay, maybe an improvement but if any of you guys have watched episode 5 of Fruits Basket, you'll get my drift. She can cook, just the fact that the foods are dried, even miso!
The dojo Karen help teaches at is the only one I know that even has to deal with katanas. I've been there before and it is quite almost like stepping into a dojo in Japan. It's an aikido dojo and yes, it has bokkens on the wall. Normally, they wouldn't let spectators in but I think I got lucky that time, though I wouldn't recommend anyone trying that again. One of the shihans kept looking at me funny until I finally left.
Along the wall to your left when you enter, you see the ranks and names of students and teachers alike. Furuya Kensho sensei is the author of "Kodo: Ancient Ways" and of "The Art of Aikido", a nine-volume video series. His office is on the, ah, second floor by taking the stars, near the name plagues. Iaido is also taught there, though only adults allowed in the class. Furuya-sensei also founded the Los Angeles Sword & Swordsmanship Society, where you can learn a bit more about iaido and katana fittings.
http://www.aikidocenterla.com/
All RK characters birth months are from the artbook Hiden, save Zeke's. So, none of you guys can pester me about the accuracy on their birthmonths! Birthdates were a bit tricky, save Kenshin's, that much I'll admit. Karen's DOB took some math thinking, as I follow both manga and anime. In epsisode 66, in which Kenshin "proposes" to Kaoru, Tae mentioned that our favorite shihandai's birthday was one month earlier. Tae also said that it was Tanabata, which occurs on the 7th day of the 7th month, according to the Lunar Calendar (think of it as China and Japan's version of Valentine's). As Kaoru's birthmonth was the 6th month, I decided to go with the Gregorian Calendar.
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