When Worlds Collide OC - Rokuro

"When your life is nothing but a curse... When everything you've known is a curse... When your religions hold no answers to the truths you seek... What do you do?"

- Rokuro Kurenai

Universe AUG-V
Rokuro's universe is medieval and fantastical. The Gods of this realm have cursed the humans to live forever. When killed, they will always come back to life, losing bits of their sanity with each return. Humanity began looking into methods to restore their sanity, finding that blind faith in the Gods that cursed them to be their best bet. As such, the Gods became revered despite their ill intent. Humanity blindly worshipped the Gods and prayed for their sanity to return. No matter what, the Gods would not return their lost sanity, as it was something beyond their control. Instead, they told mankind to slaughter each other and take whatever sanity they could from each other. With no other choice, mankind took to executing and dispersing their sanity amongst each other. When the dead came back, they were butchered for the remaining dregs of sanity they contained until the world was full of zombies and barely-sane humans. Eventually, another curse came about that surpassed this undying curse on humanity that killed the target permanently, but.

Then... there were the few rebels within society. These rebels did not follow the Gods blindly, but still worshipped them. They had searched for another method to regaining sanity, and discovered one of the very few blessings in existence within this world: Aurum. This golden liquid, when brewed properly, restored one's sanity and health to a certain extent. Some blends of Aurum created from local ingredients result in a unique blend that has a variety of effects. Aurum is rated on a letter-grade scale: In the search to create Aurum, this version of humanity uncovered an imperfect, yet useful variant of this golden liquid which they named "Argent." Argent is rated on a similar letter-grade system as Aurum, as Argent is a silver liquid that restores one's stamina, focus, and soul. In this world, Souls are drawn upon for combat in the form of "magic." This magic can be employed offensively or defensively as the User requires, with dedicated spells taught in the churches of the Gods.
 * S-Grade - The highest possible grade of Aurum, which restores health and sanity to the consumer's prime. Obviously the most difficult to brew due to the requirement of very specific ingredients and a very specific brewing method.
 * A-Grade - Among the greatest grade of Aurum, which stores the majority of one's health and sanity.
 * B-Grade - A rare blend of Aurum that restores a large amount of health and sanity.
 * C-Grade - The most common blend of Aurum, restoring a mediocre amount of health and sanity.
 * D-Grade - Also the most common grade of Aurum, which replenishes a sub-par amount of lost health and sanity.

Weapons in this universe are medieval, consisting of swords, axes, polearms, hammers, daggers, whips, punching-implements, and bows/crossbows. These weapons, while made of metals and such, were sometimes imbued with the souls of their wielders. Those with powerful souls imprinted their souls onto their weapons, thus giving the weapon a unique edge that reflects the soul that has wielded the item. Other weapons are imprinted with the souls of fallen warriors that had died permanently, granting this weapon the ability to summon the armor worn by that soul. Elemental attributes come in the following, with their own derivative elements: Generally speaking: These elements aren't present in every weapon, and simply an extra touch should the user's soul desire an elemental enhancement. Fire and Ice are opposing elements, with the potential to cancel each other out depending on whose soul is stronger; the same applies to Lightning and Crystalline. Void is a forbidden element, as it stems from the darkness within man's heart and the gods that represent evil within this world. Despite this rather stereotypical origin of Void, mankind was said to have been born from the Void, as an experiment by one of the evil gods to create a dominant species to exist on the planet. As such, people can draw upon the Void to empower and further corrupt themselves, or invest all their faith in the Gods above to repent for their unholy conception. Regardless, Void enhances that which it corrupts, causing its users to go insane at a much more rapid pace than most. Very few have mastered its fullest potential, but those that do become known as Void Walkers; wielding the frightening power of the Void with their immensely-powerful souls for a greater cause.
 * Fire
 * Ice
 * Lightning
 * Crystalline/Crystal
 * Void
 * Derivatives of Fire involve heat or the after products of fire (like smoke or ash)
 * Derivatives of Ice involve the cold or liquids
 * Derivatives of Crystals involve solids like the earth and similar substances
 * Derivatives of Lightning involve energy or light
 * Void lacks any derivatives since it is the embodiment of the darkness within mankind. Man cannot create a derivative of the supreme darkness that embodies them, lest they unleash more unholy curses and nightmares upon the world.

Personality
Rokuro is a kind, caring soul. When he was still known as Rokuro Isurugi, he was respected by his peers and allies as a kind man who sought to defend his friend's honor over his own. Outside of that, Rokuro was known to be a rather selfish individual with a mischievous mind. He used to play pranks on others, flirting with girls, or otherwise making fun of/insulting them. In the end, he meant no harm to them, and would always apologize accordingly, even allowing them to vent their frustrations on him by beating him up. However, this all receded when his parents discovered his lack of compatibility with the Void. When Rokuro was shunned by his parents, he lost his playful nature. Instead, determination to impress his family despite the Void Walker compatibility took hold. In his teenage years, he would spend hours and hours honing his skill with weapons and training his Soul for enhanced elemental power. No longer was Rokuro a prankster, but a serious, disciplined warrior. Some of the girls he previously flirted with admired this side of him, and ended up falling for him at times. When he wasn't training his sanity away, he would often joking flirt with them for the nostalgia. But in the end, he would always tell them that he was too focused on his training to pursue a romantic relationship with any of them.

His personality took a turn for the worst when he was deemed unworthy of inheriting the family heirloom weapons. That was the final push he needed. Full of spite, he renounced his name as Rokuro Isurugi and left the family. Here, he would wander in desperation for ages, losing the majority of his sanity searching for someone, anyone, to accept him. When he met the nameless blacksmith, he felt joy that he had never felt before. Under this blacksmith's tutelage, Rokuro returned to his serious, determined persona, while some of his previous jokester personality bled in and mixed around. As a result, Rokuro became a joker that made fun of his enemies, but defended the honor of his only ally: the nameless blacksmith. His grief when the blacksmith asked him to slay him was immense, but he honored his request out of respect and familial bond. Now, whenever the name Isurugi is mentioned around him, he grows disdainful and cynical. He shows no respect for his birth family, and openly insults them for their neglect and mistreatment. As a result, he prefers to not talk about his past and focus on the present, enjoying good times with his friends a fun, but serious individual.

Powers/Abilities/Equipment
Rokuro's power stems from his Soul and his weapons. The two are very intimately linked, and are near-inseparable. As such, Rokuro relies mostly on his weapons and armor to channel his Soul's power, but he is capable of directly wielding his Soul's power for brief instances.

Currently, Rokuro owns one set of armor. With it, a set of weapons forged specifically for use in conjunction with it. His inheritance from the nameless blacksmith included blueprints for more weapons and a legendary sword named Masamune, that he has sworn not to use until he's mastered his own Soul. His current list of equipment includes the following:
 * Cursed Physiology - Rokuro is a human being cursed by the Gods of his original world. By default, he features the following abilities.
 * Respawn - The main curse placed upon his body, like the others from his universe, is a sick, twisted take on immortality. Whenever a person dies, they will immediately come back to life in any number of ways. If the body is intact enough, the person may simply rise up and regenerate the wounds. Should the body be severely mangled, then the person will come back through a video game-like respawn animation; an example being Rokuro being mangled by a wild beast, disintegrating into ash, then falling from the sky via a pipe labelled "continue." Of course, this is a Curse. With every revival, the cursed loses their sanity. The person can infinitely respawn so long as they are sane enough to handle dying and returning to life again.
 * Supernatural Physiology - Most of the cursed humans have enhanced speed, strength, stamina, dexterity, mental capacity, and such. Rokuro's physiology is much more enhanced than most due to his rigorous training that sacrificed his own life/sanity.
 * Void Walker - His ancestry as an Isurugi provides him great control over the Void. Or rather, it should. Rokuro has shown a lack of this ability since childhood, but somewhere deep within his Soul, he has this ability hidden with. For now, Rokuro is shown being able to resist the effects of the Void more than any other human in his world.
 * Soul Manipulation - Rokuro can manipulate his own Soul, using it for magical combat (mostly for his fire manipulation and such powers) or imbuing it with objects to claim them as his own. His Soul can be used for forging new equipment. Depending on the state of mind he's in while forging a new soul weapon/armor, the new equipment will bear one of the 4 different elemental attributes: Fire, Ice, Lightning, or Crystalline. His Soul currently associates with Fire due to the literally-insane amount of rage and hatred he holds for his former family.
 * Master Swordsman - Rokuro, raised as a samurai, is trained in a large variety of sword combat forms and such. He can wield weapons twice his size with some discomfort, but he still wields them effectively enough to be considered proficient.
 * Weapon Proficiency - Rokuro is proficient in the use of almost all melee weapons, able to wield blunt weapons like hammers and clubs or polearms such as spears and halberds. However, he is most comfortable wielding swords and similar bladed weapons due to him growing up and training in the use of swords specifically. He even show some skill in wielding bows and arrows, but lacks skill in firearms as they are a foreign, futuristic weapon compared to his medieval upbringing.
 * Flasks - Rokuro carries two flasks with him at all times. One for his Aurum brew and one for his Argent brew. Aurum restores his sanity and health, while Argent replenishes his stamina, focus, and Soul.
 * Houou (鳳凰, lit Phoenix) - This motorcycle is completely custom-made from scratch. The metal was forged into its shape by Rokuro's own hand; its frame welded by Rokuro's own flames with his kunai focusing the heat for him; the engine completely custom-made and on par with a Porsche car; and featuring a red and black color scheme. Rokuro has made the engine with a supercharger, though it uses Rokuro's flames rather than petroleum like most vehicles. Due to Rokuro's unique forging methods that allow him to imbue his Soul into whatever he forges/crafts, the bike is bonded with his Soul, which allows him to summon the bike wherever he may be by uniting the pieces of his Soul in the bike with his own Soul. In addition, Rokuro's current state is reflected the bike's state as well. If Rokuro is in poor condition, the bike will also be in poor condition, with heavily damaged metal and a low top speed; if Rokuro's in prime condition, the bike will function in its best possible condition with a clean and pristine design with a top speed of 205 mph (330 km/h). When Rokuro equips his armor, he can optionally choose to equip Houou with its own set of armor, which is essentially an armored front fender with swept-back spikes on the body that are positioned in a way that retains aerodynamic properties.

Weaknesses

 * His sanity drains every time he returns from the grave. As such, if you kill him enough times in rapid succession, Rokuro will be left an insane corpse that will continually return from the grave as a mindless zombie until he is struck down with a sword cursed to kill him permanently.
 * Rokuro's flasks carry a limited amount of fluid within. This liquid will regenerate itself within the presence of a bonfire or a similar level of heat, as per the enchantment placed on the flasks. Deplete the liquids in the flasks, keep them away from heat of any kind, and you'll leave him exposed to death.
 * Rokuro has intense family issues, if you couldn't tell. His birth family neglected him, resulting in a mutual disowning. His foster father asked Rokuro to kill him so that he wouldn't live eternally as an insane monster, which was pretty tragic. Mentioning family around Rokuro is a surefire way to upset him.
 * As of now, Rokuro only has Fire-based powers, weapons, and armor. Use an anti-fire element/weapon and shit.
 * Also as of now, Rokuro is a strictly close-to-medium range combatant, with a lack of viable long-range attacks outside of using Nokoribi to channel his flames for long distances. Even then, Nokoribi is just a set of throwing knives, which can be knocked out of the air.
 * In his world, Void is known to corrupt and degrade. If one were to weaponize that Void, they could incapacitate him with enough exposure due to his weaker "Void Walker physiology" that spares him greater resistance to the darkness.
 * He has a tendency to shrug off death, seeing that he can come back a theoretically-infinite amount of times so long as he has Aurum to restore his sanity. As such, when he fights, he prefers to go on the offensive and cares little about defense. His defensive capabilities are also relatively weak, since his armor is medieval chain-mail and such; however, they are strong enough to fend off bullets and whatnot since the plating is infused with Rokuro's Soul, which grants it mystical defensive power.

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Trivia

 * Rokuro commonly wears high-top sneakers, dark-colored jeans, plain t-shirts, a zip hoodie, and a flannel over the hoodie. He also incorporates red into his outfit in some form, whether it's his shirt or the hoodie/flannel.
 * His older brother was sent to the western fronts of the world to learn about knighthood in this world's equivalent of Medieval Europe. His older sister also journeyed to the AUG-V's equivalent of the Ancient Near East (Mesopotamia, ancient Israel, and ancient Egypt) to explore the world. His younger twin brother was shipped off to AUG-V's equivalent of ancient China to train. All three of them had gathered at the request of their father before being sent to check on the completion of the Masamune that the Isurugi family commissioned, which then led to Rokuro being sent to Prime Earth as the Gods of AUG-V intended.