Character Age: 19
Gender: Male
Sex: Male
Rank: Medic-Nin
Height/Weight: 6'0'' / 138 lbs
Eye Color<i></i>: Blue
Hair Color<i></i>: Black
Physical Appearance<i></i>
Appearing at average height and weight for his age, nothing stands out physically when it comes to Hotoke’s body structure. His muscles are as defined as one would expect of a shinobi without traditional enhancements (be it genetic/modified). He has black hair and a sunken almost tired look in his eyes. While his physical body is normal, his physical appearance was anything but. Large portions of his body is visibly covered in scar tissue, which coupled with thick stitch work reveal where portions of his skin were removed like one would peel the layers of an onion. This grotesque part of his appearance is not something he hides, openly showcasing his patchwork body without much thought to it.
Mental Description<i></i>
In the traditional sense, Hotoke is a morally sound individual who has no deviations in how he interacts with others in both private and social settings. He is as much loyal to the village of Konohagakure as one would expect from a shinobi and despite whatever thoughts about the direction of the village, he is one where it would take a definitively good reason to go against that. His problems are all motivations of self, internal issues, and a strange inability to physically harm other people. People tend to get a “cold” assumption about him however due to his viewable anti-social traits which initially feeds into their perception of the kind of person he is.
Background History<i></i>
Despite his appearance and personality when it comes to be involved with others in social settings, Hotoke was born and raised within a relatively normal family. Both his mother and father were present in his home as he grew up and both served as medical shinobi up until his late teens when they opted to retire as shinobi. This allowed him to take the mantle and continue his families commitement to the village. Having been reared in a loving and tolerable home, his early years were spent like most kids; playing, being scolded for behavioral problems, making friends. Just as other children from Shinobi families did, Hotoke was instructed by his parents in the basic principles of medical jutsu way before he was eligable to attend the academy. It would be these lesson which altered Hotoke’s personality and due to cause and effect, his appearance as well. Having spent some of his early years learning about the human body and simple maladys. He was taught the simple basics behind triage work (Stiching, splinting broken bones, some urgent wound care techniques) and practiced these methods using living animal specimens provided by his parents. A side effect to this exposure early was that his mind would subconsciously grow to dislike the notion of putting people in pain as opposed to providining people care to alleviate pain.
The most important things passed down to Hotoke through his parent’s pre-academy instructions were the families hiden techniques. Unlike other clans, there was no blood inheritance or traits requiring a set bloodline trait instead his families secret skills was something anyone could have been taught. Apart from learning the “hiden” jutsu of his clan, it was mentally understood what his role was for living and that was to help people. More importantly he was meant to provide help to those considered citizen’s of Konoha. A consequence to all of this would be that he would develop a strange need to experiment upon himself as his anti-bodily harm motive cemented atop his thoughts. Because of his disdain for causing others physical pain, his own body became the only source he had for his medical research and understanding. While within the Academy and his subsequent years as a shinobi, Hotoke had removed vast layers of skin in an effort to understand the human body on a microscopic level. Scar tissue cover those portions of missing skin with stitch work still visible strangely.
Although he would spend some considerable time in the academy (far longer than the typical student would be there) he developed as someone comfortable with his skill set and lack there of. While he showcases incredible chakra control and molding, he was at the same time incredibly lacking in proficiency with the ninjutsu arts and his body was not strong enough to be a taijutsu specialist. His strong suit was found to be mental tricks, falling smooth into the spectrum of his personal phobia of causing physical harm. Graduation for him would come with just one focal point, to work on something completely groundbreaking that would help alleviate the pain other’s felt during recovery.
Topic Log<i></i>
Key: (M) Medical | (O) Open | (P) Private | (MS) Mission | (E) Event | (S) Solo | (EL) Entered & Left
Active
✧ (M) Sticks and Stones (w/ Santaru Soku)
✧ (O) The Push
Completed
✧ (EL) Getting to know someone
ower Level:: 1675/3600