Kuro is a NPC played by Ametheliana.

Kuro
Species & Gender:	Civilian Neko Female
Date of Birth:	12日 9月 YE 30
Organization:	Star Army of Yamatai
Occupation:	Head of Danko Clan
Rank:	Daimyo
Current Placement:	Danko Clan House

She has long dark teal hair she holds up in a ponytail with a single piece of leather. Her eyes are grey, she is short and her skin is pale creamy. Her ears are furless and elven, pointed out quite a bit from her head. She has no bust and speaks slowly and with a sly smile or a blank face. There seems to be no in-between.

She has retained the following after being decommissioned from her prior Eihei body:

• Reinforced Skeleton
• Internal Hemosynthesis Capabilities (Enhanced)
• Increased Strength (Base) NH-31 strength
• Feline-like Agility
• Inertia Controlling Ability Enhanced
• Somatic-Projection Interlinked Neural Ensemble
• Skin-based Holographic Projection

Stoic and icy but willing to listen. She is calm and cool when necessary but will put down her swords in order to have some nigiri and sake. She is charismatic and controlled, which leads to her having good leadership abiltiies.

Born in YE 30 as Ketsurui Namida. She was immediately a part of the samurai part of the Ketsurui Clan. She was trained for a year and then placed at the palace as a part of the guard. She became a highly skilled and a contributor to the guard. She is not an easy person to please but she was pleased by her service. She became a Gunsotsu until it was deemed she was to be a Eihei-no-insen while they were honorable among the samurai of the Ketsurui. She protected some of the valuable members of the family while she was this rank until the samurai was disheartened by the Shadow Viper betrayal when Yuumi and Kotori had attempts on their lives and it was said samurai killed samurai. Everything came crashing down. Her good friend was involved in a terrible misunderstanding. This friend and member of the samurai clan committed seppukku over being associated with a suspicion of being a Shadow Viper. Namida as she was then known considered suicide herself for losing someone close to her but continued to strive towards greatness for the Empire.

She transferred to become a power armor pilot and excelled at it. She focused on forcing her mind to power her power armor ad nothing else for a long time. Namida started to push all of her energy into piloting. Then she was transferred without her say to be a Karibito-no-akuma, demon-hunter. This rank allowed her to work as part of a team to be a killer of enemies of the Empire. But when she started to know the true enemies of the empire, this Neko was showing signs of anxiety and depression. She withdrew into herself and never came out of the feeling.

She was then asked to be part of a samurai squadron, Y.S.S. Himeyuri. She declined the offer because of her crippling feelings of loneliness within her clan. She didn't want to be forced out of her comfort zone of piloting where she was already and sleeping and nothing much more. She was almost strong-armed into the position but the Daimyo was never involved and the position transfer fizzled away. When the attempts on the Ketsurui princesses' lives failed but still happened because of the samurai on the Himeyuri, this samurai Neko withdrew even further until she was no longer fit for combat and training and was sent on leave by the Daimyo herself.

She then left the Ketsurui Samurai Clan and was stripped of her Eihei body and weapons. She was to wander with the yukata and hakama on her back. She did so for years as her own self-assigned Arahoshi or perhaps Ronin. The titles didn't matter for Kuro while she traveled around, acquiring knowledge and experience as well as equipment. In a few years she began to cultivate her own budo while traveling with her small group of Arahoshi as they had designated themselves.

They came from all walks of life, as they say. Some of them had just taken up swords while only a few others were former members of the Ketsurui samurai like herself. Some of them had been training for years in their homes or on the road or had family members that had trained them. Somehow Kuro has an ability to find those samurai without clans and bring to them knowledge of her budo. Along her way she has gained armors and weapons through trade and exchange, oftentimes teaching lessons for such things as well as the food she eats and doing the same for her small amount of followers.

She is also a gifted crafstman and will get involved in street art challenges oftentimes as she sees them. If you were to ask her to make you a sword, she could do it. If you asked her to sit and enjoy a good meal with friends, she would do that as well. The code of honor that she has structured around her budo is very eclectic but it does not take from the eating and drinking habits of the typical Ketsurui samurai.

• Arts and Vocations: She excels at many trades and crafts.
• Information Technology: Any computer system that uses the Kessaku OS, found on all Star Army starships.
• Knowledge: She is familiar with the laws of the Yamatai Star Empire.
• Mathematics: She received basic mathematics training, to including up to algebra and trigonometry.
• Rogue: She is great at blending in, is a master of disguise, and the separation of herself from the Ketsurui Clan is telling of her rogue abilities.
• Leadership: She is charismatic and controlled and has been a good leader of people for a few years while traveling.

Kuro is connected to:

• Ketsurui Clan samurai members.
• Her own clan's few members.

Kuro has the following:

• kabuto: Ornate helmet that is black and gold, custom made
• Dō (armour): Chest armor, custom made
• uwa-obi: A belt for her swords
• fundoshi: For wearing during sumo or swimming
• shitagi: An underclothing
• katana: Her katana was forged by a smith next to the palace that samurai like Rei had gone to and been told about by Kuro. It is sleek and has a red tsuba etched with flames and fire and a crane flying over a treeline. The hilt is worn gold and black and the sheath is golden
• kusarigama: She has a chained sickle of no illustrious design and then a dual pair that are smaller and fit into her yukata that are more ornate, golden and black
• araji: Ropey woven sandals
• armor: Full set of samurai armor commissioned by Kuro made of gold and black material
• Geta (footwear): Sandals, black
• Jika-tabi: Socks designed for geta
• Various kimono

Namida Koru currently has 3000 KS.

In the case Ametheliana becomes inactive:

• Can this character be used as an NPC by a GM or FM? No
• Can this character be adopted after I've been gone for a year? No