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Name: Shina Mochimo
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Appearance: Shina is a slender girl with an athletic frame, with olive-toned skin from years of wandering, marked with a few scars from her brushes with death in combat. Her face is small when uncovered, and her eyes are a deep hazel. Her brown hair is tied in a ponytail to keep it out of the way of her bow, and two, brown-furred cat ears mark her out as not being human. Her clothing is quite plain, with russet and brown tones and thick leather boots. A reddish scarf is wrapped around her neck to protect it from the heat or cold and held tight with a brooch in the shape of a crane marking her out as a former member of the army of the Grand Duchy of Edo, with her clothing as rugged as possible while remaining light, and a small quiver hangs at the side of her belt, next to several prayer tags.
Or this, but with a ponytail and cat ears.

Personality: Friendly and as helpful as she can be, if somewhat hardened due to her travels. In combat, she tends to let herself loose, her yelling abilities and ferocity only matched by her ability in healing her allies.

Background: In the Grand Duchy of Edo to the west, there is a race of beings called the Burakana, distinguished mainly by their animal-like traits, such as tails, eyes and claws, said to have been descended from a cursed woman who fell in love with a disgraced prince, with the Burakana being their progeny. As a result, they tend to be discriminated against due to this legend, with the few escaping this fate marrying into the families of nobles and hiding their animal traits as best as they can, hoping to fit into society. The rest are banished to far off villages, working as the executioners, the butchers, the embalmers and other undesirable jobs of the Duchy.

Shina was born to two embalmers, who cared for her very much. There wasn't much to her childhood, though she always showed promise with a bow and was rather good with horses- that is, aside from the discrimination against her and her people as pariahs of society.

As soon as she was old enough, at the ripe old age of 14, she ventured out to join the army in an attempt to leave the village (with her parents' blessing) and see the world; the local earl conscripted her into his armies of Burakana and human levies. Despite some problems and issues attempting to join and then suffering from discrimination, Shina showed promise and was educated as a Companion, a skilled horse archer who also assisted their allies by providing healing through prayers and songs to the goddess Fumikata, mistress of healing, songs and archers; however, she never really had any faith in the goddess herself, simply taking up the training as part of the military.

She served for a while with distinction in the earl's army before the armies of all the lords of Edo were reduced in a war with the Holy Principality of Andou, and the resulting onerous peace treaty forced upon Edo upon their defeat. Instead, she attached herself to one of the wandering mercenary bands of masterless Edonian soldiers, their lords slain in the war or otherwise forced to relieve themselves of soldiers, before striking out on her own and wandering around the world, doing favours for money and acting as a freelancer.

The Church of Esbel has paid her along with several others to join the expedition, with Shina's Companion cavalry training a factor in her hiring. She even came with her own horse, reducing the need for the Church to shell out for giving her one.
Class: Ranger
Job: Companion (Ranger/Cleric hybrid)
Level: 2 (caps at 30)
EXP: 0/1000

HP: 34
SP: 21
Init: 3+1d20 at the start of each combat.
DR: 7

Stats: (22 to spend. Stat cap of 5+Level. +4 Points per level up)
Strength: 1 [2]
Dexterity: 6 [8]
Intelligence: 1
Charisma: 6 [8]
Agility: 4
Constitution: 4

Perks:
Companion Cavalry: Shina has access to Cleric abilities as well as Ranger abilities (with one free Ranger ability), due to training as a Companion in the Edo Army.
Battle Scars: Shina is experienced, but scars take their toll. -10 HP, but Shina starts at level 2.
Docile Steed: Shina has a horse of her own, trained to ride it as part of her training as a Companion Archer, who levels up with her. However, her chosen steed, dependable as it is, cannot attack in battle and only serves to carry Shina around.

Equipment:
Edo Longbow: A well-crafted Edo bow, wielded by their Companion archers and nobility. Shortbows are the preserve of the levies.
Item Name: Edo Longbow
Class Preference: Ranger
Job Preference: Companion
Stat Bonuses: +2 Dex
Active Effect: None
Passive Effect: Munition Consuming: Requires compatible ammunition to attack with this weapon, consuming an appropriate amount.
Traits:
Well-Crafted: As all such bows are. Damage with arrows from this bow is boosted by x1.2.

Edo Shortsword: The curved shortswords preferred by Edo soldiers as a sidearm to the bow.
Item Name: Edo Shortsword
Class Preference: None
Job Preference: Smith
Stat Bonuses: 2d6 Damage, +1 Str
Active Effect: None
Passive Effect: None
Traits:

Traveller's Armor: Light armour, designed to be defensive as well as light for the well-travelled.
Item Name: Traveller's Armor
Class Preference: Ranger
Job Preference: Smith
Stat Bonuses: +2 Armor
Active Effect: None
Passive Effect: None
Traits:

Prayer Tags: Tags marking the wearer as a Companion, a scion of Fumikata.
Item Name: Prayer Tags
Class Preference: Cleric
Job Preference: Companion
Stat Bonuses: +2 Cha
Active Effect: Faith: Boosts an ally's damage by x1.2 when used. Once per two turns, and only on one ally per time.
Passive Effect: Protection of the Goddess: 10% against Fear effects.
Traits:
Sear the Unholy: Monsters burn themselves for 1d4 damage upon making contact with a wearer of these tags.

Skills:
Song of Fumikata's Rejuvenation: Sings a sacred song to the Goddess that heals a nearby ally for (2d6+CHA) HP and refreshes SP by (1d6+CHA).
Arrows of the Cleansing Choir: Shina's arrows deal x.1.5 against Monsters and any being considered 'unholy'. Passive.
Lone Prayer Through the Darkness: Cures an ally of a single debuff. Poison and any damaging debuffs are healed before others.
Miracle of One Thousand Arrows: The next arrow fired delivers two shots. The second hit deals 50% less damage.
Elegy of Fumikata's Reassurance: Buffs an ally's sttat by [User's CHA+1d6] for two turns.

Inventory:
Belt:
-Bowyer's Kit [Edo Variant]: Used to repair her bow and make arrows. There's some tools, such as smoothening blocks, used only here to maintain Edo longbows.
-Basic Salves: Apply to heal 1d4 health. For when prayers are not enough. x5
Waist Quiver (stores up to 20 arrows of a single type.)
-20x Ya Arrows:  Deal 2d6 damage.
Backpack
-Tent
-Horse Tending Kit: Used for tending to horses. Includes a whistle for calling a horse.
-40x Ya Arrows:  Deal 2d6 damage.

Name: Tatsumaki
Appearance: A rather ordinary horse, with a grey coat. It's rather muscled, for a horse, but with a lithe build. Apart from the weird armor and harnesses indicating it's an Edo-bred horse, nothing too spectacular about it. It is, however, a rather FAST horse, as one would expect from Companion cavalry, and rather hardy.

Companion Class: Mount
Level: 1 (caps at 30)
EXP: 0/1000

HP: 33
SP: 20
Init: 5+1d20
DR: 5 [7]

Stats: (14 to spend. Stat cap of 4+Level. +3 Points per level up)
Strength: 0
Dexterity: 3
Intelligence: 3
Charisma: 0
Agility: 5
Constitution: 3

Perks:
Dependable Steed: Shina does not have to expend a Skill to call and mount Tatsumaki, and Shina can choose to start mounted or on foot; Tatsumaki will also not leave the battle unless Shina or he is killed. However, calling and mounting Tatsumaki takes one turn, and dismounting Tatsumaki also takes one turn.

Skills:
Swiftness of the Gale: Shina gains 10(+AGI)% Evasion while mounted on Tatsumaki. Passive.
Raging Hurricane: Tatsumaki's AGI is added to Shina's AGI for Shina's INIT calculations while Shina is mounted on Tatsumaki, and if Shina rolls INIT lower than Tatsumaki while mounted, Shina will instead move on Tatsumaki's turn. Passive.
The Gathering Eastern Gale: Tatsumaki's AGI is counted as 1.5x it's normal amount while determining INIT and evasion. This passive stacks with Swiftness of the Gale, Raging Hurricane and Together We Ride. Passive.
Together We Ride: Shina can pick up an ally while on Tatsumaki, granting them the bonuses of Swiftness of the Gale and Raging Hurricane while mounted at the cost of reducing Tatsumaki's AGI by 1/4, rounded down. Passive.

Items:
Horse Armor: Armor made for horses. Rather generic, but it's painted with the colours of Shina's former lord, gold and black.
Item Name: Horse Armor
Stat Bonuses: +2 Armor
Active Effect:
Passive Effect: Shielding: Blocks the most minor of attacks automatically, attacks that fail to deal damage when they are intended to will have lessened effects.
Traits: