Character name
Katsumi
(Last name is secret for now)
Gender
Female
Ethinicity
Asian (Japanese)
Age
20
Social status
Shirabyōshi
(Shirabyōshi came about in the late Heian period. It was time of cultural change, so in order for some women to survive they turned to performing. After their inception, Japan experienced a shirabyōshi boom in which many women became shirabyōshi because of their popularity. A shirabyōshi was always a woman who dressed in men's attire, performing dances for the gods. The name shirabyōshi meant "white rhythm", partly because of their make-up, and their songs were slow and rhythmic. They were required to be educated, being able to both read and write - they were talented poets, musicians, singers, and dancers.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirabyoshi
Appearance
As a shirabyoshi, Katsumi was a traveling woman warrior artist. However, her exploits taking her into the lands of western culture, she has pared down and adapted her ways to better fit in (and survive) in western society nations. Therefore she no longer dresses in the typical samurai warrior/men's attire. She is a lovely asian woman, with long flowing midnight hair and dark brown eyes, mysterious and yet lively and bright of spirit. Slender and graceful, but her body has been honed by training in the arts of both dance and battle, so a wiry strength lies beneath the veneer of a fragile lotus flower.
History
To be discussed only with those in the need to know. Partialy becouse I have'nt come up with all of it yet. Partialy becouse she's a secretive type.
BDSM
Yes
Non Consensual
Yes
Public or private
Either
Multiple partners
Not within the same scene, no
Sexual Orientation
Straight
Limits
SOI limits, death, dismemberment, animals, scat, and forced collaring. The last is why I will only be playing her at Varek's estate, I dont want her forced into a collar simply becouse she's not of western noble blood. Shirabyōshi were famed, and some even went on to become legends in their own right, as well as being lovers to famous samurai and emperors of legend as well. Katsumi has adjusted some of her shirabyoshi ways to survive and fit in here in the west, but she is no mere serf or slave. If play works out well, she will swear an oath of service to Lord Varek, as one of her station would have done in the east. And thereby, by oath and honor, serve him to the best of her abliites. This, in accordance with his second room rule
2. Secondly; not all will be made slaves that are women; until; clear it is; noble or not; instead of slave; collared; servant they will be.
Which, as the Duke of the Duchy of Ilarrio (the eastern province Duchy), is his right as soverign power over it, to make the rules for.
("Each of these duchy's is Sovereign, meaning outside of taxes paid to the crown, and pledges of fealty to the Crown they have leave to deal with their own affairs. By submitting a claim of fealty to the Crown they can protection and economic influence.")
Fri Mar 21, 2008 7:50 am