Tsume Nagoyaka

Introduction

Description
Yuki (as she is known to all her acquaintances) stands about 5'5", has blue eyes and long dark hair. She has a boyish figure that is only reinforced by her solid frame and strong muscles. If she's exercising or teaching, you can find her in a traditional white and black hakama. If venturing outside she's wears a brown and black hakama with a mithral chain shirt underneath.

Personality
Yuki is out too prove herself as a woman to the world. She has an easy going attitude but lives her life through bushidō by following the seven virtues that it teaches. Yuki is shamed by her origins and wishes to replace the wrongs of her childhood with the good tiding of her adulthood. Eventually she hopes to settle down and teach the way of bushidō in her own dojo, but until that day she is looking for a girl named Anly Starshin so that she can join her quest to do good.

Yuki's Bushidō
Aside from the seven base virtues, Yuki also follows her own code of honor as described below:


 * Never ever under any circumstance may you take another's life
 * Never draw your sword in anger
 * Never attack unless you are attacked first
 * Help anyone that is in need
 * Help to make those that are weak and helpless strong
 * Fight for women's rights everywhere

Agenda & Goals
Yuki's short term goal to find a girl by the name of Anly Starshin and join her on her quest for good. Yuki hasn't really thought past that although she does want to help those in need and to prove to the world that woman are as capable as men.

Eventually she hopes to open up a dojo with free admission to the women that teaches bushido and the martial arts of the diamond mind. Secretly she does have one other dream, and that is to return to her homeland of Thay and abolish slavery. However, she realized that this dream is and impossible task for her as the Red Wizards are just too powerful and would not allow such a thing to happen.

A Merchants Daughter (Kythorn : 1360 DR)
Nagoyaka was born to the Tsume family on a beautiful afternoon in the heart of Thay, Eltabbar. Her family controls a large part of the slave market within Thay and as a result are very wealthy merchants. Nagoyaka's younger years were very comfortable and she lived quite happily during this time.

When she was old enough she was schooled by excellent tutors as well as being taught the way of magic. Learning economics and history was alright for passing the time, but she couldn't stand learning about the ancient art that Thay is famous for. It was so confusing to her and nothing ever made sense, she just couldn't grasp the arcane words and complicated gestures. What she truly enjoyed were lessons in the martial arts and she would sneak off to talk with the family's sensei, an old man by the name of Morimoto. Nagoyaka (called Yuki by her friends, and will be referred to as such by this story teller from here on out) spent all the time she could learning as much as possible from Morimoto which was never enough to satisfy her craving.

Yuki was extremely strong for girl and her boyish features only emphasized her "tomboy" nature. She didn't mind this though and would often run around with a topknot in her hair much to the chagrin of her mother. All she cared about was her secret lessons with the sword and her dreams of becoming a diamond mind master. Her family however had different plans in mind for young Yuki.

A Slave to the Family (Elasias : 1372 DR)
Once Yuki reached her twelfth birthday she was visited by a Red Wizard who was to judge her magical ability. Her family had high hopes for her and were hoping that she would please the Red Wizards (which in turn meant that they would buy more slaves through the Tsume family). Although Yuki wanted to please her family, she was secretly hoping she would fail. She didn't like the Red Wizards and had a bad a feeling in the pit of her stomach whenever she was around them. To her joy and to the families dismay (and their magical tutors demise), she failed quite horribly.

With the hopes of their daughter becoming a Red Wizard crushed, they had no choice but to start teaching her the family business of slave trading. At first, this worked out really well for Yuki since she could now start taking formal martial lessons and could devote all her free time to it. But as Yuki matured and began to learn more and more about the slave trading business, the cruel reality of what she was part of started to weigh heavily upon her.

A Trip to Calimport (Tarsakh : 1376 DR)
One day while walking through the streets of Calimport, Yuki heard a commotion in the street and noticed a small crowd begin to gather. She arrived just in time to see a young girl and an old man talking to a slave. Next to the slave was one of the Tsume's families employees with a very upset expression frozen onto his face. Just as she was finally able to push herself through the crowd to the center of the incident, the old man, the young girl, and the slave all winked out of existence.

Shortly after Yuki's co-worker manages to regain control of his body, he quickly explained to Yuki that the slave was stolen by a small girl who was apparently appalled by the idea of slavery. Suddenly a realization struck Yuki like a lightening bolt from the heavens, if this girl had the power to stand up for what she believes in, why couldn't Yuki?!

Time to Travel (Flamerule : 1376 DR)
Yuki's mind was set and after three months of planning an escape, Yuki took as much equipment as she could carry from Tsume storage and set off in the middle of night in search of truth, justice, and a girl who doesn't believe in slavery.

Yuki spent the next 18 months traveling from region to region trying to find out anything she could about this girl. Every night was spent practicing her swordplay and her days were spent going from temple to temple helping out all those in need. She learned much about the world and even more about people who live on it, and for the most part Yuki was very happy, but she had given up all hope on ever finding this girl.

So it was on a sunny (but chilly) afternoon in a small town called Ashabenford in the middle of the Dalelands with all thoughts of Yuki's search behind her, she saw a girl that looked so very much like the girl from her memory. Yuki couldn't believe it and ran as fast as she could after this girl who was a little startled by the stranger bearing down on her. Once Yuki caught up to her and managed to catch her breath again, her heart sank for she realized that this girl was much to young to be the girl that Yuki saw.

The mystery girl saw the dismay in Yuki's face and asked Yuki what the matter was after introducing herself as Alysta. Yuki told her the story of the girl who freed the slave and how Yuki wanted to join this girl in her quest for good. Alysa replied, "Oh, you must mean my sister Anly, I'm sorry but you just missed her, she's on her way to Phlan!" Yuki cried tears of joy.

To Phlan! (Alturiak : 1378 DR)
Yuki traveled to Phlan in search of Anly Starshin only to find out that she had missed here by mere days. Anly had left on a mission in search of some religious artifacts that were stolen from the Triad. In hopes that she would eventually return, Yuki has been staying at the laughing goblin. One day Yuki heard a strange rumor that Anly was seen during the destruction of Mozariq al'Soleth's tower. Yuki immediately took off to investigate only to find that Mozariq's tower was just fine and that the rumor must have been just that... a rumor.

Yuki is not sure where to go from here and the bitter cold climate of Phlan is beginning to wear down her usual stoic determination. Anly Starshin... WHERE ARE YOU?