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THE RUN DOWN[/font][/b][/div][/font][/b][font color="#6a6a6a"]At [b]40 years[/b] of age the [b]God of the Black Sand[/b], once revered internationally as [i]"The Symbol of Strength,"[/i] is what many in the hero community would call an Icarus—someone with unbound potential that burned out as quickly as they rose. The former pro-hero is now a "simple [b]civilian"[/b] who owns a back alley cafe/bar in Tokyo called Noyote. But even in retirement there are just some habits too hard to kick...


[/font][font size="4" color="#e6ab54"][b]THE BREAK DOWN[/b][/font]

[font color="#6a6a6a"][b]Personality[/b]

Simply put, Shu is a dick. A well intentioned dick, but a dick nonetheless. He has no qualms about speaking his mind at any given moment and can somewhat irritable around others. However, at his core, he is a very caring and loving individual—willing to go above and beyond to ensure his people are well cared for.

Furthermore, the tanuki lives by two guiding principles:

[ul type="disc"][li][i]Live Doing What You Love:[/i] He is selfish and indulgent. He is an advocate for doing whatever feels best in the moment. He believes that nobody should feel that they need to box themselves in to appease others and should live their lives to the grandest.[/li][/ul][div][font size="2"]
[/font][/div][ul type="disc"][li][i]Strength Defines the World:[/i] In order to live a life unimpeded by others, strength is essential. Those that hold the most power get to define the rules of the world around them. Physical prowess, money, determination, unique skills. All of these are aspects of strength that a person can utilize to achieve their goals. However, he is also of the belief that the strong are obligated to protect the weak.[span style="font-size:13.333332px;"] Because having the power to define the rules of the world and not improving the quality of it is a waste of a person's strength, in his eyes.[/span][/li][/ul]

[b]Appearance[/b]

The tanuki stands at 6'3" and weighs in at around 260 lbs. A child of mixed heritage, Shu has a bronze or caramel-esque complexion. His eyes are golden and seem to shimmer in the light, as if they were actually made of the precious metal. Shu's black locs has started to gain flecks of grays—to which he attributes to Zazie rather than his age. Despite having retired from being a pro-hero for roughly a decade, Shu has not let that deter his physicality. Sporting a very athletic build it would be easy to assume he was still in active duty.[/font]


[b style="color:rgb(106, 106, 106);"]History[/b]

[font color="#6a6a6a"]Tragedy and grief are two specters that have haunted the tanuki since he was a child. The son of the American pro-hero, [a href="https://i.imgur.com/YGLkQ6W.jpg"][/a][a href="https://i.imgur.com/qtTHSWP.jpg"]Ororo Boros[/a], and the Japanese pro-hero, [a href="https://i.imgur.com/xYZKF4U.jpg"]Techtonics[/a], Shu grew up idolizing heroes and the impact they had on the world. Unfortunately, at the age of ten, tragedy made its first strike. Both of his parents were killed in the line of duty, sacrificing themselves so that a dangerous villain could be subdued.[/font]

[font color="#6a6a6a"]One of America's top pro-heroes, [a href="https://i.imgur.com/lgdkUKq.jpg"]War Dog[/a], had been a long time friend of his mother's and, in his grief, he offered to take custody of Shu. His family and godfather ultimately agreed, feeling that he would be able to provide a better life for Shu, and so he was sent to America.[/font]

[font color="#6a6a6a"]While living with War Dog he was treated like a part of the family, viewing his children as his own siblings. Due to War Dog's and his parents' reputations Shu was able to get into the Howlett Institute, one of the best schools for heroics in America, fairly easily.[/font]

[font color="#6a6a6a"]By the age of nineteen he had already made a name for himself as a pro-hero in America under the name of Tanuki. His crass but brutally honest nature seemed to resonate with various demographics across the nation, garnering him much praise as well as criticism. [/font]

[font color="#6a6a6a"]At the age of twenty-one, Shu had started to develop his career as an international hero by working in America and Japan. This was also the time when he would be more intimately introduced to the woman who would become his wife, [a href="https://i.imgur.com/cuYBiva.png"]Shahar Ogolakanu[/a]. The two had both attended Howlett at the same time, but rarely interacted. But now, Shahar was working with the Hero Associacion as a member of the H.A.R.M. (Hero Association Resource Management) Division. In short, it was her job to ensure that all his equipment was up-to-date and properly registered. With enough time, the two started dating and married. [/font]

[font color="#6a6a6a"]At the age of twenty-five, Shu came to be known as "The Symbol of Strength" in both America and Japan—War Dog graciously passing on the mantle to his adoptive son. In the same year, the couple learned that they would soon be parents to a beautiful baby girl. They opted to name her Zazie in honor of Shu's late mother.[/font]

[font color="#6a6a6a"]As mentioned before, Shu is what the hero community considers to be an Icarus. Tragedy would strike again at the age of thirty-one. The downward spiral began with the news of War Dog's nemesis, [a href="https://i.imgur.com/7szSBhP.jpg"]Pride[/a]—the man who killed Shu's parents—escaping from confinement. The two Symbols of Strength sought to band together, but before they could properly make a plan the villain struck. Tactical and efficient. Their family irrevocably shattered in a single night.

War Dog was killed early in the encounter. All other aide from heroes was rendered useless. Shu had been momentarily downed by the villain. All seemed lost. Until Pride vocalized his intent to kill Zazie as well. In that moment, something awakened within Shahar. Her quirk's power grew to exponential levels, far greater than what a simple adrenaline rush could produce. She fought blow for blow against the monster single-handedly, long enough for Shu to recover. However, Shahar knew what needed to be done. Shahar ordered Shu to create a dome around her and Pride, demanding that he maintain it at all costs. Reluctantly, he did as instructed and Shahar unleashed every iota of solar power she had ever absorbed. She quite literally became a living star and in the process incinerated Pride on a molecular level.

In the end, when the dome fell, Shahar was the only thing left. However, her body was clearly unable to handle that level of power. She was white hot. Her body breaking away into embers. Shu tried his best to hold her, using his quirk to mitigate the damage as they shared one final moment together. Her final words before body disappeared completely was: "Be her strength."

And that's what he did.

Being unable to save his wife and second father, Shu retired as a pro-hero. And knowing the pains of losing parents in the line of duty, he simply couldn't allow Zazie to grow up as he did. The loss of one parent was one too many. So he moved to Japan permanently to raise Zazie alongside his father's family. He took over a bar that his uncle used to own and has lived a relatively domestic life for the past nine years.

But even in retirement, some habits are hard to kick. While he legitimately runs Noyote as a business, it also serves as a front for his services as an information broker. The intel he gains is generally passed on to heroes, police, and vigilantes so that they can deal with the issue without Shu getting his hands dirty. He also moonlights as a self-defense teacher, typically taking government contracts when Noyote doesn't bring in as much money as he'd prefer.

Fatherhood has also brought about its own unique challenges for the tanuki. Especially, when the child is very much like him. The latest conflict is the fact that he retired from being a hero. [a href="https://i.imgur.com/Q4UFWfj.jpg"]Zazie[/a] calls him a hypocrite, given his belief that the strong should use their power to change the world for the better. He argues that [i]she[/i] is his world. All the same, they're managing to make their little family work. Even if they get on each other's last nerves.


[/font][font color="#6a6a6a"] [/font][font color="#e6ab54" size="4"][b]THE BEAT DOWN[/b][/font][/div]

[table][tbody][tr][td style="padding:0px;width:350px;"] [div align="center"][a href="https://i.imgur.com/Nz26Hkj.jpg"] [img alt=" " src="https://i.imgur.com/uc9I2zB.png" style="width:80%;"][/a] [/div][/td][td style="padding-left:15px;padding-top:25px;padding-right:20px;width:150px;"][div style="text-align:justify;"][font color="#ffffff"][font style="font-size:medium;"]GOD OF THE BLACK SANDS or[/font][font size="2"]
[/font][/font][font color="#e6ab54" size="7"][span][b]XILLIONS[/b][/span][/font][/div]  
[b][font color="#e6ab54"]QUIRK TYPE:[/font] [/b]  
[font color="#ffffff"]Emitter/Transformation[/font]

[b][font color="#e6ab54"]QUIRK RANK:[/font][/b][b style="color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"] [/b]  
[font color="#ffffff"]S- [/font]
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Xillions[/b], as the name would imply, is a meta ability that allows Shu to create, manipulate, and transform into a near infinite amount of micro bio-organic adamantine substance that greatly resembles black sand. These black granules operate as an extension of Shu's own body, responding to his every whim—at times, even reacting on instinct. The level to which Shu can control the black sand is essentially on a molecular level, allowing him to manipulate its density and appearance with a single thought. In short, the capabilities of this quirk are only limited by his own imagination.

When transforming his body into the black sand, Shu likes to refer to this state as [i]Satetsujin[/i], or "Black Sand God." [a href="https://i.imgur.com/9AJDPu3.gif"]He can transform a single digit or his entire body[/a], and in doing so gains all of the properties of the black san. Since he is physically becoming the black this means that Shu becomes capable of manipulating his body in the same way he would normally control the quirk—essentially becoming a living construct. While in this state, his consciousness exists in a hive mind state between the granules allowing him to experience the world in somewhat omnipresent scope.

Shu's most common form of manipulation is done in the following ways:

[ul type="disc"][li][i]Constructs:[/i] Using the black sand, he [a href="https://i.imgur.com/x5G1r48.gif"]molds it into various shapes[/a] that can be used offensively, defensively, or supplementary.[/li][/ul][div][font size="2"]
[/font][/div][ul type="disc"][li][i]Tanukitsuki:[/i] Otherwise known as "Tanuki Possession," Shu will transform his body into the black sand and [a href="https://i.imgur.com/VcfMlxB.mp4"]alter his appearance[/a] to resemble other people, creatures, or things.[/li][/ul]
In terms of drawbacks, Xillions has its fair share. For one, the quirk is heavily reliant on Shu's mental and emotional capacity. Altering his state of mind by any means could effectively render the quirk inert, or at the bare minimum dull his ability to control it. This is especially true when in his [i]Satetsujin[/i] state. If he isn't careful he could potentially lose all sense of himself and be stuck in a sort of limbo state.

Additionally, while the granules are bio-organic, they are still ferrous in nature. As such, they can be susceptible to high powered magnets unless they've been heated up to certain degrees.

On the subject of heat, the granules are potent conductors of heat and electricity. Too well, in fact. When granules reach high enough temperatures they begin to break down structurally and burn up completely.

[i]Tanukitsuki[/i] also has its flaws. For one, not matter how well Shu is able to reconfigure his form it is still made of black sand. As such, any close inspection will give away the falsehood of the form. He is also not a mimic, so any voices that he makes would have to be his best impression.

Shu is also required to eat a large amount of iron-rich foods to support the production of the black sand.


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[div style="margin-top:-8px;"][font color="#e6ab54" size="7" style="font-weight:bold;"][span]PROHERO[/span][/font]

[table][tbody][tr][td style="padding:3px;"][b][font color="#e6ab54"]Awareness:[/font][/b] [font color="#ffffff"]A[/font]-

[b][font color="#e6ab54"]Presence:[/font][/b] [font color="#ffffff"]B-[/font]          

[b][font color="#e6ab54"]Dexterity:[/font][/b] [font color="#ffffff"]B-[/font]


[/td][td style="padding:3px;"][b][font color="#e6ab54"]Constitution:[/font][/b] [font color="#ffffff"]C[/font]

[b][font color="#e6ab54"]Strength:[/font][/b] [font color="#ffffff"]C[/font]

[b][font color="#e6ab54"]Speed:[/font][/b] [font color="#ffffff"]C[/font]


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[div style="font-weight:bold;margin-top:-8px;"][font color="#e6ab54" size="7"][span]STOCKED [/span][/font][/div]  
[div style="text-align:justify;"][span style="text-align:justify;font-size:10pt;"][font color="#ffffff"]Being a father and a business owner, Shu ensures that he has everything needed to comfortably do both. Stable housing, fully stocked supplies, reliable transportation, high quality internet, and more. Shu rarely finds himself wanting in terms of basic needs.

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[b]Combat Savant: B-[/b]

Fighting comes as naturally as breathing for the tanuki. Even at a young age he possessed a frightening aptitude for dismantling anyone that dared to face him. This skill has only amplified with age and experience. Making use of his heightened sense of awareness—which he calls his "godly insight"—Shu is capable of deconstructing quirks and abilities to their basic principles after viewing them only once.

To maximize the usage of his "godly insight," Shu takes on a primarily defensive approach to fighting. By maintaining a comfortable distance through swift evasion and redirecting attacks he is able to properly observe his opponent and discover weaknesses to exploit. Once found, he can deliver devastating, decisive and debilitating blows to whomever has the misfortune of fighting him.

[a href="https://i.imgur.com/4QTT4LW.mp4"]When viewed in combat it doesn't necessarily even seem like he is doing much, but none of his movements are wasted. Every action has a purpose, and it's all to bring him closer to victory.[/a]

When he is feeling particularly cheeky, Shu will even "steal" the movements of his opponent. For example, if an opponent has a signature punch, after proper observation he could mimic the strike as well as the opponent. Though, sometimes he will have to utilize his quirk to make up for potential physical limitations in order to accomplish this effect.


[b]Shahar's Omnitool: C-[/b]

An experimental device that Shahar created, using technologies acquired from Sovereign Technologies. It's an implant device that offers him a wide spectrum of services through the use of [a href="https://i.imgur.com/BRYuw61.mp4"]hard light[/a]. It's most prominent feature is its ability to analyze materials and breakdown their chemical make-up. Typically, Shu will use this feature to examine a crime scene to find trace elements of clues or verify the quality of products. There is even an AI assistant installed that can help him allocate and compartmentalize his information. Though, most often he uses the omnitool as a communication device to keep in touch with Zazie.








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[b][font color="#e6ab54" size="7"]COMPLETE
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