Tatsugami Ryuga | GaoAsh

The Basics
Name: Tatsugami Ryuga (Eastern naming order, Tatsugami is the family name.)
Age: Physically 45, though reincarnated various times in the last 3,000 years
Sex: Male
Species: Human(?)
Date Of Birth: August 20
Nationality: Japanese
Hometown Osaka
Occupation: Freelance professional chef
Alignment: Lawful Good
Theme Song: Theme 1 | Battle Theme 1 | Battle Theme 2

Outer Stuff
Face Claim: Tadanobu Asano
Height: 6'3"
Weight 201 lbs
Hair color: Light brunette
Hair style: Somewhat long, a bit below shoulder-length, and somewhat scruffy. Occasionally worn in a low tail, especially when cooking.
Eye color: Pale gray
Skin color: Pretty standard Japanese tone
Posture: Tall and proud, without being so much formal as combat-ready, almost no wasted movement, as expected of one with millennia of combat experience.
Scars/ Tattoo’s/ Other markings: Various scars all over his body, from years of combating Orgs. On his left wrist is a tattoo of a serpent wrapped around the wrist, and across his back is a tattoo of two large reptilian wings.
Accessories: Ryuga almost constantly carries around a metallic case filled with cigarettes. Strangely, he never has a lighter, and nobody ever sees him light the cigarettes. Also, when cooking, he pulls his long hair back into a tail, held in place with a long black tie, with little ornate silver tips.
Clothes: More often than not, Ryuga is seen wearing multiple layers, due to having a naturally low body heat, as well as to add protection to his body to lessen damage from Org attacks. His legs are covered in fairly plain black slacks, covered with black leather chaps, which are worn specifically to protect his legs during kicks and when travelling by horseback or motorcycle. On his feet are a pair of thick leather boots, lined with metal plates for extra protection, over thick black socks, which reach just below the knee. Finally, over his torso, he wears one of two button-up shirts, covered by a custom jacket, which can be worn partially-opened or fully closed.
Anything Else? Anyone who takes a good look at Ryuga's left arm will see that it is constantly wrapped in pale gray bandages, though he refuses to acknowledge them when asked. However, he becomes incredibly angry when the loose ends are touched, or an attempt is made to remove them.

Inner Stuff
Likes:

• Cooking
  
• Animals
  
• Training
  

Dislikes:

• Laziness
  
• Orgs
  
• Wasted food
  

Strengths:

• Dedicated: Ryuga is extremely dedicated, both to his students and to his goals. As such, he holds both very dearly.
  
• Caring: After seeing hundreds of warriors fall over the many, many years, Ryuga has learned to cherish every moment he can get with his allies, becoming a very caring mentor to his apprentices, often cooking elaborate feasts for them.
  
• Great Leader: Due in part to his centuries of experience, and in part to his natural skill, Ryuga is an expert leader, able to command an army with motions alone. However, his true skill lies in using the individual skills of his allies to their fullest potential.
  

Weaknesses:

• Secretive: For one reason or another, Ryuga is immensely secretive, rarely sharing any information he deems to be unnecessary.
  
• Old-fashioned: Due to the process of frequent reincarnation, Ryuga isn't exactly up to speed with many modern devices, still somewhat skeptical of the functionality of cell phones and computers.
  
• Stubborn: Prideful, experienced, and stubborn as a mule. Ryuga oft refuses to back down in an argument, and oft proves his point very firmly, occasionally with his fist.
  

Goal(s):

• To destroy the Orgs, and awaken all of the dormant Power Animals, though not necessarily in that order.
  

Habits/ Quirks:

• Ryuga occasionally hums an ancient song that he learned in his original life, which is also
  

Relationships:

• GaoVern: Ash's Totem Seijuu and personal partner, GaoVern is a constant source of strength and security.
  
• Rhett Celedre/GaoWing: The younger of Ash's two apprentices. Due to the close ages, Ryuga sees Rhett much like his son.
  
• Eve Doyle/GaoFang: The elder of Ash's two apprentices. Much closer to Ryuga's age, Ryuga relies on her to help keep Rhett in line.
  
• GaoRangers: The other GaoRangers, who Ash has, as of yet, not had much interaction with, if any. However, he still sees them as allies in arms.
  

Overview:


Hero Stuff
Name: GaoAsh
Type Of Hero: GaoRanger (Super Sentai Ranger)
Henshin Device: G-Burst: A small device strapped to Ryuga's right wrist, silvery gray in color and shaped vaguely like a wyvern, with the head and tail pulled into itself and the wings wrapped around the wrist strap. When activated with "Gao Access", the shaped unfolds into a fully-formed wyvern, and flies off, energizing Ryuga.
Henshin Sequence: Ryuga pulls the G-Burst over to his bandaged arm, pressing the button before holding his arm forward and yelling "Gao Access", the G-Burst flying off and enlarging, wrapping around Ryuga to form the GaoAsh suit.
Forms:

• Form Name: GaoAsh Sealed Form
  Image/ Description: A solemn ash-gray suit, with designs based on various dragons. The suit is similar to the standard GaoRanger suits, with two mirrored sets of five gold stripes, as well as a faint scale pattern. Around the shoulders and arms is the form of a wyvern, the tail wrapped around the upper right arm, and the head resting on the left elbow, with the wings acting as a split cloak over the left arm, with a small gap for the head. Wrapped around the left arm as well is a crimson chain, not much thicker than a thin rope, ending in small triangular bits, almost like little arrowheads or daggers. Finally, the helmet is themed after GaoVern's head, with a single, somewhat small horn on the top middle.
  Motif: Wyvern, Dragon, swordsman, ancient.
  Color Scheme: Ash gray
  Transformation: See above
  Fighting Style: Ancient swordsmanship, ancient axe wielding, ancient lancery, ancient martial arts.
  Weapons:
  • Juuoh-Daiken (Beast Kind Great Blade): Ash's equivalent of the Juuohken, sized more like a longsword, with the crossguard shaped like a wyvern, and designed to fit four Gao Jewels at once.
    
  • Drake Crasher: A large battleaxe, incredibly heavy yet wielded single-handedly by Ash, and designed with a black dragon motif.
    
  • Levia Lancer: A long, golden-colored lance, with one bladed end, and one end ending in a hexagonal block of sorts, with an opening in the tip, which can fire off small energy bolts.
    
  • Roboros Ringer: A black chakram derived from Gao Roboros, with multiple thin, sharp edges.
    
  
  Abilities: None in particular, aside from his remarkable strength.
  Finisher(s): Yon Kiba ga Hitotsu ni Nare (Four Fangs Become One): Ash charges the power of his Gao Jewels into the Juuoh-Daiken, before charging in with a straight horizontal slash, easily destroying most Orgs.
  
  
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Long ago, many many years before modern civilization, there was an ancient battle. But the battle was no ordinary one, but rather, a battle between one man, and a race of demons know as the Org, which drew power from human suffering. In these times, the Orgs were simple nature spirits, who had gone mad from some means of corruption, oft negative human emotions. As they fed from these emotions, they grew stronger, and the duty to slay them fell to one man at the time, a warrior by the name of Ashe. Many years passed, and no matter how many Orgs fell, Ash could never slay them all, as more kept being born of the negative emotions of mankind. So, on his death bed, Ashe made a vow. He would return once in a generation, born anew, to slay the Orgs and protect mankind. And true to his word, every generation, he was reincarnated into a new form, to fight the Org menace. Eventually, one of his reincarnations met with the original Gao Warriors, who were established to fight the Orgs, and inspired Ashe to join their group, becoming the first version of Gao Ash, and meeting his partner, Gao Vern. Many years later, nearly present day, the latest reincarnation of Ash was born, a Japanese child named Ryuga.

This child was born to a single mother by the name of Tatsugami Miri, a famous chef known through the popular program "Iron Chef". As such, through much of his young life, Ryuga was exposed to the art of cooking, and grew to love it, desiring to become a professional chef like his mother. After graduating from highschool, he enrolled into a cooking school for his college years, then into an international program, which had him travelling the world to learn from various master chefs. It was during this that he met the love of his life, his future wife, Cecile le Fleur. After their graduation, they married at age twenty-eight, Cecile giving birth to a healthy son, which they named Mikail. These years were very happy for Ryuga, and he'd wished they'd last forever. However, fate had other plans. One fateful day, as Ryuga returned home from a catering job he'd had that day, he arrived to see his house ablaze, and to hear the screams of his wife. Rushing in without hesitation, he came face to face with the culprit, a monster he'd never seen before. However, it felt familiar. It was an Org. Before him lay his wife's body, now cold and lifeless. In his grief and rage, Ryuga charged the Org, fearing not for his own life. However, before the Org could strike him down, four jewels appeared, flying in front of Ryuga and knocking back the Org, before flying to Ryuga, and forming a rhombus pattern, as a long sword formed around them. As he took the sword in hand, memories flooded his mind, memories of past lives and past battles. Taking his ancient stance, he quickly struck down the Org, before falling to his knees in tears, mourning the loss of his wife.

Shortly after, the firefighters arrived, putting out the fire and taking Ryuga and the remains of Cecile from the burning building. A few days later, a funeral service was held, at which Ryuga told Mikail that he couldn't stay, and that he'd leave enough funds for Mikail to live comfortably for a few years. It was days later that Ryuga seemingly vanished from the public eye. In truth, he'd left to take up his destined burden, becoming Gao Ash to slay the Orgs. Indeed, he was more than happy to do so. He didn't want anyone to have to suffer the same loss he had.

OOC Stuff
Anything Else: Took waaaay longer than it should have. His "Power Animals" will come into play a bit later.
OOC Name: Night
Name Color #B0B0B0
Number Of Stars 5
Color Of Stars Red
Sample RP:

It was a warm summer day. Ryuga stood in the kitchen within Gao Whale, preparing to prepare a meal. His knives sharpened, cutting boards prepared, ingredients sorted and stocked, spices organized, the works. So, he went about his cooking. First, he sliced the vegetables, sliced to the perfect thickness. Then came the herbs, sliced and diced and chopped to a fine, nearly powder-like state. Finally, next came the meat, diced to perfect proportions, tenderized perfectly, and gently rubbed with a special marinade. Now, with preparations finished, it was time to cook. Pulling out a large wok, Ryuga used a bit of vegetable oil, a bt of sake, and a touch of cooking sherry to prepare the wok, before adding the ingredients, first meats, then vegetables, and finishing with the herbs, as well as some choice spices. After a bit of time stir-frying, Ryuga pulled the wok from the fire, and began plating the dish. Three perfect servings of excellent stir-fry, ready to eat. A great meal for a great summer day.