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Ginzu, Drunkard

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__________________Quick Stats
Name: Ginzu
Name Meaning: Unknown
Nick-names: Gin (like the drink), "Man of ten thousand deaths", "Freak"
Birthday: Unknown
Star Sign: The Cloak
Age: Positively Ancient
Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Asexual
Single or Taken? Single
Species: Unknown (definitely not human)
Blood-type: If he has any, it would probably be AB
Height: 5'10" or 1.7 meters
Weight: 138 lbs. or 62 kilograms (more or less)
Eye Color: Purple with red (well they were)
Hair Color: Bright, burning red
Alignment: Unknown
Religion: None
Occupation: Drunkard, part-time monk and does odd-jobs here and there
Birth Place: Unknown
Location: Ketra, nomadic
Most Used Phrase(s): "I'd like an ale, please.  On the double!"
Character of Mine Most Likely to...: Be in a bar fight, Freak people out.


__________________In-Depth Stuff
Physical Description
Though Ginzu is not very tall nor is he physically imposing in any way, he's far more than his appearance lets on.  He's incredibly lanky and his muscles have atrophied long ago from his lack of proper nutrition.  He appears as more of a walking corpse than anything else, unbelievably slim with ribcage protruding and it's amazing he's still alive.  The face that most often bears looks of annoyance is fiercely gaunt and a little scarred here and there with sunken cheek bones and thin lips.  It's almost as if a zombie broke out from its grave and said, "I think I'll go to a bar today."

However, Ginzu is not completely a walking bag of skin and bone; there is still some muscle left, particularly on his deltoids, forearms, thighs, and calves.  In addition such an odd musculature causes him to stride somewhat ape-like, often as if he were drunk or dead tired (which he often is).  He carries himself heavily, with an hunched back as he has little to no back muscles to effectively carry himself upright, making it difficult to tell if he's sober or drunk.

Ginzu, however zombie-like, is not pale or rotted in anyway but rather quite swarthy and has a full set of surprisingly white teeth.  A thick mop of bright red hair covers his scalp, long and unkempt, and it reaches to his protruding shoulder-blades.  To keep it out of his face, he often has it tied up in a bushy ponytail.  A thick, triple-layered blindfold covers where his eyes used to be, rendering him completely blind.  Because he usually never wears shoes, his feet are heavily callused and used to great wear and tear; he goes everywhere barefoot.  He doesn't wear much for clothes save for shredded shorts and bracers on his forearms and heavy anklets. In addition, he has very large hands and feet.

Not even the most advanced and talented of scientists can't tell what Ginzu is, in terms of species that is.  He's not only strange looking but it's not a certainty that he has insides at all.  One thing for sure is that he's obviously not human.  His body, as can been seen on the number of scars running across it, that he's suffered much abuse and it's a mystery as to what's keeping him alive at all.  This goes hand in hand with the mystery of his age however much he appears to be a human in his mid-thirties.  It should also be said that his blood is acidic.  If he were to be compared to other kinds of characters, Ginzu is a strange, morbid cross between Dark Stalker's Lord Raptor and Nickelodeon's Avatar's King Bumi, except he doesn't have a beard or blue skin and claws.

Personality
If people aren't put off by his zombie-like appearance, then it's his attitude that scares them away.  A loudmouth, he isn't afraid to say what needs to be said, even at the most inopportune moments.  He's not very smart when it comes to things like that.  It's not that he does this intentionally, it's just how he is; he's rude and sarcastic but only because he doesn't know any other way to be.  He doesn't do so for comedic effect but, rather, his expression is very serious or laidback when speaking such.  Even this, however, does nothing to keep people from getting angry with him for making rash comments.  And this is why he's often goaded into fights.

On the subject of fights, Ginzu doesn't like violence.  As a matter of fact he avoids it if and when he can.  But he's not afraid to defend himself or friends when it really matters.  But the vast majority of his opponents believe him to be little to no threat because of his small and meager size (including being blind).  That's not to say they actually can defeat him however.  And it's this underestimation that he uses to his advantage.  Nobody expects him to be so much stronger or faster than he really is, let alone actually successfully strike in the right places.

The truth is, despite this, he really is a nice guy and makes an excellent drinking buddy if you know how to handle him.  He can hold his liquor extremely well and ofttimes, people can't tell the difference of him being sober or drunk.  With this in mind, one must exert caution if they say something that offends him (which is very little, since he's far to lazy to hold a grudge, let along exact revenge) since he's a very proficient fighter.  He really does like people in terms of having moments together but considers all relationships to be far too restrictive for him.  He fiercely guards his independence (which would he explain why he has few friends...and no job) and monkey jumps to the beat of his own drum.  He dislikes a few things despite his laidback attitude and has a severe distaste for arrogant people or those that think they can take advantage of him.

In addition to being a heavy drinker, Ginzu is also a drug addict.  He often ingests natural hallucinogens (herbs and mushrooms) that he calls his "medicine".  This helps numb his body since his body is in constant pain, due to his physical condition.  He also eats a lot, like a starved man, and yet gains no ounce of fat.  He has a sardonic outlook on life, however positive he tries to be and has a strange fascination with death (he's attempted suicide on several occasions).

Weaknesses
  Good liquor
  Is in constant pain
  Sarcastic
  Penchant for rudeness
  Lacks any real magical abilities

Strengths
Sarcastic
Hard to kill
Rude
Acidic blood
Contortionist
VERY strong

Likes
  Nice people
  Cortez
  Drinking/ Drinking buddies
  Proving a point
  Sleeping/Sleeping in
  Eating

Dislikes
  Arrogant people
  Over-zealous people
  Taking things too seriously
  Hard work
  Violence


Magic/Abilities
  -Acute knowledge of pressure points and therefore can cause a severe amount of damage with a few hits.
  -Extremely heightened senses due to past mental (with the exception of sight).
-Extensive martial arts training and uses a strange and esoteric cross between drunken boxing, Muay Thai, Jeet Kune Do, and Jujutsu.  Extremely formidable fighter.
-He's not human, so therefore he doesn't have the same weaknesses or limitations.  Ginzu is far stronger than he looks, so much so that a kick to the head would, by today's equivalent, be like getting hit by a truck going at unimaginable speeds (think Bruce Lee).  He can lift and hold up to almost 1,200 pounds with ease and launch it across a room.  Is quick and agile as a drunken monkey but is a bit of a contortionist as well (can dislocate joints and escape most things people deem as inescapable).
-Blindness impairs his ability to see our physical world as we see it, but he gets around (and fights) effectively with the use of his heightened hearing.  Trained himself to move around so that it's almost as if he wasn't blind.  In addition to his almost supernatural hearing, Ginzu has the ability to make his body entirely numb.  He does this for two reasons; one, he's in constant pain and therefore uses liquor, drugs, and disabling his ability to feel to keep it at bay, and, two, it helps him fight since it gives him an incredible capacity to suffer.  Because of this, he's extremely hard to kill; his body will never go into shock due to pain and has suffered slaughter on countless occasions.  The only surefire way to kill him would be to decapitate him.
  -He was a poison tester at some point in his life and has developed immunities to a variety of toxins.  This has made his own blood poisonous and, to an extent, very acidic. A droplet of blood on a human's hand has proven to capable of burning through flesh.

Family
  None.  Period.

Friends
  Cortez, friend and bar owner
  Too few and far between

Foes
  Cortez
  Too many to count individually

History
May fill in later

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