Devyn Soyokaze

Question 1: What is your character's name?

Devyn Soyokaze

Question 2: Character's gender

Male

Question 3: Character's age

17

Question 4: Character's cursed form, and reason for curse

None.

Question 5: Character's Martial Arts Style.

Arashi Aki no Ballroom (Roughly translates to Ballroom's Autumn Tempest. It
sounds silly but gets the point across).

Question 6: A general description of the character.

He has shortish black hair, not too short, just long enough to blow in the wind (If you
need an example, think Tuxedo Mask-like hair). He has green eyes, almost a forest green. He has a
tendancy to dress somewhat formally, favoring black slacks, white button-up dress shirts, black
sports coats, thin black ties and black dress shoes. Personality wise, he's kind of quiet and
reserved. This even carries over into his fighting and dancing. He just doesn't give it his all unless
he has to. That certain desire to push himself just isn't there. That doesn't mean he's without care
or passion, though. He loves life and especially likes nature, favoring sitting under a tree and
watching the leaves fall. In fact, he so loves falling leaves, they seem to follow him and blow in the
wind in his pressence cherry blossom-style. He talks in a fairly quiet voice, never raising his pitch
above a normal voice. He just doesn't have it in him to get angry and yell. All of this figures in to
the fact that his favorite dance (and the one he bases his fighting style around) is the waltz, a dance
so full of life yet so prone to leasureness, much like Devyn. Just as an extra note, Devyn speaks
perfect Japanese (no hint of dialect) but speaks English with a distinctive British accent

Question 7: The character's history.

He was born to a Japanese father and a British mother. His parents met at Oxford
University and were married soon after graduating from college. Upon their mariage, the two
moved back to his father's home country of Japan. It just so happens that they moved into the
house right next door to the Tendou residence. The two families became friends quickly, especially
Mrs. Soyokaze and Mrs. Tendou (this is before her death). In the next few years, Kasumi was
born, followed by Nabiki. A month after Nabiki was born, Devyn entered this world. Seeing that
raising young children would be a great responsibility, the two mothers felt that it owuld be good
for both the children and themselves if the two of them took on joint babysitting duty. This went
on, even after the birth of Akane. As soon as they were able to notice the difference at around age
2, Nabiki and Devyn became very close. They were only a year apart and could relate to each other
better than they could the older Kasumi and the still infant Akane. The two mothers let this
friendship grow naturally, not letting the fact that they were a boy and a girl get in the way. Once
they were about 5 years old, Mrs. Soyokaze came upon a great idea. Since her son was reaching
school age and she would have more free time on her hands, she decided to carry out her life long
dream: to open a dance school specializing in ballroom dance (she was a dance major at college).
And to celebrate this event, she took on her first customers: Devyn and Nabiki. She wished to
build on their natural friendship and train them to be a great dance couple. Neither one was
particularly thrilled about the situation (they both preferred to watch cartoons over dancing) but
neither one struggled either. At the same time, Soun Tendou offered to take in Devyn as a student
at his dojo. this didn't make Devyn any more enthusiastic (it meant less time for cartoons than
before) but he saw that Akane was also in the first stages of training and felt that at least he'd be
with another friend (Devyn had become friends with Akane as well, but nowhere as close as with
Nabiki). He took to both with ease, building upon his natural speed. His only problems were his
focus and determination. He had great natural talent (and still does) but splitting his time between
dance and martail arts, coupled with his lack of sheer enthusiasm, led him to be good at what he
does, but not great. Soon after this, Mrs. Tendou died. Mrs. Soyokaze took on some of the duties
of being a mother towards the girls, especially towards Nabiki, and she pushed the two young kids
further in their dance training, leaving Devym less time to practice his martial arts. This only
brought the two closer together, and soon Devyn found the one dance that fit his personality: the
waltz. Seeing this small spark of true interest, Mrs. Soyokaze emphasized the waltz in their
training. By the time they were both 8, they were ready for their first dance contest. While they
didn't win first place, this was just the begining of their competitive partnership in dance. Within a
year, they began to win contets and they were seen as an up and comming dance team in the
amateur leagues. At about this time Devyn saw slight but obvious similarities in his dance and his
martial arts. It was at about this time that he began to experiment in his new martial art style:
Arashi Aki no Ballroom. This trend continues for a few years until Devyn reached 14 years old. At
this time, Mrs. Soyokaze's father was strucken with a life threatening disease, and she insisted that
hse and her family move back to Britian to see her father through this horrible time. Of course,
neither Devyn nor Nabiki were thrilled with this. The two of them hadn't been apart more than a
few days in their entire lives, and now they may never see each other again. Alas, Devyn was forced
to go with his family to Britian. He refused to take up a new dance partner in defiance of his
mother's actions, and instead focused his time on the fighting aspect of his art. In fact, he never
danced one step while his feet rested on British soil. That was three yeasrs ago, and his grandfather
has since passed on. This has allowed his family to move back to Japan and into their old home
next door to the Tendou residence. Devyn is in for a surprise when he arrives (Nabiki deliberately
avoided the Ranma situation in her letters).

Question 8: Special Moves.

All of Devyn's moves are performed with much grace and style. When entering
combat, he usually snaps his finger and calmly says "Let us dance the dance of fallen dreams." As
he speaks this, fallen leaves will blow behind him, no matter what the season. Being the gentleman
that he is, he'll always extend his hand out to his downed opponent the first time he knocks them
off their feet. After that, though, he realizes that the fight is serious.

Low Falling Arashi: Devyn begins this move the same way he begins all of his moves, by spinning
around. Upon completing his spin, he finishes his move with a low sweeping kick, thus tripping his
opponent. Once they are off their feet, he then delivers a downwards kick to put them into the
ground.

Autumn's Waltz: After performing his trademark spin, Devyn will grab his opponent as if they
were dancing with him. After twirling them around for a fes seconds (and thus disorienting them)
he throws them to the ground harshly. On occassion, when the fight is especially tough, he'll throw
the opponent slightly higher so that he can catch them in a Low Falling Arashi on their way down,
thus adding to the damage.

Ame no Aki (Roughly translates to Autumn's Rain): Devyn's only non-dance move, but he still
starts it with his trademark spin. Upon finishing it, he summons a windgust that's carrying many
fallen leaves. While this doesn't do any damage to his foe, it does disorient them for a moment
Sailor Mercury-style.

Waltz of the Last Leaf: Devyn's ultimate attack. He only performs this one when the situation is
most dire. It starts the same way as the Autumn's Waltz, but the actual throw is more devastating.
Devyn will spin his opponent slightly longer than normally, and then her will throw them up into
the air tothe point that they can no longer be seen with the naked eye. A moment later, they will
crash down into the ground followed by a couple of dead leaves which fall on their back.

Here is a passage in the format of a letter which the author submitted with this character:

Dear Nabiki,

P.S. You are probably wondering why I wrote this letter in English. Well, I figured you needed the practice. Bye.

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