Eric Irongate (Updated)

[Mr. Moon]

<Eric Irongate>

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Other Names:– None
Epithet:– Wolf King
Height:– 180 cm
Build:– Muscular
Age:– 25 years
Gender:– Male
Race:– Human
Occupation:– Fighter / Mercenary
Bounty/Rank:– None

Total X-Poinz:– 1982

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{Earned Points}
+ 300 (Starting Points)
+ 165 (Close Encounters!)
+ 154 (Cinna Island Showdown) 
+ 20 (Mysterious Package: Wolves chasing Rabbit)
+ 173 (Uneasy Alliance) 
+ 165 (Professor Moon Sends His Regards!)
+ 30 (Kikki´s Bizzare Adventure)
+ 104 (Memento Mori) 
+ 230 (Uneasy Alliance II)
+ 80 (Wolves Hunted by Knight)
+ 561 (Blue Bonus)

Used X-Poinz:– 1350
Used Account Rebate:- 50 Points

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{Spend Points}

Regular Points
Fist of Imperial Dragon (D-class) - 200 Points
Fist of Imperial Tiger (D-class) - 200 Poins
Fist of Imperial Phoenix (D-class) - 200 Points
Wolf Stance (Rank I Technique) - 50 Points
Wolf Bite (Rank III Technique) - 100 Poins
Reflecting Moon (Rank III Technique) - 100 Points
Hito Hito no Mi, Model: Síthe (Mythical Zoan) - 500 Points

Fist of Imperial Dragon Rebate
Fist of Imperial Dragon (D-class) + 125 Points
Empty Moon (Rank I Technique - 50 Points
Mirrored Moon (Rank II Technique) - 75 Points

Fist of Imperial Tiger Rebate
Fist of Imperial Tiger (D-class) + 125 Points
Wolf Strike (Rank I Technique) - 50 Points
Wolf Claw (Rank II Technique) - 75 Points 

Fist of Imperial Phoenix Rebate (50 Points)
Fist of Imperial Phoenix (D-class) + 125 Points
Wolf Pack (Rank II Technique) - 75 Points

Account Rebate
Ascending Dragon (Rank I Technique) - 50 points)

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Personality

Alignment – Chaotic Neutral
Eric is probably as close to being freedom embodiment as a human can possibly be. He respects no laws, nor authority other than himself, however unlike many other wannabe anarchists, he understands that every action has it´s consequences and Eric is ready to accept them. He doesn´t wish for anarchy nor does he care about the freedom of others, yet he constantly challenges the status quo, unwilling to give up even the tiniest bit of his own freedom. Also, despite not being unnecessarily cruel to others, he has no problems to pick a fight with anyone who he think is standing in his way killing them if necessary without bothering with remorse.

Nature – Alpha
Usually the fiercest, bravest and strongest warrior around, Eric is natural born leader who has no problems swaying the hearts of lesser men who are seeking the strength of bigger group or wish to lean on his strength. Although strong individualist in his heart he allows the ones who will prove their qualities to him to follow him. However, no matter if followed by dozens of hundreds, Eric will never hid behind their backs. On the contrary he is leading by example. Never ordering something he wouldn´t be willing to do himself. Always rushing to the front, protecting the people who entrusted their lives into his hands.

Demeanor – Barbarian
As a natural individualist Eric learned to distrust and almost despise the modern society for all it´s rules and restrictions it´s trying to put on him and his actions. He firmly believes that civilization is a trap created by sheep to capture and tame predators, however the truly strong, brave and intelligent doesn´t need to hide themselves behind the fences of laws and restriction and can truly express themselves as a free, individual beings. Also as a man of action, Eric sees only small value in an unnecessary talks. He believes that words are cheap, as anyone can say or claim anything, and so the only things that really matters are actions.

Hobbies and Peculiarities
Despite being often seen only as an unruly barbarian, Eric has hidden depths to himself that he keeps under the layer of savagery either to let others to underestimate him, or to keep them away from himself. Either way although never properly educated, Eric is very intelligent man, who is avid reader, with natural knack for tactic and strategy and philosophical tendencies which tends to show thmself by his ability to debate about the nature and purpose of everything from the most ordinary tools to a world itself for hours. He also has a natural talent for painting although he dedicates only small portion of his time to this hobby of his.

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Appearance

Physical Description
Eric is a man of average height yet massive build with very broad shoulders and hulking musculature that can easily put men a head higher than himself to shame. His face, with it´s strong bones, wide jaw and wild, aggressive expression is far away from the usual ideal of beauty, yet his messy white hair and distinctly blue eyes are giving him enough charisma and appeal to attract people around him.

Outfit and Accessories
Simple man of simple tastes, Eric is usually walking around topless and barefoot, showing off not only his impressive musculature, but also countless scars that he acquired during his life. His pants are usually made from linen, with very simple cut with natural colors like a dark brown, khaki or dark gray. He isn´t big fan of jewelry or other unnecessaries and so doesn´t wear any with the exception of the dog tags worn around his neck on steel chainlet


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Traits

Inhuman Reflexes
E-class
Born with natural talent for fighting honed by a life on battlefield Eric obtained incredibly fast reflexes that allows him to quickly react on sudden changes in situation with incredible clarity and accuracy even in very chaotic situations.

Inhuman Stamina
E-class
Adapted to long hunts just as prolonged battles, Eric developed inhuman levels of endurance and stamina. This allows him to fight or works for hours if not a days without showing signs of fatigue and when he finally exhaust himself a good food together with a few hours of sleep are enough to put him back on his feet.

Inhuman Agility
E-class
Mimicking movements of different animals and strenuous training improved Eric´s mobility, swiftness and balance to the point where he can easily move with speed and grace that no ordinary human could even dream about achieving.

Inhuman Strength
D-class
Leading war-band comprised of monsters of men like Shio and Martin offered Eric unique opportunity to train with people who are far stronger than him. That allowed the Wolf King to develop his own inhuman levels of strength, surpassing normal human in everything, from the ability to lift and carry, to sheer destructive power of his strikes.

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Fighting Styles

Name:- Fist of Imperial Dragon
Focus:- “Locks and Throws”; “Grappling”;
Class:- D
Description:- Almost esoteric style, that he learned from Gabriel. It´s focused on stable, low stances and flow like movements, centered around circular arm movements that are used to intercept and redirect the incoming attack. The style itself currently lack any real offensive capabilities and is concentrated only around deflection of the opponent´s attack and counterattacking via grappling, throwing and locking techniques, that are using the enemy´s strength against them.

• Water Kata (D-class):- Thanks to rigorous training and deep meditations Eric learned how to control his body and muscles to an even greater degree. Mastering the ability to turn his whole-body limp and flexible through complete muscular relaxation.

Name:- Fist of Imperial Tiger
Focus:- “Mixed boxing”; “Power Attacks”;
Class:- D
Desciption:- Hard style of mixed boxing, that he learned from during his stay with Gabriel. It´s focused on straightforward, fast footwork, which main goal is ot get the user as close to their opponent, as possible, to maximize the effectiveness of knee, elbows and shoulder strikes that are the true specialty of this style. Once the user is inside their opponent´s zone, they start to use short stomping footwork to limit their movements combined with staggering strikes to the vital parts of their body, mainly solar plexus, neck, chin, temple and groins. As a close quarter boxing style, the Imperial Tiger doesn´t contain any kicks (with the exception of few low kicks and it´s characteristic stomping footwork) and no grappling or wrestling techniques. However to suit his own needs, Eric developed variation of the main style that suits his own needs. Focusing more on aggressive, animal like movement and incorporating basic elements of grappling and ground fighting.

• Piercing Kata (D-class): After countless hours of training according to the one of Gabriel´s manuals, Eric learned, how to focus all of his strength into one relatively small point which allows him to pierce or tear through human flash and bones with his bare hands.

Name:- Fist of Imperial Phoenix
Focus:- “Unarmed”; “High speed movement”;
Class:- E
Description:- Fast and precise style that he learned from his teacher, Gabriel. It´s focused on circular footwork, together with constant flow like movement of ones arms. The practitioners are employing whole body movements with coiling and uncoiling action that allows them quickly maneuver around the opponent and flow in or out of object´s way. However once the time to take an action comes, Eric swiftly switches into more direct footwork, unleashing very aggressive, rapid fire of attack in the form of hand techniques, grapples and throws to completely obliterate any opponent, before pulling back again into the circular footwork. This swift switching between circular, evasive and fast, direct techniques makes the Imperial Phoenix into ideal style for fights with bigger number of opponents.

• Mirage Kata (D-class): Through extensive training, Eric mastered his body and it´s enter of mass to the point, where he has almost complete control over it. Thanks to this, he can freely alter the path of his own movement mid-way, without loosing any speed or power from it. This sudden change can trick the opponent into seeing him move in direction he didn´t, thus creating short and confusing “afterimages” of his movement.

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Techniques

Name:- Wolf Strike
Fighting Style:- Fist of Imperial Tiger
Rank:- 1
Description:- With his fingers spread and slightly bend to resemble wolf claw, Eric will swing his arm against his opponent in feint attack, with the purpose of hooking their arm or clothes. If successful, he will simultaneously turn his body and sweep their legs with one of his own, to throw them over his shoulder.

• Name:- Wolf Claw
  Original:- Wolf Strike
  Rank:- 2
  Aspects:- Piercing Kata
  Description:- Advanced version of the previous technique, where Eric instead of grabbing his opponent focus all of his power into the tip of his fingers to actually pierce and tear through their skin and flesh. Creating four cuts as if his hands were actual claws of ferocious beast.
  
  
  • Name:- Wolf Bite
    Original:- Wolf Strike
    Rank:- 3
    Aspects:- Piercing Kata
    Description:- More dangerous version of he previous technique. Changing the path of his strike from circular to straight, Eric will attack his opponent with quick jab, clenching his hand into fist upon impact with such power that his fingers pierces through his target´s body, tearing through the their flash and breaking their bones, like if they were bitten by ferocious beast. This technique is somehow slower than Wolf Strike, but it creates much greater damage.
  
  

Name:- Wolf Stance
Fighting Style:- Imperial Tiger Technique
Rank:- 1
Description:- Going down on all fours, Eric´ll assume very low, four point stance from which he´ll charge against his enemy using wild, animal like movements that are almost unpredictable, especially for an opponent who is used to fight against humanoid opponents. By it´s nature the Wolf Stance is a supplementary technique used to get very close to the opponent, while avoiding their possible counterattacks.

• Name:- Wolf Pack
  Original:- Wolf Stance
  Rank:- 2
  Aspects: Mirage Kata
  Description:- Starting from very low, four point stance, Eric will charge against his enemy coupling his already unpredictable, animal like movement with irregular moves and ever changing tempo to create several afterimages, confusing his opponent, before attacking with different technique.

Name:- Ascending Dragon
Fighting Style:- Fist of Imperial Tiger
Rank:- 1
Description:- This is surprise attack from a low stance (like a final position of Wolf Stance). Being on all four, Eric will use his legs as a springs to explode upwards, throwing powerful uppercut on his opponent´s chin with the full power of his whole body. Because of the initial position, it often hits the opponent from a blind spot, it successful.

Name:- Empty Moon
Fighting Style:- Fist of Imperial Dragon
Rank:- 1
Description:- The most basic technique of the Dragon. Through precise, flow-like movement of his arm, Eric will intercept his opponent’s attack and redirect its flow of power away from his body. In this manner he can make his opponent´s attack miss as well as make the opponent lose their balance, allowing an opening for a counterattack.

• Name:- Mirrored Moon
  Original:- Empty Moon
  Rank:- 2
  Aspects:-
  Description:- Instead of using one’s own movement to intercept the incoming attack, Eric learned how to make his own body completely limp and flexible by relaxing all of his muscles. In this state, he put virtually no resistance to an incoming attack and so he can let its energy push his body out of the way without taking any real damage himself, with the possibility of taking his opponent out of their balance by the momentum of their own attack. Like a leaf dancing in the wind.
• Name:- Reflecting Moon
  Original:- Mirrored Moon
  Rank:- 3
  Aspects:- Mirage Kata
  Description:- Advanced version of the previous technique, that uses very specific timing of the dodge, together with a sudden change, from being completely still to a swift dodge, to create an afterimage. Visual illusion, which can trick the attacker into believing that they actually hit the user and their attack passed straight through him. That can confuse them and create moment of hesitation for Eric´s coutner-attack.

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Background

Early childhood
Eric was born on Irongate, small little known island in far north that is naturally separated from the rest of the world by razor sharp coral reefs. Because of that the people inhabiting this island developed very distinct culture based on pacifism and blind obedience to the ruling class. Eric was born into this world as a strong willed, headstrong and free-spirited child a direct opposite to everything his family and the society around them stood for. Because of that he was considered to be uneducable wild child whose very presence was dangerous to the community. His parents were trying their best to re-educate him and to suppress his natural tendencies, but failed miserably as their son fought hard against every and all of their attempts. Because the adults looked down on him as a failure and potential danger, their kids mimicked their behavior and excluded Eric from their community, often picking on him. It all lasted until he was six years old when the cup of his patience overflowed and he snapped, beating down six kids older and bigger than himself. Because of this incident he was locked in the Pit, underground prison for Irongate´s criminals and people who were considered dangerous because they didn´t fit to the community.

Growing up
Locking child this young among adult and often dangerous prisoners could be considered death sentence, however thanks to his natural aptitude for fighting and incredible reflexes Eric managed to prevail, and not only that. He gained a reputation of a demon hidden in child´s skin so majority of the criminals were avoiding him and the group that formed around him. Ironically enough, Eric felt more free in the prison than he ever did up there with his “friends” and family, however it still wasn´t enough. He clearly remembered the wast, boundless sky, forests and mountains behind their town. He remembered the sea and longed for them. In the end his mind created plan from his desire, sparking prison riot that swallowed the Pit whole. Dozens of prisoners broke through the gates and rushed into the town. Most of them were killed or caught again by the guards but few of them managed to run into the mountains, Eric among them.

Forming his Pack
Away from the civilization, alone in the unforgiving wild the surviving prisoners turned on each other because of past animosities lack of resources and general bad mood. From this fight Eric emerged as a leader transforming their bunch into group of bandits that started terrorizing the city and it´s surrounding villages. For many years they were raiding their former neighbors always withdrawing back to the relative safety of the mountains. Of course, living like that wasn´t their ultimate goal. Their were merely gathering strength through recruiting other rebellious citizens and waiting for the right moment that came two years later. And so, being fifteen years old, Eric led full scale attack on his birth town, fighting his way to the port, where he and the survivors from his group kidnapped ship and ran away. Out there with all the freedom they ever wanted they did what they knew best, transformed themselves into bunch of mercenaries and occasional bounty hunters to keep the money coming.

Wolf and Moon
Living the live of soldier of fortune was Eric´s dream come true. He could travel wherever he wanted, whenever he wanted, fight to his heart content and never bound himself to one place or employer for too long. Of course it had it´s downsides. Over the ten years they had many casualties and lost their ship, so the original group of almost fifty men and women transformed into smaller yet more coordinated group of five to ten people with Eric and one other as the only survivors of the original Pack. They moved from Blue to Blue and became pretty famous as an unscrupulous guys who are willing to do any kind of job for the right amount of money. In the end, they found their way to the West Blue, where young professor of history hired them as a bodyguards for his expedition. It was one of their more dangerous jobs as they were constantly under attacks from grave robbers and bandits, but in the end they pulled it out. During the month deep in a jungle Eric found out that the guy who he considered to be just another useless bookworm was in fact skilled martial artists. Always curious about new ways of fighting, Eric watched him train, picking enough from his styles to pick the professor´s interest. After they mission ended, the two of them had a long conversation spanning several evening, before they finally parted their ways Both richer by a new friend and Eric by a new and more refined ways of fighting which he kept polishing ever since.

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