Yamakara No Ongaku (Ready)

[Pretzelparty]

Roleplay Type: Mane Rp

 

Name: Yama Kara no Ongaku AKA Taiko or Yama-san/Yama-chan

 

Sex: Male

 

Age: Young adult (for a yokai)

Species: Yokai (Okami)

 

Eye colour: Bright green

 

Coat: A pale blonde with shades of golden yellow

 

Mane/Tail: Long, fluffy and swirly.

 

Physique: Lean and sleek

 

Residence: Wanderer

 

Occupation: Traveling entertainer and Merrymaker

 

Cutie Mark: Has no true cutie mark but often depicts a Shamisen with some orbiting wisps around it when in his Kirin Forms

 

Unique Traits:

Sound Based Yokai Magic: Yama has access to all the basic yokai abilities such as limited telekinesis and illusionary magics, but he has a strong affinity for magic involving sounds.  E is able to alter the sound of notes and tones, even swap voice between others and perfectly mimic someone else’s.

 

Musical Skill: Thanks to the long life he has lived so far and the abundance of free time, Yama has managed to train and practice his craft to the point he is an expert musician. Currently, his talents lay in any string instrument but he has shown a willingness to learn others.

 

Shapeshifting: While by no stretch a master of the art, Yama is a good enough shapeshifter that he can easily blend in among a crowd if he has too… so long as they are any of the eastern equine races. Depending on the wolf’s mood, they will often shift between a stallion or a mare for a kirin form with some similarities to his true form.

 

Sense of smell: As a wolf yokai, Yama has a supernatural sense of smell. He is about s good as any bloodhound when it comes to the mundane scents, but what makes his sense particularly notable is his ability to sniff out magical signatures.

 

History:

 

In the mysterious forests owned by a colorful okami, A little pup was born along with a litter. Perhaps due to the hurried retreat back to the mountains by his parents, he was given the simple name of ‘Taiko’. Once his family made it back to their mountain home this is where for the most part he would spend his life with his parents and siblings roaming the forest atop the northern mountains.

 

Taiko did not spend all of his time in the forest, of all of his siblings he was one the most interested in the life his mother came from that of the city. His Mother, Nijurkuya came from the urban cityscapes of neighpon and a small pack that lived in some of them. Whenever they went to one of these cities, Taiko would eagerly watch various performers on the street. Most of his time was spent around the various musicians that would show up on street corners and the like.

 

When he was old and skilled enough to take on a more equine appropriate form he would often go off to villages to practice playing for ponies. As time went on he would only find his skills with string instruments would grow and grow until he was good enough to play with the best of them… on the streets.

 

His time spent learning various instruments wound up ushering in a spark of change in Taiko, instead wanting to call himself by a new name: Yama Kara no Ongaku (Music from the mountains).  While this came with a bit of stubborn protest from his mother it eventually became a name that stuck with the family. While some of the mountain wolf pups were looking to their father’s spot as the alpha, he instead took to traveling the land, playing for all types of audiences and trying to bring a bit of fun and excitement wherever he goes.

 

Character Personality:

 

Yama is a playful and bouncy traveling entertainer all the way to his core. While he is indeed a wolf yokai, he is a fairly pacifistic individual, Preferring to shop and visit new places or hunt for new instruments to learn over game. Wherever Yama goes he will always seek to find a new friend to talk to or a pen pal to correspond with.

 

Most often, Yama will seek out those who share his upbeat and bouncy disposition. If someone has a song in their heart, a bounce in their step, and a fondness for fun times then he will definitely want to meet them at any cost. While he loves to seek out those who agree with, Yama has a sometimes worrying tendency to try and befriend even those who are frankly very dangerous. While he definitely dislikes any form of serious fighting, Yama is both quick and clever: able to deal with those who might do him harm through either magical trickery or talking them down.

 

Cavorting across the world for the several years he has granted Yama a healthy if sometimes dated pool of knowledge regarding the lands beyond Neighpon, and more than a couple close calls. Due to his occasional mistakes or naivety, Yama has more than once almost been caught by the few remaining yokai poachers that there are. He has managed to slip through their grasp each time but thanks to many of the stories he’d heard about what they would do to those they caught, if he has a suspicion they may be near him it can make him very nervous to the point his magic becomes more and more difficult to maintain. Thankfully he hasn’t seen them in a while.

 

As soon as Yama returns to the mountains he will immediately bring souvenirs from the world beyond to his mother and father. His mother is where he gained a good deal of his love for the modern world, his father is where he gained his constant curiosity.

 

Character Summary:

Lover of Music, the world, and all creatures! The music from the mountain has arrived!

[RainbowFoxxy]

Okami!