¤Basic Info¤

»Name: Touya Hidetaka
»Birthdate: June 5th
»Gender Type: Male
»Nickname(s): Touchi, Toy, Yami
»Orientation: Seke (Sub/Dom/Switch)
»Occupation: Guardian - Watcher - Realmwalker

»Relationship Status: Mentored (Realmwalker Avalore)

¤Personality¤

»Outlook: Demured
»Attitude: Stoic, Stern, Tempered
»Nature: Chameleon, Enigma, Loner
»Demeanor: Martyr, Penitent, Soldier
»Note(s): Touya's 'birth' came about through the use of force, by nature standards (wolf) he's an adult, however, by mortal standards (human) he's an infant or toddler, even worse when considering he's the adopted son of a Dark God.

»Species: Homunculus Youkai Anomaly
»Species Type: Shapeshifter, Realmwalker
»Elemental Status: Void, Celestial, Infernal, Unknown

»Weapons of Choice: Mizukami-no-Koe (Heirloom Katana)

Over twelve-hundred years ago Touya's life started as a series of cycles that never ended, born (originally) in the Heian era of feudal Japan, each life he lived was marked by a tragedy, so many that happened in fact that it was thought he was forever cursed, a pure soul that was shown and endless amount of suffering that even the Gods had no explanation for.

His most recent incarnations had suffered the greatest tragedies his watchers had ever known, and the recorded histories written down about said lives are marked by the events.

In the summer of 1850, as happened in every life time (Touya's birthdate perpetually being June 5th, and always alternating between the asian Zodiac signs) Touya was born to a mother that died giving him life, and a father that couldn't get over the fact that his eyes through his infancy and into his young-adult hood were perpetually shock-violet, an unnatural color that lead many to believe he wasn't human. Added to this fact was that his hair color /never/ darkened, if anything from his childhood and until he became a teenager, it continued to pale in color from golden-blonde to silver-white.

Many people within the village considered him a demon, and often called him a ghost (Yurei), his father's ever growing resentment to the fact that his child had been the result of his wife's death treated him with less-than-noticeable contempt. When he was around ten however, he met with and grew close to the three boys whom would be both his reason for living, as well as his closest friends, Seiji, Kenichi, and Amaru.

Throughout his young childhood and into his teens, Touya, Seiji, Kenichi and Amaru were all like brothers, each willing to take the fall for the others, and while it took some time for their families to grow accustomed to how close the boys had become, even Touya's father was willing to smile once in a while that maybe his son wasn't all THAT cursed, his father even (as a birthday gift when he was 15) had a sword made for him, one that became his pride and joy... Mizukami no Koe.

Then, tragedy struck.

The western movement into the Eastern countries had become prominent and there was whispers of Japan wanting to modernize and change, many of the people that were growing up during this time were met with uncomfortable circumstances, Touya had long enlisted with his friends as guardians of the old ways, serving the various shogunate regions however they could, by the spring of his 16th year, he had traveled far from the tiny village of his birth and sought to maintain the shogunate regime by serving the Tachikawa clan, where he'd met the (then) belligerent son of the Shogun, Kibayashi.

Oh, how Touya could have killed the boy with as many times as was loomed over his head the differences between their stations, Touya, the son of a samurai family, and 'Kiba' the child of a Daimyo Shogunate, were about as ill-fated as lovers as you could get, but sometime during his 17th year he (confoundedly) understood just how much he'd grown to care for Kiba, particularly after the young Lord became his master after Touya turned 18. The world was becoming a quickly changing place, much to the dizzying fact and acceptance of Touya's brethren. Following the orders of the Emperor, many young men found themselves at a loss when much beloved weapons were being torn physically out of their fingers by the Empire's forces, Touya, his three 'brothers' and several other young men were often met with opposition just entering another town as representatives of Kiba's shinsengumi forces, and more often than not had to return home and explain their reasons.

Kiba had grown furious with this fact, particularly when the Meiji Isshin was to blame for his father's death. Touya, usually being the more level headed of the congregation, often took Kiba aside to help him 'cool off' before he made a snap decision that would cost them all dearly, despite his best efforts however, Kiba's grief over his father's death was still so profound that on a very cold and storm-ridden night during the winter, he'd foolishly ran out and gotten lost in the mountain snows. For HOURS Touya, Seiji, Ken, and Amaru searched for their lord, with Touya finding him half-frozen in the snow, it would be hours later that they got him home and warmed, Touya having sacrificed much of his own clothing to keep Kiba warm during the trip, but despite surviving the near-fatal tragedy, illness had settled in and left Kiba weak and unable to do anything save from the confines of his futon.

In his frustration, Kiba would often lash out at people for treating him with delicate care, but was often surprised by the fact that Touya /never/ babied, him. Despite the risk to his own health, Touya was often the one being snarled at by Kiba's caretakers for exposing the young Shogun to the outside world, provided it was warm and Touya was allowed to be with him at all times, the more that time went on, the closer they became, it was when Touya turned 19 that he told Kiba (shockingly) that he loved him, and swore to the other that his life, and yes, even his soul, would forever belong to the stricken Lord.

Like a thief in the night however, fate always has a way of finding it's way in, the tragedy that would mark the end of this (seemingly happy) life he was now leading, came in the form of a (literal) monster. Ayashi Fukumi, a man posing himself as a physician and advisor to Kiba, saw Touya as competition for what he wanted, and what he wanted was Kiba. He often set things into motion that took Touya far away from Kiba, but much to his chagrin, the proverbial 'loyal dog' always managed to find his way home.

Deciding to take matters into his own hands, Ayashi let it slip to Kiba that the procurers of his father's demise were closing in on Kiba's territory with intent on bringing it into the Empire. Infuriated by the audacity of such an action, Kiba ordered the people found and their lives forfeited in an act of revenge for his father's own tragic death. Despite his best efforts to discourage Kiba's revenge, Touya found that Kiba's resolve would not be moved by his words this time, and reluctantly vowed to give Kiba what it was he wished, the lives of the Emperor's own.

Having set out with Seiji, Kenichi, and Amaru several nights after, the events that followed would reaffirm to his soul, and the gods that he was still part of a larger scheme. When the troupe decided to take two watches over the course of the night to see when these infiltrators might come across into their lord's lands, it was during the breaking hours of twilight that Touya began to feel unnerved, he and Amaru had not heard or even been given a signal from Seiji and Kenichi in some time and despite wishing not to break protocol, at risk of letting someone sneak past, Touya couldn't shake the sudden feeling of dread that lay in his stomach and went with Amaru to find the missing pair. What he came upon would be the last waking memory he held of his once beloved friends