Wayfaring Adventurer:

Commentary: Kayashi Ikeda, otherwise known under his Ascarendized alias as John Nightslash, is perhaps one of my oldest and among my most well-liked of characters for the longest time now. An idealistic young kitsune with a great sense of moral bearing and an over-abundance of hopeful optimism, his origins as a child had shown him to be a thief and trickster until gradually following in the path of his older brother in taking the role of a hero far more seriously. Being far more balanced in all walks of life, Kayashi had shown himself to be a very prominent adventurer, treasure hunter, and hero when the occasion arose.

He's still shown himself to be somewhat quirky and playful in his approach to life, tempered by a sense of pragmatism and prudence about his person. And as a kitsune, he's well versed in a retinue of latent supernatural abilities learned over the course of his lifetime, including but not limited to illusory magics, pyrokinetic manipulation, transformations of his form at will, and more. Regardless, the blade has proven to be an invaluable tool in his fight against the unjust, corrupt, and villainous sorts throughout the land, and a focus of discipline in what training had followed him from childhood to adulthood. It's too bad I've only nowfinally gotten around to illustrating a digital character picture depicting him. I plan on showing him off more as far as the artistic works go in the near (and, more likely, far) future, though.

Weasyl cut me off from completing the description I had typed up, so if you'd care to read it in full, head over to one of the other sites I'm a part of, like deviantart?