Archived-Fujita Kazuhiko
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Personal Information
Appearance
Dark haired, dark eyed, usually dressed in a kimono and carrying a hand fan to hide his thoughts behind.
Personality
Lord Fujita endeavours to uphold the virtues of bushido as best he can, but often finds himself disappointed by the lack of virtuous behaviour in others. Having played host to European Invictus visiting Japan in the past he has also found personal affirmation in the French concept of noblesse oblige.
He seeks hierarchy because through hierarchy comes order and power - but also believes a good leader gains power by strengthening those who follow. To that end, he attempts to deal fairly and honestly with every kindred he meets regardless of clan or covenant.
As a practitioner of Shinto, he sees little difference between the Lancea Sanctum and the Circle of the Crone and believes worshipping one kami over all others seems unreasonable.
Mortal World
In most respects Kazuhiko has left the mortal world behind. He still has a family of retainers from his time in Japan, but otherwise he views kindred as a sort of spirit court that protects the mortal world.
Information Known by Kindred Society
- Fujita Kazuhiko claims to be the grandchilde of Fujita Kunimasa (his bloodline's founder) but general bloodline lore regarding the Sotoha indicates that there weren't any Japanese embraces for several generations after Kunimasa, which is strange given Kazuhiko's reputation for honesty
- He may have earned more titles of tribute than he is credited with; whispers say that his sire and siblings were overly self-entitled and denied their vassals any right to claim their own deeds and glories instead claiming their vassals' achievements as their own, and this behaviour was why Kazuhiko's family suddenly "disappeared" and their names conveniently forgotten - but Kazuhiko himself does not talk about his sire or siblings
Backstory
Personal Timeline
- 16??: █████████, a childe of the Sotoha bloodline founder Fujita Kunimasa, smuggles himself into Japan to sire a lineage that have been born into and raised under bushido principles, supposedly to prevent diluting the bloodline's philosophy.
- 1673: Kazuhiko is born to a samurai family fallen on hard times.
- 1697: Kazuhiko is sired by █████████ for use as an obedient and uncomplaining warrior.
- 17??: Following rampant corruption and abuses of the Sotoha bloodline's requirement of absolute obedience in their vassals, █████████ and all his childer except Kazuhiko "disappear" out over the course of a single day and all records of their dishonourable existences "mysteriously vanish". By contrast, Kazuhiko having proven himself a loyal and long-suffering servant of some value, was quickly picked up as another lord's vassal and began to work towards distinguishing himself as a kindred of honour.
- 1868: End of the Tokugawa shogunate and the Edo period, beginning of the Meiji Imperial restoration .
- 1873-1877: Conscription law passed causing samurai rebellions and the end of the samurai ruling caste.
- 1912: End of the Meiji era, beginning of the era of the Taishō Emperor and the democratisation of Japan.
- 1914: Start of World War I.
- 1915: Fujita Kazuhiko - having seen the end of the shogunate, the end of the samurai ruling caste and the start of the first world war - decides to recede into twilight and wait for a better world.
- 2014: 99 years after going into torpor, Kazuhiko awakes to find that Japan has changed entirely beyond recognition. At the request of some European friends he decides to move to Australia.
Quotes
Quotes About
Quotes By
Inspirations
"That's a technicality!"
"I am Vulcan sir, we embrace technicality."
"You giving me attitude Spock?"
"I'm expressing multiple attitudes simultaneously sir, to which are you referring?"
- - Admiral Pike and Spock, Star Trek: Into Darkness
"Let one walk alone, committing no sin, with few wishes, like elephants in the forest."
- - Chief Aramaki, Ghost in the Shell 2
"Through intense training the samurai becomes quick and
strong. He is not as other men. He develops a power that
must be used for the good of all. He has compassion. He
helps his fellow men at every opportunity. If an opportunity
does not arise, he goes out of his way to find one."
- - Akodo's Leadership (on the topic of compassion), L5R
"Rise up above the masses of people who are afraid to act.
Hiding like a turtle in a shell is not living at all. A samurai
must have heroic courage. It is absolutely risky. It is
dangerous. It is living life completely, fully, wonderfully.
Heroic courage is not blind. It is intelligent and strong.
Replace fear with respect and caution."
- - Akodo's Leadership (on the topic of courage), L5R
"Samurai have no reason to be cruel. They do not need
to prove their strength. A samurai is courteous even to
his enemies. Without this outward show of respect, we
are nothing more than animals. A samurai is not only
respected for his strength in battle, but also by his dealings
with other men. The true inner strength of a samurai
becomes apparent during difficult times."
- - Akodo's Leadership (on the topic of courtesy), L5R
"For the samurai, having done some ‘thing’ or said some
‘thing,’ he knows he owns that ‘thing.’ He is responsible
for it and all the consequences that follow. A samurai is
intensely loyal to those in his care. To those he is responsible
for, he remains fiercely true."
- - Akodo's Leadership (on the topic of duty), L5R
"Be acutely honest throughout your dealings with all
people. Believe in justice, not from other people, but from
yourself. To a true samurai, there are no shades of gray
in the question of honesty and justice. There is only right
and wrong."
- - Akodo's Leadership (on the topic of honesty), L5R
"A true samurai has only one judge of his honor, and that
is himself. Decisions you make and how those decisions
are carried out are a reflection of who you truly are. You
cannot hide from yourself."
- - Akodo's Leadership (on the topic of honour), L5R
"When a samurai has said he will perform an action, it
is as good as done. Nothing will stop him from completing
what he has said he will do. He does not have to ‘give his
word.’ He does not have to ‘promise.’ The action of speaking
alone has set the act of doing in motion. Speaking and
doing are the same action."
- - Akodo's Leadership (on the topic of sincerity), L5R