Shanji Ushai

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Full name: Shanji Ushai
Age: 140 earth years
Race: Shen'Ihr
Birthplace: Shen'Ihr homeworld, Artur province.
Status: Active
Faction: Power Wielder Hero, Tier 4 (100,000 - 1,000,000)
IRL Years of Existence: 4.5

Appearance

Like most Shen'Ihr, Shanji possesses an inhuman beauty. He stands an even six feet, with naturally white hair and cold blue-grey eyes. He dresses in regal attire at nearly all times, even in combat (though he keeps his clothing functional then).

Powers

Shanji is a masterful psion, although he has turned the focus of his abilities to more martial pursuits. Many of his contemporaries argue that he is a ki-user at heart, especially given his penchant for close-quarters melee combat. Shanji also commands the power of the Shen'Ihr's succession technique, The Eightfold Path. He has currently mastered five of the eight gates.

Biography

Shanji Ushai was born on the Shen'Ihr's nameless homeworld in the year 2112NE (New Era, dated from the establishment of the current monarchy), in the nothern province of Artur. He was, and still is, the only child of Kahran and Edora Ushai.

Shanji's youth was marked by unrelenting bullying and taunting during his school years. The northern regions of the Shen'Ihr's homeworld are dominated by ki-users, as few psions choose to reside there for the harsh conditions. Shanji wound up hospitalized several times before he turned eight years old - his psionic potential did not develop until he was almost nine. The young Ushai refused to be beaten, however, vowing to demonstrate that there was nothing a ki-user could do that he could not. It was this attitude that eventually led him to military service.

Shortly after his graduation, Shanji, along with his close friends Raseri Cuore and Gekijou N'Ikioi, enlisted in the military. The three endured basic training together, then were seperated for some time by the randomness of military postings. Shanji spent several years as part of a border patrol unit, sweeping the outskirts of the Shen'Ihr's interstellar territory for any potential threats. Many were present, as the Shen'Ihr's interstellar "Kingdom" borders on the ancient, fallen empire of "the Lost," now overrun by demonic forces. Some sources speculate that this vast area of space is under the dominion of one or more powerful Majin, like Babidi.

During one border skirmish, Shanji's unit leader was slain, and Shanji was forced to take command. He successfully rallied his squadmates and repulsed the enemy forces, minimizing any further casualties. Shortly thereafter, his tour of duty had expired. On his return, he was awarded a promotion and a command of his own - nineteen men who would later become known as one of the most feared units in the entire Shen'Ihr military machine: The Death's Head Legion. It was during this respite at home that Shanji re-encountered his old friends, and met the woman who would later become his wife, Choshi Aiko.

Over the following sixty years, Shanji and his unit would earn many accolades and awards, for everything ranging from valor in combat to kill counts to heedless self-sacrifice. Eventually, Shanji would be offered a position of the highest prestige - the King's Personal Guard. He seized on it immediately. Five years later, when the former Captain of the Guard retired, Shanji was appointed to take his place. He had since held the position, and has shown no desire to relinquish it.

Not even in the face of the death of his charge. In the dead of night, the entire capitol city came under siege by a previously unknown force, identifying themselves as "The Chorus." Through sheet weight of numbers and overwhelming firepower, the Chorus stormed the castle, overran the guards, and slew the King and Queen in cold blood. Shanji and the remaining High Guards fled the palace to attend the prince, scooping him up from a training camp and fleeing offworld.