Mataoka

And when creation goes to die, you can find me in the sky upon the last day and you will be ok

Appearance

Mataoka is a 6'5 Rito and has thick, white feathers covering most of his body. Depending on the day, he can be found wearing anything from his standard leather armor and wraps to a basic, old snowquill style of clothing, sometimes with or without the leather chest piece. Around his waist, you can always find a cloth, ranging from white, to grey to a mix of his colors with his family symbol imprinted on the inside, and the Rito on the outside.

He has a large wing spawn, befitting of a Rito of both his size, and the bird he looks akin to, a Gyrfalcon. At the ends of his wings are where some of his non-white feathers can be found, grey and black ringing near the edges and tipping off the primary feathers.

The last of his non-white feathers can be found on his face. Around his sharp yellow eyes are grey feathers beneath, and hard black above his eyes that help show expressions as well.

Along the shoulders of his armor are noticeable Helmaroc feathers, collected from the defeated monster and adorned to his armor as a mark of honor and prowess.

As for weapons, he has an arsenal, switching between a sword and shield, a pike and a bow whenever he deems necessary, sometimes carrying around two of the three weapons.

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Personality

Mataoka is the calm and supportive uncle you knew you never needed. With a strong sense of true justice, Mataoka seeks to be a supportive wing to those that have fallen or have become stepping stools to others. He's the first one to show up to your graduation and the first one to help pick you up, emotionally or physically.

He's an advocate for mental health visibility and awareness, as well as humane methods of treating the mentally ill. While he's as supportive as he is, his quiet demeanor and natural talent for fighting made him an unsuitable candidate to become a psychologist or therapist to help people further. It was his own judgement that deemed him like this, and he sees that he better serves the people as a voice for the poor and the ill, and a weapon to defend them.

Mataoka loses all humor to people who use manipulative and underhanded tactics, his lawful good side coming out when you decide to be anything but reasonable or honorable, especially when treating another living, intelligent creature with the manipulation.

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History

With a blizzard and adventurous parents, this fledging came to being in the snowy recesses of Snowpeak. He was born small though, feathers as white as his parents but a will to live as strong as the mountains he was born in. With the blizzard raging around him, he was named Mataoka, or "Little snow feather" in common tongue.

He grew up with his adventurous parents, getting to see parts of Hyrule as he grew up, with trips to sky province between, getting to know the other birds of his family as they met up there occasionally to share knowledge and adventures around hearty meals and a place to rest easy. He grew up on many stories from many other family members. Various tales of how they helped others and what all they saw, painting the world's map in vivid imagery in the fledging's mind.

He continued wandering with his parents as he grew up, until he turned twelve where he entered a school for young warriors to learn how to fight. His strength having led his path to this point, he rose to the top of his class in overall strength. While he wasn't quite the fastest flier out there, he was swift and struck harder. It also didn't help he had grown so tall so quickly in comparison to the other young Rito.

While in this school though, he eventually earned his nickname Wahtuka or "Weary / Tired out" in the common language, as he often slept after running his self into the ground training. He also just had a tendency to nap frequently when the opportunity was presented.

That wasn't all he earned though. As he moved up through the school, when he was sixteen, he earned an honor name, Ohiteka. Calling him warlike and brave in the common tongue for his uncanny ability to face anything with a powerful and unwavering stance. Nothing swayed him in combat, not even fighting the larger teacher Rito or any Kargaroc that came up to harass them.

When he turned eighteen, he graduated from school, and underwent a ritual with his family to help him reveal his magic as well as mark Mataoka as a man. During this ritual, a bright light appeared above Mataoka, blindingly bright and earning him his spiritual and secret name. He would be known as Misae, or "White sun" in any rituals from there on out, and only his closest family and his self would know that name.

As he grew older in the Sky Province, working as a guard, he moved about the skies relatively freely, offering rides to people and starting with helping others with mental illness. He became more active in his support, and became an uncle like figure to the hurt and weak.

When he was twenty-five, he was out to recover some injured Rito and insure that they returned to the province safely, but were intersected on their way back by a Helmaroc. Without thinking for his self, Mataoka sent the other warrior forward with the injured Rito to return to Sky Province as he fought with the large bird. Feathers were knocked off, and Mataoka earned a scar on his leg and back during the fight, but as reinforcements came back to assist him, the Helmaroc fell from the sky.

He had defeated it, and as his injuries were treated, he had earned a name for his deed. Enapay was what his warrior friends would start calling him out of honor. "Roars bravely in the face of danger" was earned for his courage in taking on a Helmaroc alone.

From then until now, he continued his normal routine with the rest of the Rito and the people below, even occasionally training small fledglings in various subjects until recently. There were fights breaking out all over Hyrule, rumors of an evil mirror sprung up and Mataoka, concerned for the well being of the world as any rational person would, began listening closer. He was one who would not sit idly by in the face of danger.

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Miscellaneous Information

Birth name is Mataoka "Little snow feather"
Special deed name is Enapay, which is "roars in the face of danger / Roars bravely in the face of danger"
Wahtuka is a nickname "Weary / Tired out"
Ohiteka "Warlike/brave/fierce/etc" is his honor name
Misae is his spiritual and secret name. "White Sun". Meaning very few know it and it's only mentioned during sacred rituals.