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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Isida Kep'Tukari" data-source="post: 1792576" data-attributes="member: 4441">Ok, here's a real basic outline for a background.  I shall expand as things come to me.Togashi Cho, member of the Togashi family of the Dragon clan, on the path to becoming one of the ise zumi, the tattooed monks.  Born into the monestary, he was to begin training at an early age.  His parents were both retired ise zumi, imparting their wisdom to the younger generation.  They met and wedded late in life, and perhaps that was the reason Cho was born with a strange birth defect.  He has not a single hair on his body.  Utterly average in height and weight otherwise, Cho treated his odd defect as a symbol on how to conduct his life.As he was, he decided to concentrate on smoothness, perfection, and purity to overcome his shortcomings.  He has high aspirations for becoming the best ise zumi of the Dragon clan, and trains hard as he can to earn this honor for himself.  He has what might be called an excess of zeal, because he takes every task he is offered on the hopes that he might be able to prove and improve himself.  Sometimes he suffers from an excess of zeal in attempting to prove himself, for he has difficulty in saying no to even the most difficult of tasks.  However, his will is unfailing, even if flesh hold him back.</blockquote>