Name: Oda Hidetaka
Status: Seeking Vengeance
Race: Human (Japanese)
Gender: Female
Age: 19 in Fallout 3, 23 in Fallout NV (740/744 - born 1537)
SPECIAL: S7 P5 E7 C4 I5 A6 L6
Tagged skills: Melee Weapons, Sneak, Guns
Traits: Kamikaze, Wild Wasteland
Place of birth: Owari Province, Japan
Home: None
What they do for a living: Ronin
Factions: Clan Oda
Companions: None
Love interests: None
Physical Appearance: Hidetaka is a Japanese woman with long black hair that she keeps tied back in a ponytail above her head. She wears samurai armor emblazoned with the
mon of her clan: Oda.
A pictureEyes: Brown
Build: Athletic
Habits: Meditation, martial arts, flower arrangement
Weapons of preference: Takizakura "Waterfalls of Cherry Blossoms" (katana)
Clothing: Samurai Armor
Theme song: Shinedown - Second ChanceBiography/Life History: Hidetaka was born in 1537, the daughter of
daimyo Oda Nobuhide and his wife, Tsuchida Gozen. The legendary Oda Nobunaga was one of her old brothers. While female, Hidetaka pretended to be male, in order to become a samurai. After the death of her father a war of succession followed within clan Oda, with several contenders vying for leadership. Hidetaka supported Nobunaga, and history records that 'he' was killed by Oda Nobutsugu along the Shōnai River near Moriyama Castle in 1555, when 'he' was 18 years old.
But in reality Hidetaka was taken for study by the aliens in Mothership Zeta. Most of the time Hidetaka was kept cryogenically frozen. But the aliens made a mistake when they revived her and placed her in the same room as another captive. They teamed up, and pretended to fight in order to draw in the aliens. That was all the opportunity they needed to escape and arm themselves. In the end all of the aliens were killed, and Hidetaka escaped to the surface of the Earth.
Hidetaka found herself in the Capital Wasteland, in the year 2277. The world was a nuclear wasteland, and she was on the other side of the planet from her home and surrounded by
gaijin. But she did not find herself to be unhappy. For she quickly discovered that gender roles were non-existent in the new world. She cast off her male disguise, and finally lived her life as herself. While learning to speak English has been a slow and difficult process, Hidetaka has little difficulty in speaking the most important language of the Wasteland - violence. Trained from childhood as a samurai, she was a master of armed and unarmed combat. The strong ties Clan Oda possessed with Portuguese traders also stood her in good stead. For like many Oda warriors, she had learned to use an arquebus as well. Modern firearms were like children's toys compared to those old matchlocks.
Hidetaka has wandered the Wasteland ever since, selling her services as a Ronin. She will not serve any Master however. Her sense of ethics forbids her from banditry or assassination. She only fights the good fight. However, she never forgets a slight or an enemy. To her vengeance is as real as breathing.
She is a Zen Buddhist, and seeks perfection in her Art as a swordswoman, and following the Noble Eightfold Path. Hidetaka does drink, but only rarely, and never to excess. Of course she does not use chems. Physical vices are for the weak. She does not gamble for the same reason. Her idea of excitement is doing her katas. Her way of relaxing is meditating.
A few years after landing in the Capital Wasteland, Hidetaka began to make her way west. By 2281 she found herself in Nevada. Near the town of Goodsprings she discovered a courier who had been killed by a radscorpion. Hidetaka buried the man and took his belongings. But a day later she was attacked in her sleep by Benny and his Khan mercenaries, and taken prisoner. Benny seemed to think that she was the courier, and with her continual difficulty in speaking English, she could not explain otherwise. He shot her in the head and buried her in a grave. But Hidetaka was rescued by Victor, and nursed back to health by the local doctor.
Now that she is well again, Hidetaka has sworn a blood oath to kill Benny, his retainers, his family, and all associated with them.
This post has been edited by SubRosa: Oct 15 2017, 11:07 PM