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player information
● name: Lauren
● age: 28
● contact:

bonethief
● other characters: —

character information
● name: Genji Shimada
● canon: Overwatch
● canon point: post animated short "Dragons"
● age: 35

● (canon) background: general world lore | character specific | animated short

● abilities:

CYBERNETIC BODY & ENHANCED ABILITIES
— Being cybernetically enhanced, genji has increased speed, agility and stamina. he scales walls with ease and is even able to double jump once in the air. His reflexes are incredibly precise; he can reflex any projectile being shot at him and is even shown to be able to slice an arrow clean down the middle with ease. He can also move in great bursts of speed, moving so fast as to leave a trail of light behind him. A compartment in his right wrist houses shuriken which he his able to use as a projectile weapon.

SWORDSMANSHIP
— Genji had been trained from birth to be a warrior and he is a master swordsman. He has a katana and wakizashi strapped to his back, and he primarily fights with the smaller blade. He only draws his katana when a fight is extremely serious.

SMOKE BOMB
— Only seen in the short and not in game, genji is able to vanish in true ninja fashion with a burst of smoke. He always leaves his calling card, a sparrow feather, in his wake. It isn't explained, but it can be assumed this is another feature of his cyborg body. (Summon the smoke, vanish in a burst of speed)

DRAGONBLADE
— The shimada family have a mysterious connection to dragon spirits, and genji is able to summon the strength of a bright green dragon to come to his aid. He primarily summons the dragon to possess him for a time, his entire body gaining a fierce green glow and the dragon itself wrapping around the blade of his katana; it increases the distance and damage done by the weapon. He is also shown to be able to summon the dragon outward of himself, like his elder brother, and is able to control it that way. Considering hanzo has a tattoo that the spirit is summoned from, it's safe to assume there is a tattoo on the skin hidden beneath his protective armor; since the dragon pops from his back, that is the assumed location.
— There is no indication that he has any problem controlling the dragon spirit and it does not seem to be a game breaking level of over powered. He only summons it in serious and dangerous battles.
— What the dragons even are isn't really explained, so considering blizzard has said there's "no magic" it can be assumed it's some kind of science (as hanzo's app previously stated)

● strengths:

SERENITY —
"To know yourself, is to be at peace." Genji struggled to accept his new cyborg body and his past and it nearly consumed him. Upon finding the omnic monk named Zenyatta, he was able to find acceptance of his body and the person he used to be. He is unaffected by his brother's barbs and threats of blackmail from Sombra; he is at peace with who he was. In his own words, he is a different man now and he is whole.

RESILIENCE —
Genji has gone through a lot, both physically and mentally. His cybernetic enhancements proved to be an immense psychological toll on him (imagine phantom limb syndrome but for your entire body) as well as the anger at his family and brother for being the ones who did this to him. But he has overcome in every sense of the word and continues to face whatever is thrown at him with his head held high.

FORGIVING —
For all the things done to him, Genji would have every right to be angry and bitter for the rest of his life. But that is not the path he chose. With the help of Zenyatta, upon accepting his body and past he found himself able to forgive his elder brother for being the one to strike him down. Even when given the chance to have revenge, with his blade against his brother's throat, he chose not to take it. Revenge takes only the one who seeks it, as he says. He wants Hanzo now to forgive himself.

● weaknesses:

COCKY —
Despite his newfound humility, there is still a hint of the arrogant young man he used to be. He taunts his opponents in battle and even insults them when he defeats them. When McCree remarks that he's fast but not faster than a bullet, Genji just quips "Why don't we find out?" He's the type to rush into battle for the thrill of it, convinced he will win. After all, he reflects bullets while shouting "Try me!"

IDEALISTIC —
Genji clearly fancies himself a warrior fighting for the greater good, however naive that may seem in the world he lives in. And despite remarking that he thinks what his brother has become is a "pity" he still has hope for him; he still believes there is a good person in Hanzo. Genji even admits that he might be a fool for thinking so. Perhaps most tellingly, Hanzo tells him that real life isn't like the stories they were told as children. And that may be true, but Genji firmly believes that the world and people always have the capacity to change... almost pathologically so.

OUTCAST —
Despite everything, he is still an outcast in society at large. The only place Genji says that he feels truly at peace is the Shambali monastery in Nepal. He remarks that even Numbani, a place where human and omnic seem to live side by side, ostracizes him. He is not human enough for humans and not omnic enough for omnics, stuck in the middle. He is undoubtedly used to having abuses hurled at him and people treating him like a weapon and it does show; despite his friendly demeanor, he maintains a rather solitary existence. He has mastered the art of existing while not taking up too much space.

● skills (optional): He's a skilled fighter and used to being an agent of organizations.
● housing (optional): He'd prefer to be with his brother, Hanzo, so he can keep an eye on him! (And his friend McCree.)

● network username: sparrow

● network sample: 01 — 02 — 03

● prose/action sample: 01 — 02