Yamashita Tatsuya  (山下 竜也) is a man of mystery, having died his hair and underwent massive plastic surgeries to conceal his identity,  The Drifter as he is now known remains an enigma to even the most skilled detectives. Never leaving a fingerprint nor a trace, The Living Shadow plays his cards like a master mind. 
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Name: Yamashita Tatsuya 
Aliases:  Riyan Kusaka, Johnathan Castle, The Living Shadow.
Identity: Public
Age: 20
Height: 6'1
Weight:  145 lbs
Eyes: Hazel
Hair: Brown
Hometown: Unknown Village in Japan
Birthday: Unknown
Known Family:  None
Arch-Enemies: Akira Overdrive
Team: New Age Outlawz
 
 

Costume

  Wearing a green ninja's garb, and purple mask, Drifter is a renown assassin and as such, dresses for success. On top of his Green rags, sits a red bullseye placed directly on his heart, arrogantly taunting those who attempt to kill them. His brash sense of self-worth is topped only by the clothes in which he adorns himself with.

 
 

 

Official Looks

  Scourge
  Mister X
Kamakura
 

Abandoned Official Looks

 

Mutant Powers

 

• 

   Example of his skill

  or Yin-Yang Manipulation is the ability to manipulate positive and negative energy. This can be used to induce "yin-dominant"(or  good) behavior or "yang-dominant"(or bad) behavior. One with this power can even use yin energy to heal or rejuvenate allies or use yang energy to blast or strike foes. This ability can even be used to separate the subject’s (or the user’s) body into separate yin and yang personalities, which retain the same powers as whoever the power is used on. One with this ability may be able to only manipulate yin (positive, protective, healing energy) or yang (negative, aggressive, offensive energy). 
 


 
 

• 2 Psionic Charging
  

  Is the mutant ability to tap into the potential energy contained within an object and transform it into kinetic energy upon touching it. When Drifter thus charges an object and throws it at a target, the object releases this energy explosively on impact. The interesting part of this power is that when the energy  in Drifter's hands makes contact with a say...a sword, the energy will shoot up the sword and on impact will create a pocket explosion (or explosionS depending how much energy was charged into the object)
 

Weapons

 

Standard Weapons

 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 

Specialty Guns

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Specialty Blades


 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
and many more...
 

Abilities

 
   The Tiger Spirit 
  Although most of his powers derive from the X-genome more commonly referred to as the Mutant Gene. Some of his powers come from a sacred spiritual power that the Warriors Monks taught him.
 

1 Stealth of the Tiger- the inability to be seen (user is immune to light-based attacks/illusions in this state, and no light is required to see); if the psychic aura deflects/distorts light or sheathes the user in invisible energy, the user becomes invisible. 
 
   2 Agility of the Tiger:
Although, Drifter is a master of Swordplay, Drifter's perhaps most dangerous weapon is his double jointed body. Able to perform flips, back flips, twists and turns that no human body could ever achieve in a life-time.
 
3 Swordplay of the Samurai: Able to block bullets or completely cut them down the middle, the master swordsman handles blades like no other. Not limited to Katanas, Drifter is skilled in Knives, Darts, Dagger, Kunai, and Sai's.     
 
4 Strength of the Dragon
 Drifter has peak human strength able to lift up to 800 pounds

Stats

Agility

7) Metahuman; Extraordinarily beyond the natural limits

Durability

4) Regenerative

Energy Projection

3) Short range, short duration, single energy type

Fighting Ability

6) Master of a single form of combat

Intelligence

4) Gifted

Mental Power

 
 4) Trained in mystical arts, posses mental ability

Speed

3) Advanced reflexes and movements

Stamina

4) Enhanced; Able to sustain for several hours

Strength

3) Peak-Able to lift up to 800 pounds

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Personality

Lustful: 6

Energetic: 10

Lazy: 1

Forgiving: 3

Vengeful: 9

Generous: 1

Selfish: 9

Honest: 1

Deceitful: 8

Just: 5

Merciful: 1

Cruel: 9

Modest: 4

Proud: 10

Pious: 1

Worldly: 10

Prudent: 8

Reckless: 5

Temperate: 5

Indulgent: 4

Trusting: 3

Suspicious: 10

Valorous:  10

Cowardly: 1
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BIO

Long ago, there was a dragon who every year would fly into the mountains of Fujii and grant one villagers wish.The Dragon although demonic in appearance meant well in this regard however in order for a wish to be granted...a human heart would have to be sacrificed to him, and for many years, Wishes went un-granted due to the people being too terrified to give the Dragon his wish in return. 
 
The Dragon infuriated with the village people, flew into the city from his moutanious perch and killed everyone...except a single child, known as Yamashita Tatsuya, for the boy's father had instructed him to hide within the bamboo fields off the edge of the village. Hours later, the child return to find every last villager including his own parents lying dead on the ground, their chest ripped open, without hearts and blood pouring from their exposed rib-cage.
 
 That massacre was what drove Yamashita to do what he did next. 
 
The boy would run back into the bamboo fields and farther than he'd ventured to find the temple. The temple was were monks would come and pray for the souls of the dead, they (along side the boy) were the only living ones after the massacre, it was here Yamashita would be raised. The monks happened to be warriors who not only trained Yama how to meditate but also how to kill with precision and swiftness.   
 
Yama, After 23 years of training would thank the organization for everything they'd done for him, in return for the thanks, The monks offered him two dual swords, golden tigers wrapped around the hilt, the blades themselves made of the finest metals,  They were called the "Swords of the Tigers Spirit"
 
 
Gladly accepting his gift, Yamashita went on traveling the world as a Drifter....
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more coming soon
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Other Writer's take on Drifter

 
Why So Serious?
(A fan-fic from DC about a spineless idiot Drifter...)
 
 

Drifter's Mission in Life

coming soon