Yasaka

Yasaka is one of the Agents in FLAME vs BLAZE.

Finding Hope
Part 1
 * It had been many years since the flames burning in a man's heart had been snuffed out, with many letting their potential go to waste. Not so for Yasaka, a youth who always yearned for more.


 * "Do dreams make the man, or does man make the dreams? I know where I stand. My dream is to one day fight against the famed hero Baza and prove to him my prowess in battle."


 * Yasaka fell into the latter camp. Nearly one year had passed since the Calamity, and his training and dedication were starting to pay dividends. The erstwhile boy inched ever closer to his goal with each passing moment.

Part 2
 * Before the Calamity, Yasaka had been one of many who was content to sit idle as life passed him by. "Why have dreams," he wondered. "when in the end we have nothing to show for them" Though his journey would later turn into one with purpose, it started off as nothing but a means to kill time.


 * "Where was I headed? ...I don't know. I had never given it much thought, and those I met along the way treated me like some dumb kid. But were they really that much different than I--people without a purpose or goal?"


 * What awaited Yasaka at the end of his journey was neither a purpose nor a goal, but a conflict that threatened his very life--a conflict that would come to be called "the Calamity." Whether by fate or by chance, it was there that Yasaka first met Baza--a young man of much the same age.

Part 3
 * Two sacred flames existed in opposition: the Flames of Bliss, held by Nicolai, and the Blaze of Anguish, held by Pulcinella. The two and their masters had descended from the Heavens, their eternal conflict recreated in the world of men.


 * "I'd been too absorbed in the fight itself to notice the cocktail that Pulcinella had prepared. As it consumed me, time itself began to stand still."


 * Yasaka began to slip away--and not only physically, but spiritually as well. He was fully aware that this spelled out his end, and that there would be no life after death to look forward to.

As the burning fist of death clenched him, he closed his eyes and prepared for the worst. Yet rather than be torn asunder, he felt his body slowly come back together. Opening his eyes, Yasaka saw standing before him a young man whom he had never seen before. It was then that the Calamity occurred, sending shockwaves throughout the world.

Part 4
 * "I had lived--or perhaps it would be more accurate to say that someone let me live. I set out on another journey--yet this time, it was filled with purpose: to find he who had rescued me. Baza had left without so much as a word."


 * Most journeys begin with a single step, yet Yasaka's lasted scarce more than three--he found Baza on the outskirts of his hometown. Yasaka was about to call out to his saviour, yet what he saw left him speechless.


 * Baza never once wavered or broke a sweat as he toppled one fiend after another. He and Yasaka were practically the same age--so why was Baza so powerful and valiant while Yasaka was just one face amongst the crowd?


 * Yasaka ended up now speaking a word that day. Was he even worth saving? Maybe he was, and maybe he wasn't, but that day Yasaka vowed to become even stronger than the man who saved his life. Only then would the two exchange words.

Spearsworn
Yasaka's trait is the same in both forms.

Blitz
Yasaka swings his spear in an arc and lunges forward.

Squall
Yasaka brandishes his spear, performing an attack that boosts his defense.

Flourish
Yasaka jumps to the target location, damaging nearby foes.

Blitz
Yasaka swings his spear in an arc and lunges forward.

Gale Force
Yasaka hurls several blades of wind, damaging and slowing nearby foes.

Crosswind
Yasaka conjures a tornado around him, increasing ally speed and silencing nearby foes.