oh god.
Did I finally finish Sumire's bio?
I THINK SO.
for now at least >_>

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| Basics |
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Birthname: Yoshida Yichio
Chosen Name: Sumire
Age: 17-22 (as her storyline progresses)
Birthday: ---
Ethnicity: Japanese
Birthplace: Omi, Japan
Height: 5"5ish
Eye Colour: Violet
Hair Colour: Black, hints of blonde around her bangs



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| Family |
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Pairing: Chosokabe Nobuchika

Mother: Yoshida Kikyou
Father: Yoshida Yuzuru
Siblings: Otani/Sanada Akihime, Yoshida Rindou

Children: None; Sumire is barren


Other Relatives: n/a




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| Persona |
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Personality: Sumire's true personality is hard to peg down. To some people, she is a strong-willed and polite woman; to others, she is a strong-willed, arrogant, and bossy character.
She is fairly well known for her job as the bodyguard of the Mori clan, a job which she takes very seriously to the point loyalty overrides her personality and/or better judgement,
and will not hesitate to kill when ordered.
However, under this bossy, almost arrogant bodyguard of an exterior lies an ordinary woman who only wishes for just a moment's peace. In fact, Sumire does indeed hate to kill (even though she will do so if told to), and she can be seen praying for the dead at the end of a battle. It's difficult to determine whether she is dominant or submissive in nature.

To those she is unfamiliar with, Sumire can act one of two ways. One, she simply ignores them. Two, she's almost hostile towards them and is quick to establish herself as the one in charge of whatever situation. If the person in question is of higher authority, she tends to do the former.

To those she has warmed up to (or was already), she still tends to exhibit a semi-cold and cynical nature - not one to strike up conversation. To compensate for this, she has her own ways of looking out for people. Sumire holds few people dear, but they're always, somehow, aware of it despite of Sumire's different little ways of showing it.

But, there is the odd case where Sumire's behaviour can be hard to discern. Her younger sister, Akihime, had adopted herself into the Otani and further drove a wedge through by defecting to the Takeda army under Sanada Yukimura. Making sense of Sumire's thoughts towards her sister can be near impossible, since her behaviour has a tendency to change with each time they encounter each other. There are times where she is completely hostile towards her, other times where she is almost merciful and simply tells her to leave.

It is generally agreed on that Sumire is the better fighter between herself and her sister, although she doesn't really care for the comparison, finding it quite irrelevant in the big
picture of things. In truth, she holds a certain respect for her sister, and is in fact jealous of her. The way Sumire sees it, she herself has no place in a peaceful Japan since she is
barren whereas Suoko is not, which is where her jealousy roots. To her, she has fulfilled her purpose now that the warring states had ended, and she is simply there with nothing to look forward to - though she isn't likely to admit it.


Strengths: Intelligent, Polite, Loyal, Honest, a good leader
Flaws: Potentially quite arrogant, tends to make it known when she dislikes a person, brutally honest in some cases


Likes-
Food: Onigiri, plain rice with mango
Snack: Meat buns, Dumplings
Colour: Purple, Black, Gold
Animal: Butterfly
Floral: Violet
People: Nobuchika, Yoshinari, Ranmaru, a select few others


Dislikes-
Food: Takoyaki
Snack: Plain rice cakes
Colour: Orange
Animal: Slug
Floral: none
People: Too many to name




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| Battle |
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Class: Kunoichi
Musou Type: Stationary
War Ability: Speed
General Element: Shura/Lightning

Titles-

levels 1-10: Common Jezebel
levels 11-20: Lady Monarch
levels 21-30: Black Butterfly
levels 31-40: Red Admiral
levels 41-49: Mourning Cloak
levels 50-69: Alexandra's Birdwing
level 70: Grand Daggerwing

Skills-

Self Skill: Absorb (blocking enemy attacks refills musou gauge)

-Reach 1 (increases attack range)
-Sickle 1 (increases probability of inflicting a critical hit)
-Rage 1 (Musou gauge fills faster while attacking)
-Fitness 1 (Power-up items have more effect)


Beginning Stats:

Life: 102
Musou: 112
Attack: 82
Defense: 98
Speed: 130
Ride: 93
Dexterity: 120
Luck: 94


Level 50 Stats:

Life: 270
Musou: 320
Attack: 170
Defense: 200
Speed: 199
Ride: 189
Dexterity: 200
Luck: 189


Level 70 Stats:

Life: 293
Musou: 315
Attack: 205
Defense: 268
Speed: 235
Ride: 220
Dexterity: 240
Luck: 225


Preferred Mount: Ink Stone
Moveset Type: Special



Weapon: Chain Javelins

Chained Javelin
_{Base Attack: 19}

Cobra Tooth
_{Base Attack: 29}

Bird of Paradise
_{Base Attack: 37}

Butterfly's Elegance
_{Base Attack: 45
Element: Demon
Attack +20
Speed +40
Dexterity +30
Defense +34
Musou +20}



Golden Glory
_{Base Attack: 45
Element: Lightning
Defense +20
Attack +33
Speed +40
Musou +40
Luck +20}



4th Weapon Aquirement
Stage: Melee at Honnoji
Requirements: Defeat all enemy officers and achieve 300 KOs within 10 minutes from game start. Must be done on Hard difficulty or above.

5th Weapon Aquirement
Stage: Battle of Iyo
Requirements: Seize Okayama Castle within 5 minutes from game start and achieve 500 KOs. Must be done on Hard difficulty or above



Moveset _{(as of SW2: Xtreme Legends)}-

SQU - SQU - SQU - SQU - SQU
---\-----\------\-----\
TRIA TRIA TRIA TRIA
---|-------|----|
TRIA TRIA TRIA
---|-------|-----|
TRIA TRIA TRIA

R1 + SQU + SQU + SQU
R1 + TRIA + TRIA + TRIA


S : Press Square
T : Press Triangle
X : Press X



a.Regular Attacks


S
_{-A straight-forward left-to-right slash}
SS
_{-A straight-forward right-to-left slash}
SSS
_{-Sumire swings the chain in her left hand, sending the blade upwards to the right}
SSSS
_{-Sumire swings the chain in her right hand, sending the blade upwards to the left}
SSSSS
_{-A downwards diagonal left-to-right slash}
SSSSSS
_{-An upwards diagonal right-to-left slash}
SSSSSSS
_{-A horizontal, outwards cut with both javelins}
SSSSSSSS
_{-A 360° spin with the chains extended to increase attack range}


S (Dash)
_{A 360° twirl with both javelin extended.}



b.Charge Attacks

T
_{-An upwards, diagonal cut-in with both javelins}
TT
_{-A downwards, diagonal cut-out with both javelins}
ST
_{-Sumire swings the left chain upwards, knocking the enemy into the air}
STT
_{-Picks up immediately after ST. Sumire jumps into the air and slashes the enemy diagonal to the right with one javelin and diagonal to the left with another, followed with a
final 'X-cut' with both javelin.}
SST
_{-Both javelins are swung upwards to form a 'V' shape}
SSST
_{-Both javelins are swung downwards to form an upside-down 'V'}
SSSTT
_{-Both javelins are swung diagonally, one upwards to the left and the other upwards to the right, making an 'X' shape, several times}
SSSTTT
_{-Sumire swings both javelins in multiple, symmetrical curves which come to form a butterfly. The javelins meet in the center of the shape, where she then cuts outwards
horizontally with both at the same time, sending out a blade of energy}


XS
_{A simple jump and slash with the right javelin}
XT
_{Sumire jumps and throws both blades straight down. She lands with a somersault as the blades retract back into her sleeves.}


c.Mounted Attacks
SSSS(+SSSS)
_{A series of rapid slashes.}
ST
_{Sumire swings a blade upwards, launching the enemy into the air.}
SST
_{Like other ninjas, Sumire will throw a smoke bomb. This stuns the enemy}
SSST
_{Sumire launches both blades out to either side of her body}

d.Musou

lvl 1 Musou: A typical musou, with repeated left-to-right slashes followed by a shockwave that knocks away surrounding enemies. However she throws her blades out one after
another, so the range is very wide.
lvl 2 Musou: Exactly like her lvl 1 musou but deals more damage and finishes with a bigger shockwave.
lvl 3 Musou: Like the other ninjas, Sumire creates 3 shadow clones of herself that perform her musou with her and thus increase damage and range. The level 3 musou is enhanced
also by the element of fire.

True/Combo Musou: Like her level 1/2/3 musou, but enhanced with the element of lightning. Also before the final shockwave, she performs the first seven moves of her normal
attack string.

Horse Musou: Shura-elemented beams of energy shoot up from the ground (See Nene's horse musou for something similar)


e.R1 Specials

R1 + S (x3)
_{-A quick dash which leaves behind an "after-image" that can be used as a decoy. She can have up to three decoys at once. This does not inflict damage}

R1 + T (x3)
_{-Temporary invisiblity/invinsibilty and an attack bonus. Hitting Triangle once, it will last 10 seconds; twice, 20; three times will last 30}



Effectiveness:
At first glance Sumire doesn't seem to be the character one would want to play first. Her greatest weakness is her lack of attack but in turn her attacks are very swift and her charge and normal strings are hard to break because of it. Her initial attack isn't anything amazing, but she still deals decent damage over time compared to other characters with slower movesets.

Her greatest strengths lie in her speed and crowd control abilities. Because of her attack range she can easily take out many peons and boost your KO count. While one-on-one isn't her favourite kind of combat, she can hold her own against an enemy officer if played properly.


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| Dialogue |
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General-

Selected: "Much obliged~"
Before Battle: "Black Butterfly lives to serve..."

In Battle-

Officer Defeated: "If you still had any breath left in you, you would have stepped aside."
100 KOs: "Can't say this is anything special."
1000 KOs: "And this is how it's done."
Struggling: "hmm...this could be bad news."
Speed: "Surely this isn't as fast as these troops can go?"
Praise: "Impressive...you could do better though."
Thanks: "uhm...thank you.."
True Musou Start: "No worries..."
True Musou End: "...I'll end you nice and quick."
Allied Retreat: "Retreat is part of battle, as much as I hate to admit..."
Enemy Retreat: "You'll see me again, I assure you."
Death: "Killed by one who proved stronger than I.....I have...no regrets."
Victory: "To expect different would have been ludicrous." /



Stages
_{You can view the individual missions of each stage at the bottom}



Battle of Anegawa
May 1570
_{Oda vs. Azai-Asakura}

Defense of Mt. Usa (Usayama)
September 1570
_{Oda vs. Azai-Asakura}

Siege of Odani Castle
August – September 1573
_{Oda vs. Azai-Asakura}

Melee at Honnoji
June 1582
_{Oda vs.Akechi}

Conquest Of Kyushu
January - June 1587
_{Toyotomi vs. Shimazu}

Battle Of Iyo*
Dream Stage
September 1579
_{Chosokabe vs. Kono}




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| Mercenary Mode |
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Mercenary Type: Cavalry (damage enemies by simply touching them after moving)


Mercenary Skills-

Lockpick - _{open locked gates}
Adulation - _{gain one gem per 50 enemies defeated}
Resilience - _{life gauge refills gradually over time}
Acceleration - _{mobility maximized}




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| History |
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Sumire is not this woman's real name. She was born to her parents as "Yichio". She actually kept this name up until a certain point in time in which her family was forced to join the
Oda army.

Her first years were spent in a small village at the foot of Mt. Usayama, near Omi province. Here she was cared for by her mother and her mother's friend, Saito Nana (who at that
time was called "Misaki" to avoid drawing attention). Not long after her first birthday, her father had returned from battle and she and her mother were taken to Tosa, on the island
of Shikoku. It is here that she grew up for most of her life. Sumire's life as a child is not particularly significant, apart from the time spent with the Chosokabe's heir, Nobuchika.

Sometime around 1579, the head of the Chosokabe, Motochika, entered into an alliance with the notorious Oda Nobunaga. As part of this agreement to hold this alliance, the Oda
took the Yoshida up as officers. This is the event that triggers Sumire's change in personality.
Sumire found herself looked after some of the time by one of Nobunaga's top retainers, Mori Yoshinari. She became fond of the man and she eventually grew up to be his
bodyguard. She discarded her birthname and took up the name "Sumire". The name itself means "violet", and Sumire's logic behind choosing such a name is unknown.

By 1570-1571, Sumire’s life was changed dramatically when she, for the first time, failed in her duties to protect Yoshinari, which resulted in his death at the hands of the Asai and
Asakura alliance near Otsu at Usayama Castle. At this point she had sworn to avenge her lord by eliminating Yoshikage Asakura and Nagamasa Asai, and partially succeeded in doing
so at the battle between the Oda/Tokugawa alliance and the Asai/Asakura alliance at Anegawa in 1570 and in 1573 during the Siege of Odani Castle. In the end, it was not her
who killed either of the two - this left her bitter for some time.

Just a little prior to that, in obedience to Yoshinari’s will, Sumire was ‘ passed down’ to his son, Ranmaru Mori. But grieving over her failure to protect Yoshinari resulted in her
remaining rather iffy about his son; and for a while she didn’t believe he would measure up to his father, but she loyally (if not reluctantly) served Ranmaru in any case.

After a while she warmed up to Ranmaru although she was in partial denial about it, seeing as she had always thought Yoshinari would be her only lord during her time in the Oda.
The turmoil led her to leave, her whereabouts unknown until June of 1582 - when Mitsuhide Akechi betrayed Nobunaga Oda, ambushing him at the temple of Honnoji in Kyoto –
where she reappeared and took it upon herself to have a solo melee against the entire Akechi army.
Upon Nobunaga’s death, Sumire had forcefully removed Ranmaru from the battle, refusing to lose another Mori. After this, the two parted ways. Ranmaru was, needless to say, in
shock and wasn't likely to have any desire to continue with any battles. Sumire respected this and as a result, was relieved of her duties as a bodyguard. She was now unaffiliated,
taking part in smaller skirmishes for whichever side paid more until she was recruited by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in his conquest to finish what Nobunaga had started.

The last battle Sumire participated in and did anything notable was Hideyoshi's conquest of Kyushu, where she found herself reunited with the Chosokabe (although she kept this
secret until they figured it out for themselves). She continued to serve in a select few more battles during Hideyoshi's conquest of Japan, but her story mode itself ends at Kyushu.
It is assumed that after the land was unified under the Toyotomi flag, Sumire returned to Shikoku with her parents, though what exactly she is doing there is unknown to most.




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| Mission Overlook |
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1. Village Rescue
Victory: Defeat the Marauder
Defeat: Sumire is defeated, all peasants are defeated, or any main camp is lost
Briefing:
Sumire, the eldest daughter of the Yoshida Clan of Tosa, was the prodigious bodyguard of Yoshinari Mori, a retainer of the Oda and lord of the castle atop Mt. Usa. One day,
Yoshinari learned of a group of bandits raiding the small village near the foot of the mountain. Angered by this, Sumire volunteered to deal with the bandits personally.

Missions:
-Defend the east garrison
-Protect the peasants
-Take back the village
-Defend the west garrison
-Achieve 100KOs within one minute
-Defeat Kotaro Fuma
-Defeat the Marauder


2. Battle of Anegawa
Victory: Defeat Nagamasa Azai and Yoshikage Asakura
Defeat: Nobunaga is defeated
Briefing:
In 1570, Nagamasa Azai betrayed his alliance to the Oda at Anegawa, a battle Yoshinari, and thus Sumire, were participating in. Yoshinari was guarding one of the gates to the
Oda main camp, and knowing Nagamasa would attempt to storm it, Sumire decided that it would be a good idea to teach Nagamasa a lesson in loyalty.

Missions:
-Sieze Yokoyama Castle
-Take control of the Azai main camp
-Defeat Yoshikage Asakura
-Prevent Nagamasa Azai from entering the main camp



3.Defense of Mt. Usa
Victory: Defeat Nagamasa Azai, Yoshikage Asakura, and Magoichi Saika
Defeat: Sumire, Ranmaru, or Nobunaga are defeated
Briefing:
Upon their victory at Anegawa, Sumire and Yoshinari returned home to Mt. Usa. However, not long after, the armies of the Azai-Asakura alliance and the Kansai Allies arrived to
take control of the castle. Caught off guard, the troops at Mt. Usa weren't likely to fight out this battle and win. However, Yoshinari gathered them up, along with his eldest son,
Yoshitaka, and of course Sumire. Although Sumire was willing to fight, she had a bad feeling about the outcome of this battle

Missions:
-Recapture the cannons
-Prevent Magoichi from entering the main camp
-Storm the Asakura main camp
-Defeat Yoshikage Asakura
-Assist Ranmaru in recapturing Mt. Usa Castle
-Defeat Nagamasa Azai


4.Melee At Honnoji
Victory: Defeat Mitsuhide Akechi
Defeat: Sumire or Ranmaru is defeated
Briefing:
Despite what was technically the victory at Mt. Usa, Yoshinari had been slain amongst the fighting along with the majority of his troops. Reluctantly following her lord's will,
Sumire went on to serve as the bodyguard of Yoshinari's son, Ranmaru. However, due to her stubborn nature, Sumire initially refused to see him as her lord and when it appeared
wars would break out, she mysteriously vanished. She later reappeared at Honnoji when Mitsuhide Akechi betrayed the Oda. With her resolve restored, she stormed into Kyoto,
prepared to take Mitsuhide's head

Missions:
-Prevent the fire attack
-Defeat Nobuharu Tsuda and Kunitsugu Yasuda and save Ranmaru
-Save Nobutada Oda and protect Nijo Castle
-Defeat Mitsuhide Akechi


DREAM.Battle of Iyo
Victory: Defeat all enemy officers
Defeat: Any allied officer is defeated
Briefing:
September 1579, following Motochika Chosokabe's conquest of Shikoku, he launched an attack on Iyo province. Sumire had no business on the mainland of Japan at this point in
time, and was hired by a Chosokabe retainer

Missions:
-Ensure that no allied officers are defeated
-Escort the siege ramps to Okayama Castle
-Defeat Doi Kiyoyoshi and sieze Okayama Castle
-Save Hisatake Chikanobu
-Defeat all remaining enemy officers







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| Miscellaneous |
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• Sumire's name means "Violet". Her mother's name means "Bellflower" and her brother's name means "Gentian". These are all flowers. Her
sister's birthname is Akihime, which means "Autumn Princess" which is a reference to her mother's name.

• Sumire's title "Black Butterfly" comes from the size of the bow on her kimono.

• Sumire is barren, meaning she cannot have children

• Sumire was born outside of marriage, though her parents later married.

• Sumire's mother started out as a peasant in the small village near the foot of Mt. Usa. This is why she was angered when it was attacked by bandits.

• Sumire is the oldest of three, however she is quite possibly the most physically weak.





* The Battle of Iyo is part of Motochika's conquest of Shikoku, in which he goes north to run out the Kono clan. This stage is not included in the game, but it theoretically uses the Shikoku map.

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For now this is the FINALIZED version of Sumire's biography. I've posted incomplete versions before, but until further notice, this is all there is to it.


I've worked DAMN HARD and setting Sumire in concrete as a character. She's by far my most complex and thought out character. Rip her or her design off in any way and I will HUNT YOU DOWN. ♥

Art/Sumire © ME ME ME ME
Samurai Warriors/Sengoku Musou © Koei, OmegaForce