Matsumoto Nobuhiko

<><><><><><> Possesses Shibata no Ono Corruption: Moderate <><><><><><>

Backstory
Matsumoto is a regular human in most sense. He's not exceptionally strong or smart, and he has no affinity for magic. However what he lacks in aptitude, he makes up for in wit and intuition.

Matsumoto is a former guard for the village, and has had quite a lot of training in combat. However, the job didn't suit him too well, so he decided to take up working as a youkai hunter instead. He's been working at the job for several years. He hasn't died yet while working to dispatch weaker problem youkai he hears about, so it seems he must at least have something that puts him a bit of a cut above the rest.

A recent rumor he heard led him all the way over to Youkai Mountain. A landslide ocurred on the mountain, and since then he's heard rumors of a crazed tengu from the people who visit Moriya Shrine, so he decided to investigate.

After some searching he managed to find the particular youkai he caught wind of, and with some luck he even managed to defeat it. He took the strange axe that the wild tengu was using to attack, thinking he could use it as proof of his feat, and then sell it for a good price, but for some reason, he just hasn't been able to put the axe down since he's had it.

Worse still, the axe has been giving him trouble, like it has a mind of it's own... He's gone hunting a lot more recently, sometimes even when there isn't a bounty to deal with... the axe always seems to be on his mind... and this kid follows him around too... has she always been there? He can't seem to remember... Something is definitely amis here...

Ability/Combat
Matsumoto is well-trained to hunt and defeat youkai, as his years of experience have given him. Being a youkai hunter means he has innate knowledge about youkai - where they hide, how they act, how they hunt - and uses this knowledge when in combat with them. Matsumoto uses a variety of weapons in combat. His main weapon is a spear... or was, but he's been getting better at using his axe. He also uses various thrown weapons when he fights, ranging from metal throwing stars to a few small scythes that have a bit more heft. It's not as good as the fancy danmaku that youkai tend to have, but it works well enough for the weaker ones. Matsumoto has honed his senses and intuition to the point where he can easily track down and sense where youkai are. He's much harder to fool then the average human, he'd dealt with tricky youkai before, so hiding from him or trying to ambush him is highly unlikely to work. When things get too hairy, he has a few methods to make a quuck getaway, such as smoke bombs or blinding flashbangs. He also carries a couple odd tinctures he's managed to find and afford, which let him fly, camoflage his presence, or give him a boost of stamina, but he has these saved for an emergency, and the effects don't last long. Since he's had the axe, he's felt stronger and tougher then the average human... perhaps with a bit more training he could end up stronger then more then just the weakest youkai...