Kiyoshi Sato (佐藤 清)

Name: Sato Kiyoshi (Given Name Kiyoshi)
School: Mahoutokoro
Year: First
Status: Part-Giant; Child of a human and a part-giant
Appearance:

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Towering over his peers and even some adults at 5'7", Kiyoshi stands out among the students. Something about him exudes an air of intensity- perhaps his short-cropped, military-style hair; his muscular build; or his deep-set appearance. Or perhaps it was just his face -- even at the tender age of 11 he had had a slightly heavier brow, a more defined jawlone that made him look almost an adult.

He has the typical warm complexion of the Japanese people, though many natives might notice a slightly darker shade to his coloring. Kiyoshi has disproportionately large, calloused hands, which have seen rough use in climbing trees and roughhousing, capable of surprising feats of strength. However, for all their ability, his hands are also incredibly clumsy when handling the myriad of common everyday items that are designed for human proportions.

His clothing is simple and practical and, outside of the school uniform, nothing that would ever catch the eye. Keen observers may notice that he has a preference for loose-fitting clothes that are repurposed adult clothes rather than ones specifically tailored for him. He also often wore simple bracelets made of rope on his wrists; simple and unassuming to many, but a deeply cherished personal gift to Kiyoshi.

Personality:

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Kiyoshi is generally a quiet child, partly due to his self-consciousness at standing out and partly due to his own nature and internal struggles. He remains mostly quiet unless specifically called upon, though his dark eyes are deeply expressive for those who would be interested enough to pay attention.

History:

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Kiyoshi was born out of wedlock to an adventurous muggle woman living in the Iide village in the Yamagata prefecture and was raised by a single mother. Despite pressures from the family and the village, his mother has never shared the identity of his birth father, giving rise to many dark rumors of unfortunate encounters with traveling bandits or even more fantastical claims of Giant clans or even Oni that were rumored to inhabit the mountains. For all these, and subsequent rumors, Kiyoshi had always had a loving home to grow up in, if only missing the presence of a father figure.

Kiyoshi had been a wild and troublesome child who often used to throw tantrums, get into fights, and cause all manner of headaches to the adults around him, being a large and shockingly resilient child. But as he grew up under the tutelage of his mother, he slowly started to mellow out and value kindness and compassion over his own fiery instincts.

From an early age, Kiyoshi knew that he was different, not least because of his obvious physical differences with everyone that he knows. As he grew older it became apparent to him that he was not fully human, and that the rumors of his mother's encounters with supernatural beings may have been more than just idle gossip; but try as he might he was never able to get a word out of his mother one way or the other about the identity of his father. Still, Kiyoshi comes to Mahoutokoro with a repressed, nervous kind of energy, eager to learn more about the world, and hopefully find people that did not make him feel like so much of an outsider

First Instance of Mgic

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It would be difficult for Kiyoshi to say when, exactly, he started using Magic, for giant magic was not quite akin to magic in the sense that wizardfolk would think of it. For Kiyoshi, magic was his very being -- his instincts, his resilience, and his very blood and body. It was both blessing and bane for the boy, being blessed with incredible strength and resilience on the one hand, but an unhelpful mind and instincts on the other. From as early as he could remember, Kiyoshi found himself being a victim to bouts of boredom and incredible anger, and a NEED to assert his dominance over those around him. This, of course, tended to be very easy when you were significantly larger than any child your age, and physical dominance of his peers had come easy to him as early as the age of five, when he would needle of his peers and dare them to sneak out of the village and into exploring the mountains, or challenge groups of them to straight fistfights if they did anything to even mildly annoy him. Young blood, untempered by the wisdom of age or guidance, acted in shameful and embarrassing ways like that.

If he had to point out an irrevocable use of magic, it would be on one of those fabled "adventuring" sessions, where he had snuck into the mountains to explore by himself. For all the claims of aggressive "monkeys" in the forests and mountains that surrounded his village had never deterred him -- whatever was out there would stay away from him if they knew what was good for them. Alas, not all hazards are as easily overcome as the fear of smaller and weaker beings than yourself, and while climbing a particularly large tree, the branch broke under his weight, and the boy fell a dozen feet and landed badly on the ground. It had led to some kind of injury for sure, for Kiyoshi had had trouble standing properly after that.

But where other kids might have cried from the pain, Kiyoshi only felt fury -- how DARE his measly body refuse to do what he wanted it to? He was not some meek and spineless kid, and he would do as he wished, and damn the consequences. By sheer will and grit, the seven-year-old dragged himself up and marched himself back home, determined to pretend nothing had happened so as to not get a lecture and a scolding from his mother.

However, by the time he had come back home, the pain had reduced to nothing -- to the point that he even sheepishly admitted the event to his mother. After a frantic check and an earful about recklessness, his mother checked up on him and found no damage at all -- he had somehow healed himself.

Life was great sometimes, wasnt' it?