Own Character: Kazuomi "The Drakon Knight"
Name: Kazuomi
Height: 169.5 cm / 5'6"
Vision: Cryo
Weapon: Sword
Affiliation: Mondstadt, Knights of Favonuis
Official Title: Captain of the Strike team, Drakon Knight
Zodiac: Personatus Draco
Personality: Kazuomi has an unpredictable, ambitious, and cunning type of personality.
One minute he could be playfully flirting with the unfortunate fellow that was paired up with him. The next minute he could be itching for battle and coldly slaying the poor monsters that happen to be in his line of sight.
He is rather strict with the knights are assigned to him, often relinquishing his usual playful personality to become a cold captain if he ever needs to. This caused people to be wary when working with him.
Though Kazuomi does not mind his subordinates being cautious of him, it annoys him when they only pretend to do their jobs just because he is there.
He is not the most patient person when it comes to battles. Sure, he occasionally taunts his opponent with sharp jabs, but he prefers to end each fight quickly.
He does have a soft spot for children or ambitious young people. This has made him "adopt" Diona as a younger sibling. Despite not sharing blood with Diona, they treat each other like real siblings. He commonly teases Diona but will freeze a man if they harm a single strand on her hair.
Kazuomi does have abandonment issues. This leads him to have a hard time keeping close relationships. He sees each interaction with a newcomer as a chess game. Each action is a move to understand their true intention.
After winning that chess match in his head, he often judges their true motives. That is why he mostly keeps people at arms reach, only letting a handful get close. Kazuomi does not delude himself with thinking that all people are truthful. Despite that, Those who tend to see the formidable Drakon knight's guard down are the ones the trust the most.
Backstory: He was an orphan that kicked out by many orphanages due to the hot and cold personality that he gained after witnessing his parents being murdered by random abyss mages. When he was in his first orphanage, he was still in shock of the murder, but the moment it wore off, he ran away into the nearby woods and became violent to any abyss mages.
He gained his vision when he had slain his first abyss mage when he ran to the woods. By the time the orphanage managers found him, he was surrounded by several Ley Line sprouts and sobbing hysterically. Kazuomi was kicked out of that orphanage when he froze the orphanage owner's child for bullying him.
He kept on being kicked out of each orphanage for reasons like freezing someone or giving them frostbite. They wouldn't listen when he reasoned out that it was an accident. When he was kicked out of his fifth orphanage, he wondered if the element cryo was cursed. It seemed to be a reminder of how no one is there for him but himself. Each orphanage, each "new family" provided by them, each "new friends." They are but puppets that are used to try to sway him from that fact. After being kicked out of the eleventh orphanage he was in, he chose to apply for a job in dawn winery as a small servant and errand boy to escape being put in another one. He met seven years old Diluc by his third week working and Kaeya not long after. After years of resenting fate for cursing him with a cryo vision and making him live this life, he felt happy, like a normal kid.
They were inseparable even when Kazuomi resigned as a dawn winery worker to join the knight's tryouts, only to find out that Diluc and Kaeya were also applying. They were the iconic trio of Mondstadt. Sometimes Jean would join their little coup when she had time.
Yet the Gods never seem to stop toying with mortal's happiness. When Crepus was slain, he was on an expedition to map out dragonspine, assigned to him by the grandmaster himself. Though, once he received news of Crepus Ragniver's death, Kazuomi grabbed the nearest horse and traveled his way to dawn winery as fast as he can. When he arrived, he tried to look for the brothers to comfort them but only found them at the exact minute when Kaeya started to reveal the truth. He hid the entirety of his explanation and was about to interfere when Diluc challenged Kaeya to a battle outside, but when Kaeya and Diluc drew their weapons, he could not find it in himself to not stop them.
"They deserve the chance to let it all out."
That thought kept repeating itself like a mantra as he walked away after watching the brothers duel. Kazuomi almost tried to break Kaeya's new vision when he first saw it. It solidified his old notion of the cryo element being cursed. He will not deny that having cryo vision is a good weapon to have, but he always has that inward resentment for using it.
"Visions are supposed to be a gift from the gods to the "favored ones." Tools that are supposed to be as a symbol of a blessing. Hah... The cryo archon has rather hilarious humor for choosing such a blessing."
Skills:
Passive One: "Cryo's curse"
When Kazuomi attacks an enemy affected by cryo, he will gain a stack of Numbed Mark. He can only hold five stacks on him and loses them if you switch to another party member.
Numbed Mark: Each stack of Numbed Mark will increase Kazuomi's crit rate by 15%
Passive Two: "Drakon Knight: Icey Shards"
When he attacks an enemy after using his elemental burst, he will gain additional crit dmg for 5 seconds. This scales of his attack.
Passive Three: "Protected by the cursed"
After attacking an enemy, Kazuomi has a 50% chance to heal all party members. These scales of his crit damage.
"A dragon's heart is hardened by the winter, yet those who manage to surround it with warmth gain a warrior willing to knock down fate to ensure their wishes."
Normal Attack: "Frozen Claws"
Normal Attack: Performs up to 5 rapid strikes.
Charged Attack: Consumes a certain amount of Stamina to unleash 2 rapid sword strikes.
Plunging Attack: Plunges from mid-air to strike the ground below, damaging opponents along the path and dealing AoE DMG upon impact.
Elemental Skill: "Cold Debt"
Kazuomi Embues his sword with Cryo, increasing his attack by 15% of his total crit damage. All Attacks done in this state will be turned into Cryo. When Kazuomi is in this state, he has increased resistance to interruption.
Elemental Burst: "The Drakon's Rancor"
Performs different attacks based on what state Kazuomi is in when casting.
Normal State: Mercy Due: Performs a slash with a large AoE, dealing massive Physical DMG to all surrounding opponents
"An unfair trial release."
Cold Debt State: Revenge served Cold: Performs a slash with a large AoE, dealing massive Cryo DMG to all surrounding opponents. When this stance is used, the attack performed will gain a 18% attack bonus.
"Revenge is best served cold. No wise man will dispute that fact."
Special Dish:
"Spicy Buttered Matsutake": Kazuomi's specialty. The butter and spices added in this dish have seemed to double. No one knows how Kazuomi always seems to add more ingredients to this dish, and when questioned he simply only responds with a sly smirk and a wink. The dish itself is bursting with flavors and seasonings that will surely make you go for seconds.