Background

Long ago at the dawn of time, Prince Endymion was the protector of Earth and the heir to the Golden Kingdom of Elysion. It was taboo for the members of the Earth Kingdom and the Moon Kingdom to fraternize, but he fell in love with the Princess of the Moon, Serenity, who'd come to experience the living beauty of the planet he guarded. When war was incited by an evil being from inside the sun, his life was taken as he tried to stop it and protect Princess Serenity.

Totally unbeknownst to him (since he was dead at the time), Princess Serenity, unwilling to live without him, suicided right there on the battlefield, surrounded by her Sailor Senshi who were unable to stop her. Her mother sacrificed her own life to save the world from the destruction that the evil being wanted to cause, and with her last wish, made sure that her daughter and Endymion and all the Senshi would be reborn in times to come, given another chance to live the lives and have the love they'd grown to share.

Fast forward a whole lot of time.

Mamoru Chiba was born to rich and loving parents with big dreams for their son (as evidenced by the name they gave him), and his first six years were idyllic. On his sixth birthday, however, the little family was in a horrific car crash, and both of Mamoru's parents were killed and he was injured, and lost all his memories. All he was left with were wealth, doctors who came and went, and no recollection of being anything but alone. Living first in an orphanage for wealthy bastards and orphaned heirs whose trust funds were safeguarded more than their happiness, then on his own once he was old enough, he essentially raised himself from that age; as far as he was concerned, he'd never had anyone who loved him.

Driven to do everything within his power to better himself and become able to protect people, but not knowing why, Mamoru went to the most elite of schools, Infinity University. Quiet and reserved, his scores soared through the rankings and his studied broadened to encompass everything he felt he should know; steady and friendly, he offered encouragement to anyone who seemed to need it; determined and fierce, he learned and competed in several martial arts, specializing in karate and kendo, making of himself a better fighter, more capable of protecting-- something. He didn't know what, he only knew he had to.

Many people got along with him, but no one really /knew/ him. He's never shown any interest in school or class politics or gossip, nor has he given any time to anyone trying to dig into his past or his desires in order to get him to join up with them. To the mind with the soul older than the body that held it, he could obviously find his own answers, his own way, and no one knew better than he did; he felt he would know the right path when he saw it.

There were just so many answers to -find-. When he awoke in the hospital all those years ago, he didn't know who he was, or what he was doing there, what his name was-- anything. They had to tell him his name, and show him pictures to prove he had parents. To this day, he doesn't even know if he's really Mamoru Chiba or someone else. All his life has been devoted to searching.

Quietly keeping secrets from everyone around him, like the ability to heal himself or the occasional knowledge of what was happening elsewhere, or what someone else dreamt of, he steadily kept up the facade of being gifted and talented but otherwise normal, and kept training his mind and body, and kept thinking, and kept wishing.

Over the last year, he began to have dreams of a beautiful, ethereal girl, a princess, who implored him every night to find the 'Silver Crystal', a gem beyond price with power beyond knowing, which would help him regain his memories. These dreams were bright and true, and he believed them, was haunted by them. At the start, they were only true dreams, from which he'd wake and still be in bed; as the months passed, he'd find himself sleepwalking through the city, endlessly searching for this jewel like a thief in the night, dressed like a caped and masked mystery man in a tuxedo and top hat. The dreams began to grow more vivid as the time of the Senshi grew nearer.

And then he was awake when he transformed. He was awake, and he was drawn to a jewelry store, and he thought maybe-- maybe, since the draw was so hard this time, maybe the Ginzuishou would be there-- but there was a girl there fighting evil, a girl with the long, long hair of his Princess, but so very afraid and graceless and fighting *anyway*. Suddenly he forgot about the Phantom Silver Crystal, because he needed, with every fibre of his being, to help her. To help Sailor Moon.

It wasn't long after that that his inherent abilities, his psychometry and true dreams, began to fix on Sailor Moon and by extension the Senshi who joined her thereafter, and the knowledge of their location and situation would suddenly grip him when they needed help, especially when Moon was in danger. Whether or not his search for the Silver Crystal will interfere with his equally powerful drive to protect the Senshi remains to be seen, but there is no doubt that his secrets won't last forever.

The More You Know

Personality

Forever Alone

Since he was a six year old orphan who remembered nothing of his parents or his life before waking up in the hospital bed, Mamoru was visited on the regular by doctors trying to help him with that whole amnesia thing, and occasionally by social services; there were people who continued to manage his parents' funds-- but everyone left him alone if his grades are good. He knew none of these people loved him, and he didn't remember his parents, so he didn't remember ever having been loved-- in this life. All he knew was that there should be people, many people, and if he kept doing the best he could, he wouldn't stay lonely. It's just that his efforts haven't gone into making friends, they've gone into making himself what he thinks he should be in order for the people he used to have to come back. As a result, he is--

Solitary/Bookish: He doesn't rely on people; people in this life have proved generally unreliable, or focused on their own ends. So it's by choice that he works alone, at least until he finds the people he's looking for. Thus, much of his time is spent reading-- schoolwork, certainly, but also reading everything he can get his hands on, because anything could be useful to the quest that's consumed him since childhood. Besides, it's all so cool! The world in all its glory and the creativity of its people, there's endless wonder to be found in nature and imagination both. The more he understands, the more useful he will be, first to himself and then to his eventual allies.
Driven: He has a quest, and a purpose, and even if he'd be hard pressed to quantify exactly what they are, he will not let anything get in their way. He doesn't know who he is, and he KNOWS he doesn't know, and his only clue is dreams of that beautiful woman telling him to find the Silver Crystal-- so, yeah, he's driven. NOTHING will stop him.
Philosophy of Romance: No time for love, Doctor Jones! Except-- Mamoru is a romantic. It's just that until he resolves his quest, he doesn't have the emotional strength or time to devote to another person, and he's not interested in falling in love with anyone who doesn't fit the exact qualifications or prerequisites necessary to be worth his time. It may sound cold or judgemental, but it's not meant as a judgement: it's only that what's practically a compulsion weighs on his heart to the point that he can't share his heart with anyone who won't strengthen it.
Detached/Preoccupied: Often, Mamoru feels that his life is something like a dream, something mildly unreal. He spends too much time thinking, analyzing, trying to remember anything more than snatches that make no sense, snatches of a life that doesn't match when and where he was born, or match the photos of him with his parents that he doesn't remember. The things he does on a daily basis-- going to class, doing laundry, getting dressed, responding pleasantly to the words that come out of other people's mouths, paying attention to his surroundings-- he does primarily on autopilot, because his mind searches endlessly even while his body does not. He wanders the streets at night in a trancelike state, searching; he dreams true things he can almost remember; he avoids attachment to others because they're not what he's looking for.

Sharpness

There are many ways in which someone can be sharp. Mamoru's got a bunch of them on speed-dial.

Educated: Overeducated, one might say. Even in an academy as elite as Infinity, Mamoru's grades have always been in the top percentile, and the breadth of his knowledge and the depth of parts of it make an excellent database for crossreferencing things in the process of investigation.
Perceptive: All that insatiable thirst to know All The Things would be, even if sated, useless without being able to notice things. Big things out in front that people miss when they can't see the forest for the trees, little things others overlook, hidden things that've left clues in facial expressions or casual words. He doesn't often let on any of the things he notices, because he would very much like not to be overly noticed himself, lest he become unwillingly embroiled in other people's petty dramas and intrigues. The perception helps with that, too, though, because he can put together pretty easily where not to be.
Inherently Stylish: He is one /sharp dressed man/. Whether as Mamoru Chiba or as Tuxedo Kamen -- or as Prince Endymion, not gonna lie -- the dude always rocks whatever the hell he is wearing, and he never ever has to /try/. Because a lot of personal style has to do with comportment, part of this is just his personality shining through and being as /on the scene/ as the best of them. Part of it is also that he's got an eye for aesthetics.
Grounded: While the earth is a blunt instrument, and dirt is not stylish, and common sense isn't very sexy, the ability to focus on the here and now and essentially get a sit-rep from a glance makes Tuxedo Mask seem like he knows everything and which way to go and what to say. When he stops daydreaming and slams into reality, it is with combat boots and an APC, and he is so very on the scene that he can ground *other* people who may be tangenting off into the wild wilderness of the mind.

Older Brother Aura

Blanket term for the sort of behavior he has toward people he cares about, once he finally actually makes some real friends and isn't just phoning it in. He's deeply caring, because the things he feels aren't just surface emotions; still waters run deep. He wants to protect people who need protection, he'll put himself between others and danger; he's giving to the point of self sacrifice (repeated self-sacrifice!). Even if he's not saying anything, he almost radiates warmth of affection and support. The more the support's needed, the more obvious he is about it, saying encouraging things and listening to problems and offering advice when asked. He has a way of seeming like he really understands, whatever the problem might be, if it's something causing heartache or frustration (unless he's the problem, in which case he has zero idea). He'll even cheer on from the sidelines, and it's so obvious, every time, that he means what he says from the bottom of his heart.

On the other hand, rather like your run of the mill actual older brother, Mamoru can be a total jerk, teasing and poking fun, taking an almost absurd glee in ruffling the feathers of people he likes. He also never actually realizes what's 'going too far'.

Princely

Despite not visibly being any kind of prince, the standard storybook stereotypes are generally applicable: Mamoru is aloof, but it's not in a snobby way. He's perfectly genial to strangers (unless one has just annoyed him), but gives the impression that his attention being given /costs/ him, though he's gracious enough to oblige.

When he's fully engaged in something, when he's in the moment and not a world away, he's quite charismatic: people aligned with his cause are inclined to listen to him, or follow him. He has a confidence so honest that the idea of defeat doesn't even enter into his head when he comes up with plans or makes a quick field call, and it rings out in his voice, and people generally believe him, or listen, or do what he's telling them to do; people trust him, sometimes even if they think they shouldn't.

The worst part of the set of 'princely' tropes is that he also has the towering, earthshaking fury of a sovereign when his indignation is roused. Luckily, he has a really, really long fuse.

Hobbies and pastimes

Reading in places! Many places. One can frequently find him with his nose buried in a book, randomly sitting somewhere outside, generally on park benches or outdoor cafes.
Coffee! Usually at Game Center Crown because he gets along with Motoki Furuhata and can engage in friendly ribbing with the other young man, but also anyplace that will let him sit there and read while drinking his vice of choice.
Track and field: He really does enjoy the burn of athletics, and martial arts are only one way he gets that particular fix.
Astronomy: He studies the heavens because there's something in his soul that says his answers might lie there, and also space is really cool and he's a space nerd.
Internets: He secretly moderates the biggest online Sailor Moon fan club and maintains its site, and also has a fairly bitchy tumblr where he gets opinionated about stupid things and also posts pictures of cats and bunnies and outer space.
History & mythology & sociology & anthropology: Like did I mention how much he likes books? I'm pretty sure I did. He has books on many many topics. But there are A LOT of those, and it's world history, and there's a general drive to understand humanity over the course of its recorded existence.

Hopes and dreams

He wants to find out who he is. Secondarily, he wants to find his princess and learn how to make her smile. Thirdly, related to firstly, he is learning everything he can about everything he can, because he thinks it'll be useful when the time comes to help the world be a better place. Also maybe he'll study medicine. But the burning need to answer the questions about his life and the princess kind of take priority over any other smaller dreams.

Friends

He honestly doesn't know how to make friends, and they seem to be a lot of effort and require a lot of upkeep to maintain, and he doesn't have the extra time to spare on that. Plus, he's done without friends for so long that a wall of kindly but walled-off unapproachability is reflex.

On the other hand, Tuxedo Mask is super fond of a lot of magical girls and and always ends up smiling despite himself when he runs into them, so maybe that wall's starting to crumble without his knowledge or permission.

Oh, and he likes the Senshi a lot.

And he REALLY REALLY likes Sailor Moon.

He is the president of her fan club.

So, rather than put this as 'friends' I am gonna put it as 'relationships', some of which are friendships.

Relationships

Earth: It's Mamoru's. It's his. He doesn't remember why, it's just one of those things he knows on a gut level: it's his responsibility to protect, its land and its people and its oceans. It tells him things it needs him to know; it tells him how it's doing; it tells him where he needs to be. In the era of the Silver Millennium, his kingdom was Elysion, the Golden Kingdom of Earth; he was recognised as its sovereign and protector and champion. These days, he's a guy who loves his planet in all its vibrant life and diversity and strangeness with a love that makes his heart ache with fullness, who does everything he knows how to do to preserve what belongs to it, and he feels forever inadequate to the task.
Usagi Tsukino: SHE IS SO AGGRAVATING. And shrill. And whiny! And she cries at the drop of a hat, with amazing tantrums! And she throws things. And she KEEPS SHOWING UP! When he's minding his own (very important) business! She's hilarious and he loves getting her goat, just to see the reactions she comes up with. He LOVES making her shriek. She's actually the best and he's super fond of that liveliness; it makes his day-- and because of his upbringing he has no idea how to actually express that, so he teases and gives a hard time and she probably hates him but oh my god she's the best.
Sailor Moon: A pretty sailor-suited soldier of love and justice! She's clearly new at the job, but she does her job with her whole heart, and she feels things so deeply, and is filled with such indignant fury at injustices that she makes him believe that there really is hope. He will, and does, drop everything to help her if she's in trouble; she mystifies and intrigues him, and tugs at his heart in ways he can't begin to explain, because he doesn't know that in another life, she was--
Princess Serenity: The love of his life, when he was Prince Endymion, and she was the Moon Princess who loved his planet the same way, and for the same reasons, that he did. Obviously he doesn't remember her either, but if he could pin a name to the woman who haunts his dreams, it would be hers.
The Senshi: He has no special relationship with them as of yet, other than that they are Sailor Moon's allies, and therefore a good thing.
Ittou Asanuma: Mamoru's fanboy! He worships the ground the high-schooler walks on, and wants to be just like him when he grows up; he is positive that Mamoru is perfect in every way, and possibly even superhuman! It's an uneven relationship at best, since Ittou idolizes Mamo, and Mamo is vaguely aware he exists. This happened because Mamo's basically just nice, and encouraging, to anyone who looks like they need it -- and by chance one day, 'anyone' happened to include Ittou.
Motoki Furuhata: They're friends!! But neither of them really knows why, other than long, long exposure, and the gradual relentless cheeriness of Motoki wearing down Mamoru's blankly friendly aloofness.

Speculated Relationships

Chibiusa: Adorable. Future daughter. Protection-worthy in the extreme. In canon there is that wicked jealous competition between Chibiusa and Usagi, and it's something that he /does not understand at all/. After all, she's a little kid, and Usagi's not; after all, she's their /future daughter/. But he will most certainly have a tendency to spoil her.
Shitennou: In another life, they were to him what the rest of the Inner Senshi were to Princess Serenity: bodyguards, friends, advisors, comrades, brothers-in-arms, loyal and true. They loved him, and he loved them. That was in another life. These days they pretty much want him dead because Evil Brainwashing Metallia and Beryl. If he remembered them, he'd miss them horribly; if he remembered them, he'd be horrified by what they've become. He doesn't remember them. ...YET.
Queen Beryl: I expect nothing but the finest vamping on her part and the most exquisite awkward discomfort on Mamo's upon their meeting. She's like. Immortal Stalker Lass. With her long-term from-afar creepering of Prince Endymion.

Fighting and combat

Base Henshin

For the base (or disguise) form, all characters have 25 points to spend between the two primary stats of Spirit (Offense) and Heart (Defense); these stats individually cannot be lower than 5 or higher than 20.

Spirit: 10

Heart: 15

Combat Henshin

Currently, for the combat henshin, all characters have 60 points to spend between their two primary stats: Spirit (Offense) and Heart (defense).

Spirit: 20

Heart: 40

Iconic Attack

Um-- zoisite punch?? Really I will app for things like this when they apply. They do not apply yet.

Fighting Style

Physical combat

Mamoru punches and kicks with the best of them, but his primary focus in physical melee depends on his cane, which he uses to block attacks, strike sidelong, and thrust directly in order to keep enemies at a distance. Kendo go! If he is possessed of a sword, he's (inexplicably; chalk it up to subconscious memories) absurdly good at using it; either way, he often picks the most dramatic possible moment to strike. He also has a tendency to block attacks to others with his body, volunteering as a meat shield for ranged stabbity, which isn't very good for his health but has a fifty percent chance of inciting vengeful berserker rage on the part of his allies.

Magical combat

Not much. Magical defense, more like, because the whole 'jump in OUT OF NOWHERE and bound away high into the air while carrying someone else' thing is pretty magical, and his cape can block attacks it really shouldn't be able to. Moderately magical combat? His hat can hit like a brick; his cane can pretend it's a telescoping pool cue somehow with absolutely no explanation, but that's around it right now.

TO BE SEEN LATER, He is also capable of what basically amounts to a psychokinetic blast of heat and light and force (which he calls Tuxedo la Smoking Bomber!) It's basically his one iconic, but he doesn't start out with it; he has no idea he's actually legit magical.

He actually... doesn't fight much, alongside the senshi, in the initial building of plot. Some, yes, but primarily only to help Sailor Moon. Mostly he does support and tactical analysis, informing the people who are actually doing a lot of fighting of dangers creeping up on them, and only leaping in if things are overwhelming or missed.

If he gets *attacked* it's a different story, especially if he's alone: he'll go all out. But in a group fight, his role is distraction, obfuscation, tactical information, rescues, and occasional clutch plays.

OUT of combat, his powers are even less well defined but no less clearly present, BUT VERY SERIOUSLY RULED BY RULE OF COOL: he's strong, he can heal himself; he has prophetic dreams and occasionally dreams in tandem with others; he has a psychic sense of 'oh no Sailor Moon's in trouble' and a sort of subset of psychic power generally classed as 'psychometry'. This includes the ability to feel what the earth feels, the ability to know what's going on around his allies even if he's nowhere nearby, he can heal or stabilize or rejuvenate someone on contact, using his own energy to maintain them (though this will be discovered in play, and really just works best on Sailor Moon), and a general ability to make leaps of intuition on limited data in a crisis. The focus is always the pain or well-being of the planet and/or the people he cares about.

The big reason the heal/buff/replenish thing will be discovered in play is because the contact psychometry is generally uncontrolled, so he touches people as little as humanly possible. Thank god people bow in Japan instead of shaking hands.

LATER, when he learns more about himself, and the source of his power, and the fact that 'yes dude these are all actually special powers and they are peculiar to you', he'll be able deliberately monitor situations from afar, make better magical attacks, and start doing all the crazy stuff he gets into later when he finds out he is actually legit the carrier of the Earth's Sailor Crystal.

But for now he basically just thinks he's kind of a mutant or something, and not the useful kind like with adamantium claws or eye-beams.

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