Masamune

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“	Masamune wasn’t present, but from what I knew of the guy, he wasn’t even close to being a front-lines combatant. They’d recruited him from the ruined area of Japan, a somewhat crazed hermit, and gave him work in figuring out how to mass produce their stuff without the maintenance issues snowballing out of control, like tinker tech tended to do in large quantities.	”
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<infobox> <title source="name"><default>Masamune</default></title>

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Alive

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<label>Location</label> <label>Teams</label> <label>Previous Team(s)</label> <label>Base of Operations</label></group> <group><header>First Appearance</header> <label>Worm Debut</label> <label>Ward Debut</label></group> </infobox> Masamune is a member of the Guild.

Personality

Masamune spoke Japanese.<ref name="29.3">Venom 29.3</ref> He was recruited from the ruined area of Japan, where he was a "somewhat crazed" hermit.<ref name="26.2">Sting 26.2</ref> He seemed to have a prior relationship with Black Kaze.<ref name="27.3"/>

He didn't act as a front-line combatant.<ref name="26.2"/>

Appearance

Masamune is a stooped and frail man who sports a thin beard. He is not old, despite his fragile appearance.<ref name="27.2">Extinction 27.2</ref>

Abilities and Powers

Masamune had the ability to figure out how to mass-produce tinkertech without maintenance issues snowballing out of control.<ref name="R1">Masamune - Resource - reddit comment by Wildbow.</ref> He was able to create the gear utilized by the Dragon's Teeth and top-of-the-line equipment for the Protectorate and Wards, including copies of Defiant's combat engines.<ref name="26.2">Sting 26.2</ref> He produced nonlethal weapons, although not as good as those possessed by the Dragonslayers.<ref name="28.3">Cockroaches 28.3</ref>

He also helped produce spare nanothorn knives, although they would degrade in a few days if not maintained.<ref name="29.3"/>

As of Gold Morning, he hadn't figured out how to reproduce Weaver's flight-pack technology.<ref name="27.5">Extinction 27.5</ref>

History

Background

The Japanese hero team Sentai Elite had a tinker with extremely similar abilities who produced their equipment before Kyushu.<ref name="22.y">The Sentai joined him, adding their ranged fire to his. They had a man who mass produced their armor and weapons, each with wrist-mounted laser guns, rifles at their hips. Sixteen or seventeen of them opened fire with both weapons at the same time. - Excerpt from Interlude 22.y</ref>

At some point, Masamune became familiar with Black Kaze.<ref name="27.3"/>

Masamune was recruited from the ruined area of Japan, sometime around September 2012,<ref name="I 27">December 5th, 2012, six months ago

[...]

“The Guild found the mass-production tinker. All signs point to them becoming a force in their own right. We won’t be helpless.” - Excerpt from 27.x (Interlude, Eidolon)‏‎</ref> where he was a somewhat crazed hermit.<ref name="26.2">Sting 26.2</ref>

Post-Timeskip

Masamune was recruited by the Guild and given the task of figuring out how to mass-produce their equipment without the maintenance issues snowballing out of control. He was able to create the gear utilized by the Dragon's Teeth and top-of-the-line equipment for the Protectorate and Wards.<ref name="26.2">Sting 26.2</ref>

Gold Morning

He was present alongside the rest of the Guild when they met with Cauldron. He stepped away from his teammates to approach Black Kaze and stand within the mass murderer's personal space for several tense moments. When Masamune returned to his teammates, Black Kaze followed him.<ref name="27.3">Extinction 27.3</ref>

Later, the two seemed to be travelling as a pair,<ref name="29.3">Venom 29.3</ref> although Masamune was nowhere to be seen when she engaged Scion.<ref name="30.2">Speck 30.2</ref>

Was likely subsumed and used to construct the instrument that ended the Event.

Glow-worm

He was instrumental in getting the internet working again.<ref>Glow-worm P.1</ref>

Ward

Masamune had moved to the Japanese territories of Gimel at some point.<ref name="II20.e5">I’ve been tasked with rounding up the tinkers and thinkers we would need to ask and organize to see if it’s possible. The problem is that many are distant. Masamune is in Gimel’s Japan, others are scattered around Gimel, and we don’t have secured communication or contact details for all of them. - Last 20.e5</ref>

Trivia

• Masamune (正宗), also known as Gorō Nyūdō Masamune (五郎入道正宗 c.1264–1343 AD), is widely recognized as Japan's greatest swordsmith.<ref>Wikipedia - Masamune</ref>
• Under Weaverdice rules, Masamune counts as a type of Resource Tinker.<ref name="R1"/><ref name="R2">As the Americount said, Masamune is a resource tinker and string theory is an architect/mad scientist type. - reddit comment by Wildbow.</ref>

References

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