Mayula

Finally, I get around to posting my next character. This is Mayula, the daughter of my already approved character, Judo. :3


Name: Mayula (MAY-ool-ah) (although many call her May for short)
Age: 13
Gender: Female
Race: Mutahylian (explained in bio)
Hair Color: Light brown
Eye Color: Teal blue
Height: 5’2”
Weight: 98 lbs

Relationship Status: Single, not looking.

Family: Judo (father), Kelli (mother)

Weapon: Mayula fights with a pair of dual blades known as Aris and Aros, both made to her size. They look nothing like Gerudo dual swords (the all female tribe from Zelda uses them as well), however, and are straight instead of curved.

Armor: None. Mayula guards by shielding herself with her dual blades crossed in front of her.

Strengths: Mayula’s strengths closely resemble that of her mother. Like her mother, Mayula is fast, jumps well, and dodges well. Her biggest strength, however is comboing. Mayula’s friends often call her the combo master for the number of combos she’s come up with and shown her parents. Mayula also has the ability to manipulate locks and a few other objects without touching them (mostly small ones that don't weigh a lot), and enemies often do not know what a bad idea it is to capture her by locking her up somewhere.

Weaknesses: Despite being as great at comboing as she is, Mayula is more weakness prone than Judo. Like her mother again, she is not very good at shielding. Mayula is also very vulnerable to arrows, magic, and most of all, spears. Spears can not only function like arrows, but they outrange Mayula close up as well. Lances provide some weakness because of this as well, but because they only attack close up, Mayula has a much better chance of avoiding them.

Skills/Magic: Mayula knows three of her father’s self-created techniques, Sword Kick, Jump Slash, and Shield Draw.

Sword Kick: The only move that doesn’t actually use the sword to attack. Mayula runs, thrusts her blades down into the ground, uses them to flip herself over it, and kick her enemy. Since Mayula cannot completely see where she’s going while doing so, this move has the least amount of accuracy.

Air Stab: Slightly similar to TP Link’s hidden skill Jump Strike, except Mayula flips forwards or backwards once while holding her blades outward and then comes down with a blow instead of just jumping forward.

Shield Draw: Despite its name, this move doesn’t need a shield. Mayula blocks her opponent’s attack, holds their weapon down on the ground with her swords, and lastly, she quickly brings her blades back up for a strike.

Mayula knows her mother’s techniques as well. These are TP's hidden skills, which originated with Kelli. They are as follows.

Ending Blow: A finishing move. Mayula leaps in the air, points her swords downward, and lands that blow. This move is easy to miss with though.

Shield Attack: Mayula is not very good with this move, but all this is is thrusting her swords forward while crossed in front of her. It can throw enemies off guard or deflect certain magic attacks back at the opponent.

Helm Splitter: Leaping in the air and striking the enemy’s head, then coming in for a land on the other side. She often needs to stand on something to be able to jump high enough, however.

Back Slice: Rolling around to the enemy’s back side and jumping into an attack.

Mortal Draw: Sheathing the swords and once Mayula approaches her opponent, she immediately draws her blades for a surprise strike.

Jump Strike: Basically a stronger version of the jump attack. Mayula charges her blades, then jumps, then strikes.

Great Spin: A more powerful version of the Spin Attack. It has greater range and strength than the original. However, Mayula can only use it when she’s completely healthy and energized.

Mayula has also taught herself to combine these with her father’s techniques. One such is using Sword Kick directly after a Helm Splitter, which is the one she uses most often. Another is a Mortal Draw followed by an Air Stab. Mayula also has a technique of her own that she calls Dual Spin. It is basically an altered version of the spin attack that uses dual blades. Mayula spins while pointing her blades in opposite directions.

Appearance: Mayula has her father’s light brown hair and the teal blue eyes of her mother. She also inherited Kelli’s long legs. Mayula wears her long, waist-length hair in a ponytail that flows behind her. Around her neck she wears a long, light blue scarf, and at her back is a sheath for one of her swords. The other sheath is at her waist attached to a belt. Mayula wears a purple shirt with sleeves that wrap around the sides of her shoulders. Her pants are dark blue while her short, high-heeled boots are brown. She wears white gloves on her hands that don’t completely cover them. Her shirt has pieces that extend past her waist. Here's a picture I drew, but not colored (sorry it's blurry).

Carried Items/Accessories:

Judo’s Charm – This is a necklace with a sword charm attached. It has been passed in Judo’s family for generations. He gave it to his daughter to carry on that tradition. Mayula wears it around her neck. It is so shiny, it has the ability to reflect light.

Small Bag – Just a small bag attached to Mayula’s belt.

Wallet – For carrying money, obviously.

Personality: Mayula is quite a confident girl who’s often full of energy. She always strives to be great at what she wants to do and is inspired by her parents. Even though Mayula feels Judo is overprotective a lot, she always enjoys training and sparring with her father even when she makes a mistake or two. Mayula enjoys training with her mother as well, especially since Kelli had indirectly given her most of her combo ideas. And although Mayula is generally a very kind girl, she can get stubborn at times and also takes after her father in clumsiness.

Bio: Mayula was born to Kelli and Judo in Hyrule Castle. It was both a great and tough time in their lives. Judo had been sent to battle during the time Mayula was supposed to be born and had barely made it back due to a severe injury. He survived it, but it took a long time to heal. When he saw Kelli in bed with their newborn baby, however, he smiled for a long time at the thought of being a father. Kelli smiled back and cuddled the baby girl in her arms, wondering what to name her.

“Kel, we still haven’t decided on a name. Any ideas?” Judo asked.

“Hmm…oh! Why didn’t I think of this before? We can call her Mayula,” Kelli suggested. “Mayia and Hyrule have been so good to us and one another. I thought it a neat idea to combine them into a name.”

“Hey, that’s a great idea! Mayula it is,” Judo agreed. “We could call her May for short.”

“Yeah, we could, huh?”

Mayula grew up to be a cute young girl. She inherited her father’s light brown hair and her mother’s teal blue eyes as well as her Mutahylian blood. Mutahylians are a group of rare Hylians who possessed a single supernatural power when born, such as reading minds, healing abilities, telling the future, and more. And like both of her parents, she developed a liking for swords and wished to learn to use one like her parents did someday. Mayula also had inherited her mother’s stubborn ways and her father’s somewhat clumsiness according to her best friend, Princess Vira, who was the daughter of Zelda and Link. It was when Mayula was only seven years old that she and her parents discovered her ability to manipulate objects without touching them. It was one day when random monsters suddenly took Mayula hostage and locked her up in a cave on Death Mountain. Kelli went after her and attempted to free her daughter, but wound up being captured as well.

Judo didn’t receive the news of his captured wife and daughter until later when Conan, the deputy commander of the Royal Knights, discovered them missing and heard from Link that Kelli had gone to Death Mountain looking for Mayula. Outraged and extremely worried, Judo set out to rescue them both and found the cave where they were being held. He battled the creatures responsible for the capture, a Dragolfos and Dinolfos, but tripped and got his foot stuck between two rocks after the Dinolfos went down. He couldn’t free himself, and when little Mayula saw her father about to get struck, she got so angry she let her eyes glow white and unlock her chains without touching them by hand. She ran up to the Dragolfos, dashed up its long tail as if it were stairs, and clung to the creature’s head.

“You leave my Daddy alone!” she yelled in a squeaking voice. The Dragolfos couldn’t see and kept trying to shake the little girl off. Kelli watched the sight in shock as Judo finally managed to free himself and go after the creature. Suddenly, the Dragolfos had thrown Mayula off and sent her flying across the chamber. Judo gasped and rushed in her direction, just barely managing to catch the girl. He fell over in the process, but put her down and stabbed the Dragolfos in the back before it could do anymore damage. It died in almost an instant.

“Judo! May!” Kelli called. Judo brought May back over to her mother and they asked if she could try freeing Kelli. Mayula tried again, found that she could use her power at will. Kelli was freed in no time at all, and all three of them escaped the cave. Vira, Link, Zelda, and Conan were all relieved to find they were safe. Vira especially, because of their strong bond. Mayula and Vira loved hanging out ever since they were little and they often went shopping and things together. By the time the two girls were at age 12, they both discussed how they would convince their parents to teach them to fight the way they did.

Since Vira’s father used a sword while her mother used a bow, she had trouble choosing. Mayula suggested she go with the bow because Mayula would already be using a sword, plus both Link and Zelda knew archery skills. So for awhile they dreamed of fighting the enemy alongside one another in battle and achieving many victories. Pretty soon, they both became so excited that they couldn’t wait any longer to ask their parents to train them. Mayula ran to the training grounds looking for her father as fast as her legs could carry her. She spotted him sparring with the deputy commander, Conan, and politely interrupted.

“Hey, Dad!” Mayula called, her long hair flowing behind her. Judo turned around to find his daughter happily racing up to him.

“Oh, hi there, May. What brings you out here?” he asked with a smile.

“I want to learn to use a sword just like you and Mom!” Mayula said with excitement. “And I know just how I want to do it!”

“Really now? I knew this day would come. Of course we’ll teach you,” Judo agreed while still smiling. “Conan, can you go get Kelli and tell her to meet me in the armory? And inform the men that I’ll be busy with my daughter for awhile.”

“Of course, Judo,” Conan agreed. He sheathed his sword and disappeared through the castle doors. Judo turned his attention back to Mayula.

“So, May, what’s your idea on how you want to learn?” he asked.

“Well, I thought since you wield one sword and Mom wields one sword, I’ll wield two! One to wield with pride for each of you!” Mayula exclaimed. “So I’d like to learn to use dual blades.”

“Dual blades, eh? Hehe, one to wield for both me and your mother sounds good to me!” Judo replied. “It’s like you’re doing the fighting for us!” Mayula put her hands to her hips.

“Dad!” she beamed, knowing her father was joking. Judo couldn’t help but laugh.

“Haha, you know I’m just kidding,” he said. “Follow me. I know just what you can train with.”

With that, Judo led Mayula away from the training grounds and back inside the castle. Mayula looked around and wondered what awaited her in the castle armory, the room where weapons were made and stored. When Judo finally led his daughter to a big wooden door, he opened it to reveal a wide assortment of weapons, including swords, axes, bows, lances, and more. She browsed around as Judo looked for the thing he was looking for. He motioned Mayula to come to him when he finally set eyes on a pair of dual blades sized for a smaller person.

“Here you are, May,” Judo said. “These are just your size. We had weapons at this size forged for those younger aspiring soldiers. People can start training at as young as your age, you know, but not actually get recruited until at least age 16.” Mayula picked up the dual blades in her hands and looked at them.

“Wow, these look really cool!” she complemented.

“I’m glad you like them,” Judo replied with a smile. “Let’s go back to the training field now. I wonder why your mother hasn’t made it here yet…”

“Yeah, that’s weird. Maybe Captain Conan is still looking for her,” Mayula suggested.

“Perhaps.” As the two wondered where Kelli and Conan may be, they made their way back to the training grounds. Once through the big wooden door and outside in the bright sunlight again, Judo looked around for a good spot to start teaching Mayula. Just minutes later, however, they heard footsteps coming up from behind them. Judo raised his eyebrow and along with Mayula turned around to see none other than Kelli and Conan trying to catch up to them. Kelli was fully ready to begin, her Sun Sword at her back. She and Conan slowed down as they approached Judo and Mayula.

“There you two are,” Judo said. “We were wondering what kept you.”

“Oh, Conan knew where to find me, but I had to let Link borrow some arrows,” Kelli explained. “He and Zel are teaching Vira to use a bow. Are you ready to learn to fight like us, May?”

“You bet, Mom!” Mayula cried with excitement. “I can’t wait until Vira and I battle side by side!”

“Heh, well, then we’d better get started,” Judo replied with a smile. “Show your mother the dual blades I gave you.” Mayula then happily held up the two swords in her hands. Conan’s eyes widened when he saw them, seemingly recognizing them. Kelli smiled, but Conan started to talk before she could say anything.

“Hey, those are my grandfather’s old swords, Aris and Aros. After he died, my father let me donate them to the castle,” Conan explained. “I wouldn’t mind if May used them, of course.”

“Really? I thought they looked pretty unique,” Judo said. “Well, May, try simply swinging them first.” May obeyed and swung both swords horizontally and vertically.

“Hey, that was pretty good!” Kelli complimented.

“Yeah, I was watching Dad spar with Captain Conan earlier,” Mayula said proudly.

“That’s a good way to learn too,” Judo replied. “Now we’re going to teach you a few more simple swings.”

For a long time Mayula trained hard with Aris and Aros, showing both Kelli and Judo how well she could do what she’d learned from them. In time, Mayula began trying to combine her mother and father’s techniques, the first one being a Helm Splitter followed by a Sword Kick right after. Vira and Mayula both trained together a lot and eventually had their first real battle as a test when monsters had suddenly appeared in Lake Hylia one day. They both made their parents proud, as Vira’s accuracy with a bow had excelled while Mayula had trained hard with her combos.

By the time Mayula was 13, Vira, Conan, and even some of the other knights started calling her the combo master and the knights and Conan even asked her to show them how she did each move combo. She gladly taught them and Judo was ever more proud of his daughter for helping to heighten the skills of his men. In time, Mayula decided to travel herself, just as Judo had been, but it was mostly in secret. Judo was often a bit overprotective of his daughter and kept a big eye on her during their real battles and sparring, though, but it didn’t stop the determined young girl from exploring and experiencing new battles.

Um... in the weapon section I think you meant the swords DO look like Gerudo blades.

And there's only two things I'd like to ask how the swords could be sized for youngsters and yet have been used by Conan's grandfather. And isn't she a bit too strong for her age?

Uh, cause Conan's grandfather used them when HE was a kid as well?

And no, they don't look like Gerudo dual swords. Those have curved blades, whereas Mayula's do not.

And what do you mean by too strong? Can you please clarify what exactly is making this so? I can't fix it otherwise. xP

EDIT: Oh, also, Mayula DID inherit her father's skill, by the way. Judo is one of the strongest warriors Hyrule has seen, and had natural talent with swords. I'm actually surprised Judo wasn't found to be a little too strong, not May.

Well Judo wasn't 13 years old in his profile. XD


And I meant that she has a lot of skills and abilities for someone her age.

Well, both her parents use swords well, plus there are Judo's knights and Conan around to influence her. She trains every day and never skips a practice session, much like her father. She spars with not only her parents, but Link, Conan, and some of the knights too. Also, Judo was strong for his age when he first took command of the Hyrulean Royal Knights, so it's really no surprise May is as well.

I made an edit on one of those sword techniques.

Fair enough. Just wanted to hear your justification for it.

*approvifies*

Ah. I edited it in after adding May to my character thread anyway though.

Yayz.