Raymond Wood

Raymond Wood is a Kemiya of the 39th Generation and Mentor to Musica. He died of Cancer in 2001

Distinguishing Marks: Alchemic Symbol of Silver on back of right hand. Silver Transmutation circles on both palms.

Other Skills: Masterful Melee combatant. Above Olympic level gymnast, reflexes, stamina, speed, balance. Extensive knowledge of magic, Demonology, history, alchemy and chemistry. Fluent in several languages (Spanish, French, Italian, German, Chinese, Japanese and Latin) Expert Artist

Weaknesses: Damaged hands

Race: Human/Pure Kemiya

Character Info: Raymond is a hard working Kemiya, the model alchemist who trains hard, keeps to himself and rarely socialises, even with women but this is due to his age and wisdom. In his younger years Raymond was hot headed, arrogant and lived the fast paced life as did most in age in the 70’s and 80’s drinking a lot and even taking drugs from time to time. Luckily Raymond became wise after a near death experience due too a drug overdose and resolved to change and embrace his Kemiya lifestyle even more then in his youth. Like most Kemiya’s he is a fighter but will do so when he has to and will not kill non Kemiya’s unless he must. In his youth he was a fierce hunter one to be feared. As Raymond aged he was more concerned with defending himself rather than hunting. He changed immensely over the span of 5 years from the late 80’s to the early 90’s from a brash, arrogant man to a wiser man. In combat there are few with more cunning than Raymond and raw power he possesses even beyond 35 he is a tremendously powerful Kemiya with few who could surpass his power. He was able to take a heap of wounds in combat and still fight on and could heal almost any wound in less than 30 hours. The older Raymond became the more he distanced himself from humanity but did socialise enough to maintain his sanity and to entertain himself briefly.

Theme Tune: U2 – One

Powers: 

Silver Manipulation:He can manipulate a piece of silver around his neck into almost any shape or form he desires as long as its not too big or small due to the alchemic symbol of silver on the back of his right hand. This `Personal Piece` is considered unbreakable due to his power of control. He can maintain focus on a maximum of 2 different silver pieces by touch, or one silver piece though sight and make it near unbreakable by magical or physical means unless the touch or focus are broken, or if a force over 80 tons is applied. He can’t make his silver into any mechanical weapon or any object that requires non silver components like a lighter

Silver Creation: He can also create Silver from all forms of matter, solid, liquid or gas, due to the transmutation circles on his palms but it doesn't last long and can be controlled by others with stronger powers than his own. Metals are the easiest forms of matter to transmutate and control.

Soul Sensing: Raymond can sense the souls of other people to tell if they are weak or strong. He can sense other magic users and other Kemiya’s. This unique ability allows a Kemiya to find his destined apprentice, one who has a dormant Kemiya ability. Raymond can detect distortions within the soul, possessions, evil etc Raymond has advanced his ability to be able to see into a person's soul, feel their emotion's in a very deep level, but not thoughts and he cannot manipulate the emotions of others.

Chaos Darkness: Raymond has the ability to give up control of his body to his inner darkness, a dark and entirely evil entity, seperate from his soul to be granted a great increase in all aspects of physical ability and raw power. While in this form he fights as a berserker and can ignore all wounds

Other Powers: Like all Kemiya’s Raymond can use alchemy not only to create and manipulate Silver but to break apart almost any solid material by severing the molecular bonds. Raymond can also exhert his spiritual power in the area around him. Those near him will feel a great pressure on their bodies making it hard to breathe or even stand and could near incapacitate an average person given the strength of his spiritual power. This is mainly used as an intimidation tactic as it is not painful, just uncomfortable. Raymond can also put his spiritual power into his silver and use it to cut through solids and even liquids at distance and even break solid materials apart



Fighting Style: Raymond showed that fighting styles can in fact change over time. At first Raymond was a strong Form 4 user with proficiency in Form 2. But as Raymond's wisdom, patience and overall sword play skills grew, his tactics changed as well. He maintained a strong defence at all time, letting his opponents, mainly Form 4 or Form 6 users get worn down before making the counter attacks. Since Raymond was one of the strongest Kemiya’s of his time, he was also a master of Form 6 and the possible reason for Musica's mastery of the form

History: 

Born in a Port Raymond was born in Portsmouth to Martha and Jason Wood, 2nd child after his sister Phoebe. Jason was a football club Manager and his mother was a part time sale assistant. Living wasn’t the best for the family but they got by ok. Raymond upbringing was as uneventful against most others but when he was 13 years old he and his family were out shopping. In a typical childish rant he went outside to wait by the car for his family. Next door to the shop a small fire had broken out and had reached a few gas tanks, which exploded, taking the entire complex out, along with Raymond’s family. A man saw the explosion and saw Raymond, recognising him as his destined apprentice. The gentleman’s name was Alec Marshall who took Raymond into his care, bringing him to London and began to train him with ease at first but Raymond was a very quick study and was already a stunning swordsman at aged 15.

Getting Started

Alec taught Raymond all he knew about alchemy and melee combat tactics until Raymond was 17 and challenged Raymond for his release fight. They fought on the London Bridge and Alec was knocked off the bridge but Raymond used his Silver to catch him. Alec scolded Raymond for saving him saying that if he had of died, it would have been at the hands of a worthy opponent but Raymond retorted he’s not a Kemiya yet, only when his mentor is defeated is he a Kemiya. Alec surrendered the fight and gave Raymond a piece of the Ripley line and told him to go forth.Raymond’s first kill came in Norway as he fought a woman and with some reluctance, killed her eventually. He felt guilt over his first kill but realised, it was her or him. He travelled through Sweden and Finland, taking out another Kemiya along the way.

New Land, New Challenges

He headed unto main land Europe then straight to United States. He landed in Washington and gained a bit of historical knowledge of the country and added another piece to his name. At this stage Raymond was 22 and headed West taking out another Kemiya then arrived in Las Vegas and ended up taking out one of Meyer Lansky’s personal Kemiya body guards. He then engaged another Kemiya in the Mojave Desert for 4 hours in the intense heat and then thunderous rain but eventually emerged victorious. This would be Raymond’s most challenging fight in his life. Raymond headed back across America and arrived in New York, aged 25 and was almost instantly swept up in the drug culture, but maintained his life style as a Kemiya albeit, more laid back. He was challenged by a Kemiya and fought with him. The fight ended up on a busy road as Raymond was about to be killed when a car was heading for him. He rolled back and his opponent was hit by the car. Raymond walked to his opponent but spared his life, noting it was chance he escaped.

Cleaning up

He left America and arrived in China. He spent a few years there, seeking rehabilitation and enlightenment. He took on 5 very challenging Kemiya’s and defeating them all. He learnt the language well and local customs then headed to Japan to seek more challenging Kemiya’s but didn’t find any. Disappointed, he travelled to Australia and wiped out a vampire clan in Darwin. He travelled to Egypt and fought 2 Kemiya’s in a 3 way bout on a boat travelling down the Nile but Raymond was knocked from the boat leaving the other two to finish the battle. Raymond returned to Europe and travelled through Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, France, Spain and Portugal adding another 4 Kemiya’s bringing his total to 18 by the time he was 28.

Dirty Deeds

Raymond headed to South America and had to fight against many street gangs in Argentina. He fought another hard battle in the Andes mountain range bringing his total to 19. He made his presence felt in Bolivia by taking out several high ranking military officers after they came to Raymond to help control the people in their bid for power. Raymond moved on to Brazil and provided a substantial Silver deposit for the newly elected President. Raymond then travelled through Central America, dealing with any trouble that came his way, passing through Mexico without incident. Raymond continued north to Canada then to Alaska where he fought another Kemiya at the Prince William Sound and finished the battle in time to see the Exxon Valdez oil Spill. Raymond headed through Canada and took on another Kemiya aboard the train from Vancouver to Ottawa once again emerging victorious.

The Silver boy

Raymond returned to the America travelling a few places but not going too far. He made it to Miami aged 35 and came across a massacred family and a boy who was still alive. He knew this boy named Musica was his destined apprentice. He arranged to legally adopt the boy and trained him for 8 years but due to his years of drink and drug abuse, Raymond contracted cancer and died aged 43 before he could grant Musica his release fight.