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Warning This character, Yamato Ovan, is property of Ishimura_Elite.

This is the character featured in Sword Art Online: Blade Master. For the original character from Clashing Blades, see Yamato.

I never had a chance to dream. The only thing I can be is who I am now... but you still have that chance I lost.
~ Yamato


Yamato Ovan
YamatoOvan(SAO-BM)
Personal Info
Name Yamato Sumeragi
Kanji 天皇大和
Romanji Sumeragi Yamato
Birthday July 19, 2002
Age 20
Gender Male
Height 5'10"
Weight 131 lbs.
Eyes Ice Blue
Hair Black
Family None
Player Profile
Display Name Yamato
Kanji 大和
Epithet Wandering Swordsman

White Ronin
Corbenik Avatar

VRMMORPGs Played Sword Art Online
Affiliation None
Partner Sakura Katsuragi
Previous Partner Takeo Tohno
Status Deceased
Skills
Unique Skill Judgement Cut
Unique Weapon Kuraokami

Corbenik

Media


Yamato Ovan was a player of Sword Art Online, and a central character in Sword Art Online: Blade Master.

Appearance[]

Yamato was mostly seen a black uwagi with matching divided hakama. He wore dark brown boots that reached up to his knees and was rarely seen without his haori, colored white with black hem and trim.

Background[]

Yamato was generally an acceptably social boy in his early years, developing quick friendships with those he would share bonds with into adulthood; Sakura Naoto and Takeo Tohno. From a young age, he was fascinated with the art of swordsmanship, and would often play by himself using sticks he'd find around his house to swing around, before he recieved his very own bokken on his 8th birthday.

That same year, Yamato fell in with a gang of young Yakuza and hopefuls, who also practiced martial arts, being tricked into thinking it was just a club and without his parents' knowledge. On his 11th year, the gang would attempt to force Yamato into murdering his parents as an initiation, being held at gunpoint to do so. When he refused, he was shot in the stomach and his parents were killed afterwards. Though critically wounded by the gunshot, Yamato, filled with rage, took the family's katana and slaughtered all of the gang members present, being five individuals under the age of 18. After the incident, friend of the family, Kirei Kyosho, adopted Yamato and taking him in as his new guardian, now living in the same household as Sakura Katsuragi.

The incident would forever change Yamato, turning his once warm and friendly nature into a cold and distant shell of his former self, and even giving himself a new surname, wanting to forget about the past. He would mature over the years, recovering somewhat from the incident some time before the release of Sword Art Online, relying heavily on Sakura and Takeo for support along the way, and becoming a calm, intelligent, and stoic individual, though still retaining his reserved nature and cold exterior. 

Sword Art Online Incident[]

Yamato was an unsung figure of the SAO Incident, starting out working with his two childhood friends, Sakura Naoto and Takeo Tohno. The three shared close bonds with each other, and even lived together under the same roof. Takeo, being a beta tester of the game, learned of the existence of Skeith during the beta and had purposefully neglected to inform the developers of the anomaly, thereby allowing it into the main game. Takeo would hunt for and eventually find Skeith, taking it as his ultimate weapon. It would be at this point that his psyche began to break down as Skeith's effects began to take hold of him.

Yamato saw these changes in his friend, becoming increasingly concerned as time went by, but not understanding what was causing him to change. It wouldn't be long before Yamato learned of Skeith's true nature, and he would begin to cross paths with Takeo, the two frequently arguing as they became more and more distant. Takeo would eventually turn completely against Yamato, betraying him and leaving him to die at the hands of the PK guild, the Guardians of Darkness. Barely surviving, Yamato became distraught at his failure to reach his former friend, who had discarded his true name in favor of his online name, Majora.

Yamato would eventually learn of the existence of Skeith's mirror opposite, Corbenik, and recognized it as the only thing that could combat Skeith. He would eventually find it and take it for himself, becoming acquainted with its power and using it to destroy Skeith's influence wherever he saw it in order to contain its spread throughout the game. He would come across Majora again during this time, the two fighting in a fierce duel that ended in a stalemate, forcing both to retreat.

Further hunting down Majora, Yamato eventually confronted him at the height of his power and the peak of his insanity. He would fight against Yamato one more time, and Skeith's grasp on Majora would weaken throughout the fight just enough for Yamato to land the death blow on Majora, breaking Skeith's influence over him and ending his life. However, Yamato, being unable to acquire Skeith himself, was left unable to completely destroy it entirely, leaving him to wait with the hopes that someone compatible with both Skeith and Corbenik would appear.

It was not long after that Yamato would encounter Ishi Haseo, a man whose fate would become forever entwined with his own.

Yamato's iconic status as the Wandering Swordsman was garnered from multiple stories of others who encountered him, claiming that he was unbeatable in combat and had the ability to drain a player's levels down to 1. He was known to mainly target PKers, and was both feared and revered by his skills in combat. In fact, his status has become almost mythical, as Yamato himself is rarely seen and never visits populated areas, in effect being mainly known by reputation rather than appearance, allowing him to freely walk amongst normal players without being recognized if need be.

Personality[]

Yamato was a generally warm and generous person, though was extremely quiet and chose to isolate himself from others. He was wise beyond his years, and was extremely introspective, and was often found meditating on his own and sorting through his mind. He was reflective on his past and worked tirelessly to change his future, and the future of others, for the better. 

Yamato was a pacifist by nature, and while he was easily able to cut apart any opponent with little effort with sheer skill with his blade alone, he preferred not to use force as much as possible. When action was unavoidable, he worked to ensure that nobody was killed and only disarmed, incapacitated, or otherwise neutralized. He adhered to his principles even to his own detriment, and was willing to put himself at greater risk in order to uphold his pacifism. Even with the threat of Hao with Skeith, Yamato refused to bloody his blade, even though he had the ability to face and most likely defeat Hao if the two were to battle one-on-one. Yamato instead gave Ishi the strength he needed to defeat and eliminate Hao in his stead, so while Yamato himself refused to kill, even for the greater good, he would still assist others in doing so instead.

He deeply resented the mistakes he'd made in the past, and acknowledged the fact that he was too far gone to be redeemed himself. Through Galant and later Ishi Haseo he realized that he'd lost who he was a long time ago, and that he could never get it back. Instead, he decided to redeem himself through Ishi, helping him to come to terms with himself before Ishi ended up like him. Willing to give his life to that end, he no longer had any regrets.

Abilities[]

Yamato was an incredibly skilled swordsman, both in-game and in real life, and his expertise with a katana was matched by exceptionally few people. He had perfected the Kyosho Style Traditional Martial Arts, and was the youngest ever to achieve complete mastery of the form.

His Dark Slayer style was heavily influenced by iaido, and mainly employed rapid and accurate single handed strikes with his blade, unsheathing the blade to strike extremely quickly and with perfect precision. His unique skill, Judgement Cut, incorporated these same motions to cut into distant targets. It was recognizable by its use of sword draw techniques, terrifyingly quick and accurate strikes, and the quick and fluid movements Yamato made throughout.

Consistent with his pacifist nature, Yamato aims solely to neutralize enemies by disarmament or incapacitation. His perfect precision with his sword allow him to defeat most targets nonlethally. For enemies that give him more trouble than normal, he is able to make use of Corbenik, allowing him to use the ability Data Drain in order to reverse the levels of an opponent, thereby rendering them unable to fight back even if they wanted to..

Trivia[]

  • Yamato was especially friendly towards cats.
  • Yamato's design was inspired in Aoshi Shinomori. His clothes were partly inspired by the Shihakushō used by the Shinigami in Bleach.
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