 (Constellation
is that of Draco, the Dragon) AKA Shiryu ("Lavender Dragon"),
Dragon is Chinese. His sensei is Rochi, a creature who looks like nothing
so much as a purple Yoda wearing a cone hat. He was trained in an area
of central China, where he had to learn to control the power of the "Sky
Dragon Tear" ("Tear" as in rip or shred, not cry, and I've
seen it also translated as "Ascending Dragon Strike") in order
to earn his Cloth. He had to reverse the course of a waterfall to do so,
as his Cloth was at the bottom of the fall. When he uses his ultimate power
it manifests itself as a great spirit dragon. He appears to be very calm
and collected, but inside is the fiery nature of a great fighting spirit.
His 'weak spot' is a small area over his heart; a solid blow there (especially
when he isn't wearing his armor) can kill him. He has an intricate dragon
tatoo on his back, which reflects the damage done to him -- if he's bleeding
from his mouth, blood appears on its mouth, and so on -- and if he's dying,
it begins to fade and most likely would disappear altogether if he were
to die. Very few Saints can damage the shield he wears on his left arm.
(In the series, Aries Mu cracks it, and later Capricorn Shiera breaks it
in two. In the first SEIYA movie Tazeta Yan, one of Eris' Ghost Saints,
destroys it.) In many ways Shiryu is the most mature of the Bronze Saints.
He usually appears very self-confident, which tends to drive his foes up
the wall. Some see that self-confidence as conceit, but this is not the
case. He is also the one who seems to keep getting beat up the most. Speculation
is that he unconsciously tends to pull his punches because deep down inside
he really doesn't want to hurt anyone or anything. His armor is green-blue
and lavender. Long (like down to his knees!) black hair and dark grey eyes.
He is one of the oldest Saints, and is perhaps 17 or 18 years of age. |