Gin Rakuen

Gin Rakuen (銀の楽園, Gin no Rakuen lit. meaning Paradise of Silver), also known as Silver Dawn (銀暁, Gingyou), is an Independent Mage and former Chairman of the Magic Council, retired due to old age.

Appearance
Gin has the appearance of an old man with light blue eyes with white-spiky hair, thick eyebrows and a thick mustache and has slightly tan skin. He wears a long sleeved black shirt, light colored pants and martial arts shoes. Despite his age and appearance he has a very muscular body with many scars, gained from many years of training on Ishgar's highest mountain.

Personality
Gin is a serious, yet kind man. He is known to be a grandmaster of martial arts, having taught many figures who later became successful in life.

Ways of Combat
Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant:
 * Ki no Michi (木の道, Ki no Michi lit. "The Way of the Tree"): A martial arts style created by the monks of the Minstrel Mountains. It is said that the monks created it to be an integration of their martial arts practices and the personal expression of their philosophy to "live like that of a tree. Staying sturdy with deep roots, even in the face of a growing storm or scorching sun." This fast paced, flexible style of martial arts focuses on neutralizing an attack early on or using the users momentum and predicted trajectory to dodge said attack for a counter. It emphasizes a majority of throwing techniques and joint manipulations, although the use of a mages Ki, later realized to be eternano, is of great importance when delivering an effective block or counter. Also of particular importance is the timing of a defensive technique, either to blend or to neutralize an attack's effectiveness and to use the force of the attacker's movement against him. This means that a mage must be of fast body and mind in order to read an opponents intentions and movements in order to effectively block.
 * Reduced Earth (縮地, Shukuchi): A basic high-speed movement technique, developed long before magic became commonplace; effectively, through the user slamming their foot upon earth ten times in a split second, they are capable of kicking off the ground in the blink of an eye and live up to the technique's name of "reduced earth" as the technique shrinks the distance between the user and their target in a split second. When performing Reduced Earth, the user focuses the majority of their body weight to one of their legs of the briefest of moments, before stomping the foot where most of their weight is focused upon the solid surface of where the user is standing at a rapid velocity before shifting the weight back to the rest of their frame, generating enough thrust to propel the user forward at incredible speeds, at least akin to a master of High Speed and defying the abilities of Slowing Magic; accelerating at velocities that are almost untraceable to reach short or long distances near instantaneously- it should be taken into consideration that in order to perform the technique at all, the user requires a solid surface to kick into and thus produce enough thrust. According to the untrained eyes of those watching on while the user performs this technique, more often than not it appears as if the user has effectively teleported using sheer power and speed alone, moving faster than anyone is capable of following as they seem to reduce the earth between the themselves and the opponent in the blink of an eye.

Physical Abilities
Enhanced Speed & Reflexes: Gin, despite having a lot of muscles and old age, is capable of moving at very quick speeds, being able to face his opponents calmly without having to break a sweat. Gin was able to not only outrun Apollus, but also avoided the aforementioned Ayakashi's attacks and confuse the Ayakashi by leaving behind afterimages of himself while moving around Apollus.

Immense Strength:

Mental Abilities
Extraordinary Willpower:

Trivia

 * Gin is based off of Bang, otherwise known as Silver Fang, of the OnePunch-Man Manga/Anime series.