Bushi Nezumi BW

Character design of a new character from a new story I have in mine called "Bushi Nezumi."

The story revolves around a small mouse named Nezumi who is allowed to live under an old samurai's hut after saving the old samurai from a snake that was about to kill him. Seeing the mouses act of selflessness, he feeds and cares for Nezumi until a feudal lord attacks the hut using large trained jungle cats killing the samurai. As the samurai falls, he pours his soul and strength into his sword which shrinks and falls through the cracks of the floor. Nezumi finds it and upon touching it becomes aware of his own existence and purpose. He sets out on a quest to avenge the samurai's death only to find the feudal lord has taken over most of Japan and proclaimed himself Lord over all the lands.
When Nezumi unsheathes his sword, his enemies do not see a 4'' mouse, they see a 6 foot tall sword wielding samurai. What Nezumi does, the image follows. When the image takes damage, Nezumi takes no damage, but the damage it deals is VERY real. Plus, given the certain aspects of a mouse, this image of a samurai is seen to be very skilled (climbs on walls, fits under doors, silent, stealthy, and appears and disappears at will) He is come to be know by all evil-doers as Bushi Nezumi - The Rat Warrior.