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Applicant Info

Name: Ash
Contact: zeloser, zlos#3826 @discord
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Character Info

Character's Name: Guren Ichinose
Character's Canon: Owari no Seraph
Character's Age: 24
Canon Point: Chapter 61
Background/History: Wiki

Strengths:

Driven
Since he was young, Guren has been someone so motivated towards his goals that he stops at nothing. He's risen to a high rank despite his lower family name in comparison, and has caught the eye of multiple members of the head Hiiragi family with his actions. Even if it means lying, faking being weak, putting up with abuse or struggling for his life, Guren goes hard at his goals and refuses to give up on them. When his demonic personality is in control, this becomes even more intense; he becomes completely ruthless, cutting down anyone in his path to achieve his end goal, even going so far as to kill subordinates and friends that he treasures. Because demons can emphasize the desires of their host, his demonic personality takes that driven attitude of his and goes too far— but because it helps him move towards his goal, even his human personality allows it.


Caring
This may sound cliché, but Guren's overwhelmingly kind heart is the main reason that he hasn't been turned completely into a demon and still has both personalities. He cares so much about his friends that he jumpstarts the apocalypse to bring them back to life, knowingly killing the rest of the adults on the planet just to gain ten years of life for his friends. He's embarrassed about being so kind and refuses to admit it, instead throwing out insults and cold, blunt words that hide the affection behind his actions, but everyone close to him can see that he has a kind heart. Along these same lines, he values teamwork and the idea of establishing a "family" so much that he refuses to let Yuu join the army until he's managed to make a friend. He believes it's an important role in success, and in making sure humanity can survive and push on. Even when his demonic personality is in control and ruthlessly killing his comrades, we see Guren begin to cry as he struggles to wake up, showing just how much they mean to him.


Strategist
Guren shows incredible leadership. He's able to pick up on small details and apply them, can think quickly and outwit his targets, and has shown this ability since he was young. Even as a teen, he knew to disguise and hide his strength and bow his head, giving up his pride to get where he needed to be. He's managed to keep the large secret of his own friends' deaths from them for 8 years, along with working together with vampires all to further his own plans. He knows when to take hits and when to order them, and thanks to all he's dealt with, he's incredibly intelligent with everything from science to military missions. His demonic personality uses this to his advantage, and this leads to the large betrayal of his friends and killing of comrades all as sacrifices to further the Seraph of the End project that will help him reach his goals.

Weaknesses:

Selfish
For as selfless as Guren is, it practically bends inward on itself into selfishness. He was willing to bring on the apocalypse just to see the smiling faces of his friends for ten more years. Deciding that on his own, and keeping it to himself, he is selfish. He's constantly doing things that he wants, leaving others out of the loop but moving forward in reckless and ruthless ways. This goes so deep that his demonic personality feeds on it, and when it takes over, all of his desires are clear. He states that he wants to dethrone the Hiiragi family, to stop the hierarchy, and to complete the Seraph of the End project that will apparently help his cause. His main goal is to revive all the people who he'd gotten killed in the apocalypse, a task that seems impossible and morally questionable, especially since bringing humans back from the dead is what jumpstarted the apocalypse in the first place.


Distant
Though Guren values his friends and friendship very much, he's a hypocrite himself. He's always been someone who doesn't share when something is bothering him, but with the fact that his friends would turn to dust if they knew they were brought back from the dead, the pressure is put on Guren even more to hide everything from them. He carefully hides all of his feelings and keeps his emotions controlled, even hiding the fact that he has a second personality thanks to being turned namanari*, all not to worry them. Even before then, Guren believed that it was better for people not to get attached to him. When he wasn't allowed to be close with Mahiru due to his family name, his naivete of the world died, and he realized that his place in the hierarchy could be a danger to others if they're seen speaking with him. He repeatedly tries to push them away, but all through school he ends up making the close friends that he's come to love so dearly now. Still, in the end, that distance leaves him in trouble, shouldering all of the burdens he has on his own and pushing himself to the edge of becoming a demon. He even has to force himself to be a tiny bit more open with his friends, which is a huge risk to their lives, all so he doesn't become a full demon himself.


Emotional
His emotions, though he hides them out of embarrassment, are a heavy weakness largely thanks to the demon part of him. Demons feed on emotions and desire, so every time he's upset, he can lose control even more. His empathetic heart can lead to this happening more often than not, and it's why he's so close to the edge of becoming a full demon, with only his kindness keeping it back. Even then, like stated above, he has to carefully monitor it and take actions to be sure he doesn't fall into despair and become a full demon.

Powers/Abilities:

Spell Tags - The Owari no Seraph universe allows magic in the form of these spell tags (through Fudo Myo-o) that can do various things. What has been shown in canon is mainly things like exploding tags (place the paper on someone and it explodes), sound muffling tags (literally just muffles noise by sticking the paper on things), blocking demonic energy, talismans on equipment to suppress power, and things similar to that. Guren is very capable with these, even if they're kind of a minor side thing. Since they're so vague in canon and I literally have no more information, I'm just giving him 8, and they won't be doing anything fancy, if used at all.

*Namanari - A namanari is a "half-demon", or a human with two personalities (the human and the demonic) that's one step short of becoming a full demon. For Guren, his demonic personality has been coming out since he was young through his various black series weapons, and now with Mahiru-no-yo, it can completely blend in with his human personality. It's his own personality but more ruthless and focused on desires/emotions, so I felt including it in the strengths/weaknesses above was enough. Though namanaris usually can show physical differences in the appearance of the human's body, Guren's doesn't change at all. It does, however, show curse marks over his skin when his human personality begins to struggle to fight off the demon side.

Demon Blade Mahiru-no-yo - This is where the majority of his abilities come from. The demon inside of his cursed gear has the appearance of his dead lover, Mahiru. This is because Guren killed her when she transformed into a full demon and lost herself, and sealed her into the sword. (That's how demons are formed.) It is her, technically, but Guren stresses in multiple cases that "Mahiru is dead" and that this is just a demon. Mahiru went through many changes in personality due to becoming a namanari, vampire, and then full demon, so this Mahiru is completely different from the Mahiru that was alive. Due to being born with a demon inside of her already, and going through so many changes, Mahiru is kind of a strange case that is still being explained in the manga, but I'll go into details of what role she will play in RP with Guren, as long as it's okay.

• She can speak to Guren through his mind, and manifest in front of him. In the manga itself, she has a strange ability to project herself further than that and is even noticed by one other demon in her form and by a vampire as a "strange feeling", but that isn't explained yet, so in RP: only Guren can see and hear her, but she may pretend to interact with others just to get a rise out of him.

•Extra power/strength. Just by drawing the blade, Guren's strength increases considerably. By calling Mahiru-no-yo's name, it increases even more.

• Accelerated healing. He has taken stabs through the chest multiple times and healed quickly. He's also lost an arm and was able to have it reattached thanks to the healing. He can only accomplish this with the demon's power, though since the demon is always a part of his soul, it automatically begins to heal him when he's injured. Something like a stab to the chest can take a day or so to heal, but smaller wounds can seal up much quicker.

• Possession. Mahiru-no-yo can tempt Guren from his own mind with illusions and visions in order to try and gain control of his body. If she succeeds, she'll gain control over Guren's body.

• Namanari. While Guren is in his "namanari form", so to speak, his demonic personality comes out and works together with Mahiru-no-yo. This increases his power incredibly, but also has the downside of Guren being cruel and ruthless, excessively so. However, that demonic personality also is intelligent enough to pretend to be his human one, so it's been mentioned that this side of him is out more than it seems.

• Demonic aura. He can strike his sword into the ground and summon the demonic aura from it. This can cause normal people and even well-trained soldiers to pass out instantly or struggle in pain. You're able to resist it with wards/spell tags, or if you have enough strength and willpower, but those who have high psychic resistance won't feel anything at all.

• Devours attacks. He calls on Mahiru-no-yo to "devour" an attack. He's used this both to strike his sword through an oncoming attack and make it vanish (if it's not strong compared to him), or to take part of an attack or force and lessen his impact when falling.


Drugs - Drugs are heavily used in the Owari no Seraph universe. Guren has been shown giving all kinds of cocktails to Yuu to keep his crazy powers in check, but he has a couple that he uses himself. The first is the standard doping pill set for the Moon Demon Company. Taking one tablet increases his synchronization with his demon up to 150%, 2 tablets would take it up to 180% but risk death due to shock on the body, and 3 would just rupture all internal organs. They take ten seconds to work, and then work for 15 minutes before that synchronization drops to 0%, leaving the user completely defenseless. They're for emergency situations where it's important to increase power in a short amount of time, even while decreasing endurance considerably. The other drug Guren uses is a newly developed one taken by syringe that allows him to suppress the demon and stay in control, even while using its power. He's shown using it and speaks about it, saying that it allows him to stay in control, and that he's not possessed by his demon.

Other Noteworthy Traits:

He's a great swordsman, with or without his demon, and can hold his own in a fight. He also picked up on human experimentation after he took it over from someone else, and has shown to be an excellent scientist with it. He's able to create many successful candidates for the black demon series, which is something that's incredibly rare. He's a good leader, a very intelligent and analytical person who can look at any situation and think his way through it, and also comes with plenty of knowledge that he's absorbed over the years about his world.

Weapons & Other Special Inventory:

His uniform, his demon blade, a pack of doping pills, (5) syringes of the new drug that helps keep his demon under control (not on his person, extra item), (8) spell tags, his cell phone

Color:

Red. Guren is themed with the color red throughout canon, including his demon blade having a red streak. It also represents the blood of all of the people he's responsible for the deaths of thanks to canon reasons. Because of that, I'd like if he could have the hex code #a5211f!

Sample: TDM thread

[ OPTIONAL ] World Aspect:

For a simple one, Horsemen of the Apocalypse! In summary, they're monsters that attack humans and only humans. Vampires and animals are ignored. Their existence seems to be meant specifically to cull the sinful human race, and focus in on killing any human they notice indiscriminately. It's a fun and easy way to throw monsters anywhere!