Rasputin O. Yatokami

Rikuo-XIII wrote:Name: Rasputin O. Yatokami ("O" stands for an ancient Disiertan god of the underworld)

• Given: Rasputin
  
  
• Middle: O
  
  
• Surname: Yatokami
  

Gender: male

Age: 21 years old

Birthday: August 4th

Sexuality: straight/heterosexual

Ethnicity: 1/3 Midian, 1/3 Disiertan, and 1/3 Icebergian

Nationality: Fiorean

Affiliations/Rank:
Past:

• Yatokami clan / sole, 13th heir to clan head position
  
  
• YatoCorp business conglomerate/ next in line CEO
  
  
• Shadow Syndicate/top field agent & assassin
  

Present:

• Yatokami clan / sole, 13th heir to clan head position
  
  
• YatoCorp business conglomerate/ next in line CEO
  
  
• University of Fiore/ professor of Enigmalogy & Archaeology
  
  
• Fairy Tail guild/ newest member
  

Special Characteristics:

Birthmarks:

• a mark resembling a Disiertan double crown with a flail and scepter on each upper arm.
  
  
• a mark resembling a crescent moon with both horns of the crescent pointing up present on his forehead between his eyebrows with what looks like a vampire bat perched on it and a pair of snakes entwined around it.
  
  
• a few non-elevated, non-hairy moles present on various parts of his body
  

Scars (all healed but visible):

• a vertical one on the right side of his face starting above his eyebrow, crossing both eyelids and ending on top of his cheekbone
  
  
• a long diagonal one stretching across the front of his torso from his left shoulder to his right hip
  
  
• circular ones around his ankles
  
  
• numerous other minor ones scattered across the rest of his body, especially on his limbs
  

Miscellaneous:
Eyes:

• Color: crimson red
  
  
• Pupils: turn to slits in bright light conditions
  

Teeth:

• all teeth more durable than average
  
  
• canines are like viper fangs
  

Personality:
Positives:

Adaptive:
Rasputin is the kind of person who can adapt to almost any situation as far as possible. This allows him to at least survive most if not all potentially dangerous situations even if he does not succeed in fulfilling his intended objective(s) for those situations. This is particularly useful in those situations where his resources happen to be limited as he has been trained to work with the least amount of materials necessary to achieve the most results with the judicious use of said materials. Even if the materials are simple and of such low quality that would otherwise be overlooked or ignored by other people, he is able to use these in order to achieve his goals almost as effectively as he would if he were to have access to high-grade materials. Furthermore, since he is so adaptive, he tends to be able to flow with any changes in the situation at hand and adjust his thoughts, words and deed to best fit the new conditions, most of the time anyway.

Calm:
Rasputin is not easily rattled by surprises and keeps his cool in all but the most trying of circumstances. He never panics and never acts hastily when under fire in all but the most extreme circumstances. This trait allows him to assess a situation objectively and take the best possible route to resolve it. However, one of the situations that can make him lose his cool quicker than usual is if someone were to threaten his near and dear ones or any downtrodden individuals whom he has chosen to take under his wing.

Honest:
Since an early age, Rasputin has been used to being honest, due to his parents inculcating that virtue in him in the hope that he would grow up to be a decent adult. In addition to this, the laziness and dislike of troublesome situations that he has inherited from his father cause him to avoid telling lies or giving excuses since it would most likely end up becoming a royal pain later on if anybody called his bluff later on. In battle, this means he is quite straightforward, not wasting time with trying to trick the opponent and instead just preferring to beat them down with sheer force.

Loyal:
Rasputin is intelligently loyal to those around him whether it be his family, his friends, or other associates/colleagues. As long as they are not engaging in any acts that he considers immoral, he will do his best to support them with the full extent of his abilities whenever he can use them. He will never give in to another party’s temptations and/or threats and betray them unless and until they start acting in ways that go against his personal moral code, or at least that's the idea. In reality, however, despite his efforts to maintain his ironclad loyalty at all times, there are factors he cannot account for that will make this a lot harder to pull of constantly, such as if the enemy tempted him with the allure of women of his type (intelligent, self-thinking, strong, and voluptuously beautiful), or if they offered him unique equipment that no one could take away from him and hijack for their own use, and if they presented him with collector’s items from pop culture that enthrall him. However, most times, if the offer is short-lived, he can exert his iron will to overcome the temptation and keep his loyalty/allegiances intact, but if this temptation were to be stretched out over an extended duration, it could prove troublesome for him.

Passionate:
Rasputin tends to devote himself mind, body, and soul to whatever objective he has taken up, after he is done with his lazy tantrums in that situation, of course. Thus he works tirelessly to accomplish that goal. He does not settle for doing the minimum required, but rather goes above and beyond expectations unless there is something absolutely preventing him from doing so. This means that as long as whatever ally or cause does not end up going against his own personal moral code of being a champion of the downtrodden and being forthright in all his actions, thoughts, and deeds, he will be extremely loyal to that ally or cause even to the point of unhesitatingly throwing himself into the line of fire to defend them against whoever it is that seeks to harm them.

Patient:
Rasputin is a fan of the slow and steady approach as he was constantly reminded by his dad that doing things slowly and deliberately will ultimately always yield better results than if one were to rush through things in an attempt to get them done as quickly as possible. This above-average patience of his come in handy when dealing with particularly intractable individuals, whether they be human or others as he eventually gets them to come over to his side by wearing their resistance down little by little. This trait of his also prevents otherwise silly mistakes on his part, whether in everyday life or in battles and saves him from many a troublesome situation that may otherwise arise if he were to be hasty.

Revolutionary/Bully-Beater:
Rasputin had been bullied a lot as a child since he was weak back then and so over the course of his life has acquired a marked hatred of any sort of bully, whether that be on the individual, state, or even national level. If he comes across such, he will drop everything else that he is not required to do at that moment and devote his energies to trying to take out the bullying party and in doing so, rescue the one being bullied from their oppression. He would even go as far as to break the rules of whatever contract he has taken on if he finds that his employer happens to be the bully in that situation and instead turn his blades towards them in an effort to eliminate them.

Strategic:
No matter the situation, Rasputin always tries to take a calculated approach to his response to it instead of the more barbaric brute force approach, but even if he ends up having to rely on physical force, he does in an intelligent way. His keen instincts and eye for detail let him stay aware of all actions that allies and opponents make, even things that seem insignificant at the time or that he doesn't yet understand for whatever reason. He keeps track of where everything is located in relation to everything else, even features that lack obvious practical use. He makes sure to study the behavior of all combatants, both allied and not, gradually learning how they react in any given situation. Then, by concentrating on this vast amount of sensory input, which he usually does by closing his eyes along with putting the tips of his hands’ index fingers together and touching them to his forehead while interlocking the rest, he can kick his brain into overdrive temporarily for a period of about 6 posts by applying his magic power via his superlative magic power manipulation skills. During this time, he is able to quickly think at least 10 steps ahead of his opponent(s) and devise at least 10 different strategies for each possible outcome of a given situation that he can foresee, from which he can quickly pick the one most suited to dealing with the challenges of said situation effectively.

His strategies are highly elaborate and use several layers of misdirection, where he takes small victories to eliminate extraneous factors. He will even go so far as to feign weakness or defeat in order to re-position opponents so that they become more amenable to his eventual victory over them. He also attempts to manipulate environmental conditions and even non-combatants or bystanders such that they will lead to the situation turning in his favor, whether that be in the form of causing the opposing party to defeat themselves or a potentially troublesome situation that may be hazardous to his health being defused safely. His uncanny ability to see through deception and synthesize bits of apparently unrelated information, when combined with the rest of his strategic abilities, makes him a valuable ally in nearly any situation especially since once he has had enough experience in seeing the opposing party's magic, he can formulate an effective strategy to counter it.

Strong Willed:
Despite his pessimism, even if Rasputin loses a fight that he cannot run away from, he would much rather die than surrender himself to the mercy of his enemy. This is because he believes that if he were to surrender to the enemy or other parties, they will simply hold his defeat at their hands over his head and constantly deprive him of his freedom of choice in various circumstances or maybe even find a way to use his personal code of ethics against him in some manner or another. This trait works with his tenacity and patience to allow him to see his ventures through to the end, even if during that course, his loyalties change due to drastic changes happening in the ventures.

Tenacious:
Despite, his pessimism, Rasputin can be quite determined in the pursuit of his goals almost to the point of having a single-minded focus on his target. Even if the odds were to turn against him, he would keep on trucking, chipping away at whatever he is working on till it comes to a close, for better or worse. This means he can be relied on to completely and thoroughly resolve whatever task he is given to the best of his ability instead of trying to cut corners. In battle, this means that he can be quite the irritating and maybe even dangerous opponent for those who like to blitz their opponents quickly since he just won’t go down until his energy reserves almost totally run out and instead keep getting up over and over and throwing himself into the fray against whoever decides to stand in his way. This also means he will doggedly pursue a mark until he has eliminated them.

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Negatives:

Cynical:
Rasputin has been betrayed several times by people and by circumstances he has been in the past. So eventually, he lost much of his faith in the much-touted innate goodness of people in general and in the idea that the world rewards effort as long as one puts enough of it into one’s daily life in the pursuit of any given venture. So, in most situations, he has a hard time believing in people when they say they have good intentions, even if, in the end, he goes and helps them out anyway. He has also resigned himself to the fact that the world will continue to mess with him at every turn despite the work he puts in diligently (at least when his laziness is not pervading his being) and take everything he desires away from him when he least expects it.

Introverted:
Rasputin is not the most outgoing of people. As such, if he is not on a job with others, he prefers to keep to himself most of the time and that time is usually spent in activities like, watching movies and reading comics, spending time with his very few close friends and allies, womanizing, napping, playing shogi (Midian chess) or some other strategy game, training his swordplay skills, and reading mystery novels, or developing his magic. However, if he is addressed by another person, he will usually respond in a courteous manner unless the person is disturbing his napping and cloud gazing time, but he never bothers with being officious towards the person. Due to this rather introverted nature of his, Rasputin has a smaller than usual social circle which consists of his family, his closest friends and allies and any other acquaintances that the former three make him known to during everyday life.

Lazy:
Rasputin’s most defining trait is his indolence which borders on sloth, that is, during the times when he is not overcome with fits of extreme energy or when the females in his life aren’t watching him like hawks. During his days as a student and even during the early young adulthood when he was with the Shadow Syndicate, Rasputin was able to get away with this, spending his days engaging in the pursuit of his most favorite pastimes, namely cat-napping, cloud-gazing, and either playing strategy games, reading mystery novels and various manga of his favorite genres, playing with his anime collectibles, or watching his favorite anime and playing video games.

His goal is to live in an unremarkable manner, free of anything outstandingly good or bad.
Then when it comes time for him to die, to leave this mortal plane as quietly, and with as little melodrama and trouble as possible. When he is faced with the potential for conflict or commitment, if he is being his usual indolent self, he responds first by saying, "how annoying," or “what a pain/nuisance” and then by trying to find some way out of it, either by pretending to be indisposed or even outright saying that he doesn't want to do whatever is being demanded of him. However, if he should have no other choice, he adapts to the needs of the situation and uses his keen intellect and decent physical prowess to gain the upper hand as far as and as swiftly as possible so he can get back to engaging in his various interests.

Perverted/Libidinous:
Apart from being a lazy bum, Rasputin is a true blue pervert through and through, to the very core of his being. He has a large collection of full pose-capable figurines of the most famous and beautiful fictional female wizards of his age group from the various perverted comics and movies he reads or watches in a variety of rather naughty attire. He even has a large collection of adult/mature themed games stored in lacrima and devices which let him play these games. However, when it comes to real, flesh and blood women, he either shows little to no interest at all or if he does end up interest in them, he is very careful about showing it lest it become hazardous to his health.

Pessimistic:
Due to the betrayal by those whom he had believed in wholeheartedly in the past, and also because of the series of repeated misfortunes that have happened to him despite how prepared he was or how hard he worked to avoid them, over the years till the present day, Rasputin's once optimistic outlook has now turned pessimistic in nature. While the rest of the world may always look for the silver lining in an otherwise bleak future that looms over the horizon, Rasputin doesn't bothering with hope anymore since he knows more often than not, the situation will never turn in his favor, even if the worst case scenario does not come to pass. So instead of wasting time on wishful thinking and blind optimism, he prepares for the worst possibilities he can foresee in a given situation so that he can at least stay abreast of the events and not be swept away by them.

Sarcastic:
Due to his cynicism, Rasputin can be quite sarcastic in his remarks about people, various situations, and even the world at large. This can range anywhere from the dry, facetious type to outright caustic and humiliating kind. This especially shows itself when someone or something has pushed him past the point of his tolerance for the irksome and troublesome. When that happens, there are clear signs that his mood is souring slowly but surely. Stage 1 is when his right eyebrow and the right corner of his mouth start twitching ever so slightly. If the target of his sarcasm is removed from his vicinity, he will go back to normal. If not, then he proceeds to Stage 2, and this is where he uses his sharp wit to break the target’s spirit and self-confidence by exposing their weak spots and humiliating them (unless they happen to be downtrodden, but especially if the target happens to be a high ranking noble or royal or ever tyrannical). If the target leaves from the vicinity at this stage, the situation is still salvageable. If not, the last and final stage is reached, and this is starts hitting things and hitting them hard enough to send lesser individuals scurrying away.

Stubborn:
Rasputin's determination, while being quite intense and proving useful in a variety of situations, also means that he has a remarkably irritating ability to be stubborn when the situation moves him to do so. Once he has set his mind to a certain point of view about the situation at hand or maybe about any given person, there is virtually nothing that can change his mind about his perspective, even if that perspective turns out to be a wrong one or the situation proves to be hopeless. The only exception to this is if the situation or party happens to violate his personal moral code.

Unfeeling:
Because he has had no real training in how to be sensitive to other people’s feelings and instead had to focus all his time and energy on honing his physical and mental abilities in order to survive and also since he had to withstand some very difficult situations in his life thus far, Rasputin can be quite a jerk when it comes to trying to empathize with another person’s situation. If someone comes to him for comfort, he is usually unable to give them any. Instead, he tends to tell them to suck it up and deal with their problems themselves, unless said problem involves a bully or perhaps a tyrannical government or perhaps a lone tyrant who is trying to control a set of people. In this case, he will go out of his way to take on the request and help them. His honesty can be quite brutal as he does not bother ever sugarcoating his words in order to spare the feelings of his audience. He tells the facts as they are, and if the audience can’t take the heat, then too bad for them. This combined with his introverted nature means he should never be chosen as the spokesperson for anything that is meant to motivate or inspire people.

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Others:

Comical:
Rasputin is generally lighthearted and mirthful in his day to day life, barring anything that happens to disrupt that. He loves to make lame puns or jokes whenever the opportunity presents itself, thus riling up people, and quite often these jokes are also quite perverted or otherwise crude. He even has no qualms about poking fun at himself, either and usually does so as frequently or even more so than he does to others. Sometimes they are amusing and sometimes not, but he never ceases to laugh at his own jokes even if no one else laughs along with him. He has no problems even if people laugh at him instead of with him.

In fact, due to this, he was labeled the class clown by the rest of his class time and again during his younger years when his innocence and naivete were still intact. This is because he always used to play pranks on people and engage in all sorts of amusing antics, much to the chagrin of his teachers who knew how truly intelligent he was and so thought it a great shame that he was not using his energies to exercise his keen intellect and magical prowess However, this is more of a coping mechanism that he uses to keep his more pessimistic side suppressed as far as possible so it doesn't kill the mood of those around him.

Theatrical:
Despite his dislike of having any sort of melodrama in his life, ironically enough, Rasputin has a rather conspicuous flair for the dramatic. When he enters any place, regardless of whether he has been there before or not, he tends to strike exaggerated, needlessly complex poses that are reminiscent of those seen in Kabuki, the art of Midian theater. He also tends to give overly dramatic self-introductions and often gets extremely irritated when anyone interrupts this ritual of his, unless of course the situation is too serious for that sort of behavior. When he is saying his fond farewells, he tends to give more of an Icebergian theatrical adieu.


Likes:

• Power: he likes power, whether it be physical, magical, financial, or otherwise since he finds that it allows him to pursue his interests and acquire all that he wants t take from the world around him.
  
  
• Peaceful & Quiet Life: it is his life long dream of one day having a calm, largely uneventful life since it would mean he gets to pursue his professional and personal interests to the fullest extent possible.
  
  
• Mysteries & Strategy Games: he likes these because of his insatiable innate curiosity and also because he finds that they keep his mind sharp.
  
  
• MMA: he loves to train his body in the various styles of unarmed combat since it not only keeps his physique finely honed, it also allows him to have defense options should his magic or items fail him.
  
  
• Alcohol: he loves strong and rare alcohols since they cause a rush of pleasure in him and also serve to allow him to loosen the tongue of those whom he is trying to persuade as well as allowing him to drown his sorrows at the local tavern.
  
  
• Women: he only likes 2D non human women, and tries to avoid real human women as far as possible despite being a healthy red blooded young man. among these, he is only attracted to those in his age group or perhaps 3 years older.
  
  
• Cats: he like cats because of their independent, regal nature and also because they have a sense of mystery about them which draws him in. among cats, he especially likes black ones since they are even more mysterious than normal ones and are associated with all manner of legends which attribute remarkable supernatural powers to them.
  

Dislikes: same as fears.

• Wolves:
  he fears these because when he was a child, he was viciously attacked by a rabid wolf. ever since then, he has always had a mortal fear of them, so much so that it would actually cripple him if he were to come face to face with not just wolves, but any canid species.
  
  
• Weakness:
  he fears becoming weaker than those around him since he knows that if such a sordid fate were to befall him, those around him will bully him and exploit him for their own ends, thus depriving him of his freedom. it would also mean he would not get to pursue his hobbies to the extent that he wants in his lifetime.
  
  
• Women (the violent, domineering, manipulative types):
  he fears these types of women because he can never feel safe around them. he never can tell where he stands with them and finds them highly unpredictable which messes with his logic based way of thinking. he also fears them because these types always try to keep him under their thumb and deprive him of the personal freedom and rights he loves so much.
  

Motivations:

• Non-troublesome/Drama-Free Life: he wants to minimize the trouble and unnecessary drama in his life as far as possible since he finds it a waste of his time and energy to deal with such things. he aims for such a life because it also frees up his schedule to spend on other, better things such as the pursuit of his hobbies.
  
  
• Exploration and Resolution of Mysteries (Modern & Ancient):
  he is a firm believer in learning from the past since he has found that this knowledge can help him avoid problems in the future. furthermore, he has an innate, insatiable curiosity and hunger for knowledge that drives him to unlock the secrets of any mystery he comes across so that he can experience the sheer pleasure that he gets from solving said mystery by using his observation, deduction, and inference skills, thus keeping his mind razor sharp and preventing its decline over time. he also wants to do this because he loves collecting any mysterious magical artefacts connected with these mysteries.
  
  
• Magic Mastery (His Chosen Fields):
  one of his other notable traits is his hunger for power, physical, magical, or otherwise. this came about as a result of his being bullied in the past since he was a weakling. so he firmly believes that if he has enough power, especially in the form of overwhelming magical prowess, nobody would dare to mess with him or be able to force him to do things that he is disinclined to do. he also craves power because he believes it will allow him to acquire all that he desires from the world and also to maintain the utmost freedom to live according to his wishes.
  
  
• Pursuit of Hobbies:
  he has had a varied and rich education and his hobbies are many and sophisticated as a result of this upbringing. he wants to pursue his hobbies since they provide an avenue to take away the stress of everyday challenges and also from his wizarding jobs and client requests that would otherwise build up and eventually become detrimental to his well-being. they also allow him to interact with all manner of people from a variety of walk of life effectively.
  
  
• Exploration of Global Ethnic Cuisine:
  one of the things he loves most is food, and not just any bland fare, but rather the exotic type. since childhood, he has been exposed to a wide variety of food from around the world, thus finely honing his palate. as a result, he has developed a habit of trying the local cuisine of whatever area he may be visiting, not just because it pleases his palate, but also because he believes a great many things can be learned about the culture of a given locale from sampling its cuisine.
  
  
• Jewel, Territory, Alcohol, and Women:
  Some of the greatest of his interests and likes are money, land, alcohol, and women. he is always on the lookout for well-paying jobs that he can go on so that he can use the jewel he gets from them in order to add to his collection of rare alcoholic drinks from around the world. he also likes to have as much jewel as possible because it allows him to add to his residence, making it bigger, better equipped with as luxurious a set of furniture as possible and also to make it more highly protected so that he can keep the treasures within safe from his enemies.
  
  it would also allow him to travel the world as much as possible so that he can encounter as many mysteries and gather as much knowledge and wisdom as possible. he likes to have as much territory as possible because the larger amount of land at his disposal, the bigger he can build his abode to make space for his ever-growing collection of exotic wines and other alcoholic drinks and also for all the books he has collected from around the world. he is a healthy red-blooded man and so naturally, he loves to spend time in the company of intelligent, strong, and exquisitely beautiful women from all the lands out there.
  

Fears:

• Wolves:
  he fears these because when he was a child, he was viciously attacked by a rabid wolf. ever since then, he has always had a mortal fear of them, so much so that it would actually cripple him if he were to come face to face with not just wolves, but any canid species.
  
  
• Weakness:
  he fears becoming weaker than those around him since he knows that if such a sordid fate were to befall him, those around him will bully him and exploit him for their own ends, thus depriving him of his freedom. it would also mean he would not get to pursue his hobbies to the extent that he wants in his lifetime.
  
  
• Women (the violent, domineering, manipulative types):
  he fears these types of women because he can never feel safe around them. he never can tell where he stands with them and finds them highly unpredictable which messes with his logic based way of thinking. he also fears them because these types always try to keep him under their thumb and deprive him of the personal freedom and rights he loves so much.
  

General Appearance

Height: 5' 10"

Weight: 150 lb.

Hair: ink black (originally white, but he dyed it to its current color)

Eyes: crimson red

Skin Tone: light brown (originally pale and waxy white, but he has used magic to give him a slight tan)

Appearance:

Spoiler:

Guild: Fairy Tail (to be joined ICly)

Tattoo: present on right shoulder

Raspy-10 wrote:Name: Rasputin O. Yatokami ("O" stands for an ancient Disiertan god of the underworld)

• Given: Rasputin
  
  
• Middle: O
  
  
• Surname: Yatokami
  

Gender: male

Age: 21 years old

Birthday: August 4th

Sexuality: straight/heterosexual

Ethnicity: 1/3 Midian, 1/3 Disiertan, and 1/3 Icebergian

Nationality: Fiorean

Affiliations/Rank:
Past:

• Yatokami clan / sole, 13th heir to clan head position
  
  
• YatoCorp business conglomerate/ next in line CEO
  
  
• Shadow Syndicate/top field agent & assassin
  

Present:

• Yatokami clan / sole, 13th heir to clan head position
  
  
• YatoCorp business conglomerate/ next in line CEO
  
  
• University of Fiore/ professor of Enigmalogy & Archaeology
  
  
• Fairy Tail guild/ newest member
  

Special Characteristics:

Birthmarks:

• a mark resembling a Disiertan double crown with a flail and scepter on each upper arm.
  
  
• a mark resembling a crescent moon with both horns of the crescent pointing up present on his forehead between his eyebrows with what looks like a vampire bat perched on it and a pair of snakes entwined around it.
  
  
• a few non-elevated, non-hairy moles present on various parts of his body
  

Scars (all healed but visible):

• a vertical one on the right side of his face starting above his eyebrow, crossing both eyelids and ending on top of his cheekbone
  
  
• a long diagonal one stretching across the front of his torso from his left shoulder to his right hip
  
  
• circular ones around his ankles
  
  
• numerous other minor ones scattered across the rest of his body, especially on his limbs
  

Miscellaneous:
Eyes:

• Color: crimson red
  
  
• Pupils: turn to slits in bright light conditions
  

Teeth:

• all teeth more durable than average
  
  
• canines are like viper fangs
  

Personality:
Positives:

Adaptive:
Rasputin is the kind of person who can adapt to almost any situation as far as possible. This allows him to at least survive most if not all potentially dangerous situations even if he does not succeed in fulfilling his intended objective(s) for those situations. This is particularly useful in those situations where his resources happen to be limited as he has been trained to work with the least amount of materials necessary to achieve the most results with the judicious use of said materials. Even if the materials are simple and of such low quality that would otherwise be overlooked or ignored by other people, he is able to use these in order to achieve his goals almost as effectively as he would if he were to have access to high-grade materials. Furthermore, since he is so adaptive, he tends to be able to flow with any changes in the situation at hand and adjust his thoughts, words and deed to best fit the new conditions, most of the time anyway.

Calm:
Rasputin is not easily rattled by surprises and keeps his cool in all but the most trying of circumstances. He never panics and never acts hastily when under fire in all but the most extreme circumstances. This trait allows him to assess a situation objectively and take the best possible route to resolve it. However, one of the situations that can make him lose his cool quicker than usual is if someone were to threaten his near and dear ones or any downtrodden individuals whom he has chosen to take under his wing.

Honest:
Since an early age, Rasputin has been used to being honest, due to his parents inculcating that virtue in him in the hope that he would grow up to be a decent adult. In addition to this, the laziness and dislike of troublesome situations that he has inherited from his father cause him to avoid telling lies or giving excuses since it would most likely end up becoming a royal pain later on if anybody called his bluff later on. In battle, this means he is quite straightforward, not wasting time with trying to trick the opponent and instead just preferring to beat them down with sheer force.

Loyal:
Rasputin is intelligently loyal to those around him whether it be his family, his friends, or other associates/colleagues. As long as they are not engaging in any acts that he considers immoral, he will do his best to support them with the full extent of his abilities whenever he can use them. He will never give in to another party’s temptations and/or threats and betray them unless and until they start acting in ways that go against his personal moral code, or at least that's the idea. In reality, however, despite his efforts to maintain his ironclad loyalty at all times, there are factors he cannot account for that will make this a lot harder to pull of constantly, such as if the enemy tempted him with the allure of women of his type (intelligent, self-thinking, strong, and voluptuously beautiful), or if they offered him unique equipment that no one could take away from him and hijack for their own use, and if they presented him with collector’s items from pop culture that enthrall him. However, most times, if the offer is short-lived, he can exert his iron will to overcome the temptation and keep his loyalty/allegiances intact, but if this temptation were to be stretched out over an extended duration, it could prove troublesome for him.

Passionate:
Rasputin tends to devote himself mind, body, and soul to whatever objective he has taken up, after he is done with his lazy tantrums in that situation, of course. Thus he works tirelessly to accomplish that goal. He does not settle for doing the minimum required, but rather goes above and beyond expectations unless there is something absolutely preventing him from doing so. This means that as long as whatever ally or cause does not end up going against his own personal moral code of being a champion of the downtrodden and being forthright in all his actions, thoughts, and deeds, he will be extremely loyal to that ally or cause even to the point of unhesitatingly throwing himself into the line of fire to defend them against whoever it is that seeks to harm them.

Patient:
Rasputin is a fan of the slow and steady approach as he was constantly reminded by his dad that doing things slowly and deliberately will ultimately always yield better results than if one were to rush through things in an attempt to get them done as quickly as possible. This above-average patience of his come in handy when dealing with particularly intractable individuals, whether they be human or others as he eventually gets them to come over to his side by wearing their resistance down little by little. This trait of his also prevents otherwise silly mistakes on his part, whether in everyday life or in battles and saves him from many a troublesome situation that may otherwise arise if he were to be hasty.

Revolutionary/Bully-Beater:
Rasputin had been bullied a lot as a child since he was weak back then and so over the course of his life has acquired a marked hatred of any sort of bully, whether that be on the individual, state, or even national level. If he comes across such, he will drop everything else that he is not required to do at that moment and devote his energies to trying to take out the bullying party and in doing so, rescue the one being bullied from their oppression. He would even go as far as to break the rules of whatever contract he has taken on if he finds that his employer happens to be the bully in that situation and instead turn his blades towards them in an effort to eliminate them.

Strategic:
No matter the situation, Rasputin always tries to take a calculated approach to his response to it instead of the more barbaric brute force approach, but even if he ends up having to rely on physical force, he does in an intelligent way. His keen instincts and eye for detail let him stay aware of all actions that allies and opponents make, even things that seem insignificant at the time or that he doesn't yet understand for whatever reason. He keeps track of where everything is located in relation to everything else, even features that lack obvious practical use. He makes sure to study the behavior of all combatants, both allied and not, gradually learning how they react in any given situation. Then, by concentrating on this vast amount of sensory input, which he usually does by closing his eyes along with putting the tips of his hands’ index fingers together and touching them to his forehead while interlocking the rest, he can kick his brain into overdrive temporarily for a period of about 6 posts by applying his magic power via his superlative magic power manipulation skills. During this time, he is able to quickly think at least 10 steps ahead of his opponent(s) and devise at least 10 different strategies for each possible outcome of a given situation that he can foresee, from which he can quickly pick the one most suited to dealing with the challenges of said situation effectively.

His strategies are highly elaborate and use several layers of misdirection, where he takes small victories to eliminate extraneous factors. He will even go so far as to feign weakness or defeat in order to re-position opponents so that they become more amenable to his eventual victory over them. He also attempts to manipulate environmental conditions and even non-combatants or bystanders such that they will lead to the situation turning in his favor, whether that be in the form of causing the opposing party to defeat themselves or a potentially troublesome situation that may be hazardous to his health being defused safely. His uncanny ability to see through deception and synthesize bits of apparently unrelated information, when combined with the rest of his strategic abilities, makes him a valuable ally in nearly any situation especially since once he has had enough experience in seeing the opposing party's magic, he can formulate an effective strategy to counter it.

Strong Willed:
Despite his pessimism, even if Rasputin loses a fight that he cannot run away from, he would much rather die than surrender himself to the mercy of his enemy. This is because he believes that if he were to surrender to the enemy or other parties, they will simply hold his defeat at their hands over his head and constantly deprive him of his freedom of choice in various circumstances or maybe even find a way to use his personal code of ethics against him in some manner or another. This trait works with his tenacity and patience to allow him to see his ventures through to the end, even if during that course, his loyalties change due to drastic changes happening in the ventures.

Tenacious:
Despite, his pessimism, Rasputin can be quite determined in the pursuit of his goals almost to the point of having a single-minded focus on his target. Even if the odds were to turn against him, he would keep on trucking, chipping away at whatever he is working on till it comes to a close, for better or worse. This means he can be relied on to completely and thoroughly resolve whatever task he is given to the best of his ability instead of trying to cut corners. In battle, this means that he can be quite the irritating and maybe even dangerous opponent for those who like to blitz their opponents quickly since he just won’t go down until his energy reserves almost totally run out and instead keep getting up over and over and throwing himself into the fray against whoever decides to stand in his way. This also means he will doggedly pursue a mark until he has eliminated them.

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Negatives:

Cynical:
Rasputin has been betrayed several times by people and by circumstances he has been in the past. So eventually, he lost much of his faith in the much-touted innate goodness of people in general and in the idea that the world rewards effort as long as one puts enough of it into one’s daily life in the pursuit of any given venture. So, in most situations, he has a hard time believing in people when they say they have good intentions, even if, in the end, he goes and helps them out anyway. He has also resigned himself to the fact that the world will continue to mess with him at every turn despite the work he puts in diligently (at least when his laziness is not pervading his being) and take everything he desires away from him when he least expects it.

Introverted:
Rasputin is not the most outgoing of people. As such, if he is not on a job with others, he prefers to keep to himself most of the time and that time is usually spent in activities like, watching movies and reading comics, spending time with his very few close friends and allies, womanizing, napping, playing shogi (Midian chess) or some other strategy game, training his swordplay skills, and reading mystery novels, or developing his magic. However, if he is addressed by another person, he will usually respond in a courteous manner unless the person is disturbing his napping and cloud gazing time, but he never bothers with being officious towards the person. Due to this rather introverted nature of his, Rasputin has a smaller than usual social circle which consists of his family, his closest friends and allies and any other acquaintances that the former three make him known to during everyday life.

Lazy:
Rasputin’s most defining trait is his indolence which borders on sloth, that is, during the times when he is not overcome with fits of extreme energy or when the females in his life aren’t watching him like hawks. During his days as a student and even during the early young adulthood when he was with the Shadow Syndicate, Rasputin was able to get away with this, spending his days engaging in the pursuit of his most favorite pastimes, namely cat-napping, cloud-gazing, and either playing strategy games, reading mystery novels and various manga of his favorite genres, playing with his anime collectibles, or watching his favorite anime and playing video games.

His goal is to live in an unremarkable manner, free of anything outstandingly good or bad.
Then when it comes time for him to die, to leave this mortal plane as quietly, and with as little melodrama and trouble as possible. When he is faced with the potential for conflict or commitment, if he is being his usual indolent self, he responds first by saying, "how annoying," or “what a pain/nuisance” and then by trying to find some way out of it, either by pretending to be indisposed or even outright saying that he doesn't want to do whatever is being demanded of him. However, if he should have no other choice, he adapts to the needs of the situation and uses his keen intellect and decent physical prowess to gain the upper hand as far as and as swiftly as possible so he can get back to engaging in his various interests.

Perverted/Libidinous:
Apart from being a lazy bum, Rasputin is a true blue pervert through and through, to the very core of his being. He has a large collection of full pose-capable figurines of the most famous and beautiful fictional female wizards of his age group from the various perverted comics and movies he reads or watches in a variety of rather naughty attire. He even has a large collection of adult/mature themed games stored in lacrima and devices which let him play these games. However, when it comes to real, flesh and blood women, he either shows little to no interest at all or if he does end up interest in them, he is very careful about showing it lest it become hazardous to his health.

Pessimistic:
Due to the betrayal by those whom he had believed in wholeheartedly in the past, and also because of the series of repeated misfortunes that have happened to him despite how prepared he was or how hard he worked to avoid them, over the years till the present day, Rasputin's once optimistic outlook has now turned pessimistic in nature. While the rest of the world may always look for the silver lining in an otherwise bleak future that looms over the horizon, Rasputin doesn't bothering with hope anymore since he knows more often than not, the situation will never turn in his favor, even if the worst case scenario does not come to pass. So instead of wasting time on wishful thinking and blind optimism, he prepares for the worst possibilities he can foresee in a given situation so that he can at least stay abreast of the events and not be swept away by them.

Sarcastic:
Due to his cynicism, Rasputin can be quite sarcastic in his remarks about people, various situations, and even the world at large. This can range anywhere from the dry, facetious type to outright caustic and humiliating kind. This especially shows itself when someone or something has pushed him past the point of his tolerance for the irksome and troublesome. When that happens, there are clear signs that his mood is souring slowly but surely. Stage 1 is when his right eyebrow and the right corner of his mouth start twitching ever so slightly. If the target of his sarcasm is removed from his vicinity, he will go back to normal. If not, then he proceeds to Stage 2, and this is where he uses his sharp wit to break the target’s spirit and self-confidence by exposing their weak spots and humiliating them (unless they happen to be downtrodden, but especially if the target happens to be a high ranking noble or royal or ever tyrannical). If the target leaves from the vicinity at this stage, the situation is still salvageable. If not, the last and final stage is reached, and this is starts hitting things and hitting them hard enough to send lesser individuals scurrying away.

Stubborn:
Rasputin's determination, while being quite intense and proving useful in a variety of situations, also means that he has a remarkably irritating ability to be stubborn when the situation moves him to do so. Once he has set his mind to a certain point of view about the situation at hand or maybe about any given person, there is virtually nothing that can change his mind about his perspective, even if that perspective turns out to be a wrong one or the situation proves to be hopeless. The only exception to this is if the situation or party happens to violate his personal moral code.

Unfeeling:
Because he has had no real training in how to be sensitive to other people’s feelings and instead had to focus all his time and energy on honing his physical and mental abilities in order to survive and also since he had to withstand some very difficult situations in his life thus far, Rasputin can be quite a jerk when it comes to trying to empathize with another person’s situation. If someone comes to him for comfort, he is usually unable to give them any. Instead, he tends to tell them to suck it up and deal with their problems themselves, unless said problem involves a bully or perhaps a tyrannical government or perhaps a lone tyrant who is trying to control a set of people. In this case, he will go out of his way to take on the request and help them. His honesty can be quite brutal as he does not bother ever sugarcoating his words in order to spare the feelings of his audience. He tells the facts as they are, and if the audience can’t take the heat, then too bad for them. This combined with his introverted nature means he should never be chosen as the spokesperson for anything that is meant to motivate or inspire people.

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Others:

Comical:
Rasputin is generally lighthearted and mirthful in his day to day life, barring anything that happens to disrupt that. He loves to make lame puns or jokes whenever the opportunity presents itself, thus riling up people, and quite often these jokes are also quite perverted or otherwise crude. He even has no qualms about poking fun at himself, either and usually does so as frequently or even more so than he does to others. Sometimes they are amusing and sometimes not, but he never ceases to laugh at his own jokes even if no one else laughs along with him. He has no problems even if people laugh at him instead of with him.

In fact, due to this, he was labeled the class clown by the rest of his class time and again during his younger years when his innocence and naivete were still intact. This is because he always used to play pranks on people and engage in all sorts of amusing antics, much to the chagrin of his teachers who knew how truly intelligent he was and so thought it a great shame that he was not using his energies to exercise his keen intellect and magical prowess However, this is more of a coping mechanism that he uses to keep his more pessimistic side suppressed as far as possible so it doesn't kill the mood of those around him.

Theatrical:
Despite his dislike of having any sort of melodrama in his life, ironically enough, Rasputin has a rather conspicuous flair for the dramatic. When he enters any place, regardless of whether he has been there before or not, he tends to strike exaggerated, needlessly complex poses that are reminiscent of those seen in Kabuki, the art of Midian theater. He also tends to give overly dramatic self-introductions and often gets extremely irritated when anyone interrupts this ritual of his, unless of course the situation is too serious for that sort of behavior. When he is saying his fond farewells, he tends to give more of an Icebergian theatrical adieu.


Likes:

• Power: he likes power, whether it be physical, magical, financial, or otherwise since he finds that it allows him to pursue his interests and acquire all that he wants t take from the world around him.
  
  
• Peaceful & Quiet Life: it is his life long dream of one day having a calm, largely uneventful life since it would mean he gets to pursue his professional and personal interests to the fullest extent possible.
  
  
• Mysteries & Strategy Games: he likes these because of his insatiable innate curiosity and also because he finds that they keep his mind sharp.
  
  
• MMA: he loves to train his body in the various styles of unarmed combat since it not only keeps his physique finely honed, it also allows him to have defense options should his magic or items fail him.
  
  
• Alcohol: he loves strong and rare alcohols since they cause a rush of pleasure in him and also serve to allow him to loosen the tongue of those whom he is trying to persuade as well as allowing him to drown his sorrows at the local tavern.
  
  
• Women: he only likes 2D non human women, and tries to avoid real human women as far as possible despite being a healthy red blooded young man. among these, he is only attracted to those in his age group or perhaps 3 years older.
  
  
• Cats: he like cats because of their independent, regal nature and also because they have a sense of mystery about them which draws him in. among cats, he especially likes black ones since they are even more mysterious than normal ones and are associated with all manner of legends which attribute remarkable supernatural powers to them.
  

Dislikes: same as fears.

• Wolves:
  he fears these because when he was a child, he was viciously attacked by a rabid wolf. ever since then, he has always had a mortal fear of them, so much so that it would actually cripple him if he were to come face to face with not just wolves, but any canid species.
  
  
• Weakness:
  he fears becoming weaker than those around him since he knows that if such a sordid fate were to befall him, those around him will bully him and exploit him for their own ends, thus depriving him of his freedom. it would also mean he would not get to pursue his hobbies to the extent that he wants in his lifetime.
  
  
• Women (the violent, domineering, manipulative types):
  he fears these types of women because he can never feel safe around them. he never can tell where he stands with them and finds them highly unpredictable which messes with his logic based way of thinking. he also fears them because these types always try to keep him under their thumb and deprive him of the personal freedom and rights he loves so much.
  

Motivations:

• Non-troublesome/Drama-Free Life: he wants to minimize the trouble and unnecessary drama in his life as far as possible since he finds it a waste of his time and energy to deal with such things. he aims for such a life because it also frees up his schedule to spend on other, better things such as the pursuit of his hobbies.
  
  
• Exploration and Resolution of Mysteries (Modern & Ancient):
  he is a firm believer in learning from the past since he has found that this knowledge can help him avoid problems in the future. furthermore, he has an innate, insatiable curiosity and hunger for knowledge that drives him to unlock the secrets of any mystery he comes across so that he can experience the sheer pleasure that he gets from solving said mystery by using his observation, deduction, and inference skills, thus keeping his mind razor sharp and preventing its decline over time. he also wants to do this because he loves collecting any mysterious magical artefacts connected with these mysteries.
  
  
• Magic Mastery (His Chosen Fields):
  one of his other notable traits is his hunger for power, physical, magical, or otherwise. this came about as a result of his being bullied in the past since he was a weakling. so he firmly believes that if he has enough power, especially in the form of overwhelming magical prowess, nobody would dare to mess with him or be able to force him to do things that he is disinclined to do. he also craves power because he believes it will allow him to acquire all that he desires from the world and also to maintain the utmost freedom to live according to his wishes.
  
  
• Pursuit of Hobbies:
  he has had a varied and rich education and his hobbies are many and sophisticated as a result of this upbringing. he wants to pursue his hobbies since they provide an avenue to take away the stress of everyday challenges and also from his wizarding jobs and client requests that would otherwise build up and eventually become detrimental to his well-being. they also allow him to interact with all manner of people from a variety of walk of life effectively.
  
  
• Exploration of Global Ethnic Cuisine:
  one of the things he loves most is food, and not just any bland fare, but rather the exotic type. since childhood, he has been exposed to a wide variety of food from around the world, thus finely honing his palate. as a result, he has developed a habit of trying the local cuisine of whatever area he may be visiting, not just because it pleases his palate, but also because he believes a great many things can be learned about the culture of a given locale from sampling its cuisine.
  
  
• Jewel, Territory, Alcohol, and Women:
  Some of the greatest of his interests and likes are money, land, alcohol, and women. he is always on the lookout for well-paying jobs that he can go on so that he can use the jewel he gets from them in order to add to his collection of rare alcoholic drinks from around the world. he also likes to have as much jewel as possible because it allows him to add to his residence, making it bigger, better equipped with as luxurious a set of furniture as possible and also to make it more highly protected so that he can keep the treasures within safe from his enemies.
  
  it would also allow him to travel the world as much as possible so that he can encounter as many mysteries and gather as much knowledge and wisdom as possible. he likes to have as much territory as possible because the larger amount of land at his disposal, the bigger he can build his abode to make space for his ever-growing collection of exotic wines and other alcoholic drinks and also for all the books he has collected from around the world. he is a healthy red-blooded man and so naturally, he loves to spend time in the company of intelligent, strong, and exquisitely beautiful women from all the lands out there.
  

Fears:

• Wolves:
  he fears these because when he was a child, he was viciously attacked by a rabid wolf. ever since then, he has always had a mortal fear of them, so much so that it would actually cripple him if he were to come face to face with not just wolves, but any canid species.
  
  
• Weakness:
  he fears becoming weaker than those around him since he knows that if such a sordid fate were to befall him, those around him will bully him and exploit him for their own ends, thus depriving him of his freedom. it would also mean he would not get to pursue his hobbies to the extent that he wants in his lifetime.
  
  
• Women (the violent, domineering, manipulative types):
  he fears these types of women because he can never feel safe around them. he never can tell where he stands with them and finds them highly unpredictable which messes with his logic based way of thinking. he also fears them because these types always try to keep him under their thumb and deprive him of the personal freedom and rights he loves so much.
  

General Appearance

Height: 5' 10"

Weight: 150 lb.

Hair: ink black (originally white, but he dyed it to its current color)

Eyes: crimson red

Skin Tone: light brown (originally pale and waxy white, but he has used magic to give him a slight tan)

Appearance:

Spoiler:

Guild: Fairy Tail (to be joined ICly)

Tattoo: present on right shoulder