GIVEN NAME: BHAIRYUU, SURNAME: YAGAMI (WIP)

§ Free Spirited:
Bhairyuu is beholden to no one but himself and his personal code. He has always had a major problem with observing strict rules and regulations whether they be tradition, patterns, or protocol. He is more of a free spirit and so if anyone or anything tries to impose any sort of restraint or rule upon him, he will try anything and everything in his power to break free of such restraints since he will let none but himself judge him, his actions and his viewpoints. This is the reason why he absolutely despises those who would nag him about obeying rules and regulations.

This free spirited nature of his influences his behavior in the following manner:

Unpredictable:
Bhairyuu rarely if ever sticks to any one pattern. He acts almost entirely according to his own whims and fancies and doesn't really give a damn about right and wrong…at least most of the time. The only sure thing about him is that one can never ever know the what, the why, the when, the where, and the how of his actions and decisions. The only time he will even remotely consider sticking to one pattern in anything is if it is absolutely critical to the achievement of his goals and/or fulfillment of his whims and desires.

2. Anti-Authority:
Since he prefers to keep his freedom untainted, and since he has major issues with following authority because they hamper his freedom and the enjoyment of his whims, he will not support any authority figures unless he is offered a considerable number of clearly tangible advantages in exchange and only when supporting such authority figures would allow him to enjoy acting on his whims and desires and also to quickly and efficiently achieve his goals.

3. Unchivalrous:
Bhairyuu does not follow the same code of morality and gentleman-like behavior as do the rest of the members of society. So, he does not hesitate to cross the lines of social norms and morality if doing so will facilitate the achievement of his goals and/or fulfillment of his whims and desires. This trait is particularly apparent when Bhairyuu is on a quest and/or in a battle (with any sort of entity, allied or not) and influences his behavior in these situations as follows:

A. Strategic Retreat:
Bhairyuu strongly believes in running away from and giving up in any situation which he can clearly see as being a lost cause since the act of running away will help him survive to fight another day (in most situations, anyway). Unlike most other people who may stand steadfast and unflinchingly face overwhelming odds against them, he does not hesitate to give up and beat a hasty retreat if he finds his position to be untenable even in the slightest. The only cases he would not do this is if retreating would possibly end up interfering with his freedom

B. Taunting His Opponents:
Before a major fight, Bhairyuu often taunts his opponent/target to try to aggravate them in the hopes of throwing them off-balance. By doing so, he finds it easier to fight them since as long as their anger clouds their minds, their concentration, their ability of rational thought and such will presumably flag hopefully causing their strategy to fall into ruin.


C. Takes Cheap Shots at the Opponent/Target:
Bhairyuu likes to take pot shots at his target /opponent (restricting their options, trapping them so they cannot retreat, inflicting various status effects on them, etc.). This is because doing so allows him to quickly and efficiently dispose of his marks. This is also partly due to the influence of his defining trait of laziness: the less resistance his enemies put up against him, the less effort he has to put into neutralizing them. He also loves perpetrating humiliating pranks on his opponents in the hopes of distracting them so that he can make more of their attacks aimed at him to miss, thus making victory over them more plausible.

D. Selectively Honest:
Bhairyuu does not agree with the common saying that honesty is a virtue. He has no qualms about telling lies if they will be beneficial to him. The only times when he would consider being forthright is when doing so would help him achieve his goals and act on his whims and desires. Even if he decides to be honest and forthright, Bhairyuu normally feels no obligation to keep any promise he makes, even those he makes to himself, and especially in those situations where the promises he makes end up landing him in troublesome situations.

E. Kicks Away Enemy Weapons to Prevent Their Retrieval:
Bhairyuu is very thorough in most situations. This extends to his dealings with his enemies or any targets as well. Once he has successfully managed to knock away an enemy's weapons, Bhairyuu ensures that he distances the enemy from those same weapons. This is to ensure that he reduces the risk of an enemy counterattack to the barest minimum possible so he does not have to expend unnecessary hassle of once again outwitting, outmaneuvering and eventually subduing them. Furthermore, he will only fight once he disarms a target in some way (whether that be poison, by knocking their weapons out of their hands, or whatever other means are convenient in that given situation).


§ Self-Centered:
Bhairyuu is the kind that only cares about himself. He doesn't care about others in the slightest unless they are actually of use to him in some practically tangible manner. He is most definitely not the altruistic type or even philanthropic in any way. He will only put forth effort into doing things for others if they will give him something of equal value for the time, energy and other resources he has to put forth on their behalf. This self-centered nature of his influences his social life in the following manner:

1. Introverted:
Bhairyuu is a rather introverted person, and as such, he prefers to keep to himself most of the time and that time is usually spent in activities like spending time with close friends and allies, napping, playing shogi or some other strategy game, training his martial arts skills, and reading mystery novels. However, should he is addressed by another person, he will usually respond in a courteous manner unless the person is disturbing him when he is napping or otherwise engaging in one of his many hobbies, but he never bothers with being officious towards the person. Due to this rather introverted nature of his, Bhairyuu has a smaller than usual social circle which consists of his family and any allies.

2. Lone Wolf:
Bhairyuu usually avoids associations with larger groups and organizations unless doing so will play to his whims and desires and maybe his goals if any. Furthermore, unlike other people who pride themselves on being faithful toward their groups and actively take part in supporting it through thick and thin, Bhairyuu is much more mercenary in this regard. Only when there are supremely tangible benefits to him and little to no risk to his health will he actually bother even thinking of actively supporting any group. That being said, if asked to betray his group by a third party, he will flatly refuse to do so unless, once again, there are irrefutably tangible perks to him and little to no risk to his health as well.


§ Hedonistic:
One of Bhairyuu’s main aims in life is the pursuit of pleasure. He almost never misses an opportunity to be self-indulgent in his actions. The activities which he considers to be pleasurable vary rather widely, ranging from things such as sampling the best wines and gourmet food from around the world to playing strategy games against incredibly tough opponents, to reading well-written mystery novels and solving mysteries, to spending time basking in the company of intelligent, strong, and beautiful women in his age group who have hourglass figures. The only time he will even begin to consider not being hedonistic is when doing so would hamper his freedom.

This trait influences his choices and behavior in the following way:

1. Excessively Greedy:
Bhairyuu is the very embodiment of the vice of avarice. He desires and does everything he can to acquire all the finest the world has to offer him, the main things being wisdom, power, money, wine, and women. Furthermore, once he acquires anything or anyone of considerable value to him like the ones above, he will try anything and everything in his power to retain them and is very loathe to share them with other people unless he deems it to be absolutely critical either to preserve his freedom or for the achievement of his goals, whims and desires.

2. Flexibly Romantic:
Bhairyuu is the kind of young man who likes to have flexible romantic relationships if any at all. He is quite the womanizer and even somewhat of a pervert (as much as or even more so than any other red-blooded virile young man) and so, he finds that having such flexible relationships allows him to enjoy the company of as many intelligent, beautiful and strong women as he wishes to in his life. The only time when he will consider tying himself to one woman is when he deems it to be absolutely critical to the achievement of his goals or when it will let him act on his whims and desires.


§ Cold-Hearted:
Due to the events he went through as a young boy, Bhairyuu's mind and outlook on life have been twisted towards the dark side, causing him to come off as rather aloof in his interactions with others:

1. Unfeeling & Insensitive:
Bhairyuu suffered a great deal of misfortune in his younger years which has turned him into a person who can't really sympathize with the plight of others when they try to confide in him in the attempt to look for some solace. If he encounters this kind of situation, he will usually tell the person to shut up about their sob story and to get over their self-pity. Furthermore, he often ends up speaking his opinions about some topic bluntly, so much so that it borders on the point of brutal, thus putting many a person off. He has no qualms about using another person's emotions to mentally torture them by bringing up topics that would cause them to be riled up since he finds that this brings him great pleasure and is very effective in disarming them to the point that they lose the will to fight him...which of course means that he doesnt have to expend as much energy to bring them to their knees in defeat. This together with his natural introvertedness is the reason why he does not have very many people he calls friends.


2. Cruel:
Bhairyuu can be extremely cruel when he wants to be. However, his cruelty is not the overt kind. Instead it's the more clinical kind in that he wont chop off a target's limb or head or any large portion of their body. Instead he prefers the "death by a thousand cuts" method whenever he can implement it. He also loves to inflict surgically precise wounds to see what sort of unique effect that would have on a target's mind, whether it drives them crazy or whether they react in a more calm and composed manner [e.g. he will try to cut those nerves that are the most superficial such as the ulnar nerve behind the medial epicondyle to paralyse the target's medial most digits...or cutting the extensor muscles of the forearm so that the flexors will cause almost permanent flexion of the wrist, etc.]