Character Name: Hakuren Oak Canon: 07-GHOST Age: 16 Gender: Male
Canon Point: Chapter 80 History:Here! Personality: Hakuren acts much the way he looks at first glance -- proud, arrogant, vain. Hakuren has a lot to be proud of and he knows it. He's attractive, intelligent, ambitious, and surprisingly accomplished for someone his age. This, coupled with his upbringing as a member of a very powerful noble family, means that Hakuren as a huge ego and not much self-awareness about the fact. When questioned about how he keeps his hair so nice he does explain what sort of shampoo he uses but then adds that beauty is simply something one is born with. If he's contemptuous of someone he makes no effort to hide it and will deal out insults about one's appearance, skill, worth, and social standing in equal measure.
Despite his arrogance, Hakuren isn't nearly as bad as he seems -- and certainly a much more tolerable person than the rest of his family. He's fiercely dedicated to the church and, more than that, dedicated to helping people as a bishop of the church. He constantly rejects his father's attempts to place him into more prestigious positions outside of the church, and only finally accepts one when his mentor points out that doing so will allow him a greater amount of influence in improving the lives of the poor and infirm. He's a loyal friend, once you've earned his friendship, and while he'll use them as ammunition when coming up with insults he doesn't care much about rank or status in the long run. He has a good deal of contempt for his family and it shows in the path he's decided to walk.
Still, Hakuren is someone with a lot of charisma and a great deal of skill in navigating social situations that require combining tact, timing, compliments, and insults where needed. Getting along with others isn't difficult for Hakuren, though he can be very persistent in pursuing the friends he chooses to keep. Teito is on the receiving end of this on more than one occasion, as has Mikage. However, he tends to be rather uncomfortable around women, owing to his father's constant attempts to marry Hakuren off to a variety of noble women (often times ones many years older than him). Though he can handle individual women in controlled doses, a crowd of them tends to make him nervous, and he even claims to ladysick after long enough.
Powers: Hakuren has zaiphon, a sort inscription-based magic. Though Hakuren is extremely talented with his zaiphon and can use a baculus (a sort of holy staff) to use his zaiphon to destroy demons called Kor, his talent lays more in fine control and agility than raw power. His zaiphon will be scaled down to near uselessness, making it good for little else besides stirring up dust and moving small objects short distances.
Hakuren will also have Mikage with him. Mikage is a baby dragon, no more than a few months old, and while he has the potential to grow into a very large, powerful, and intelligent creature, right now he's small enough to fit in the palm of Hakuren's hand and is far from mastering the art of human speech. Mikage's only noteworthy skill, besides flying, is the ability to cough up little puffs of fire, which will be reduced to huffing out smoke and maybe the occasional spark.
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Character Name: Hakuren Oak
Canon: 07-GHOST
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Canon Point: Chapter 80
History: Here!
Personality: Hakuren acts much the way he looks at first glance -- proud, arrogant, vain. Hakuren has a lot to be proud of and he knows it. He's attractive, intelligent, ambitious, and surprisingly accomplished for someone his age. This, coupled with his upbringing as a member of a very powerful noble family, means that Hakuren as a huge ego and not much self-awareness about the fact. When questioned about how he keeps his hair so nice he does explain what sort of shampoo he uses but then adds that beauty is simply something one is born with. If he's contemptuous of someone he makes no effort to hide it and will deal out insults about one's appearance, skill, worth, and social standing in equal measure.
Despite his arrogance, Hakuren isn't nearly as bad as he seems -- and certainly a much more tolerable person than the rest of his family. He's fiercely dedicated to the church and, more than that, dedicated to helping people as a bishop of the church. He constantly rejects his father's attempts to place him into more prestigious positions outside of the church, and only finally accepts one when his mentor points out that doing so will allow him a greater amount of influence in improving the lives of the poor and infirm. He's a loyal friend, once you've earned his friendship, and while he'll use them as ammunition when coming up with insults he doesn't care much about rank or status in the long run. He has a good deal of contempt for his family and it shows in the path he's decided to walk.
Still, Hakuren is someone with a lot of charisma and a great deal of skill in navigating social situations that require combining tact, timing, compliments, and insults where needed. Getting along with others isn't difficult for Hakuren, though he can be very persistent in pursuing the friends he chooses to keep. Teito is on the receiving end of this on more than one occasion, as has Mikage. However, he tends to be rather uncomfortable around women, owing to his father's constant attempts to marry Hakuren off to a variety of noble women (often times ones many years older than him). Though he can handle individual women in controlled doses, a crowd of them tends to make him nervous, and he even claims to ladysick after long enough.
Powers: Hakuren has zaiphon, a sort inscription-based magic. Though Hakuren is extremely talented with his zaiphon and can use a baculus (a sort of holy staff) to use his zaiphon to destroy demons called Kor, his talent lays more in fine control and agility than raw power. His zaiphon will be scaled down to near uselessness, making it good for little else besides stirring up dust and moving small objects short distances.
Hakuren will also have Mikage with him. Mikage is a baby dragon, no more than a few months old, and while he has the potential to grow into a very large, powerful, and intelligent creature, right now he's small enough to fit in the palm of Hakuren's hand and is far from mastering the art of human speech. Mikage's only noteworthy skill, besides flying, is the ability to cough up little puffs of fire, which will be reduced to huffing out smoke and maybe the occasional spark.