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Player Info:
Nickname: Pie
Age: 23
Personal DW:

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Method of Contact: AIM: dmnthepatriots
Characters Played: N/A

Character Info:
Name: Liquid Snake
Age: 33
Canon: Metal Gear Solid
Pull Point: Prior to Metal Gear REX battle.

Background Info:
History: Liquid is the second of the three "sons of Big Boss", clones of the legendary soldier who defeated the Boss (MGS3). In 1972, as part of a secret government cloning program called Les Enfantes Terribles, Liquid was one of eight clone babies created. Six of those babies never reached the stage of birth, sacrificed to help the two that survived, Liquid and Solid. Both clones were genetically modified, Liquid gaining the superior genes and Solid gaining the inferior. A later clone was also created, Solidus. Liquid's real name was classified to the point where even the highest ranks of the military do not know it, and he in fact denies having one, claiming that soldiers such as they don't have names.

Shortly after birth, Liquid was sent to the UK, raised there as a soldier-in-training. During his youth he was constantly treated poorly by his "father", emotionally abused and starved of love. As a result, he became considerably cold hearted, though less so in his youth than he would become later. Liquid was constantly referred to as "inferior", treated as worthless and became obsessed with proving his superiority to his father and brother. He also developed a false belief that his father had willingly undertaken the LET program and chose him to be inferior, due to his father's habit of referring to him as the inferior of the twins.

In 1990, at the age of 18, he joined the British SAS (Special Air Service), becoming the youngest person to serve there. Shortly afterwards he was assigned to an SAS unit in Iraq, sent to track down and destroy mobile SCUD missiles. This, however, was a cover; he was also working for the SIS as a sleeper agent. He was caught and imprisoned for four years as a POW, an event that helped shape his extreme levels of paranoia regarding imprisonment. In 1994 he was rescued by the US government, though he never forgot. Five years later, in 1999, his father was killed by Solid Snake. Liquid developed a strong hatred for his brother following this incident, since he would never be able to get his revenge and prove himself by killing his father.

A year later, he joined FOXHOUND, his brother's unit. By that time Solid, then 28, had already retired despite his youth. Liquid became the field commander in his brother's absence. It was five years later that the next event of note in his life would occur.

In 2005 FOXHOUND was assigned to guard a nuclear disposal facility known as Shadow Moses, which doubled as a secret weapons development complex. Shadow Moses hosted a weapon known as a Metal Gear, a nuclear equiped bipedal giant robot that was considered to be the ultimate weapon. Under his command, the FOXHOUND Unit and the Genome Army took over the base, taking the world hostage under the threat of nuclear war. Their demands initially included the remains of his father, Big Boss, and a large amount of money. It was later discovered the money was to be used to cure the Genome Army, who had been genetically modified to become better soldiers but were dying from the modifications, indicating that Liquid was not entirely uncaring. Liquid's other intention was to recreate his father's dream, Outer Heaven, a military nation where soldiers would always have a place either on or off the battlefield. Solid Snake, his brother, was taken out of retirement and sent in to stop him. Unknown to either of them, at least at first, Solid had been infected with a deadly virus known as FOXDIE, which targetted specific genetic codes.

The terrorists had also taken into hostage two people of importance; the DARPA Chief Donald Anderson, one of the men involved in LET , and the president of ArmsTech, which had developed the Metal Gear, Kenneth Baker. Solid's orders were to retrieve them. Unfortunately for both Liquid and Solid, that plan was to fail dramatically. Revolver Ocelot, FOXHOUND's torture speciality, "accidentally" killed Anderson while trying to find out the startup codes for Metal Gear, one of which was held by each of the hostages. Their plan was not entirely lost, however. There was another method of starting up the weapon.

Prior to the game, Liquid poisoned Master Miller, the man who had trained Solid. Using the very basic disguise of wearing a shirt, tying his hair back and wearing sunglasses, he pretended to be Miller and guided the man throughout a good part of the game with the intent of leading him to his death. Decoy Octopus, another member of FOXHOUND disguised himself as Anderson to find out if Solid had any idea how to start up the Metal Gear, but was killed by a heart attack when FOXDIE activated. Soon after, Baker gave Solid a card, one of the three required to activate Metal Gear. In actuality it was three cards in one, but neither of the twins knew that at the time. Moments after, Baker also died from FOXDIE, alerting Liquid to the situation he had already been suspicious of.

As his brother worked his way through FOXHOUND towards him, Liquid continued to guide him, even after confronting him face to face several times. The first time they met in person was in battle; Liquid piloted his Hind-D to attack him, but was taken down by stinger missiles. Despite having no opportunity to use his parachute and escape, he not only survived but was able to return to the guise of Master Miller only moments later, leaving the parachute he failed to use as a marker for Solid to show he had survived. After Sniper Wolf captured his brother, Liquid mocked him with the knowledge of their sibling relationship, something Solid had been aware of, then left him to be tortured and imprisoned by Ocelot. At one point Liquid also tricked his brother into activating the Metal Gear with the Pal Card by staging a conversation as Liquid with Ocelot.

He also led his brother to be distracted with the treachery of the woman who developed FOXDIE, rather than paying attention to the other traitor in their ranks. It was only once his codec was traced back to Shadow Moses that he revealed himself as Liquid over the Codec that passed for a communications device. Soon afterwards, they met in person again.

Liquid explained the situation with FOXDIE to his brother, seeming entirely at ease despite the gun pointed at him and the factor of FOXDIE itself. He had come to the conclusion that FOXDIE was harmless to him, since their "genetic code" was identical. He also revealed that he had a spy in the Pentagon who had given him the information he needed. Following this talk he piloted Metal Gear REX in order to attack Solid, killing a former friend of Solid's in the process. However, the Metal Gear was defeated. Despite the explosion, he not only survived, but kept going. Solid had been knocked out by it, and he carried him up to the top of the ruined machine himself, despite his injuries. While his brother was unconscious, he made contact with the people behind FOXDIE - the Patriots - through Solid's nanomachines, threatening them.

Once his brother awoke, tied up and helpless, Liquid conversed with him a little longer, explaining his own views on the situation. He expressed his desire for soldiers such as them to have a purpose other than being used for political gambits, and noted that his brother had a darker side expressed only in battle. He also revealed the presence of Meryl Silverburgh, the daughter of one of Solid's friends, and the timed bomb on her back. The two fought once more, on top of Metal Gear, though Liquid once again lost. Despite his fall, as Snake and his friends attempted to escape, Liquid followed them, still determined to kill them and still able to fire. It was only FOXDIE that spared them his determined rage; just outside Shadow Moses, Liquid finally submitted to the virus. Presumably, his weakened physical condition was all that the virus needed to take hold.

His arm was transplanted to replace that of Ocelot's, who had lost his own during a fight, and his body was taken by the Patriots. Although Solid later used it to fake his own death, Big Mama and Liquid Ocelot were able to use it to replace the damaged body of his father, alongside that of Solidus. In the meantime, however, his ghost took the opportunity to possess the man who took his arm, attempting to get revenge still, until the arm was eventually replaced.
Personality: In essence, Liquid is the id to Solid's superego. No matter how calm he may act, there is always a high level of anger and hatred within him, just beneath the surface. Liquid's past has instilled in him a lot of twisted views of the world, many of which are expressed in bitter rants and spur of the moment explosions of rage. Of all of the Snakes, Liquid is the one that talks the most. Sarcasm and anger laces his words regularly and despite the occasional formality of his words it can never be forgotten that he is a rather unstable person. Thanks to his upbringing he is rather de-humanised compared to his father. While he is extremely intelligent, he tends to rely more on instinct and spur of the moment decisions. When he does strategize, however, he can be deadly. The Shadow Moses incident was the result of one of those strategies. He displayed sharp cunning and a heavy lack of morals, sacrificing anyone necessary to accomplish his goal. Once he had set his eye on it, he was focused on it wholely and refused to back out even when his body was heavily damaged.

Liquid is shown often to be the closest of the twins to Big Boss - despite Solid looking and sounding more like him. More accurately, he is closer to the older Big Boss of the early games in that he has grown tired of the Patriots and their kind using soldiers such as him. Rather than remaining a tool to the corrupt, he became obsessed with the idea of Outer Heaven, his father's dream. It was made clear that he did not care who was sacrificed to make this, although he did redirect the first nuclear launch to a test site, rather than demonstrate on a town or city. Liquid is also, as was Big Boss, the more "leader-like" of the twins. While he often is portrayed - and rightly, as I will elaborate - as a lone wolf, he was still able to draw the members of FOXHOUND and the Genome Army to help in this goal. I say it is right to call him a lone wolf as despite his leader status, Liquid appears to be emotionally distant from everyone he meets. Even when his own allies are killed, he barely responds. Despite that, it appears he does have a softer side, as one of the things he was demanding as a terrorist was the cure to the fatal gene therapy of his soldiers.

Supplementary materials indicate that he was in active combat by the age of thirteen, and as he grew up without a mother and with the belief that his father hated him in favour of his brother, it is fair to assume he grew up mostly isolated of affection. This may explain his lack of attachment to others. This may also explain his callous disregard for human life.
When it comes down to it, Liquid is also the most aggressive of the Snakes. While he follows in his father's footsteps worryingly closely, it is all with one goal in mind. To surpass his brother and prove - to himself, more than anything - that he is not inferior, as he was led to believe, because of his genes. It becomes quite clear also that Liquid has focused all of his anger on his past onto his family; the father that hated him and the brother that was always just too perfect in everyone's eyes. Right up until the end of the game, he seems unafraid. He takes a helicopter out in an Alaskan blizzard to shoot down two enemy planes, faces an explosion, looks down the barrel of a gun and through none of it all is there anything but sarcasm and scorn. As a result, he is more of a risk taker

At least in one version of the game, he is shown to be prone to randomly flipping, somersaulting and even just walking on railings. His hands are almost never idle. He is very, very expressive and physical. There are moments when he does appear sad about their past, although these are swiftly dismissed and it is almost never expressed in his words or voice. He displays a highly cocky nature, although this may be more of an overcompensating cover for how much he fears he is inferior. For Liquid Snake has particularly low self-esteem but keeps it hidden behind an act of high arrogance. He has a high standard to which he holds himself to.

He has a notable formality in the way he speaks and he has a tendency to keep up a stoic attitude when outside of battle or when not incensed. He does have strong self-control and a high level of determination; he'd have to be determined to keep going after taking all that damage. Thanks to his time as a POW, he shows signs of C-PTSD. He is also extremely paranoid. Thanks to his childhood, he also does not understand affection very well and he finds it hard to relax at the best of times.

Liquid is also extremely bitter and prone to long-winded rants when pressed. Although he's generally rather cold in attitude, he does have a softer side and dislikes seeing people used or taken advantage of unless it's to serve his own purposes. If you do manage to become someone he likes he will protect you with his life, though it's a slow and difficult process to get that close to him. Liquid does not trust anyone unless they work for him, and even then he's rather paranoid. Although he isn't openly afraid of anything, even going so far as to turn his back on a hostile enemy pointing a gun at him, he does react very, very badly to being restrained, even going temporarily insane and possibly homicidal if the restraints are collars or shackles. However, unless he actively hates you, he won't get himself injured trying to hurt you unless you're threatening him.

There are only two people that Liquid actively hates; his brother, Solid Snake and his father, Big Boss, also known as Naked Snake. Things he dislikes, however, include disrespect, restraints, being called inferior, losing a battle, being manipulated, being ill, being unable to see the sun and carrots. He isn't very good with non-weapons-related technology such as computers; he tends to leave that to others rather than get irritated to the point of shooting the poor device. He also takes rather good care of his health outside of battle, refusing to drink unless it's a special occasion and never smoking or doing other things that might damage his health. However, he is one of the Snake siblings, so food gets him in a very good mood. Like his father and brother, he does have a love of boxes and finds them calming to sit inside.

His development in the second game is minimal, but defines a point that was not often mentioned in the first game - that Liquid is determined to destroy the Patriots. Despite his hatred of his brother, the ghostly Liquid does not actively pursue him; although he attacks him at least twice, both times Snake had come to him. He is more concerned with the larger matter, most likely an example of how fixated he becomes on a target.

It seems he is also capable of absorbing information remarkably fast; by the age of 33, he is already fluent in seven languages. He works best when directly facing a foe and his attitude tends to easily hide the fact he is a very capable soldier, making it easy to underestimate him.
Game Specific:
Arcana: Emperor
Justification: The Emperor Arcana focuses on several relevant aspects. Liquid is the one who struggles the most against authority, asserting his own in place of that of the Patriots. He prefers routine and desires power and strength above all else. Control and recognition are both important facets of his desires.

Samples:
First Person Sample:
Finally. What the devil was wrong with my old phone, anyway?

[Beep. Beeeeeeep. Beepity. The pervasive sound of the buttons being pressed likely sounds grating. Beep. Beeep.]

Hm. Is it already calling? Well then.

[A low, irritable laugh.]

This is quite the amusing joke. If you're behind this, Mantis, I hope you realize you're probably going to be in trouble quite soon. If not...

[His words are cold, the accent clearly upper-class British. They mask concern.]

Then this must be some kind of VR. I want out of this simulation. Now.

...Is anyone even out there?
Third Person Sample:
They were everywhere.

Shadows, all over the place. They seemed never ending; a flood of darkness that crept out of the depths of the night as if they were made from it. He sprang back, landing in a crouch on the ground and using it as leverage to jump. The streetlamp that he grabbed onto was thankfully unlit. The last thing he would have wanted was to end up blinded. As it was the metal was just strong enough to support his weight.

Swinging himself up to sit up on it, he rose to stand there, trying to see into the distance. The eerie light of the moon seemed to cast an unnatural glow over the areas that could be seen. But this moment of reverie could not last. The lamp shuddered as one of the shadows struck at it and he barely caught his balance in time. Bracing himself, he mentally took a check of ammunition. Not enough. Not for all of these. Not by far. There had to be some other way.

There had to be something he could do.

Gritting his teeth, he looked around for something. But there was nothing. The streetlamp bent, twisted-

-and fell.

He leapt free, flipping over to land on his feet again, backed up against a building. There was nothing he could do. After all of this, was he truly going to die in what appeared to be some kind of Lovecraftian nightmare?

It was impossible to accept. There was no way he'd allow that to happen. What was it the others had said? Something about a Persona... If he could just figure that out, then perhaps this would not be a lost cause after all.

In the end, he had to keep going. This was just a respite, after all. Snake was waiting for him.

His revenge was waiting.

And so help him, he was not going to let it end here.

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Player Info:
Nickname: Katy
Age: 21
Personal LJ/DW:

katsura
Method of Contact: plurk, pm or aim (klavier)
Characters Played: n/a!

Character Info:
Name: Rin Okumura
Age: 15
Canon: Ao No Exorcist
Pull Point: Chapter 30

Background Info:
History: Here!

Personality:

Rin is a wild kid, he grew up protecting his younger twin brother Yukio and has always felt protective and proud of him. As for that, Rin often got into a lot of fights with gangs and bullies around him - he was rated as a wilder boy with no goals and aspirations. His main goal growing up was to protect Yukio and to make sure that he got to fulfill his dream of becoming a doctor. Rin never showed hard worksmanship skills or any career motivation, even as his adoptive father egged him on to grow up a bit. He hated being looked down on for being a 'child', yet no matter what, he couldn't get his grip on anything adultlike. After losing his father, Rin and Yukio grew a little distant from each other because they both had secrets from one another. When the "incident" occurs of Rin's demon powers emerging (being assaulted by Astaroth in an alley, being saved by his father, then being later again assaulted by Satan himself, causing Rin to draw the sword and finally lose his human form) Rin does not know that his brother had been studying as an exorcist for several years now. Up until the moment his new teacher - Yukio himself - walks into the classroom, he believes that his twin was still studying to become a medical doctor. He had done this, like Fujimoto had not told Rin earlier, to allow Rin as much time of being 'human' as possible. Rin had planned to keep his demon nature a secret from Yukio, though it turned out that Yukio had known all along. It is more the fact that his brother had been studying to be strong for him that bugs Rin.

When they were kids, Yukio was picked on constantly. Rin would run in and defend him against anyone who said anything bad at all about Yukio. Part of the reason he got assaulted by Astaroth is because the kid Astaroth was possessing said "You're going to need the money, your brother is going to that fancy school, huh? Take it as like a fund." and Rin immediately attacked him, because he believed that Yukio was the more successful one and Rin knew that he had nothing to compare against. In the ceremony before school started, Rin was extremely happy that his twin got the title 'Student Rep". For the first fifteen years of his life, Rin had been accustomed to protecting Yukio. When it turns out that Yukio had been studying Exorcism and Rin saw how, to put it simply, strong Yukio had become... He was jealous and awed at the same time. He vows to become stronger than his brother - a fact that Yukio laughed at. As Rin is an unstable part in the school, Yukio takes over the task of watching over him. Though he wouldn't like to admit it, Rin's role seems to have been flipped.

When his father died to protect Rin, he finally found his motivation - exorcism. He vowed to defeat Satan and to protect everyone, even if he was at a disadvantage because of his relation to Satan - he was revealed to being Satan's son. Rin was highly mortified by this, but after awhile he refused to let it stop him, stating that Father Fujimoto was his only father. He begged Mephisto Pheles to accept him into the True Cross Academy where he could learn to be an exorcist and have his revenge. Unfortunately, since Rin was no longer human, he had to hide his demonic powers from his new friends - his new tail, his power, his sword, all of it. Nobody could know and while he hated deceiving everyone, it was the best he could do. Rin was enraged when he found out that Yukio had lied and became an exorcist, but he set a new goal - he'd equal Yukio one day so that Yukio wouldn't need to protect him from demons or even himself anymore. Thus begins Rin's school life with his brother and new friends.

Rin is a fairly normal boy, a bit strange at times of course. He reads emotional manga - and cries at it. He is determined, selfless and hopeful, never giving up on his dream of becoming a Knight of the True Cross. His anger gets the better of him sometimes, but he knows when to apologise and is always there to help his friends, even if they don't like him or are scared of him. He is always giving people second chances, working with them to all defeat an enemy. He's good at working in groups, but bad at schoolwork. He's fairly lazy, sleeps a lot and his only real talent, apart from fighting, is cooking, which he enjoys fully. Rin tries to not let things get to him because if they do, he's liable to break out and harm someone with his demonic powers. If one of his friends is in danger, he will go to any length to save them.

He tries to get along with everyone, but many people become frightened of him once they find out that he's Satan's son. He doesn't let that stop him, continuing to try hard and work on his stuff. He's eager to help out anyone who needs him and is MOSTLY polite to his elders. He has a list of who's cool and he is fourth on that list. He has a very protective personality, supporting everyone and helping them out.

If Rin sees someone in danger, he is the type of person to step into immediate action, regardless of his own safety. He's normally relaxed and calm if people are just digging at him - normally because of his living situation and lack of money - but if you insult his brother, who Rin is extremely proud of and looks after, he will attack immediately. In the very beginning of the series, a boy being possessed by Astaroth is mocking Rin about taking hush money because his brother, Yukio, was in debt for his scholarship. This often makes him lose his cool and he may be in jeopardy of letting his demonic side out. Another time he saw an argument between his friend Bon and Bon's father that was very similar to the one he had with his own father before his death, and he was so bothered by it that he tried to get them to reconcile - too many things happened at this time, Bon's argument, people treating him badly, as well as a double agent in the monastery led to Rin losing his control and having to be rescued by his 'babysitter'. To overcome this, Rin is determined to become an exorcist so that he can avenge his father, get strong enough that Yukio won't have to look after him, and ultimately; he won't accidentally hurt someone if he gets control over his flames. Rin's determination is fierce and while people are terrified of his power and unsure whether or not he should be allowed into the True Cross Academy, he ignores it and pushes forwards, striving to make something out of himself, much like his father would have wanted.

As a child, he never had many friends - anyone he met was usually beating on his weaker twin. When he joined True Cross, he met people for the first time and enjoyed being in their company. From this, he is protective over the few bonds he has with people. When they learn that he is a demon, he is still as determined as ever to be friends with everyone. He's not used to having friends because he could never hold a steady job, didn't do well in school and spent most of his childhood at the monastery. The protectiveness over his friends also goes into his drive to show them that he's not going to hurt them just because he's the son of Satan - he does his best so that they know he's still 'himself', and not a demon to be feared. He's determined to show everyone that he's not evil - he wants to live for his father, be strong enough so that his brother won't have to protect him, and be able to help his friends out. Rin refuses to acknowledge the fact that he is Satan's son; he instead focuses on everything he can do to get stronger, to become an exorcist worthy of his father. He's determined to stay alive because if Satan manages to open the Gehenna Gate with Rin and posses him, it could mean the end of the world. Rin respects that everyone is doing their best to keep him alive because of his handiness as a 'tool' against Satan later on, his drive to become stronger is so that no one will have to protect him. But even more so, it's so that he can kick Satan's ass.

Game Specific:
Arcana: Judgement
Justification: Being known for a balance of light and dark, this card fits Rin well. His constant battle with the idea that he may or may not be used as a weapon for either side as well as fighting off the tempation of being a demon. This card is also known for decisions and new beginnings - Rin's choice to defeat Satan and the beginning of his new life.

Samples:
First Person Sample:

Oi. Do you know where the best steak place is?

I could really use some steak.

[ unseen, rin's rubbing his tummy. it's growling at him in anger, really. ]

I dunno about you, but I don't think they serve enough to eat at this new school. If we gotta pull weird 'persona' things out of us, they should at least give us something to fill in that gap and all.

[ > send text.
> start writing another one. ]

Did you get any of that homework stuff... I was too busy thinkin about how awesome it is to jump into a TV. Too bad it's not into the show you like most or something.

I'd like to dive into some anime where they have a lot of cute girls and a lot of food... Or like Iron Chef.

[ which reminds him.
> send another damn text. ]

I am super damn hungryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!

Third Person Sample:

The air was pretty cold, but he didn't feel it that much. Resting after a morning full of candle-exploding, Rin was laying on his back seemingly on the roof of where he was currently staying at. Rin shivers, pulling his sweater back on and glancing down beside him. His Cait Sith familiar, Kuro, was practically yelling at him. Food, Rin, get on with it! He laughs. The cat was pretty much the only thing he had brought with him to Kyoto. Except for Kurikara. As he sits up, gathering his things, he picks up the wrapped sword and slings it around his back.

"We should probably get back, huh?" But he's not moving. The breeze is blowing into his face, bringing with it a smell of underlying rot. Scrunching up his nose, Rin hops off of the roof and lands with a thump onto the dirt road beneath. The rotten smell follows him as he makes his way through the temple grounds. It was to be expected, really. So many people were sick here in Kyoto, so many people were being poisoned by the miasma from the demons. Somehow, Rin thinks that the smell is half real and half in his head - stress from the entire Eye deal, maybe.

He wishes Yukio were here.

That was a thought he wouldn't voice out- that dumb little brother! Rin was trying to use this excursion as a way to show Yukio just who was better. And the guy wasn't even here too enjoy defeat. Rin snorts. He knows that's bullshit. It makes him feel a lot better to think about how cool and awesome he is, it's a serious damper when Yukio can show him up without even being there. His tail twitches but he doesn't notice - too lost in his thoughts of 'dumb four eyes' to realise--

Whack! "Shit!"

Gripping his forehead tightly, Rin winces and glares at the door in front of him. Where the hell did that come from?! Don't doors know when to interrupt important thoughts? Giving the door a swift kick (and then howling, hopping around on one foot while he rubs his toes) he vents his frustration. That hurt, damn it! Reproachfully opening the door and hurrying inside, Rin sprints up to his room. Nobody needs to see the giant egg that's made a home on his head. Once in his room, he flops onto the bed, flipping his phone open. There's one text message.

Yukio. The message is short and to the point, making Rin curse and laugh at the same time. Maturely, he flips the bird at the screen and shoves the phone under the pillow. Kuro asks him what it said and Rin just rolls his eyes.

"He's just being a damn jailor, s'all," The boy begins shucking off his sweaty clothes, preparing for bed. "As usual. Can't trust me or anythin'. What a dumb four eyes."

Jumping back onto the bed, Rin stretches back, closing his eyes with the memories of the day and te smell of rot just swirling around behind his conscious. He falls asleep nearly immediately, kicking out at the blankets and dislodging the phone from beneath his head. It falls onto the floor, flipping open and lighting up briefly.

Don't do anything reckless, brother.

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Player Info:
Nickname: Pie
Age: 23
Personal DW/LJ:

tentacular, formerly solnyshkomoyo at LJ.
Method of Contact: [AIM] solnyshkomoyo, Plurk
Characters Played: N/A

Character Info:
Name: Sola-Ui Nuada-Re Sophia-Ri
Age: Mid-twenties
Canon: Fate/Zero (Novel), prequel to Fate/Stay Night (visual novel/anime/etc)
Pull Point: After Maiya cuts off her arm and takes her to Kiritsugu. Because I am cruel.

Background Info:
History: Sola-Ui Nuada-Re Sophia-Ri on the Type-Moon Wiki!
Personality: As befitting a magus of a long-lasting family of magic-users, Sola-Ui has both the pride and dedication expected of her. A woman who is often seen as cold and calculating, she can easily be said to have the temperament necessary to enter the Fourth Holy Grail War. On top of this, Sola-Ui holds a tactical prowess that easily belittles her intended husband's. Because of both this and her cutting derisiveness, it's easy for her to dominate her weaker partner. The novel describes her as "high-class", and indeed, this is the impression that can easily be seen from her. Her words are ever-cold and often formal, never using bad language even at the height of her rage. Temperamental though she is, she fulfils the role of both instructer and commander, despite not officially holding the second role.

As a member of the Sophia-Ri family, Sola-Ui has a large amount of knowledge of magecraft and a keen tactical sense, as well as the elegant and dominating attitude that comes with the territory. She is able even to override a powerful Master such as Kayneth Archibald El-Melloi with a look and a stern word. Far from being shy, she will never fail to interject her own views and will cut down even her future husband's protests when she feels she's in the right. Essentially, she drives over them with her words as if they were a steamroller, accepting no argument and freely mocking them to their face. There is only one thing that can metaphorically bring her to her knees.

Diarmuid Ua Duibhne.

Thanks to Diarmuid's curse, Sola-Ui grew steadily less focused on the war and more focused on him over time. As the one who supplied him with the prana he required to remain materialised. Ever-critical and derisive of Kayneth's cowardly methods, she was the one who drove him the most in his determination to win the war. Partly to prove himself superior to her -- and partly to overcome his supicions about Lancer. And right those suspicions were; as time passed, Sola-Ui's cursed love grew into an overwhelming obsession. Her dutiful following of her husband for the sake of her family twisted to the point where she willfully snapped off his fingers after he was disabled by Kiritsugu and threatened to kill him if he did not give her his command spells and allow her to take over Lancer.

However even that did not ease her obsession.

Lancer's loyalty to her husband drove her wild with frustration and disappointment, however she was able to delude herself enough to keep her happy. Staying by his side like glue, she was only with reluctance persuaded to stay out of the battlefield and let him handle Caster. This was the obsessive love that the curse of Diarmuid invoked in her. That Sola-Ui Nuada-Re Sophia-Ri, who describes herself as being "frozen", would burn with desire for a long-dead spirit - and would die for it.

Game Specific:
Arcana: Lovers
Justification: Sola represents many of the traits associated with the Lovers Arcana. Her intuition is what allows her to judge things so well and to tactically strategize as a soldier would despite being a mage. Her choice to take Lancer from her husband brings chaos and death. It brings out almost a dual nature. The internal conflict it brings for her is almost a war inside between the desperate woman invoked by love and the cold-hearted mage who exists only to pass on her genes - and more. It affects both Kayneth and Diarmuid deeply, seeding their minds with doubt and unhappiness, with conflict and uncertainity.

Samples:
First Person Sample:

[The voice that speaks now is soft and formal. Despite the softness however, there is a slight coldness to it. Just a faint edge that is likely easy to miss.]

Persistant, aren't they? Those creatures that show up in the night.

[There is an almost eerie silence aside from her own words.]

I've been compiling some information regarding them. I would be interested in your input. Tell me about the ones you've fought. Their powers, weaknesses, appearances.

[A pause and her voice lowers a little, softening further.]

Lancer... will you come fight with me tonight?

Third Person Sample:

Sola had spent the entire day and most of the day before trying and failing to invoke her magic. No matter what it was, familiars, concealment spells, even simple communication - it was simply useless.

Her hands kept shaking. Somehow, she managed to still them, linking them together in front of her as she thought it over. If that thing she had summoned - Persona, she reprimanded herself sharply - was her only access to her powers, then was it any different from summoning a Servant? But she didn't want another Servant. She wanted him. And now she had no power over him at all. No command spells, no Kayneth Archibald El-Melloi to hold his wretched loyalty... the loyalty she deserved, that she desired the most. Frustration rose up in her and she felt almost as if madness would claim her mind if she didn't move.

Petulantly, she rose from her feet, snatching her coat and heading outside. Power or no power, she had to find some way to keep him close. She had to hold back this insane unladylike urge she had to fling herself at his knees, cling to him and beg him to stay with her. If she did that, she would lose him forever. Perhaps her best option was to stay close yet appear distant. Failing to see those around her, she lost herself in her thoughts. "There must be something I can do..." she murmured quietly.

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