⁂ CHARACTER Character Name: Gara Ukai Canon: Handead Anthem Canon Point: Post-HANFES Age: 23 Link to History: here
Personality: Gara puts himself into his various areas of work with a kind of fervor and competence one might not expect from him; he's young, but he knows what needs to be done, and he's quick to act. When he was only thirteen, he was the golden boy of the organization he worked and performed under at least for a little while; it took a lot of hard work to get recognized enough to put himself on the track to being Head of a new branch.
In the years since his abandonment by said organization (DAA, or DEAD AND ALIVE), he's found new passions, new ambitions. Tattooing and body mods bring in steady work, but he's still as dedicated as ever to his singing and performing and the group he now does it with.
He just might like to appear a little more aloof than he actually is, shown to get embarrassed and angry when his childhood friend, Yuki, told another friend, Tengai, that Gara was getting embarrassed at Tengai's admission of friendship.
A big component of how he acts, especially on stage. As any handead is, Gara is prone to emotional outbursts when his dead level rises; however, his seems to rise much faster than anyone else's, and at much smaller provocations. He's easily excitable, easily angered, and easily triggered into flashbacks.
Gara does what he wants when he wants to; he tends to want to bite. When he used to perform, he was prone to jumping into the crowds to bite anyone within reach. He enjoys picking fights, too; nearly as much as he loves yelling at people and scaring them off -- as with a creep leering at Genjiro's niece, Chacha.
Gara calls himself "free" above all else. Unfettered by the chains DAA used to shackle him with, Gara — again — does what he wants. With Shura Jodo, he can shake things up and make people uncomfortable, make them challenge the status quo. As he values freedom above all else, he'd similarly never do anything to step on anyone else's freedom.
It's unconceivable to him. While he doesn't seem the type, he doesn't want people to go through what he went through, especially people closest to him. So no one is under any more obligation, with Gara, than they have to be.
He's also shown to be impressed by displays of assertiveness and confidence, as shown when Deki Hakushima stood up to him and told him he'd change his mind about DAA on stage. While he wasn't convinced, it still left an impression on him.
Gara would quicker preserve himself than he would preserve most others; he's not the "take me, not them" type. It ties in to the aforementioned free-spirit of his. He doesn't want his freedom or anyone else's contingent on his or another's mercy.
Troubled might not be a character flaw, but the way Gara acts out on it might be. He's explosive more so than implosive, prone to lashing out when his trauma comes up -- as demonstrated when Raiga Waziki approached him to talk to him about the missing father figure of theirs, Kakeru Miyoshi. Even when Raiga attempted to tell him he wasn't scared of him -- something Kakeru told him a long time ago -- he lashed out. It might've been assuring and a balm, but it only made him angrier.
Dragon Bond Suggestion: Black or brass; complementary or opposite personalities are fine with me. Dragon Bond Changes: Depends, but I want him to go through a dark night of the soul similar to Ko, so I think the personality would affect him a bit.
Game Plan: I want him to have to work with people and face his trauma, and especially face how his "freedom" isn't the freedom he thinks it is. Starting out slower, but that's the general plan.
Gara Ukai | Handead Anthem
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Other Characters: Ko Tenjin
⁂ CHARACTER
Character Name: Gara Ukai
Canon: Handead Anthem
Canon Point: Post-HANFES
Age: 23
Link to History: here
Personality: Gara puts himself into his various areas of work with a kind of fervor and competence one might not expect from him; he's young, but he knows what needs to be done, and he's quick to act. When he was only thirteen, he was the golden boy of the organization he worked and performed under at least for a little while; it took a lot of hard work to get recognized enough to put himself on the track to being Head of a new branch.
In the years since his abandonment by said organization (DAA, or DEAD AND ALIVE), he's found new passions, new ambitions. Tattooing and body mods bring in steady work, but he's still as dedicated as ever to his singing and performing and the group he now does it with.
He just might like to appear a little more aloof than he actually is, shown to get embarrassed and angry when his childhood friend, Yuki, told another friend, Tengai, that Gara was getting embarrassed at Tengai's admission of friendship.
A big component of how he acts, especially on stage. As any handead is, Gara is prone to emotional outbursts when his dead level rises; however, his seems to rise much faster than anyone else's, and at much smaller provocations. He's easily excitable, easily angered, and easily triggered into flashbacks.
Gara does what he wants when he wants to; he tends to want to bite. When he used to perform, he was prone to jumping into the crowds to bite anyone within reach. He enjoys picking fights, too; nearly as much as he loves yelling at people and scaring them off -- as with a creep leering at Genjiro's niece, Chacha.
Gara calls himself "free" above all else. Unfettered by the chains DAA used to shackle him with, Gara — again — does what he wants. With Shura Jodo, he can shake things up and make people uncomfortable, make them challenge the status quo. As he values freedom above all else, he'd similarly never do anything to step on anyone else's freedom.
It's unconceivable to him. While he doesn't seem the type, he doesn't want people to go through what he went through, especially people closest to him. So no one is under any more obligation, with Gara, than they have to be.
He's also shown to be impressed by displays of assertiveness and confidence, as shown when Deki Hakushima stood up to him and told him he'd change his mind about DAA on stage. While he wasn't convinced, it still left an impression on him.
Gara would quicker preserve himself than he would preserve most others; he's not the "take me, not them" type. It ties in to the aforementioned free-spirit of his. He doesn't want his freedom or anyone else's contingent on his or another's mercy.
Troubled might not be a character flaw, but the way Gara acts out on it might be. He's explosive more so than implosive, prone to lashing out when his trauma comes up -- as demonstrated when Raiga Waziki approached him to talk to him about the missing father figure of theirs, Kakeru Miyoshi. Even when Raiga attempted to tell him he wasn't scared of him -- something Kakeru told him a long time ago -- he lashed out. It might've been assuring and a balm, but it only made him angrier.
Dragon Bond Suggestion: Black or brass; complementary or opposite personalities are fine with me.
Dragon Bond Changes: Depends, but I want him to go through a dark night of the soul similar to Ko, so I think the personality would affect him a bit.
Game Plan: I want him to have to work with people and face his trauma, and especially face how his "freedom" isn't the freedom he thinks it is. Starting out slower, but that's the general plan.
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