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Morphos Metaphor- Ethan Highlander

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N a m e Ethan Highlander
A g e 20 (December|1|1992)
G e n d e r Male
Y e a r L e v e l Second year, transfer student.
W e a p o n Bow (PSE X-Force Axe 7 Compound Bow 70lbs) and arrows (G5 Outdoors Montec 125-gr Broadhead tip with Easton Axis FMJ body)
A r c a n a XII Hanged Man Arcana
               Tetraja Protects an ally from an instant death attack once.. R7- Status Related
               Full Analysis Reveal one enemy's HP, SP, Rank, Passive Skills, Strengths, and Weaknesses all in one use. R5- Tactical Support
               Regenerate 3 Recovers 2 HP at the start of your turn. Does not happen on extra turns, counter attacks, or when receiving damage. R7- Passive
               Invigorate 2 Recovers 1.5 SP on each turn, except for "1 More". R4- Passive
               Best Friends Casts Tarukaja, Rakukaja and Sukukaja on the target R8- Tactical Support_ 4SP
               Debilitate Decreases an enemy's Attack, Defense and Agility for 3 turns. R3- Status Related_ 2SP
               Victory Cry Recovers all HP and SP. Can be used once per battle. Multiple people with this skill will not increase it's usage. R8- Tactical Support_ 4SP
               Guardian Soul Increases Protect Range by 10. R5- Passive


A r c a n a R a n k Rank 10
S u i t Pentacles
H e i g h t 5'8'' / 173cm
W e i g h t 130 lbs / 68 kg
N a t i o n a l i t y Canadian

L i k e s      Festivals
                 Animals
                 Drinking with people

D i s l i k e s Being alone
                 Cold
                 Fish

P e r s o n a l i t y Over his stay at Higashimori High, and specially after the ch10 events, Ethan's personality did a 180º turn. From a quiet and elusive guy, he turned into the hug monster. Always searching for physical contact, he jokes around with anyone, and gets maybe a bit too friendly with complete strangers. He still dislikes to be the center of attention, but he likes to be in the middle of everything.

He still has a good sense of responsability, though now he will carry out orders the best he can unless he completely opposes to them. He pays a bit more attention to this studies, even if that means not sleeping during lessons anymore and taking a look at the notes he takes a couple of days before the test; that, combined with his natural good memory, placed him back into the average class grades. He learned to lose even when he gave his best, and nowadays he just laughs it off and trains more.

He bonds with people really easily, and it's now harder to break that bond, as he believes everyone has a reason for doing what they do, no matter how twisted or wrong their action might be. For that reason, when someone gets caught doing something bad, he'll try to understand why and will defend them no matter what if he thinks there is even a small possibility their reasons might not be that wrong after all.

He's still not prone to talk to people about his deep troubles, but is now able to chat about small worries and the such. He is trying to be more honest, though he will still lie if pushed too much. He is also trying to calm down and be less violent, and after the chapter 10 events he chilled out considerably.

Over the year, his abbility to see people's weak points sharpened, though he either keeps quiet about it or uses it to defend people when he sees someone is going too far. He tries to put himself in the middle of all one-sided fights, no matter if verbal or physical.

Because of his conviction that everyone has a reason to do what they do, born pretty much from experience, he now doesn't have any problem treating with any kind of people. That doesn't mean he won't opose them or avoid some people, only he doesn't feel the utter repulse he before felt towards certain kind of people.

S t r e n g t h s
· He finds easy to memorize anything, no matter it's a poem or a diagram.
· He has got a really good orientation sense thanks to that.
· He almost never backs down, though that can be both a strength and a weakness.
· He can stay cool when things get really bad, even if his solution usually implies any form of self-sacrifice.
· He has contacts even in hell, he managed to get to know a lot of useful people.
· He rarely loses his cool nowadays unless he feels really, really frustrated.
· This past year taught him he can't take anything for granted, and has to practice and work hard for everything.

W e a k n e s s
· He has no concept of personal space.
· He is prone to self-sacrifice. For him, an injury to himself is a million times better than other person getting harmed. If someone gets hurt while with him, he'll mortify himself and feel really responsible.
· He can't stand cold.
· He prefers to work alone when doing someting dangerous, mainly because he can't stand other people getting beaten because of him. Still, if other people is going to do someting dangerous and cannot be stopped, he'll join them.
· He is prone to get himself in the middle of any fight to try and stop it. And most of the times get beaten in the process.

S t o r y Ethan’s mother died giving birth to him and his father didn’t like kids very much. He remarried, so he sent Ethan and his older brother Seth to study at boarding schools from a really early age. The brothers developed a really strong bond.

Since he had moved schools every two years or so since forever, Ethan became a really introvert kid, and barely involved him with other people. They were sent to study abroad to Japan when Ethan was 16 and Seth was already 18, and neither the guys spoke japanese, so they both failed one year while learning.

Seth fell in a comma and died right upon moving to Kirimori, because of what Ethan initially thought was a shadow attack, but later discovered it had been a natural death. That left the already loner guy devastated, and he completely stopped taking care of himself and almost became a shut-in for one full year. He didn't go to school for months, but because he had refused to inform his father of his brother's hospitalization -and consequently had to pay the fees himself- he got into a pretty big debt with a local mafia guy he knew, so he started working at a pet shop, and later at a bakery as an apprentice. With the new school year approaching, and because of his boss' worries and help, he moved from the apartment his father had rented to a dorm room, and changed to Higashimori High, to try and start fresh, paying for it all himself with the help of his salary and a little loan.

[MM's story]__ Discovering the shadows gave a new meaning to his life, and he blamed the death of his brother on them, swearing not to rest until every single shadow was exerminated. He chose a bow as a weapon because he wasn't really cut for any short-range one, and his aim was really good. He also knew how to use one and even owned a practise one since he had taken archery as a sport back in the UK.

At first the shadow hunting business looked really good for him, but after a while the questions started to pile up. Why did the shadows mass-attack them at the ball? Why did everyone in that school and only in that school seem to have Personae? Who are the Avatars and what do they want from them? The more unanswered questions, the more suspicious he got from everyone. The headmaster, the teachers, the avatar, the Student Council students... and even his own Persona. That caused him to get paranoid and expect everyone to be the enemy. He got a tiny bit stronger, specially his arms because of using the bow; and a lot more angrier and prone to violence.

With almost all his friends gone, and his little hunting activity, he had plenty of time to think. He's slowly realizing that maybe he idolized his brother way too much, and struggling with the idea that maybe he should just leave the dead alone and move on with his life. That betrayal of everything he always thought caused him a lot of stress, with nightmares that leave him sleep-deprived and even self-injuries when he slept, and the most serious thing it's that he almost completely lost control of his Persona. He bited his nails and lips, had anxiety attacks, jumped at the slightest provocation (or what his mind interpretated as one) and sleeps at every corner-- only to wake up few minutes later, dead scared from the nightmares.

The paranoia, sleep deprivation and rage caused from the 'traitor' incidents, lead him to almost lose control of himself. When summoned by Aleister to the Arcana Court, his Persona attacked the Avatar, and thus he despoiled the boy from it. Personaless and unable to fight, everything he had built to support himself crumbled, and Ethan attempted to take his own life, only to be discouraged by it from Ashley. In the posterior talk, he got the idea that being kidnapped into the shadow realm could help him get his Persona back. Obssesed with that possibility, he purposedly fell into Maya's trap, and got stuck into himself while his shadow wreacked havoc.

While he fought himself, his shadow hurted a lot of people, both passerbys and HHS students, even left a police officer half blind. Upon seeing how much suffering his selfishness had brought, he felt inmensely guilty and vowed to do everything he can to compensate for all the harm he's done. While he was in the hospital recovering, his father's second wife found out about everything that happened, and rushed to the country. He managed to convince her that everything was okay now and was able to stay in Japan. She also payed all the loans, and mde him promise to go back home for christmas and stay in touch. That made him see that maybe he wasn't that pitiful, and if he wanted love he just had to ask for it and be a little more honest, rather than curling in is shell and waiting for Prince Charming to come save him.

T r i v i a
· He's left handed.
· He loves to sleep. If he’s warm enough, he would sleep anywhere, no matter if it’s during class, at the train, or in the school’s stairs on a recess. He can’t stand a day without at least 10 hours of sleep. He is also a curler, and loves to sleep hugging someone.
· He’s a good cooker, he loves to cook and doesn’t mind cooking for other as long as it isn’t fish. He mostly makes desserts, and works in a pastry shop as an apprentince.
· He loves cats and dogs, specially furry ones. He owns a white Norwegian Forest cat called FuwaFuwa and white Samoyed named Mary.
· He doesn't like TV or computers, he's more into books.
· His brother was the one who always cut his hair, so when he died Ethan just let it grow. Nowadays it's so long he just ties it into a ponytail.
· He doesn't like to use the arm protect for archery, so he has almost always bruises and even some sore on his right arm.

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