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[color=662d91][b]Name[/b][/color]: Guiren Liam Li (usually goes by Liam)
[color=662d91][b]Age[/b][/color]: 17
[color=662d91][b]Gender[/b][/color]: Male
[color=662d91][b]Appearance[/b][/color]: Jet black, straight hair that is left to hang below his shoulder in an uneven cut, Liam's dark hazel eyes are almost always hidden behind a curtain of long, uneven fringe. Apparently, he has his father's nose, thin lips and sharp chin. His slender frame, oval face and eyes are all his mother's. When he isn't hunched over a book or a computer, he stands at the height of 177cm, weighing 69kg. Since he typically wears long pants and hoodie over his shirt, his skin is rather pale beneath his clothes, contrasting sharply with his dark hair.
[color=662d91][b]Attire[/b][/color]: When he is not in school, he favours short-sleeve T-shirts, jeans and comfortable sneakers. Typically, he also wears a black or grey thigh-length jacket, unzipped, over his top.

[color=662d91][b]Arcana[/b][/color]: Hanged Man
[color=662d91][b]Weapon[/b][/color]: A double-bladed [url=https://www.swordsofmight.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/The-Hobbit-Mirkwood-Double-Bladed-Polearm-Replica-Image.jpg]glaive[/url] measuring 1.5m in length, from one tip to the other.

[color=662d91][b]Personality[/b][/color]: Blunt and frank with his words, his polite and formal way of talking usually offsets the impact they make. He doesn't believe in sugar-coating his words, preferring to tell facts as they appear. Liam's sense of humour typically revolves around sarcasm and despite his quiet air of confidence, is actually prone to indulging in self-blame should something go wrong. He can spend hours analysing past situation and listing what he could have done better. 

Liam has patience in spades, partly through nature and nurture. He is able to calmly await outcomes and don't mind sitting through long conversations, one-sided or otherwise. As a side-effect, he is not easily agitated no matter the circumstances. One had to be extremely patient when dealing with three younger siblings and a good handle on their self-control in order not to strangle them, after all. As the eldest son, it has been pounded into his brain that he is responsible for his younger siblings, especially with his father absent. Hence, he doesn't really bother taking care of his health (mental or physical), only enough to ensure he can function at what he deems his peak condition.

His loyalty, once given, is unquestionable and unwavering. Nothing can and will break it. Unfortunately, his trust and loyalty are very difficult to gain. To date, the only one who holds his irrefutable loyalty is his family and a couple of friends who have stuck with him since childhood. While Liam might not be one of the most intelligent person out there, he makes up for it by viewing the world through logic. Well, he is more one-part heart and four-parts logic. If it doesn't concern his friends or family, he sticks to cold, hard facts. But when those he cares for is involved in an unfavourable situation, he becomes easily agitated and reckless. 

Determination is in his blood. He is one to persevere even if everyone says it's impossible. Once he sets his sight on a goal or his mind on a decision, it is extremely difficult to dissuade him. He will give his all - and then more - just to accomplish his objective and receive that sense of satisfaction from doing so. Liam doesn't like to be told to give up, and would even willingly risk his life to achieve what he wants. 

[color=662d91][b]Backstory[/b][/color]: Born in London, United Kingdom, to a Chinese father and a Korean mother, Liam lived a normal, peaceful life for the first five years of his life. His father was a businessman, a relatively well-off one even if he managed only the branch businesses of his own father's empire. Liam's mother was a high school teacher who decided not to continue teaching the moment she was pregnant with her first child. She wanted to be there when her child grew up, and since his younger brother was born when he turned five, followed by a twin brother and sister two years later, she simply became a housewife. Liam's father had always been the breadwinner, anyway, so it was no loss.

Brought up under strict, traditional parents, Liam readily accepted the role as the eldest son, fully experiencing the brunt of such responsibilities when he turned nine. One night, his father failed to return home. It turned out he was involved in a car accident due to the other party being distracted while driving, resulting in a head-on collision. With his father gone, his mother had to take up work again, leaving two infants and a toddler in the care of her eldest. From a young age, he became rather proficient in balancing school and household chores, sharing his mother's burden of keeping the family going.

When he turned thirteen, Liam's grandfather finally got in contact with them, looking to persuade Liam to leave Australia and return to China, where he would be groomed to take over the family business. Take over the position his father would have held had he not passed unexpectedly. Torn between obeying the official head of the family and staying with his mother and siblings, he managed to come to a compromise with his grandfather. Only after he graduates from university would he go back, but it had to be with the whole family. 

A year later marked Liam's first time experiencing the Dark Hour. He was on his way home from a friend's house one night when suddenly, the sky and surrounding buildings turned green and random puddles appeared on the streets. The atmosphere turned heavy, temperature dropping sharply a few degrees, causing the hair on his body to stand on end. Freaked by this sudden, strange change, he sprinted all the way back home, afraid to linger longer outside. He didn't meet any members of his family as he ran to his room, something he didn't question during that time. In the safety of his home, he burrowed into his bed, convincing himself he was hallucinating due to extreme exhaustion. Everything was fine when he woke up, so Liam pushed that incident to the back of his mind, forcefully forgetting about it. Now and again he experienced the strange phenomenon, but each time he was at home, telling himself it was all imagination. 

Those once in a blue moon occurrence eventually stopped, and Liam thought he could return to living like he didn't experience strange things for a few years, that nothing was ever wrong with him. Then 2010 can about and a strange symptom dubbed the "P3" hit UK's capital. At first, it wasn't a large issue, but when children after children fell victim day after day, panic began to settle. Liam was no exception. Being seventeen, he would be fine, so would his nearly thirteen-year-old younger brother. But the twins weren't. And much to his despair, his sister failed to stir from sleep one morning. With no cure found and nothing he can do, he decided to seek help from his grandfather, who had a pharmaceutical company under his name. The conditions his grandfather put forth was harsher this time with no room for negotiations, but with his youngest brother and sister's life on the line, he can't refuse.

[color=662d91][b]Theme Song[/b][/color]: "Shadow of the Day" - Linkin Park

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[color=662d91][b]Persona Name[/b][/color]: Yang Jian
[color=662d91][b]Ultimate Persona[/b][/color]: Erlang Shen

[color=662d91][b]Persona Appearance[/b][/color]: Standing at 220cm tall, Yang Jian looks as human as any other person walking the earth at first glance. Sun-tanned beige skin, two eyes, a nose, two rounded ears, two arms and two legs. Perfectly normal, if one ignores his gleaming red eyes and lustrous silver hair. However, if one ran their fingertips over any exposed features of this relatively tall being, it will be pretty evident it isn't human. What appears to be skin is cold and hard to the touch, smooth and flawless like the finest porcelain. His hair is made out of strands of wire-thin silver metal, malleable but capable of piercing through skin and flesh if enough force is applied. His eyes are of chiselled red jade, seeming to see nothing and everything at once. The Persona is clad in long, flowing robes of white, red and black with armour beneath, braces on both arms and boots on its feet. It carries a three-pronged spear with a black and red shaft and silver blade.

[color=662d91][b]Persona Skills[/b][/color]: Mazio, Lunge, Resist Wind
Yang Jian is Physically-focused Persona, moderating its defence and offence. Its strength obviously lies in the Physical aspects, with Electric magic being its primary element but its weakness is Wind. 

[color=662d91][b]Character Relevance[/b][/color]: When he was alive, Yang Jian was a general unwaveringly loyal to his sovereign, but gave his devotion and love to his family. For his lord, he was willing to go through with the effort of hunting down his uncle and cutting him down after discovering that man was working for the opposing faction. For his family, Yang Jian toiled day and night in the field when famine struck, foraging for food and water, giving what little he can get his hands on to his wife and children, eating only when there is enough. He died in the hands of the enemy, satisfied that his sacrifice allowed the war to be won even if he lost the battle. In terms of self-sacrifice and dogged-determination, Liam is similar to Yang Jian. He would douse the world in flames for his younger siblings if it meant they would be safe. He would go to great lengths to ensure his goals are achieved, not stopping until his task is done.
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