[hider=Neurotic Priest Draft][center][COLOR=#1C1C9F][h1]Cristian Aurscu[/h1][/COLOR]
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[center]"Running away is not an option. Running away is not an option. Yes indeed, running away is certainly not an option."[/center][hr]
[center][h2]Essentials[/h2][/center]
Full Name: Cristian Aurscu

Nickname(s): Father Aurscu, Cris

Gender: Male

Age: 25

Birthday: 4/4

Affiliation: Isamu Family

Written Appearance: A golden-haired man that stands above six feet. His eyes are usually narrowed to give off a gentle disposition, but they do open sometimes to reveal a deep blue. He wears a typical priest's cassock in black and has his cross always on his neck. His golden hair is tied up in a low ponytail.
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[center][h2]Personal[/h2][/center]
Personality: Cristian at his core is a twisted individual who has many layers to unravel. He is a kind priest, a devil, a saint, and a sinner. It's almost impossible to piece together what his true nature is, but it is hinted by the odd mannerisms that seem out of place. He is not a kind priest. Though he likes to make people smile, he can no longer feel the warmth given off by those smiles. One word to describe him would be aloof.

He's always smiling no matter the occasion. The only times where he hasn't smiled are days where his precious children died. He prays, eats, showers, and talks to everyone with a smile. No matter the person, even if it was a monstrous individual, he would greet that person with a smile.
Likes:
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[*] Children
[*] Smiles
[*] Life and death
[*] Praying [/List]
Dislikes:
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[*] Life and death
[*] Murderers
[*] Cristian Aurscu
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Strengths:
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[*] Powerful natural defense
[*] Very strong mind
[*] Has good senses
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Weaknesses:
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[*] Has zero combat skills
[*] Despises his magic
[*] Very hard for him to understand others due to his low empathy
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Relationships (Romantically, family, allies, enemies, etc.):
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[*] Allied with the Isamu Family
[*] Neutral with everyone else [/List]

Backstory: Cristian was an abnormal man who was very attuned to the supernatural world from the moment of his birth. It was like there were circuits in his brain wired to see the world a different way all the way from back then, which shaped his life dramatically. He could hear the thoughts of everything: animals, plants, rocks, and even people. He couldn't control it and he was going mad, so he decided to escape to the life of a priest.

While most priests take up this profession to comfort others, Cristian was a person who sought comfort from others. Hearing the thoughts of others created a cynic in him, so he surrounded himself with children to feel positive thoughts. Those happy days didn't last long, for he was going to buy flowers to decorate the church/orphanage, he came back to see it on fire. He threw himself into that fire to at least save some lives, but all around him was death.

He even contemplated throwing himself into the fire, but he didn't need to make that decision. The fire had already reached him. It was then that he heard the dying thoughts of his wonderful children he took care of. He couldn't bare those tortuous and intrusive thoughts anymore so he cracked and shattered that power of his. The dying thoughts still reached the core of his soul though.

[I]'Don't die.'[/I] His terrifying magic that he likened to a curse activated unwillingly in a warped way with the souls of those children pouring into his body, giving him the strength needed to survive the fire. He wanted to cry, but the priest was twisted into a man that could only smile at what remained.

The pure desires of his precious children wanting him to live formed a distortion within him. Cristian decided to take on the path of eternal penance. He traveled to places with high death tolls and performed many funeral services to let people rest in peace. He could not control the fact that the souls of anything that died would rush inside of him. He became more and more twisted even though he tried so hard to control it. He distorted so much that he forgot what his beloved children's craving were.

All his efforts to stop this curse were in vain and so he traveled to Mahoukyo, for this was his last hope. A city of the blatant supernatural is the only thing he can believe to contain this monstrous sin inside him. He was grateful that the Isamu family was kind enough to take in someone like him. 

He is a sinner who vowed to repent. He vowed to never forget his sins, never to run away again.
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[center][COLOR=#ffd700][h2]Magic[/h2][/COLOR][/center]
[center]Exceptional | Beginner | Talented[/center]
Everything has a soul. 

This is the fundamental truth of magic, which Cristian is more intertwined with than others. His magic is truly the understanding of souls. He can hear and feel the innermost thoughts of souls and connect with him. The part of his power that leads him to understanding is what he destroyed because he could no longer bear it. This twisted into the anomalous power that takes in souls to increase his own body's durability. Because of all the death he has seen, the large number of souls have bolstered his durability to obscene levels. He cannot prevent the souls from flowing in for some reason.

Cristian can flip his obscene defense to an equally obscene offense, but this removes his powerful soul armor, leaving him as vulnerable as any ordinary man. This offense is a golden spear that's made of all the souls he has gathered, which is fired at high speeds. This can only be used once per day because he refuses to practice this abominable magic.
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[center][h1]Other[/h1][/center]
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[*]If it is possible to ______ people, then Cristian will truly go off the deep end. He's already halfway there.
[*]He tends to contradict himself quite often.
[*]The glasses are for show.
[*]Though he has a strong mind, this priest has a sore spot that if cracked open, will break him.
[*]He will continue walking the road of eternal penance forever.[/List][/hider]