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[sub][COLOR=darkgray]Arulu Kurohara[/COLOR]
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[COLOR=White][b]◼ Bureau for Paranormal Defense[/b] - Founded in 1944 by Professor Trevor Bruttenholm to originally combat the occult threats uncovered during Nazi Germany, the institution has lingered to the modern day as an international institution. Overseen by the United Nations, the Bureau is focused on occult and paranormal research foremost but operates with small task forces for capture or elimination of paranormal entities.[/color]
[COLOR=LightPink][b]◼ Yamato Mori[/b] - An affiliate branch of the BFPD located in Japan.[/color]
[COLOR=Crimson][b]◼ Ben Daimio[/b] - Former US Marine captain who lost his squad and nearly his life against the occult in Boliva. Awakened as a Beast Choujin and operates as Arulu's partner.[/color][/sup][/indent]
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[COLOR=darkgray][b]◼ The Rokurokubi - A Choujin said to have a very long neck...[/b][/color][/sup][/indent][color=#2e2c2c]-[/color][/hider][/INDENT][indent][sub][sup][sub][h3][b][color=black] P O S T   C A T A L O G U E[/color]
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[COLOR=DARKGRAY][indent]Okay so I have been waffling on several ideas for the past two months watching this. Due to lack of time and motivation, there wasn't really anything that stood out. There were some ideas that had promise but my motivation fizzled out. What it did provide me was a lot of initial exploring into various comics. Thanks to a suggestion, I found the Dark Horse universe and I kind of remember watching the Hellboy movie one time but at the time I ultimately didn't want to play as Hellboy or Liz. The idea to run something with that occult was abandoned and I thought something else would take its place.

Enter my discovery of my favorite manga artist and his new series: Choujin X. I have been obsessed this month reading from start to finish and I've finally caught up to where it is presently. It is an absolute favorite of mine right now but I have nothing to channel that energy and passion towards until today. I realized I could make something work out of this. If manga material is conditionally approved then I think I can fit what I am passionate about with an established comic and make it work. The Dark Horse comics, specifically focused on the Bureau of Paranormal Defense, is a fairly close approximate to the vibes in Choujin X. Beastial figures and strange eldritch entries come to life inspiring often occult followings is often present in Hellboy it seems. Choujins have their own mythology but are often depicted as beastial or eldritch in nature. They can be absolute monsters and something like that I feel like I can blend. 

So in this iteration, Choujin become paranormal awakenings to those that have close calls with death. They are forms influenced by belief and obsession to become something that isn't entirely human anymore. Not everyone can become a Choujin and not all near death experiences can potentially create a Choujin. It is something primal in humanity's belief that creates them. I'm going to lean on something that fits that description to create antagonists and investigations initially. Cryptids and urban legends are a breeding ground of belief and monsters that are very Choujin-like that sometimes get a cultlike following. I'll just dial that up to have epic fights and spooky encounters. Eventually more abstract concepts like Justice could be some Choujin-like monster but hunting and fighting cryptids in fight is an easy entry.

I suspect not many people know about Choujin X so you'll have to trust me a little to establish them. They were people, can look like people, but have powers based around a core concept. A Moth Choujin would be a bestial Choujin, capable of partial beastification with wings to fly or compound eyes to see or could go full beastification to become the exact depiction of the West Virginia Mothman. All Choujin have enhanced physical characteristics and gain some classification of powers that a something like a moth could have. Choujin have the ability to Raise themselves just before death to come back stronger but at a long term cost, sanity being one. There is also a limit on Raise but that's getting into the weeds.

Hopefully you have an impression of what I'm going for. Arulu will be boxing against cryptids basically. Some occult stuff and how Choujin are starting to show up will be revealed in due time.
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[COLOR=DARKGRAY][INDENT]Arulu's first arc will be focused on me establishing how this story fits into the universe at large. What are Choujin, their limits, abilities, and how the BFPD operates. Arulu is playing the rookie and will be introduced to this alongside you, the reader, so that the details will be explained as the plot develops. It'll be set in Japan, segregated from others for the time being to lay out the stakes. After that I see Arulu being moved the States to fight the cryptid Choujin of North America which can certainly involve others as horror stories of monstrous people spread about. Mothman, Big Foot, Jersey Devil... I have a few plans for some rather harrowing encounters.

The distant future might just involve the more occult and even Dark Horse entities like Hellboy but I'm not that far ahead. I want to figure out the writing and tone first. [/INDENT][/COLOR][/cell][/row][/table][sub]__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________[/sub][right][color=Black][sup][i]"[b]KNOCKOUT.[/b]"[color=2e2c2c]___[/color][/i][/sup][/color][/right][/COLOR][/INDENT]