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Characters Played: Natalia L.K. Lanvaldear (healthepot)
CHARACTER INFO
Character Name: Minato Arisato
Character Canon: Persona 3
History: The wiki covers it decently enough, I think. (If not, I can go into more detail about it)
AU History: Minato started his life off in the wilderness outside of Union, an Absol that had separated from his pack. He lived simply, occasionally guiding a lost human away from trouble. When he was about seven, he came across two human travelers who were unknowingly coming into territory that was disputed territory between a Dusknoir and a Scizor. Minato tried to guide them away, but they didn't heed his warning--they were utterly ignorant of the fight that was happening nearby and thought Minato was trying to lure them off the path they were taking. The two humans perished due to collateral damage that occurred from the battle, leaving Minato to wonder if the travelers would have listened to him if he was a human. He went to sleep that night, not knowing it wouldn't be like any other night... because the next morning, he'd woken up as a human.
He wandered through the wilderness for a while, but was eventually found by a Ranger, who brought him back to Union. He was ultimately placed in an orphanage and lived the next ten years as a human, albeit a somewhat strange and distant one that ended up hanging around Ninetales Vale a lot. ... It didn't occur to him until recently that he could turn back into an Absol. He's gladly taken up being a trainer--it gives him something to do when he's not in school that isn't hang around the spooky neighborhood (even though he likes hanging around the spooky neighborhood).
Canon Personality: Like many protagonists in the Shin Megami Tensei series and spin-offs, Minato is a silent protagonist--virtually a blank slate whose personality is sculpted by the player through dialogue choices and actions taken in the game. However, I say virtually because there are indications in the game of a personality, given his reactions to events, the wording of his dialogue choices, and even the placement of said choices. Minato is given a more set personality in the film series, manga adaptation, and stage plays, however any particularly large cues my interpretation takes from any of the three are purely coincidental because I'm mostly going off of the game.
Starting with what the player can glean from Minato's actions and dialogue choices, Minato is extraordinarily calm. Creepily calm, even. He hardly reacts to things that would startle or scare most people--guns being pointed at him for instance (thanks Aigis), don’t register much more than maybe the quirk of an eyebrow. Even some of the more fantastic things leave him utterly unphased: he walks into the Dark Hour for the first time and what does he do? He keeps on walking. He's remarkably reserved, stoic, and fairly quiet. He doesn't really speak unless he's addressed, and even then, he doesn't say much more than he feels he has to in order to get his point across. He's concise, but not particularly curt or terse. It tends to make him come across as distant or apathetic and while it was certainly the case at one point (at the start of his journey, he was rather emotionally stunted, among other things), he does care about people. It just takes him a while for him to warm up to others.
As trite as it sounds, "still waters run deep" is a saying that very much rings true for Minato. His quiet and distant nature belies a kind, compassionate soul. Though it takes a while for him to warm up to other people, he's staunchly loyal when he has. He has a preference for listening to talking, so he's almost guaranteed to provide a listening ear and a shoulder to lean on when a friend needs it (and given the kinds of friends he makes, they need it quite often). He doesn't judge, he just listens and helps people work through their problems--acting as a sounding board if needed. Minato’s the guy who listens to everyone’s problems, but never talks about his own. He has a quiet charisma that draws people to him, and he just seems to get people. It helps that he's seemingly got the patience of a saint. It allows him to deal with anyone--teammates with their various issues, materialistic CEOs, Japanophile foreigners, small creepy children who turn up in his bedroom in the middle of the night, a boy who calls himself the "Gourmet King," and... whatever you'd consider Elizabeth.
Minato's quiet, but he cares deeply about the people around him. He'll always, always put the people he cares about before himself, and the people he cares about being in danger is one of the things that will shatter his ever-present calm. He keeps it under wraps better when it comes to his duties in SEES--it's a given that they're all in danger. That doesn't mean he likes it though, especially when the end approaches. These people aren't just his friends, they're the closest thing he has to a family now and he doesn't want what happened to his own family to happen to them (this is one of the few cues I take from the movie series, but also Persona Q where his voice clips become distressed if anything happens to his party members--they don't get this way when he's the one in trouble).
Circling back to Minato's ability to understand people well, that's part of what makes him a good field leader for SEES. He knows every member of his team well in and out of battle, regardless of whether they're human, robot, or canine. He knows their strengths, he knows their weaknesses, and he knows how each one of them operates, both separately and as a group. He's the one who chooses who goes into Tartarus, he chooses the tactics. He knows he'd be nowhere without the team, and Mitsuru is technically the overall leader, but for the most part, he's the one calling the shots. He'll adapt to situations as necessary, and, while he doesn't like it, he'll make snap decisions, especially if people are in danger. He will do everything he can for his team. He will do everything he can for his friends. He will especially lay down his life for them if he needs to.
... It's rather unfortunate that he did need to, isn't it?
AU Deviation: The biggest difference in Minato is that he goes through much less of the tragedy that he goes through in canon. The two deaths he experienced were those of strangers, rather than his parents and while it was terrible to see them die, to him, death was something that naturally happens, even if he was trying to prevent it. He's less emotionally stunted than his early canon self (due to it being largely because of the accident on Moonlight Bridge), although he's quite awkward around humans despite having been around them for so long. Being a Shifter that wasn't originally human is a very awkward situation for that! He knows why humans do things, but he doesn't necessarily understand it. Also, while he's willing to go to many various lengths to help people, he's not quite as willing to sacrifice his life to do it: he's got a bit more of a self-preservation instinct than that.
Canon Abilities: Minato has the ability to summon a Persona, a manifestation of his soul, through the use of an Evoker. His initial Persona, Orpheus... learns a grand total of three spells. The other two Personas commonly associated with Minato, Thanatos and Messiah can only be acquired much later in the game (although Thanatos makes a quick appearance at the start, ripping apart Orpheus and lopping off Arcana Magician's head). Luckily, he's not stuck with only those three Personas. Minato has the Wild Card ability, which allows him to summon and keep around multiple Personas and switch between them, even in battle. A Wild Card can summon and use a Persona of pretty much any Arcana (in contrast with the Arcana compatability in previous titles). Due to this, the protagonist can radically change his battle style (even in the middle of battle) if need be, since his stats and skills depend entirely on the Persona he has equipped: for example, if he has Jack Frost as his Persona, he'll be proficient with Ice-based magic. If he has Kikuri-Hime as his Persona, he'll excel in healing. If he has Cu Chulainn as his Persona, his forte will be physical attacks, specifically of the Pierce variety. He also has access to Fusion Spells, which combine the powers of two different Personas, creating a variety of effects. (There's a list here.) It's explained in-universe with a bunch of mumbo-jumbo about the protagonist being of the Fool Arcana and thus infinite possibilities but I'll spare you guys the symbolism as much as I can. His abilities are further enhanced by the fact that he had Death sealed into him when he was a little kid.
On the less fantastic, but still pretty unbelievable side, Minato can pick up just about any weapon and figure out how to use it well, due to the in-game mechanic of P3/P3:FES where he can equip all weapons except for guns (exclusive to Aigis) and knives (exclusive to Koromaru). In Portable and the movies, he seems to favor one-handed swords.
TL;DR: OP jrpg protagonist, nothing too special.
Enlightened Abilities: Minato will be an Absol Shifter (Dark type) with the Pressure Ability and will be learning the appropriate moves as he levels up. He can sense incoming natural disasters like most of his species, however this ability is weakened when he's in human form. The variety of TM moves available to Absol works well as an equivalent to the multiple Personas that Minato can use as a Wild Card and his ability in P3/P3:FES to equip any weapon except guns and knives.
His human form won’t be much different from his canon human form, except for sharper, naturally black finger and toenails; lengthened, sharper canine teeth; and a dark blue-black oval on his forehead--much like the one he’d have in his Pokémon form (it’s just usually hidden under his hair). Speaking of that Pokémon form, he has blue eyes in that form instead of the red ones that regular Absol tend to have.
He won't be starting with an Enhanced Item.
Starter Pokémon: A Litwick and a Murkrow (his Verdant Forest common)
Notes/Special Considerations: I’d like him to eventually have a hand in possibly resolving the territory dispute mentioned in his AU history as an eventual player plot, possibly receiving an egg or two (one for each of the Pokémon evolution lines involved) as a reward for it, but I can pick one or the other when the time comes if that’d be too much!
SAMPLES
First-Person: Thread here, but I'll answer some questions if it's not enough
"What does the story of the Savior mean to you?"
He shrugs. "It's just a story." It means a lot more to the people of Union than it does to him.
"You plunge into the depths of the Old City. What is it that you seek from the past? Treasure, technology, wisdom?"
"Wisdom, I guess?" It's not quite the truth. He's more or less going down there just to see what's there for himself.
"When encountering a rare and powerful Pokémon, what is most important? Researching it, bonding with it, or defeating it? Why?"
"If it's rare and powerful, wouldn't bonding with it be important? It'd be better to have it on your side, right?"
"What would you say the most important occupation is within Union?"
Once again, he shrugs. "The ones that keep the city safe, I guess?" He doesn't know.
Third-Person: "To what lengths would you go to rescue your allies if they were lost in the wilderness?"
"... Any necessary, if I won't end up in over my head." He won't elaborate any further.
"What do you look for in the Pokémon with whom you bond?"
"Not anything specific. If they want to come along, they can come along." He shrugs.
"What do you think your Pokémon respect most about you?"
He casts a glance to the Litwick on his lap, who looks up at him. "That I can understand what they're saying, I guess?" He doesn't know exactly, that's for sure.
"A human has attacked a wild Pokémon who retaliates in defense. How do you respond and whom do you defend?"
"I'd try to defuse the situation and figure out what happened. But if that doesn't work... I'd defend the Pokémon. The human did attack first."
"You are alone and bereft of your Pokémon allies, upon what strengths do you rely on to see yourself safely home?"
"... I'm pretty good at surviving whatever comes at me." And once again, he won't elaborate any further.
"In your eyes, what is absolutely unforgivable?"
His eyes narrow. "Doing harm with the intent to kill, if it's not for your own survival." Death happens, sometimes because someone needs to eat, after all, but killing for its own sake is something Minato can't stand.
Name: Amber
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healthepot)CHARACTER INFO
Character Name: Minato Arisato
Character Canon: Persona 3
History: The wiki covers it decently enough, I think. (If not, I can go into more detail about it)
AU History: Minato started his life off in the wilderness outside of Union, an Absol that had separated from his pack. He lived simply, occasionally guiding a lost human away from trouble. When he was about seven, he came across two human travelers who were unknowingly coming into territory that was disputed territory between a Dusknoir and a Scizor. Minato tried to guide them away, but they didn't heed his warning--they were utterly ignorant of the fight that was happening nearby and thought Minato was trying to lure them off the path they were taking. The two humans perished due to collateral damage that occurred from the battle, leaving Minato to wonder if the travelers would have listened to him if he was a human. He went to sleep that night, not knowing it wouldn't be like any other night... because the next morning, he'd woken up as a human.
He wandered through the wilderness for a while, but was eventually found by a Ranger, who brought him back to Union. He was ultimately placed in an orphanage and lived the next ten years as a human, albeit a somewhat strange and distant one that ended up hanging around Ninetales Vale a lot. ... It didn't occur to him until recently that he could turn back into an Absol. He's gladly taken up being a trainer--it gives him something to do when he's not in school that isn't hang around the spooky neighborhood (even though he likes hanging around the spooky neighborhood).
Canon Personality: Like many protagonists in the Shin Megami Tensei series and spin-offs, Minato is a silent protagonist--virtually a blank slate whose personality is sculpted by the player through dialogue choices and actions taken in the game. However, I say virtually because there are indications in the game of a personality, given his reactions to events, the wording of his dialogue choices, and even the placement of said choices. Minato is given a more set personality in the film series, manga adaptation, and stage plays, however any particularly large cues my interpretation takes from any of the three are purely coincidental because I'm mostly going off of the game.
Starting with what the player can glean from Minato's actions and dialogue choices, Minato is extraordinarily calm. Creepily calm, even. He hardly reacts to things that would startle or scare most people--guns being pointed at him for instance (thanks Aigis), don’t register much more than maybe the quirk of an eyebrow. Even some of the more fantastic things leave him utterly unphased: he walks into the Dark Hour for the first time and what does he do? He keeps on walking. He's remarkably reserved, stoic, and fairly quiet. He doesn't really speak unless he's addressed, and even then, he doesn't say much more than he feels he has to in order to get his point across. He's concise, but not particularly curt or terse. It tends to make him come across as distant or apathetic and while it was certainly the case at one point (at the start of his journey, he was rather emotionally stunted, among other things), he does care about people. It just takes him a while for him to warm up to others.
As trite as it sounds, "still waters run deep" is a saying that very much rings true for Minato. His quiet and distant nature belies a kind, compassionate soul. Though it takes a while for him to warm up to other people, he's staunchly loyal when he has. He has a preference for listening to talking, so he's almost guaranteed to provide a listening ear and a shoulder to lean on when a friend needs it (and given the kinds of friends he makes, they need it quite often). He doesn't judge, he just listens and helps people work through their problems--acting as a sounding board if needed. Minato’s the guy who listens to everyone’s problems, but never talks about his own. He has a quiet charisma that draws people to him, and he just seems to get people. It helps that he's seemingly got the patience of a saint. It allows him to deal with anyone--teammates with their various issues, materialistic CEOs, Japanophile foreigners, small creepy children who turn up in his bedroom in the middle of the night, a boy who calls himself the "Gourmet King," and... whatever you'd consider Elizabeth.
Minato's quiet, but he cares deeply about the people around him. He'll always, always put the people he cares about before himself, and the people he cares about being in danger is one of the things that will shatter his ever-present calm. He keeps it under wraps better when it comes to his duties in SEES--it's a given that they're all in danger. That doesn't mean he likes it though, especially when the end approaches. These people aren't just his friends, they're the closest thing he has to a family now and he doesn't want what happened to his own family to happen to them (this is one of the few cues I take from the movie series, but also Persona Q where his voice clips become distressed if anything happens to his party members--they don't get this way when he's the one in trouble).
Circling back to Minato's ability to understand people well, that's part of what makes him a good field leader for SEES. He knows every member of his team well in and out of battle, regardless of whether they're human, robot, or canine. He knows their strengths, he knows their weaknesses, and he knows how each one of them operates, both separately and as a group. He's the one who chooses who goes into Tartarus, he chooses the tactics. He knows he'd be nowhere without the team, and Mitsuru is technically the overall leader, but for the most part, he's the one calling the shots. He'll adapt to situations as necessary, and, while he doesn't like it, he'll make snap decisions, especially if people are in danger. He will do everything he can for his team. He will do everything he can for his friends. He will especially lay down his life for them if he needs to.
... It's rather unfortunate that he did need to, isn't it?
AU Deviation: The biggest difference in Minato is that he goes through much less of the tragedy that he goes through in canon. The two deaths he experienced were those of strangers, rather than his parents and while it was terrible to see them die, to him, death was something that naturally happens, even if he was trying to prevent it. He's less emotionally stunted than his early canon self (due to it being largely because of the accident on Moonlight Bridge), although he's quite awkward around humans despite having been around them for so long. Being a Shifter that wasn't originally human is a very awkward situation for that! He knows why humans do things, but he doesn't necessarily understand it. Also, while he's willing to go to many various lengths to help people, he's not quite as willing to sacrifice his life to do it: he's got a bit more of a self-preservation instinct than that.
Canon Abilities: Minato has the ability to summon a Persona, a manifestation of his soul, through the use of an Evoker. His initial Persona, Orpheus... learns a grand total of three spells. The other two Personas commonly associated with Minato, Thanatos and Messiah can only be acquired much later in the game (although Thanatos makes a quick appearance at the start, ripping apart Orpheus and lopping off Arcana Magician's head). Luckily, he's not stuck with only those three Personas. Minato has the Wild Card ability, which allows him to summon and keep around multiple Personas and switch between them, even in battle. A Wild Card can summon and use a Persona of pretty much any Arcana (in contrast with the Arcana compatability in previous titles). Due to this, the protagonist can radically change his battle style (even in the middle of battle) if need be, since his stats and skills depend entirely on the Persona he has equipped: for example, if he has Jack Frost as his Persona, he'll be proficient with Ice-based magic. If he has Kikuri-Hime as his Persona, he'll excel in healing. If he has Cu Chulainn as his Persona, his forte will be physical attacks, specifically of the Pierce variety. He also has access to Fusion Spells, which combine the powers of two different Personas, creating a variety of effects. (There's a list here.) It's explained in-universe with a bunch of mumbo-jumbo about the protagonist being of the Fool Arcana and thus infinite possibilities but I'll spare you guys the symbolism as much as I can. His abilities are further enhanced by the fact that he had Death sealed into him when he was a little kid.
On the less fantastic, but still pretty unbelievable side, Minato can pick up just about any weapon and figure out how to use it well, due to the in-game mechanic of P3/P3:FES where he can equip all weapons except for guns (exclusive to Aigis) and knives (exclusive to Koromaru). In Portable and the movies, he seems to favor one-handed swords.
TL;DR: OP jrpg protagonist, nothing too special.
Enlightened Abilities: Minato will be an Absol Shifter (Dark type) with the Pressure Ability and will be learning the appropriate moves as he levels up. He can sense incoming natural disasters like most of his species, however this ability is weakened when he's in human form. The variety of TM moves available to Absol works well as an equivalent to the multiple Personas that Minato can use as a Wild Card and his ability in P3/P3:FES to equip any weapon except guns and knives.
His human form won’t be much different from his canon human form, except for sharper, naturally black finger and toenails; lengthened, sharper canine teeth; and a dark blue-black oval on his forehead--much like the one he’d have in his Pokémon form (it’s just usually hidden under his hair). Speaking of that Pokémon form, he has blue eyes in that form instead of the red ones that regular Absol tend to have.
He won't be starting with an Enhanced Item.
Starter Pokémon: A Litwick and a Murkrow (his Verdant Forest common)
Notes/Special Considerations: I’d like him to eventually have a hand in possibly resolving the territory dispute mentioned in his AU history as an eventual player plot, possibly receiving an egg or two (one for each of the Pokémon evolution lines involved) as a reward for it, but I can pick one or the other when the time comes if that’d be too much!
SAMPLES
First-Person: Thread here, but I'll answer some questions if it's not enough
"What does the story of the Savior mean to you?"
He shrugs. "It's just a story." It means a lot more to the people of Union than it does to him.
"You plunge into the depths of the Old City. What is it that you seek from the past? Treasure, technology, wisdom?"
"Wisdom, I guess?" It's not quite the truth. He's more or less going down there just to see what's there for himself.
"When encountering a rare and powerful Pokémon, what is most important? Researching it, bonding with it, or defeating it? Why?"
"If it's rare and powerful, wouldn't bonding with it be important? It'd be better to have it on your side, right?"
"What would you say the most important occupation is within Union?"
Once again, he shrugs. "The ones that keep the city safe, I guess?" He doesn't know.
Third-Person: "To what lengths would you go to rescue your allies if they were lost in the wilderness?"
"... Any necessary, if I won't end up in over my head." He won't elaborate any further.
"What do you look for in the Pokémon with whom you bond?"
"Not anything specific. If they want to come along, they can come along." He shrugs.
"What do you think your Pokémon respect most about you?"
He casts a glance to the Litwick on his lap, who looks up at him. "That I can understand what they're saying, I guess?" He doesn't know exactly, that's for sure.
"A human has attacked a wild Pokémon who retaliates in defense. How do you respond and whom do you defend?"
"I'd try to defuse the situation and figure out what happened. But if that doesn't work... I'd defend the Pokémon. The human did attack first."
"You are alone and bereft of your Pokémon allies, upon what strengths do you rely on to see yourself safely home?"
"... I'm pretty good at surviving whatever comes at me." And once again, he won't elaborate any further.
"In your eyes, what is absolutely unforgivable?"
His eyes narrow. "Doing harm with the intent to kill, if it's not for your own survival." Death happens, sometimes because someone needs to eat, after all, but killing for its own sake is something Minato can't stand.