| Status
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| Full Name |
Sudou Tatsuya (須藤 竜也)
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| Arcana |
XIX - The Sun REVERSE
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| Nature |
Persona-User
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| Gender |
Male
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| Height |
188 cm (6'2")
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| Date of Birth |
August 14th, 1981 (Leo)
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| Age |
30
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| Guardian Dragon |
Red Dragon
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| Persona |
Hephaestus
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| Weapon |
Two-handed Swords
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| Faction |
NWO
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| Team |
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| Seiyuu |
Nakao Ryusei
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| Voice Actor |
Cillian Murphy
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| Player |
Lustrare
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| Equipment
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- Weapon: Shinryûmaru - After Shadow Tatsuya stole Fujishimaru, Sudou began using this dragon-marked blade, which features blood-red silk and gold-adorned iron fittings. Its name is spelled 震龍丸 in kanji, pairing the characters for the fourth I Ching trigram (zhèn) and "dragon" with the -maru suffix.
- Body: Designer Clothes - Black slacks, black waistcoat, and a dress shirt, the fabric of which is dark red striped with bright crimson.
- Feet: Dress Shoes - Shiny oxfords that, of course, go with the designer clothes.
- Accessory: Eyepatch - To protect and conceal the empty socket where his right eye used to be, and also because eyepatches are badass.
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| Social Stats
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- Expression: 5 - Eloquent Polyglot
- Knowledge: 5 - Knows Too Much
- Courage: 4 - Has Gained A Sense Of Self-Preservation
- Against His Dad: 2 - Finding His Spine
- Understanding: 3 - Actually Gets People
- Diligence: 5 - Intense
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| Trivia
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- Tatsuya's given name means "to be a dragon"; his family name contains the elements "by any means necessary" and "wisteria".
- Tatsuya's missing right eye and the scar around it are a direct result of the first time Tatsuya Suou ever summoned his Persona Vulcanus.
- To conceal the empty socket and the scar when out and about, Tatsuya wears an eyepatch and a coat of the sort of makeup burn victims use to cover up their disfigurements.
- Like most evil geniuses, Tatsuya has a cat; his name is Fortinbras. He has slightly fluffy white fur, gold eyes, and is extremely sweet-tempered. His name is taken from Hamlet.
- For his 29th birthday, Akari Hoshi got Tatsuya a new kitten. Playful and fearless, Laertes is black and possesses gold-rimmed green eyes. His name is also taken from Hamlet. Fortinbras is...not sure how to feel about him.
- Tatsuya's Guardian Dragon in Wang Long fortune-telling is the Red Dragon, which rules passion and is confident and adventurous. Tatsuya Suou's Guardian Dragon is the Light Dragon, with which the Red Dragon has poor affinity. IMAGINE THAT.
- Tatsuya is fluent in both English and German, languages that his mother taught him when he was a child. He has also taught himself Latin and Greek, possesses reasonable facility with Italian and Hebrew, and has studied some Russian and French. Further, he is fluent in Nahuatl thanks to the tutelage of the Voices.
- In addition to being an accomplished astrologer, Sudou is learned in the principles of alchemy (and the metaphysical practice thereof) and other such Western arts. He is not actually that familiar with Eastern mysticism, despite being natively Japanese.
- The Dragons' home offices resides in the impossible scarlet maze that comprises 80% of the building that houses Club Zodiac.
- The Japanese reading of his name, placing family name first, may be a play on words in English: Sudou Tatsuya --> "pseudo-Tatsuya", i.e. the false Tatsuya.
- Like his counterpart Tatsuya Suou, Sudou has a lighter that he flicks incessantly. Sudou's, however, is black and did not come from someone he loved. It's just a fire-starter's tool.
- The Voices are gone. Also he came back from the dead, sort of. These two facts are related.
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| Contacts
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- Intimidate: "Remove your hands from my person, or you will leave this park without them." - Tatsuya angrily threatens the demon. May cause angry, sad, frightened, or interested reactions.
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| Profile and Skills
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Profile: Under Construction
Skills: Under Construction
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| Combat Information
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Tatsuya has a lot of Fire. This should surprise no one.
Special: Fire Cross -
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| Persona Information and Resonance
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"I am thou...thou art I. I am Hephaestus, the Lamed Smith...I shall teach you how to burn away the dross of your soul and forge it until what is left is a perfect weapon, a wonder of Creation..."
Hephaestus is the Greek god of the Forge, the earlier counterpart to the Roman Vulcanus. In an attempt to one-up Zeus for the birth of Athena, Hera conceived and bore Hephaestus by herself. From here the story diverges; one version has Hera casting her son from Mount Olympus for his ugliness, whereupon he was lamed when he hit the ground at the foot of the mountain; the second version holds that the one who cast him from on high was actually Zeus, who was angered by his wife's actions and by the boy's attempt to defend his mother from her husband's wrath. He was accepted back into the ranks at some point, of course, at which point he began to forge wonders for gods and mortals alike -- most notably, the armor and shield of Achilles. Go here for a humorous version!
Resonance:
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| Social Links
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- I. The Magician
- Tatsuya has developed no notable Magician links.
- III. The Empress
- Tsukiko Otonashi: Sudou's liaison to SEBEC -- especially now that Kandori is gone. She's extremely learned in matters both mystical and technological and, though they do argue at times, they generally get on well.
- Nanami Kato:
- XI. Strength
- Masahiko Irie: Masahiko causes the former executive a great deal of consternation, especially with this "Kagutsuchi" organisation of his.
- Enoha Koinose:
- Thora Kobayashi: Once affiliated with the Tower Arcana, Thora has now undergone a shift Sudou hasn't fully investigated, but which he suspects is related to her falling out with Shirou Sekigawa. The King and the Oni have history, to be certain.
- XII. The Hanged Man
- Tohya Kidzuki: She wasn't Hanged when they met, but Sudou counts the ex-KNOWS member as one of the few Darkside affiliates he can tolerate.
- XIV. Temperance
- Naomi Suzuno: At their first actual meeting at Okina Prison, Tatsuya surprised and disconcerted Naomi by casually referencing "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock", a poem she knows well -- and found engraved into a blade she received from Takahisa Kandori while in KNOWS. Tatsuya finds himself both impressed with and occasionally frustrated (and confounded) by the Spencer heiress; while he likes and respects her for her talents and accomplishments, he's willing to cross swords with her if necessary. Still, after his death, the two nevertheless struck a bargain that would have dire consequences for them both should it ever come to pass. He's also found he prefers her to her Shadow. Unrelatedly, Naomi's father Miles Spencer seems to like Sudou for some reason.
- Shion Katsuragi:
- Miwa Saitou:
- XV. The Devil
- Daisuke Itami: Daisuke is a pro at getting under people's skin, and Sudou is no exception. Something else is going on there, though...
- XVI. The Tower
- Anna Yoshizaka:
- Takahisa Kandori: Kandori broke Sudou's trust by nearly killing Anna, and Sudou repaid the favor -- but Tatsuya Sudou does not forget, nor does he forgive. The incident irrevocably destroyed their once-close relationship. It's for the best, really; a few months after their fight, Kandori was killed by some teenagers seeking to prevent the end of the world. Good riddance.
- Mai Namikawa:
- Mikiya Ryouhara:
- XVII. The Star
- Tatsuya has developed no notable Star links.
- XVIII. The Moon
- Akari Hoshi:
- Maya Amano:
- Kohaku Tsukino: Crooked cop, courier, spotter, and bootlicker extraordinaire, Kohaku received his induction into the supernatural at Sudou's inadvertent hands. Subsequent encounters have proven to Leo that the cop is extremely useful...and to Kohaku, that the executive is fucking terrifying as hell.
- XXI. The World
- Nyarlathotep: FUCK YOU GHOST DAD
- Philemon: Legitimately believes in Tatsuya. Yeah, I'm just as surprised as you are.
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| Soundtrack
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- Disturbed, "Indestructible"
- My declaration embedded deep under my skin / A permanent reminder of how it began / No hesitation when I am commanded to strike / You need to know that you're in for the fight of your life / You will be shown how I've become indestructible
- Emily Browning, "Sweet Dreams"
- Some of them want to use you / Some of them want to get used by you / Some of them want to abuse you / Some of them want to be abused
- Gustav Holst, The Planets, Op. 32 - "Mars, the Bringer of War"
- Homestuck OST Vol. 5, "Dupliblaze COMAGMA" -- Hephaestus
- Homestuck OST Vol. 5, "Sunslammer"
- Homestuck OST Vol. 8, "Infinity Mechanism"
- Kansas, "Carry On Wayward Son"
- Though my eyes could see / I still was a blind man / Though my mind could think / I still was a madman / I hear the voices when I'm dreaming / I can hear them say / Carry on my wayward son / There'll be peace when you are done / Lay your weary head to rest / Don't you cry no more
- King Crimson, "Moonchild" -- Akari
- Sailling on the wind in a milk white gown / Dropping circle stones on a sun dial / Playing hide and seek with the ghosts of dawn / Waiting for a smile from a sun child
- Mumford & Sons, "Little Lion Man" -- The Tatsuyas
- But it was not your fault, but mine / And it was your heart on the line / I really fucked it up this time / Didn't I, my dear?
- The Offspring, "Self-Esteem" -- Anna
- Well I know I'm bein' used / It's okay man 'cause I like the abuse / I know she's playin' with me / That's okay 'cause I got no self-esteem
- Shinedown, "Sound of Madness"
- I created the sound of madness / Wrote the book on pain / Somehow I'm still here to explain / That the darkest hour never comes in the night / You can sleep with a gun / When you gonna wake up and fight / For yourself?
- Within Temptation, "Iron"
- You can't live without the fire / It's the heat that makes you strong / 'Cause you were born to live / And fight it all away
- Within Temptation, "Hand of Sorrow"
- The child without a name grew up to be the hand / To watch you, to shield you, or kill on command / The choice he'd made he could not comprehend / His blood a grim secret they had to command
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