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Name: Shun Kuroda
Age: 20
Gender: M
Facial expression: Stern/Serious
Hair: Straight, black, and shoulder length. As seen Here and Here (sans need for eyepatch or anything like that. His left eye is fine here)
Eye color: Dark brown
Skin color: Medium tan?
Outfit: Standard w/ v neck
Possibly with a scar showing by his collarbone/neck
Uncertain if this would be allowed or if it'd get in the way of his gear whenever he'd get it, but possibly a small knife strapped to his right thigh.

Personality:
Focused- Once he sets his mind on something, he usually pushes through to try and get it done. This also applies for things he doesn't necessarily really want to do but feels obliged to do so for whatever reason. He has no problem with working hard and isn't distracted too easily.

Rational- He tries to make his decisions for what would be the best overall outcome. And if it's in an efficient manner, that just makes it even better for him.

Stoic - He doesn't display a great deal of emotion and his expression is typically fairly neutral. In most situations, he can keep a level head and clear mind. However, he finds it difficult to understand a number of emotions or the way people act at times. In this manner, he's also somewhat emotionally inept, and in turn probably comes off and cold or callous to most others.

Cutthroat- He has no qualms with getting his hands dirty. There are a couple of things he won't do, but for others, he can carry out wrong deeds and feel no remorse for it. This is especially the case if there's something that he needs to do. More likely than not, he'll do it by any means necessary.

Blunt - He's often to the point when he speaks and doesn't really try to be particularly tactful in most cases.

Illiterate/Dyslexic - Not really a personality trait but it is something for him. I'm uncertain of the literacy level of people in lower class. If it's commonplace, then he's dyslexic. Otherwise just illiterate. Either way he can't really read or write well.

History:
Born in raised in the slums of the outer wall, Shun practically lived on the streets for most of his life. He ran with a small street gang, taking what they needed to get by.Over time, he's come to be somewhat dissatisfied with that way of life as he wanted to figure out some sort of purpose. Sure, he had been surviving, but there wasn't a great deal to it. A certain altercation at one point left him feeling bitter about them as well. By that point, most of the others were dead. Some time after that, upon spotting the Scouting Legion as they were leaving the city walls for one of their missions, an idea of sorts came to mind.

The military was an option, perhaps. He was athletic and could hold his own in a fight. Adaptable. If he could get in, he wouldn't have to worry so much about finding that next meal or getting shanked in his sleep. It would be dangerous, but he had no ties to anyone any longer anyway.

XD; He does have his moments when he isn't in a great mood. We uh... also thought the trigger was getting into a fight so we were pushing for that. >_>; He doesn't typically back down from a confrontation if he could help it. Not always though. It's a little hard to put my finger on it but he isn't quite quick tempered most of the time. After he broke off from the gang, he had to be more careful with how he handled the slums. An example was in the prompt I was writing to enter the writing contest; he was hungry and needed food and knew a rival group had some. He had the opportunity to grab one of them and put a knife up to their throat to demand it but he opted for a stealthier approach to take it to better his chances of getting away since he was already weakened somewhat from hunger. He couldn't just go in 'guns blazing' or so to speak.

...Not sure if that made any sense.

But sweet, thanks!!