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PLAYER
Player name: Hotaru
Contact: hailingjavelin
Characters currently in-game: Wolf (Oyasumi Jack the Ripper), Vaiz (Aoi Sekai no Chuushin de), Jinbee Tsukishima (Mushibugyou)

CHARACTER
Character Name: Zed
Character Age: several hundred years
Canon: Code:Breaker
Canon Point: Post canon
History: Zed comes from a world a lot like our own, but where there are people with special powers, who do not exist in any registries. They are called Power Users. There are also people called Rare Kinds, who have the power to negate the power of Power Users.

A long time ago, Zed was "unborn" as he calls it. It means that he was born dead; that is, with his body that of a mummified corpse. He became close friends with the Code:Emperor, and eventually he also met Sakurakouji Sakurako and Heike Masaomi. Together the four of them created a group called Eden, meant to protect Power Users.

About one hundred years ago, an incident called December 32nd happened in which Zed made a group of Rare Kinds undead. He also used his power to make Yukihina undead. The Eden that he had a part in creating changed into something that he didn't like - they stopped protecting and started to kill. So he chose to join the ex-Eden member Sagashimono's group of Power Users, called the Re-Codes.

Zed first appeared in chapter 203 when the Code:Breakers dug out his corpse from his burial spot. Shortly after, his special ability, Death, assaulted them, until he was forced into his Lost Form by Sakura's Rare Kind power. After inquiring about his awakening and hearing Ogami's response, Zed agreed to help them, under one condition: they would throw him a 24-hour long welcoming debauch with lots of girls.

In order to help the the Code:Breakers improve their abilities and strengthen their powers, he shoves the Rare Kinds' Lives into Rui's, Yuuki's and Toki's chests. This causes the three teens to go into Lost State, and also shows how powerful as a Power User Zed is. After all, he could carry three Rare Kind's souls inside him without it having any kind of effect on him.

After his debauch party (which was way too short for his taste) he informs the group that he gave away the Asmodeus Flame's key to a girl called Mishiru, so Ogami could not have it. Zed apologizes, thinking all will be forgiven with just a simple apology. But the Emperor thinks the opposite and tries to fry him.

Zed is a passive onlooker in most situations. He's more interested in taking a bath with the currently-a-mermaid Rui than he is in the Rare Kinds' acts of revenge. He doesn't join into the fray for real even once, and instead enjoys himself by watching Yukihina and Heike fight against each other. And then he gets occupied with holding back Sakurako when Heike goes into ”God” mode, which Sakurako thinks is disgusting, since Heike grows to Godzilla size. When Heike gave Yukihina his life back, Zed was surprised over that, because Heike was the one who asked Zed to remove it in the first place. Heike claimed it was to punish Yukihina for betraying Eden, but in reality it was to protect him. During that time, they were all distracted by the Negation, which meant that everything started to turn dark, and disappear. After Heike left and Yukihina was useless due to confusion about his soul having been returned, Zed helped Sakurako and Kouji to keep the Negation at bay.

After they defeated the Prime Minister, Fujiwara, for causing the Negation, Eden is demolished and Zed sets off with Kouji to search for Power Users and Rare Kinds all over the world.

Personality: Zed's special power is ”death,” but he couldn't be more the opposite of what one might expect of someone with such an ability. He's cheerful and friendly, maybe even – no, not maybe, definitely – overly friendly. But then again, he spends a lot of time six feet under. It's not like a guy who looks like a mummified corpse most of the time has anything to do in their coffin besides napping and thinking, so he enjoys having fun when he's out of it. The very definition of fun for Zed is alcohol, women, more alcohol and mooore women. He's a cheerful guy, not easily offended, an odd friend to have, and someone you'd rather not have as an enemy.

Zed is a true gentleman. Well, not really, but he would like to think that he is one. He can be polite and all, but he tends to forget how ”polite” works. He's nice to just about everyone, especially to the ladies. Or any cute girl, really. You see, he loves women, and he does not hide it. He likes to get inside people's personal space, and likes to drape himself over them. He is very personal around the people that he likes. Not personal as in telling people loads about himself, but he is quick to bodily contact. For example, he has the ability to know when a good woman is close, just from scent. What a good woman is can vary a lot, though. He's not very picky with it, he just likes girls. He is ”a Lover of Women” and likes to touch them, specifically their asses or breasts. On the bare skin if he can manage to. He might also try to convince them into bed, even while knowing that he's most likely to be turned down. There's nothing embarrassing about sex, after all; and he's been a corpse most of the time since he was born so he lives to have fun. It's really the goal of his life. Which is why he is most often hung over when he goes into Lost State and looks alive. So don't be rough when you wake him up, thank you~ But he isn't all about touching women, he just likes the company of them as well.

He is generous, if you ask him. For example, he gives away other people's things to those who ask, especially if those who ask happen to be girls. Like Ogami Rei's Asmodeus Flame. He gave it to Mishiru and didn't think much of it. It's not like Ogami will die if he doesn't get the last flame back. And it's just easy to avoid the Code:Emperor's attacks, so it's no big deal that it pisses the first flame Power User off to the core. He'll just continue to tease him and laugh it off. Another example is when he uses his power on people's request. Like when he made Yukihina an Undead when Heike asked him to, or when he felt sorry for the Rare Kinds and made them Undead after they died.

It's easy for him to ignore people who are poking him with sticks (both figuratively and literally). He's not that easy to upset, and he has never been seen getting angry. He's sort of a pacifist and would rather just share a bottle of some random alcohol with people instead of fight them. But when he mopes, like when he's forced to leave the company of pretty ladies, he cheers up pretty fast, so it's no big deal in the end. Though, when he does, he ends up teasing, and even more so if he goes ignored. He might stick his hand right through a person and pull out their soul just to tease. Most often he does this to Heike, but he also randomly plays with Yukihina's soul, which has been inside of Heike ever since Zed made Yukihina an Undead.

The death of others actually upsets him, and he internally regrets not being able to do anything but revive the Rare Kinds until after they died. Even so, he is the type of person that doesn't let negative emotions show, be it sadness or anger. Zed always want to be of help, and has no problems with helping complete strangers out in whatever way that he can. He's a very kind, dead old man, after all.

He also happen to be forgetful, but obviously it's just something to laugh off, isn't it? Eventually he'll remember the thing(s) that he forgot, so it's really no big deal in the end. He might remember when he's gotten it explained (though he doesn't always listen) and has an opportunity to search his mostly empty mind in the deepest depths to recover whatever it is they're talking about. And he might forget to remember details. Like that time when he he joined the Re-Codes, which is a group that's trying to take down this one organization (that Zed helped founding) called Eden. But he can't remember small details like that.

Inventory: His coffin, some bottles of rare kind blood (see abilities), a battered rabbit plushie

Abilities: Zed's special ability is Death, which is the supreme power to invite all living things to the "Realm of Death", without any exception. When it is active, he has the ability to emit dark tendrils of energy from his body that coil around his target's body and have the power to draw out their life, both effectively killing them and preventing Power Users from accessing their abilities. Even a Rare Kind's Divine Shield ability is ineffective against it; however, it has been shown that a Rare Kind's Death God power is capable of effectively countering its effects.

Since it is so powerful, Zed normally appears dead. He's been said to be the "worst enemy" because of his power to render his opponents useless and/or dead. However, during the 24-hour period that he's in his Lost Form (when a Power User temporarily loses their power because they have overused it and need to recharge), he is temporarily revived.

According to Zed, Death is the power to materialize "life" and retrieve it. When in his Lost Form, Zed is capable of reaching into the bodies of others, seemingly liquefying the body and pulling out a small glowing orb with markings made from the person's' blood engraved on it. So long as the "life" remains outside of that person, they cannot die as they technically aren't living. The undead individuals retain markings of blood on their chest matching those that are on their "life" ball. The orbs can be stored inside other people's bodies, to keep them out of reach from the people who may want to retrieve their "life." A Rare Kind's' "life" is colored differently from a Power User's'. Also, if he has Rare Kind blood, he can use it to keep his power under control and extend his Lost hours.

Flaws: He's perverted drunk, he likes to sleep, he takes nothing seriously, and he jokes at the most inappropriate opportunities.

CR AU
Previous Game and Time: havenrpg, December 6th 2013 - May 5th 2015
Previous Development: As Zed is not exactly the impressionable type, the changes to his personality were slight. He is very old, and has seen the darkest of hours, staring them right in the face; there is so little that will phase him. He's very used to living each day on a whim, moving whichever way the wind is blowing. Being in Haven in itself was just another experience for him. And there were many occurrences that were extra memorable.

The desolate, weathered land and buildings in Haven didn't throw him off in the slightest. After all, he's a talking corpse with the ability to kill people at will, and he's seen a lot of dark things over the past centuries. It was the people he met in Haven that made his time and experiences there absolutely worth it. He learned about people with different kinds of powers, was able to teach others about the world that he came from, and had ample opportunities to be part of something larger, something that created a safer and more comfortable prison for him and the residents to live in.

One aspect of Haven that he throughoutly enjoyed was being able to walk around in his normal, dead-looking state without clashing with the setting. In his own world, people would think a zombie apocalypse was about to start if they saw him walk about (except on Halloween, if he pretended it was a costume). It was very refreshing to walk around without reservation, instead of just laying around in his coffin waiting for some Power User to come dig him up out of his grave. Then there was the part where he could talk to people. Everyone (except very, very few, like Apollo or Pitch Black) got scared of him and freaked out at first. But once they realized that he was incredibly friendly and was not going to try to eat their face, most people calmed down and talked to him. That was even more refreshing than being able to walk around.

To his surprise, he even got a couple of fans - one was a girl called Ada, who happened to be a huge fan of the occult and mistook him for the actual grim reaper (he didn't mind) and the other was a boy called Hide, who thought it was really cool to have a zombie as a friend. That was new to Zed. It wasn't every day that people in his own world thought a walking, talking dead guy was cool. Haven definitely provided more of an avenue to meet and get to know different types of people, with different backgrounds, and unique strengths. Though, he was often the one doing the educating, he also got to learn about different worlds as well.

Somewhere along the way, Zed got it into his head to adopt people. The first one he considered adopting was Vincent Nightray, who was interesting and amusing, and who seemed like he could use a grandpa to help him out. Unfortunately, Vincent did not agree. Not that Zed let that stop him from helping the boy out whenever he found him in a pinch. But he also actually did adopt one person as his grandchild; a young man called Shin-Ah, who was less scared of him than most other people. This, of course, made Zed very happy.

In addition to trying to adopt people in Haven, he acquired several students along the way. It wasn't his intention at first, because he's not exactly the teacher type since he's whimsical and takes nothing seriously. But Zed is always up for something that can prove to be entertaining. He soon found out what a pleasure it was to teach Izumo and Yona about things like modern inventions, different cultures, world history, and words the children were unfamiliar with. They had an exuberant curiosity and a natural love of learning. Inquisitive children are a delight to him. There wasn't much opportunity to teach his companions in his own world. But Haven, with all the people and species from different worlds, provided an avenue of entertainment for sharing information. Besides, teaching things to cute girls was always a plus in his book. Even if Izumo was a guy. Zed also taught a lot of people how to fold different origami figures. It became a regular occurrence for Zed to make a network post that served for educational purposes, something that got the residents talking and allowed them to converge and share common interests. In his own way, Zed was doing his best to keep the people of Haven in positive spirits. Even if he isn't the sort of person to come out and say it, he did grow to appreciate and care for many of the people he met in Haven.

One of his favorite experiences was flying without an airplane or any other mechanical invention. He got the opportunity to fly with Wan, who took him high above Haven. There are so very few things that inspire shock or astonishment in Zed. Flying like that is something that he would love to do again someday. He found flying with the help of someone's powers much more exhilarating than it is to fly in an airplane, which he has done on occasion during his Lost hours.

An exciting thing that he is probably pretty alone in finding exciting was that he got to experience actual death. As in the kind that normal people experience every day. Every time he goes from Lost and back to normal, he technically die, but it's not really the same as being mortal and dying. When he was stuck as a mortal, he didn't give a second thought to letting Apollo kill him. After all, you've got to experience as many things as possible when you have the chance!

Zed did manage to calm down on the groping front, mostly because of the young age of the girls that he made friends with. Not that he has any issues with younger women (or he would have no one to give his attention, since he's a very old corpse), but he did realize that the setting was a little upsetting to them, and that groping them might cause needless distress during the times. Plus, he noticed that several of the girls had their hearts set on someone, even if not all of them noticed it themselves. Zed is more attentive than he likes to pretend.

The world he's originally from was already dark and something people had to force their way through. In the end, Zed is largely the same unchanged, ridiculous, not-taking-things-seriously old man that he's been for centuries. But the people he met and the experiences he shared along the way had a hand in helping him find new methods to entertain himself.

SAMPLES
Video:
[ Hi there~ Zed is giving a little wave. ]

Helllllo~ Ladies~! And gentlemen too, I suppose. Hi! So I'm looking for a name! I met this lovely little lady a little while ago, but I didn't get her name! So I'm asking here because it's always good to know people's names when you want to talk to them, right?

Anyway! She's cute, has short brown hair and big pretty eyes. She's a real babe!

Wait—I met her at the cabaret, not here. Oooh, that's why I can't find her picture in the phooone. I see! That suddenly makes a lot more sense. Never mind then, ladies! About her, I mean. I'd love to know your names, though!

Prose:
Zed has made himself comfortable in a couch. Really, any couch. It probably isn't his couch, or any couch belonging to his room, but he is comfortably sitting with his legs crossed and attention drifting. He's sort of trying not to think about the part where he has a terrible hangover and his head hurts. He got a bit of a startling wake-up call when he went into Lost State this morning, that's all. Then he did have a lot to drink before he went back to being a corpse, so it stayed in him while he was sleeping. And he sleeps pretty deep when he sleeps, until he's rudely woken up from sleep by his own powers stealing other people's powers. No biggie, though, it's not important, they'll get their powers back later. Twenty-four hours, that's the way it works.

He looks up at the ceiling and on accident, into a lamp. ”Owwww, that huuurt... Masaomi-kun, so rude, keep your glowing down when your friends are in paaaain.” Not that it's actually Heike, but then Heike does like to glow when Zed has hangovers because Heike can be a dick. But he's still cute, so it's alright.

But then he moves his attention from the lamp and his random talking to the lamp that he treats like it's Heike, and he sees a girl and is up on his feet in almost no time at all, hangover completely forgotten. ”Hello pretty,” he drapes himself over her shoulder and smiles cheerfully at her. ”why haven't I seen you before, you're too cute to miss.”