Forgotten Tales Info

[detectiveforhierophant]

CHARACTER NAME: Ryotaro Dojima CANON: Persona 4 Golden POINT TAKEN: Post Ending, before the Epilogue AGE: 41 DOB: May 16th, 1970 GENDER: Male HEIGHT: 179 cm (5'11") SPECIES: Human VISUAL: Link VOICE: Link ESSENCE CHARACTER: King Arthur STORY: Arthurian Legends HAIR: Dark Brown EYES: Dark Brown FEATURES: He has to wear a crown and armor more often... OUTFIT(S): links More Later QUIRKS: Regal and stately manners that sometimes creeps up on him. He doesn’t like it. JOURNAL: Link | Medallion and/or written description RESIDENCE: Key | Visual and/or written description PERMISSIONS BACKTAGGING: ✔ THREADHOPPING: ✔ FOURTHWALLING: ✔ (Just a bit and ask me first please) ROMANCE: ✔ (He won’t go for anyone 29 or below, too young and he’s got widower issues, so good luck?) MINDREADING: ✔ MANIPULATION: ✔ (I’d very much prefer we worked it out first though.) INJURY: ✔ FIGHTING: ✔ KILLING: ✘ PLAYER: CONTACT: lucineblue; lucineblue#1953

HISTORY IN-DEPTH: Link Ryotaro Dojima is a forty-one year old lead detective in a quiet, not quite rural town of Inaba. The tall, broad shouldered man with brown hair, grey eyes, and constant three day stubble is still coming to terms with the death of his wife in an unsolved hit and run several years before. He struggles to be a single parent to his 6 year old daughter, Nanako, both because of her resemblance to his dead wife, his feelings of inadequacy of connecting with her, and the fact that he still has yet to solve her mother’s murder. Due to the strain, he throws himself into his job, often coming home very late, scared to face her. This strained relationship comes to a head when his 16 year old nephew comes to stay with them, and a string of horrific murders and kidnappings begin happening in Inaba. In the year his nephew comes to stay with him, Dojima begins to come to terms with his feelings of inadequacy due to his failings as a parent and his frustrations at his inability to solve these terrible crimes in his hometown. While he has a hard time believing it, he suspects there is something unnatural about the kidnappings, refusing to give up on them, despite the rest of the police force closing the case after the arrest of a suspect. When he discovers his nephew was involved somehow, Dojima ends up seriously injured chasing after a suspect who had chosen Nanako as his latest victim. Despite nearly losing his daughter in the process, Dojima entrusts his nephew to track down the true culprit: his subordinate Tohru Adachi, who had manipulating everyone for his amusement. After both he and his daughter are released from the hospital, Dojima vows to better balance his work and home life, with his daughter’s blessing. Though told the true story of the murders being orchestrated by a vengeful demon controlling another dimension behind the screens of tvs, his pragmatic nature struggles to believe such a wild tale, though he knows there is something unnatural about the case. PERSONALITY 'Hard boiled', 'Stoic', 'Rough around the edges' can all be words to describe Dojima. He's a honest, hard working man who's not afraid to get his hands dirty in his investigations, but is definitely a workaholic. He doesn't suffer fools, and is more than willing to smack his junior partner, Adachi, in the back of the head if he's being a dumbass, as well as lecture Souji and Yosuke for their own stupidity during the investigation. He's intelligent (though not quite to Naoto Shirogane's absurd levels) and has good detective intuition, but ironically his pragmatism and emotions can sometimes blind him in more abnormal investigations. Speaking of emotions... "Kind hearted" "Well meaning" "As emotionally intelligent as a brick" Can ALSO describe Dojima as well. He truly does care about the people of Inaba, his family and his co-workers, but often times fumbles on actually expressing that properly, especially with Nanako and Souji. He tries, by god he tries, and he's gotten better, but he still stumbles with how to say what he's feeling or figure out what his little girl emotionally needs. Before and during Persona 4's timeline he had been obsessed with finding his wife's killer to the point of being neglectful to Nanako, but thanks to Souji's help has really learned what being a 'family' means, and that he wants to protect Inaba as both a detective and a father. QUIRK IN-DEPTH: He doesn’t like being all regal like, you guys. He’s just a simple country town detective, not a King! ABILITIES WEAPON: Excalibur, maybe other weapons of Arthur’s eventually? STYLE: Knowledge Wise: Dojima gains the ability to wield western broadswords with immense ease and skill, the ability to ride and care for horses. Royal manners/etiquette could be given to him, but he'd mostly ignore it to the best of his ability. Power Wise: Dojima will gain the legendary sword Excalibur. At the start, the sword will only be able to glow with power (like a glowstick!), but over time he’ll gain access to it’s more magical abilities, including energy attacks (A la Fate/stay and/or Fate/GO). He will also be able to summon phantasmal representations of the Knights of the Round Table to aid in fighting. At first, he’ll only be able to summon one Knight, but eventually he’ll be able to summon the full Table as he gains more powers/upgrades.