Character Guide - Arcana: the RPG By Ardweden Last Updated: Session 107 "My life is run by a tarot deck." - Katie Andrews =Player Characters= Katie Andrews Card: Page of Swords Introduced: Session 1 Appearance: Petite, gray eyes, dark brown hair. Half Japanese and half Caucasian - it shows. Pretty. Usually carries a satchel overweight with any number of things. Badly healed scar across her throat. Description: Quiet and intelligent, Katie used to insist that she's perfectly normal. Something of a perfectionist. Few things get past her, though she rarely actively looks like she's paying attention. Severely claustrophobic. Joined and later quit the Kendo Team. Broke up with Taro due to being scared of him. The American representative from the World Wars. Locked in a closet by her double, who also slit her throat, and nearly died. Is extremely paranoid and fragmented now, and it's hard to tell how she'll react, though hints of who she used to be peek through. Wants to kill the fake Katie. Has been getting dreams of the past Page of Swords (Mikari). Kept a will. Quote: "It's like- like I don't think the same anymore. Things don't connect the same. It's not the *same*, Kaede." Powers: Wind Manipulation, Hearing, Speed, Sight Taki Shimiru Card: Knight of Cups Introduced: Session 1 Appearance: Very short, violet eyes, red and blue hair done in a ponytail. She has some faint scars down one side of her face due to an accident, though it's usually covered by bangs. Description: Generally optimistic, but she lacks spine and needs motivation, or maybe just a good kick in the behind. She often plays the clueless one, though this is no fault of her own. She can fight but is more likely to run. Had a long stint away from the group, as she was snowed in, and Meimi's Taki took over. Joined the hockey team as goalie. Mother was killed in a car crash with a drunk driver who just so happens to be Kaori and Kaoru's father, also dead. Has a maybe-relationship with Satoshi, though there's nothing concrete. Also in love with Katie. What a mess. Quote: "There's an old saying that time heals all wounds...It doesn't, it just makes some of them easier to ignore." Powers: Teleportation Kyon Sorata Card: Queen of Wands Introduced: Session 4 Appearance: Very tall, red and brown eyes, dark orange hair. Handsome. Older student. Severely burned, which he hides under gray armwarmers. Also wears an ash-gray leather jacket when he gets the chance. Description: Aloof bastard. Kyon often comes off to those he sees no reason to sweet-talk as a total jerk. His respect must be earned. Has been at this longer than any of the others and has his own connections. He's the Student Council Vice President, captain of the fencing team, and captain of the baseball team. Is actually nice to Chikako and Katie, and has something of a relationship with the first. Publishes shoujo under the pen name "Kensuke Sorazawa". Has Kaoru's contact information for future purposes. Left for his parents' home, in Aomori, to take care of business for a while, but he returned with a clipboard. An old friend of Souicirhou's, he supposedly ruined his life. Helped Kaede out with business stuff. Quote: "" Powers: Fire Punch, Fireball, Precognition, Fire Shield Satoshi Watanabe (Hideo Watanabe) Card: Judgement (False Ace of Wands) Introduced: Session 7 Appearance: Slightly above average height, brown eyes, chin-length black hair. Has a crooked nose (broken at some point) and a missing tooth. Athletic. Description: Satoshi's a nice guy. He's a good middle ground for the extremes the group can find itself in. Doesn't have the world's best self esteem, though. Finds a way to feel guilty about nearly anything. Captain of the hockey team. Acrophobic (heights). Has a maybe- relationship with Taki, though how strongly he feels about her is uncertain. He also happens to be Judgement and one of the five Arcana that survived WW2: Hideo Watanabe. The World (his acting mother, Mitsuko/Natsume) reduced his age so he would be alive at this time, and the old Temperance planted false memories. Recently decided to turn a new leaf and try to do things because he wants to, not because others do. Quote: "Hey, I do things! I play hockey, and I enjoy doing that, and... I'm not a lump!" Powers: Sense Field, Strength, Telepathy, See the Judged Haruko Kinsha Card: Queen of Cups Introduced: Session 24 Appearance: Petite, dark eyes, blueish-black hair in a bun. Cute. Has burn droplets down one side of her face. Older-looking student. Tends to wear a greasy uniform under a leather duster with "Heavy Metal Queen" on it. Description: Haruko's proven herself to be a people person. She's also fairly pushy. Quite intelligent, Haruko tends to take things in stride. She is, however, extremely easy to distract: show her a new gadget or vehicle and she'll fiddle with it for some time. Her father is a Shinto priest. Pyrophobic - was almost killed in a fire when she was younger. Still dreams about it. Has a crowd of fanboys who visit her temple. Has this thing with Jin and bondage. Has a bad habit of "borrowing" cars. Decided to help at Kaede's bike shop, though she despises him now. Helped put Miho in a coma. Has given up on bagging Ryuji. Nearly died to Scyther, but Isao saved her. Quote: "A hottie with a sword may be oh so desirable, but Mitsubishis are a girl's best friend." Powers: Healing, Weather Control (Rain/Snow), Water Control, Water Form Kaede Takeuchi Card: Two of Pentacles Introduced: Break 2 Appearance: Average height, hazel eyes, dark brown hair. Has a tendency to push up a pair of thin glasses. Usually seen carrying around his notebook, which occupies much of his time. Description: Almost always busy with something else. Kaede is a serious young man; when he jokes, it's hard to tell. Recently, he's been more willing to speak his mind, which gets him in trouble. Rather sheltered, he can be found muttering things under his breath. Isn't all that great with people, especially women. Runs the shop, tends to his grandfather, and is protective of his sister. Nanami's older brother. Let Senshirou nearly kill him. Unsure about Remi, Akemi, and... any female he might like in a romantic sense. Nanami thinks he's trying to kill her, Remi's jealous and maybe blames him for her hand being cut off, Akemi teases him mercilessly, and Katie's crazy. Good luck handling the girls, Kaede. Helped put Miho in a coma. Going a little nuts. Quote: "If I feel it's important to say, I'll say it. If I don't feel it's important to say, I won't say it. It's as simple as that." Powers: Technopathy, Electricity Creation/Control =PCs turned NPCs= Shingo Ryuuzaki Card: Knight of Swords Introduced: Session 1 (PC); Session 21 (NPC) Note: See Illusions and Deceased. Jiro Hosukawa Card: Knight of Wands Introduced: Session 8 (PC); Break 4 (NPC) Appearance: Tall, black eyes, sorta-spiky black hair. Lean and toned, and quite handsome. Wears leather. Description: Clueless. Jiro isn't the sharpest tool in the shed. His favorite phrase is "huh?", and it takes him a while to catch onto most things. Still, he's very loyal and combat capable. Despises Ken Hibiki. Went to the dance with Fake Meimi. Dropped out of school; is recruiting for some "Master" - turns out he's working for the Blacks, who came to him after the Meimi incident. The new Jiro is vicious, cold, and a lot less clueless. Tried to kill or capture Reiji and anyone who stood in his way. Quote: "Let me through, and I'll let you live." Powers: Speed Meimi Sakazaki Card: The Moon Introduced: Session 14 (PC); Session 24 (NPC) Appearance: Average height, blue eyes, chin-length black hair with bangs. The real Meimi is in a coma. Description: Illusionary Meimi is supposed to be like she was before the accident, and she's a resourceful sort, occasionally deceiving people just because she can. Had a huge crush on Jiro (and went to the dance with him). The real Meimi is in a coma in the hospital. She's lonely, out of control, and has a wicked sense of humor. Not to mention likely insane. Sets up "games" for the other characters. Doesn't like being ignored. Takeo's girlfriend. Quote: "Don't worry about me, after all, I've got eyes in the back of my head." Powers: Illusion =NPCs: Known Arcana= Kyoko Ozora Card: Three of Wands Introduced: Session 1 Appearance: Average height, brown eyes, brown hair tied in a ponytail at the top of her head. Wears a Shunyo Academy uniform. Description: Master of Twisty Logic (tm), Kyoko isn't the brightest person in the world. Very hard on herself. Her brother and Kyon don't think much of her. Katie used to have a standing grudge against her. Works at the Pao Pao Café. Reiji's sister. Vanished in the same fashion as Reiji, though she's been found in Ayako's basement, drugged, and under Ayako's control. Currently living in Kyon's apartment while she shakes off the addiction. Quote: "Dammit, this isn't how it's supposed to go!" Powers: Arcana Field, Summon Spear Reiji Ozora Card: Eight of Cups Introduced: Session 1 Appearance: Above average height, brown eyes, brown hair. Older student. Wears a Shunyo Academy uniform. Description: The brains of the brother-sister Arcana tag team. Reiji was working with Sho and Kyon to figure out why Arcana are disappearing. Isn't afraid of slapping Kyoko around if he thinks he has to. Has cryptic tendencies. Vanished, but found, now with 90% less sanity and 50% more paranoia. Lost it trying to use the pentacle. Is trying to protect Arcana from the Blacks. Jiro was (or is) hunting him. Also was the one calling Katie. Stayed at Satoshi's place for a while, though he's run off again. Quote: "Shouldn't have tried... But I succeeded. I got it before they could. All it cost was my sanity. That's not so bad, right? Right?" Powers: Precognition, Access to World Reversed Saki Morikawa Card: Death Reversed / The Devil Introduced: Session 1 Appearance: A little tall, blue eyes, long black hair. Absolutely gorgeous. Wears a leather jacket over her school uniform at all times. Generally looks angry. Description: There are two types of Saki: Normal Saki and Hungry Saki. Normal Saki is the one we're worried about here. She's seventy-five years old and has lived through two generations of Arcana, but didn't exist as she is until after the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. She's angry, determined, and fierce in an uncompromising way. She's the resident bad girl for a reason. Looking into the drugs, hangs out with Ryuji and Eriko, and is loosely working with the player characters. Knew Ryuji's grandfather and Eriko's mother, both deceased. Normal Saki has no knowledge of Hungry Saki's behavior. Birthday is April 1st. Fond of fast food. Quote: "It's been a while. I barely remember what I did last week, let alone a month ago." Powers: Magically Enhanced Strikes, Wings, Doesn't Age Ryuji Hazuki Card: Ace of Swords Introduced: Session 2 Appearance: Average height, gray eyes, long silver hair. Very handsome. Wears a black trench coat and has a katana at all times. Description: Quiet and reasonable, Ryuji is a tempering force. This is an especially good thing, as he hangs out with Eriko and Saki. Has never been known to raise his voice. Captain of the Kendo team. Loosely working with the player characters. Disarmed Shingo with one stroke. Has some memories of his past life. Saki knew his grandfather (now deceased). Gave Shingo his scar to get his attention off another Izumi, another Arcana. Later killed or severely wounded Shingo in a fight to save Eriko. Was shot three times in that fight. Quote: "Being one with the sword means being able to overcome all obstacles with the sword, not just being the best with a sword." Powers: Do Not Question The Katana, One with the Sword Sho Shinjo Card: The Magician Introduced: Session 5 Appearance: Tall, green eyes, wavy silver hair. Very handsome. Wears black jeans and shirt, a red trench coat, shades, and a large number of necklaces. College age. Smokes. Description: Smug and self-centered. Sho represents one side of a war between his group and The Band. Join him or be eliminated (he isn't a borg, honest). Compared to him, Kyon's everybody's favorite guy. Was loosely working with Kyon, Reiji, and Kyoko on the Judgement problem, but it turns out he knew it was Satoshi all along. Has been communicating with Saki. Has been manipulating Riko against Kyon. Has been following Remi. Ryo's older brother. Warned the group that The Emperor is returning. Sho has all of the memories from his previous life... so many that they overwrote the current one's will. According to Winston, Sho is the most dangerous Arcana. Quote: "You could have always given them to me. I'd take real good care of them." Powers: Arcana Field, Sense Arcana, Reality Warp Ken Hibiki Card: Four of Pentacles Introduced: Session 8 Appearance: Above average height, brown eyes, black hair. Well built. Handsome in a rugged jock kind of way. Description: Ken's a jerk. There, I'm done. ... What, you want more? Okay, Ken's a Japanese supremist. He gets his kicks out of making Katie miserable. Despises Jiro and Taro. Has a new floozy on his arm daily. Calling him the local school bully wouldn't be that far off. His favorite word is "lame". He's also the soccer team captain. In short, Ken's a jerk, but... recently, has shown to be something more. Maybe. Kept telling Katie to get away from Taro. Found her in the closet, too. Doesn't know he's Arcana. Quote: "What the hell is this? The lamer's brigade?" Powers: Arcana Field, Rock-like Punches Remi Okui Card: Five of Cups Introduced: Break 1 Appearance: Average height, hazel eyes, brown hair. Fairly pretty. Wears a Seiryuu uniform with a gray trench coat. Stitches on her left hand. Description: Emotional and loyal, Remi typically acts before she thinks. When calm enough, though, she can be convinced to listen to reason. Doesn't have particularly good reasoning skills or self-esteem. Drugged by Katsuchiyo against her will, went through rehab, is better now. Was asked on a not-date by Kaede, which was a disaster. Soon after found with Tenjirou, which was another disaster. Immediately after, was kidnapped by The Band (Natsuko and Senshirou) and used as bait and a bargaining chip, which was part disaster, part traumatic experience. Kidnapped one more time, by Tenjirou and Senshirou, and this time lost her hand. May or may not blame Kaede for this. Quote: "Because I thought maybe for once a boy actually liked me. That was pretty stupid of me." Powers: Arcana Field, Ice Shards Katsuchiyo Iwato Card: Five of Swords Introduced: Session 30 Appearance: Average height, orange eyes, probably dyed blond hair. Wears a white sweater and gray slacks. Description: Polite enough. Hates talking about philosophy. Allergic to cherry blossoms. Matsuhiro's son. Also an insane druglord who bribed Yumi into being his fiancée, killed Miki Tanaka, and forced drugs on Remi (not in that order). Arrested and jailed/committed. Quote: "No, I'm MUCH more than a mere human!" Powers: Arcana Field Hirokazu Ashikaga Card: Four of Cups Introduced: Session 33 (illusion); Session 37 (real) Appearance: Nerdy, thick glasses, extremely messy hair. Younger student. Description: First appeared as an illusion and hit on Kyon and Haruko. Hirokazu is president of the soon to be revived chess club, vice president of the computer club, and looking into the mechanic club. He's quite the pervert, too. Some people need to control their hormones. Doesn't know he's Arcana - in fact, he's pretty willfully clueless. Hangs out with Eriko. Quote: "Yeah, and... and... a rocket launcher! That can be my power. I summon rocket launchers." Powers: None known Takeo Kirishima Card: Six of Wands Introduced: Break 7 Appearance: Average height, blue eyes, earring, and slightly spiky hair. Sleeveless, open shirt, black bandages across chest. Arm bracer and choker. Description: Very direct and blunt, if possessed of a short fuse. Probably the Band's most sympathetic member: he has serious problems with Tenjirou. Plays the bass. Goes to Tokugawa Academy. Meimi's boyfriend. Believes (or believed?) Katie is Judgement. Quote: "I don't have time to kill you." Powers: Arcana Field Jin Card: The Fool Introduced: Break 8 Appearance: Average height, pale blue eyes, blond hair in a ponytail. Wears a grayish-white Chinese tunic, slit up the sides, a belt, and loose grayish-white trousers. Very handsome. Looks Japanese. Description: Winston's adopted grandson. He can speak Japanese, but he carries Chinese currency and couldn't remember how to use chopsticks. Combat capable; he carries a three-sectioned staff. Nice enough, rather shy, but not terribly intimidated. Sort of knows Meimi, but isn't sure how. Currently staying at Satoshi's place. Really, really likes chicken. Has been drag-and-porting people to events and places, but isn't sure why or even how. Was sent by Winston to bring the group to meet him; too bad he forgot about it along the way. Quote: "I'm... not sure." Powers: Tarot Selection, Arcana Field, Drag-And-Port, Telepathy? Tenjirou Torajima Card: Nine of Cups Introduced: Session 43 Appearance: Average height, blue eyes, white hair dyed black at the tips. Wears white pants, sleeveless fishnet shirt, and a necklace with a key. Description: The Band's lead male singer. Half of his own group dislikes him, and the other half barely tolerates him. This might have something to do with him abusing his date-rape-druglike powers and taking advantage of a multitude of girls and women, one of which just so happened to be Nanami, who's a junior high student. Bored easily, carries a superior, smug attitude. Was found with Remi, which wasn't well received by Kaede and Satoshi, thus sending him to the hospital in record time. Later helped kidnap Eiko and Haruko, and later than that, Remi. He even willfully used his power on Sumire, who's been on his side. Will likely be castrated by the time the campaign is over. Quote: "I'm thinking I'll get her to sleep with me, and maybe she'll tell us." Powers: Mind Control (Women) Natsuko Kourakuen Card: Eight of Pentacles Introduced: Session 43 Appearance: Average height, purple eyes, purple hair in pigtails. Wears a spiked collar, sleeveless black shirt, leather skirt, and knee-high black leather boots. Description: The Band's percussionist. Disgusted with Tenjirou, but doesn't do much about it, and is even very protective and sympathetic to him when the time is right. Believes he's at least something of a victim of his own powers. Has rather complete faith in Zein and his statement that Katie is Judgement, but has had that shaken by Senshirou telling her she isn't. Along with Senshirou, she kidnapped Remi to extract revenge for what was done to Tenjirou. Quote: "If it's me or her, I pick her." Powers: None known. Drug Dealer Card: The Chariot Introduced: Break 16 Appearance: REALLY big, and really strong. Description: Not much is known about him, other than he's The Chariot, a drug dealer, and bad news. If Saki runs from him, you know he's bad news. Quote: None yet Powers: Invincibility Norishige Matsushina Card: Four of Swords Introduced: Session 47 Appearance: Average height, blank eyes, short black hair. Wears a silver jacket and carries a walking stick. Usually wears sunglasses. Description: Blind and believes in the inevitability of fate. According to him, he and the PCs are going to fight no less than three times. He isn't above playing within the "rules", though, and tried to make sure that the first fight, at least, is on good terms. Sees through his owl, Yukinaga, so prefers to be outside. Fights with a broadsword. Fought with the PCs two times thus far and lost both times. Quote: "Because fate says so. Can't be changed, no it can't." Powers: Arcana Field, Precognition, Vision Through The Owl Matthias Card: Seven of Pentacles Introduced: Session 48 Appearance: Tall, deep brown eyes, purple hair: short in the back, long enough to almost cover his left eye in the front. Bishounen. Wears a black trench coat like a cape and the Serizawa High uniform. Description: Student Council president of Serizawa High. Seems to fill about the same roll as Kyon, in much the way Kyon does; he seems to be a jerk much of the time, but can probably be nice enough when he has to be. Doesn't like giving information away without something in return. Keeping an eye out on Sakuragaoka, since that's where he heard Judgement is. Also did a reading on Kyon, and discovered he's closely related to Judgement. The German representative. Quote: "Suit yourself, but this... thing... has already taken one of my men. I'm going to be watching this school for it." Powers: Arcana Field (Weak) Akemi Shiraishi Card: Three of Pentacles Introduced: Session 62 Appearance: Average height, brown eyes, neck-length black hair (the tips are dyed blond). Gorgeous and "well-endowed". Wears a Serizawa High uniform. Description: Modeling contestant for Serizawa and idol. Was at the jail for a shampoo commercial. Likes teasing boys, and with her beauty, it's easy to do. Pretends she's less intelligent than she actually is. Nice and fairly caring, she's out to enjoy life, and seems to be doing a good job of it. Is idly considering hiring Kaede as her new manager (once she fires her current one). Has been helping at the Takeuchi bike shop. Quote: "I don't mind raging perverts. Go ahead and look at me all you like." Powers: Beauty? Masaru Uehara Card: Ace of Wands Introduced: Session 67 Appearance: Very tall, one orange eye and one yellow (probably contacts), red- blond hair in a 30-degree, upside down V, with a small braid down the right side of his face. Has glasses that are flat on the top. Wears white slacks, blue dress shoes, one gray glove (right hand), purple shirt with white cross and cufflinks, and a red tuxedo jacket with coattails. Also has a pointy beard. Description: Tries so hard to be unusual that he ends up nearly incomprehensible. Speaks with a horribly fake British accent. Draws and listens to music he can't hear. Mispronounces "Bach". Fancies himself an ar-TEIST. Asks each person who meets him to call him something different (not his name). Answers questions with annoying evasiveness, but at least he isn't trying to kill anybody. Probably. Quote: "As an ar-TEIST, my imagination is such that I needn't actually hear the music to be able to contemplate on it." Powers: None known. Mamiya Kanae Card: Temperance Introduced: Session 68 Appearance: Average height, blue eyes, red hair in a ponytail at the top of her head. Somewhat attractive. Wears a half-buttoned white blouse, tight red-brown skirt, gray skirt-coat, and high heels. Description: Scowls without trying and likely without meaning to. Rather cryptic, she doesn't feel any need to tell anyone anything other than accuse them of making her job harder. She also doesn't feel the need to help anyone beyond her job. Her "job", she believes, is keeping normals from finding out about Arcana: nothing more, nothing less. Why? She just knows. Quote: "I know you well enough. I know you're sitting here doing whatever the hell it is you're doing, knowing that your sister has been beaten bloody." Powers: Memory Wipe Senshiro Hachioji Card: Strength Introduced: Session 69 Appearance: A little tall, blue eyes, long, loose black ponytail. X-shaped scar between his eyes. Kind of handsome. Wears a black suit and gray trenchcoat. Description: The Band's keyboardist and torturer. Very unsettling and very wrong. Goes to Tokugawa Academy. Refuses to betray emotion, and sounds very calm, much like Ryuji. Believes Arcana exist for specific purposes, but mostly to fight. Helped Natsuko kidnap and hold Remi hostage in order to find out if Katie's Judgement. Doesn't think she is. Also beat Kaede within an inch of his life. Later participated in the Remi kidnap attempt to extract revenge for Tenjirou and Shingo. Cut off Remi's right hand. Secretly weak to tables. Quote: "It's no easy thing to divide pain." Powers: Strength, Pain Tolerance, Endurance Miho Ryokama Card: Five of Pentacles Introduced: Session 78 Appearance: Very short, dark eyes, short black hair. Very pale skin. Dresses in all black. Currently covered in burns. Description: Goth! Definitely Goth. Claims to be despair embodied. Miho predicts doom, death, and destruction, all in a whispery voice. She considers Arcana a curse... along with everything else. Hobbies include sitting in a room with the lights off and angsting. Likes vanilla over chocolate, because chocolate isn't angsty enough. Played the violin, was a Band fangirl, and was put firmly in a coma through severe electrical shock from Haruko and Kaede, though she's woken up. Kind of. Quote: "Our paths will surely cross again as we spiral downward into oblivion." Powers: Wall-Catching Winston Connery Card: The Hermit Introduced: Session 80 Appearance: Old, British man. White hair, moustache and beard. Wears slacks with suspenders, dress shirt, brown trenchcoat, and bowler hat. Carries a cane. Description: One of the five Arcana who survived the bombing of Hiroshima, and likely the only one without an ounce of Japanese blood, Winston is one of the only characters not only with answers, but the will to divulge them. He feels the group of player characters could be the best ones to deal with Arcana's purpose. Pleasant, but can be easy to sidetrack. He's a war hero from WW2. Tends to politely rip on the Japanese. Jin's adopted grandfather. Lives on a mountain twenty minutes from Hong Kong. The British representative. Quote: "Here I thought the Japanese were respectful to their elders. Hmph." Powers: Knowledge Akito Garcia Card: Five of Wands Introduced: Session 83 Appearance: Spiky blond hair, green eyes. Appears Japanese. Fairly tall and lean. Kind of handsome. Wears a white tank top, red jacket (sleeves torn off), red fingerless gloves, red jeans, black choker, and an orange headband. Smokes. Description: The Italian representative. Member of a gang of Arcana called the Jackels, but is unwilling to give more information about them. Not easily excitable and fairly fatalistic, but not really a bad guy. Helped out the player characters when they got in trouble in a bad part of town. Goes to Serizawa. Speaks with an Italian accent. Rides a red motorcycle (Kawasaki). Quote: "Attitude like that'll get you killed around here." Powers: None known. =NPCs: Arcana With Unconfirmed Suites= Yuji / Yumi Maeda Card: Unknown Introduced: Session 27 / 28 Appearance: As Yuji: Slightly short, brown eyes, wild brown hair. Wears a brown windbreaker. As Yumi: Short, blue eyes, probably dyed blond hair. Wears a yellow sweater, red skirt, and leggings. Description: Yuji doesn't crack under pressure. He's polite enough, and doesn't give out information willingly. Is in love with Eiko. Yumi is quiet, but it's said that she likes to talk. Was forced into being Katsuchiyo's fiancée. Yuji/Yumi was hiding Eiko in the Iwato minimansion. Quote: "I'm sure she'd tell Remi not to worry, though. If we could find her, I mean." Powers: Is Both Yuji And Yumi Ryo Shinjo Card: Unknown Introduced: Break 2 Appearance: Average height, brown eyes, messy brown hair. Wears black jeans and a black t-shirt along with a blue jacket. Description: Always smiling, something about Ryo's eyes comes across as dangerous. Talks amiably with just about everyone. Wants Arcana to join his side, though whether he's working with Sho on that or not is unknown. Tries to be mysterious. Sho's younger brother. Fake Katie plunged a knife into his stomach, which sort of dampens any friendship Katie and he might have had. Quote: "I'm totally likeable!" Powers: Arcana Field, Containment Field, Dark Energy Wave Sumire Himeyama Card: Unknown Introduced: Session 43 Appearance: Average height, green eyes, short red hair. Wears a studded leather belt, black leggings, a green halter, and long, striped blue gloves. Description: The Band's lead female singer. She's fairly willing to listen and compromise. More tolerant than Takeo of possibly-veiled insults, she's cautious but willing to try to see other angles to the Judgement problem. Has memories of her past life. Goes to Tokugawa Academy. Enjoys semi-insulting Saki. Seems to be one of their leaders, or at least their spokesperson. Tenjirou controlled her (with Senshiro's knowledge) for the Remi kidnapping. She probably isn't happy about that. Buddhist. Quote: "It takes time. Some people discover their abilities slowly, like you. Some are quicker, like me. Some seem to have it all worked out, like Zein." Powers: None known. Saori Yamaoka Card: Unknown Introduced: Break 11 Appearance: Average height. Wears normal clothes covered by a dark purple cape, along with a floppy, rimless hat. Both coat and hat have a circle with an hourglass in it, and a vertical line on each side. Description: Saori claims she learned fortune telling from traveling gypsies/Chinese magicians/Feng Shui specialists. She's supposedly never wrong. Chances are, though, her precognitive abilities are Arcana-based (she uses tarot). Katie's attempt to discover what card she is through the deck trick didn't work. Saori is a fairly cheerful, cheeky girl who's out to get money through fortune telling, information gathering, or both. She'll charge for anything. Goes to Minazuki Junior High with Nanami. Currently in denial, but finds fate good for business. Helped the main characters find Katie. Quote: "Sorry, no refunds." Powers: Precognition Tuxedo Shamrock Card: Unknown Introduced: Break 13 Appearance: Tuxedo Mask, only white and green and no cape. Red hair, black dress shoes. Deep voice. Carries a bow and a quiver of claymores. No, seriously. Description: Showed up in the knick of time to save Katie and Taki from a likely-death at the hands of Ryo. Spouts bad Tuxedo Mask-like phrases. Fights by shooting claymores with a bow. What? I'm not making this up! Quote: "There will be no killing in this sacred place! Not by a foul demon like yourself!" Powers: Claymore Shot! Yushiro Kageri Card: Suspected to be Six of Swords Introduced: Session 60 Appearance: Average height, crazed brown eyes, black hair falling to the neck, usually covering his eyes. Description: Yushiro is Fuyuko's patently insane older brother. He also just moved in from Chichibu and is going to Sakuragaoka. He's none too happy with our favorite Arcana gang, as they chased a nasty group of teenagers from Fuyuko. There's hints that he's abusing his sister. Quote: "Whatever happens to my sister is my concern, and mine alone." Powers: None known Souichirou Tokuzawa Card: Unknown (drew Queen of Wands) Introduced: Session 63 Appearance: Looks like Kyon, only with gray eyes. Description: Old "friend" of Kyon's, whose face was ruined by him. Took his place the day Kyon left to help with his family business. Was awfully friendly at first, though he's extremely nasty at heart. Does a good job acting like Kyon and duplicating his powers, when he wants to. Met Kyon at the museum; blamed Kyon for destroying his life and dreams. Has a group of Arcana nobody wants, including Not-Katie, and is Megumi's boyfriend. Riko's cousin. Quote: "I don't need your people. I don't even like your people." Powers: Arcana Field Fake Katie Card: Unknown Introduced: Break 38 (as someone other than Katie) Appearance: Looks like Katie. Description: Very good at pretending to be Katie, she tried to break Satoshi and Taki up. Gave Haruko horrible advice, driving a wedge between her and Kaede. Got the Wand before the player characters. Impersonated Katie some times alone with Taki, and nearly a week straight at one point. Stuck a knife in Ryo. Slit Katie's throat and locked her in a closet, expecting her to go insane and starve to death. Working with Souichirou and Megumi. Might have been seen around Shunyo. Seems to delight in the pain she causes. Quote: "I told you this place is special. Eventually, they'll find little bits of you." Powers: None known. Megumi Ishiwatari ("Megan") Card: Unknown Introduced: Session 99 Appearance: Average height, long blond hair. Caucasian. Wears red leather pants, white shirt, and a bulky gray jacket. Description: Pretty quiet, but seems to lack much of a conscience, considering who she works with. Woke up one morning completely changed in appearance, and Souichirou was the only one who believed she was Megumi. Calls herself Megan now, and is going out with him. Not above a little bit of gloating. Quote: "We got it first, so I guess that makes us better." Powers: Not Her Anymore Yusuke Leon Vladimir Stanley Fukuyen Card: Unknown Introduced: Session 102 Appearance: Albino. Average height, with long, white hair, pale skin, and red on pink eyes. Wears red jeans, a black, sleeveless shirt, white jacket, shades, and a beret. Description: Goes to Tokugawa. Singer - his latest album was Tinfoil Revolution. Friend of Akemi's; sang a duet with her for the album. Showed up in Satoshi's apartment one day without rhyme or reason. Has a habit of laughing maybe-nervously. Probably doesn't know he's Arcana. Quote: "Cards? Not really. I play video games, though. Ahahaha." Powers: None known. Yorihisa Murimora Card: Unknown Introduced: Session 107 Appearance: Average height. Thick, greasy black hair in a short ponytail, brown eyes, glasses. Plain. Older student. Description: Senior at Sakuragaoka and president of the computer club. Has been missing for at least a month, but he's found now. Blood type B+, favorite food's spicy onion rings, likes computer stuff. Won't tell anyone where he's been, probably because he's a secretive, ungrateful, uncaring jerk. Quote: "Hey, I didn't ask for your help." Powers: Deflection Field Scyther Card: Unknown Introduced: Session 107 Appearance: Average height, green eyes, long, black hair. Scythe tattoo on left cheek. Wears a Serizawa uniform and a black fur jacket (even in warm weather). Not A Pokemon. Description: Claims Yorihisa "knows where she is", though whoever "she" is, he won't say. Whatever the case, it must be worth beating Yorihisa up over. Then again, he'll attack with little provocation. Quote: "Do you think you can hurt me?!" Powers: Arcana Field, Summon Scythe, Poison Attacks =Arcana Without Human Form= The Wheel of Fortune Appearance: Doesn't have one. Description: The force bringing all of the Arcana to Tokyo. Distance doesn't matter to Fortune; it'll find a way to bring them there, whether by force or by choice. Powers: Luck, Chance, Coincidence, Fate The Tower Appearance: Tokyo Tower Description: It's Tokyo Tower. The Tower Reversed is in the form of an upside down Tokyo Tower. To get there, take the elevator at the South Entrance. Going down! Powers: Tower - Disaster Magnet; Tower Reversed - Arcana Field =Normals (Supposedly)= Chikako Kurita Introduced: Session 1 Appearance: A little on the short side, brown eyes, brunette hair. Wears glasses. Often seen running at top human speed for some story or another. Description: Chikako is so cool! Perpetually cheery and always ready for a scoop, she has a cool information network. She's best friends with Katie (which is cool) and has a thing for Kyon (which is also cool, 'cause he went to the dance with her). In general, Chikako's a very cool person who runs a very cool newspaper. Also has the coolest memory ever. Katie recently told her about the Arcana, which is one of the coolest secrets ever, though Mamiya might have erased her memory, which is uncool. She's the campaign's number one abuser of the English language. Quote: "That's so cool!" Eriko Miyashita Introduced: Session 2 Appearance: Average height, brown eyes, short green hair. Tomboyish. Sometimes carries a chain. Smokes. Description: Eriko's about as normal as someone who hangs out on the roof with Ryuji and Saki can be. Rather rough around the edges, and has definite tomboy tendencies. She can be nice enough, though. Handles bizarre happenings fairly well. Extremely loyal to Saki - won't stand people talking badly about her. Good friends with Chikako, who calls her "Eri-chan". Wishes she had Arcana powers. Has a fake ID. Computer Club treasurer. Has some sort of platonic interest in Hirokazu. Claims she's not involved with Ryuji. Saki knew her mother, Chiaki (deceased). Recently had a concussion. Hangs out with Hirokazu. Quote: "I'm envious, honestly. I wish I could do what you guys could." Quentin Nagawa Introduced: Session 3 Appearance: Young for a principal. Bishounen. Description: As far as anyone can tell, Principal Quentin just wants what's best for the school and its students. With all the crazy stuff happening at Sakuragaoka, he has his work cut out for him. He acts like a principal. Imagine that. Quote: "This behavior... concerns us." Kumaguro Introduced: Session 6 Appearance: Housecat - black and orange tabby with yellow eyes. Often seen skulking around Kyon's apartment. Description: It's Kyon's cat. It acts like a cat. It likes Kyon, jerky, Katie, jerky, Illusionary Shingo, and jerky. It doesn't like Mimi. What evil lurks in the hearts of housecats? Kumaguro knows. Quote: "Meow." Riko Tokuzawa Introduced: Session 16 Appearance: Average height, violet eyes, long, lightly curly black hair. Fairly attractive. Athletic. Description: Swimmer and martial artist, Riko is out for revenge against Kyon. She's very single-minded about it. Once she's away from him, it's easy enough to talk to her. Combat capable. Close-lipped about anything important (except that Kyon's bad news). Souichirou's cousin, she's determined to find out why he ran away from home. Being gently manipulated by Sho against Kyon. Quote: "Alright, but if you tell anyone, I'll beat you up." Taro Nishizaka Introduced: Session 16 Appearance: Average height, green eyes, brown hair. Fairly handsome, in an unremarkable way. Likes putting his hand to the back of his head. Description: Has a crush on Katie and went to the dance with her. Used to be extremely nervous and stuttering all the time, but recently seems to have gained a bit of confidence, more than a lot of anger, and a possessive, protective streak. Works at the Pao Pao Café. Katie recently broke up with him because he scares her. Any attempts by her to brush him off aren't getting through. Still picks fights with Ken over Katie. Former member of the Kendo Team... dropped it because he likes Katie more. Scary obsessive guy. Run away. Quote: "Yeah, get the hell out of here! Katie is mine!! You touch her and I'll kill you!" Nanami Takeuchi Introduced: Session 35 Appearance: Average height, deep purple eyes, chin-length light brown hair. Wears baggy clothes. Description: She's protective of her brother, Kaede. Rather cynical, doesn't like 'cutsey' stuff much. Like Kaede, she has her hands full taking care of the shop and her grandfather. Very critical of people Kaede hangs out with, and what he does. She punches her brother a lot. (It's affection! Honest!) Knew about Arcana (from being under Tenjirou's control), but forgot about it thanks to Mamiya. Goes to Minazuki Junior High. Got beaten up, but the identity of the person was erased from her memory. Thinks Kaede's trying to kill her, due to a failed attempt on his part to re- explain Arcana. Quote: "Don't tell me I have to do everything for you, brother." Eiko Amano Introduced: Break 7 Description: Average height, hazel eyes, short blond hair combed under a barrette. Cute. Wears a Seiryuu uniform. Description: Miki and Remi Okui's best friend. Actress. Accused of killing Miki, she was hiding at the Iwato minimansion. Now that it's all over, it's back to school for her. Became a junkie thanks to Ayako. Quote: "It's nice to finally meet you, too. I'm indebted to you." Takako Matsumura Introduced: Session 41 Appearance: Below average height, brown eyes, red hair in French curls. Younger student. Pretty. Wears a Shunyo uniform. Description: Impatient spoiled brat. Full of herself, too. And rude. Shallow, and when I say that, I mean puddle-shallow. Anything else? Nope. That about covers it. Modeling contestant for Shunyo. Quote: "Because of that, I _may_ consider buying your future works. You may rejoice now." Arisu Sanada Introduced: Session 47 Appearance: Bit on the short side, indigo eyes, black hair in a single braid over one shoulder. Description: Chikako's best reporter. She's working on the drug incidents and the disappearances. Has a tendency to go off in her own little world whenever she starts talking about her work, though. Ran into Haruko, Katie, and Satoshi at one of the drug-related crime scenes. Constantly has her memory erased, but keeps track of Arcana thanks to extensive notes. Interviewed Kyon to this end. Quote: "Yes, they've both been interesting cases. Reminds me of my first story I did on the affair of that councilman. Quite a long time ago. I knew something was up. Still never figured out why he did it, though..." Kaoru Kajiyama Introduced: Session 48 Appearance: A little short, violet eyes, short wheat-colored hair. Rather handsome. Wears a Serizawa uniform. Description: One of Matthias' goons, and probably the handsomest goon ever. He knows about Arcana. Has a crush on Kyon and asked him on a date. Kyon got contact information from him. Kaori's brother. His (and Kaori's) father was the drunk that crashed into Taki's mother's car. Went on a date with Kyon. Quote: "And me, I don't just follow the boss mindlessly. I've got a personality and hobbies of my own. And I'm a pretty good cook too." Goro Introduced: Session 48 Appearance: Big, thuggy, with dyed black hair with long bangs that stick out in front and thick lips. Wears a Serizawa uniform. Description: One of Matthias' goons. He probably isn't kept around for his tremendous brainpower. Knows about Arcana. Leered at Chikako. Surprisingly gentle with Kaori. Quote: "Heh. Yeah. See how this abstract thingamathing likes a baseball bat to the head." Kaori Kajiyama Introduced: Session 50 Appearance: Average height, blue eyes, short orange hair. Fairly attractive. Wears a Serizawa uniform. Description: Very quiet, rather shy, and supposedly a little crazy. Hears voices prophesizing destruction, moreso when she gets closer to the Tower, but supposedly isn't Arcana. It started eight years ago, when her and Kaoru's father died in the same accident that killed Taki's mother. For some reason, she wanted to be comforted by Goro instead of her brother, Kaoru. Quote: "I heard them! I heard them again! They're supposed to stop but they won't!" Junichiro Fujishima Introduced: Session 51 Appearance: Tall, brown eyes, nearly shaved black hair. Plain but well- muscled. Description: Starting defenseman for the Sakuragaoka hockey team. Either he or someone he knows has a serious crush on Taki; he delivered a letter to her from a secret admirer, and she shot whoever it is down. Gave Taki chocolate on White Day, too, also from the admirer. Seems pretty average. Quote: "Well, he'll be heartbroken, but that's okay." Fuyuko Kageri Introduced: Session 60 Appearance: Rather short, brown eyes, short brown hair parted down the middle. Fairly pretty. Description: Just moved in from Chichibu, Fuyuko is a quiet, frightened punching bag. She has a troubled family life, at the very least on account of her older brother, Yushiro, who she may be in love with. Her social life leaves much to be desired, too. She doesn't seem able/willing to do anything about it. Doesn't want to talk about why. Goes to Shunyo now. Izumi wants to be her friend. Quote: "I am telling the truth. Everything else is lies." Yurika Miataka Introduced: Session 62 Appearance: Average height, brown eyes, short brown hair. Decently pretty. Wears the orange prison jumpsuit. Description: Kenjii mentioned her while he was interviewing Kyon. She used to go to Seiryuu, but now she's locked in prison due to a bad habit of drug dealing. Plain speaking, unhappy, and bored out of her mind. Gave Kaede information after a long interview, in exchange for visits and a chance to get her life back. Quote: "Do you even know why I'm here? I don't have any friends anymore. I probably never will again, either." Maki Tomika Introduced: Session 67 Appearance: Average height, brown eyes, short black hair. Description: Member of the mechanic's club. Nice, easygoing, pretty normal. One of Haruko's friends. Too bad she got beaten up and can't remember who did it. Doesn't have a motorcycle just yet, so will probably have to beat whoever did it with a wrench instead. Quote: "I can't have people hurting me either. But I don't remember." Ayako Kunoichi Introduced: Session 70 Appearance: Average height, green eyes, long, wavy blonde hair. Very pretty. Wears a plastic headband and beret along with her Seiryuu uniform. Jewelry includes a gold watch and heart-shaped pendant. Description: Self-confident, pleasant, and polite is the face Ayako puts to the world. Too bad she was actually a crazed drug dealer who wanted to control the Arcana (and everyone else). She spread her influence by spiking food and drink at her exclusive parties; got Eiko, her parents, and Kyoko, among others. Ayako was the modeling contestant for Seiryuu... though that's hard to do, now that she's in jail. Kept Kyoko drugged and chained in the basement. Shot Kyon when he and Saki tried to take her in. Quote: "You think you're special because you've got powers, but you're just as easy to control as the rest of them." Izumi Motobuchi Introduced: Session 104 Appearance: Short with short hair. Kinda tomboyishly cute. Wears a Shunyo High uniform. Description: Refreshingly normal. Izumi has a crush on Kyon, wants to be Fuyuko's friend, and hopes Yusuke chokes on his hair in his sleep. She's easy to anger, but also just as easy to please. Likes the tomato and cheese ramen at the stand by Sakuragaoka. Generally friendly. Quote: "I don't think she really even wants to be my friend.... But that won't stop me from trying!" Ichiro Hachirobei Introduced: Session 105 Appearance: Big, thick black hair, black eyes. Brutish. Older student. Wears a Shunyo High uniform. Description: He's captain of the Shunyo hockey team. Pretty good guy; he doesn't keep track of everyone in school, but he's helpful. Always loses to Sakuragaoka. Blood type is B+. Ask Satoshi for other stats. Quote: "Hmmm... I heard from the friend of the brother of the guy who plays left wing that she was talked into joining some after school activity." =Illusionary Characters= Shingo Ryuuzaki Introduced: Session 1 (PC); Session 21 (NPC) Appearance: Very short, dark eyes, messy black hair. Looks twelve or thirteen years old. Scrawny. Has an ugly scar down one side of his face and over one eye. Description: Meimi's Shingo, the fake one, is the one that went to Sakuragaoka. He's stubborn, honest, and rough. Hates being called a kid or treated as an underling. Never backs down from a fight. Always in favor of taking action. Doesn't get along with Kyon at all. Quote: Mr. Fudge Introduced: Session 14 Appearance: Old man. Description: Mr. Fudge is an illusionary copy of Meimi's second grade teacher, who she created to pick on her. He constantly harassed Fake Meimi, only to vanish when she turned to look. Eventually told her she's an illusion. Quote: "Hijacking something that doesn't exist? Come now, you can do better than that." Takeo Introduced: Session 20 Appearance: As an illusion, Takeo is of average height, green eyes, and spiky white hair. Earring. Wild grin. Wears a Sakuragaoka uniform. Description: Meimi's Takeo is a joker with almost no restraint; he's whatever Meimi wishes she was but can't be. He's her imaginary friend. Meimi's favorite, he's very directly under her control. Wishes he could be nicer to the player characters. One of the smarter and more direct illusions. Quote: "I'd be a nice guy if I had any control over my personality!" Mimi Introduced: Session 20 Appearance: Catgirl. Average height, yellow eyes, red hair, orange and white fur. Gorgeous. Description: Scatterbrained and cheerful, Mimi was born from a stuffed animal. Likes cat things. Meows. Created when Meimi was five. Rather clueless as to how the world works at times. Disguised herself as Nami Daidoji and went to the dance with Satoshi. Quote: "Nya!" =Really Minor Characters= The Ramen Guy Introduced: Session 1 Appearance: Middle-aged with a square chin. Wears an Asian-style chef's outfit. Description: Boy, he loves his job! The Ramen Guy runs a stand right outside of Sakuragaoka High that sells (you guessed it) ramen. Yum. There's nothing bad to say about him, really. He's what every Ramen Guy should be. Quote: "Hi every-bo-dy!" Dr. Hayasaka Introduced: Session 3 Appearance: Middle aged, black hair, short bearded, and squinty eyes. Wears glasses. Description: The shrink Quentin brought in for Fake Shingo. He's the type of psychologist that won't help you at all. Kenjii Sagara Introduced: Session 9 Appearance: Slightly overweight, balding, mustache. Black hair and brown eyes. Description: Police Sergeant who looked into Miki Tanaka's murder. Questioned Kyon. Straightforward and friendly enough. Is now concerned with the strangeness surrounding Katie's starvation and Shingo, Ryuji, Eriko, and Miho's injuries. Mr. Shimiru Introduced: Session 52 (real); Session 13 (fake) Appearance: Middle-aged slightly pudgy salary-man. Description: Little is known about the elusive man known as "Mr. Shimiru" or "Taki's dad". That is, until you ask Taki and she spills the beans. Rumor has it that he's a horrible cook. Quote: "Taki! Thank goodness! Where are you? What happened? Are you alright? Why did you miss school? Do you need help? Should I call the police or fire department?!" Mrs. Kurita Introduced: Session 13 Appearance: A taller, older Chikako. Description: She's Chikako's mom! It's so neat! And she's nice, too! Which is neat! Quote: "That's so neat!" Matsuhiro Iwato Introduced: Session 30 Appearance: Completely bald, but has a short beard. Rather overweight. Description: Dry philosophy professor who writes textbooks, which are what Katie calls garbage (and she likes philosophy). Katsuchiyo's father. Quote: "I'll do even better than that. I'll discuss the principles of that book with you in person." The Sushi Guy Introduced: Session 31 Appearance: It's the Nurse Joy Effect! See Ramen Guy. Description: Runs a sushi bar near Seiryuu and the YIPEE! Arcade. Behaves like Ramen Guy. He loves his job! Quote: "Hi every-bo-dy!" Crazy Hobo Introduced: Break 4 Appearance: He's a hobo. He smells bad, he's missing teeth, he's wearing clothes that hasn't been washed in forever. Description: Lives (or not) in one of the subway stations. Warned Katie and Haruko about impending doom. Seeing as they live in a constant state of impending doom, there was no reason not to listen to him. Quote: "They come! They come and devour! You don't understand!" Mariko Andrews Introduced: Break 8 Appearance: Short, straight black hair, gray eyes. Middle aged. Japanese. Shows signs of having been quite pretty. Wears casual clothes. Description: If you thought Katie was nice... well, you haven't seen anything yet. Katie'd probably be blown away by her mother in a niceness competition. Very hospitable and glad Katie's making friends. Concerned over how something so horrible could happen to Katie. Quote: "I wasn't expecting guests! It's a good thing I made extra." John Andrews Introduced: Break 8 Appearance: Tall, thin, sandy-blond hair, brown eyes. Middle aged. Caucasian. Wears a suit. Looks tired. Description: Katie's father. Workaholic. Doesn't seem to smile much, but that might be because he's so tired. Katie and her mother seem concerned about him. Doesn't know much Japanese (if any). From Texas or something. Set on finding whoever starved his daughter and making sure they pay for it. Quote: "" The Teriyaki Guy Introduced: Break 8 Appearance: It's the Nurse Joy Effect! See Ramen Guy. Description: Runs a teriyaki place near Katie's home. Behaves like Ramen Guy. He loves his job! Quote: "Hi every-bo-dy!" Flower Lady Introduced: Break 9 Appearance: Lady in her early sixties with a kind face. Description: Runs a flower shop between Sakuragaoka and Katie's home. Rather nice woman, likes to talk, thinks Kaede has a crush on someone. She'd make a great grandmother. Quote: "Oh? That's a shame. A handsome devil like you? Your time will come, sonny." The Tempura Guy Introduced: Session 41 Appearance: It's the Nurse Joy Effect! See Ramen Guy. Description: Runs a tempura place near Ayumi Books, near Shunyo High, where Kyon had a signing. Behaves like Ramen Guy. He loves his job! Quote: "Hi every-bo-dy!" The Okonomiyaki Guy Introduced: Session 43 Appearance: It's the Nurse Joy Effect! See Ramen Guy. Description: Runs an okonomiyaki house near Shibuya Nest, a club the Band plays at. Behaves like Ramen Guy. He loves his job! Quote: "Hi every-bo-dy!" Makoto and Makoto Introduced: Session 46 Appearance: A guy named Makoto. And a girl named Makoto. Sakuragaoka students. Description: They're dating. And their names are both Makoto. Designed by the GM to break players' heads, they do their jobs well. Quote: "Nah, it's someone else." "Ooooh... You ALWAYS say it's someone else!" The Sukiyaki Guy Introduced: Break 15 Appearance: It's the Nurse Joy Effect! See Ramen Guy. Description: Runs a sukiyaki place near Sakuragaoka. Behaves like Ramen Guy. He loves his job! Quote: "Hi every-bo-dy!" Nanako Okui Introduced: Session 49 Appearance: Hasn't been seen yet. Description: Only introduced over the phone, Nanako is Remi's little sister. Giggles more than is healthy. Quote: "Kay-Tee. Is that why she ran off? Because you said her name and it was funny? That wasn't very nice." Jail Guard (Front Entrance) Introduced: Session 62 Appearance: Tall. Guard-y. Description: He guards the front entrance to the jail. Annoyed with the whole idol-shampoo-commercial thing taking place in a jail, he let the protagonists in on the hope they screw it up. They didn't, but that's not the point. Quote: "You know what? I'm going to let you in. Go ahead an muck with the commercial. Maybe that'll teach them not to hold them here anymore." Receptionist Introduced: Session 62 Appearance: Average looking, female. Description: The receptionist for the jail. Unusually fascinated with her nails, she'll say, "Down the hall, to the right" until you get fed up and don't bother her anymore. Quote: "Down the hall, to the right." Jail Guard (Interior) Introduced: Session 62 Appearance: Also tall and guard-y. Description: One of the interior guards. Pretty gruff and plays by the book... at least, until he's asked about his exploits as a security guard for a prison. A little flattery can go a long way. Quote: "Well, it's not quite that dangerous, but we do have our fair share of excitement." Pao Pao Waitress Introduced: Session 65 Appearance: Average height, brown hair in a ponytail, glasses, freckles. Cute, but nothing special. Description: Apparently new. Works at the Pao Pao Café. Might read a lot, but she doesn't say much. Quote: The waitress nods. Nod. Mr. Kunoichi Introduced: Session 91 Appearance: Middle aged man. Description: Ayako's father. Fought Kyon and Saki under drug influence. Wielded a golf club. Quote: Didn't say anything. Mrs. Kunoichi Introduced: Session 91 Appearance: Middle aged woman. Description: Ayako's mother. Fought Kyon and Saki under drug influence. Wielded a steak knife. Quote: Didn't say anything. Mr. Kinsha Mentioned: Break 40 Appearance: Smokes an old-timey pipe constantly. Description: Haruko's father and a Shinto priest. Unhappy with the fact that his daughter gets distracted from schoolwork all the time. Was unsurprised when Haruko told him about Arcana, though why is a mystery. Knows a lot. Creepy. Quote: "Hmmm... I wonder what the gods would say to humans having their powers." Mrs. Kinsha Mentioned: Break 40 Appearance: Fairly attractive. Description: Haruko's mother. Easily excitable. Responded to Haruko's powers by fainting. Quote: "Th-those! Those are the things the police are warning everyone about! Oh, Haruko, what have you done?" =Honorable Mentions= Remi Mizuki Mentioned: Session 8 Description: Captain of the Sakuragaoka Kyudo team. Probably questioned about Miki Tanaka's death. Mr. Watanabe Mentioned: Break 5 Description: Workaholic. Almost always in the United States on business. Satoshi's father. Doesn't actually exist. Zein Toru Mentioned: Session 41 Description: Member of the Band. Seems to have a good idea as to what's going on, though he never tells his allies the full story. Goes to college. If The Band has a Sho equivalent, he'd be it. Scott Kinjorski Mentioned: Session 62 Description: American reporter. Thinks Saki's a vampire. Akemi's Manager Mentioned: Session 62 Description: He's Akemi's manager. She's thinking about getting rid of him. Fumio Ebisawa Mentioned: Session 70 Description: Suspected drug dealer. Goes to Serizawa High. Ryan McNeil Mentioned: Session 70 Description: Suspected drug dealer. Goes to Tokugawa High. Transfer student from Dublin, Ireland with his own (probably unwanted) fanclub and a "sexy accent". Mitsuko (Natsume Watanabe) Card: The World Mentioned: Session 81 (as The World) Description: Another Arcana that survived the bombing, Mitsuko raised Satoshi for a time under the name Natsume Watanabe. She pushed him to become an Olympic-level figure skater, and one day just left him and his father. Too bad his father didn't actually exist. Apparently, Mitsuko has a lot of ideas and even more to answer for. Reduced Satoshi's age not once, but twice. Has a habit of keeping her own age below thirty-five. Powers: Age Reduction Hinako Arai Card: Unknown Mentioned: Session 82 Description: An Arcana. She's the Russian representative. Powers: None known. Kaori Takeuchi Mentioned: Break 33 Description: Kaede and Nanami's mother. Abandoned them before their father died. Izumi Hanagawa Card: Unknown Mentioned: Session 94 Description: In the kendo club. Targeted by Shingo after she was discovered to be Arcana, though Ryuji stopped that. Powers: Unknown Takashi Ogiwara Card: Unknown Mentioned: Break 39 Description: Goes to Serizawa. Told Kaoru about Arcana. Not gay, but acts like it. Powers: Lightning? Hiroki Motobuchi Mentioned: Session 104 Description: Izumi's brother. Not very athletic, but benchwarms for the Shunyo High baseball team. Likes playing, but not practicing. =Deceased= Shingo Ryuuzaki Card: Knight of Swords Introduced: Session 1 (PC); Session 21 (NPC) Appearance: Very short, dark eyes, messy black hair. Looks twelve or thirteen years old. Scrawny. Has an ugly scar down one side of his face and over one eye. Description: Shingo was stalking Ryuji for some reason. Had dreams and believed Katie was Judgement. Hung out near the bridge and didn't go to school. He was rather ruthless in his efforts to stay alive. Member of The Band; he played the saxophone. Stalked Izumi Hanagawa when she developed Arcana powers; Ryuji gave Shingo his scar and turned his focus onto him. Became obsessed with defeating Ryuji, who eventually killed him after he kidnapped Eriko and Haruko. Shot Ryuji three times before he went down, though. Quote: "I don't take chances. It could cost me my life." Powers: Arcana Field, Transmutation (Metal; Only Weapons) Hiro Kasuga Card: Unknown Introduced: Session 1 Appearance: Didn't get a good look. Sakuragaoka student. Description: The last the player characters saw Hiro (in one piece), he was running from Saki. The next session, he was being eaten by Saki. Used to be the president of the computer club. Supposedly was involved with drugs. Miki Tanaka Mentioned: Session 8 Description: An actress, Miki was best friends with Remi and Eiko. Found dead in the Sakuragaoka auditorium, around session 8. Seiryuu student. "Taki's" Killer Mentioned: Session 13 Description: Went insane due to Meimi and shot Illusionary Taki. Later killed himself, since nobody believed him and, well, he was still crazy. Go figure. May have been connected to the drugs. Suicidal Drug Dealer Mentioned: Break 18 Description: Possibly a rival drug dealer to "Taki's" Killer, he killed himself in the same room, though later; they share a murder scene. Nobody knows why. Biker #1 Introduced: Session 51 Description: Noteable here only because Satoshi thought he killed him, Biker #1 was part of a nasty gang that attacked Sakuragaoka students for no apparent reason. Turns out he (and the others) died of drug overdose. Chiaki Miyashita Mentioned: Session 61 Description: Was Saki's friend, and Eriko's mother. Lived from 1957 to 2000. According to Eriko, she was sweet and had the answer to everything, though apparently she was a lot like Eriko when she was younger. =Miscellaneous and Blacks= Black Thing Introduced: Session 80 Appearance: Shrouded in a black cloak and a hood. Wears a white facemask with black dots where the eyes and mouth should be. Description: Exists in the World Reversed, near Seiryuu. Nobody's sure who or what it is, other than it's not Arcana. It looks silently to the Tower Reversed. Hungry Saki Introduced: Session 2 Appearance: A little tall, blue eyes, long black hair. Absolutely gorgeous. Wears a leather jacket over her school uniform at all times. Zombie or vampire-like. Description: Hungry Saki is more interested in eating Arcana than anything else. Has zombie-like behavior, and developed Arcana Fields (Normal Saki doesn't believe she can or ever has). Has been proven to be an illusion at least once. Been found in the World Reversed, and Winston mentions that Hungry Saki is a Black. Normal Saki has no knowledge of Hungry Saki's behavior. Quote: " Heh. Tastes good. The magic makes them taste... sweet." Powers: Arcana Field, Magically Enhanced Strikes =Past Characters (World War II)= Winston Connery Card: The Hermit Introduced: Session 80 Note: Still alive. See Known Arcana. Isao Komine Card: Queen of Cups Introduced: Session 80 Appearance: Long bluish hair. Early to mid twenties. Handsome. Wears a black robe with a white collar and a crucifix around his neck. Carries a staff topped with a cross. Description: Can take on Hungry Vampire Saki on and seems to be a good guy. Isao Komine did not survive the bombing of Hiroshima, but for some reason still exists in the World Reversed. Was a kind, faithful soul, and believed Death should have been saved, not killed. Recently appeared in the "real world" with what may be the Cup, using it to save Haruko's life. Quote: "It isn't right. After what she's been through, we should be trying to help her, not destroy her." Powers: Magically Enhanced Strikes Mikari Card: Page of Swords Introduced: Break 38 Appearance: Unknown Description: Lived with her family and went to school. Was also interested in girls, to the shame of her family. Was promised to a teacher against her will. Had a habit of watching conversations she shouldn't. Saw her lover die before her, at Saki's hands, and was soon after also killed by Saki. Quote: "I just don't see what's wrong with it. Love is love, right?" Powers: None known. Saki Morikawa Card: Death Introduced: Break 38 Appearance: Saki, only she wore a western dress of the times. Pale eyes and a psychotic smile. Description: Pre-nuclear Saki was crazed, and if the current Saki is to be believed, not above eating people. Seemed to love killing people. Was wronged by the council somehow. Quote: "I'm the one who will live. Me! You monsters will never break me! Never!" Powers: Strength. Hideo Watanabe Card: Judgement Introduced: Break 38 (separate from Satoshi) Appearance: Looks like Satoshi, plus fifteen years, minus a broken nose, and plus a bowler hat. Description: The Satoshi of the past, Hideo was forceful and determined. Hideo did what he felt he had to do. Tried to convince Isao to fight Saki. He also may have tried to Judge her. Quote: "Tell your God that if he does not have the strength to face Death, then I will." Powers: Sense Field, Strength, Telepathy, See the Judged, Judge Mikari's Lover Introduced: Break 38 Appearance: Somewhat attractive. Wore a kimono, and her hair was in a bun with chopsticks the day she died. Description: Saki pulled her heart out of her chest. It was ugly. Quote: "Mikari, ru- guu." Mikari's Father Introduced: Break 38 Appearance: He has shiny shoes. Description: Furious with his daughter's behavior. Promised Mikari to a teacher, so he'd stay quiet about her sexual orientation. Not above a little physical abuse. Quote: "How could you, Mikari? I don't know what's worse, that you like other girls, or that you got caught showing your affection in public! God, think of what this is going to do to our good family name." Note that there are several missing students who may be Arcana.