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☾don't judge a book by its cover.☽ [proverb]

[updates]
15 july 2011 - won hakam
19 july 2011 - hakam has won his first battle!

☾when you judge another, you do not define them, you define yourself.☽ [wayne dyer]

[bio]

name hakam
age twenty years
alignment prophylaxis
physical short black hair, pale skin, heterochromia (his left eye is blue, his right eye is red)
personality Hakam is told he was born knowing exactly what he wanted – that is, to be clean and safe in his mother’s arms. That part of him, he thinks, isn’t a bad thing, because it’s not power he wants but logic and order and polite discussion from all sides. Even as a child, he reasoned with his parents when asking for favors or gifts, and he hated fallible reasoning once he’d learned what it was. He learns from his mistakes and he is extremely passionate about his beliefs, which are both good things, but his zeal for said beliefs often gets in the way of actually getting something accomplished. He’s definitely a pacifist and would prefer to avoid physical conflict as much as possible. Hakam loves a day without bloodshed, and really that’s why he still resides in Prophylaxis. He does, however, enjoy verbal debate and keeps up with the news, local and otherwise. He does his own research and forms his own opinions, and he likes to think they are the correct ones.

He’s a haughty guardsman, however, and is often biased towards fellow guardsmen whose families have long been parts of the Prophylaxis guard. This doesn’t mean that he attacks them, of course! He is a man of peace, and he’d never do that. However, that doesn’t mean that he isn’t up for a little snubbing and turning his head away when one approaches, right? Right? He believes that guardsmen who haven’t belonged to Prophylaxis, so to speak, as long as he has, should follow his advice in almost all things – even more so than he believes others should. And, why, Hong, Noir, and Blanc pieces? He’s certain they’ll convert to his side once he talks to them!

Furthermore, once he’s formed an opinion, anyone would have a hard time convincing him otherwise. He’s one of the most rational people he knows, after all. His reasoning is definitely sound. And no, you can’t turn thirty degrees instead of forty-five degrees; that’d throw the entire plan off! Hakam assumes that everyone recognizes his judgment as superior (even when it isn’t) and he wants everything to go exactly as he plans it. Naturally, this isn’t always how it turns out…

history Proud, honorable – that’s how Hakam’s family has thought of itself for generations. After all, it’s been a part of the Prophylaxis guard for so long. Prophylaxis has much less land than the surrounding kingdoms, but Hakam’s family has a long history and considers itself wealthy in influence and morality. Both of his parents were guardsmen, and their parents before them (well, his mother’s paternal grandfather was from the Noir kingdom, but that’s really of no consequence – there aren’t that many old Prophylaxis families). As such, Hakam grew up immersed in the values of Prophylaxis. War is bad, and fighting is bad. His family would hold nightly rounds of peaceful, contemplative discourse over dinner when they weren’t guarding, and as a child Hakam spent much of his time studying histories and the patterns of war.

In war, there is no such thing as victory – only loss. That’s what Hakam’s been taught to believe. So his dreams of joining his ancestors as a venerable member of Prophylaxis’ guard aren’t those of self-sacrifice or of a desire to reach the Gates. His actions are born out of a desire to eliminate war that’s been ingrained in him since childhood. Hakam trained in self-defense as a child, and continued to mainly practice defensive maneuvers as a teenager on the cusp of joining the guard. After all, to disable is always better than to kill, or so Hakam believes. Not that Hakam has done much of either in his short life – it’s enough that he’s practicing and trying, right?

His younger sister was born six years ago, when he was fourteen. As a result, he was constantly called in to help raise her – his parents had been forced to raise him themselves, but as a teenager he was a convenient babysitter when his parents were performing guard duties. This obviously cut into his own time for study and training (and entertaining himself with logic puzzles and games), but much more time was taken out of his physical combat training than anything else. After all, that had always been his least favorite part of the day, and it’s not as necessary as being able to peacefully convince someone else to the side of Prophylaxis. Hakam believed he needed more knowledge and oral ability to convince others to make the correct judgments about life. He is reaping the consequences of that decision as a young adult now.

While he’s been training almost all his life, he is very lacking in actual physical ability. He enlisted in the guard at the age of seventeen, but took awhile to be trained to the level of combat ability expected from the Prophylaxis guard, which is why he’s already twenty years of age and just a rookie as a guardsman. However, he’s confident that he’ll improve and rank up quickly. How could he not? His ancestors have guarded the Gate for so long he can hardly remember the names of any who haven’t!

☾We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. ☽ [henry w longsfellow]

[journal log]

title | date

☾judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.☽ [robert l stevenson]

[roleplay log]

title | partner(s) | date
stranger in the white forest | audra, rosencrantz | 19 july 2011
black and grey and red | valtyr, unnamed hong | 12 august 2011

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☾everything comes in time to those who can wait.☽[francois rabelais]

☾the judge had suggested I get my act together, and I took him seriously.☽[tim allen]

[for my reference!]


TURN ❈ START ⇛

hakamxhakam✮ atk ✾✾✾✾✾✾
hakamxhakam➸ def ✾✾✾✾✾✾
hakamxhakam❥ sta ●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●●



☾don’t judge a book by its cover!☽








initial dmg ● ◤#◢
deflected dmg ● ◤#◢
final dmg ● ◤#◢
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hakamxhakam✮ atk --
hakamxhakam➸ def --
hakamxhakam❥ sta ●●●●●●●●●●●

☾u vu☽



hakamxhakam✤passive ability ● lucky charm! ✾✾✾✾ to owner's max