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IC INFORMATION. CHARACTER: Barok van Zieks SERIES: The Great Ace Attorney AGE: 33 DOB: May 25th (headcanon), circa 1867* HEIGHT: 192 cm (6'4") WEIGHT: 98 kg (216 lbs) APPEARANCE: Link. BLURB: Known as the Reaper of the Old Bailey, Barok van Zieks is a feared prosecutor who recently returned to the courts after a five year absence. He's gained his moniker and reputation due to the fact that those he prosecutes are doomed no matter the outcome of the trial—even if they're acquitted, they end up dying in horrific incidents sooner or later. *TGAA takes place at the turn of the century but the exact year isn't stated and what potential pieces of evidence we do have contradict each other. I default to 1900 because of Natsume's in-game age being 33 and his real life counterpart was born in 1867. IC PERMISSIONS. PHYSICAL AFFECTION: Go ahead, though he'll probably be awkward about it or reject the attempt without development leading up to it. ROMANCE/SEX: I play him as basically having no experience with relationships and that he avoids getting romantically involved with anyone because his reputation as the Reaper would only put them in danger. That said, I love shipping and I'm open to both M/M and M/F with him, it just takes some work to actually get there. PHYSICAL VIOLENCE: He's used to attempts on his life and knows how to fight back. For anything that might lead to serious injury please talk to me first but if you just want to slap him then go ahead. DEATH: Talk to me first. HOLMES OR SHOLMES: I default to Sholmes because it's been seared into my brain from playing through the duology (and lbr it's a wonderfully stupid name that's perfectly in line with every other cheesy name in the localization) but if you use the original names for him and Iris I will match, even if I've already used Sholmes previously in the thread. Just treat it as if it were a typo or something.

OOC INFO & PERMISSIONS
PLAYER AGE: 30+ TIME ZONE: Central European Time. CONTACT: PMing this journal. Discord available upon request. BACKTAGGING: Absolutely. I'm basically incapable of boomeranging and my usual tagging speed is one tag a day to every few days, but I'll happily chug along until a thread reaches its conclusion even if it takes months.	THREADJACKING: No. FOURTHWALLING: Only in the context of modern AA characters knowing about him from history books or terrible movies about the Reaper. BRACKETS VS PROSE: Brackets. OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS: Would prefer to avoid graphic descriptions of eye gore! Good with brief mentions but would rather not read entire paragraphs if it comes up, basically.

WARNINGS

• TGAA takes place around 1900 and racism is part of its narrative. Van Zieks has deeply rooted issues with the Japanese stemming from an event in his past and spends a good portion of the duology being flagrantly racist toward the Japanese protagonist because of it. He unlearns his prejudices and is deeply regretful of his bigotry by the end of the second game which is where I usually play him from, but it's still important to mention this aspect of his character regardless of canon point so people can make an informed choice whether they want to engage with this character at all. • Period-typical internalized homophobia might come up with M/M.

Comments

shipping prefs.

[decants]

FAVES: Ryunosuke, Kazuma (or both as a polycule)
YES: Albert, Stronghart, Klint because I'm problematic, Genshin, Esmeralda
WITH PRIOR DISCUSSION: Sholmes, Susato
NO: Gregson, Iris

Open to ships other than the ones listed, these are just what come to mind first. M/M and M/F are both good, though I kind of lean more toward the former since all of his major relationships are with men.