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William Blazer is in over his head. Formerly a member of the US Army's Green Berets, he was caught in the Dark Hour ten years ago, and his country's mishandling of the matter (as far as he was concerned) prompted him to resign and move to Japan to try and find out more. Life is hard for a foreigner, unfortunately, and after working exhaustively just to get into the police force he's found himself pinned by the weight of cultural xenophobia. The vital, confident army man has since turned into a man troubled by self-doubt, losing sight of his path in life - at least until he was approached by the NWO, offering him a chance to advance if he'd just do a few... little things, here and there. His survival of that first Dark Hour can be attributed to the awakening of his Persona, the Golem of Prague.

Background

The Golem of Prague was created by a rabbi in Prague (surprisingly), to protect the Jewish ghetto there from anti-semitic attacks. Formed from clay and animated by ancient rituals, the Golem followed its orders to the letter, eventually growing out of control as it rampaged, killing innocents for the crime of not being jewish, and conflicting orders caused it to go completely haywire, killing basically everyone it saw until it was deactivated. Supposedly entombed in the Rabbi's attic, the Golem has since disappeared.

Appearance

The Golem of Prague is an enormous Persona, over ten feet tall and of an incalculable theoretical weight. The Golem is composed entirely of a slick, dark-brown clay that bends and molds to suit its will, even completely changing its form. An iron ring cinches each wrist and ankle-like zone - its feet are mere nubs that flatten across the ground, and it has giant, oversized hands. It has no neck, its shoulders simply smoothing up into a dome-like head.

The Golem's face resembles that of a haniwa, its eyes and mouth simply deep black pits. A strip of paper emerges from its mouth and spirals around its entire body, inscribed with the names of God in every language known to Man, and some that are not. The hebrew word 'emet', or 'truth', is carved into its forehead. The word glows with bright blue light.

Resonance

William is, because of his double life, tightly focused on keeping himself from resonating strongly when living in his 'preferred' life as William Blazer, Traffic Cop From Hell. The most you'll probably get when he's trying to hold it in is that he /has/ some kind of resonance - military discipline serves him well here. However, he's so focused on his own resonance that he barely notices others - he has to relax his discipline to really sense resonances, which causes his own to unfurl like a banner.

NWO Crouching Grunt Hidden Badass, however... SENSE: Imagine yourself trapped in the center of an enormous, sprawling labyrinthe. Possibilities are open everywhere, but you have no map, and no light. That's William: the feeling of groping along in the darkness down limitless paths, desperately wanting to find a place but not knowing where you'll end up - with nothing to count on but the immovable sturdiness of the walls around you.

SMELL: Smoke and clay, with a weak impression of gunpowder and old blood.

SOUND: Powerful, rumbling bass impacts heard through a thick stone wall, irregularly timed but never allowed to grow louder.

• 0. The Fool
  • Tohru Adachi: William can't help but feel a certain affinity to Tohru Adachi, him perhaps being the only cop he can think of more kicked around than he is.

• I. The Magician
  • William has developed no notable Magician links.

• II. The High Priestess
  • William has developed no notable High Priestess links.

• III. The Empress
  • William has developed no notable Empress links.

• IV. The Emperor
  • William has developed no notable Emperor links.

• V. The Hierophant
  • William has developed no notable Hierophant links.

• VI. The Lovers
  • William has developed no notable Lovers links. so lonely :(

• VII. The Chariot
  • William has developed no notable Chariot links.

• VIII. Justice
  • Katsuya Suou: A fellow cop, William has ran into Katsuya a few times now - most notably, Katsuya was the first other officer William saw manifest the power of Persona. Having appealed to him to enter the ranks of Department 4, William then completely screwed up while fighting the Last Battalion, showing the Golem of Prague to Katsuya. Though the cop has made no connection between William and Faceless EMET, William has to make a decision what to do about him and the others that witnessed the event.

• IX. The Hermit
  • William has developed no notable Hermit links.

• X. The Wheel of Fortune
  • William has developed no notable Wheel of Fortune links.

• XI. Strength
  • Katsura Tsuruya: Katsura tried to steal William's awesome army jacket, so a grumpily drunk William called his Persona, let Katsura hit him uselessly with her pipe a few times, and then took a swing at her with Golem. Intrigued that she was able to see his Persona - and slightly worried that he let his cover slip - he's started to keep tabs on her. Unfortunately, she joined up with the NWO, sharply altering their relationship. William has revealed himself as EMET to Katsura, and hopes to shield her from the worst of what the NWO can do. But... is that necessarily what she wants?
  • Enoha Koinose: William Blazer began investigating the curious case of Enohiko Koinose, but was pulled off of the case by his tyrannical superiors as soon as it looked like he was going to accomplish something. However, there is still a dangling thread that needs resolution...

• XII. The Hanged Man
  • William has developed no notable Hanged Man links.

• XIII. Death
  • William has developed no notable Death links.

• XIV. Temperance
  • William has developed no notable Temperance links.

• XV. The Devil
  • William has developed no notable Devil links.

• XVI. The Tower
  • William has developed no notable Tower links.

• XVII. The Star
  • William has developed no notable Star links.

• XVIII. The Moon
  • William has developed no notable Moon links.

• XIX. The Sun
  • Tatsuya Sudou: The NWO bossman William has had the most interaction with - he's brought him (as Faceless EMET) along on a few missions, and he is one of the few members of the NWO to know that Faceless EMET is Sumaru cop William Blazer.

• XX. Judgement
  • Frederick Blazer: ONCE I CALLED YOU BROTHER / ONCE I THOUGHT THE CHANCE TO MAKE YOU LAUGH / WAS ALL I EVER WANTED