Shirou Sekigawa/Persona
Charon is the ferryman that guards the river Styx, normally portrayed as a grim and brooding individual. Portrayals vary on his physical appearance: while some accounts point towards a old, haggard man, some say that he's a young man with haunted if striking features. Shirou's 'version' of the minor god reveals a skeltal man, dressed as a traveler, in a heavy jacket and a long scarf. He wears a bone mask that covers his face, and he carries with him his oar, but he also pulses with dark energy.
The two of them make a good team, Charon representing a natural change or natural force, and Shirou representing the drive to understand those changes. Charon is also a 'guardian' of a sorts, protecting the gates of life and death and thus granting Shirou both death-dealing and healing magics. But Charon is also a demanding man; those that die must have a coin to pay their passage across the River Styx. Shirou is just more likely to loot a fallen shadow's carcass for usable items and yen though.
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Shirou's Resonance has changed once more into something far more sinister. It changes to suit his need, but for now it's a field of ice and snow, swirling around him... it's entrapping and steals vitality from others, the coldness of space and ice. It can cling to him like armor, defensively, or he can expand the field to make a lot of people feel his power. Music types will hear Metal Music in 5/4th time, while those that just hear noises will hear the howl of the void. People that smell or taste resonances will get ice and snow, with a hint of blood. Persona that see resonance as light or colors might have trouble; Shirou appears almost as the absence of light, blacks and purples that swirl around him in a chaotic way. |
