Ganbae

=•Condensed Background•= Son of Korean mother and white Texan father. Spent childhood in Texas until father was deployed and killed in action. Speaks very little Korean and has Texan accent. Returned to Korea with mother. Received secret training from grandfather. Lost control and killed a student at a rival high school in revenge for killing his best friend, Ji-Kyoon. Pulled from high school but grandfather’s connections kept him from going to jail. Now spends his life on the streets, defending the weak, and continuing his studies under his grandfather’s tutelage.

=•Personality•= I-Jun is a rather gentle person, adored by all the children, animals, and little old ladies in the neighborhood. He’s very studious and around strangers, quiet and shy. All of this is hidden under a facade of bravado. He has a slight inferiority complex and constantly feels like he must prove himself. Maintaining the facade is both physically and mentally draining, so he takes time to rest and meditate by himself whenever he can.

He doesn’t make friends easily, but once he does, he’s a friend for life. I-Jun also likes to drink, particularly soju and so-beer. That’s why his friend nicknamed him “Ganbae”—once I-Jun gets a buzz going, his personality does a 180. He gets extremely talkative and tries telling jokes. Unfortunately, his jokes are terrible. Also, he loves to read. He hopes to go to college some day, but he must get complete control of his abilities before his grandfather will allow him to attend.

=•Quirks•= Tells horribly corny jokes when drunk. I-Jun misses his father and Texas, so he can frequently be seen wearing a cowboy hat and boots, and he says things like “howdy” and “y’all”. When in public or among strangers, he wears a pair of tight gloves (usually black). And he has a thing for scarves—even he can’t explain it.

=•Abilities•= Combat: I-Jun learned how to shoot and hunt back in Texas, so he is mildly proficient with a wide range of firearms. However, he does not like the noise they make and prefers fighting with his bare hands or a stick/club/staff/thing instead. To that end, he has studied many different martial arts, but only the basics of each. His grandfather is teaching him how to manage and manipulate his innate mystical abilities, to pair mystical and brute force.

Healing: I-Jun can also use Chaos to heal minor wounds; however, there are several limitations to his abilities. Chaos healing draws on the inherent chaos of biological systems and to encourage cell growth. Cell reproduction requires energy, so larger wounds or faster healing requires more energy and concentration; this in turn has the potential to render both I-Jun and his patient exhausted and unable to move. Also, I-Jun cannot cure diseases since both host cells and germ cells are encouraged to grow. While handy for soothing the scrapes and bruises of neighborhood children, I-Jun's healing abilities are not suitable for combat situations.

Other: After years of being picked on at school, I-Jun learned to blend into a crowd or his surroundings. If the bullies didn't notice him, they would leave him alone. Even when accompanying his mother on errands, she would frequently leave him behind in a store. While not a true stealth or mind-control ability, "blending" has served him on occasions when he needed to get somewhere or watch something without drawing attention to himself.

The Chaos magic I-Jun uses causes his hands to glow with pale green light when he is fighting or is otherwise excited--it's tied to adrenaline. He wears gloves because he does not yet have full control of the magic, so he cannot control the glow. The gloves are mundane things offering no mystical protection, nor do they hinder his fighting or healing abilities; however, he usually chooses to remove them when possible for comfort's sake, or when a fine touch is required.