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CHARACTER INFO
Character Name: Clair Leonelli
Canon: Heat Guy J
Point taken from canon: Post series
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Appearance: 5'6" and only weighing about 123 pounds, Clair's pretty much small for his age. Rather feminine as well. His earrings, lip ring, dyed blue bangs and leather pants give him more of a punk look than the look of a successful businessman and mafia leader. And of course the eyeliner that accents his bright purple eyes.
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He fits the whole definition of cute but psycho.
Background: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_Guy_J
Personality: At first glance Clair Leonelli seems normal enough. A nineteen year old boy with an almost constant smirk on his face that says he's better than you and he knows it. But it only takes a short while knowing him to find out that the teenager isn't exactly stable. Raised as the only child of the most powerful mafia family in Judoh, Clair's entire childhood consisted of mental and physical abuse in the form of training in order to one day take over Company Vita which was founded by his father. When Clair was nineteen his father died and he was given the position of Vampire; making him the boss of all the other Families. One of the Family heads naturally assumed that this was just some kid that could easily be manipulated so he could take over Company Vita for himself. One meeting with Clair showed that that was as far from the truth as anyone could get. The incident ended with Clair shoving a grenade into the man's mouth, pulling the pin and kicking him in the stomach before walking off with his three bodyguards. Later he even went as far to attempt to send a truck full of napalm to the section of the city the man ran. After that, no one questioned his position of Vampire.
Because of his childhood, Clair tends to be a bit tripolar. As in he can be laughing hysterically while feeling extremely depressed and overly pissed off all at the same time. In fact, he tends to burst into fits of laughter whenever he's most angered or upset. Though he never outwardly blames his father. On the outside he's claims to care deeply about his father, the man's death making a huge impact on his already unstable mind. In reality though it's shown that he hates and resents his father more than anything and will almost be willing to kill anyone who dares to compare him to his late father.
Despite his mental and emotional issues Clair is also shown to be a genius, well fitting his title of Vampire. Though everything is just a game to him, there's hardly anything he takes seriously. Even after loosing thousands of dollars on the stock market he just laughs it off and tries to move onto the next big plan. But later into the series his more serious and vulnerable side comes to the surface. It's shown that while he doesn't generally care for innocent human lives he cares deeply for his caretaker and three bodyguards. There's one point where he gets pissed off and tells his caretaker he no longer needs him and to just get out. The old man pulls out a gun and is about to shoot himself since he's no longer of use to the Leonelli family. Right as he pulls the trigger Clair jerks the gun away so it doesn't hit the old man. After which he falls to the floor saying that no one else should leave him like his father did.
Though Clair isn't all bad. When he hears that his rival's brother was shot and is in the hospital he actually goes as far to order his bodyguards to send the man some flowers in his name, showing that while not completely there, he does have some semblance of a caring side. But quickly after that incident the Leonelli family is framed for something they didn't commit. Pissed off beyond doubt he asks his head bodyguard Giovanni who he thinks is behind it. When Giovanni tells Clair that it was one of their allies he snaps and orders the youngest bodyguard, Ian, to go investigate. When Ian's severed hand is mailed to Clair the next day the Vampire gets eerily calm and simply tells the other two "This means war" while slipping on the class ring that Ian always wore. In an attempt to rally the entire Leonelli family against the man that killed Ian Clair is shocked to realize that same man had taken control of all of his men, the only ones still on his side being the two still living bodyguards, Giovanni and Mitchal. They just barely make it out of the building before they're attacked, and Mitchal slips his lucky dice into Clair's hand before literally suicide bombing the barricade so that Giovanni could use the car to escape with Clair.
The trauma from the incident causes Clair to slip into a catatonic like state for a long time. He only finally snaps out of it when he realizes Giovanni is no longer in the room with him. He leaves and even though every mafia member and police force in the city is looking for him he goes out in a search for Giovanni, wandering the streets half out of it like a ghost. Finding Giovanni under attack he snaps fully back to his usual self in order to fight and get his last living friend out of there safely. By the end of the series Clair is shown to be a little bit more stable thanks to the reality check of loosing half the people he actually cares for. He proves himself and regains the allegiance of the other mafia families and his position of Vampire is reinstated just in time to help his rival, Daisuke, protect the city from a psycho dictator. While his rival turned friend faces off against the leader alone Clair takes it upon himself to be a commander of sorts and leads a fight against the military working for the dictator to buy Daisuke some time.
From psycho to semi-psycho there's one thing that always sticks with Clair no matter what. He loves explosions, going as far as to refer to grenades and other types of explosives as fireworks.
Abilities/Strengths: Clair's best ability is manipulation. As a successful businessman and head of all the mafia families in the city he knows what the wants and how to make other people get it for him. And of course mixed into that he's a genius borderline evil mastermind as shown when he manipulates the stock market with little to no effort for major profit. He's also a master with explosives and can even build his own napalm bombs if he has the right materials for it. And, of course, natural leadership skills.
Weaknesses: Clair's unstable with serious emotional problems. The moment something isn't going his way he snaps and takes extreme and impulsive measures that not only endanger his allies but also himself. He's also has serious self esteem issues and thinks he can never be as good as his father, making him overly testy whenever his father is compared to him. And the root of all those, his temper. He loses it fairly easily if things do go the way he expects them to. At the same time, he gets depressed easily as well. And very very impulsive, even as far as Russian roulette when his own life is in danger. He's also fairly weak in hand to hand combat because of his size. Clair also has virtually no self preservation instincts unless a good friend is in danger. His bodyguards spend more time protecting him from himself than from outsiders.
Clair's also a very co-dependent person. He needs someone to take care of him, to be there with him. Which doesn't mix well with his serious abandonment issues, possibly developed when his father died. He's cocky and arrogant at times as well, always thinking that his plans can never fail. Very childish in the sense that he doesn't understand emotions well, business and violence being the main things he knows because of how he was raised.
Defining Quote(s):
"Did you see Papa? Fireworks! You love them right? Ahahahahah~!"
"Don't... Please don't... No one should ever leave me like Papa did..."
Other: Anything else we should know about your character? Any pertinent/important headcanon information should go here.
Action Writing Sample: [A crackling noise is heard as the Hitomi is thrown against a wall, causing it to switch on to the video feature. From it's position all that can be seen is the feet of someone pacing, every now and then kicking at the wall next to them. After a few minutes of this the person comes to a complete stop before bending down to pick up the communicator. A boy with sharp violet eyes and duel colored hair comes into view finally. While he does have a confident smile on his face, his eyes are burning with pure rage.]
This thing... It's some sort of broadcaster, right? So how about someone explain to me exactly what is going on here. Better be quick, I'm not exactly a very patient person.
Third Person Writing Sample: Eyelids fluttered for a moment before Clair slowly pulled himself to consciousness. He was used to falling asleep in the middle of work and one of his bodyguards carrying him to bed, so he wasn't overly concerned to feel himself in a location other than his desk. At least at first. It only took a moment for the young mafia boss to realize that something was wrong. He wasn't on a bed at all. In fact, it felt much like the hard ground with a bit of grass underneath.
Warning bells and survival instincts going off his mind snapped fully awake as he practically shot up. Violet eyes narrowed as he observed the unfamiliar surroundings, realizing rather quickly he was no longer in Judoh. Siberbia maybe? But it just didn't make sense. Where the hell were Giovanni and the others? How the hell had he gotten here?
Panic slowly setting in his hands reached for where he usually kept his weapons and his eyes widened as he could feel his pulse rushing. They were still there. They were still there. Who the hell kidnaps someone and leaves all their weapons on them? Especially hand grenades? None of the facts were adding up dammit.
His mind rushed with possibilities on who would be suicidal enough to kidnap the Vampire of all people. And stupid enough to let him keep his only self defense. The list of his enemies was great but not nearly as great as the list of allies and those that feared him. Nothing seemed to add up no matter what way he tried to look at it. The location... Clair pulled himself to his feet to check out his surroundings. A forest... But not the mountains he would recognize. And the ocean was no where in sight. It couldn't be Siberbia, he'd at least be able to see the bridge leading to the Judoh. His breathing began to get labored as his thoughts raced around each other. One of the other cities? Further out? There were none of the Illegals who could have had enough resources or skills to not only break into Company Vita but to also get him out of the city. He didn't even have the passport for that... He could have gotten one with his connections, yes, but all his power and wealth lay in Judoh so it wasn't needed.
His eyes became a bit crazed as he let out a rather disturbing sounding laugh. "You've got to be kidding me... Just what the hell is going on?!"