Ari

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## Physical Information

Ari is a fighter, participating in the Ministry Succession Tournament.

## Appearance

Ari is a muscular black haired man who dons a red shirt.

## Personality

Ari has a lot of confidence, he also has brashness and recklessness to his side. When he was younger he was a person who was rather easy to bait into conflict and was quite violent. Now Ari has become a cheerful person as a way of coping with his younger sister's loss. A person who seems like an air-head but deep inside he’s really smart. Ari regrets his past decisions and wants to repent for them while he also wants to concentrate on art and video making.

## History

Adrian was born in the slums. The life in the slums was harsh but he was happy as he lived there with his sister and grandpa who took care of them. From a young age he admired gangsters in movie cassettes and wanted to become someone who used strength in accordance with his code of honor. Getting into a bunch of fights since he was young, soon forming a small gang which took over town. He achieved his dream of being a big-time criminal but his former comrades died in order for his dream to be accomplished while he brutally fought off the enemy gangs which killed them. All this time he hid the fact that he was a ruthless criminal before his sister. Soon he became a Mafia leader, when he was mafia leader he went further, spreading drugs and human trafficking. His sister had suspicions that he was involved in something illegal, seeing that he was often missing and returning back home bruised. He couldn’t return to his normal living and he didn’t want to do that, seeing that he was living rich as a mafioso, he had a beautiful girlfriend, few confidants and stuff. Although it all changed one day. When he returned home and found his younger sister dead and defiled. Adrian despaired having lost his last relative, it didn’t help that their last conversation ended in argument. Wrathful he ordered his Mafia to investigate who killed her and enact revenge that they couldn’t anticipate. He threw himself into fights and died, realizing that his closest companions didn’t love him but they loved an idealized version of Adrian.

Adrian woke in Valhalla. He quickly realized that he had died in suicidal skirmish, now he could reunite with his sister and live happily. Adrian was rejoicing to find his sister after months of searching, bawling his eyes out and not willing to let go of his long-lost family member, Sister had forgiven Adrian long ago and comforted her elder brother. Brunette also found his childhood friends and apologized to them for all the trouble he caused. They weren’t that forgiving but after a while they just let it go and accepted they had their old friend back. He took art as a way of distancing himself from the past in which he destroyed. Quickly becoming a celebrity in Valhalla.

**“I don’t want to fight anymore.”** Was what he said before but it all ended, one day.

He and his friends lived peacefully until social upheaval after Ethelhelm Nerva's loss happened and the previously peaceful landscape turned into a ruthless battlefield. Adrian, having no choice, formed a gang in order to protect his town from any dangers.

Graff investigated a rumor about an undefeated gangster in the small city of Valhalla who had no intention on spreading his influence, everyone knew to avoid him if they wanted to be alive. He challenged Adrian to fight and so they fought, Adrian knew that he was no match for the mysterious newcomer, yet he pressed on. Graff grinned as he brought out Adrian's fighting spirit. Their fists met each other's face and knees met their stomach, sharing both pained expressions they decided to swarm each other with a flurry of attack. Leader of the ministry admired his willpower as the gangster was still fighting despite his body being riddled with wounds. He admitted his defeat, Delinquent asked his opponent name which Graff revealed and then they both fist bumped sharing a laugh. Adrian decided to join the ministry, he notified his family and rest of the gang that he will be moving to a new place. They all decided to follow him and thus their peaceful life continued. Albert Graff had to explain to his wife why he was all bruised after all that, Maia didn’t like that and scolded him to no end. Soon after, Ari and gang formed a band and became a hit in the Ministry

## Abilities

**Bat Mastery:** Ari used to play baseball with his friends, one time when a bunch of mean kids approached his friends he fought back with his baseball bat and soon he found himself liking the effectiveness of the weapon.

**Master Brawler:** Being born in slums, taught Ari to fend off for himself and those dear to him which taught him to fight back and stay on his legs until the enemy fell down.

**Supernatural Willpower:** Since he was young, he fought against people who were stronger or outnumbered him, despite the fact he wasn’t strong enough to fight that many people, he fought them until last breath.

**Limiter Broken:** Ari is one of few people who broke their limiters, Limiters are the restrictions put on humanity to seal the supernatural power, it is a spiritual restriction as only those who have immense passion/willpower in whatever they do are able to destroy it.

**Velocity Charge**: An ability Ari gained from drinking the Ministry's Elixir. By making physical contact, Ari can apply a 'charge' to an object. Once activated, the charge generates a temporary increase in speed. The effect is multiplicative, meaning that slow moving objects will gain relatively little speed compared to fast moving objects, which in turn gain significantly more velocity. Ari can apply a charge to only one object at a time, but he can repeatedly apply and activate a charge on an object, increasing its speed exponentially. Ari can of course use this ability on himself, though stacking charges does run the risk of his body breaking down under the force.

## Equipment

**Metal Bat:** Specially made by Damon. Unique steel-alloy that is capable of withstanding the toughest of impacts. Unlike a typical metal bat used in baseball and such, Ari opted for his weapon to be completely solid all the way through. This increases its weight dramatically, adding to the strength of Ari's swings accordingly.

## Trivia

* Ari is one of fastest Ministry members.
* He's only member of Ministry who resigned from Elite 4 post out of his own will.