Juno Von Rale

Juri (Mother)

Remnants of Despair

> "Everyone has their flaws. My theory wasn't even correct during the trial because what matters is that I tried to help. What matters is that you tried to help anyways, Maru. It's the thought that counts.."
>
> *- Juno to Maru, Castle Killing Game Chapter 4*

**Juno Von Rale**, referred to as Juno. He is a student of Hope's Peak Academy, and a participant of the Castle Killing Game featured in the DanganRonpa RP Hub. His title is the **Ultimate Heir** [ lit. *Super High School Level Heir. ]*

## Appearance

Juno is a young teen with mildly wavy, short, black hair and heterochromatic eyes. The right eye is colored gold while his left eye is red. His bangs frame his face, while some are gathered at the center of his forehead. The remainder of his hair is tied in a bun.
For his attire, Juno wears a long sand-colored trench coat. Under it is a blue vest over a white dress shirt. He wears a vintage gothic collar with a heart shape ring that was owned by his mother around his neck. He also dons black pants, dark brown shoes, and has bandages wrapped around his entire body; only his face, hands, and feet are left uncovered.

## Personality

Juno is an impatient, bitter and a complex guy. Raised as a spoiled rich child born into a rich family, he is domineering and controlling, and disdained to work with people he is trained to believe are inferior yet he refuses to see people in the "lower ranks" as savages. He's clever yet hot-headed, often letting his temper get the best of him. He is revolted at the thought of harming others without any good reason. Juno rarely thinks his situations through, letting anger take control at times but mostly his recklessness and his impulsive trait. Juno has a pompous attitude but he is a very empathetic person and has a strong sense of morality.

Underneath all that tough exterior, Juno is a compassionate, kind and a socially awkward person. He is raised to see love and kindness as a weakness but has contradicting beliefs and doings. Juno would act cruel and mean due to how he's raised to believe love and kindness as a weakness but he will show compassion towards anyone who is in need or has managed to get through him. Raised to be great at Public Speech, he is not so good at being friendly with people his age nor be good at being sociable.

Juno had other contradictory traits, beliefs, and behaviors. He would lead others into not doing something so reckless yet would act reckless when it was proved the headmasters were being unfair on the other participants. Although he said he is not fond of getting along with strangers who could be dangerous, he showed compassion to those close to him. Even after all the hardship and abuse he suffered under his father and sister, Juno was still willing to believe that everything they done to him was for love and his own good. He even went as far to give brotherly attention for Leonidas, inspired by Shizu's motherly actions towards him. He was prone to commit brash actions against Arthur, however despite his best efforts to plead for his family's safety, even going as far to taunt Arthur.

## Talents and abilities

As the Ultimate Heir, he is very skilled at strategizing, public speech, analyzing, leadership and business management. Not only that, despite Juno's stubbornness and temper, he is very intelligent and can almost sense liars.

As the Ultimate Prince, he is very knowledgeable when it comes to law, history, fencing, combat, martial arts and basic etiquette. Being a prince helped him learn leadership and selflessness. While not as naturally adept at strategy and academics as his sister, Juno can be quite intelligent. Throughout business and kingdom meetings, he proved himself to be a skilled strategist, able to exploit any situation to his advantage.

Aside from those, Juno has a masterful skill in swordsmanship, and he specialized in katana swords. He is very agile, able to leap over rooftops and avoid attacks from assassins, including gunfire, weapons, and punches and kicks. These skills are taught due to being a Prince and having to face assassin attacks in the kingdom. He also had some experience with knives, being able to pierce a small object, like a camera, from a distance. Juno is highly skilled in unarmed combat, able to break apart wooden weapons with his hands and legs and disarm, subdue, or defeat opponents. A rule in the Killing Game has obviously refrained him from using these skills. He is also quite fast and agile, able to perform great acrobatic feats, such as running across walls, doing mid-air twirls, scaling vertical faces with great efficiency and climbing speed.

As a leader, Juno has also displayed charisma and good public speaking. But as a close companion, he has proved to be socially awkward and quite sheltered as he is unaware of internet slangs and friendly conversation manners.

## Background

Juno Von Rale was born on December 22, 2006. He’s the firstborn child of the emperor of the Nayashiro Kingdom, Akeno and theater actress, Juri Von Rale.

Born in the royal family, he was already handed expectations at birth. Juno was born weak and sickly. His father already sees him as a disappointment because of that. Akeno planned to throw Juno away to a river but Juri and the hospital staff pleaded with Akeno to give Juno a chance. Later on, Juno began to grow stronger and healthier at the age of 5 and peace returned to the family.

Juno’s family would make frequent visits to the same beach where the Haku family would take vacations. A year later, Juno’s sister; Akira, was born. Since Juri is a theater actress and enthusiast, the family would watch theater plays at the island’s theater. Afterward, the two siblings would reenact the play at the beach.

In his early youth, Juno was already trained in martial arts, defense, weapon-wielding and arm to arm combat due to being the firstborn heir of the kingdom.

However, as they got older, Juno and Akira grew apart, and he became the object of his sister Akira's manipulation, ridicule, and deception. Their mother, however, loved both but favored him over his sister, especially when Akira let her brother feel her increasing animosity, as apparent when Juri, Juno, and Akira would walk in the palace’s garden. Juno happily talked with his mother until he saw his sister burning a flower in the garden. He promptly told on her to their mother, as he thought that Akira's action was wrong. When Juri scolded her due to this, Akira kicked Juno's bottom in retaliation. After sending Akira to her room, Juno was consoled by his mother. Juno tearfully lamented that he did not understand why Akira had "to be so mean", as he had just done what he thought was the right thing to do.

A few months later, Juno and his family were eating together at the palace dining hall, when Akira soon began to brag about opposing their arts and music teacher, calling his lessons "the dumb parts of human Education.” After hearing this, Akeno agreed with Akira that the teacher seemed to be incapable and declared to fire him as punishment. When Akira expressed her satisfaction at his dismissal, Juno objected, stating that the teacher was not "a dummy" and merely believed that arts and music are wonderful things to learn in life. However, he was promptly silenced by his father, who was outraged by his son's behavior and scolded Juno for daring to lecture his sister on education. When his father angrily asked Juno how many more math lessons his sister had already finished than him, he meekly answered that his sister had mastered all the basic math operations. Akeno continued to recount how he would have almost discarded Juno because he thought that he was gonna die when he was born. Finally, Akeno told Juno that Akira had been born lucky, while he had been lucky to be born, leaving his son completely devastated.

In contrast to his dysfunctional relationship with his father, Juno is really close with Akeno’s brother, his uncle.

Years later, Juri has been killed by an assassin, protecting Juno, who is unaware of how he's the reason for her death. Akeno, ruled by grief and anger, blamed Juno. Since then, everything changed for Juno. With no mother to protect him and give him affection, he suffered abuse from his father and sister. His sister has become obsessed with arson and would chase Juno with a match, vowing to burn him. “The game” always ended with Juno getting burns on his wrists and arms. Akeno would beat Juno whenever he would fail his quizzes and exams, making him fear failure since then.

Two years later, Juno, aware of his position as the Prince and his responsibilities, strived to be a good son and earn Akeno’s love. He snuck into a royal meeting and disrespected a potential ally when the latter used an insensitive racist slur during negotiations. When the family returns to the palace, Akeno cruelly beats Juno (while Akira watches with glee) and it ends with Juno’s left eye shattered and a scar on his cheek. The amber color turned to red from the impact of the beatings.

Ever since the incident, Juno changed. He turned from a kind, shy, awkward boy to an intimidating, bitter and angry person. Juno often lets his temper get the best of him and starts treating others the same way his father and sister do by disrespect and cruelty. He quickly learned from his father that love and kindness is a weakness and to not cry for showing pathetic emotions is also a sign of weakness. Weeks after the incident, Juno was grounded and was only allowed to stay in the palace, and study in an online school about business, and was banned from royal meetings. The father and daughter still continue to treat him horribly but it was more of verbal abuse aside from Akira burning Juno sometimes when she wants to “play” with him.

In the present, Juno is assigned by Akeno to make sure everything goes smoothly in Juri's family company since he is in fact the Heir of it as well but his ban has not been revoked.

## Relationships

**Family**

**Akira**

Akira is Juno's younger sister by two years. While siblings, Akira seemed to take great pleasure in Juno's torment, whether through her lighter's fire, or relishing the punishment Akeno inflicted on her brother. Juno expressed resentment toward her, as she was an academic prodigy and the favored sibling as far as their father was concerned. Akira also enjoyed calling him by disliked nicknames, including "JuJu" and "Red Eye Freak". Although Juno and Akira were unlikely to acknowledge it, the two did care about one another deep down; however, due to their upbringing, Akira through Akeno and Juno through Juri and later Shizu and Alto, and contrasting views on life, the deep bitterness, anger, and jealousy both sides had from the favoritism their parents showed, seemingly made them incapable of peacefully coexisting. The reason behind Akira's seemingly impulsive desire to flaunt at him for her having Akeno's favor was because she was subconsciously jealous at him for having received Juri's love while she was scarcely treated as such by their mother and frequently belittled her for her malicious actions.

In the present, Juno has mentioned that he witnessed his sister's death which drove him to despair. Whether this is true or not, Akira is yet to be said to be officially dead.

**Akeno**

While Juno's relationship with his sister was hostile, he was physically and verbally abused by his father. Juno was deemed little by his father, who had talked down to him at almost every opportunity since childhood. Some of this stemmed from the day Juri sacrificed herself her life to an assassin when Juno was younger, where Juri protected her son from harm. It came to a point where Akeno scarred his face because Juno looked so much like her and wished he died instead of her. Juno was resentful of Akeno's favoritism towards his sister, Akira. Before the Killing Game, he was blinded and in deep denial about his father and sister's abusive actions towards him, manipulated into thinking it was for love and his own good. He will yell at anyone who would say otherwise, finding it an act of disrespect against his family.

In the present, Juno has mentioned that he witnessed his father's death which drove him to despair. Whether this is true or not, Akeno is yet to be said to be officially dead.

**Friends**

**Alto Watanabe**

Hostile to one another at first, Juno has grown to be fond of Alto's presence. Even if he is skeptical of Alto's true intentions and if he is actually regarded as a friend, Juno has trusted Alto with a few secrets and indulged him with his beliefs and opinions. Alto would insult Juno whether it was on purpose or not, it will leave Juno feel uncomfortable, reminding him of his sister, Akira. The two act like brothers and care deeply for one another.

**Shizukani Orokana**

Shizu is a friend that Juno is very comfortable with. He cares deeply for her and has grown to love her presence and personality. Juno later on sees her as a motherly figure, filling the hole Juri left in him. He regards her as a true friend and someone he can count on if he is in need of comfort and attention.

**Maru Kuro**

Juno saw Maru like a younger brother figure, giving him advice and comfort whenever Maru needs them. He has grown to care for him and is fond of his presence.

**Leonidas**

Juno treats Leonidas like a brother of a sort and acts delicate and sweet towards him when he noticed how docile Leonidas is when they met. The two have not interacted much but they seem to get along.

**Evan Heirlinguer**

Despite their rough start, the two managed to reconcile and get along. They did not interact much but Juno and Evan have come to see each other as friends. Juno has deep hatred and disappointment towards Evan when he is revealed to be the Araceli's killer.

## Trivia

* Juno's surname is never mentioned and included in the tupper name because royal japanese families do not use surnames. His surname is his mother's maiden name.
* Juno has a sweet tooth but is banned from candies ever since he was 10.
* He does not know internet slangs so he falls easily for deez nuts jokes.
* Juno is unaware of social trends.
* His favorite TV show was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
* Juno knows what anime is but has never watched an anime series.
* Juno says the f slur, thinking it's a correct term for the LGBTQ.
* Juno is not homophobic but is currently in denial about being gay.
* His favorite games are UNO and Jenga.
* He does not know what video games are.
* He does not have social media accounts.
* Juno loves theatre and musicals after being accidentally exposed to Hamilton.
* His favorite musical is Hamilton.
* Juno does not like coffee and tea but drinks them anyways.
* He likes origami. Juno makes them if he sees a piece of unused paper.
* Juno is autistic and has ADHD.
* He learned swearing from the employees in his mother's family company.
* Juno has a cousin that he loves a lot.
* He stopped smiling after his cousin died.
* Juno and Akira used to steal food from the royal kitchen and eat them on the rooftop of the palace.
* His favorite dessert is mochi.
* Juno has a crush on a male barista who serves tea near the palace. His name is Raijin.
* He wears a bun because of Raijin.
* Juno does not like anyone touching him without permission. He flinches when someone raises their hand unexpectedly.
* He loves hugs. He is very touch deprived.
* Juno suffers Pyrophobia, Kakorrhaphiophobia and Algophobia.
* In Actor AU, Juno is played by a trans woman named Iris.
* The collar he wears belonged to his mother. He started wearing it when she died.
* Juno looks like his mother but has his father's eyes.