Barker Wattson

## Appearance

Barker Wattson is a tall man who is almost always seen with a stern expression on his face. He has short hair that ends halfway down his neck. His hair is grey, and fades to black near the tips. This is because he sustained an injury as a child, which caused his roots to grow in grey. Over time, the grey colour has spread further down his head. He has a completely grey right ear, and a completely black left ear. He has complete heterochromia, with his right eye being yellow, and his left eye blue. He wears a pair of dark rectangular glasses.

He wears a white button-up shirt with a long black tie that ends in a squarish shape. On his shirt collar there are two bobby pins on his left side. He also wears a harness over his shirt. Underneath his shirt, he wears a black undershirt that extends halfway up his neck. He wears a pair of black dress pants and In addition to this, he swear a blue coat adorned with several black straps with a large straight collar. This coat has the word "corokia" by the collar, a reference to his codename, which is also corokia.

## Personality

Barker takes his work very seriously. His stern expression and demeanour make him hard to approach, but this sense of discipline makes him very good at his job. Despite being seen as very cold and apathetic, Barker deeply cares about the other members of the Asterales Detective Agency. He has a short temper and is easily annoyed by the antics of Keyton and Claude.

## Background

As a young child, Barker grew up with only his alcoholic mother, as his father had left before he was born. Barker had received both verbal and physical abuse from his mother, who wished he had never been born. Their family was incredibly poor, for most of the money earned was used for alcohol and cigarettes

During these traumatic times, Barker had one friend, The Onyx Cacodemon, which had initially came to torment him, but took pity on him, as his mother was already Barker's abuser. As a gift, The Onyx Cacodemon gave Barker the ability to shape-shift. At first, Barker has no control over this power, but later developed it during adulthood.

When Barker was around 12 years old, he ran away from home and lived on the streets, where he met Erica Müller, who was, at the time, a girl who was living in a Catholic orphanage. The two became friends with each other. Erica would sneak food from the orphanage to Barker during outside time. One day, Erica was caught by a sister and was severely punished. After that, Barker never saw her again.

As a teenager, Barker stole wallets from pedestrians on the streets, since all of the foot traffic concealed his actions. One day, Barker had swiped the wallet of Murray Calucifer. Murray noticed Barker's clean and calculated theft, and confronted him. Had being caught for the first time, Barker panicked and ran from Murray. Murray then used his ability to create a fake space, where Barker would run, but couldn't advance forwards. In a fit of panic, Barker used his ability for the first time, transforming himself into an amalgamation of black shapes.

Upon Murray realization that Barker was in possession of an ability, he invites him to join the Asterales Detective Agency.

Barker's first case was to investigate a bank robbery. His job was to question the owner of a nearby bakery. This person turned out to be Erica Müller.

## Ability

Barker's ability is to shape-shift into a few forms. He can become an amalgamation of shapes, an eerie umbrella, and a goose. Barker can somewhat control the specifics of each form, such as adding eyes to the shapes.

## Trivia

* Barker uses an M9 Beretta
* Most refer to him as just "Watts", while Erica Müller only calls him "Barker"
* Barker transforms to torment those who have wronged him
* He has a booklet to keep track of his grudges
* Barker came up with the concept of tagging all of the members of Asterales Detective Agency with GPS trackers, which Kalvin Finch then developed
* He actually enjoys watching Cloud and Claude fool around
* He thinks of Murray Calucifer as a father
* From the first time they met, Barker has had a crush on Erica
* He learnt to draw from The Onyx Cacodemon
* As a child, he called The Onyx Cacodemon, "Odie"
* He and The Onyx Cacodemon used to draw together. Barker keeps these illustrations hung up on his bedroom wall
* He is determined to find The Onyx Cacodemon again