York

### Spoken Language(s)

English, Spanish, German, Pennsylvania Dutch, Dutch, Swedish, Finnish, Chinese, Italian

### Bio Family

Pennsylvania (father), Philadelphia (older brother), Lancaster (twin)

York (*ヨーク, Yōku*) or Richard "Rich" James Brooks (*リチャード・ジェームス・ブルックス, Richādo jēmusu Burukkusu*) is a fan-made character in Hetalia: Axis Powers. He represents the fourth capital city of America, York.

## Appearance

York has short black hair, hazel eyes and pale skin. He has a bullet wound scar on his stomach from the Battle of Gettysburg and a scar on his shoulder from the Battle of Hanover and a scar on his neck from being the largest Northern town under Confederate occupation. He has a necklace with four red star-shaped gems, representing him being the fourth capital and a white rose bracelet. He's usually seen wearing a black sweater with blue jeans and blue sneakers. He's also seen wearing a white sweater with a light brown jacket, a red scarf, black jeans and brown hiking boots.

## Personality and Interests

York's quiet and careful. York's known for being uncomfortable with physical contact from people he doesn't know and quite clumsy. York's calm and struggles to keep up with Philly as a result. He also swears like a sailor. York can be patient, but can get snarky and blunt with people he doesn't like. York has a lack of confidence

Philly's known for being brash, painfully honest and sardonic, but he's not flat-out rude or mean. However, the others have told him that he's "quite an asshole," but he usually just brushes them off. Philadelphia can laugh hysterically at any time, regardless if it's appropriate or not if he finds something truly hilarious. Like his father, Philadelphia tends to hide his true feelings under his personality, but deep down he's cynical and he can form strong kinships with close friends and family. He's known for being very tolerant of different people and has never backed down from a challenge. Back when he was capital, Philly was serious and showed more of his cynical nature than today.

Philly usually avoids any conversion about his old self and seems keen on keeping it away from others. Philly's very passionate about Pennsylvania's sports teams to the point where he'll throw hands with his siblings if they tell him differently. Philly's known for getting drunk for fun and usually eats multiple cheesesteak sandwiches after the fact. Philly used to love fine art, but fell out of it during the late 1800s to early 1900s. Philly loves music and has a knack for rap. He's also known for going to theaters in his city and others. Philly loves water ice (Italian ice) and soft pretzels, even if they weren't created in his city. Philly loves Irish potato candy and eats more than usual during St. Patrick's Day. Philly loves going to his annual fairs and events, especially the Mummers Parade, Welcome America, the Wing Bowl and Unity Day.

## Trivia

* York's birthday corresponds with the day York was the capital.
* York was the fourth capital before D.C became the national capital.
* York and Lancaster have different birthdays even though, they're twins.
* The white rose bracelet York has represents his nickname "the White Rose City"