Johan

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**Overview**

## Information

### Affiliation

Eden
Ark (formerly)

## Behind the Scenes

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Makoto Furukawa

**Johan** is the commander of Inherit.

## Profile

Johan is one of the denizens of Eden, an advanced settlement located in the surface situated in a remote region. He is the human commander of Inherit, a squad of Pilgrims hailing from Eden.

Unlike the Ark's commanders, Johan is cybernetically-enhanced, capable of fighting the Raptures by himself. According to Harran, Johan used to be a weak commander until he made mechanical modifications within his injured body, endowing him with superhuman-levels of physical attributes.

## Personality

Similarly to the superiors in the Ark, Johan is highly critical and brash, holding an immense distaste for what he believes are "greenhorns" for the misson at hand. Johan is far more tactical and thoughtful for a human commander, since he is far more capable of calculating and determining many possible scenarios upon analyzing a plan.

Much like most denizens of Eden, Johan despises the Ark and its citizens. Even a casual mention of the Ark gets a disdaining huff from him, due to the trauma he suffered in his heydays, shown in his conversations with Dorothy. Later on after hearing out Dorothy's callous plan in sending the Counters squad alone against Nihilister and her squad's disagreement to her schemes, Johan has changed his perspective into disliking Dorothy's insidious personality instead.

However much he holds the Ark and its people in disdain, Johan still holds pride in his title as "New Hope". Should he decide someone is worth his time showing the ropes, he'll become a strict but fair teacher.

## Story

### Background

Johan used to be a commander in the Ark since its early days, graduating at the top of his class and being the first to suggest guerilla warfare tactics for Nikkes and commanders. He went on to become a rising star and a "celebrity" amongst the people known as "New Hope", even participating in the Second Surface Reclamation Campaign 60 years before the start of canon. However, on an unspecified mission, Johan suffered severe injuries and was falsely imprisoned on charges of treason. Between the betrayal and injuries, Johan left the Ark behind and one way or another ended up in Eden, receiving treatment and cybernetic enhancements.

As far as the official records say, Johan died of gunshot wounds from his escape attempt. Needless to say, reports of his demise were greatly exaggerated.

### Main Story

#### Chapter 19

On a mission to a research facility to get the Vapaus needed to defeat the Heretic Nihilister, Johan and Inherit bump into a commander from the Ark and a squad of Nikkes. The Pilgrims easily incapacitate the potential hostiles, while Johan decides to interrogate the commander for information. Hearing the man go on about using Vapaus to free Nikkes from NIMPH, Johan scoffs and bodily launches the man out a hole in the wall, intent on making him Rapture fodder. With the Vapaus secured and the Ark squad neutralized, Johan and Inherit return to Eden.

Back at Eden, Johan reports to Cecil that they've managed to secure one bullet's worth of Vapaus, though even just one dosage is enough to kill Nihilister. While the two talk about the odd commander Johan met, Cecil remembers that Dorothy has brought back a squad of Nikkes and a commander from the outside. The two are exasperated about Dorothy acting behind their backs *again*, but the Inherit leader has the ear of every single Nikke in Eden and even some humans.

#### Chapter 20

Counters squad (and their tagalong Papillon) are deployed alongside the protagonist to back up Johan and Inherit. Needless to say, the Eden commander is not happy with this arrangement, initially acting unilaterally without consulting or coordinating with Counters. He is especially aggravated when the protagonist insists on not using Vapaus to defeat Nihilister.

Following the traces of Nihilister's flight, Johan briefly cuts off communications with Cecil so he can be more open with his words. He bluntly tells the protagonist to go back to the Ark, claiming the other commander lacks the convictions and qualifications to see this assignment through. While the two commanders argue over the use of Vapaus to defeat Nihilister, a lone Rapture appears and charges Johan. The Eden commander raises his mechanical arm and sends the Rapture flying with one punch, his face never deviating from its stony countenance. Undeterred, the protagonist insists on continuing to be a part of this mission, citing that his skills lie in tactical command. Johan is impressed by the other commander's firm resolve, but decides to run a few tests first.

The next several hours are spent with Johan running the protagonist through all manner of hypothetical combat scenarios against Nihilister. The drills end at 100 runs, totaling up to 91 losses, 6 draws, and 3 victories. Johan is understandably not enthused with those odds, but Dorothy reminds him that by his own standards, nobody, let alone an Ark commander, should even be able to win *once* against the Fire Dragon. Moreover, those 3 wins were all at the end, and came consecutively.

#### Chapter 21

Some time later, Johan and Inherit are deployed on a mission to assist Counters in taking down the Rapture Mother Whale.

## Trivia

* Johan has the following aliases:
	+ New Hope
	+ Big J
* Fitting with Inherit's theme of biblical naming, the name "Johan" is an abbreviation of the Hebrew phrase "*Yehochanan* (יְהוֹחָנָן‎)", or "*Yahweh is gracious/merciful*."

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