Yannis Hajime

* Giannistan
* Post-Giannistan

> The roses blooming
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> Their thorns piercing my body
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> Yet I still remain...
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> —A haiku made by Yannis Hajime

Yannis Hajime is the main protagonist of the Thorns series until the story shifts focus in Season 3 to feature Arthur Kesselring as the main focus. From then on, Yannis is introduced as the antagonist of the story.

After the fall of Giannistan, Yannis is assumed dead after his attempted suicide. He then gets revived with a curse by an unknown mage. Yannis then forms the Paraiso Kingdom under the mentorship of Valen Spartenos, slays Jörmungandr, gets used by Harmattan to start a war against Usonia, and finally, dies under the hand of Arthur Kesselring in a duel to the death.

## Appearance

Yannis in Season 1 is a young man with a slim build. He has brown messy hair and green eyes. His first clothes are a full dark blue blazer with a dark gray vest and a black top hat with black trousers and black leather shoes.

When he joins Giannistan, he ditches the top hat and the blazer and sticks to the iconic white dress shirt, dark gray vest, black sleeveless blazer, and red tie. During the fall of Giannistan, Yannis gets a scar on his eye that remains for the rest of the series.

After his attempted suicide, Yannis dawns a black turtleneck, a long brown trench coat with rolled up sleeves, and gloves. On his waist, he wears a leather belt and for his lower body wear, he wears black jeans and brown boots. On occasion, he wears an eyepatch to cover his scar and cursed eye. When Yannis formed Paraiso, he ditches the trench coat outfit for a regal uniform with a golden crown and a red uniform with golden accents all over.

As Jean Guerrier, Yannis wears a bandage around his eye covered by long unkempt hair. His uniform as Guerrier is dark blue with a red sash.

## Personality

Yannis is a serious yet optimistic individual who focuses on his business. He is an outgoing yet sentimental boy who likes interacting with people. Despite this, he never had friends until the rise of Giannistan. In Giannistan, Yannis' positivity and happiness peaked. He loved talking to people and having fun in general. Yannis loves writing poetry in his free time and writes haikus about mostly Yuno and Giannistan.

He is also known to be against harsh language, notably swearing, but that changed after Giannistan.

After the fall of Giannistan, Yannis started becoming more distrustful of people. Especially his former friends John Kesselring and Bana Ahiga. Even after the war, he still only trusted himself. This Yannis is more fierce and serious than before. All signs of happiness from him are gone during seasons 2 and 4.

In THORNS: DIVINITY, Yannis keeps his stoic personality while acting a little gloomy. He acts like a mentor to Nick during this time, teaching him values on how to protect Paraiso and advice on politics.

## Abilities

In his youth, Yannis was trained in the Hajime art by his father Akira. However, he only mastered the katana fighting techniques because his training was cut short when his father was killed by the Greeks. He is also a very skilled businessman and can use charisma to get out of any situation back in Marcellia. Yannis is also skilled at writing poetry even though he lost interest in poetry after Giannistan.

Under the training of Valen Spartenos, Yannis is able to master the voidic energy of his curse and due to this, he has the power like that of a demigod. Yannis uses this curse energy to make tentacles and tendrills from the ground. He also has superhuman strength and durability. The only weapons that can damage him are holy weapons like the Excalibur, which he wields, and the Mjolnir, formerly owned by Bana Ahiga.

## History

### Backstory

In 1482, Japan and Greece formed a military alliance. As one of the conditions of the alliance, a marriage has to be arranged between the Hajime clan and one of the Greek nobility families. To further show the bond between the two nations, the couple had a son named Yannis Hajime. The Greeks wanted Yannis for themselves. However, Akira Hajime, his father, disagreed with this and raised Yannis in Japan. Akira taught his son how to fight, write poetry, and basic negotiation tactics. Yannis was raised in Japan for six years until the Japanese found out and murdered Akira due to the treaty. After his father's death, Yannis was moved to Greece where he would be trained to be a hardened warrior. There he met Arlius Shevada, who he would then consider his "childhood bully".

He then fled Greece and went to Marcellia, a land of elegance and beauty. Yannis started his business in Marcellia called the Hajime Company where he would make projects to help the community. Though he was wealthy and had a successful company, Yannis still felt alone. He needed friends who cared for him.

### Death

In the heat of the war, Yannis writes a letter to Arthur Kesselring, president of Usonia. This letter contains his true identity as the Divine Emperor and a request to a duel to the death. Arthur Kesselring accepts the request and they meet in the middle of a war ruined Philadelphia. (more details to be added)

## Relationships

Akira Hajime —

Arlius Shevada —

John Kesselring —

Bana Ahiga —

Yuno Surame —

John Cromwell —

Harold Beowulf —

Valen Spartenos —

Nick —

Arthur Kesselring —

(this part is very unfinished. please don't edit w/out my permission. thanks :) —FFbrando)