Dāku Bura

> *"How ironic... you try to keep away from the crime world.... and yet you have become part of it trying to end my reign...."- **To Gyan Bura***
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Dāku Bura is the sinister father of Gyan Bura who is a merciless crime lord of japan known as "The King of Spades"

## Appearance

Gyan's father appear to be a little taller then his son standing about 6ft tall in height having jet black hair instead of his sons silver colored hair. His eyes much like his son are silver, but appear slightly darker almost like tarnished silver.

**Formal**: Much like his son, Dāku is almost always scene in something that is very formal. Most of the time he is dawned in his KITON brand black tuxedo with a black button up tuxedo shirt underneath and a red tie. His shoes are Douglas Interecciato Leather Dress Shoes which he tends to keep highly polished. He also tends to wear a golden ring with a spade symbol on it out of diamonds which reminds those of his infamous title as The King of Spades. Including the ring the entire outfit costs somewhere around $56,000 or ¥5,935,272. When ever he is out and about he tends to wear a fine black fur felt fedora hat much like that of his fellow members of his crime syndicate.

**Casual**: Much like his son, even a more casual attire to him is very high end. His clothing style on more casual days is a very fine red button up shirt that has the collar unbuttoned along with having cream colored hand tailored dress pants. His shoes in this style are brown in color with very fine detail to add to his high end appearance. In addition he still wears his iconic ring to make sure people know who he is when the need arrives.

## Personality

When it comes to Dāku the way he appears to the public eye and who he truly is highly very. When it comes to who he portrays himself to be, to the public eye he is described as being an honorable yet powerful man who is well known to keeping his end of the Bargen when it comes to deals. In addition he is shown to have a chivalrous kind of personality weather it be to men or women he seemed like the kind of man that would be showing great respect to others. The way he also speaks to others also gives a sense of charisma as those who speak to him are often charmed by his words showing a very well spoken side of himself. He also prides himself in being a man of culture and the arts who enjoys things such as painting, cooking, sculpting, and many other forms of artwork, even practicing some of them himself. The only thing that may rival his love for the arts however is his love for wines, scotches, and gourmet dining often attending wine tastings in his free time.

But to those in his criminal empire and to his son, they see a much different side of him. To them he is cold and calculating seeming to always keep 1 step ahead of anyone he encounters. having despised to be outwitted he almost always is scene trying to find a way to get the upper hand in any situation. He also show's to have a lack of empathy for anyone who dares to fail him or to those who show even the slightest bit of disloyalty to him. Normally he rarely if ever snaps out believing that if you lose your temper you lose the battle, but there are a few times that he actually lost his cool and it did lead to people getting hurt, including causing him to give his son his iconic scar across his eye. While his honorable side of his deal making is true, he isn't above twisting the deals to fit more to his benefit and to even double-cross someone after the terms have been completed as agreed. It is also no secret especially to his son how sadistic he can be as he would often like to draw out a kill making someone beg for death before actually finishing them off. But under all this he dose seem to have some aspect of loyalty when it comes to his crime syndicate as he almost always treats his fellow mobsters with upmost respect and even stating to consider them as family to him. He also dose try to keep some of kind of standards with what he dose with his laws that he set up for himself and his fellow members of the Sajō No Rōkaku. While occasionally he has slipped up and broke one of his own laws, he dose show a genuine interest in upholding his laws of his crime family. But even if he dose have some kind of good qualities to him, there is no denying that he is one of the most ruthless men in all of japan who will stop at nothing to get what he desires.

## Likes and Dislikes

**Likes**

* Money
* Power
* Gambling
* Hana Bura (Ex Wife)
* His Criminal Empire
* Manipulating Others
* Extortion
* Symphony's
* Scotch Whisky
* Cigars
* Wine Tasting
* Cheval Blanc 1947 (Favorite Wine)
* Luxury Cars
* Fine Dinning
* Opera
* Chess
* Fine Arts

**Dislikes**

* Losing Money
* Defiance
* Law's
* Super Hero's
* Gyan Bura (Son/Arch Enemy)
* Police
* Modern Music
* Coffee
* Wasting Time
* Beer
* Common People
* Sweets

## Stats

**Power (A)**: Dāku's overall strength has a grade of A due to him being surprisingly strong and well built for his age. However the big reason why his power is so high is not so much directly from physical capability, but rather the kind of power he has over others from his crime business.

**Speed (C)**: Dāku's overall speed is a C grade mainly because while he is a fast runner, aside from that there is nothing to special about his speed and he is not very acrobatic like his son is.

**Technique (A)**: Dāku's overall technique grade is A due to his skill in both manipulation and weaponry such as fire arms. His technique in both has been quite refined over the years and has grown to be extremely masterful in his skills.

**Intelligence (S+)**: Dāku's overall intelligence is a grade of S+ due to he genius level intellect that has even surpassed his son. This is also displayed in his skill as a business man and crime lord able to control so much with such knowledge.

**Cooperativeness (A)**: Dāku's overall grade for Cooperativeness is A due to how he is able to negotiate and work well with other villains and crime lords. This however can also be arguable as he seems to always have a plan should they end up turning on him, but rarely dose a situation like that occur.

**Strategy (S+)**: Dāku's overall grade for Strategy is easily a S+ due to how strategical he is with everything he dose. As a master strategist he has been able to make those of the likes of All Might and even Night Eye into pawns in his masterful plans. Even more terrifying is that he is rarely if ever caught off guard due to how it seems like Dāku is always 2 steps ahead of any enemy he comes across.

## Strengths and Weaknesses

### Strengths

**Strategy**: By all accounts, Dāku is a master strategist who almost always has been able to outplay others in his many different situations. His skill in strategy has made him quite a deadly foe to go again, and when he got his new quirk checkmate, he has become easily one of if not the most dangerous villain to go against due to his flawless plans.

**Manipulation**: Even before he got his quirk, Dāku was a master at manipulating others due to his silver tongue and being able to to extort others by tugging on there heart strings. His skill in manipulation was so good that he was able to even manipulate the likes of All Might and Sir Night Eye as if they were just pawns in his sick twisted game. When he got his quirk he was able to literally look into the thoughts of others making it far more easy to manipulate others.

**Genius Intellect**: Much like his son Gyan, Dāku has a genius intellect that is said to surpass his own son making him arguably the smartest villain in all of japan. Having an IQ of about 210 he has used this to his advantage by using it to expand his criminal empire, to the point that his presence can be quite fearsome no mater were someone is in the world.

**Limitless Resources**: Dāku has a presence on almost each continent due to his criminal empire, and because of this he is able to funnel in massive amounts of money. The key to how he has so much money in japan is that he focuses his crime business on country's that have a larger value in there currency such as Kuwaiti, Omani, and the United States. This allows him to transfer gigantic amounts of money in a single day to his possession in Japanese Yin, making him arguably the richest man in all of japan. This makes it quite easy for him to get resources such as fire arms and so much more. Its said that Dāku makes around $8,000,000 (¥847,432,044) a week.

### Weaknesses

**Over Confidence**: Dāku may be a devastating crime lord, he is also shown to be extremely over confident in his capability's. This mainly comes from how he is always able to stay steps ahead of others. Because of this its quite often that he will underestimate others and it dose occasionally catch him off guard.

**Plan Reliance**: Dāku is a master planner by all definitions, however this dose make him extremely reliant in his plans that he sets up. This is partly due to his massive confidence that he has always having a mind set that nothing can go wrong for how perfect his plan is. While for the most cases this fact is true, but when dealing with someone like his son or Kazumi, it can easily put a monkey wrench in his plans and often times leads to things falling apart. In addition he seems to not be very good at improvising on the fly.

## Quirk

When All For One was imprisoned at Tartarus, Dāku decided to make a slight agreement with him. In exchange for free him he wanted to be given a quirk of his choice to allow him to continue with his bigger plans. Hesitant but accepting of the terms, All For One agreed to the conditions. Without any slip up Dāku managed to break him out, and in exchange was given a brand new quirk that would truly make him a more deadly threat then ever before. The quirk itself he calls **Checkmate** which made him quite a lethal threat like never before. The quirk itself allows him to mentally read the minds of others, there emotions, there thoughts, and even being able to see there next moves. This quirk allows him to always have an upper hand in any situation to the point he can easily put someone in "checkmate" quite effortlessly. The draw back to the quirk however is that is requires a form of concentration on a target needing to be able to see them directly. In addition he can only read one mind at a time and as such, dose show to be at a slight disadvantage when fighting more then one opponent.

**Uses**

**Reading Thoughts**: The first main use of Checkmate is easily one of the most useful when it comes to extorting others. Dāku is capable of looking into the minds of a target in his sight looking deep into there thoughts and there memory's. This makes it extremely easy for him to extort someone for his own gain.

**Predicting Attacks**: Easily the most powerful ability in Dāku's arsenal which makes him in a one on one fight almost unbeatable. Dāku can use his ability's to see how a person is going to attack him and even were a person is going to move when using his quirk against someone. The way it scene through his eyes is rather strange as he see's a faint image of the person that he is using the quirk against which shows were an opponent is going to strike and move.

**Heightened Seances**: Dāku's senses are greatly heightened when the received his new quirk. This is more of a passive power of his quirk which allows him to have heightened hearing, smell, touch, taste, and sight. This also gives dose heighten his awareness when something bad is about to happen.

## Weaponry

**Colt M1911A1 Pistols**- These weapons in particular are the ones that Dāku uses the most due to its very reliable pin point accuracy and its deadly firepower. These pistols have a dark silver colored metal and has a black grip to it specialty shaped to fit his grip. The pistols can hold about 7 bullets in each magazine and usually keeps about 4 others in addition to the ones already loaded in the pistol. When ever he dose a form of execution of someone, these are the weapons he typically uses.

**Thompson Sub-Machine Gun**- While it is rather stereotypical for a member of the mafia to use this, Dāku's personal favorite weapon to use is his Thompson Sub-Machine Gun or more famously known as a Tommy Gun. This famous mafia weapon weighs in at about 10 lb's and circular drum that holds up to 100 bullets. The weapon itself is jet black in color with American walnut wood for the handle, the stock, and the grip with a dark finish.

**Knuckle Dusters**- This was always one of Dāku's favorite close range weapons as he always loved watching his enemy's bleed at his hands. These knuckle dusters are made from polished brass with spikes coming out from each of the rings that give his punches a much more painful strike. Not only dose he use them in fights but also uses them during interrogations against others.

**Grenades**- Sometimes nothing beats a good old fashioned explosive, and the same can definitely be said with Dāku's grenades. These are not anything special from your generic grenades however its a mystery how he has so many of them. But from what most people can guess its most likely that he pulled a few strings with the Japanese military to get shipments in.

**Throwing Knives**- This is arguably the weapons he uses the least, however that dose not make him any less deadly when using them. His specialty designed throwing knives were mainly used for mid range combat or when he was fighting against a slower target. The blades themselves are stainless steel with black leather wrappings around the handle and the symbol of a spade engraved in each blade. He can carry about 10 knives at a time or 20 if he isn't holding any other weapons on him.

**Anti-Quirk Apprehension Collar**- This is one of Dāku's greatest technological achievements, and is one of the reasons why he has such a strong presence at Tartarus prison. These specially designed collars are designed to prevent the wearer from tapping into there quirks. This would leave them completely defenseless in a fight and make them easy pickings for him. A lot of people would notice that these collars are almost exactly if not exactly the same as the ones used at Tartarus prison to apprehend super villains. This is because Dāku was the one who supplied them with it and due to this was able to have insiders in the prison should the situation require it.

**Anti-Quirk Gas Bomb**- This is another one of Dāku's anti quirk based weaponry that was specially designed to go against heroes with his mafia. These gas bombs are loaded with a specially developed gas that is quite suffocating to inhale. However due to its designee it actually only effects those with quirks and quirk-less people are unaffected by the nature of the gas. This makes it quite easy for even his mafia to overpower heroes.

**Anti-Quirk Homing Rockets**- Perhaps one of Dāku's more dangerous weapons is specially designed homing rockets that lock onto genetic signatures of quirk users. This was done through advanced programming and due to Dāku being able to get a form of drive that has there genetic signature encoded into the system. Programmed into the rockets they will constantly chase after the target until it hits the target or if someone can outmaneuver them and cause them to explode on something else. The actual launcher for these homing rockets is almost slimier to a classic RPG but a little smaller and the rockets themselves are not as big as the rockets from an RPG.

## Skills

**Genius Intelligence**: Dāku Bura is easily one of the most intelligent minds in all of the crime world in japan. Having an impressive IQ of 210 its no surprise that he is a brilliant mind and uses this to his full advantage. This is mainly scene during his business dealings or when ever he dose something involving the growth of his criminal empire.

**Master Strategy**: Dāku by many is considered to be a master strategist spending long periods of time planning out his many different plans setting them up so perfectly for his foes. This is mainly scene from how his plans have managed to take there effect over long periods of time lingering even after the initial strike. Its no secret that he always tries to keep at least 3 steps ahead of anyone he comes across giving him a massive advantage right out of the gate. His skill in strategy is not only quite useful in his criminal empire, but even in things such as chess he has shown to greatly excel at due to how strategic he is.

**Master Business Skills**: Its quite surprising how masterful Dāku is when it comes to business. Knowing how to run hundreds of different businesses spanned all across japan and even on other continents. His skill in business mainly comes from knowing how to run them and even how to manipulate the rules of common business practices to his advantage to make millions in just a single week let alone from spanning months on years.

**Weaponry Development**: Much like his own son Dāku is quite skilled at creating weaponry to fight. But unlike his son, he has tremendous resources and manufacturing facility's to mass produce his weaponry which makes him quite a deadly foe with how much he can produce. But even more terrifying is how he specializes in weaponry meant to be used to fight off quirk users. This makes him one of the rarest situations when fighting someone without a quirk is more dangerous then fighting someone with one.

**Loan Sharking**: Due to how much money he has, Dāku has used this to his advantage when it came to gaining more associates. His main strategy in getting people to work for him is Loan Sharking by having them ow him massive amounts of money through high interest loans. This is actually the biggest reason why he has his footing across all of japan due to how much money he lends and how much debt people ow him. This is also in many ways his most powerful weapon in a sense as his loan sharking is actually why he has ties in places such as Tartarus Prison and even in the Police Force

**Master Manipulation**: Dāku has been well known to be a master manipulator through out the crime world and in many ways its what makes him so deadly to others. Having a devilish silver tongue and a very charismatic charm, he has been able to manipulate thousands if not millions of people with his charming words. Whats even more scary about this is how he has before been able to manipulate the likes of All Might and even Sir Night Eye making him quite a deadly threat if left unchecked.

**Cooking**: One of the big benefits of Dāku having Italian heritage is his family having quite a talent when it comes to food. Growing up he spent a lot of time with his mother cooking many delicious foods when ever he wasn't busy studying or researching. Overtime Dāku has become a bit of a gourmet when it comes to food and even has many restaurants he owns under his belt.

**Wine Expertise**: Its no secret that Dāku has a massive love for fine wines and is one of the things he truly dose enjoy aside from things involving his criminal empire. Having spent many years enjoying many fine wines from across the globe he has become a bit of a self proclaimed sommelier knowing detailed information about many wines and memorizing every taste and even date of the wines. In many ways this is a bit of a hobby for him when ever he is not running his empire.

**Fine Arts**: Another big thing Dāku enjoys in his free time is preforming the fine arts. This mainly ranged from sculpting, drawing, and painting which he has shown to be quite proficient in. His personal best is oil paintings and has shown to have a few of his works at his manor. But much like with his skills as a sommelier he doesn't do this professionally and rather enjoys this as a hobby.

## Relationships

**Gyan Bura**:

**Hana Bura**:

**Belladonna Bura**:

**Shoto Todoroki**:

**Daichi Kageyami**:

**All For One**:

**Dabi**:

**Uragiru Bosu**:

**Senshi Tanaka**: When he was alive, Senshi was a childhood bully who during his teenage years would often pick on and abuse Dāku. While he tried to ignore it at first, it wasn't until he stole the girl of his dreams Hana from him that he truly began to hate him. Senshi was extremely brutal to him and would often humiliate him in front of others, including Hana. This ate away at him for a while growing a bitter attitude for Senshi wanting to get back at him. It wasn't until he was older when he would finally snap when hearing about Hana being engaged to Senshi at the age of 17. After he took the most important women in his life and humiliating him in front of everyone, he finally decided to take maters into his hands that would change him forever. When growing up, Dāku had many connections to the mafia in japan and used this to his advantage by having them poison Senshi with cyanide laced wasabi during a date with Hana causing Senshi to die at the age of 16. Even to this day he still shows no regret for killing the young hero at such a young age, and at times, he almost takes pride in it.

## Quotes

* "How ironic... you try to keep away from the crime world.... and yet you have become part of it from your own actions"- To Gyan

* "You honestly think your better the me Gyan.... when it comes down to it, you are far worse then i am.... at least i know what i am doing is terrible, i just don't give a damn..... but you.... you do a lot of the things i do and always try to justify your actions believing its for a good cause.... your not better then me, if anything.... you and i are the same Gyan."- The Gyan

* "Do not worry my friend, i can assure you that if you end up being apprehended again.... all it takes is a single call and you will be freed.... as long as you stay true to the plan"- To Dobi
* "I see you have a tendency to underestimate the kind of power i have.... no mater where you run to my presence is always there.... weather you know it or not.... i know what happens in every street, every town, and every city..... you don't need a quirk to be a threat.... sometimes the greatest threats are the most unassuming"- To Gyan
* "you have done many things i have done Gyan.... you tried to bribed the warden to let your friend go.... you used bribery to lower a sentience of a criminal.... you worked with a crime lord to try to get me assassinated..... and yet you still think your above me"- To Gyan

## Trivia

* Dāku Bura is highly inspired off of Michael Corleone from The Gadfather
	+ he also has resemblance to the real life mobster Salvatore Lucania (aka Lucky Luciano)
* Dāku Bura's birthday was born the same day as Don Veto from The Godfather
* Dāku's first name in Japanese means Dark.
* In Many ways Dāku is a dark reflection of Gyan as they both have many similarity's
	+ Both Dāku and Gyan rely on intelligence and weaponry
		- Unlike Gyan who uses his skills for good, Dāku uses his intelligence and weaponry skill for his own personal gain as a crime lord.
	+ Both Dāku and Gyan have a fondness of gambling and believe in defying the odds
		- Unlike Gyan however, Dāku believes in rigging the odds and forcing it into his favor rather then relying on chance like his son dose.
	+ Both Dāku and Gyan are considered outcasts of the bura family.
		- Unlike Gyan however who was shuned because of no fault of his own but rather the fault of his father, Dāku however was shuned by his family due to his nefarious dealings and horrible deeds.
* Dāku has Italian heritage from his mothers side
* While not first handed, he technically has committed murder as early as the age of 17
* The way Dāku killed Senshi Tanaka was based on a scene from the 2018 stop motion film Isle of Dogs were a scientist was killed with poisoned wasabi.
* Dāku making $8,000,000 in yin a week is a reference to the real life ex mob boss Michael Franzese
* Dāku's anti-quirk weaponry is based on Don Vizioso's anti-mutant weaponry his mafia developed in the 2012 incarnation of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles