Shoso Maruka

**Shoso Maruka** is an ex-member of **Kresis, Libherius** and one of the owners of the **Maruka Facility**, an underground base for him and his wife to do whatever they wish.

## Appearance

Shoso has long white hair, scarlet red eyes and a slightly muscular build due to his criminal endeavors. In the present day, Shoso's hair is long enough to be put into a lazy ponytail. Without the ponytail, Shoso's hair falls down to barely graze his shoulders.

During his time in the villain organization known as Kresis, he wore a gray open hoodie that exposed his bare chest and dark jeans with a loose silver belt. His hair was rather long during this point in his life and fell in front of his eyes.

In the present, Shoso doesn't wear any particular outfit, just whatever he wants to wear for the day.

#### Gallery

Shoso's criminal outfit during his Kresis days.A young Shoso.Shoso in the present.Tenzo Maruka, Shoso's younger brother.Tsuchinoka Maruka, Shoso and Lyco's future daughter.
## Personality

The inner workings of Shoso have changed quite drastically over the course of his life so far. As a child, Shoso was a carefree and he valued having fun and doing what he wanted. He enjoyed an excessive amount of attention from anyone, especially his parents. Shoso lived a fun life until his younger brother, Tenzo, was born. Because of the fact that Tenzo was born with an amp and Shoso seemingly didn't, Tenzo received all the attention from his parents and Shoso ended up neglected. Intense hatred toward his parents and Tenzo himself built up inside of Shoso and ultimately caused him to flee from his home at an early age.

During his time on the streets, he was found by Kresis, more specifically, it's leader Baphomet. Baphomet took him in as his own son and Shoso got the attention he wanted and needed. He lived in luxury during his time in Kresis and became rather cocky because of how spoiled he was. Shoso began to believe that he was the most important thing in the world, like the protagonist of his own anime. Because of how spoiled he was, Shoso started pushing people around and making people do things for him.. but that toxic personality was suppressed when he was forced to work alongside fellow Kresis member Demetry and his future lover Lyco Miles.

Shoso ended up becoming a ruthless killer, a lover of violence that was completely desensitized to the repercussions of taking life from another human being, but Lyco ended up opening his eyes to this. She opened his eyes to how useless killing random people was to the organization and that it was flawed. Shoso would have never believed someone if they tried to sway his opinion, but because of his brewing crush he had on Lyco, he listened to her and ended up fleeing the organization alongside her.

Now that Shoso was out in the streets and in a relationship with Lyco, he grew a natural fear of being arrested and caught. He enjoyed his life and did not want it to end. He didn't want his freedom to be taken away from him and his relationship with Lyco to end with him in prison, so he lived in fear. He always stayed at home wherever him and Lyco went instead of going out alongside her.

Eventually, Shoso's eyes were opened by Lyco once again, because after seeing his significant other, now wife, develop a love for fun and murder once again, he simply didn't want to leave her in the dust and constantly disappoint her. He didn't want to weigh her down and he wanted to enjoy things alongside her again, so he tossed away his fear and stopped letting it consume him. Shoso was now a free soul, someone who did what he wanted whenever he wanted to.

## Amp

**Trauma State:** When Shoso begins to suffer from extreme emotional trauma, his body goes through multiple transformations. His eyes begin to glow red and adrenaline flows through his veins. His endurance skyrockets alongside his physical strength and speed. In this state, Shoso struggles to choose right from wrong unless it is something that he holds near and dear to himself. In his trauma state, Shoso will avoid killing those he loves, but won't hold back when it comes to attacking totally innocent strangers. Once this state goes away, Shoso is left sore, confused and dazed. He cannot remember what he has done in this state either.

Lately, Shoso has figured out how to access this state at will, but the effects aren't as great as they are when he is traumatized.

The drawbacks of Shoso's amp include:

* He cannot remember what happens when he is in his trauma state.
* His body isn't entirely immune to everything, he can still die, just not feel pain normally.
* Shoso struggles to choose right from wrong when emotions take over this state, he just does whatever his emotions tell him to do.
* Depending on the trauma Shoso undergoes, he can remain stuck in this state for hours or even days.

## Equipment

Shoso has been seen wielding many different kinds of equipment, but these are the ones that he uses frequently.

**Claw Attachments:** Shoso possesses two hand attachments that give him three sharp metal claws on each hand. He got these during his time in Kresis and has kept them ever since.

**Libherius Arsenal:** After the leader of Libherius seemingly took his own life, Shoso and Lyco were left with a vast arsenal of weapons, including pistols, sub-machine guns, assault rifles and a few explosives.

**Knife:** When his claws are too much, Shoso carries a knife on him.

## Extra

* Shoso and everyone in his life originally believed he lacked an amp, but because of the odd nature of it, it chose not to manifest until Shoso was traumatized at the sight of his wife's torture.
* Shoso is quite known in the criminal underworld due to his ties to the infamous Baphomet. They see him as his son.
* Shoso was one of the first three antagonists in Forseti alongside Lyco and Demetry, his fellow Kresis members.
* Shoso was responsible for the death of Kuyo Oyu's friend Jean.
* Shoso holds a high spot in the Forseti Most Wanted list due to the government's fear of him starting a new era of Kresis. He is number three on this list.
* Shoso's future daughter, Tsuchinoka, is a character in the series of stories called "Your New Heroes."