Iyado Nieves

**Preacher** (説教師 *Sekkyōshi*)

Senku

**Iyado Nieves** (いやドニーエベス) is a Ghoul from the 21st Ward. Before his life in Japan as a priest of God to the Ghoul community within Tokyo, he lived in the rural parts of Tijuana, Mexico. It was there that he learned the word of God, memorizing all verses from the Bible by heart. He grew in times of change, where Tijuana grew from a simple border town into a fully-developed city. The priest who taught him everything he knew of Christianity told him of ungodly times ahead of Tijuana as it lost its soul, but the privilege to fight the good fight was lost on Iyado. Instead, he immigrated to Japan sometime within the early 80's as the greatest changes were made within Tijuana.

He lived through many times of peace, and many times of tumult, in Tokyo. He works as a missionary, and frequently rests within the many churches across Tokyo, although he most regularly comes to and prays at the Catholic Umeda Church. His work takes him onto the streets at night, where helps both man and Ghoul alike to redeem themselves in the light of God.

## Personality

Iyado is a prickly, and often-times grumbling, old man. Despite being a man of God, he has no qualms with fighting. Especially against the injustices of the world, regardless of whether or not he did it the right way by his lord. While certainly not the best person for conversation, he is always someone that you can depend on in a sort of fatherly way. A role he doesn't willingly take, but seems used to from his years as a missionary. His word, he takes in stride with no questions necessary, willing to help people across Tokyo no matter their sins.

No matter the time of day, Iyado does not seem like the person one would willingly converse with unless he started the conversation in question. It's the way he looks about people, like a furious servant of God sent to struck down all unbelievers. It is as intense as it is intent, as there's never a quarrel that Iyado won't take with him to the grave.

Despite this, Iyado is forgiving in the most ironic ways. Where he might have a problem with someone, that problem is never too great for the lord he prays to. At the end of the day, he will always help those in need even when he thinks it would wound his pride. Mercy has always been something he has dealt to others, being an integral part of his being ever since he was indoctrinated as a Catholic.

## Appearance

Iyado is a tall and gaunt man with thin, grey hair that are matching of his features. He has sharp, green eyes and thick eyebrows that seem to always be arched in some kind of anger. His most typical expression is that of a frown, thin lips accompanied by a full moustache and wispy goatee that trails down his chin.

Iyado's mask for whenever he is in the public eye as a Ghoul is a studded mask that wraps around his head and contours to the shape of his face. The majority of these studs are black in color, starkly contrasted by white beads that form a cross on Iyado's face. At the point of Iyado's left jaw is a hook which he can undo to peel the lower half of his mask off by a hinge. It's this way that he is able to eat, when he chooses to.

Iyado's Kagune is of varying shades of crimson, typically wrapping around his left arm and hand in the form of fully-functioning claws that are a foot in length and capable of rending a Ghoul apart easily. He mostly uses the enhanced strength of his arm to crush and punch whatever is in his path. But once he's made the decision to kill his target, he'lll use the claws of his hand to slice and skewer his opponent into ribbons.