Soma Hakuba
| Soma Hakuba Tepes | |
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| A.K.A. | Son of Dracula |
| Age | 29 |
| Voice Actor | Crispin Freeman |
| Relatives | Dracula, Elizabeth, Genya Arikado |
| Series | Castlevania |
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- Name: Soma Hakuba, goes by Tepes lately.
- Age: 29
- Sex: Male
- Birthday: Nov 18th
- Parents: Soma Cruz and Mina Hakuba
- Place of Birth: Hakuba Shrine, Japan
- Nationality: Japanese, Vampire
- Specialty: None
- Hobbies: Occultism, Collecting rare books.
- Likes: Occultism.
- Dislikes: Vampires
- Favorite Food: Blood
- Least Favorite Food: Blood, though this has been less and less problematic for him in recent years.
- Favorite Music: Classical
- Favorite Sport: None
- Most Valuable Possessions: Occult Library
- Level of Education: University Graduate in Parapsychology.
- Seiyuu/Voice Actor: Crispin Freeman
- Physical Stats
- Height: 6'1"
- Weight: 180lbs
- Eyes: Crystal Blue
- Hair: White
- Special: Pale like a corpse.
Appearance
Soma has outgrown his younger more 'stylish' ways and now dresses in a few ways. Generally out and about he wears a three piece suit with tie, a long coat, a cane and sunglasses, and sometimes a hat, when the sun is out. On a hunt, he wears a duster with weapons inside, usually with an old military dress suit so he can look classy and professional while staying mobile, along with his side bag. At home, he usually wears robes and other mystical garments, since he's generally performing or studying then.
Personality
Cold, distant, determined, driven and very, very intense. Tends to prioritise his goals above all else, and when set on a destination/purpose, can be frightenningly single-minded. However, was raised to be a polite, sophisticated man, and acts as a member of the upperclass should. With dignity and honour. However, at the core, he's a good person, and relaitvely sociable, though not the kind to make the first steps, will speak if spoken to, and acts like a good, decent person in his every day life.
Background
Soma Hakuba was born of Soma Cruz and Mina Hakuba, two students. Mina was a Miko-in-Training at the time, but out of love and admiration for her friend and now-lover, she happily brought his child into the world to raise him as a family. During the pregnancy, Mina found out a terrible thing. Soma turned out to be Dracula [Aria of Sorrow Spoiler, sorry. :P], and her child was a cursed half breed Dhampire. However, Mina refused to let her child and her love for her friend be put to death. So she kept and raised her child, through thick and thin, with the help of the allies Soma and she had met during his adventure through Dracula's Castle, Genya Arikardo and Yoko Belnades, of the famed Belnades sorcerer family. This was good for Mina, because following her religion wasn't easy with a bastard child and the minions of Dracula after her. She was well taken care of by Yoko and her family, and had the opportunity to raise her son in safety and companionship doing that.
As Soma grew up, he realised there was something different about him. He excelled at everything. He was stronger and faster than any kid his age, and had a practically eiditic memory, able to memorise books and lessons instantly, and performing incredibly well in any kind of exam. He also had an aversion to swimming and felt uncomfortable during most religious events his family attended. With Mina being a shintoist Miko, this was quite often. He realised early on there was more to him than was let on, and asked both his mother and his aunt Yoko what was happenning with him, why he was this way. So they told him.
Soma was shocked. Here he was, the living, half vampiric son of Dracula himself, who had been cast into the body of one Soma Cruz. He had read REAL stories of the Prince of Darkness, as Yoko's family helped seal him away repeatedly through the centuries, along with the Belmont clan of Vampire Hunters. Soma didn't know what to make of this.. so he ran off. For three days and three nights, Soma pondered his purpose in life. He was a half-vampire (refered to as Dhampire from this point on), he had a thirst for blood and violence, and while he was incredibly strong, this didn't help that he felt a longing to do bad things, deep within himself.. and he was only 7.
So he steeled himself and decided, on that day, what his purpose in life was. What his true calling and reason for being born had been. He would destroy Dracula, once and for all. Where the Belmonts and Belnades could only seal him away, Soma would gain enough power to crush him and bring him down forever. After all, Dhampires couldn't be common, and Dhampires from the strongest of all Vampires had to mean SOMETHING. He would do everything in his power to bring down his father and make his mother happy again. No matter what it took. He decided to dedicate himself to studying the mystical arts, and the religious arts as well, to properly defeat Dracula and not unly use his still growing cursed strength, but the powers of Faith and Magic to put an end to him, once and for all.
Soma asked his Aunt Yoko for advice on how to fight. While he was becoming a powerful sorceror, and a Dhampire, which gave him supernatural powers, he was a novice in a fight. She knew of a man who could help him. The Soldier which had helped Soma Cruz save Mina all those years ago, the now-mercenary Hammer. Yoko contacted Hammer and asked him to help young Soma learn to harness his strength. Hammer was a practical, modern man, and realised that the boy's speed and strength would likely be all he needed, but he himself wasn't classically trained in gentlemen's weapons. He was a soldier. So he trained the boy in using simple weapons, such as a staff, and of course, guns. Soma became incredibly adept at practicing with 6 shooters, like in cowboy movies, because he could effectively shoot them quicker than with semi automatic weapons. He chose to use these as a second resort, as he would have an easier time walking around with a staff than with sidearms, so he made the staff his primary weapon, though he was equally good with both.
Traveling through India and the Middle-East, Soma encountered an actual demon. He had seen many evil spirits in Japan.. perhaps a Youkai or two.. but never an actual demon. This one was a shadow-beast. A powerful demon, from Hell, which was to be summonned and used as an assassin, before killing it's summoner and returning whence it came. The target this time was a rival in love of the caster. By the time Soma got to the target, it was too late, and the shadow was heading back to kill it's 'master'. Soma, while he believed the man deserved death, couldn't let this.. thing loose. So he fought it. Using Witchcraft and Blessings, and suffering many wounds to fight it, Soma had his first real battle as a Vampire Hunter. This is where he learned that while he had little formal physical training, his speed and strength were much.. much higher than any human's could be.. but it wasn't enough against this beast. The Demon fought Soma tooth and nail, and using it's powers over shadows, nearly killed him. With his last strength, Soma killed the beast with a powerful fireball spell, which he didn't even know he had.. then he was hungry. So hungry, he could feed on the blood of rats and bums and... and...
Soma looked at where the demon died. It's essence, it's soul was still there. The source of the magic which summonned it.. it's pure, unbridled power. And it was calling to him. Very hard. So Soma reached over.. and absorbed the soul within him. He felt a rush not unlike heroin, or sex, or both on E. The being's essence filled Soma's body and he felt his strength grow. All of a sudden, Soma knew he could do a lot.. a LOT more with his strength than he ever thought possible. This was the key. The sorcery, the rapidity to learn.. this was all pointless now. Or rather, it was exactly what it led to. Soma was able to swallow the souls and essence of his fallen foes. And then... a giant blob of shadow appeared around him. He could see in it.. perfectly.. but he knew that this would be too dark for even HIS senses to peer through normally, and he had perfect night vision. He had learned the shadow-demon's powers. And he felt less hungry. Though at this point, he raided a restaurant and ate bloody meat raw, just to get himself back on track.. and his wounds healed. He was learning the limits and abilities of his powers, and how they worked.
For the next few months, Soma practiced his shadow-powers. He wasn't used to them until then, and while he wanted to go off and learn more powers, he knew he should spend some time getting used to it. Besides, it's not like shadow-demons and other powerful beings grew on trees around there. At this point, he started to research local folklore. Trying to find out what kind of beings may be here. He caught wind of something called the Tome of Eternal Darkness, a legendary book which was written in human blood and bound in human skin, with pages made of viscerae.. of course, a budding sorceror was interested in this, so he started researching it, trying to find it's location. Then he did.
The Tome of Eternal Darkness was located in the Alzace region, between France and Germany, according to the rumours and clues Soma followed. He found it weird that he could find it so easily, but by looking back at the clues he had found, he realised there was more to it. He saw through the false leads and automatically picked up on the real ones. The trail he followed was fresh and straight, with no dead ends. He felt there was more to this.. perhaps stronger forces at work. But that would be for another time, as the Tome was nearly within his reach. He went to that cursed temple, and once there, met something he didn't expect to meet up with anytime soon. In fact, he wasn't prepared for this at all. A Vampire. Soma immediately went on the defensive. After all, if there was an actual VAMPIRE here, then something more was going on. Before blows could be exhanged, however, the place was suddenly filled with zombies, which seemed intend on tearing both of the other undead apart. Realising they had a common enemy here, Soma and Elizabeth Marie, which was the Vampire's name, set about to work together to destroy the zombies. To seal the place off, Elizabeth Marie had to chant a sealing spell, which she took from the Tome. Soma realised that she had it, and while he was a little annoyed by it, after talking to her more, he realised it was probably better if someone like her had it than someone he couldn't trust. They left on friendly terms after a few days.
After separating with Elizabeth Marie on friendly terms, Soma realised that for all his power now.. he still needed more. He went off to the Maison Ikkoku, which was reputed to have several highly powerful beings, and more links to different worlds and creatures, which made him.. curious. When there, he met a few people... and the rest will come later because my head hurts.
Skills
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Melee - Staff: Very Good
Melee - Swords: Novice
Firearms: Good.
Targeting: Incredible
Occult: Incredible
Music: Very Good
Research: Incredible
Hunting: Good
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