Hannya

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"Appointment? Come back when you're dead."
Hannya「般若」

two-faced . unpleasant . sarcastic . impulsive . loyal


■ Name Hannya Sanzu (般若三途)
■ Age 500+ (appears mid-twenties)
■ Height 6'0" ft | 182.9 cm
■ Weight 169 lbs | 76.6 kg
■ Gender Male
■ Orientation Demisexual
■ Status ???
■ Occupation Funeral Director
» (previously a divine arbiter)
■ Species Celestier


creator 「 yoofiebun」× co-owner「kanlamari
About Hannya

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「Personality」

The unchanging kind expression that adorns Hannya's face is what most people notice and fall prey to. His voice is calm and charming and his sneer is mistaken as a kind approval to those who don't know that what hides underneath is an uncouth person who thinks lowly of everyone. He is a man who is impatient about things that he considers a waste of his time but is incredibly patient with that which he finds interesting. Usually it involves people suffering or showing traits and reactions that he didn't expect from them and he would offer help or advice to prolong the theatrics, buying himself an amusing time.

At work, Hannya is a serious individual who does his job with earnest and careful detail. It's not that he had started to care for humans, it's that he finds the relation of the soul and the body as well as their stories to be fairly interesting. Though even at a task he takes extremely seriously, Hannya's self-interest and vile nature can take the better of him, often punishing souls he sees as undeserving. Who's going to stop him when he has already been casted out from heaven?

Despite all these unpleasant aspects of the two-faced Funeral Director, Hannya is still that curious, innocent, and loyal young boy that Ibara met centuries ago—but only in front of him. He is patient and understanding to Ibara's troubles and afflictions and is protective and sentimental. Even if the world falls apart, the only thing that Hannya needs is Ibara and he expects just as much from him.

History

「Bio」

A deity born out of wedlock, even as a young one he belonged neither in heaven or hell and instead stayed on earth where a god who watches over the departed took him in. The young deity did not find any joy in being with humans and felt no compassion towards their death. To him, helping souls to crossover into the afterlife was just a responsibility like how each immortal had their own roles to fill. Generally disinterested in most things, there is one thing that does interest the young lad and that is another deity who had sworn his life to protect humans.

Ibara—it was the name of the kind and powerful deity the young lad took interest in. He despised Ibara at first, seeing as there's no point in being loving to creatures who only seek to destroy each other. He still always watched Ibara from afar, often curious and baffled why he goes lengths for those lowly humans. However one day, when he thought he hid himself very well to once again watch the foolish god, he was then surprised by a voice from behind, asking him—"What's your name?". Wanting to wear a mask, he answered: "Hannya"; a fake name, even though everybody already knew who he was. But Ibara smiled and fondly called him, "Hannya—It's a pretty name." And suddenly, there was a gleaming feeling in Hannya's chest.

Ibara got used to being watched from afar and he always patiently waited for his young guest to come closer and talk to him. Sometimes he had to go to the lad himself because he was simply 'too shy' (at least that's what he thinks). Eventually, it was Hannya coming to him with lots of questions, curious musings, and sometimes small presents; other times a revelation that he had skipped out on his lessons and ran from his mentor. The feeling in the boy's heart grew, twinkling, glimmering—to the point it felt like it was a searing ember.

Until one day, the ember had extinguished and was replaced with an empty void. The talk of all the deities sounded all around him: an onmyouji got hold of a certain god's body to be used as a puppet for war. That god was called 'Ibara', but now he's only referred to as 'The corrupted one'. Punishing humans directly for their trespasses was a taboo for the immortal and instead they focused on how to quickly get rid of the corrupted god. Hannya was filled with questions. Why does everyone wash their hands from any responsibility instead of helping and why do lowly, filthy creatures called 'humans' are forgiven and treated with kindness and respect? Gods and humans are both disgusting and equally deserve to perish.

The gods considered to get rid of the corrupted puppet before any more malice can be unleashed on earth. However, even before they could do anything, the puppet's master had suddenly disappeared and killed. The ripples of the onmyouji's murder hasn't affected the tides of war yet but the heaven was already in uproar, knowing that it was one of the divine who did it. As their rule to not meddle with humans, the onmyouji's soul was swiftly led to safe passage into the afterlife before Hannya could completely destroy it. And thus, he was banished from the heavens along with the corrupted god whose fate is left unknown.

Humanity continued to live on, changing as ages go by—fighting wars, overcoming calamities, and seeking to fly to the heavens above. At a funeral home somewhere in a busy city, a mysterious undertaker is all the talk among the living and the undead. Charismatic, inviting, and at the same time can be unpleasant, he has a strange way of handling deceased bodies especially ones corrupted by malice. It's rumored he keeps a demon in his basement but then again there are a lot of rumors about him—that even his name hints at a mask of lies: "Hannya."

*written by kanlamari

Likes

  • Ibara
  • The sea
  • Animals & plants
  • Umeboshi
  • Cremating bodies
Dislikes

  • Gods
  • Humans
  • Human fluids & excetions
  • Floaters
  • Mutilated bodies
Relations

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「Ibara | Partner」

Hannya's beneficiary. Hannya was a deity whom Ibara used to look after, but after the corruption Hannya abandoned his duties to search for a way to restore Ibara to his former self. Even if Ibara has forgotten nearly everything from their past, he feels comfortable being around Hannya and willfully accepts the other's affection towards him. Ibarra currently lives with Hannya in his home, but is often locked inside due to the other being overprotective over him.