[Stygian] Haru

Nightmare of failure

Haru is kind, gentle, and always tries to keep a smile on his face.  As a pacifist and peacekeeper, he avoids confrontation and even avoids saying any negative things in fear of upsetting someone, regardless of how he actually feels.  Though he has a seemingly mild personality, he can easily become exuberant when someone or something excites him.  In fear of being alone, he overcompensates by clinging to and prolonging interactions with others.

Within a gentle forest outside of Koyo Town, Haru resides at an overgrown stone shrine as a forgotten spirit of the wood.  Villagers once visited and left him offerings, but have since disappeared long ago, leaving him steeped with loneliness and insecurity.  At night, winds howl as the darkened forest fills with feral apparitions.

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Haru is a sentimental fool.  He holds onto all the items and gifts that are attached to memories, no matter how small.  Each object becomes priceless so they pile up, and he would prefer if people didn't mess with his things.

Haru controls nightmares of bittersweet, melancholic nostalgia that focuses on the emptiness felt after someone or something is gone from one's life.  Good memories are still attached to this feeling, but it's those that make it more painful.  It's the type of dreamy nightmare that you don't realize is one until you wake up to remember that things are different now and may never be like that again.