ㅤ( ✕ : 영국남자 ・ KANG YOHAN )

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KANG YOHAN
BIRTHNAME kang yohan  (강요한 )
NICKNAMES 
 king : due to his past in the ring, as well as  being quite the fighter, yohan got this name from his winning streak. because winning meant more money and more money got him closer to what he had wanted in life. however, one of the other candidates find out about this part of his past and try to use it to get a rise out of him, since they want to get rid of him in the competition. but it doesn't do much to yohan since he really had no qualms about his past when it had came to his participation there. but since a lot of people don't really look at that kind of scene kindly, it's not a wonder why it was used to make fun of him. however, if the other had knew about the darker aspects of his past, then maybe they would have something.
 
BIRTHDAY december 25 (21)
BIRTHPLACE seoul, sk
HOMETOWN sinan county, south jeolla
 
ETHNICITY & NATIONALITY  korean x korean
 
LANGUAGES 
korean : mother tongue
english : fluent by age 14 as he was given private lessons due to his family thinking that he would need it when taking over the family  business.
APPEARANCE yohan is average in height at 177 cm and is quite slender, but his slenderness hides his strength and the impact of his punches. no one is thinking that a boy with an idol's weight of 58 kg can bench press at least twice his weight or punch through an inch of concrete. yohan looks unimposing, but he's deadly and filled with a silent rage that sometimes radiates off of him like a physical entity. with dark tan skin from working in the sun on his family's salt farms as a teenager - essentially forced into slavery at a young age; to learn discipline is what his family had said - yohan is much darker than most of his peers. and with hair as red as blood, usually tossled and styled up, away from his face, yohan doesn't look like your normal gentlemen - or fellow rich person, but then again, he's not even rich anymore, so maybe it's fitting. but to each their own with their style, since he's sure that type of thing has nothing to do with being a gentlemen. underneath his clothes though, yohan has a body filled with scars and some skin damage due to his time in the salt fields.  
STYLE black, black, and more black. yohan does not do color, unless it's his hair (he has no reason for it, but he had thought the change would be good since he felt like he needed something new and he's kept it that color ever since because it seems fitting to him). because as much as some may think he looks like the grim reaper with all the black that he wears, yohan takes comfort in that shade. and while grays and whites/creams may accompany it, yohan sticks to what he likes. and what he likes is black clothes - but he does have a certain style with the various leather jackets that he wears, usually paired with skinny jeans (yes, he does have a couple pairs of blue jeans, dark wash though) and a tee of some sort. during the winter months, yohan will opt to wear sweaters instead of t-shirts. scarf, gloves, and hat - usually a beanie, will also be worn. 
 
FACECLAIM & BACKUP infinite's myungsoo and bangtan's jin.
 
INNER WORKings of my mind
PERSONALITY TRAITS 
✕ aloof, serious, introverted, focused, grim, moody, destructive
✕  to many in the candidate class, yohan seems to bare some similarities their mentor kay due to how serious, quiet, and introverted yohan can be. especially since yohan is a no nonsense type of person that does everything that he can to get things done - so breaks and playing around aren't really his thing - he's actually never done much playing around. and while yohan is all of those things, the betrayal of his family, his past, and just having to fend for himself with minimal help from others has made yohan hardened. he's been aged a good twenty years, despite not even being 22 years old, making him seem more like a 40 year old man than that of the young man that he is - he has an old soul. and while some just seem to think that he has a stick in his and that he thinks he may be too good for them with how he shies away from the group, usually wanting to keep to himself and not partake in group activities, frown on his face, especially if it has anything to do with sharing feelings, it's only because there are things that he needs to do and fooling around will keep him from doing those things.
✕  however, due to this focus that is fueled by rage and guilt, yohan is literally a ticking time bomb of emotions. he's a nuclear reactor a hair away from going off and it shows with the way that his emotions will leak out. whether it's by putting up a wall and ignoring people when he's angry, fingers twitching to take someone out or how he'll grip things too hard, usually breaking things due to the physical need to depressurize himself, yohan is worse than a girl pmsing. he's just a lot more silent about his anger and instead of talking things out or coming to terms with what has happened, yohan just tightens the lid on his negative emotions and tries to fight them out when he can. and while he fights to get stronger so that he can save people, his fighting is filled with rage and destruction. yohan knows that he's not ready, but that won't stop him from being hasty and doing stupid things from time to time - especially since time is of the essence to him, so doing things in a timely manner is key, even if it means jumping before he can leap. he's an angry and almost depressing person that barely smiles, almost as if there is a dark cloud over his head due to the negativity that likes to leak out since yohan isn't the most positive person in the world - let alone happy. while the other candidates can't help but be wary of him at times, and that's not taking note of his personality. especially since yohan's not just brawn, but brains as well. the rage just makes him even more scary.
CHARACTER DESCRIPTION 
✕  kang yohan is a rather quiet and serious young man, a man scarred by something that has happened in his past. a past that he's unwilling to divulge much information in, but from what has been gathered, his past is a relatively normal one - if a bit odd if one considers him suddenly distancing himself from his family when he is seventeen just that. but it's still normal enough that it does not seem completely strange, but despite that, he's a rather angry individual with some rage problems if one goes by how he fights - ruthless. socially, only snippets of that rage has been shown, but for 70% of situations, he is rather well-adjusted. if not a bit too cold and cautious of his peers, quite awkward and not a social butterfly. however, his intelligence and physical nature, as well as his tendency to hyperfocus on certain things around him, letting him learn things at a rapid pace, more than make up the slight deficiencies that he has socially.
 
BACKGROUND 
✕ unlike most rich kids that have been born with silver spoons in their mouths and crowns on their heads, yohan's living situation had been a bit different. sure, things may have started the same with the private lessons and all of the tutors that his family had gotten him - national scholars teaching him math, english, science, etc..., renowned classical pianists teaching him piano, and learning how to fight under grand masters - yohan being forced to undergo training to not only better himself, but to make his family look good, and yohan had made his family look good with how fast he had taken things, naturally gifted in the sciences and being a bit of a prodigy when it came to judo and kung fu, things didn't stay that way. because once he had turned fifteen, a new world had been opened up to yohan - but it hadn't been a kind world. it had been a cruel one; a world filled with hardship and a lack of human rights - fundamental rights that should have never been taken away from him.
✕ because when he was fifteen, his family had decided to let him learn about the family business first hand... it didn't take long for yohan to realize how messed up the family business had been. because as much as yohan would have had no problems with doing the same work that all of the field workers had done, to experience that type of thing firsthand, yohan hadn't expected to be treated like a slave... and that wasn't him just being a pesky, snobby brat that couldn't deal with the work saying that, but his family had literally owned slaves. and all of a sudden at that time, he was being forced to be treated like one as well - so it had been one of the biggest wake up calls for him.
✕ but not knowing what to do to get out of said situation, especially since he had been constantly watched as he was forced to work with little pay, little food, and was even put into a shack without decent facilities, yohan had to suffer two years of his family's abuse. and if yohan didn't do the work to his family's standards, then yohan had been punished. either forced into isolation or beaten... the beatings had been leagues above isolation, even if he had a few scars from them. because isolation was a scary thing and even the strongest of men crumpled underneath that type of thing, especially since isolation was him being forced into a foot wide cavern that only allowed standing room. and to be forced into that for days at a time, yohan had been eventually forced into compliance. while working on the fields had been a hell in itself as well, especially since he had been forced to work 18 hour days with little breaks and food. and with him still being 15-16 at the time, his growth had been stunted and he had went hungry more often than not since he was never given enough food for his growing body. the workers had been given just enough to keep them working and not completely waste away and that's as much as what yohan had received as well. work was tough and yohan usually doesn't like remembering his time there.
✕ however, once he had turned seventeen, yohan had finally been pulled away from the farms, never having to work like that again. but the two years that he had been there had been more than enough to scar him and sever the bond that he had had with his family and everything that they had wanted out of him. because once he was free, he had taken as much money as he could, as well as the essentials before he had decided to run away. finding himself in the city of seoul, hiding there - even though running away had pretty much forced his family to disown him (which may sound a bit strange when someone knows your darkest secrets, but since his family has ties to some government officials, as well as the police, it doesn't matter if yohan lives or dies since no one would believe him anyway when it comes to that sort of stuff since everyone knows anyway, but they just look the other way. and now, one of his cousins is being given his spot as heir, so to say.) - yohan did his ged, took some college exams, and worked his way through college. finishing up with a mathematics degree, as well as a degree in poli-sci within 3.5 years, even with all the side jobs/eventual underground fighting, yohan was used to having to scrape by to pay off his bills. because the money that he had brought with him was pretty much depleted after two years of school. and while school and working was difficult, the hell of that time had follwed him and he eventually found himself letting off a lot of his rage in the underground fight scene.
✕ fighting new people every week and doing this for over two years of his life, yohan had learned how to fight better than ever. because as much as the police had hated the underground fight club, it had brought various amounts of people - insane psychos, as well as grand masters. and being able to fight these people, especially if you were playing to win like yohan was, yohan became a much better fighter. especially since winning had it's benefits, because as much as working in gas stations or coffee shops had helped a little with his bills, the money that he had won from fights was the bulk of the money that had paid for everything that he had needed to live. but the degrees and the eventual internship (despite only working their for a few days since samjin had literally asked him to join the kingsman after a few day of working) he had gotten was a stepping stone to help build himself so that he could take his family down - he needed to take them down. because if he didn't, then he'd be forced to live with the fact that hundreds of people that were being forced into slavery because of his family would have to die as slaves. and while he knows that he could have become some vigilante and killed his family to stop things - something has been holding him back from doing something like that and he doesn't know what... or maybe he's just afraid that actually killing someone will make something react inside of him and turn him into something not human anymore.
 
MENTOR merlin
POTENTIAL 
✕ one would think that kay would be the one to find him, especially since he's the strong one of the group, at least with fighting skills. but that obviously didn't happen and it was merlin instead. and while some may wonder how, it's a pretty boring story - at least compared to everything else in yohan's life. because the two had actually met through one of yohan's other jobs - his coffee shop gig that he had. because samjin and yohan became friends during samjin's need for late night coffee. and since yohan usually did the graveyeard shift working at the one of the only coffee shops that was open 24 hours - yohan usually working late at night when barely anyone ordered coffee, samjin had seen him do his homework many times whenever he had come in to get his nightly fix.
✕ and while some of yohan's homework had been easy as it was the usual college fair (yohan usually having no trouble with it), samjin had been surprised to see yohan doing doctoral level mathematics problems in his spare time like trying to solve the reimann hypothesis or figuring out the next digit in pi. eventually introducing himself since it was probably a bit weird of him to be watching the other work from the corner, especially since yohan wasn't an idiot and had eventually noticed him doing so  after a couple of weeks... by chance though since samjin could have easily went a couple of more weeks without the other noticing him, but samjin and yohan quickly became friends after that as the two talked math, technology, and science - the two finding some type of kinship from their interest in stem things. which was a bit weird for yohan at first since he isn't one to make friends, but samjin always had something interesting to say and he was always able to keep up with what yohan was saying when it came to the things that he liked.
✕ their conversations eventually leading into yohan mentioning some things about his life like what school he was going to (yohan graduating a couple of months after meeting samjin), what else he was studying, etc... but what had really tipped samjin off about yohan being more than just a student was the injuries. especially since samjin had thought it odd for such a scholar to have the bruises that yohan did, as well as the scars that he'd sometimes see on the younger man's arms. seeing those things, it had led to him doing some digging. only for him to find out that yohan was quite the genius, as well as a good fighter. because during his digging that he did, he had find out about yohan's weekly fights and how swiftly and gracefully the kid could move... he had also been clued in about the rage as well, because there had been a lot of rage in his fighting - a contained rage that you'd never expect from someone so young, but a lot of rage nonetheless. but with needing to fill the ranks with new blood, samjin - no merlin, found yohan to be a good choice. because if there was one thing that samjin had noticed about yohan, it was his ability to learn and to do it swiftly.
✕ and while yohan had been a bit surprised at first, it didn't take him long to figure that becoming a kingsman would finally give him the power to do what he had needed to do. no going up the governmental chain required.
TRIVIA 
 yohan has two bachelor's degrees, one in mathematics and poli-sci. he was going to use the poli-sci to help him get a government job that would eventually lead him to showing the world what his family had been doing, but he doesn't need that if the whole kingsman thing works out.
✕ yohan prefers cats over dogs and he's a little bit afraid of the latter. because while working on the salt farms, guards would walk around with their dogs and would sometimes have them hurt the workers.
✕ yohan has a sweet-tooth and his drink of choice is hot chocolate rather than coffee.
✕ yohan has no clue about his alcohol tolerance since he's never had alcohol before. but with his size and lack of experience, he's probably a lightweight.
✕ yohan can speak to people but it's done out of necessity and people usually just assume that he's shy or just a man of few words, but yohan's social skills are limited. he's awkward with his peers because he's never really had friends - at least not since he was 15 - and he just doesn't see the point of having friends at this point. sure, he understands that he needs to be respectful and kind enough that people don't dislike him or at least know that he can get the job done, but he's pretty clueless about relationships. samjin's is the closest thing he has to a friend.
✕ yohan eats like a pig (he's not mannerless, but he eats a lot more than one would think) and eats with great gusto due to not having enough food for about a third of his life. he also doesn't waste food, so he'll eat anything, even things that he dislikes.
✕ about yohan's past and how unwilling he is to mention what happened or let anyone know, yohan's afraid that someone will find out and basically make his fears come true. because as much as he has gotten out and is doing his best to fix things, he still has left hundreds of people behind in a situation that they may never be able to get out of. because running equals death for them. and he's sure that some may even die before he even gets a chance to help free them, he's afraid that someone will say he's a monster all along for not being able to do enough. even if he's been trying for years. 
internal relations
MENTOR samjin. 30. it's a little odd going from friends to a mentor-mentee relationship, but samjin has tried to balance friendship with mentorship when it comes to yohan. the two are still able to talk about science and technology, especially since yohan has taken an interest in some of the gadgets that kingsmen get. never mind the gadgets circulating the base since those are quite advanced and interesting as well. but it's understandable that yohan has become a bit more guarded since becoming a candidate, especially since he doesn't want any of his secrets to get out, let alone be used against him. and while samjin may be someone that he could trust, yohan doesn't really know about merlin just yet. and if word did get out about his family and their doings, would any of the kingsmen stop what they're doing or would they just ignore it like how the police have been ignoring it. do they even know? yohan doesn't know, but he's afraid to find out and he's definitely afraid to see what samjin would say about everything. especially with its' relation to him. but for right now, yohan tries to keep their conversations on things that he can talk about like math or training.  (but the two have a slow bromance developing since yohan does see samjin as the hyung type.)
MENTOR kay, 27, yohan respects kihyung a lot - like of the three, kihyung was the one to gain his respect the fastest. because when you can fight like kihyung can, yohan already knows who his better is. and while it'd be cool for him to fight said man, he knows that he's not ready - at last not yet. but beside that, yohan's still a bit formal towards him - he's formal with everyone sans samjin, but you can just hear the respect in his voice when he addresses kihyung, but kihyung genuinely likes him due to his work ethic and strength. kihyung can tell that yohan has had a tough life and because of that, kihyung respects him a lot more than some of the other candidates - at least the snobby/ ones that sound like brats.
MENTOR gwaine, 27, if yohan's afraid of samjin finding out about his secrets, then he's afraid that woosang would be the one to actually bring his secrets to light if they don['t know. and once he had realized how skillful woosang was when it came to the field, yohan has done his best to keep his distance from this guy. because with woosang's skills, it probably wouldn't take much for him to get something out of him, even if yohan is pretty confident about keeping things to himself. 
MAGIC 12
COURAGE 4
STRENGTH 14

CRIMINAL RECORDS 
✕ none, but the running away and fighting could have easily been things on his record
TRAINING OUTSIDE 
✕ he learned judo and kung fu from grand masters when he was a child. underground fighting has given him a gateway to trusting his instincts, has given him experience, and has given him a lot of practice to incorporate various styles to his fighting. at the core, judo and kung fu are the martial arts that he excels at, but he's thrown some kick boxing into his fighting as well.
SPECIAL STRENGTHS 
✕ he has a high pain tolerance. he can go with little sleep and food for much longer than the usual person. he has a very sharp mind - i wouldn't say he's a genius, but he's a smart cookie. 
COMMENTS/QUESTIONS 
okay, due to yohan's backstory, i didn't want him to be misunderstood as a character, so i supplemented a lot of things to make him easier to understand if needed. i know you were probably looking for less in the personality traits section, but i thought the extra details would help you with picturing him and how much his past has affected him. the character description is mostly a summary, as well as my attempt to actually write it as if it was information off a case file. so hopefully i didn't overstep my boundaries with these things - i just wanted to make sure that yohan was fully developed and that i wasn't leaving you with any big questions. however, if there is anything that you'd need me to clarify or expand on, i can do so. (and hopefully things weren't too wordy, i'm just afraid i won't be able to explain what i want to explain well, so if it's too wordy, i'm sorry.) but anyway, for the kang family salt farms, his family used solar salt production to harvest their salt, rather than mining. 
SCENE REQUESTS 
 i will add some once i think of some good ones. i don't want to give you crap if my app turns out to be decent. 

THE KEY hold on, it's in my pocket...
 

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