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Character Name: Ignis Scientia
Age: 19
AU Background:

• Single child of a wealthy Italian ambassador and Japanese translator/interpreter.
• Learned to cook at an early age due to being left at home alone a lot.
• Accidentally befriended Shiro and Keith.
• "Accidentally" because what is getting his nose out of a book or a cup of tea (coffee as he grew older)?
• Ended up extremely skilled with knives because boredom.
• Was in Kendo for much of his high school years.
• Dated Shiro for a time when they were 17; they mutually broke up a year later.
• Often took home first place in cooking competitions and was on the way to a scholarship.
• That is, until another competitor took offense to one of the other competitor's preternatural skill. He jumped in the way and had burning oil splashed on the left side of his face, mostly around his left eye. He and the offender were disqualified (him because he couldn't complete the competition due to the injury).
• His eyesight never recovered, though he maintains functioning sight in his right eye.
• His mother saw this as him throwing away his future instead of heroism and sent him away in anger, forcing him to move to Venice (his father's hometown) for a year while he healed.
• Moved back to Tokyo after learning braile and regaining some of his independence. (He also got really, really sick of his grandparents babying him for his disability. And frustrated because it hampered his ability to regain his independence.) And into his own small apartment.
• Slowly learning how to navigate a kitchen again, but boy did he learn to replicate his father's family's recipehs.
• Despite the lack of perfect vision, his other senses have for the most part began to compensate for this development.

Arcana: Hierophant

Persona: His Persona is going to be based off Asclepius, Greek god of medicine. While he is going to mostly be a Combat specialist, I am pulling somewhat from what is shown in Persona 3 with Mitsuru's Persona, where Asclepius has a much weaker capability as a straight-up Navigator. He'll be able to do an Area Scan, but unable to pick up more than close-by items and enemies (and likely leave it to those who have a stronger ability to do so).
Physical Weapon: Prodding cane/polearms.