Name: Kai
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Title: The Inferno
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Birthplace: California
Faceclaim: Jack Falahee
Appearance: Kai is a rather muscular man, but not overly bulked. He stands at six feet tall even with his friend Sephtis. Kai’s skin is a tan which is darker in areas from sun exposure. His hair is slicked back smoothly which is complemented with the closely shaved stubble. His eyes are a dark brown almost black color but not surprisingly they tend to turn a hot red when he’s angry.
Kai likes to wear brown cargo pants with a black long sleeved shirt and brown bomber jacket with sneakers. When Kai enters combat he typically drapes himself in fire in the form of martial arts robes.
Personality: Kai is a rather suave man with a charming personality to match. He is no James Bond but he does have a personality people can take a liking to. When meeting a new person he does so with a warm smile and warm and firm handshake or kiss to the hand if the person is a female. Kai has a cocky personality in most situations but he is not arrogant or overbearing with it. But though he can be a charming and warm person Kai has some insecurities which he hides beneath these layers such as the fear of hurting innocents or those he cares about.
Kai has an appreciative eye for women and never misses an opportunity to flirt when the moment may arise. However Kai remains a gentleman and never pushes his flirting beyond a woman is comfortable with and will only playfully flirt if a woman is not interested.
Kai is a very passionate and dedicated person to his goals and desires. If he desires something very little can stop him from getting what he wants be it something materialistic or someone who has caught his eye.
Thanks to Sephtis, Kai has a good control of his emotions. However when he loses control Kai has quite a temper that matches his fiery personality. Kai has been down many roads with his temper and even with the control Sephtis gave him he is still a frightening person when he loses his composure, second only to one other person he knows.
Call: “Bring the Heat!”
Gift: -Sacred Fire: Kai was given a lantern with a pure white flame that never burns out so long as the flames remain within the lantern. While he can generate his own fire Kai can use the flames in combat for more intensive flame attacks though this is not their typical use. When used to light a fire upon a pyre properly prepared Kai can use the Sacred Fire to have much clearer fire readings than with normal fire.
Card Image: A silhouette of a man performing several martial arts movesets while flames follow his movements.
Family archive?: No, but shared one with Sephtis.
Quote: “You called down the thunder, now deal with it!”
Skills: Kai has more than just his fire abilities to bring to the table. For one Kai has trained in a few martial arts and is skilled most notable in Northern Shaolin style of kung fu and the Tiger style arts. Kai has learned to incorporate his fire skills into his martial arts making him more deadly in a fight. Kai’s power comes from his aggressive skills and strong body which allow him to deliver deadly blows on his target. This does not mean Kai lacks in speed or skill, as he is capable of performing very advanced techniques and moving fast enough to be a threat. But his true power is focused in his ability to hit hard and take hits without faltering.
Kai is a skilled auto mechanic and can diagnose and fix most problems with vehicles. He also knows how to break into any vehicle regardless of it’s security systems. Kai is also very fluent in speaking spanish.
Abilities: Since he was born Kai’s skills with fire have slowly been growing, culminating in him being an expert in fire manipulation. Kai can manipulate fire into many forms from concentrated blasts and balls of fire to fire like constructs such as daggers and arrows. Of the techniques Kai has shown Kai can create devastating firestorms, generate napalm fire and create fire of varying colors. Fire does not hurt Kai which means any attempts to use fire to hurt him are useless. Kai can also engulf his entire body in flames like a form of armor, affording him protection against unarmed physical attacks.
Kai has shown with enough heat he can melt solid objects into pure lava which he can control the flow of with ease. He has theorized with enough heat in the right location he could heat enough material into lava to create a lava geyser or maybe a Volcano but due to the dangers it presented before the apocalypse Kai has never explored this theory.
One skill Kai has which is of great use when he can use it is the ability to conduct fire readings. Using this Kai can see images and brief moments of the future through the flames. Via normal flames these images are vague and moments very brief, but when using sacred fire these images are much clearer and visions a little longer.
Likes: Women, fire, spicy foods, martial arts, sparring, his car, music by Usher, Sephtis, pizza, dawn,
Dislikes: Arrogant people, People damaging his car, losing control, not knowing things, sour foods, losing his lantern, noise when trying to sleep, snakes, the cold
Weakness: Kai’s power is focused in fire and he draws power from the heat around him. If for some reason the air is moist or cold his fire will be weakened or nullified depending on the intensity of the source. This also means any water can be used directly to nullify or extinguish his flames.
Kai may be more in control of himself but when roused his temper can get the best of him and control him rather than he control it.
Invintory:
Tool kit
Smart phone
Music player
Zippo Lighter
Promise ring
Laptop
History: Kai was a unique case among those chosen for these games. He wasn’t born into a wealthy family, but nor was he born into poverty. For the Gable family they had their share of contestants in the game of the gods but few had ever returned to tell the tale of the games. As such over several generations all of their knowledge of the games were relegated to nothing more than a story. For Kai he was enthralled with the stories and imagined himself being one of chosen in the games. So when Kai’s powers manifested he was as much of a danger to himself as to everyone around him. It took a long time with many accidents and injuries before Kai had enough control over his powers to live a somewhat normal life. Kai’s unusual powers now prompted his family to reevaluate what they knew as stories in hopes to prepare Kai for the future. Seeing his fantasy become a reality Kai devoted himself to preparing for the inevitable games by mastering his powers and becoming more skilled in the martial arts he had taken as a result of the stories he heard from his grandfather.
Somehow Kai managed to live a normal life, going to school, making friends, going out on dates and more. Then one day Kai encountered another like him, a boy named Sephtis Reaver. The two saw each other’s card images but strangely enough the two didn’t feel any reason to be hostile. In fact despite their difference the two took to each other as they felt like kindred spirits swept up in events they had no control over. Kai and Sephtis became fast friends and knowing they would both have to fight each other one day the two made a deal. They would train together until the day the games began and then work together to defeat the other contestants until only they remained.
With the deal made the two worked hard to train and help each other improve their skill sets. Kai taught Sephtis some arts outside of the training regiment and how to better interact with others. While Sephtis taught Kai how to better reign in his fierce temper at the time and gave him access to his family archive. Although during one training day Kai accidentally lost control of a flame strike which set fire to the Reaver archive, causing them to lose much precious knowledge. Aside from their training Kai and Sephtis had normal lives as could be for them, which included Kai having a long term girlfriend and becoming getting a job as a mechanic. But then it happened, it started with a random case, then an epidemic, then suddenly the apocalypse was upon them. In the chaos Kai lost his father and sister to the zombies while Sephtis lost his mother and grandfather. During this time Kai had to reveal his true nature and history to his girlfriend Camila, shocking her to the very core.
Both Kai and Sephtis managed to get their friends and family to an evacuation location but they knew they had to stay behind. Camila pleaded with Kai to forget the game and leave with them but it was no use, the rubicon had been passed the day he was born. In those final moments she handed him the promise ring he gave her, leaving their relationship in question. For days afterwards Kai and Sephtis remained in San Francisco getting used to this new world. It was only a few days in when they felt a presence calling, beckoning them to come together. Kai and Sephtis knew this was probably the true start of the game or possibly a trap. But the two had little to fear in this game and so loading up Kai’s Pontiac Firebird Trans Am the two set out to join battle with their foes.
