Ryokuzō



"You're no 'hero', nobody is."

Basic Information
Ryo is based off the character Joker from Persona 5, bearing complete resemblance to the character except for his horns, eye color and missing right arm which he uses prosthetics to suffice the need for an arm. Usually does whatever suits his needs, restraining himself when it comes to people close to him.

Has a ludacris aptitude for fighting and processing time, making him a fast, powerful, durable and precise monster of a fighter, and not being only limited to physical aptitude he also has immense mental fortitude, quick learning process and is a top-tier spellcaster, although this trait is severly underused by him as he only uses Megidolaon, Power Word Stun and Sharpening given he prefers "close combat", he also knows a thing or two in The Force and PK's thanks to Edgy and finally, he is a pretty kick-ass "engineer", being truly gifted in the robotics area and related subjects, being capable of building towering robots all by himself in short time spans.

Personality
Portrayed as lazy and having a loose temper, he more oftenly than not moves at the beat of his own drum, although caring for those close to him and going as far as killing for those he cares and wishes for their well-being, has a particular hate to people who call themselves "hero" or try to commit themselves to similar acts of one, with a mentality of "People shouldn't wait for a hero to relieve them of their struggles, they should toughen up and face it head on, even if it means losing a finger or two." and instead of having fears (which are close to none), he instead has rage for, like the idea of losing someone close to him to emptiness or his father.

When it comes to duels Ryo only thinks of three things: Himself, the opponent and the heat of the battle, saying that it's useless to think of other things during battles and ultimately dragging your "battle performance" down, although he fails in leaving his rage outside of battles most of the time, given how he had fallen to the control and incentives of the Berserker Armor during his fights in Ronald's Tournament of Power.

Another thing is that Ryo has two hearts beating inside his chest, he has twice as much emotion as a Soul Eater would normally have, which is the equivalent of half of a human, and given the nature of his mother, he has x2.5 the rage and also x1.5 the love of a human.

Backstory
His backstory still remains hidden to most people and only Maratby and Edgy know about it given how they read the copy Sayo-nara made of his file.

Hazy on the details but backstory described straight from birth to early days, Ryo's birth was marked by the death of his mother and the transplantation of her heart into his own body, that occurance being described as cursed, regretful and nigh impossible to succeed even by his father, however despite that he survived the procedure and discarded right afterwards due to his original heart having a unknown disease that resembled heart cancer and falling to his apparent demise, even being pierced by a spiked metal rod on his way down on his stomach which was a magically infused fence that stiffened the body of whoever it grazed or wounded to the point of the body resembling the durability of a block of steel, however reducing bodily movement close to none, that allowed Ryo to survive the fall to the Spiked Road in Hell, and thanks to the modification in his durability, the spikes were bent and broken to the point of making a at least minimal comfort for Ryo to stay on, making it the first bed Ryo ever had, and so he stayed there for almost four years, when the spell on the fence spike finally expired and he was finally able to move, which he only knew how to crawl and few basic concepts thanks to his mother's heart, so he began his perilous journey in a gruesome manner, his skin being easily scraped off and straight to bone.

At some point, Ryo took out the spike that went across his stomach, falling unconscious afterwards and being completely uncertain of what happened afterwards, though he does describe that a "shadow" made sure he wouldn't die, whether or not was that a hallucination is completely unknown, all there is to it is that Ryo didn't die due to said act and continued on to his aimless journey, he didn't even have a destination in mind, at that point he was purely following his instinct, at that point he began walking on his two feet despite having gruesome open wounds all over his body, keeping the rod he took out of his stomach as a weapon out of pure uncertainty for his safety.

At the end of the Spiked Road, he was greeted by a towering gargoyle looking creature that merely waited the moment Ryo stepped out of the Spiked Road to confront him, and as it was foretold, they fought, Ryo being a mere child against a gargoyle that easily was as tall as a wall in his eyes, the result of the battle was determined on 12/05/2007 after a struggling dispute on both sides that went on for a entire day, with Ryo driving the spike into the gargoyle's heart at the same time it stabbed his back with its claws, leaving what would become one of his worst injuries, one that cripples Ryo to this day, and despite winning the dispute, he fell unconscious, feeling like the tight grip he had on his life began to slip.

He woke up uncertain of how much time had passed on a bed and being tightly gripped onto by a older woman that easily looked older than him by maybe twelve or thirteen years, out of curiosity Ryo poked that woman's horns waking her up in accident, she then hugged Ryo making him faint with that interaction due to his wounds still being rather "fresh", waking up a few days ago feeling like his crotch was on fire and sweating profusely, that woman had raped him and he had no knowledge of what happened, he wouldn't even know if it was right or wrong if she did it while he was awake so he just got up, with his wounds seemingly having closed off to the point of creating weak tissue to stop bleeding and other issues, he went around the home of the woman that had took him in, finding her in the "kitchen" of the house, eating and apparently thinking about something before she noticed him, telling Ryo to sit down by the table saying that she would serve him something to eat, the food was just a simple meat and vegetable stew that Ryo had eaten with a single "gulp" making the woman laugh with the way he ported himself, introducing herself as Jeanne and talking about what Ryo is, leaving him somewhat dumbfounded making the woman laugh once more, Ryo found that laugh charming and felt comfort around that "Jeanne".

Two years later and Ryo was seven years old, Jeanne and Ryo lived together in that small house, Ryo being taught different things every day his preffered fighting style that Jeanne calls "Creative Flow", consisting on attacks that more or less link to each other and only limited to the fighter's creativity and characterized by a relaxed, tensionless stance and what she calls her "catchphrase": “Everything you rely on is yourself and your blade; there is nothing else inside of a battle.” Jeanne however omitted whatever knowledge could place guilt under her "night activities", and so he remained blinded about said subject, despite that they seemed to have a "healthy" relation, Jeanne began thinking about the "above world" and the "Overworld", Ryo showed interest about these two places but was shot down right afterwards because she called it "Too dangerous of a venture.", he felt somewhat discouraged but still wanted to visit these places, so he thought up of a escape plan (that just consisted of him leaving in the middle of the night) and after a few days, he went to execute the plan, being stopped on his way to the front door by a shapeshifter that tried to pose as Jeanne, even touching his shoulder, Ryo however saw through the shapeshifter's act and struck it with the blunt side of his spike, swatting her away like a fly and running straight to Jeanne's bedroom, fearing for her safety he is greeted by the grim scene of Jeanne's dead corpse with her eyes gouged out and a pierced throat being defiled by a small winged demon, in a fit of rage Ryo dashes at the small demon, killing it instantly with the spike.

He held onto Jeanne tightly like she did when Ryo woke up, not letting go and crying his eyes out, and when he least expected it, Jeanne held onto his cheek with her hand caressing it without speaking a word because she was unable to due to her throat having been pierced, and so they stayed for a whole hour, him still crying his eyes out and her caressing his cheek ever so more slowly because of her life slipping away until Jeanne eventually succumbed in 12/05/2010, the shapeshifter coming around right around the corner to kill him, Ryo responded to that desire by knee kicking the shapeshifter's jaw, breaking its jaw in half and ultimately killing it, Ryo however still stomped on the creature's head making it explode, tears running down his eyes in a mix of distraught, sorrow and regretfulness.

He took Jeanne's body outside to finally leave, where he is greeted by a army of twenty Marauders ready for battle, to which Ryo responds by fending them off with only his legs, making sure that Jeanne is unharmed during the combat resulting in severe wounds on his entire body excluding his front and palms, and so he left to another journey that is followed only by his instinct towards the "Above World", thinking that since Jeanne described it as incredibly lively, Jeanne could be brought back, so he held onto her body as close as possible and continued on, even having rocks being thrown at him, weirdly enough Jeanne's corpse didn't rot for the two whole years of the journey, finally arriving at a hole connecting the Above World to Hell he runs at it, being stopped by his father they engage in combat with Ryo using a spear-like longsword that Lucifer gave him for the fight that would last for six years, not letting go of Jeanne the entire time and holding the sword with his mouth.

To win the combat, Ryo finally let go of Jeanne's corpse when he remembered her phrase "Everything you rely on is yourself and your blade; there is nothing else inside of a battle.", her body quickly decomposing after he had let go and taking the relaxed, tensionless stance, tears still running down his face he fought, finally winning the duel with a broken sword, two of Lucifer's fingers broken and piercing his stomach with a blow that could potentially kill, however he just played dead, satisfied, letting Ryo go to the surface and finally breath clear air in 26/12/2018, right after Christmas in Jamerica.

He finally managed to settle down after a few months and speaking to the Yakuza and doing minor loans which he quickly paid off, and thus we get to the events pre-Typhon where he finally met close friends like Edgy, Mini and his future wife, Maratby.

Overwhelming Super Strength
He's capable of impossible feats, he also said a long time ago he could punch through a tanker, however he is now capable of unknown limits in strength and weight lifting.

Super Speed
Although not very fond of running, Ryo is capable of impressive feats in speed that easily surpass supersonic speeds if not faster.

"Brick wall" Durability
Just as the name suggests, he is incredibly durable, and if normal human beings were to punch him, they would feel like they just punched a brick wall, it was also stated that Mini at full power in his base form would end up twisting his wrist if he attempted to punch him on the face.

His body on its own isn't just something that once you crack it fails, he will continue fighting until his limbs are either completely cut off or devoided of muscle and bone.

Soul Digestion
Due to his racial origin, Ryokuzō is capable of eating and "digesting" souls, deconstructing them to their "essence" and acquiring the benefits for himself, expelling other of the soul features like one's personality, taking for himself both a nutritional value as sustenance, a power boost from the fortitude of the original soul's fortitude and if they are a stand user, their stand. It is however a slow process, and bigger, more powerful souls require more time for digestion, his horns grow in size and begin to incessantly itch the longer the process is.

Teleportation & Kai Kai
His teleportation is nothing special, just being capable of teleporting to any presence the user knows or teleporting to places he knows of, gaining a considerable boost by receiving help from his stand, even being capable to transport himself to other dimensions and realms of existence with no previous permission and bypassing barriers, even being able to even teleport into the existence realm of light, although he never really went to such lengths, also capable of transporting objects up to his own height. For info in Kai Kai, click here.

Presence Seeking
Ryo is capable of sensing presences he is familiar with from anywhere, as well as being able to find presences he isn't familiar with in a radius of two kilometers.

Stand
Kaioken Overheaven, a stand that is capable of multiplying his power and speed by 45 times and slowly heal him, also posesses a fear inducing aura that inflicts anyone near him that is weaker in physical terms than him.

Time Stop & Time Stop Movement
His stand enables Ryo to stop time for 15 seconds, as well as moving for 15 seconds during another person's time stop.

Hakai
Refer to this wiki for more information.

Ultra Instinct (Incomplete)
Go here for info.

Current time limit: 1 minute and 45 seconds.

Spells and Curses
He has the capability of casting insanely powerful spells and curses, although preferring not to, instead he most of the time simply Dispells them. He really does not know any curses, although being capable of dispelling nearly any curse known.

Megidolaon
A powerful spell that dishes out a severe explosion like Almighty damage that easily burns off vegetation caught up on the attack, leaving nothing but ashes, it has a blast radius of about 15 meters and anyone caught up in the attack will be harmed. The attack is represented as a beam of light that is tinted in blue that comes down from the sky, causing a massive explosion in the blink of an eye. Weaknesses: Once casted, the attack will not "follow" its enemy, so if you can run fast enough, you can maybe outrun its blast radius.

Sharpening
A ability that is capable of turning even a sheet of paper into a razor sharp blade that can even cut through strong metals, the limit being Ataxia. Weaknesses: Extremely blunt objects like a boulder cannot be sharpened. Limited to one item at a time. Since it's a heavily magical ability, it only lasts for as long as Ryo actually holds the object.

Power Word Stun
A spell that revolves around a word of power that can overwhelm the mind of a person that you can see within a range of 60 feet, leaving them dumbfounded and vulnerable to attacks, making them unable to act for the duration of one minute. The ability can be evolved depending on how much you invest on it. Weaknesses: If the person you wish to afflict has more stamina or vitality than you at the moment, this doesn't occur. This can only be used once per hour.

PK's and PSI's
Abilities that were taught to him by Edgy, PSI Peace of Mind and PSI Reset, PSI Peace of Mind consisting of forcing a person to enter a state of calmness and overall peace, PSI Reset consisting of "returning" the mind of a person to its "most purest state".

The Force
Also something he was taught how to control thanks to Edgy, Ryo does not master any particular combat form, and instead just uses whatever moves are at his disposal, being capable of utilizing a few low grade Force tricks like "levitating" items and pushing people with the Force.

"Self-centered" Gravity
Ryo is capable of changing the direction of his gravitational drag at will, being able to even simulate flight and other similar maneuvers, also capable of turning the gravity up and down to only himself, allowing him to make gigantic leaps or even faster, more powerful strikes. Its uncertain why Ryo attained this ability to begin with, but it was triggered when he had throughly read DIO's diary, possibly because of his spellcasting abilities and fast learning of subjects.

Grin Of Malice
A long lost state of mind Ryo once posessed, it served the purpose of removing all restraints on his body and soul so that he could fight in a savage, unleashed way with unveiled speed and power, it was activated if the user was sufficiently angered or genuinely given distraught, and it was characterized by a change in personality to a more sadistic and "trigger-happy" person, and a big pitch black smile that overlapped his own mouth, somewhat serving as a "mask" from ear to ear that drips pitch black liquid.

The reason it existed was due to the foul, absurd and megalomaniac feelings Ryo had bottled up inside himself, but it was "expelled" by Ryo himself via vomiting pitch black liquid mixed with splotches of tainted blood in a gag reflex he had thanks to a sudden temporary change in his personality. This would have "killed" him if he had reached 20 years of age, making his horns black and making him 100% unhinged, wiping Ryo as you know it from his mind and ultimately turning him into a psychopatic murderous maniac.

Trivia

 * He actually had no real name, but he changed reality when he had The World Overheaven so he would be named "Ryokuzō".
 * His name is actually a word play with the kanji his name was made with 増力, 増 roughly translating to Increase and 力 translating to Power, making 増力, Zōryoku or Boost, rearranging the "Zō" to the end of the word, making it "Ryokuzō".
 * He is quite resistant to alcohol, given how he had to drink four vodka bottles so he could be drunk.
 * His immune system is incredibly strong, being unable to gain normal illnesses, and treating potentially deadly diseases like a "bad nose day".
 * Ryo was actually meant to be a joke character, but the creator of the character decided to take it seriously and actually make this a proper character.
 * He once held a tied record with Edgy to number of stand abilities having 9 stands in total before being killed and ressurected.
 * He posesses weird sleep habits where he suffers no drawbacks from sleep deprivation, but compensating all of the missed minimal hours of sleep in one night, this also applies to his eating habits.
 * He loves instant food, despite being a great cook.
 * Ryo actually was meant to be a great example of a honorable, respectful fighter, but that idea was scrapped.
 * The idea for the general character concept of a "demonic Joker" came to be because of a previous D&D campaign its creator participated in.
 * His horns actually end up representing a lot of things about his current state and mostly everything that revolves around Ryo, beginning with size, big horns represents he either is mid soul digestion or insane spiritual power, smaller horns meaning hunger or weak resolve, and now with color, red horns represent incompletion or "rawness", amber represent near perfection and broken, grey horns meaning that his life force slowly slivers away, although the horns never really are why he is dying.
 * Ryo has two big "hole" scars on his back thanks to his fight against the Gargoyle when he was five, even Crazy Diamond's fixing abilities can't fix them and they essentially make him slower, weaker, also reducing his stamina due to punctures on his lungs and serving as "weak-spots" for Ryo that possess weak tissue and forcefully "bent" ribs.

Quotes

 * "Because fuck you that's why."
 * "Mwaaaaaaaraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa." -Drunk Ryo, probably.
 * "My name is Ryokuzō, others call me either Ryo or Mark and I'm literally Satan!"
 * "You're no 'hero', nobody is." says Ryo while suffocating Lucy with his foot.