Soya

Mumyōi Soya (無名異宗谷, Nameless Soya, meaning he has no known given name), often referred to as is a calculated blend of impertinence and bravado stuffed into an expired prune's wallet. The lines in his craggy face are the story of his life and a record of moral ambivalence. A pipe-cleaner of a man, wiry, tensile, skeletal, charmingly cantankerous and decidedly rotten, everything about him is ugly (and smelly), his soul is dog shit.

A bleary-eyed, radioactive fungus, His background is a multicultural one, owing heritage to prehistoric trilobites, jellyfish and single-cell amoeba. A dystopian boho, flaunting perennial, cavalier insensibility; a picaresque characterisation and threadbare poète maudit. He is a slimy, despicable, rat-hearted, green discharge of a man, heroically wrinkled like a tortoise’s testicle with all the charm and social grace of a pubic louse.

Physical appearance
Malnourished, Arthritic monkey positively encrusted in unhealthy rituals, with a carious, brown smile, crooked nose and crocodile-shoe complexion. His face is a map of dissolution – cheeks like quarries, deep grooves running from nose to mouth. Wielding an eternally potent image as a rakish, ethereal tramp, Soya cuts a scrawny figure; skinned-legged, small-boned and pigeon chested.

Personality and traits
The Bohemian; A garrulous, Byronic nonconformist and the terminally grime-encrusted face of the common working class. A freewheeling, nihilistic stray dog and frivolous bogan whose brashness and swagger is laden with equal portions of self-deprecation. Circuitous and candid, Soya is a naturally convivial and gregarious reprobate, sporting a laid-back demeanour and rambling anecdotal style.

A man of wildean sagacity and caustic wit that quickly slices through his apparent mumblings, his 'acuity' is eclipsed by a habitual and louche B-type personality. Though sangfroid, a mixture of bourbon fumes and dragged-out vowels, Soya is every inch the punky malcontent - contradictory, rough-edged and jaded.

Abilities
Deception: Preferring subterfuge as his modus operandi, His feeble exterior is a convincing facade; an expertly crafted fabrication of general incompetence concealing a ludicrously hardy constitution and a longevity comparable to that of a cockroach. He appears to carry himself with an air of fragility, to the point where he will feign ailment and injury, exaggerate his idiocy and fall asleep on command.

Pragmatist: It is implied that pragmatism is amongst Soya's strongest suits, reflecting not only Darwinism at its most streamlined but a nigh-Zen acceptance of his place in the food chain. An unscrupulous shyster and fantasist, Soya does not abide by any code of honour or etiquette, and has a mindset that is singularly focused on survival. Down right infamous for fighting skunk-dirty, His liberal fighting style exemplifies the use of unsympathetic tactics regarded as foul, cowardly and potentially humiliating to waylay his opponents with systematic efficiency.

Tactical retreat: Though clearly a euphemism for 'legging it', Soya has no qualms with skidaddling when the going gets tough, citing 'running away' as amongst his greatest abilities.

Companion
Tesso(鉄鼠, Iron Rat), formerly known as Raigo (頼豪鼠, Raigo the Rat), is a surly, anthropomorphic rat that revels in disappointment. Depicted with a ragged motif, His rodent-like features are supported by a tough, hard-as-nails constitution. Innately conniving and deceitful, he is portrayed as a foul parody of a human; a sneaky, contentiously opinionated and irredeemably vile character. Callous, vindictive and of seemingly high intelligence, Tesso suffers from a pronounced ugliness, transformed into a human caricature. With a grim, sloping muzzle and an erratic, twitching strength, Tesso is a fairly cunning and always malicious individual, prone to cowardice.

Trivia

 * Soya was originally based on legendary guitarist, Keith Richards.
 * According to the databook(s):
 * Soya's Hobbies are 'to drink heavily' (深酒をする: fukazake wo suru)
 * Soya's favourite food is Mukae Zake (迎え酒: hair of the dog)
 * Soya's favourite term is "Kanpai!" (乾杯: “Cheers!”)
 * Soya's personality has been described as pragmatic