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© Florian K., since 2014


I'm late, because I didn't find the time to finish this simple piece and it still looks kinda skewed ... I don't know and I don't have enough time to go over it again.
Like I said, I want to rework my characters. Well, this is Kai (old version, alternative version). Notice the sneaky change of his surname :D After some deliberation I decided that "Ritter" is a more fitting last name for him.





BEWARE: Poor English!
The character description is for hardcore geeks only!



KAI RITTER
pronunciation: kai rɪtɐ

Age: 17
Sex: male
Birthday: 17th September
Height: 1.66 m
Nationality: German
Status: student at S.E.S.A. Kaltesch*
Siblings: none
Eye color: brown
Hair color: brown

Positive: intelligent · gritty · vigilant
Negative: stubborn · overly skeptical · gruff

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Likes:
languages · writing rap songs in Latin an Old High German · biology and chemistry · collecting baseball caps · the destructive nature of the trivial human society · well put sarcasm · anti-humor

Hates:
99 % of all people – especially people who like sushi · vegans · curious people · overly happy people · girly shirts with v-neck worn by guys · teachers · children · religious people – especially those stupid Wiccans who think they're so alternative and special

About him:
He seems to be the typical white thug who only opens his mouth to insult people, he's apathetical to everything important and likes to stay away from cliques. But he's quite intelligent, knows how to play with quirks of persons and uses his bad image as a shield against annoying people – even most teachers leave him in peace, because he can be extremely stubborn and discussing with him makes no sense. His grades are exceptional, but his attitude is poisonous. He refuses to do homework, but whenever a teacher wants to punish him for it with an unscheduled test, he scores unexpectedly high. He can be prickly and egoistic, because he thinks he knows enough and doesn't need to listen to other people.
Kai often feels left alone and unchallenged. He might be able to attend a higher school, but his mother doesn't deem this option reasonable. He has bipolar disorder that causes episodes of extreme depression or euphoria. His euphoric episodes are actually worse than his depressions, because he tends to do the stupidest and most dangerous stuff in them and was charged with several sentences because of theft or violence before he was sent to a psychiatric ward and diagnosed with personality disorder. He has to take medication since then. His mood can change abruptly – one moment he's introverted and thinks about philosophical concepts and the next moment he wants to beat the crap out of people because they looked wrong at him. Once a month he has to talk to his psychiatrist – who he hates, because he's a moron. Kai has a vivid imagination that can become psychotic during the transitions from a depressive episode to a manic one.

Life:
He grew up with his single mother Katja and never had much contact with his relatives, because Katja is on bad terms with almost everyone in the family. She owns a funeral parlor (mainly to piss off her smug parents who both are esteemed doctors, but also because she has never been good at dealing with people – except for people who are dead, obviously). Kai never met his father who left Katja and basically is the reason for the quarrel in the family. Katja has difficulties to care for her son and is unable to understand his feelings or worries. The diagnosis of his mental disorder didn't make things easier for her. In addition, the organization of her private business is extremely time consuming and often requires her to work the whole day (and night).
Before Kai was diagnosed with bipolar disorder he had been sent to a psychiatric ward, but this resulted in a dramatic increase of his bad mental condition: In custody he got away with some fountain pens he used to cut himself. He only needed one night to cover parts of his body with incisions that left scars. The medication he takes is supposed to balance his depressive and manic episodes and to bring them down to a "normal" level with less abrupt changes in his personality and therefore less motivation to harm himself or other people.

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USELESS FACTS

Favorite Color: black
Favorite Music: classical music · dark hip-hop and orchestral rap · ambient and drone · dark wave
Favorite Food: hamburgers with sauce hollandaise · pistachio ice cream · all kinds of exotic tea
Conditions: congenital heart insufficiency · bipolar disorder


Relationships and affiliations:
best friend of Win · friend of Maya, Cem and Ari · son of Katja · cousin of Martin

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* INTERNAL REFERENCES

S.E.S.A. Kaltesch:
Staatliche Erweiterte Schule Ansfurt (Extended Public School Ansfurt), also Kaltesch Schule Ansfurt (Kaltesch School Ansfurt) – a German high school located in Ansfurt. It's dedicated to the Habsburg-Muscovite nobleman and philosopher Wilhelm Andrej Kaltesch who was executed because of his opposition to the absolutist Catholic Church and the rule of Emperor Ferdinand II.





MORE CHARACTERS


Students:


Protagonists:

/// Kai (alternative version)
/// Win
/// Cem
/// Maya


Bullies:

/// Kevin
/// Georg
/// Zahir
/// Nea


Supporting:

/// Student Council
/// Pascal
/// Ari
/// Martin
/// Fin

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Teachers:

/// Mr. Kautsky
/// Mr. Hagelkorn
/// Mrs. Sonnenfeld
/// Mrs. Rombach


Supporting:

/// Daniel + Otto
/// Katja
/// Nathan


Creatures:

/// Husk
/// Wrath
/// Arum

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/// More about the main story
/// Corresponding journal entry





GEEK FACT: NAME

The first name Kai either comes from the Frisian word "Kempe" and means "warrior" or from the Celtic and Old German syllable "-ger-" and means "spear carrier" or "struggle".
The last name Ritter is German and means "knight".





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What do you get if you take some lyrics in Old and Middle High German, Middle French and Latin, classically trained singers, traditional instruments and a computer? — one of Germany's most artistic music projects, hovering between dark wave, electro music, avant-garde and medieval minnesang. Sometimes unsettling and dark, sometimes lighter than air, but always highly sophisticated and complex.



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I like your stylizations and this angles of siluets