OOC
Name: Rian
Contact: KindaLikeUtopia (AIM), rianrps [at] gmail [dot] com
Age: 20
Current characters: Yuri Lowell
IC
Name: Kristoph Gavin
Fandom: Ace Attorney/Gyakuten Saiban (game)
History link: His
Wiki page.
Age: 32
Canon point: Just prior to case 4-1, in which he commits and is convicted of his (first known) homicide by Apollo Justice and Phoenix Wright.
Personality:
To everyone he is introduced to, Kristoph is charming and polite. He is eloquent and calm, treats people with gentlemanly kindness, and is always ready to lend a concerned ear. He can offer gentle advice or blunt summations, depending on what is required of him. Kristoph usually has smile on his face and despite a slight air of aloofness, he is eminently charming.
Anyone who has a keen eye, however, will likely be able to discern the nagging undertones of wrongness - a mix of insincerity and mocking niceties - that underlie even the simplest of Kristoph's words. While he takes great pains to appear polite and kind, Kristoph is little more than a well-adjusted sociopath. People are, to him, merely means to his ends, and he will not hesitate to betray and ruin allies should they set themselves up. What few redeeming traits Kristoph has - intelligence, manners, curiosity, and a fine wit - are all over-shadowed by his inability to use them for anything other than his own gain, almost exclusively at the expense of others.
Kristoph is methodical, thoughtful, and very good at biding his time until the opportune moment. He does not take lightly to offenses on his pride and so great is his arrogance that he can hold grudges for years before taking his revenge. While Kristoph does not trust others, he takes great pleasure into making others trust him, both to bolster his ego and to even more painfully destroy the poor sap.
Powers/Abilities:
Kristoph is of fairly average size, if a bit broad-shouldered, so while he isn't a push-over, he will not be winning any fist-fights. He has no physical powers to speak of.
Mentally, Kristoph is exceedingly intelligent and crafty. He is particularly adept at seeing through the cracks in other's logic, or manipulating people with his ill-begotten charm.