Rou/Background


 * Rou is a vicarious eater, capable of acquiring skills and abilities related to the things he eats.

Past life as a Human
Rou, known formerly as Tomokui Kanata was a human with an esper ability. One day he was killed by a stalker whom he regard as a sister. Later he woke to find out he was reincarnated as a goblin, a monster species considered to be of the lowest class. His memories as a human remain in him however. Having a second chance at life, Rou is determined to live his life to the fullest.

Personality
Rou is a very smart individual, having an extraordinary amount of knowledge that he retains from his previous life. He is very cunning, finding goblins to use as sacrificial pawns, later as underlings. The first goblin used this way is Gobukichi, who later becomes his right hand man. Despite this, he has a kind attitude towards his goblin underlings, helping them learn to hunt, training them, and even encouraging them with gifts when they achieve something good.

He adapts easily to every situation and condition, which can be seen from his strategies to hunt and his ability to solve every problem. He also greatly hates doing something without righteousness, unless it is important and required to survive. An example is when he is angry and uncomfortable when he sees the female humans that were kidnapped in the cave, and repeatedly violated in order to produce more goblin babies.

He doesn't like going into detailed explanations, he likes his food and booze. He's blunt (where we get jerk feel from) and likes solving problems the easy way. At the same time, he's very intelligent (not that obvious with his speech/thought process though) and actually pretty reasonable. It is shown he actually cares about those around him (yes, even the gobs, even if he see them as pawns. It's like the concept that even if it's a tool, it should be maintained and well treated.). He has a very deeply seated consistent buddhist's version of compassion (it's closer to lay practice than the monastery version), as in, he doesn't really kill for the sake for killing, there's a purpose behind it (one aspect with the Buddha of mercy is the complete annihilation of your opponent, ie. cut him down and stomp on his skull, there's still a mural of it in Tibet. Killing for sustenance is actually well tolerated).