Hey guys! Thank you all so much for your kind words and positive feedback. I've decided to keep Glass Houses up for those of you who enjoyed reading it and may want to do so in the future. (Personally, I found a lot of things I was unhappy with.) I'm planning on rebooting it and I've actually outlined the plot and setting, so that everything is written down. It'll be a lot different than Glass Houses, but with many similar elements.

Shadows represent their shame that they try to hide, and their dungeons take shape after their ideal world. They're upset with something in the real world, so they try to build their ideal world in the mirror world.

For those of you who still want your characters included, thank you! I've written a new template, however, and I would really appreciate it if you added what I've asked. I'm taking this project a little more seriously since I put more time into planning and plotting it out, so I might be a bit more harsh about the characters I receive. Currently, only two Arcana are taken: Fool/World and Justice. My characters are written below; the Fool is a bit different, so please use the template I used for the Justice. If you have any questions, please let me know! Feel free to submit the same character you send in to Glass Houses, or to make an entirely new one (or two - go crazy!). For the Persona, I want at least the initial Persona to be from Norse mythology, as that'll be the theme. (For P3 it was Greek mythology, P4 Japanese mythology.) Also, I only need their final set of abilities; I can guess for their lower attacks and specifics really aren't all that important.

The plot is much more complex than I had planned for Glass Houses, so I don't wan to give anything away, but the main setting is more or less the same. All students will be attending an international boarding school in Japan (so yes, students of different ethnicity are okay, but I would prefer Japanese and not too many English), and characters from P3 and P4 will be involved. I may ask you to change some things about your character if something doesn't fit or a trait is over used. Again, please feel free to ask questions if you have them!

Thank you so much,
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PROTAGONIST: THE FOOL

Basics
Name: Ino Hakuna
Age: 16
Birthday: October 2
Ethnicity: Japanese

Appearance
Height: 5' 2"
Build: Colette has a very small frame, with slender limbs and slight curves. She has dainty tapered shoulders, long fingers and calloused hands, and feet that are a little larger than average.
Skin tone: Olive
Eyes: Blue-green, with thick dark lashes; she loves mascara and dark eye liner on her top lid
Hair: Naturally wavy and a dark blonde/orange in color. She likes to keep it cut short, just above her shoulders, and her bangs are styled to the left and flick upwards so that they're out of her eyesight. Her hair tends to curl inwards.
Other: She has two piercings in each lobe (all occupied by simple diamond studs), as well as a silver feather clasp on her right cartilage Her nails are usually trimmed short and painted some color; she loves painting her and her friends' nails. She wears a white watch with jewels around the face around her left wrist and a rosary made out of string around her right (given to her by her religious mother). Ino is very fond of rings (right hand: thumb, pointer finger & left hand: middle finger) and scarves.
Clothing:
- Uniform: She tailors her skirt so that it's hiked up high above her knees. During fall/winter, she wears black thigh highs with her school shoes and exchanges the blazer for a large, comfortable gray sweater; she also wears a variety of heavy knitted scarves to keep her warm. During spring/summer, she wears navy flats and a short-sleeved, collarless white blouse (so without the ribbon, obviously) tucked into the skirt; her scarves are lighter and softer for the weather.
- Spring: An airy/light, long-sleeved peach shirt tucked into a high-waisted white skirt, which decorated with blue and pink floral patterns. On her feet are strappy brown sandals, and a white lace infinity scarf hangs around her neck. She tries to pull her hair up into a tiny bun.
- Summer: A cream-colored tank-top tucked into a neutral maxi skirt, kept up by a thick black sash as a belt. She wears black flats and a bright blue cashmere scarf decorated with butterflies. Her hair is French-braided very loosely.
- Fall: Mint green skinny jeans cropped just above her ankles, dark brown belt, neutral oxfords, a light blue long-sleeved blouse, and a brown sweater with white polka dots over it. A black infinity scarf hangs around her neck, and her hair is pinned half-up with bobby pins.
- Winter: Choral skinny jeans tucked into dark brown knee-high boots, long black blouse, and a dark brown leather jacket. Her scarf is made of cashmere and alternates colors from green to blue to gold. Her hair is pulled up into a messy bun, and she wears a thick black headband to push back her bangs.
- Swimsuit: A red two piece, where the top is strapless and has a gold clasp in the middle to keep it up. She also wears a pair of denim shorts and leopard-print sunglasses.
- Festivals: Her yukata is yellow and decorated with bold orange flowers and branches, with a purple obi to keep it in place. Her hair is left down, though she wears a bright yellow flower in it.

Personal
Personality: Upbeat, cheerful, and easy to talk to, people often seek Ino's company and advice. She likes to put herself into new situations and expand her horizons, and she has no trouble with adapting to new situations or environments. She's very active and needs to constantly be doing something, otherwise she'll throw a mini tantrum; Ino's gotten very good at keeping herself entertained and amused. Though most people prefer having some kind of alone time, Ino is someone who thrives when she's with people. If she's away from others for too long, she gets too withdrawn and thinks too much, and that usually becomes self-destructive. She loves to have fun, but she also just likes that sense of companionship and friendship that comes with being with people. Her empathy is very high, and her concern for those around her is genuine. She will put herself out on a limb to make sure that others are happy or comfortable, but she tends forget about herself in the process.

While Ino is friendly, she doesn't really have a sense of formality. When she talks to people, she does so with the intent and thought that they're going to be friends, and it doesn't really register that there are some people who simply don't want that. She extends her (over) friendliness to all people, including (or especially) those who don't want it. She isn't very good about understanding boundaries, especially physical ones, and is very open with her displays of affection. A lot of people take her friendliness as flirting, but it's really just her way of interacting with people she likes. When it comes to people she has romantic feelings for, she actually becomes more reclusive and unsure of her actions.

Pissing her off takes a lot to do, but if someone manages to do it, she'll blacklist them. Ino's notorious for holding grudges, though they have to be for pretty serious reasons. She's good at just letting things roll over, but if someone wrongs her or a friend she'll never let them forget it. She's not very good at hiding her emotions, especially when it comes to people she doesn't like. While most people can be polite and/or pretend to like someone, she'll shun them and/or blatantly make comments to make them uncomfortable. Ino can get pretty snarky and sassy and while it's fun it can also get a little embarrassing. She's naturally very friendly and empathetic, but she's also stubborn and an absolute bull in confrontations.

Ino is much more concerned about her social life and hobbies, so academics tend to take a back seat with her. It's not that she isn't intelligent; it's just that she doesn't know how to apply herself, and there are other things she'd rather be doing. She often has to be forced to sit down and study.
Hobbies: She's very fashion conscious and up-to-date with the latest trends, so she loves reading fashion magazines and blogs. Her health is also very important to her, so she's big on working out and eating the right foods. (She's into these weird protein shakes and tofu replacement foods and tries to make her friends eat them.) She loves to sketch and play around with pastels. She can belt it and she loves to go to karaoke, but her actual singing skill leaves much to be desired. As stated before, she can often be found painting her own nails or forcing a friend to sit down so that she can paint their nails. She can be a bit of a prankster too, and likes to play harmless jokes on those close to her.
Likes: Fashion/health magazines, large dogs, iced milk cofee (refuses to have it any other way), sunshine, rom coms, cheesy action movies, going to the movie theater, pop culture (she can spout random information about celebrities that no one should know), dancing, airplanes, traveling, baked goods
Dislikes: Cigarettes, staying in one place for too long, jaywalking (she refuses to cross the street unless the sign is green and she will wait, with no cars in sight, until it changes), gore movies, small and cramped spaces, sleeping alone in the dark (she needs a night light to sleep comfortably by herself)
Clubs/occupations: Art Club, Music Club (organizer/assistant; she can't play an instrument), Fashion Club, Volleyball Club; works part-time at Oishii Sweets
Talents: Giving advice, baking (she likes to sneak in healthy ingredients), painting/drawing, getting people to open up, running
Family: Kenshin (father), Midori (mother), Arisa (younger sister, 12), Seiji (younger brother, 10), Seotta (younger brother, 5)
Background: Ino's family is originally from Kyoto, where her father works for a large manufacturing company and her mother weaves kimonos. Though both do love their children, they're very busy and family time is very scarce. Kenshin is often away at work, usually traveling for the company, and Arisa has to bring her work home a lot but she has to shut herself away in order to finish. As the oldest, Ino took up a very motherly position with her siblings, packing their lunches and getting them ready for school. She bears no ill will towards her parents (she insists that she loves them), though honestly she doesn't know them very well. Since she's gotten older, Arisa has helped out with raising their younger brothers, and the siblings all do a good job of making sure that they're growing up well. Ino is deeply attached to her siblings, babying them a lot (Arisa is the harsher one, and she'll call Ino out on it). Whenever Kenshin and Midori do manage to make time for their kids (at the same time), conversation is usually pretty formal and shallow; the parents don't know how to talk to the kids as much as the kids don't know how to talk to them. They aren't necessarily bad parents, but they don't really try.

Though Ino honestly doesn't mind, Arisa has taken to guilt tripping both of their parents (when Ino's not around). Kenshin admits that he hasn't done much to be active in his kids' lives, and Midori agrees. Both know Ino well enough to know that she's still very interested in fashion and possibly traveling, so Kenshin spoke to one of his co-workers who has ties with Kageri International School in Yamasachihiko. KI is very prestigious, with 98% of the graduates going on to get goob jobs and/or better schooling. Though she couldn't get an academic scholarship due to sub-par grades (she's had problems with sitting still since she was a child), she was secured a spot through her father's connections and money. Ino was initially a little weary about accepting, mostly because of leaving her siblings behind, but the younger ones insisted and she decided to take the opportunity.

Up until five years ago, Ino remembers waking up in the middle of the night, in pitch black with all electronics turned off. She recalls something red (perhaps blood) on the walls and coffins, but she's convinced herself that they were strange, vivid nightmares.

Persona
Arcana: Fool/World
Weapon: Dual wind and fire wheels
Initial Persona: Skadi - Appears as light-skinned, nearly translucent woman with long and fair hair. She is dressed in a simple white dress tied at the waist with with a gold rope, brown greaves and long hunter's gloves, and golden sandals. A bow and arrow hang from her back and she wields a spear, as though ready to strike. Her eyes are a brilliant shade of purple - the color that Yamasachihiko's mountains are when the sun sets and rises.
- Weakness(es): Zio
- Strength(s): Agi
Ultimate Persona: Embla - Takes on a much more humble appearance than Skadi. Embla is a fair-skinned and fair-haired, but is completely nude, save for a blue-purple sash that conceals her most intimate body parts. In one hand she wields the fire of life and in the other a sword carved from the tree of life.
- Weakness(es): None
- Strength(s): Resists Agi, Garu, Zio, Bufu, Physical
Abilities: (Final Set) Ragnarok, Maragidyne, Samsara, Salvation, Regenerate 3, Brave Blade, Vorpal Blade, Alertness

TEMPLATE FOR TEAM MEMBERS

Basics
Name: Azusa Yano
Age: 17
Birthday: December 5
Ethnicity: Japanese

Appearance
Height: 6' 0"
Build: Azusa is tall and lean, with a broad back, large hands, and a slender torso. He towers over people, both because of his natural height and the way that he holds himself.
Skin tone: Light-skinned; he burns easily
Eyes: Gray
Hair: Auburn and cut short, though it's naturally pretty spiky and hard to keep down.
Other: Azusa is almost always wearing some kind of thick bandana, headband, or hat. He also has a thin silver chain necklace with a simple black ring hanging from it. He owns a pair of black thick-framed glasses that he needs to wear for reading.
Clothing:
- Uniform: During fall/winter, he wears a black hoodie over a long-sleeved white shirt, plus a thick brown scarf and white-and-green trainers. During spring/summer, he wears a black t-shirt instead of the white dress shirt, and his usual trainers.
- Spring: Dark wash jeans, white v-neck shirt, red trainers. The headband he wears is also red.
- Summer: Khaki cargo shorts, red bro tank with a black logo for a local lacrosse team on it, black sneakers. He wears a slouchy gray beanie.
- Fall: Forest green v-neck sweater with a black t-shirt underneath, blue jeans, brown sneakers. His headband is black.
- Winter: Blue jeans, black long-sleeved shirt, gray hoodie, black jacket, white trainers. He wears his slouchy gray beanie.
- Swimsuit: Green-blue trunks with wave-like patterns on them. Around his forehead and tied to the side is a white bandana.
- Festivals: He just wears whatever the season permits, but if coerced (aka really forced/tortured) he'll wear a simple navy blue yukata with a white sash. Even with the yukata he'll wear a headband.

Personal
Personality: Azusa comes off as gruff and hard to talk to, as he usualy holds himself with an air of confidence (borderline arrogance) and tends to look down on people. He's also hard to impress and keep entertained, and he has no problem with walking away from someone/something once he's bored. Azusa is intellectually superior to many of his peers, but he still holds them to a high standard that's pretty unfair. Because most people are too afraid to talk back to him, he has no problem with saying what he wants, most of which is pretty insulting. This applies to both strangers and friends; the latter just know how to deal with him. His friends and family have to be confident of themselves in order to stick around him, and they usually shoot back what he says right back at him. Azusa's a condescending ass, but he appreciates people with a backbone. Being around people who are unsure of themselves makes him uncomfortable and tends to piss him off. (He doesn't really understand what it's like to not believe in oneself.)

He's put together and very organized; disruption and chaos makes him incredibly uncomfortable and fidgety. Even if it's not his own room or his belongings, he'll start to clear things up and try to put them in some kind of organization. He gets antsy when things are out of place. On top of that, he's incredibly punctual and will get super pissed off if people are late to a meeting.

He's loyal to his friends, though he shows it in unconventional ways. Azusa isn't one to voice his appreciation of someone, and if he does it's very roundabout (or just insulting). Most people know he likes them if he shows them through actions, as he's not willing to give the time of day to people who irritate him. He's much more willing to help people he's geuinely fond of, though he'll complain and gripe about it all the while. Azusa isn't too good with dealing with emotions because he's so used to stifling his own, so any sign of tear or anguish and he'll go running in the opposite direction. He grew up in a very cold house where showing signs that something is wrong was frowned upon and even suppressed. What he's learned about actual companionship came from his friends, but he didn't have very much to start with.

Azusa's a realist, and people who are too optimistic tend to piss him off. His life has been defined by facts and realities, drilled into his head by his parents and family. He's far from being an idealist and expects the worst out of people and the world.
Hobbies: Cleaning (he's great at housework), reading (classic literature, especially Russian, is his favorite), playing with a rubix cube that he carries everywhere with him, chess/checkers/shougi/go, card games, going to the arcade, practicing music
Likes: Cigarettes, intellectually stimulating games, libraries, coffee/tea, coffee shops, music (both listening to it and playing it), chocolate, most unhealthy foods (he's notorious for the amount of grease and fat he consumes without gaining any weight), cats and dogs (he has a soft spot for strays)
Dislikes: Most flowers (he has terrible allergies), rats (the fear is almost debilitating), most vegetables (he has to be force fed or the vegetables have to be well-hidden), traveling long distances in general (he gets terrible motion sickness and has to take medicine that knocks him out)
Clubs/occupations: Music Club (piano, violin, trumpet, cello), Soccer Club
Talents: Music, school, an impressive martial artist (he often frequents the local dojo), has a good memory and recalls the smallest (sometimes trivial) details
Family: Takashi (father), Chiyuki (mother), Katsu (older brother, 25), Sanae (older sister, 22), Jin (younger brother, 13)
Background: Takashi is the current owner of a huge chain of hotels throughout Japan, which he inherited from his father, grandfather, etc. The Yano family is incredibly rich and is often in the news because of their attempts to expand beyond Japan. Both Takashi and Chiyuki were born upper class and are thus very aware of social etiquette and construction. As children, Azusa and his siblings were taught simple etiquette in terms of dining, talking with other people, etc. On top of that, they received the best education possible, in which Azusa demonstrated a natural talent for schooling. Though Katsu and Sanae got good grades, they did so through hard work and constant studying; this wasn't the case with Azusa, who effortlessly sat at the top of his classes. Katsu, who felt called to monastic life, became a Buddhist monk when he was twenty, which left the inheritence of the Yano Hotels up for question. Sanae never showed an interest in the hotel business, especially since she went on to study biochemistry for med-school. Right now, they're expecting Azusa to take over the business once his father's done, but only after he's finished his schooling. In order to prepare him, he's started taking college-level courses in business administration and finance.

KI gives a full scholarship to one person from each class, and Azusa received the one for his. Though his family is filthy rich, they haven't needed to pay a dime for their son's schooling because of the scholarship, which is something a lot of the students deem unfair. He used to get a lot of flack for it his freshman year, when he received the award, but most people leave him alone (or just talk about it behind his back) now because they're afraid of him. Both of his parents are incredibly proud of him, and while they don't mean to do it, it's pretty obvious they favor him. His siblings tease him about it, but it does put him off and irritates him, especially since they already want him to stand in as the next face of the hotel.

Persona
Arcana: Justice
Weapon: Gloves
Initial Persona: Freyr - Takes the form of a large red boar with yellow eyes and longer, elf-like ears. Both of its ears are pierced three times, with gold hoops in all of them.
- Weakness(es): Mudo
- Strength(s): Hama
Ultimate Persona: Baldur - A large, mechanical man dressed in brilliant gold and white armor, with a gold crown hovering above his head. He wields a broken sword in one hand and a silver shield in the other.
- Weakness(es): Mudo
- Strength(s): Hama, Garu
Abilities: (Final set) Mahamaon, Garudyne, Hamaon, Primal Force, Diarahan, Debilitate, Marakukaja, Dekaja

Dungeon
Ideal World/Fantasy World: His dungeon exaggerates his fear of responsibility and what the future holds for him. It's a large play place with an endless number of rooms, each filled with different toys, games, and activities. The walls are colorful and patterened, unlike the drab white walls of hotels. His ideal world is one without responsibility, without people depending on him for something he doesn't want to do, without etiquette classes and college courses. His ideal world is one where he he can just enjoy rather than worrying about the future.
Shame they try to hide: Despite being held to such a high standard by his family, being intelligent, having a scholarship, etc., Azusa has no idea what he wants to do. Some people urge him to take over his father's company, some tell him to go on to more schooling, some tell him to go abroad — but he just doesn't know. For someone who apparently has it all put together, Azusa's future is far from clear. Honestly, he's afraid of responsibility and having all these people (especially his family) depending on him.