Character Quote: “I've got you. Don't hold back!”
Name: Dogorasu, Goro
Age: 15
Height: 5'10”
Weight: 150 lbs
Build: Decently toned, though not large
Quirk: Vitalight – a mutation-type quirk that's led Goro's tissues, primarily on his torso and head, to produce large amounts of light not unlike sunlight. This light, replete with energetic nutrients, continuously replenishes the stamina and -if applicable- the quirk of the target. This 'replenishment' delays or reduces the onset of quirks' negative effects while refilling whatever bodily resources they use
Description: Though he grew up in rather dark circumstances as the son of a poor and somewhat disreputable family in Rumoi, Hokkaido, Goro manages to be a ray of light to those around him—in more way than one. Of course, as a result of his Quirk his skin pretty much everywhere but his extremities glows a warm yellow, so much so that practically nobody has ever seen his face for the light given off by its surface. However, he's also empathetic, polite, considerate, and generous, believing that everyone deserves peace and happiness, and acting often to help them come about. This spirit of his developed, rather than dimming, during his bleak childhood, strengthened by his parents' determination to provide for him as best they could even though money was scarce and misfortune prodigious. However, during the period after the move, even that might have not been enough had Goro not had a chance encounter.
He knew about heroes, of course, but other than the single grizzled guardian of his hometown, Kingfisher, he had never really met one. For a time Goro thought, after reading about heroism in book and watching it in movies and TV shows, that the professionals were something of a sham. Thriving on publicity and gathering wealth in a made race for that number-one spot, they seemed more like celebrities that than heroes. Did they fight villains? Sure, but he never saw them volunteering among the poor or sick, trying to save not just lives, but people. A time after his family moved, however, he found someone on the roof of his apartment building. Sitting right next to Goro's usual spot was a dull-eyed man in a labcoat, tinkering with a golf cart-sized mech designed like a sumo wrestler. Goro remembered being struck by how tired and sad the man looked, and he asked if he could help.
The two ended up talking for a while, and though Goro wasn't much help mechanically, he learned quite a bit. The stranger, Honda, was one of the professional heroes he reviled, but he was also a man struggling both to feed his family and to shoulder the burden of being responsible for the lives of others and not always being able to save them. Through Honda, Goro learned that heroes weren't supermen whose whims decided the fate of lesser beings, but humans who suffered just as much as the rest. He learned that they, too, need help sometimes--and he learned that anyone could do good in the world, hero or not, no matter their power or the scope of their achievements, so long as they tried.
Goro carried those lessons with him into the future. The ideas of peace and happiness for all, mere ideals for all but himself and his family in his youth, drove him to act. When able, he worked odd jobs and volunteered to make money and help others, including using his Quirk to grow crops on his apartment's roof for food and sale. With his parents and the heroes like Honda as an example, who strove to remain strong and do good despite all that assailed him, he sought to make a difference in others' lives through compassion. Aside from those examples, however, he found he was spurred on by a strong inferiority complex. It drove him to seek approval and validation through service or kindness whenever possible in order to prove his worthiness of being liked and respected by others, and in order to try and prove himself a good person. Whatever good he did, he felt compelled to keep it up, lest others forget what he did for them and why they bothered having him around. This somewhat self-sacrificing behavior, moderated by conscientiousness, strong morality, and good judgment, remained with him. Eventually, he decided that he would try to become an official hero after all. To do so, he needed to find a school, and he soon found that -all things considered- there was only one option.
Miscellaneous: His hobbies include gardening and cooking, both of which he's pretty good at. While not a player of sports, he does like watching them, and he exercises daily.
