[CHAR] Yu-Gi-Oh!: Harmonia United

Character Glossarry

Hideo Hasao

The founder of Harmonia United. The man has long since passed away, but was a pioneer in the dueling field. His founding of Harmonia to be an academy based on healthy competitive spirit made him an extremely well respected individual in the eyes of many. A playful yet competitive environment would drive students to push each other to even greater heights, aiming to try their best. His school grew steadily during his time as a principal, but it did not grow to this size until after he had passed the baton to the next generation. He was an honest and earnest man, and is the only principal to have a statue dedicated to him in the courtyard of the main building.

Appearance: Hideo was an old man when his statue was erected in the courtyard, but he didn't look any worse for wear. His body was noticeably fit underneath that suit he always wore, with that stern face of his having a jolly smile that showed a truly happen man. His hair was long gone when this statue was made, but his youthful spirit was not.

Yoshi Noritaka

The current head of Harmonia United, having been in charge for 10 years after the last principal has stepped down. Owner of the multinational company known as Noritaka inc., his funding helped the academy grow exponentially in the last few years. He was the one who remodeled all the dorms as well as renovating the entire school to be much more prestigious. He seems like an honest man, though he rarely engages with the student body and spends long amounts of time cooped up in the principal’s office. He also changed it so that some facilities, open to all students in the past, became unique to certain dorms. He also installed new facilities to make it more fair, such as the theme park in collaboration with Akira, the high-tech gear for Synchro dorm and the arcade for Xyz after some convincing by Noir.

Appearance: Yoshi is a middle-aged man with a more rounded figure, as if he's been drinking a few too many beverages. He has a scruffy brown mustache that fits in with his balding head, and the man's principal uniform is a chique violet. Yoshi is a very twitchy person when you see him, but he gives off an honest vibe.

Dorms & Champions

Fire

Machi Hikaro

Izumi Nonaka

Probably the easiest going of any of the teachers, and also the youngest. Being only 25, Izumi is actually a former Water dorm champion of the academy. After going pro for a year, she decided it wasn’t for her and studied to become a teacher. Her goal from the start was to teach at Harmonia United, but the only spot that opened up was that of the Fire dorm’s head. Because of her youth, Izumi frequently mingles and chats with the students of the academy, of which a majority are stunned by her beautiful looks. Her features are apt described as ‘prettier than the sparkles of a sun-setting ocean’.

Appearance: One of the shorter teachers on campus, she’s actually a bit of a dwarf compared to some other students. She’s not terribly short, but her below average height does make her have to look up to most people. That aside and contrary to what you’d expect, Izumi is very slender. Her facial features are very sharp and combined with her flowing, aquamarine hair she’s a beauty to behold.

Deck: Dinomist

Water

Kanna Hayashi

Wataru Nishima

A middle-aged and kind man, Wataru is the lead of the Water dorm. He is very calm and patient with his students, often engaging with them during lessons and sometimes not giving any classes at all. He is the one who insisted on the huge amount of rowboats available, as Wataru is an avid fisher at heart. As a mandatory part of his curriculum he sets aside some days to go fishing with a group of his students, thinking patience is a virtue. He insists you can learn a lot from fishing, keeping some of the more hot-headed members of his dorm in check. Wataru is generally regarded as the least skilled duelist out of all the teachers, but also the most competent in actually teaching.

Appearance: Wataru, despite his gentle nature, is a pretty big bear of a man. He towers over most teachers and students in the academy, with some visible muscle showing on his arms. That’s not to say he looks threatening, though. His hair is playfully scruffy and coloured a hazel brown, with a permanent stubble on his chin. He often walks around with a smile, almost always in a good mood. He’ll often walk around with his professional fishing rod, even during class.

Deck: Fish

Wind

Yute Asama

Akira Sora

Former pilot, resident engineer and the head of the Wind Dorm. Contrary to what most believe due to their short hair and flat chest, this ball of energy is actually a woman. She’s somewhat middle-aged, but looks really young for how old she is. Back in her piloting days she had the nickname ‘Akira of the Sky’ due to her last name, though she resigned to become a teacher of her favorite hobby. She actually designed the theme park next to the Wind dorm as well as being the main person to handle the upkeep. She’s really easygoing and lets her students goof off often, making some believe she’s not at all suited for her job.

Appearance: Akira, even though she’s a dorm leader, doesn’t actually wear her dorm leader uniform very often. Due to the heavy maintenance work she does around the academy she’s often met with dusty or greasy machinery, making her don a jumpsuit to avoid her clothes getting dirty. This obscures her feminine body build well enough already, but her short and blonde hair doesn’t help matters. Akira’s also slightly taller and has a more angular face compared to most females, further adding to her more masculine appearance.

Deck: Mecha Phantom Beast

Earth

Samantha Clover

Sumika Naomi

The Earth dorm’s dorm leader and also their chef. She is the single best cook out of anyone in the academy, which is helped by the fact she can use fresh ingredients every day with ease. She’s a very charming, motherly figure despite her youthful and slender looks. Sumika is also easily the most compassionate out of any single dorm leader. Her philosophy is that a healthy and soothed mind makes you strong, so she makes sure her students are always well fed and able to come to her if they have any issues on their mind.

Appearance: Sumika is of average length and very feminine in her appearance. She’s the most classic of any of the teachers, having a slightly round and soothing face with long, black hairs. She often ties her hair into a ponytail and goes around in an apron a lot, even during some of her classes in which she’ll teach her students to cook. Her plain appearance ironically makes her stand out the most, since she’s the only ‘normal’ looking individual in the staff lineup.

Deck: Naturia

Dark

Felicitas Weiner

Thomas Quill

As a teacher, Thomas is very strict and to-the-point, with students having very little input on his lessons. He spends most of his time in the Dark dorm’s library, researching various subject for both his lessons and spare time, or just reading. Thomas, naturally, also acts as the librarian, so students have to go past him to loan books out of the library. Most of the time he will bite your head off when you try approaching or talking to him for anything that doesn’t concern his immediate job. Thomas does open up on certain occasions though. If you spy him playing with his pet dog, Snuggle, he is a lot more approachable and open for dialogue.

Appearance: Thomas, is a very intimidating individual. Even when dressing in something other than the dorm leader’s uniform, the clothing he wears are always dyed in dark and melancholic colours. This isn’t helped by his dark green hair, although it’s capped off with an uncharacteristically stylish fedora.

Deck: Spellbooks

Light

Lance Ristof

Leopold van Mourik

Every school has to have one teacher nobody seems to like, and Leopold is that teacher for Harmonia United. He is a stuck-up, selfish individual that looks down on any non-light student, because he is their dorm leader. He think Light is the supreme dorm and will push his students to their limits in order to live up to this self-envisioned standard, accepting nothing short of perfection. Leopold also has a deep-seated grudge against the Dark dorm leader, Thomas, as the both of them started teaching around the same time and Thomas’ Dark dorm currently holds more titles than Leopold’s Light dorm.

Appearance: He’s most certainly classy and has style, if nothing else. The almost regal suit he wears fit nicely on his tall, slender body and don’t conflict with his clean-cut, baby blond hairs. Despite dressing nicely, though, his permanent, judgemental scowl is anything but. If you happen to catch him at any random time of the day, Leopold will very blatantly look down at you, literally and metaphorically.

Deck: Monarchs

Synchro

Masaru Chinen

Aiko Chinen

Head of the Synchro dorm and local scientist. Whenever she’s not teaching, she’s cooped up in her lab in the main building. This alone already makes it extremely hard to get a hold of Aiko, but not only that, she’s also a cold and distant person. She has very little interaction with her students. She doesn’t take the student body into account and is extremely demanding with giving grades, making her classes some of the hardest in the entire school. Because of her attitude, the Synchro dorm has relatively few students compared to all the other dorms, but Aiko simply believes those who do not put in hard work do not deserve any accomplishments either. Strangely and rather contradictory, however, Aiko also believes those with potential will always wind up on the path of success one day, even if it takes them a while to put in the work required.

Appearance: Aiko is of average length and often walks around with a lab coat covering the uniform for the dorm leaders. She wears a black, full-rimmed pair of glasses and has a constantly fatigued face. Her hair is long and a slightly faded midnight blue. Aiko isn’t constantly maintaining her appearance, but still has a very mature look to her.

Deck: Crystron

Xyz

Naoki Sora

Noir

The head of the Xyz dorm, Noir is the oldest teacher in the academy. His name isn’t actually Noir, but rather it’s an alias he uses. He’s wise and compassionate, but also distant and mysterious. He does not talk about himself and prodding him would only serve to get him to talk about the past and how you could learn from it. He also actively duels the least out of any teacher due to his loner nature, preferring to observe and help students grow instead. He constantly drives them to better themselves, but also warns them on a regular basis to not overdo it and that losing is sometimes okay, that you should not take things too far. As long as you keep standing up and trying again, you’ll get to the top eventually. That is Noir’s philosophy.

Appearance: Noir is an old man, and thus, has to walk everywhere via wooden cane. He’s always hunched over, which makes him appear a lot tinier than he actually is. Noir’s dorm uniform is constantly covered by a brown duster, like the ones you’d see in old detective movies. Noir’s one of the few people in the academy with a fully grown beard, but at the same time, also suffers from the unfortunate case of baldness by aging.

Deck: Generic Rank 4

[Satoshi Kyou]

Name
Naoki Sora
Age
18
Appearance
Naoki has jet black hair, its length bordering on what most would consider long. She usually keeps her hair in check by tying it up into a ponytail, having it float right above her shoulders. She’s got hazel eyes and is a little taller than an average female, being a bit bigger than Kaito. Naoki wears a Kuriboh pin on her dorm uniform, given to her by Kou as a good luck charm. She has a few other mementos given by other friends of hers in the dorm, some of which she keeps in her room and others she lets hang off her bag.
Personality
Naoki is generally a nice person, as she’s always helping people out in any way she can. Contrary to what you’d expect of a collector, Naoki’s pretty charitable and doesn’t mind giving her friends some cards in her collection if it would help them out. She’ll couple it with some advice, of course, wanting people to improve and better themselves. She isn’t worried about the cards she gives out, even if it’s one of her last ones, as she believes that with enough hard work she can get all of them back and their new owner would make better use of them anyway.

Naoki dislikes when people fight with each other, especially if they’re normally friends or in the same class as each other. Naoki always tries her best to break up any fight she witnesses, reconciling and helping the two parties to be better friends with each other. Most of the friends Naoki makes in life are through her helping people out like this, though her naïvete and blind optimism makes her a little too trusting of others.
Dorm
Xyz
History
Naoki was an avid card collector, even before her academy days. She enjoyed using her collection to her advantage, using a large variety of cards to change up her strategy whenever she wanted to. One day, however, she found a certain card: [Number 78: Number Archive]. This card piqued her curiosity, leading to her to research these Number cards. When she found out there were 100 of them, it convinced her to try and collect them all.

As time went on, however, strange things started happening. As Naoki’s collection of Numbers grew, she felt a pain course through her. A constant, unrelenting pain that would grow slightly more intense with each new Number cards. Eventually, voices started talking to Naoki inside of her head. The voice told her that the pain would subside if she collected them all. The girl, not knowing any better, decided to trust the voice and continued to collect Number cards. The pain has grown quite intense, causing her to have to make slow and careful movements.
Deck theme + list of example cards

Numbers

Examples

Monsters
Cyber Dragon
Photon Slasher
Solar Wind Jammer
Overlay Booster
Star Drawing
Kagetokage
Goblindbergh
Junk Forward
Gallis the Star Beast
Gilasaurus
Yokotuner
Jet Synchron
Boost Warrior

Spells
‘Xyz’ Spells
Rank-Up Magic Argent Chaos Force
Overlay Barrage (Anime)
Star Changer
Half Shut

Traps
‘Xyz’ Traps
Damage Diet
Strike Slash
Dimension Gate
Impenetrable Attack
Extra Deck
Numbers lots of them

The 4 NPC's

Remaining top 5

Ren Zamazaki

Ren is an outstanding student in the eyes of many. He’s a friendly, gentle person who will try and help out people as much as he can while also being extremely diligent with his studies. He’s Naoki’s best friend and primary encourager, always helping her out when she needs it and rushing to her side if he catches a whiff of something happening to her. Ren is a bit of a doormat when you pile the pressure on him, though. He’ll apologise if he’s hurt you badly through words or actions, because he always means well.

Appearance:
Ren is a fairly tall individual, looming over most other Xyz dorm students. He has long, crimson hair falling all the way down to halfway his back. He wears a smile most of the time, though it can sometimes feel a little forced. He also seems oddly buff underneath his uniform, though this is because Ren chooses to wear two uniforms, one over the other
Deck:
Raid Raptors

Kaito Nonaka

Kaito’s a very polite, gentle person. He doesn’t raise his voice in a lot of situations and has the coolest head of the group, carefully thinking everything over before making a decision. He’s very distrustive of Ren as he sees the boy as nothing but trouble, especially for Naoki. Him and Ren never get along on anything, and Kaito’s managed to convince both Sana and Kou that they shouldn’t hang around Ren too much. Kaito is also one of the only people in the Xyz dorm to break convention and use a Pendulum deck instead of an Xyz one, since he didn’t want to change up his playing style just to conform to some stereotype of the dorm he was placed in.

Appearance:
The most noticeable thing about Kaito is that his eyes are heterochromatic, with the right being red and the left being green. He makes no effort to hide it, either. His hair is noticeably dyed black and spikes off to all sides. He refuses to wear his uniform, too and instead goes around in a teal jacket with a black shirt to match. As a compromise, though, he wears a brace around his right arm with his dorm emblem on it.

Deck:
Dragons & Pendulum

Sana Doji

Sana is an animal lover at heart. She absolutely refused to come to Harmonia without her trusty pets; A husky named Swain and a cockatoo named Beatrice. The both of them don’t just get along with their owner, though, as Beatrice will playfully ride on Swain’s back whenever the latter isn’t excitedly chasing their owner around. Sana also strongly believes you don’t need to be tied down to one series of cards to do well, preferring to use a whole variety of them to represent her love for animals. She’s as carefree as a bird, though she knows when to stop goofing around and get serious for a moment. She won’t tolerate it when people pick on her friends, and is probably the most protective of the group.

Appearance:
Sana’s got short, vividly colored yellowish blonde hair with a small dog hair clip to keep the longer parts from falling in front of her face... She isn’t too much of a tomboy, though, as she makes no effort to dress herself outside of the norm. Her height and chest are both pretty average, so she doesn’t stand out too much.
Deck:
Generic (winged) Beast(-warrior) Xyz

Kou Sentou

Kou is presumed to be the weakest member of the group due to rank his, but the truth is actually that he doesn't care too much about being the best. Kou would rather have his friends stay near the top while he serves as the vanguard of the xyz group, acting as their shield and guardian. He’s a very stubborn individual, refusing to give up in any given situation and you’d be hard-pressed to get through him. Even outside of the academy’s ranking system, he’ll always sacrifice himself first before anyone else could in a situation where someone is picking on one of his other friends. He’s very resilient when it comes to dueling, taking pride in a more defensive style within in his deck

Appearance:
Kou has a friendly, unassuming look to him. His face gives off a mellow and relaxed feeling while his medium length, chestnut brown hair casually hangs around his head. Kou never goes anywhere in the academy without his Duel Disk, always having it on his wrist. His backpack is also very distinct as a ton of little Duel Monsters pins are attached on it, showing the guy’s love for the little creatures.
Deck:
Bujin

[Ammokkx]

Name
Masaru Chinen

Age
18

Appearance
Masaru is pretty average in terms of height, being neither particularly tall or short. He has medium-length, midnight blue hair with a few bangs hovering in front of his red-trimmed glasses. Behind his pair of spectacles lie two cool, azure eyes. His skin is smooth and well cared for, but his constant icy gaze and sneer to most people can be more than off-putting. Masaru pays great care to his appearance, which is evidence by how his uniform never seems even the slightest bit wrinkled. His more angular face bears great resemblance to that of his mother’s, showing that he inherited a lot from her. He’s also not very athletically built, being more scrawny than muscly.

Personality
Masaru is a diligent but stubborn individual, obsessed with constantly trying to improve and being the best at at all times. Because of this, and some inherent intelligence, he considers himself better than most people and will look down upon them most of the time. That’s not to say he can’t hold a regular conversation, but he’d rather not engage with people he does not deem worth his time. Because of these factors, Masaru is a very sore loser. He dislikes failing anything and will beat himself up over things in a disproportionate manner, leaving him unable to be happy for his opponent to have won.

Masaru is also generally cold and dismissive to people, which make him and Emi Fujino a surprisingly good duo. If you see either of them interact with somebody, it’s usually each other. Conversely, people like Hyousuke, who don’t take anything seriously, annoy Masaru to no end. Masaru doesn’t have a sense of humor, either, making him clueless whenever most people crack a joke.

Dorm
Synchro

History
Masaru is the son of Aiko Chinen, his dorm leader. She’s always been a hard worker who was hellbent on her goals, so it comes as a surprise to most people that she has a son to begin with. As you might expect of this hard working lady, though, she never had much time to spend with Masaru. The boy grew up around his father for the longest time, though on Masaru’s 10th birthday, his father passed away in an accident. Even so, however, Aiko had trouble finding time between her work hours to spend time with Masaru. She obviously cares for her son, but due to constant stress and overwork she put a lot of expectations on him and kept pushing the boy to get excellent results. Aiko was very strict in that regard, making Masaru grow up with very little fun in his life.

Things got even more complicated when the company Aiko was working for, Noritaka inc, wanted to transfer her over to Harmonia United as the lead researcher and one of the teachers there. Reluctantly she agreed, but decided to take Masaru with her once she did. Even if Aiko had little time to spend with her son, she wanted to at least be near him to be able to keep an eye on the boy. Still, this only made things harder for him. Since Aiko was a very strict teacher, Masaru had to quickly learn and study up on everything to work his way up with his grades. By the end of his first year at Harmonia, Masaru was already top of his class grades wise… but his dueling still lacked polish.

During his second year, however, he improved over time. Masaru didn’t have the time to make friends in his first year, but he met Keitaro and Emi on the following one. Both of them were already top notch duelists even back then, often crushing Masaru and knocking him further and further down on the leaderboards. Still, he got back up each time and analyzed his losses to the point of madness, ready to challenge either of them again soon enough. It took him a while, but by the end of his second year at Harmonia, these three had pushed themselves to their absolute limits and became some of the best students in their dorm. During the final exam to decide the next year’s champion, Masaru was put up against Hyousuke, the top runner of the year. After an intense, nail-biting duel, Masaru barely came out on top and clinched the title.

Now, however, he has so much more to lose and even more expectations placed upon him. No matter what it took, Masaru was going to prove that his hard work didn’t amount to nothing, that he deserved to be where he was.

Deck theme + list of example cards

Genex

Examples

Monsters
‘Genex’ monsters
Solar Wind Jammer
Speedroid Rubberband Plane
Construction Train Signal Red

Spells
Final Gesture
Machine Assembly Line
Iron Call
Limiter Removal
Unexpected Dai

Traps
Quantum Cat
Synchro Material
Urgent tuning
Reject Reborn
Changing Destiny
Puzzle Reborn

Extra Deck
‘Genex’ Synchro Monsters

The 4 NPC's

Remaining top 5

Hyousuke Murakana

The second-best duelist of the Synchro dorm, although you wouldn’t be able to tell from the way he acts. Hyousuke, or more commonly called Hyou, has slackerific tendencies. Contrary to everything the dorm stands for, he studies little and often skips out of class to get up to hijinks elsewhere. Fittingly, his grades are far from something to brag about. Still, he’s always pulled through every year by the skin of his teeth and is an incredibly talented duelist. He’s only barely behind Masaru in terms of raw skill, though nobody in the dorm would want him as their representative due to his attitude. Hyou isn’t a bad guy, though, being one of the most approachable and friendliest members of the entire dorm.

Appearance: Hyou has stark white hair, spiked up into three bangs going up and then forward. His golden eyes compliment his friendly smile, though the boy never wears his uniform properly. He wears his blazer as a cape, showing off the rather plain, black shirt hiding underneath. Other than that Hyou isn’t too remarkable, as he’s not particularly muscular nor stands out in height.

Deck: Synchron

Emi Fujino

Emi is the local ice queen of the Synchro dorm, being the most antisocial person there. She keeps her distance from everyone and gets abrasive and rude when you try to talk to her, making her a very unpleasant person to be around. Needless to say, she’s not often seen with friends. There’s only a handful of people who can handle her intolerance and verbal abuse. Despite her attitude, she demonstrates frequently that she has enough skill to back up her attitude. Emi is a very sore loser, however and doesn’t like being called out on only being the third best duelist of the Synchro dorm.

Appearance: Emi’s a bit taller than average and likes to keep her light blue hair just below shoulder length. Her hair’s cut in a way that makes the left side of her face have a bang hanging from it while the right remains clear. She usually keeps her arms close to her and walks eerily straight, her cold and azure eyes piercing through everyone as she does.

Deck: Ice Barrier

Keitaro Asano

Keitaro, for all intents and purposes, does not fit into the classic image of the synchro dorm. He frequently doesn’t hand in his work and skips class, hanging out with similarly minded individuals from oher dorms. Keitaro, despite being a skilled duelist, has gotten on the verge of expulsion multiple times throughout his years at Harmonia for misbehaviour and damage of property. Still, Aiko keeps the boy around for some reason as she sees the untapped potential in the boy. This year is his last chance, however. If Keitaro screws it up again, Aiko won’t be there to save him this time.

Appearance: Keitaro prefers the old-fashioned delinquent look, having a glorious pompadour sticking out in front of his face at all times. His black hairs rivalling the length of an imperial broadsword aren’t his only standout features though, as the boy has a noticeable scar underneath his right eye. Speaking of eyes, his are a rather average hazel brown. Like some others, Keitaro can’t stand wearing his uniform properly and instead decides to wear a long, black coat over it to make himself seem more threatening.

Deck: Armors (anime)

Ryuji Ryumine

Perhaps the most extreme and energetic of the Synchro Dorm’s best 5, Ryuuji is a massive oddball. He’s bombastic, loud and sometimes obnoxious as he proclaims himself the best dragon tamer in all of Harmonia. He’s built up this unbeatable character of himself despite only being the fifth best duelist in the dorm, but confronting him on it will only meet you with him saying “This is only a temporary setback!” or similar excuses. He also carries his voice as more bombastic than it actually is, almost shouting all his lines in an attempt to be dramatic.

Appearance: Ryuji is a tall person, easily coming out above most other males his age. His golden hair is short, but messy as it spikes out to all sides. Ryuji likes accessories, having no less than three silver earrings in his right ear and two silver rings, one for each ring finger. Unlike Hyou who pretends his uniform is a cape, Ryuji wears an actual red cape, and proudly too. He has two differently coloured eyes, though not through natural means as he wears red and green contact lenses to mask his average brown eyes underneath.

Deck: Dragon Synchro

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-Name-
Hikaro Machi

-Age-
18

-Appearance-
Machi stands at 5'11", sporting a fairly toned bodybuild and a slouching walk that just screams "carefree". He has fairly short but messy orange hair, with a matching pair of somewhat bushy eyebrows directly above his emerald eyes. Machi is usually dirty and somewhat rough in appearance due to being a bit rowdy, and his uniform never looks that great due to him both not really caring and the fact he messes it up by doing stupid things, like wiping away barbecue sauce with his sleeve. When forced to dress decently however, he can still appear as a decent looking young man; Though perhaps he'd look more off because it's not normal for him at all.

-Personality-
Machi can be described as confident, and overly passionate about dueling. When he's not stuffing his face, he's testing his deck and forming new strategies, before testing them out on the fellow members of his dorm. His loud and rash nature can be a bit irritating to some, though he's generally a friendly guy: Unless you get on his bad side by being stuck-up or a general prick.

He'll gladly throw himself into a situation if he sees something that doesn't stick right with him; usually someone with a superiority complex is enough to pull Machi into trouble by adding himself into a fight or dueling to knock his opponent down a peg. He has a strong dislike for people who shoot down others due to their own cockiness, and tries his best to make them get lost when they cause an issue.

Picking fights aside, Machi is seen as a bit of an idiot due to his general upbeat nature and carelessness, but is respected by his dorm for his talent as a duelist. He's also friendly with the majority of his dorm; Annoyed by severe laziness like Kien's, though still finding him hilarious and incredibly smart. Terrified of Sinata's bursts of aggression and confused by foreign things. Despite being the champ, many of the people in his dorm honestly help keep him on track, though of them do it by making him regret his mistakes more than anything. In return, he tends to pull them into any stupid ideas he has. They're a mess of a crew.

-Dorm-
Fire

-History-
Machi grew up in a family of four: His parents, himself, and his younger sister were a small effective system in a middle-class household. Years before Machi had been born even, his father was a paleontologist: Studying fossils of the past, and meeting the love of his life who was but a simple tour guide on a school trip to an excavation site. Once Machi was born, he was introduced to everything prehistoric; His father decorated his room with fossils, most of his attire and toys were dinosaur themed, and over time the man tried to get his son as interested into paleontology as he was.

While the boy considered it all to be fascinating, he also easily got bored with everything that was involved after digging up the fossils. Scientific observations just weren't for him; He had other aspirations instead. During his childhood he became fascinated with dueling; Investing in his own card packs and building whatever he could out of what he had. Especially the dinosaur cards.

He was pretty good, too: By the time Harmonia Duel Academy had even been put in his head, he was already able to outplay most of his friends, though he found himself oddly on par with his younger sister who had also gotten into the game. Despite being younger, she could read her brother like an open book, and more often than not crushed him in duels.

His love for dueling, along with the fact most of his friends were trying to pass the exams, caused him to decide to try and get into Harmonia United. His father wanted him to strive towards paleontology, but Machi wasn't enthusiastic about spending his life staring at bones. With his mother's consent, and his father caving in and allowing him to pursue what he wished, he was off; Saying goodbye to his parents and little sister, swearing to write, while also telling his sister to also take the exams once she was older.

He told her to keep practicing, too. As he swore to get a lot better before they dueled again.

His exams could have gone better; He wasn't the dumbest kid around but he wasn't terribly smart, either. His dueling managed to place him in the top five, ranking as the fourth best exam duelist behind a surprisingly laid back kid in third; Nari Kien. Who had also proven to be extremely intelligent in his prior tests, as well. Though neither of them were the best of the best, they were exceptional; And ended up in the Fire Dorm together, too.

Machi's first year was fun, more than anything. He was a bit careless, but managed to place himself as one of the better duelists of his first year; Managing to beat Kien and a third year student before losing to the best student in the dorm at the end of the year: Marouki Sinata, a first year like him, in an absolute blowout. He wasn't angry, or disappointed, he had a lot of fun with it; And was determined to change things around during his second year.

Which he did; Along with the help of Kien. His fellow second year student helped him learn and become much better over time; He worked hard on his strategies, he ate all the leftover barbecue after Fiery Friday, and despite harsh competition, the positions changed: Sinata ended up pushed back to third that year, though she mostly went unopposed with the students below her.

It left Kien as the best student of the dorm that year, with Machi in second after managing to get Sinata back for his loss at the end of the first year by kicking her down the ladder to deny her passage to the title of champ. This lead to the finals being between Machi and Kien, which ended up being a very close and drastic duel; Kien's mind playing around Machi's strategies that he helped build himself.

But Machi held out.

Whenever Kien thought he won, Machi pulled himself out of defeat barely. By the end of the duel, Machi had only 400 Life Points left to Kien's 2200, before landing a devastating direct attack. Making him the champion, and leaving Kien blasted back down to second place.

One thing bothered Machi; And it was Kien's field during his direct attack. He had two cards set, and neither of them had triggered during that final turn. It was possible they were bluffs; But he knew Kien. That guy thought long and hard about the decisions he made, and he planned a lot. He has had a sinking feeling Kien let him win that duel, but he has never managed to ask Kien to confirm it. Despite how much it bothered him, he left it be. Not wanting to insult Kien as both a friend and duelist he respected.

Machi is now going into his third year as the newest champ of the Fire Dorm; Not yet realizing just how much his actions mattered now. He had a bumpy road ahead of him, and the only people he had were his dormmates to keep him from falling off the path and screwing things up.

-Deck Theme + Example Cards

Jurrac

Hider

Monsters:
‘Jurrac’ Monsters
Souleating Oviraptor
Miscellaneousaurus
Babycerasaurus
Super Conductor Tyranno
Flamvell Firedog
Sphere Kuriboh

Spells:
Fossil Dig
Rekindling
Big Evolution Pill
Clashing Souls
One For One
Shrink
Tail Swipe

Traps:
Gozen Match
Survival of The Fittest
Hunting Instinct
Debunk
Kickfire

Extra Deck:
‘Jurrac’ Synchro Monsters
Grenosaurus

The 4 NPC's

Remaining top 5

Nari Kien

Kien is a overweight young man prone to laziness and ignoring responsibility. Despite this, he still manages to be one of the highest ranking duelists in the Fire Dorm while also keeping a high exam rating. He joined Harmonia Academy at the same time as Machi and Sinata, being the third best duelist in their entrance exams and was in the top percentage of the written exam. He approaches the academy carefully, and never stresses himself to do something. This method has done surprisingly well for him; He has remained near the top of the dorm for the majority of the time he's been at the academy, and currently seems reluctant to give up the number 2 spot in Fire Dorm.

There are rumors that Kien threw his match against Machi last year, but he has never confirmed or denied it: Instead telling people if they think they can beat Machi, to go for it; They can find the answer themselves.

Appearance: Kien is a bit of a butterball; Round in appearance, and kind of stubby in the limb department. He has shoulder-length curly black hair, and ocean-blue eyes that constantly are fighting the urge to close up for a nap. His cheeks are somewhat chubby, and his chin dribbles a bit, though generally he looks fine. His complexion is decent, and he keeps himself pretty clean compared to Machi.

Deck: Toons

Marouki Sinata

Sinata is certainly... An individual. Usually considerate and kind, She has proven herself to her dorm that she is not a duelist to be messed with; Having joined the same year as Machi and Kien, she was much more situated: Having blown away expectations for first years by becoming the highest ranking duelist on the leaderboard; Knocking Machi down when he tried to compete with her the first time, though falling short during her second year as Machi and Kien both surpassed her. She considers them both rivals and dedicates hours of each day trying to build up the perfect strategy against them both to take her to the top during their third year; Whatever it takes to get it done, it will happen.

When she gets excited, she's surprisingly loud and aggressive. You can most often see this in duels, though when she gets mad, she scares the Fire Dorm boys into running for miles. Despite being above her, Kien and Machi are very afraid of her due to the fact she's not afraid to knock them upside the head for being idiots.

Appearance: Sinata looks fairly innocent at first glance; Often seen with floral design accessories and generally cutesy in her slim but fit appearance. She has straight chocolate brown hair that goes past her shoulders, and crimson eyes that can probably stare directly into your soul when she's pissed off. She's a master of shifting between quiet and concerned to loud and rowdy.

Deck: Battlin' Boxers

Hayase Otoishi

Despite being in the top 5, Otoishi has a deeper passion outside of dueling; Music. He's a guitarist that is always practicing his riffs when he's not dueling, and tends to go off on rants due to his own casual view on the academy lifestyle and how some people 'ruin his jam'. He's by far the most chill and passive of the Fire Dorm members, though has explosions of passion that occasionally reveal the potential that brought him as far as he's gone.

He tends to look for flaming hot duels to fuel his muse of song-writing, and constantly insists to the others that Fire Dorm ought to start a band with their top 5 best duelists. If not only because it'd be totally awesome and intimidating to the other dorms that they were such a unit. He has faith his dream will one day come true.

Appearance: Otoishi is lanky, though has a bit of a gut. He has long unkempt blonde hair, and hazel eyes. He's got a bit of scruff growing on his chin, somebody probably needing to remind the guy to shave, though otherwise he generally looks fine. He prefers loose clothing, though keeps his uniform in decent shape compared to Machi.

Deck: Symphonic Warriors

Shujinko Kotone

Kotone is perhaps what people would refer to as a 'worrywart'. She can end up sweating bullets at the smallest of situations, and has a bad tendency to lose faith in herself. Through motivation from other students, she's managed to pull herself barely into the top 5 of her dorm with the potential to do much more, from what she's been told at least.

She's a very soft and sweet girl, who has a hard time trying to push forward knowing the fact it'd potentially hurt the others. Though they motivate her to try and do it, and she refuses to let the strength they lend her go to waste. So she tries her hardest, up until the very end. Or at least until the pressure eats away at her to the point she can't properly play anymore.

Appearance: Kotone is of average height, her personality not allowing her to make much of a presence most of the time. She has shoulder-length layered pink hair, and a pair of sensitive but observant yellow eyes. Kotone is probably the most clean and neat of the entire top five, always trying to ensure things are nice and neat before she starts her day. With skin like silk and a cute posture, she's certainly not the type that seems to be pro duelist material.

Deck: Magibullet / Magical Musketeer

[MidKnights]

My Hider

Name:

Yute Asama

Age:17

Appearance: Yute has somewhat smooth deep black hair with jaw length-bangs hanging at each side of his face. Pass the hair that covers seeps into the viewing of his eyes, Yute has dark crimson red eyes. Standing at around 5,8 he generally wears a dark violet jacket that covers his black shirt with two red paint brush marks that intersect to form a red x at the chest area. Going further down he wears a regular belt that's covered by his shirt, below his belt he wears denim blue pants. Yute's shoes are black with no type of design or special look to them.

Personality: While Yute is accepting of most people and whatever company he happens to be with, he prefers to be alone by himself, finding it better to think and have a clear mind. He generally doesn't involve himself with anything unless it has caught his interest or if it's in the way of something he wants. When it comes to conversation he isn't the best at it as Yute doesn't have much to say most of the time. He can be considered a competitive person, seeing as he loves winning any sort of contest he knows. He despises staying in one spot for too long and often wanders around, if he is unable to wander and move about he'll eventually begin fiddling and messing around with his deck or any sort of item he can find. He'll often start daydreaming at random moments. When it comes down to strategy, he isn't the best, but he's great at setting up for future moves.

Dorm: Wind

History: Yute never had that many friends since his Father's work had him and his mother traveling to different places alot. While he was still 8 years old Yute always had a fascination with Dueling, but could never get his own cards to duel with. Everyday he'd watch other kids duel each other, taunt and sometimes argue over who was better. His father, inbetween his work and trips brought him back a card one summer, in the card's protector was a old looking card called Elemental HERO Neos. Looking at the card for the first time Yute was overjoyed even if it wasn't something rare. For awhile after that he walked happily with his card, while also finding thrown away cards on the ground, but he never had enough to make a full deck.
After some time there was a giveaway at a shop, but nobodoy wanted the cards, going in Yute saw several traps, spells, and monsters all revovling around Neo-spacians. His years after that were only somewhat difficult with his dueling and love for competition getting in the way of his grades. Sometime after he completed his new deck, he got a invitation from Harmonia. His first year at Harmonia was a difficult adjustment for him but he got used to it. While he dueled and studied on the island he came across many of the E-HERO cards and was able to enhance some of his plays that revolved around Neos.
During this time he encountered a girl named Kei, while the two barely did talk there was a weird synergy between them both. To Yute words weren't needed whenever he'd hang out with her, he could somewhat understand her. Because of his nature he found it suitable to apply for the Wind dorm, another major factor that qualified him for the dorm was his make shift sort of strategys. While he dueled most of the people he came across and won he still didn't recognize his own skill.
While he had been working hard to make his deck better at Harmonia, he had ignored the fact that many students in his dorm where starting to regard him as the top duelist. He was happy the day he realized that, not because he was the top duelist, but because his blended deck's progress of growth was finally showing.

Deck Theme: Hero's World

Example Monsters:
Neo-Spacian Monsters
Elemental HERO Monsters
Keeper of Dragonic Magic
Knight Day Grepher
Mathematician
Hero Kid x3
Chrysalis Monsters
Shield Warrior

Example Spells:
Elemental HERO cards
Neo-Spacian support
Normal Monster support
Fusion Recycling plant
Equip cards
Gemini Support

Example Traps:
Call of the Haunted
Defense Draw
Fusion Reserve
HERO support cards
Gun Shot Cannon

Extra Deck:
Elemental HERO Fusion Monsters
Elemental HERO Neos Fusion monsters
Neo-Spacian Fusion monsters
Elemental HERO Divine Neos(Anime)

NPC:
Name: Reshoi Imashi

Personality: He can be a bit absent minded, sometimes ignoring the situation he is in good or bad. He isn't interested in titles, like Best Duelist in the dorm or school, but he wants to recognized and seen as a skilled duelist. Even if he hates it he'll take the title if it means respect. His absent mindedness often causes him to lose his duels where he could've easily won. Most students at the Wind dorm consider him a hard worker when it comes to studying or winning a duel before he loses his focus. His deck at first glance can be considered a beat stick but is often more strategized than some realize. His strategies, stacked with his high atk dragons has won him many duels, but his absent mindedness is the reason he's the 5th best duelist instead of 1st. He considers the wind dorm his cavern as he is able to focus much better and train his mind even in a duel.

Appearance: The top part of his head is dyed a deep ocean blue as a symbol to his favorite cards. His hair is medium length and very spikey, yet it looks well kept and taken care of. He generally wears a plain dark green shirt and black pants. His shoes are a light gray color.

Deck: High Level Dragons

NPC:
Kei Sumashi

Personality: Often stays away from large groups of people and dislikes being in a classroom. Most students that try to speak to her, she'll ignore them and carry on as if they never said anything. She doesn't ignore others on purpose, but rather she's incredibly shy and introverted around people she's never known. She has a incredibly sound mind and is great at decision making. When it comes to her dueling while she doesn't get hyper, she gets very excited. While the Wind dorm is filled with quiet, friendly, and fierce duelist, her strategizing is what got her labled as the 2nd best in the dorm. Her dueling style and strong mind represents the strong thinkers that live inside the Wind Dorm.

History: When she was 10 Kei would always hang in her father's jewlery shop. She enjoyed seeming all the gleaming Gems with all there different colors. Even before she applied for Harmonia she was a introvert, only talking to people that spent a lot of time with her. When she learned that the famous game Duel Monsters, had gem based archtypes she immediately fell in love with the game. After learning of her love for the game, her father brought her a box for her birthday. Inside the box was Two Gem archtypes that she considered one. Having her wish fufilled she begin dueling the next day, finding that she was better than what she thought at Duel monsters. It wasn't long after that she was made fun of because of how her deck was the opposite of her attitude, but she was well respected when it came down to dueling. In the years that followed, feeling she was good enough Kei enetered Harmonia Academy, dead set on showing everyone her Gleaming deck. During her first month at Harmonia she instantly clicked with the Wind Dorm. Also during her first month at the Wind Dorm she became friends with a student named Yute Asama. While the talk is minimum between the two whenever they are together, she understands more than anyone else.

Appearance: She was considerably long black hair that reaches down to her back. She wears a long black skirt that covers her legs and stops at her ankles. She wears a white dress shirt with different gem logos on her shoulders. Her shoe's are a dark blue color with gem logos on the bottom of each shoe.

Deck:
Gem-Knight Crystal Beast

NPC:
Terry Alarian

Personality: He's a really quiet person sometimes to the point they think he's mute. While he is quiet and doesn't speak all that much, he's great at holding conversations and a happy and easily excited person. When it comes to the problems of others he'll leave them be unless it seems they are truly stuck and need help. When it comes to things such as parties he's a perfect person to come to for one. He enjoys the soliditude and calmness offered at the wind dorm, but hates how everyone can sometimes be a little to reserved and often he'll start some sort of event to get everyone riled up. His dueling style is somewhat controlling as he likes to switch the opponents monsters battle positions and change their players owners. While he can be a hyper active person when excited, his Deck and Dueling Style is what keeps him in the regularly quiet Wind dorm. As he is the 4th best duelist in the dorm he always makes sure to represent how the Wind Dorms students while quiet can come up with any strategy even when they are too deep in the ground to win.

Apperance: He has smooth brown hair with some wild hairs that get in his face every now and again. He wears a black dress shirt with dark blue jeans. Just like some of the others at the Wind dorm he wears black shoes.

Deck: Psychic-type Deck

NPC:
Izashi Murkana

Personality: While he isn't opposed to talking to others, he much prefers to duel most of the people he meets. Sometimes he can come off as aggressive whenever he wants to duel. While he isn't a aggressive person his facial expression is very serious. While he does seem stern he is a hard worker and does his best to think regardless of the situation. Whenever he wants to think at his best he'll go silent and sometimes won't say anything as he's deep in thought and focus. He finds the windmill at the Wind Dorm's the calmest setting for someones mind to thrive. When a duel reaches a certain peak in terms of heated, his aggressive nature starts to shine. His plays and even the way he duels are equal to that of a rhino. He'll go as far as nearly putting his life points to 0 to destroy the opponents field and leave them open for attacks from his Darklords. It is because of his dueling style that he's been labled as the 3rd best at the wind dorm.

Appearance: He has short deep blue hair, but it's hard to see as he wears a hoodie jacket that covers his head. His jacket is white with blue flames around the edges, under his jacket he wears a white and blue stripped shirt. He wears black cargo pants that cover up most of his shoes. His shoes are a bright blue color that goes along with his jacket.

Deck: Darklords

[ThePlumbum]

Leonard L. Leonard

("Leo")

Age
19

DARK Dorm would be my preference.

Appearance:
Leo looks like a ruffian, through and through. He’s tall (6’3”), lanky and skinny. His hair is long, just short of his shoulders, brown and usually tangled. His uniform is usually kept in rags as well, although not unwearable (yet) all of it has noticeable tears and damage he’s never bothered to repair or replace. He has deep blue eyes (which lose their colour when his psychic dueling is in effect) and usually has just a touch of facial hair that he won’t shave off as he should.

Note:
I couldn’t find anywhere this kinda fit in very well - at least not to explain in detail, but it’s an important pillar of the character. Leo is a Psychic Duelist, as they appear in 5Ds, meaning he is able to deal real, physical damage with duel monsters in proportion to the Life Point damage dealt to the player. He does have some grasp on his power, mind. He’s really not likely to seriously hurt anyone unless he invokes particularly powerful monsters (the only time he ever did cause a serious injury was the first time his power manifested. Then, he put a school bully in the hospital, mind) although he has before caused some minor cuts, bruises and burns still. This is part of why he’s at Harmonia - to help him better learn to temper and control his power. He does have a psychic inhibitor - his is a golden-looking earring that curls around the back of his earlobe. (Think like Akiza Izinski's hair accessory in 5Ds. If he takes it off, shit goes *down*.)

Personality:
Leo seems to be the only student at Harmonia who has the astounding ability to seem like he doesn’t even remotely want to be there. This is mostly a half-truth borne out of his homesickness, fear of his own power and ultimately the feeling that amongst Harmonia’s student populace, he feels as if he’s very much alone, even in the largest crowds.

Leo has been demonised by some of the other students - at least the ones who found out one way or another that he is a Psychic Duelist and to an extent he welcomes it, although he’s nowhere near as unfriendly as one might believe - he is unbelievably serious about his Dueling, given both his status and ability but he still tries his best to maintain an indifferent, chilled demeanour otherwise - lest the constant pressure drive him insane of course. He outwardly projects that he’s not interested in making friends, although the truth of it might not be the case.

He has had a few problems integrating into the local culture and has had a tough time learning the local language - although he’s just about competent as spoken, he’s hopeless at reading and writing.

History:
Leo had always been a strange child, but he could never really perceive why. Sure enough he went to an average school in his average hometown of Leicester, got average grades and played Duel Monsters with his friends and siblings, at which he was average. Just about the only abnormal thing about him was his name, which certainly didn’t help a young Leo not get bullied, but wasn’t even remotely enough to justify that feeling of ill belonging. When he got his answer, he immediately wished he had never learnt.

See, one particular brute at the school also played Duel Monsters and he was pretty damned good at it too. This boy, by the name of Alexander had a particular thing against Leo, if only because he wanted Leo’s rarest card, “Sophia, Goddess of Rebirth”. He hounded the young boy for weeks until he put the card up in an ante duel. All seemed normal for the Duel. Alexander pushed Leo into a corner with his abilities but he left too many special monsters on the field, which allowed Leo to summon his precious Sophia with his opponent’s cards. But that’s when it got weird. This was just a duel with cards on a table but.... Sophia appeared and more than that, she attacked Alexander. The result was not pretty. It was one school bully spending the next few weeks in the hospital, half of the school population traumatised from watching and property damage that the school had to claim was an act of a god. Once his powers surfaced, Leo lost his chance at a normal life - and with Duel Britannia, the pre-eminent dueling school in the UK, ill-equipped to handle a Psychic student, he had to board a plane halfway around the world to one that was.

He bade farewell to his family and friends, at least for now but he realised at least one positive of the situation. Once he did arrive at Harmonia, he flourished. Finding out about his power and having the responsibility to control it finally gave Leo the drive he had been lacking for as long as he had. During his first year at the Academy, he was still fairly regular, sometimes threatening the tops of the rankings but only barely - and with his grading continued into his second year, he couldn’t quite break the glass ceiling placed above him by his first year’s grades. But the third year carried a fresh start...

Hell & The Unknown

Leo brought his “Burning Abyss” deck with him, which are far more common in the West, although he has supplemented them now with a series of “Entities” - almost unheard of back home but far more common here in Japan.

Leo’s deck does not feature on raw power, given his distaste for causing harm with Psychic Dueling. Instead, he uses powerful effects like his Viruses to control the field and disable his opponents from getting to their own power cards, or to easily remove them from play once they have hit the field or even to use his opponent’s cards as nothing more than common material. He often presents significant obstacles for the opponent(s) to overcome and rarely fights back from behind himself, although he’s capable of doing so if he needs.

Examples

Monsters
"Burning Abyss" Effect Monsters
Fiend-type and DARK support, such as "Fiendish Rhino Warrior", “Stygian Security” and "Dark Armed Dragon"
"Sophia, Goddess of Rebirth" - This is the original card that revealed Leo’s Psychic Dueling power to himself; he doesn’t use it if he can at all avoid it.

Spells
"Burning Abyss" spell support
Effect negators and other cards to prevent "Burning Abyss" monsters from destroying themselves in the presence of other monsters, such as "Forbidden Chalice" or "Forbidden Dress".
Unspeakable Trapezohedron
Miracle Synchro Fusion
Super Polymerization

Traps
Hate Buster
Fiend Griefing
Synchro Call
Deck Devastation Virus
Crush Card Virus
Eradicator Epidemic Virus
Full Force Virus
(Usually swaps his “Virus” cards to the most appropriate choice depending on his opponent)

Extra Deck
"Burning Abyss" monsters
"Elder Entity", "Outer Entity" and "Old Entity" monsters (excl. "Elder Entity Norden")

The 4 NPC's

Remaining top 5

Kurosawa Kota

Kota’s father, Kurosawa Jurou, was one of the most famous and well-regarded Duelists of the last generation. However strong Kota himself was, he’d seemed always destined to stay in the shadow of his senior. He’s been driven by stepping out of that shadow for the last two years, but by now he’s grown a reputation as the nearly-guy. The one that’s second. The perpetual runner-up. It infuriates him to no end and he is by far the least sociable of the DARK dorm. He barely talks to anyone and is completely silent even when he’s dueling - and if he is speaking, usually to disparage his opponents or complain about his position.

Appearance: Kota is a very short, but well-built young man, but always does his best to look prim and proper and proud, uniform in perfect condition, not a hair out of place, every high-class accessory he can dare to add to it without putting himself in trouble and dirtying his reputation therefore.

Deck: Red-Eyes

Tsubasa Rie

Rie had some of the consistently lowest scores across her first and second years, always just a touch ahead of expulsion for her continued underperformance. She never really seemed to overly care, never putting a dent in that ever-present disarming smile, never once showing a sign of anger. It all came clear in that third year - she had spent her whole first two years putting everyone else around her off-guard, sandbagging and acting hopeless - she quickly ascended through the ranks and has scarcely been seen off the top five in her final year.

Rie is someone that many in the Dorm fail to hold a problem with; for all she possesses enviable talent that she refused to truly show, she’s also one of the most energetic members of the entire Academy (and often, the perpetrator of many pranks on her fellow students), let alone the usually dour Dark dorm and win or lose, she has never had a bad word to say about anyone she’s ever dueled.

Appearance: Rie manages to always look a little more youthful than those around her, as befits her nature. She’s just a little short and bookish to look at, with long blond hair just past her shoulders that often covers her face. She’s a big fan of cosplay and at most opportunities she gets, she’ll take on a costume resembling one of her monsters, most frequently “Ghostrick Witch”. She may or may not attempt to strongarm others into it too. (I’m presuming there’s some times where uniform standards are relaxed)

Deck:Ghostrick

Fujimoto Ayane

Ayane has a talent for being invisible. She’s someone back of the class that nobody notices from the moment she enters the room until the moment she leaves. She barely opens her mouth, very rarely seeks out contact, aside from an opportunity at a good duel. She likes to pick on duelists during their weakest moments, when they are most doubtful or unsure in themselves to accelerate her ranking.

Appearance: Ayane even looks nondescript. She’s an average size for a girl of her age, is in an average age bracket, has average-length hair, dyed to the same deep purple as the DARK dorm uniform and eyes that somehow manage to have never actually met anyone else’s during her entire two years thus far.

Deck:Gravekeeper’s

Mori Tetsuya

Lazy is a good byword for Tetsuya. He is widely accepted to have a great deal of potential - perhaps even enough to be a top duelist in the entire Academy, but he simply doesn’t seem to be motivated to act on it or nurture it, coasting by on his natural talent to just about hold his place in the top five of his dorm, using the simplest engine and deck he could think of and throw together. Tetsuya is almost always relaxed and far more ready to socialise than Duel. He’ll often skip class and he’ll often try to get others along with him. His reasons for not pushing himself aren’t really known either - he keeps that one thing to himself.

Appearance: Tetsuya seems to take pride in his layabout status and it shows in how he keeps himself. He has short and wild ginger hair and a half-formed stubble moustache that never seems to go away or grow, as non-commital as the dude himself.

Deck: Gadget

[Deluge]

-Name-
Hikaro Machi

-Age-
18

-Appearance-
Machi stands at 5'11", sporting a fairly toned bodybuild and a slouching walk that just screams "carefree". He has fairly short but messy orange hair, with a matching pair of somewhat bushy eyebrows directly above his emerald eyes. Machi is usually dirty and somewhat rough in appearance due to being a bit rowdy, and his uniform never looks that great due to him both not really caring and the fact he messes it up by doing stupid things, like wiping away barbecue sauce with his sleeve. When forced to dress decently however, he can still appear as a decent looking young man; Though perhaps he'd look more off because it's not normal for him at all.

-Personality-
Machi can be described as confident, and overly passionate about dueling. When he's not stuffing his face, he's testing his deck and forming new strategies, before testing them out on the fellow members of his dorm. His loud and rash nature can be a bit irritating to some, though he's generally a friendly guy: Unless you get on his bad side by being stuck-up or a general prick.

He'll gladly throw himself into a situation if he sees something that doesn't stick right with him; usually someone with a superiority complex is enough to pull Machi into trouble by adding himself into a fight or dueling to knock his opponent down a peg. He has a strong dislike for people who shoot down others due to their own cockiness, and tries his best to make them get lost when they cause an issue.

Picking fights aside, Machi is seen as a bit of an idiot due to his general upbeat nature and carelessness, but is respected by his dorm for his talent as a duelist. He's also friendly with the majority of his dorm; Annoyed by severe laziness like Kien's, though still finding him hilarious and incredibly smart. Terrified of Sinata's bursts of aggression and confused by foreign things. Despite being the champ, many of the people in his dorm honestly help keep him on track, though of them do it by making him regret his mistakes more than anything. In return, he tends to pull them into any stupid ideas he has. They're a mess of a crew.

-Dorm-
Fire

-History-
Machi grew up in a family of four: His parents, himself, and his younger sister were a small effective system in a middle-class household. Years before Machi had been born even, his father was a paleontologist: Studying fossils of the past, and meeting the love of his life who was but a simple tour guide on a school trip to an excavation site. Once Machi was born, he was introduced to everything prehistoric; His father decorated his room with fossils, most of his attire and toys were dinosaur themed, and over time the man tried to get his son as interested into paleontology as he was.

While the boy considered it all to be fascinating, he also easily got bored with everything that was involved after digging up the fossils. Scientific observations just weren't for him; He had other aspirations instead. During his childhood he became fascinated with dueling; Investing in his own card packs and building whatever he could out of what he had. Especially the dinosaur cards.

He was pretty good, too: By the time Harmonia Duel Academy had even been put in his head, he was already able to outplay most of his friends, though he found himself oddly on par with his younger sister who had also gotten into the game. Despite being younger, she could read her brother like an open book, and more often than not crushed him in duels.

His love for dueling, along with the fact most of his friends were trying to pass the exams, caused him to decide to try and get into Harmonia United. His father wanted him to strive towards paleontology, but Machi wasn't enthusiastic about spending his life staring at bones. With his mother's consent, and his father caving in and allowing him to pursue what he wished, he was off; Saying goodbye to his parents and little sister, swearing to write, while also telling his sister to also take the exams once she was older.

He told her to keep practicing, too. As he swore to get a lot better before they dueled again.

His exams could have gone better; He wasn't the dumbest kid around but he wasn't terribly smart, either. His dueling managed to place him in the top five, ranking as the fourth best exam duelist behind a surprisingly laid back kid in third; Nari Kien. Who had also proven to be extremely intelligent in his prior tests, as well. Though neither of them were the best of the best, they were exceptional; And ended up in the Fire Dorm together, too.

Machi's first year was fun, more than anything. He was a bit careless, but managed to place himself as one of the better duelists of his first year; Managing to beat Kien and a third year student before losing to the best student in the dorm at the end of the year: Marouki Sinata, a first year like him, in an absolute blowout. He wasn't angry, or disappointed, he had a lot of fun with it; And was determined to change things around during his second year.

Which he did; Along with the help of Kien. His fellow second year student helped him learn and become much better over time; He worked hard on his strategies, he ate all the leftover barbecue after Fiery Friday, and despite harsh competition, the positions changed: Sinata ended up pushed back to third that year, though she mostly went unopposed with the students below her.

It left Kien as the best student of the dorm that year, with Machi in second after managing to get Sinata back for his loss at the end of the first year by kicking her down the ladder to deny her passage to the title of champ. This lead to the finals being between Machi and Kien, which ended up being a very close and drastic duel; Kien's mind playing around Machi's strategies that he helped build himself.

But Machi held out.

Whenever Kien thought he won, Machi pulled himself out of defeat barely. By the end of the duel, Machi had only 400 Life Points left to Kien's 2200, before landing a devastating direct attack. Making him the champion, and leaving Kien blasted back down to second place.

One thing bothered Machi; And it was Kien's field during his direct attack. He had two cards set, and neither of them had triggered during that final turn. It was possible they were bluffs; But he knew Kien. That guy thought long and hard about the decisions he made, and he planned a lot. He has had a sinking feeling Kien let him win that duel, but he has never managed to ask Kien to confirm it. Despite how much it bothered him, he left it be. Not wanting to insult Kien as both a friend and duelist he respected.

Machi is now going into his third year as the newest champ of the Fire Dorm; Not yet realizing just how much his actions mattered now. He had a bumpy road ahead of him, and the only people he had were his dormmates to keep him from falling off the path and screwing things up.

-Deck Theme + Example Cards

Jurrac

Hider

Monsters:
‘Jurrac’ Monsters
Souleating Oviraptor
Miscellaneousaurus
Babycerasaurus
Super Conductor Tyranno
Flamvell Firedog
Sphere Kuriboh

Spells:
Fossil Dig
Rekindling
Big Evolution Pill
Clashing Souls
One For One
Shrink
Tail Swipe

Traps:
Gozen Match
Survival of The Fittest
Hunting Instinct
Debunk
Kickfire

Extra Deck:
‘Jurrac’ Synchro Monsters
Grenosaurus

The 4 NPC's

Remaining top 5

Nari Kien

Kien is a overweight young man prone to laziness and ignoring responsibility. Despite this, he still manages to be one of the highest ranking duelists in the Fire Dorm while also keeping a high exam rating. He joined Harmonia Academy at the same time as Machi and Sinata, being the third best duelist in their entrance exams and was in the top percentage of the written exam. He approaches the academy carefully, and never stresses himself to do something. This method has done surprisingly well for him; He has remained near the top of the dorm for the majority of the time he's been at the academy, and currently seems reluctant to give up the number 2 spot in Fire Dorm.

There are rumors that Kien threw his match against Machi last year, but he has never confirmed or denied it: Instead telling people if they think they can beat Machi, to go for it; They can find the answer themselves.

Appearance: Kien is a bit of a butterball; Round in appearance, and kind of stubby in the limb department. He has shoulder-length curly black hair, and ocean-blue eyes that constantly are fighting the urge to close up for a nap. His cheeks are somewhat chubby, and his chin dribbles a bit, though generally he looks fine. His complexion is decent, and he keeps himself pretty clean compared to Machi.

Deck: Toons

Marouki Sinata

Sinata is certainly... An individual. Usually considerate and kind, She has proven herself to her dorm that she is not a duelist to be messed with; Having joined the same year as Machi and Kien, she was much more situated: Having blown away expectations for first years by becoming the highest ranking duelist on the leaderboard; Knocking Machi down when he tried to compete with her the first time, though falling short during her second year as Machi and Kien both surpassed her. She considers them both rivals and dedicates hours of each day trying to build up the perfect strategy against them both to take her to the top during their third year; Whatever it takes to get it done, it will happen.

When she gets excited, she's surprisingly loud and aggressive. You can most often see this in duels, though when she gets mad, she scares the Fire Dorm boys into running for miles. Despite being above her, Kien and Machi are very afraid of her due to the fact she's not afraid to knock them upside the head for being idiots.

Appearance: Sinata looks fairly innocent at first glance; Often seen with floral design accessories and generally cutesy in her slim but fit appearance. She has straight chocolate brown hair that goes past her shoulders, and crimson eyes that can probably stare directly into your soul when she's pissed off. She's a master of shifting between quiet and concerned to loud and rowdy.

Deck: Battlin' Boxers

Hayase Otoishi

Despite being in the top 5, Otoishi has a deeper passion outside of dueling; Music. He's a guitarist that is always practicing his riffs when he's not dueling, and tends to go off on rants due to his own casual view on the academy lifestyle and how some people 'ruin his jam'. He's by far the most chill and passive of the Fire Dorm members, though has explosions of passion that occasionally reveal the potential that brought him as far as he's gone.

He tends to look for flaming hot duels to fuel his muse of song-writing, and constantly insists to the others that Fire Dorm ought to start a band with their top 5 best duelists. If not only because it'd be totally awesome and intimidating to the other dorms that they were such a unit. He has faith his dream will one day come true.

Appearance: Otoishi is lanky, though has a bit of a gut. He has long unkempt blonde hair, and hazel eyes. He's got a bit of scruff growing on his chin, somebody probably needing to remind the guy to shave, though otherwise he generally looks fine. He prefers loose clothing, though keeps his uniform in decent shape compared to Machi.

Deck: Symphonic Warriors

Shujinko Kotone

Kotone is perhaps what people would refer to as a 'worrywart'. She can end up sweating bullets at the smallest of situations, and has a bad tendency to lose faith in herself. Through motivation from other students, she's managed to pull herself barely into the top 5 of her dorm with the potential to do much more, from what she's been told at least.

She's a very soft and sweet girl, who has a hard time trying to push forward knowing the fact it'd potentially hurt the others. Though they motivate her to try and do it, and she refuses to let the strength they lend her go to waste. So she tries her hardest, up until the very end. Or at least until the pressure eats away at her to the point she can't properly play anymore.

Appearance: Kotone is of average height, her personality not allowing her to make much of a presence most of the time. She has shoulder-length layered pink hair, and a pair of sensitive but observant yellow eyes. Kotone is probably the most clean and neat of the entire top five, always trying to ensure things are nice and neat before she starts her day. With skin like silk and a cute posture, she's certainly not the type that seems to be pro duelist material.

Deck: Magibullet / Magical Musketeer

[King Cosmos]

Name Kanna Hayashi

Age 18

Appearance
While slightly above average height at 5’ 4” Kanna is still the shortest of the Top 5 in her dorm; paired with her slight frame, with thin shoulders, a narrow waist and a small bust, at first glance she doesn’t appear to be very imposing, though it would be a mistake to underestimate her.

Kanna keeps her black hair tied back in a ponytail with a long triangular fringe swept to one side of her face, the tip of which can just brush her cheekbones. She has a pretty face, narrow with a thin nose and slightly pouty lips; her eyes are a dark, chocolaty brown that contain a fire that belies her unassuming looks.

She rigidly adheres to the school’s uniform standards and expects the same of her dorm mates, though she has had little success at encouraging this except with Touma.

Personality
Kanna takes things seriously; whether it’s her studies, her duelling or her self-inflicted status as her dorms leader she approaches it with the same strong will and driven nature that propelled her to the top of her dorms rankings. Most of Kanna’s life at Harmonia United is spent in a state of constantly trying to improve, through deck building and testing, studying or theory crafting.

All of this means that Kanna is somewhat highly strung and at times finds herself a little stressed out; her ambition to be the best encourages her to work herself too hard while her competitive nature then pushes her to prove that her efforts have paid off against others. She has a hard time letting things go and just relaxing, which is why it is important that she has people in her dorm who will force her to take a break every now and then.

Her dorm is both a source of pride and ire for Kanna. As the top ranked duellist she sees herself as their leader and tries to be a strong example for them as well as someone that they feel they can rely on, while also encouraging them to improve as duellists. However, while she gets along with most of them and there is not a single person she would say she dislikes, their various quirks, hang-ups and in a few cases complete unwillingness to take things seriously mean that she is often at her wits end when dealing with them.

Dorm
Water

History
Kanna is the only child of a pro duellist and a nurse. Growing up she didn’t see her father a lot growing up as he was often on the road, travelling to various duelling tournaments around the world. Even so she had a good relationship with her father and was always happy whenever she got to see him; she was very proud to have a famous duellist for a father and would always try to watch his matches on TV.

Hajime Hayashi is an Atlantean/Mermail player and when it came time for Kanna to make her own deck she made a pure Atlantean deck to try and emulate him. She wasn’t a very good duellist at first and had trouble getting used to the way the deck played but with some advice from her father and constant practise on her part she improved over time.

Becoming a pro-duellist was always Kanna’s goal as could be expected. She enrolled herself at Harmonia United for its reputation as one of the best academies and was accepted after passing both the written and duelling exams, the first with flying colours and the latter with an above average but not exceptional performance.

For her first year at the academy she continued to use her Atlantean deck only to quickly find that her skills with the deck were not good enough to earn her a place in the higher ranks. While she slowly managed to crawl up the ranking through her hard work and earn herself a reputation as someone not to take lightly, the amount of work required to improve was large disproportionate to the gains she was making. She stubbornly wanted to keep using the deck she had made to honour her father but despite her efforts she began to see a limit to what she could do with her current deck alone.

Half way through her second year she finally made the call to switch to a new deck and chose Nekroz for its apparent versatility and the fact that it was still at least a Water attribute deck. With this new deck it was like a weight had been lifted from her shoulders and she saw massive improvements to her duelling that rocketed her to the top of her dorms rankings.

Deck theme + list of example cards

Nekroz

Examples

Monsters
Nekroz monsters
Nekroz ritual monsters
Zefrasaber, Swordmaster of the Nekroz
Senju of the Thousand Hands
Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands
Gishki Shadow
Jigabyte

Spells
Nekroz ritual spells
Preparation of Rites
Ritual Weapon
Spiritual Water Art - Aoi

Traps
Often no traps are used

Extra Deck
Herald of the Arc Light
High level Synchros and Fusion cards for use with Kaleidoscope
Abyss Dweller
Snowdust Giant
Evilgishki Merrowgeist

The 4 NPC's

Remaining top 5

Asahi Ueda

-Description-
Asahi is a strong believer in the idea that a healthy mind leads to a healthy life and as such spends a lot of his time in meditation and quiet contemplation. He is a calm individual with seemingly infinite patience; he is slow to anger but he does not mince his words if he thinks poorly of someone and is capable of delivering some truly devastating criticisms, as Touma can attest. Due to how quiet he can be Asahi is somewhat hard to engage with and most people assume he prefers to be left alone and as such he gets a lot of time to himself; Asahi seems to have no complaints about this arrangement, but then he probably wouldn’t say anything if he did.

His duelling style often takes people by surprise with Asahi utilising a rapid paced and overwhelmingly aggressive deck and play style in contrast to his personality and from day one it was clear that Asahi was a strong duellist. He performed better than anyone in the entrance duelling exam and was near the top in the written exam as well. He spent most of his first and second years near the top of the rankings, mostly from defeating challengers who wanted to try and defeat the duellist with the reputation for being the strongest in the dorm; a reputation that only grew as the number of his wins increased.

Surprisingly, he and Kanna have never actually duelled. Asahi very rarely challenges another duellist himself and instead has accumulated most of his wins by being challenged by others, meaning that his ascent through the ranks was rather slow. Kanna has never challenged him either, at first because she didn’t think she could win and later because she found herself above Asahi in the rankings, due to Kanna being more proactive in challenging others and gaining points, and it made no sense to do so. Kanna made it into the Top 5 first, beating both Keita and Touma to rise to the top, with Asahi eventually earning enough points to do the same; once he had acquired the 6th rank in the dorm Asahi issued surprise challenges to the then 5th ranked duellist, Keita and then Touma to rise to second place, but for some reason stopped short of challenging Kanna.

Asahi currently has no intention of duelling Kanna as he sees her as the better representative of the Water dorm, though he wishes she would focus more on strengthening her mind and less on her deck, and has no desire to take her spot; if asked who he thinks would win if they did duel, he is uncharacteristically evasive in giving an answer.

Currently Asahi spends most of his time facing challenges from the dorms 3rd best duellist Touma, as well as challengers from other dorms.

Appearance:
At 5’ 8” Asahi is of roughly average height and a thin but toned build means he is neither overweight nor too skinny. His swept back, pale blonde hair contrasts with his lightly tanned skin, which he acquired by frequently meditating outside. Green eyes stare out of a placid face, with a slight analytical edge to them, giving the impression that there is more going on beneath the surface than you would expect from his calm exterior.

Asahi prefers to wear lose fitting clothing and as such his uniform is a size too big, though well maintained enough as to not look dishevelled.

Deck:

Lightsworn

Monsters
Lightsworn Archetype
Twilightsworn Archetype
Judgement Dragon
Punishment Dragon
Necro Gardna
Eclipse Wyvern
Black Dragon Collapserpent
White Dragon Wyverburster
Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the End
Dawn Knight
Glow-up Bulb

Spells
Charge of the Light Brigade
Solar Recharge
Foolish Burial
Allure of Darkness
Galaxy Cyclone

Traps
Breakthrough Skill
Skill Prisoner
Lost Wind

Extra Deck
Minerva, the Exalted Lightsworn
Michael the Arch-Lightsworn
Starliege Paladynamo
Sacred Wyvern
Lightning Warrior
Light End Dragon
Dark End Dragon
Star Eater

Touma Matsumoto

-Description-
Probably the most driven duellist in the dorm, though Kanna could give him a run for his money, Touma is incredibly competitive when it comes to duelling and has a strong desire to prove himself the best; even if his current ranking has put a bit of a damper on his spirits.

He has a fierce, though somewhat one-sided rivalry with the Water dorm’s 2nd ranked duelling Asahi, with the Lightsworn player acting as an immovable barrier preventing Touma from moving up the ranks. This is nothing new as Touma challenged Asahi many times in their first and second years, along with many other duellists, wanting to finally be the one to take him down. Though he made it to the Top 5 first it was no surprise to him when he eventually found himself one place behind Asahi in the rankings at the start of their third year.

In his spare time Touma likes to swim as exercise and probably makes use of the dorms amenities more than anyone in the Top 5 but Jasmine. Since he is not able to beat Asahi and is unable to challenge Kanna at all Touma likes to challenge the other dorms whenever he can; he and Kanna are probably the main driving force behind the Water dorm’s current standing in the ranking, though Asahi contributes a lot from defeating challengers as well.

Aside from Asahi, Touma has a good relationship with the other Top 5 duellists; especially Kanna being the most similar to her is disposition, though he maybe defers to her a little too much due to her higher ranking.

Appearance:
Standing at an even 6’ 0” Touma is not just the tallest student in the Top 5 but also one of the tallest in the entire Water dorm. His slightly muscular frame that he has built up through plentiful use of his dorm’s swimming pool also adds to this to give him a more imposing appearance.

Touma’s black hair is short but spiky and his brown eyes look out from under a heavy brow and thick eyebrows that give him the appearance of constantly frowning. Though he prefers to dress casually Touma makes a serious attempt to keep his uniform maintained, though he finds he struggles to keep to the standard set by his dorm’s champion Kanna.

Deck:

Fire Fist

Monsters
Fire Fist 3 axis cards
Fire Fist 4 axis cards
Rapid Red Hared Mare
Outroll of the Haunted Sea
Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring
Red Resonator

Spells
Fire Formation spells
Rekindling
Onslaught of the Fire Kings
Instant Fusion

Traps
Fire Formation traps

Extra Deck
Fire Fist Horse Prince
Fire Fist Lion Emperor
Fire Fist Kirin
Charubin the Fire Knight
Sea Monster of Theseus
Vulcan the Divine
Crimson Blader
Stygian Sergeants

Jasmine Hall

-Description-
An American transfer student from Seattle, Washington, Jasmine is by far the most outgoing member of the Water dorm’s Top 5 duellists. An exceedingly bubbly and friendly person there is probably no other duellist in her dorm who is as universally liked as Jasmine; she gets along well with everyone, even Asahi cracks a smile around her occasionally, and is particularly good friends with Kanna, who Jasmine latched onto day one as a fellow strong female duellist.

Jasmine is fairly new to the school, only transferring in towards the end of her second year, but quickly made herself known as a strong duellist and found her way into the Top 5. Even so Jasmine duels mostly for fun and though she has ambitions to become a pro duellist she is not very competitive and takes any losses in her stride. This is especially evident in the way she constantly encourages Keita to challenge her, pestering him to do so even if it results in her loss and her moving down a rank.

This mentality sometimes leads her to not taking duels as seriously as she should and she has lost many times because of this, something that is occasionally a source of ire for her dorm mates when it causes her to lose against another dorm.

Like Touma she takes great advantage of her dorms swimming facilities in her spare time, but uses the pools for fun rather than as a workout.

Appearance:
Jasmine is quite tall for a girl, being as she is 5’ 8”, and has a figure which is much curvier and well-endowed compared to the slighter Kanna. Her long blonde hair falls down her back in waves, reaching to the small of her back and her vibrant blue eyes shine out of a face that is all smiles and dimpled cheeks.

While generally quite good at keeping her uniform in good order, Jasmine likes to add a personal touch to things and has embroidered floral patterns into the cuffs and lapels of her uniform jacket that probably go against the school’s uniform regulations.

Deck:

Mecha Phantom Beast

Monsters
Mecha Phantom Beast monsters
Mathematician

Spells
Mecha Phantom Beast spells
Draw Muscle
Scapegoat
Strike of the Monarchs
Foolish Burial

Traps
Aerial Recharge
Waboku
Fiendish Chain
Spiritual Wind Art – Miyabi

Extra Deck
Mecha Phantom Beast Jaculuslan
Mecha Phantom Beast Draccosack
Tornado Dragon
Gear Gigant X
Heavy Armoured Train Ironwolf
Sky Palace Gangaridai
Super Dreadnought Rail Cannon Gustav Max
Cloudcastle
Hi-Speedroid Chanbara

Keita Matsui

-Description-
Most people are surprised to find out that Keita is one of the top duellists in his dorm as at first glance he appears to be absent minded and easily distractible and to be fair to those people, that’s exactly what Keita is. He almost didn’t make it into the academy due to his poor written test results, despite doing very well in the duelling exam and ever since then his grades have fluctuated from above average to barely passing. It’s not that he doesn’t know the material, he simply isn’t academically minded and zones out during classes and exams.

It is only when duelling or deck building that Keita really comes into his own; a strange kind of focus almost like a trance coming over him that allows him to show what he’s really made of. Keita is simply naturally gifted as a duellist.

He was the last person to join the current Top 5 rankings but even though he is in the most precarious position and having many challengers he has not left the Top 5 since. Despite his talent however he has yet to challenge the 4th ranked Jasmine even once for her position; although he wants to be a pro duellist, as it is the only thing that he is passionate about, he doesn’t see a reason to go higher than 5th since that is all he needs to do to go pro.

Appearance:
Keita is shorter than anyone but Kanna in the Top 5, being only 5’ 6”, and is smaller too due to his skinny frame. His shoulder length red hair is messy and unkempt, hanging down over his face and into his eyes so he constantly has to brush it aside. His emerald green eyes often have a vacant, blank look to them as he stares off into space, lost in some random thought; however they take on a surprising sharpness when he is duelling.

Not surprisingly Keita’s uniform is an absolute mess, often wrinkled and dishevelled to match the rest of his appearance.

Deck:

Gagaga

Monsters
Gagaga monsters
Gogogo monsters
Dark Magician of Chaos
Black Fang Magician
Armageddon Knight

Spells
Gagaga spells
Onomatopaira
Downbeat
Dark Magic Veil
Chaos Sceptre Blast
Raigeki
Foolish Burial

Traps
Dark Renewal
Gagaga trap cards

Extra Deck
Spellcaster type and Dark attribute XYZ monsters

[Eklispe]

A Wild Duelist Appeared!

Name
Lance Ristoff

Age
18

Appearance
Lance is a lanky fellow, standing at 6 feet two inches, not quite thin but certainly not muscled. His silver hair sprawls out over his shoulders and seems to be only lazily kept in check. His pale blue eyes seem reminiscent of a clear sky and can be seen filled with good cheer. As a member of Light Dorm and a natural performer he tends to look rather flashy, which accessories similar to that of his monsters.

Personality
Lance is a great person to be around. He's always fun to talk to, never takes anything too seriously, and speaks his mind. Always ready with a joke or a bit of advice. One might say he's a bit eccentric as he tends to over-bling himself. He lives for the thrill of a duel, watched or played, and enjoys announcing them, either out loud or to himself. He's nearly impossible to anger but he can be a bit annoying if you aren't ready for him. He can of course, also be a bit of a flirt, though he's quick to back off if reprimanded.

Dorm
Light

History
Lance grew up on watching videos of dueling so it was only natural that he should have an interest in it. But more than that, he grew enamored with the dramatic and suspenseful style of duels he saw. Lance bought some decks and played around to find what fit him best. After a bit of trial and error he found a deck that suited his style quite nicely in it's ability to turn the boards on its head. Naturally anytime he dueled to took over the job of new-caster and announced the events of the duel as they happened to make them more exciting. One student found this trait rather annoying and attempted to defeat Lance in a duel to get him to stop. The student in question only becoming more angry when Lance was able to seemingly fend him off with ease. Even more so when Lance wouldn't respond to his angry insults and jibes, save for with more commentray. In general Lance found dueling, both watching and playing, to be the greatest thing ever. He took to watching a student named Akane who seemed to try quite hard but never seemed to have much luck. Lance tutored her a bit and pointed out some strategies she could use to preform better. He also avoided dueling her directly, pointing out that it would be better to test his strategies on someone other than himself. The two began to hang out together, even while not talking about Duel Monsters. At some point he found out that Akane was planning on attending Haromnia academy and decided to go himself.

The exam wasn't too troublesome but Lance didn't try very hard either, nestling himself comfortably in 5th place, where he remained until the end of the 2nd year. Gaku, having known him since elementary continued his tradition of dueling constantly, but never officially, during which time Gaku slowly pulled his rating up until he made it to 3rd. Akane didn't really know why Lance didn't bother trying to get rated when he could clearly make it into the top 5 but dismissed it as one of his eccentricities. At the end of the 2nd year Lance made his move and dramatically ascended to 1st place from practically unknown near the end of the year, climbing past Gaku and Akane, both of which were upset in their own way. He planned on being 1st for his entire 3rd year, as it made for a rather entertaining story. Some might say spending the entirety of his time at the school plotting for this was excessive, but those people didn't properly appreciate a dramatic tale. The underdog who managed to climb his way to the top in his last year from obscurity and hold it against all comers. Yes, this was to be his story!

Battle Dance: Dramatic Duel!

Examples

Monsters
-Lunalight Archetype Monsters

Spells
Fusion Support
-Polymerization
-Fusion Recycling Plant
-Battle Fusion
-De-fusion
-Flash Fusion
-Fusion Recovery
Dark Eruption
Lunalight Perfume
Wild Nature's Release
Double Or Nothing

Traps
Lunalight Reincarnation Dance
Escape From the Dark Dimension
Three Strike Barrier
Fusion Guard

Extra Deck
Lunalight Fusions

The 4 NPC's

Remaining top 5

Akane Revol

A duelist that puts a lot of thought into what she does and greatly admires those who have skill at the game. Inversely however, she can be scornful of those who lack such skill and don't show sufficient talent, desire to improve, or sheer lack of thought. She's very interested in the game from a mechanical point of view but also enjoys the act of dueling itself. She finds Lance to be rather strange but his skill at the game keeps her around and, well he is a fun guy.


Appearance: Akane is fairly average height, standing at 5 feet and 5 inches tall. Her brown hair is separated into bangs at the front and it hangs down loosely behind her to the small of her back. She is nearsighted, and wears her red-rimmed glasses most of the time. She tends to wear a sweater as she gets cold easily. When put into a corner she responds with quiet, but fierce resolve.

Deck: Crystron

Gaku Kubo

A hot-blooded duelist who believes that the battle phase is the most important phase and plays accordingly. He doesn't think his actions through most of the time but usually comes out on top regardless. If he losses expect an immediate rematch offer. Gaku has challenged Lance numerous times but fallen short every time. To not see them battle at least once a day is an irregularity. Despite this he's not a bad person and can be seen helping out other students by practice dueling and encouraging them. If he sees something wrong he'll be sure to try to fix it himself.

Appearance: Gaku is a 5 foot tall bundle of energy, rather well muscled, such that he clearly does some sort of exercise regularly. He can always been see moving, even if it's something as small as tapping his foot up and down impatiently in class. His short spiky brown hair makes one think of an energetic hedgehog and his brown eyes match accordingly. There's a small scar on his right cheek from who knows what and tends to wear short, non-restrictive and simple clothing; despite the luxuries available to him in light dorm.

Deck: Amazon

Tina Lori

A cheery girl that seems like a bit of airhead at times. She has a bubbly personality and loves to talk, even if no one is listening. She doesn't dwell too much on the game, taking it very lightly, not concerning herself too much with wins and losses. Despite this, she's quite good at the game, enough to place her comfortably in 4th place. She may very well be able to climb further but doesn't show much interest in doing so. Tina is rather kind and makes sure to congratulate her opponent after a duel, regardless of outcome.

Appearance:

Tina is a bit on the short side at 5 feet and 1 inches and light for her size. She tends to wear frilly or extravagant clothing, taking full advantage of her light dorm privileges and bending the rules of the dress code as much as possible.

Deck: Red Dragon

Hiroji Ono

A light dorm student with a flair for dressing as royally as possible. Don't be fooled by his dashing good lucks however, as those are about the only good thing about him. he can be quite cruel to anyone not from light dorm, or who he feels doesn't belong there with harsh backhanded compliments and outright insults. In a duel he constantly belittles his opponent. He is only 5th because he enjoys crushing anyone who wants to climb the ladder while still being in the top 5, though naturally he proclaims he could be 1st if he tried.

Appearance:
Hiroji stands quite tall at 6 feet and is a bit on the thin side, though that often isn't noticed amidst is clothing. His pale yellow hair is slicked back and doesn't make it past his shoulders. He has a charming demeanor, until you get to know him that is. Expensive outfits and jewelry are found on him at all times, as well as a smile that edges on creepy.

Deck: Monarch

[Tenma Tendo]

Felicitas Weiner

Age
17

Appearance
Reference Image
Felicitas has a small, lithe stature (4' 10") and doll-like appearance with very long, messy beige hair that stops around her knees and dark, droopy midnight blue eyes. She always seems to have on a set of uniform that's too big for her, the sleeves long enough to cover up to the palm of her hand, or looks as if she just rolled out of bed with them on. Much like her favorite and most iconic card, Ghostrick Alucard, Felicitas loves to adorn a dark cloak of sorts with her uniform. This however, makes her appear even smaller than normal.

Personality
Felicitas is known for having a very sleepy aura about her as she never really seems to be completely there. Prone to dozing off even mid sentence, it takes a lot out of the girl to interact with others, despite trying to do so once and a while; heck she'd fall asleep on your shoulder if you don't talk to her after a few minutes. When those around her can get past her sleepy nature, they'd come to see that Felicitas is a very nice and proud girl. She loves to duel her own way and won't let anyone tell her otherwise. And while she is focused on her own goals to succeed, she's understands that she's not the only one that wants to be the best and will fight hard to give those a match they can feel proud about winning.

Despite the persona she shows to those around her, Felicitas is known for getting easily upset and frightened by the most trivial things. Most of the time, it equates to a small pout or angry huff from the petite girl. But other cases could have her completely immobilized with fear, fainting, or even resulting to vulgar language. In the flip of a switch, Felicitas can easily loose her cool. Sometimes it feels like those are the only times she's really awake...

Dorm
Dark

History
Growing up in Germany with only her father and younger brother, Felicitas never really had an interest in anything. She was, and still is, prone to falling asleep or dozing off the moment she loses interest. Of course her family took her to the hospital to ensure she was actually okay and not suffering from narcolepsy, but the news they received told them she was perfectly fine. Was it just her mind tuning out whenever she was bored? Or was it the lack of stimulus to blame? Regardless, Felicitas' father took it upon himself to get his daughter into a hobby.

From sports to theater, even watching anime and playing video games, nothing seemed to hold the girl's interest for too long. That is, until dueling was pushed in front of her. It wasn't an immediate love for the sport upon first glance, though it did keep her interested, as it took months upon months for Felicitas to finally ask to get more cards and play the card game like any normal person would.

The various decks she could make on her own kept her coming back, actually had her focus on what worked and what didn't. She grew especially fond of Dark cards and the ones that weren't scarry looking despite being labeled such. And while she did play the game often with her brother, she would always win, it never being as challenging as she wanted. This caused her father to enroll her at the local Boys and Girls club, where he heard about dueling in the first place. There she was able to make new friends and duel to her hearts content. It's also where she met her best friend and favorite rival, Elliot.

Now Elliot and Felicitas were complete opposites in almost every way. Height, gender, personality, even interests. But they did have two things in common, and those two things were dueling and how quiet they would get when doing so. They were the best of friends, dueling in and out of the club and even doing other things together. It was probably the first time in Felicitas' life, at the age of 14, that she was completely happy and actually attentive of her surroundings. So attentive that she even suggested enrolling with Elliot in Harmonia United to her father.

The exam was definitely rocky, as her dueling was top-class while her written exam left a bit more to be desired, but nonetheless she got in, ranked just below Elliot. And even in such a new setting, the two were still butting heads, surpassing the other only for a short while before the other made a comeback. This back and forth took place as they were rising up the ranks. At the current moment, Elliot ranks second in the Dark Dorm while Felicitas has the edge over him as number one.

Deck theme + list of example cards

Ghostrick

Examples

Monsters
'Ghostrick' Monsters
Skull Conductor
Des Lacooda
Zombie Master

Spells
'Ghostrick' Spells
Allure of Darkness
Zombie World
Book of Life
Book of Moon
Ties of the Brethren
Creature Swap
Recurring Nightmare
Dark Eruption
Nobleman of Crossout
Sword of Concealing Light

Traps
'Ghostrick' Traps
Floodgate Trap Hole
Gozen Match
Needle Ceiling
Quaking Mirror Force

Extra Deck
'Ghostrick' Xyz Monsters

The 4 NPC's

Remaining top 5

Elliot Park

A foil to Felicitas in almost ever which way. He's the best friend that couldn't possibly leave her alone and followed her to Harmonia United to keep battling her. Always with a polite smile or energetic hop in his step, Eliot never really knows when to sit still, especially when it comes to dueling. The mere sight of someone's cards can get him going, but he does have some kind of self restraint in the eyes of authority and staff. And while he is focused on his goals, Elliot is more interested in making friends and building relationships with those around him. Often seen carrying Felicitas on his back when she can't be bothered to walk.

He's cool with all the other members in the dorm, but he definitely has his preferences. He does enjoys messing with Liam though since he's the only other guy in the top five and can actually put up with his constant duel attempts like Felicitas.

Appearance: At 18 years old, Elliot is a very tall, lean man standing around 6' 3" with layered raven colored hair that stops around the nape of his neck and bright, almost unnatural lilac colored eyes hidden behind thin rectangular glasses. His skin is a little more on the pale side while he wears his uniform as properly as he can. He is a fan of wearing a random pin on his uniform each day, but that's probably just to a little but more different.

Deck: Shaddoll

Kame Hiro

Kame is a leader at heart. She seeks to be in control of situations, to be on top, to be the best. This doesn't necessarily mean that she is all driven to reach the top or that she wants to have all the leadership roles, but in day-to-day interactions with other people, she has a tendency towards one-upsmanship. Kame is firm and forceful in her approach to problems, especially when it comes to Felicitas and how 'unleaderlike' she always is. She believes in 'tough love', and tries to 'help' others by challenging them to prove themselves, as she herself would. Loves competition... but hates to lose. She can be very condescending to those that she looks down upon. Sometimes, Kame may even go as far as to blame others for his own mistakes, often to the point of lying to save face. All in all, Kame is not the type of person you'd want to be under, but love to be on top of in terms of status.

The only people she really respects and can all friends are Felicitas and Elliot, despite her nature. Practically bullies Liam and Bella, but they never seem to mind.

Appearance: A rather petite, but tomboyish girl, Kame sports short fiery red hair styled in a bob, deep purple brown eyes, and fair skin (5' 4", 17 years old). Much like Elliot, her uniform is clean and simple. Maybe as a form of humbleness? Or to get on the higher up's good side?

Deck: Red-Eyes

William "Liam" Nikos

Liam is a meek, submissive introvert who lives to please others, especially his dorm. In any other setting aside from dueling, he's rather quick to give in to others rather than asserting his own desires as if they're the most important. He takes the path of least resistance whenever possible and is completely terrified at the thought of causing any conflicts. When forced into an argument, Liam is known for getting very upset and distressed, seeking escape rather than victory. Well-behaved and soft spoken, Liam is often seen as the big brother of the top five in the Dark dorm, even to those in other dorms. He's quick to apologize for any mistakes that he may have made, and will sacrifice his own happiness to ensure that others are happy.

Underneath this meek personality however, is a heart of gold entirely faithful to his dorm. Despite how the other's treat him, he's always friendly and caring. Not to mention responsible.

Appearance: Liam has short, neck length as gray hair with white highlights and one gold eye, the other being covered by an eyepatch (5' 10"). His skin is a chocolate brown while he tends to carry around his uniform blazer instead actually wearing it, opting out for a simple button down.

Deck:Blackwing

Bellatrix "Bella" Layn

Super into fortunetelling and the 'dark arts', Bella is a collector of odd items and things of the sort. When not thinking about dueling, you'll always see her carrying around something new to show off to her fellow classmates. She's boisterous, bubbly, chatty, openly emotional, and social to those that find her interests well...interesting. It's largely because she enjoys the attention of others and feels good about the fact that she isn't lonely. She tends to talk more than she listens. She also makes friends quickly, and she'll cheerily talk to strangers. Bella's naturally physical with others, very 'touchy-feely', openly expressing her affection through hugs and grabbing shoulders.

She also manages to keep Felicitas' attention for long enough with her strange items, so that's gotta equate to something right?

Appearance: Bella sports short, spiky, dark purple hair that's kept in place with a red ribbon, giving of the appearance that she has devil horns. Her eyes are covered by her long bangs leaving an ominous shadow over her face. She does have noticeable canines sticking out of her mouth when closed, giving off a devilish, vampire feel to her. She's prone to wearing accessories akin to however she's feeling today. Form a devil tail, to a dusty white halo, you name it.

Deck: Vampire

[FairyPrincess]

Name
Samantha “Sammy” Clover

Age
18

Appearance
If you see a short blonde haired girl with a big pink bow in her hair roaming the academy grounds, that is Samantha Clover. Sammy stands at 5’3” and is athletically built. She has the sweetest most innocent face, and seems generally happy all the time. Her blonde hair is long a flowing and her eyes a bright blue. Her uniform is usually well kept and proper. Her most distinguishing feature about her daily appearance would be the big pink bow she keeps in her hair. When she is about play a ranked duel she usually asks if she can change clothes to her “alter ego”. She puts a very elaborate green sailor magical girl costume with a green bow in her hair, tiara, and a “magic” wand. She becomes the “SUPER DUELING BISHOUJO – MAGIC EARTH” (no actual magical powers included).

Personality
Sammy is a very positive person, often looking for the up sides in any situation. Many would consider her Happy-Go-Lucky. She is very much an introvert and is very soft spoken and quiet. If one was to just walk up to her she will shy away from them, but the longer you are around her the more she opens up to you. In her “SUPER DUELING BISHOUJO – MAGIC EARTH” persona, she is generally more outgoing and energetic. She often spouts nonsensical one-liners and performs silly poses. Sammy is also quite the health nut. She goes on a jog every morning, she eats well, and she keeps good hygiene. But most of all, Sammy is a very kind-hearted and compassionate individual. She will help almost anyone if they are in trouble.
Despite how good of a duelist she is, Sammy is as dumb as a rock. She is bad at everything that isn’t dueling, drawling, or designing costumes. Most notable is that Sammy is a terrible cook. Even though Sumika often tries to teach her to cook, it always comes out terrible. All of Earth Dorm dreads it when Sammy is even present in the kitchen when food is being cooked. And she is completely clueless of how bad she is. Her stupidity can come at an advantage as opponents tend to underestimate her.

Dorm
Earth

History
Samantha grew up the daughter of cartoonist and an aerobics instructor. She was an only child and had a very simple childhood. Sammy’s parent took very good care of her, and she’s always been happy. Her father taught her to draw at a young age and art became one of the few things she’s good at. Despite her happy home life, Sammy struggled in school both academically and socially. She has always been very shy and had trouble making friends. Sammy would see the kids in the schoolyard playing Duel Monsters, and at first she didn’t think much of the game. Sammy’s mother, however, saw that Sammy was very lonely so she came up with a plan to get her daughter to connect more with the other kids at school. Sammy’s mom bought some of the cutest Duel Monsters that a young girl might like, and gave them to Sammy. Sammy immediacy connected with her cards, and began to play the game with the other kids. Some cards Sammy still plays to this day was part of the first cards her mom bought her: including Fairy Tail – Snow, Fairy Tail – Rella, Fairy Tail – Luna, and Fairy Tail – Sleeper.
As Sammy got older and she got better and better at the game, her parents decided to enroll Sammy in the prestigious dueling academy Harmonia United. At her first year at Harmonia, Sammy managed to befriend Jacquelyn Demoise, a French student. They bonded over both of them being the two shortest students in Earth Dorm. She also became friends with Sakuya Mishuki after Sakuya defended Sammy from bullies from another dorm. At the end of her first year Sammy was ranked 3rd in earth down, below Sakuya who was 2nd, and Jacquelyn who was 1st. At the beginning of her 2nd year, Sakuya managed to defeat Jacquelyn in an embarrassing blowout which made Sakuya the top student to beat in Earth Dorm. While Sakuya was enjoying her top spot, Sammy was having a winning strike of her own. Towards the end of the year Sammy challenged Sakuya in a duel to decide who number 1 in Earth Dorm is. In the intense duel that followed, Sakuya got so frustrated with having to deal with Sammy’s “SUPER DUELING BISHOUJO – MAGIC EARTH” antics and her odd jumbled deck that she misplayed costing her the game. Sakuya was so angry after the duel that she declared Sammy her nemesis and put a dent in their friendship. At the end of the 2nd year, Sammy was ranked 1st in Earth Dorm.
Sammy’s dream in Duel Monsters is not to be a top pro-duelist like many of the other students at Harmonia. While being pro-duelist helps hurt her dream, what she really wants to do is start a franchise out of “SUPER DUELING BISHOUJU – MAGIC EARTH”. She plans to get her name out to the public by being a pro-duelist. People would see “MAGIC EARTH” dueling and be interested in the character. She would then sell her comic of “MAGIC EARTH” and she would become a big name. Then she maybe have a T.V. show, and a movie. If Sammy can have a Duel Monster made of her creation, that would be the biggest dream come true.
“Magic Earth” was inspired by the magical shows Sammy use to watch as a child, and has been a character she had for a long time. She has always been an imaginative child and the character of “Magic Earth” is one of the characters she made as a child that stuck with her. There have many different variations of the character over the years. Sammy originally named her “Magic Love”, but she changed the name to “Magic Earth” after joining the Earth Dorm.
Sammy didn’t start taking on the “Magic Earth” persona until midway though her second year at Harmonia. Sammy use to always be criticized by others for being shy with her cards. Sammy would miss out on using some of her card effects because she is unsure if they would actually work. Sammy got the idea to take on the persona when her friend Aya suggested that Sammy act more like the character from her drawings. Sammy took that advice as “she should become that character”. With the help of Jacquelyn and Aya, Sammy managed to create her costume and so she started wearing the costume during duels. Taking on the persona helped Sammy be more confident in her abilities as a duelist.

Deck theme + list of example cards

Lady Spellcasters

Examples

Monsters
“Magician Girl” Monsters
The Four “Fairy Tail” Monsters
Magician’s Valkyria
Magician of Faith
Divine Grace - Northwemko

Spells
Ritual of Grace
Arrivalrivals
One-Shot Wand
Bound Wand
Wonder Wand
Secret Village of the Spellcasters
Secret Sanctuary of the Spellcasters
Magicians Unite
Magical Dimension

Traps
Magician’s Defense
Gagagashield
Xyz Tribalrivals
Magical Hats
Magical Explosion

Extra Deck
Slacker Magician
Drownerd Magician
Alchemic Magician

The 4 NPC's

Remaining top 5

Sakuya Mishuki

Sakuya is the Earth Dorm rebel prankster. She is usually doing something to get in trouble with the Dorm Leader and the Academy authorities. She is rude and crude, often poking fun of others and not caring what people think. Sammy is the most common victim of her jokes. The relationship of Sakuya and Sammy is defiantly one of frienemies. Samantha is Sakuya’s nemesis. Despite Sakuya being a very smart and skilled duelist, the fact that Sammy (a complete idiot whose deck makes no sense and barely has any strategy) beats her every time frustrates her. But Sammy has always been very kind to Sakuya and has helped her many times. Sakuya may be a hardcore punk rock chic but she is also has a heart of gold. Sakuya has a big heart, and often tries to help those she sees are suffering.

Appearance:
Sakuya is punk rock girl. She’s an average 5’5” and thin. She has short black hair with purple highlights that goes over her left eye. Her eyes are also black. She wears a uniform but she has deformed it to point it’s barely recognizable. She wiped the sleeves off the blazer and cut the end so it looks torn at the bottom. She also tore the end of her skirt so it’s smaller. She has her blazer open, revealing a black t-shirt with a skull on it. She wears fingerless gloves, black leggings, and big combat boots. Her blazer is covered in pins of bands and duel monsters. Despite “technically” wearing the uniform, Sakuya is forced to wear a special pin with dorm emblem on the collar of her blazer.

Deck:Metalfoes

Jacquelyn Demoise

Sammy’s best friend is the young French girl Jacquelyn Demoise. While Samantha is shy and reserved, Jacky is a chatterbox and very outgoing. She makes friends easily and as seen as the prime example of an Earth Dorm student. She is kind and compassionate, often offering assistance to those in need. She is also an excellent cook, best of the Earth Dorm students. She is also very stubborn and can be a snob sometimes. She is a sore loser as well, and very opposite that she is neither #1 nor #2 in the dorm.

Appearance:
Jacquelyn is short, shorter than even Sammy. She bearly reaches 5’0”. She has long brown hair and green eyes. She wears her uniform prim and proper, and wears a beret.

Deck:Madolche

Harold Roberts

The gentle giant of the Earth Dorm, Harold Roberts is kind-hearted and quiet boy. He spends most of his time in the forest, observing animals. He is good friends with both Sammy and Sakuya, although he tends to hang around Sakuya. He likes to make sure Sakuya doesn’t get into too much trouble. He a man of little words, but he speaks a lot with his eyes. It’s easy to tell how he feels about certain situation by his stare.

Appearance:
Harold is a large guy standing at 6’7”, with a muscular body. He is the strongest person in the Earth Dorm by far. He has shoulder length shaggy black hair and hazel eyes. He wears his uniform the best he can, but it’s doesn’t fit well. He usually seem very uncomfortable in his uniform.

Deck:Gladiator Beast

Aya Kayoko

Aya was one of the worse duelists in the Earth Dorm for her first two years at the academy. She thought about quitting Duel Monsters all together. But after a motivating speech from Sammy, Aya decided to give it another shot with help from Sammy and Jacquelyn. With some cool new friends by her side, Aya was able to climb up the ranks and now she’s 5th place in Earth Dorm. Aya is an outgoing and friendly girl. Aya is very academically smart, and while Sammy helps her out in Duel Monsters, Aya helps Sammy with her poor academic skills.

Appearance:
Aya is thin nerdy girl, with long black hair with bangs covering her forehead. She is 5’4”. She had dark eyes and wears thick-rimmed glasses. Aya is very strict to the rules and wears her uniform exactly how it’s written to be worn in the academy handbook. She wears it very plainly with no accessories.

Deck:Watt