this is ryu. here an Ad Lib description: age: ? [17-ish] he lives on a man made island [long story w/ that] on which there are 2 sides, [districts, i guess] a good and a bad one, he lives in the bad one. He had a friend once, but lost him after an ordeal where he ended up being in the wrong place, at the wrong time, and had to leave what little he had to protect it, and began running from the gov't- which is set on killing him, as are many other people on the worse side of the island. He has horrible luck, no education, no memory of the past 15 years of his life, no idea of what or who he is, no job, and nowhere to go. What he does have is a shadow, nightmares, birds, and the man who is his shadow, owns the birds, and creates his nightmares. obviously he could be a little better off. i'll tell u the better [well, it gets better for a little bit at least] side of his story later. Edit: i forgot to mention ryu's mental condition. it isn't exactly stable. this is how he sees himself. It's all due to his shadow, who is the man who owns the birds and creates his nightmares [the shadow man is responsible for alot in this story].