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Chapter 5 - Final character intro: Harry

Full name: Harris Alejandro Julius Goyo Santigo

Arabic name: Harris

Spanish name: Alejandro

English name: Julius

Filipino name: Goyo

Last name: Santigo

Family: Mother (native Chilè)

Father: Filipino British citizen

Eldest sister: Maria Yasmine Santigo

Older Sister: Catalina Asiya Santigo

Cultural background: Harry's Dad was a Filipino living in the UK. Through a friend, he got connected to a young lady in Chilè who was a native Latin American. Over the years they communicated andhe decided to bring her over to the UK to marry her. Fast forward years later they had Harry in Wales, UK after having two girls. Harry was given the cultural prestige of "first son" and was adored especially by his mother. When Harris was two, his mother separated from his father and with the help of a relative, moved to Abu Dhabi with Harry and his sisters where she gave them her last name and raised them.

Backstory: Harry struggles with personality not fitting his looks

HARRY — The Soft Giant Hyung

Appearance:

Brown skin; thick, long, silky black hair down his back.

Onyx eyes so dark they look pupil-less — very intimidating.

Extremely muscular; broad chest and shoulders.

Subtle tattoos

Insecure about smiling so he's gap teeth and dimples don't show

Deep voice that rumbles — deeper than Felix, more dangerous than Corpse.

But the twist:

He is NOT the scary alpha he looks like.

Personality Snapshot:

Clumsy, awkward, gentle, easily flustered.

Eldest but not emotionally dominant.

Soft-hearted and soft-spoken despite the demonic voice.

Skill:

His cooking is so good it's a silent plot point.

The man can cook you into submission.

Symbolism:

He is the challenge to stereotypes:

Huge + deep voice ≠ aggressive.

Muscular ≠ emotionless.

Harry dislikes the fact that he's awkward and quite dull in contrast to his looks as people see him as having the ideal male body.

He never really excelled at academics, but was born with brute strength. Because of this, he excelled in sports to the point of getting into the national team and eventually a football club.

While practicing in his club in South America, the pressure was getting intense and as a rookie some older ones introduced him to something that'll help "elevate his stress". Drugs. Before long, he was struggling with an addiction. It was against the rules of the association and caught, it will be his end. Sadly, the day came when they were doing tests for all players. He found out a lot of them had mastered the strategy of manipulating the test. He never felt so much helplessness and hatred at once. The fact that most celebrated athletes were on these substances instead of doing it with raw grit and the fact that he'll be tagged as an addict for life. And so, he made a decision. One that will haunt him. He hid his substances in an innocent teammates bag and switched their test samples. The teammate was kicked off immediately. His career ended. He had a sick mother and no money. He was talented and worked so hard. Everyone tagged him as a cheater and loser. He ended up taking his life because of the bullying. Harry felt like a monster. He couldn't even look himself in the mirror. And the drug addiction just made everything a thousand times worse. That's when Miru stepped in. All it took were calls with Miru. He told him he made a mistake. He wasn't a monster. Harry was scared to go to rehab, hearing that it never really heals. And he didn't need to. Even all the way in Korea, Miru helped Harry by simply talking to him. Harry abstained and soon went completely drug free. He quit football. Got admission to study Pharmacy in the USA where his sister already resided. But Miru adviced him to go for culinary instead since academics have never been his strong suit and he's gifted in cooking, which Harry totally agreed with and so went to France from the US to study culinary. Has a chef's license now.

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Languages: Arabic, English, Spanish, Quechua(native South American language), French, Italian (he did a culinary internship holiday in Italy), a bit of Portuguese and Japanese and understands a bit of Filipino

Uses a UK passport

In the Group's Villa, he has a pet tortoise.

He can play the guitar

Special ability: smell. Harry can depend on his sense of smell alone for his sight. He can even identify things that aren't visible to others just by his smell. He can also work like a dog, tracing scents even in the midst of a crowd

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