Chizome Akaguro

Appearance

Chizome was an intimidating, muscular man who walked with a distinct hunch and had a flat, somewhat triangular face without a nose, which he removed himself, and an extraordinarily long tongue tainted with numerous small papillae. He had long black hair, which he wears messily; it would drape over his face if not for his headband and mask. He had small red eyes (white in the manga) with tiny irises. Chizome sported a dark combat suit, plated with metal armor across his body to holster his weapons. The torso was sleeveless, so he wrapped his arms in yellow bandages from just below his shoulders to his wrists. Chizome also wore long black wristbands and a watch on his left arm, and his knees were protected with metal pads; black boots with steel armor and spikes completing the costume. He always donned his signature blood-red scarf, matching headband, and the tattered cloth he wore around his face as a mask.

Personality

Stain was a cruel, unforgiving, and merciless man with a sense of duty to cleanse society of false heroes. He believed that those who become Heroes for fame or money are unworthy of being called the name and only All Might is a true hero. Due to his strong ideology, he took it upon himself to become the Hero Killer: Stain to stain his own hands with blood to purge fake heroes and change the current society. Stain did not wish to kill those not targets for his cause, and he disliked needless bloodshed, thus explaining why he came to blows with Tomura Shigaraki. He was reluctant to attack Tenya Ida before the hero-in-training provoked him. Stain even told Tenya the essential traits of a hero in contrast to those who desire to use their Quirks in selfish ways, such as Tenya seeking him out to avenge his brother. Stain spared Izuku Midoriya because he shows the characteristics of a true hero: strength and capability, as well as an innate sense of doing what's right. Stain believed heavily in creeds and convictions, stating that they are needed to accomplish anything and that people are weak and will eventually die without them. The Hero Killer even spared Tomura upon noting the seed of a warped conviction within him and their similar goals of destroying the status quo despite the radical difference in their final goals. Despite his extremist views and beliefs, Stain did have genuine ideals about heroism, which he stood by firmly. He did not hesitate to save people he deemed worthy of being called Heroes, did not like killing without reason, and would even give advice to his enemies. Stain acknowledged that what he did was morally wrong but believed that for society to be put on the right path, someone must be what he was, suggesting that he saw himself as a martyr.

Age

Chizome is 32 years old.

Gender

Chizome is male (Chizome uses he/him pronouns).

Quirk

Bloodcurdle (凝ぎょう血けつ, Gyōketsu?): Chizome's Quirk allows him to paralyze his target upon tasting a sample of their blood. The amount of time a victim remains paralyzed depends on their blood type; in ascending order from shortest to longest duration, they are: O, A, AB, and B. The maximum amount of time that anyone can be paralyzed is eight minutes.