#protagonist lore tag

[softobytwt]

#song is all the way through by tv girl #toby art yo #oc #art #original character #original art #protagonist lore tag #artists on tumblr #ms paint

[canisalbus]

I say this in the best way, but your characters feel like they're from an obscure but really good piece of media, and you feel like the artist who always draws the two main characters as ghay lovers

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#that's actually a really flattering thing to hear! #and I get what you mean #every now and then someone mistakes my art as fanart of some piece of media #that they don't recognize but like the art anyway #I wish I had the product to give to you #a graphic novel or a webtoon or a written narrative #I fear there's a hole the shape of the main story in my work #and even though I allude to it and talk about it in the safety of the tags #it's kind of frustrating that you have to piece it together from the scattered bits of lore #instead of reading ~the thing~ digesting it and knowing you have consumed the story in it's intended form #this got a little off track #I think it's so motivating and rewarding that you're interested in my characters to begin with #even in the absence of a proper finalized work of fiction that ties all the art together #answered #anonymous #imagine a reality where they aren't lovers in the canon work but I just ship them really hard #even better if they aren't even the protagonists but some inconsequential side characters #that get two minutes of screen time every other episode and barely ever in the same scene

[teecupangel]

(6:22) going with a DC/AC AU I find it a little funny if it's just Desmond in the world of DC and seeing as there's nothing on the brotherhood or templars is confused on what he should do next. Until wait a second is that fuckin Edward?!?

But can you just imagine Haytham Kenway’s Bleed just giving Desmond a headache because, as far as Haytham Kenway’s memories go, he always remembered his father wearing prim and proper clothes like these:

Then he sees John Constantine wearing this:

And he’s like “Oh no. Father’s return to his ruffian roots.”

Anyway, if Desmond gets punted in the DC ‘verse and has no idea what to do, I can totally see him following John just because he looks familiar.

John would be “???” but, at the same time, there’s something about Desmond that attracts… well, the sort that John’s pretty familiar with.

They don’t know it but it’s because the demons and other supernatural beings know Desmond is not from their universe. They can feel it (and some of them can even see or smell it). Desmond is different and they either want to kill him or they want to ‘know’ him.

Desmond just wants to go home and he honestly believes that all this supernatural and magical bullshit he sees being John’s sorta-assistant is just some kind of sci-fi bs he can’t understand. The Isus have screwed his perception so badly that he can’t believe in demons and magic and whatever.

Weird demonic being? Genetic mutation or experimentation gone wild.

Superheroes? Samesiessss.

Magic? Dude’s holding some kind of POE-equivalent item that can do crazy shit.

John is both impressed and annoyed by Desmond’s skepticism. He is absolutely confused at the mental gymnastics Desmond does just to explain everything as sci-fi bullshit.

The demons and other beings who get called ‘fakes’ and ‘genetic mutations’?

Yeeaaaahhh. It’s a good thing the first rule of getting isekai’ed to other worlds is that the main character gets a cheat power.

And Desmond’s cheat?

He can summon a moving pillar of fire and light from the fucking sun like a homing laser beam ala Moonbeam (no, we are not calling it Sunbeam, come on).

(This does mean that he absolutely works as a freaking battery for Superman though but Superman’s cool so Desmond’s okay with that)

(The Batfamily x AC AU that started this)

#the rules are #if you want me to integrate a franchise/series/media to ac lore they play by ac rules (loosely) #if you want me to isekai desmond to whatever place you want #he gets all the perks of being an isekai protagonist #and his cheat power will most probably be sun-related #the ‘what the fuck’ meter of his cheat power depends on the rules of the world he gets punted to #like if the world doesn’t have magic i’m not gonna give him sun powers #just… a heightened eagle vision/sense i guess? #anyway #tags! #desmond miles #john constantine #dc universe #fic idea: assassin's creed #fic idea: crossover #ask and answer #assassin's creed

[kqluckity]

okay if the qsmp doesn't have a "main character" the why does everything revolve around him ↓

checkmate atheists

#i WILL stop talking about qluzu for today now #it's just something that's been on my mind recently #the whole lore revolves around him even if he hasn't logged on in a while it's actually crazy #btw before someone takes this post seriously and starts being annoying about it. this post is a joke and i'm joking #there is no actual protagonist to the qsmp #qsmp #mcyt tag

[kyngsnake]

Today we are fully embracing the Fallout brainrot. I am cringe but I am free. Full and unfortunately four-panel-long timeline of my Sole Survivor’s main plot. You’ll have to click them to read the smaller text. Brevity is not my strongsuit.

I excluded most side missions and DLCs for sake of space and tried to keep things brief.

#fallout #sole survivor #👉👈 if anyone has any questions or input pls feel free I am deranged about this oc #avery and danse actually being a slow burn is so funny to me. ave may seem like a manwhore but he is so soft on the inside. #tfw basically married before you’ve even confessed your feelings #ken's #autumn art #avery #avery info tag #<— will be adding shit to that today #long post #fvdhfbdhej lore accuracy is very important to me but I disliked a lot of bethesdas story writing in 4 #and to me. the main character especially is free reign to fuck around with. #like that’s MY protagonist I will do with him what makes me happy

[lightpickles]

#klaus #story of seasons #i am president of the klaus-the-perfumist defamation league #(old tag that i'm bringing back because i still h*te h*m) #i actually downloaded the citra 3ds emulator AND SoS1 specifically to pursue him and mistel #so the former has been one of the great disappointments of my life. how shall i cope?? #(it was like kana from tale of two towns all over again although for different reasons) #sos1 is my female protagonist namesake game but i've started using my middle name for new sos games these last few years #now we (royal) know my first and middle name :-) stay tuned for last name and my linkedin and my social security number #a longtime online friend actually did connect with me on linkedin a few years ago after i spent ages jokingly telling our friend group to #connect w/me on there. and this was like a full year before wr actually met in person. im in awe of her godbless #pickle jar #pickle lore #stefon SNL voice these tags have everything

[tvrningout-a]

thinking about cyrillo and his magic and how it's definitely unique from most other magic in modern dorverold. others use dream magic like him, creating illusions and perhaps summoning minor familiars from the dream realm, but there isn't another soul who can summon looming horrors from nightmares, conjure an entire area of illusion, or command darkness as he can -- not without having sacrificed something first.

this is because cyrillo has the original magic gifted to him by nott, the god of dreams. his soul is old, having never been sent to endir, the god of the afterlife, to be reborn. endir hasn't tampered with his magic like he has other mortals'; he dampened the magic of all souls who existed during the time of the great war in an effort to prevent any other great tragedies, per sunna's orders. but cyrillo hasn't died since nott helped him, so! his magic is what all other dream magic users should be capable of.

kinda scary, tbh. but it also!! technically makes cyrillo a champion of nott, and i won't lie... the temptation to make the main party who helps rin a gathering of unlikely champions grows :' )))

#does this make sense unless you've read the lore prior to this?? i hope so asdfg #just having a lot of thoughts about all this tbh #like it wasn't intentional at all but rin is a champion chiyo is a champion and cyrillo is a champion #IF it makes sense and flows maybe i'll include other champions but i also don't wanna make the main protagonists overpowered #though to be fair king edmund has an army of undead so ASDFGH #but it's a possibility to maybe explore #even bronwyn might technically?? unintentionally?? have old magic like cyrillo does bc she got his original magic when he died #and he would have had lif's magic gifted to him back then #ANYWAY I'M RAMBLING BUT!! EXCITING OKAY!! #headcanons | cyrillo #headcanons | dórverold #tagging that too bc i'm talking about the reincarnation factor uvu

[deadsh33p]

Just asking if you are ever gonna talk more abt your ocs? i'm really curious abt them + they look cool

I'd love to but I doubt anyone actually cares lol. Though maybe one day I'll post some drawings I have of my ocs

#text #will talk abt my ocs here on the tags though #only the basics #i joke abt them being pirates but by definition they really arent #yea they travel on a funky boat with funky clothes but what they all really do is #do quests ig #and it changes from ''going to xxxx to give him this gift'' to ''KILL THIS SEA MONSTER'' #and they all have to live with it #there is kind of a plot but not even i know what it is LMAO #its more abt how all of the protagonists are so fucked they had to work on a 5 euro per hour job #because society rejected them #something like that #the story is super deep in my mind but writing it down gives me physical cringe #also there is more but uhhh its sO MUCH LORE for each character #also there are some side characters that i havent put much thought on them but i want to #theyre ACTUAL criminals. ones that you would get rich by capturing them #and they are capture at some point LMAO #the side characters i mean #but they escape and kill them all except some guy and he kind of becomes their hostage #and gotta work for them #but im 100%%% changing the lore a bit because i really didnt think abt it lmao #theyre just rich pirates criminals with a traumatized used-to-be-rich hostage #ANYWAYS #THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THEM LMAO ILY ILY ILY ILY ILY ILY

[starrysmiling]

i literally never post of my own volition but i noticed yesterday that ao3 canonised the unbound character tags so now i am excitedly running around in circles because the. the . the tags i am lovingly fostering exist. I MADE THESE TAGS WITH MY OWN TWO HANDS.

the funniest thing about this is that "protagonist's name is fern!" links to the francis character tag... i am sorry... for changing his name.......

the general unbound fandom tag is under pokemon fan games which is understandable. but i am so. i am soooooo fucking happy about this. fuck.

#pokemon unbound #urheuwhdhghsf i am a polished fic writer who started tags i feel so. i feel sooooo accomplished #sorry i am head full of the main gang... i have no plans for the rest of the characters to have a lead role yet....... #i absolutely love fern but my friends were all like 'wait unbound's protag is called francis? not fern?' when i told them about this #which is fucking hilarious. at this point he's literally just an oc who looks a lot like francis #also um. um. god i should say this too but fern is kinda like a whole separate guy from francis at this point we've given him so much lore #francis is the name we give to v1 unbound's protagonist actually! #'why this specifically?' you ask. good question. i am happy to share fern lore just ask me please. i wanna talk about him #i feel kinda insane honestly i'm so ridiculously happy over this #i made them in like january? with the upload of steps? god it's been six months #whiiiiiich is to say. please fucking read steps it's . it's so everything #anyway i enjoy unbound and fax a normal amount please look out for more unbound content in the future!!!! #that is all from your resident fax truther... #it's time to fix all my fucking tags

[softobytwt]

more protagonist & antagonist (ft. penny being thrown)

#im so good with names for characters #the text on the second one says tasty and ahhh #text on third says shes a nice cat and bye ^_^ #oc #original character #original story #art #original art #toby art yo #protagonist lore tag #artists on tumblr #ms paint

[unproduciblesmackdown]

didn't know there was a new frictional games / amnesia release....until now (that i do)

#which isn't unexpected b/c i do not keep up w/fuckall. know nothing abt it so that's fun #would say like ''is it in the amnesia cinematic universe or just [in media res amnesia having moments]'' #but i think soma is pretty parallel to [amnesia in media res] but is not called amnesia: soma #frictional releases pretty focused on Narratives ft. Themes and shit #wait i only just now remembered that amnesia a machine for pigs exists lol. wasn't that technically another studio's production though #it did also have Themes even if....it was pretty puzzle based wasn't it. idk. anyways #also bit of an f like aw cmon when frictional's first [this protagonist is a woman]'s story focuses a lot on like ''the 'birth' in 'rebirth #is literal thanks'' like great praganacy and having a baby now and the climactic events all about motherhood....alright #but it did have Story and the connections to that original amnesia lore(tm) is fun. was musing on it just the other week.... #like do you think daniel's ''good ending''(?) (i think he can also just Walk Out He Can Leave. and that's an okay ending. maybe the best) #being like ''let's go to that other dimensional homeworld'' actually is shit b/c it's trash hell world. maybe they just go somewhere else #idek what tags i may have in use lol #amnesia #atdd

[snickeringdragon]

would any of your blorbos say this

im gonna be honest i think i would say this actually

WAIT HANG ON I KNOW WHO WOULD SAY THIS. oh my god ive posted her here maybe once but my fucking. oc. calico. she would say this to andromeda. you dont know who EITHER of those characters are.

#dragon cave's mailbox #maybe one of these days ill properly post my silly dragon ocs here #im having to like. rework their lore quite a bit #since it was originally. Kinda Shit. #the protagonist. andromeda. shes based off ko ok ko. and if you know anything abt ok ko youll know about Tko. #i also based a character (sagittarius) off him #and if you know anything abt ko and tko. youll know they kinda. arent the best system rep. like theyre not a system but only by technicalit #so andro/sagi being based off them ended up being Not The Best either #so i need to rework it. because i love systems and kiss them on the lips every day #if youre curious i think i posted about them a very long time ago like Once. check uhmm #calico (oc) #check this tag maybe? #the post is old though. so it might be outdated and kinda goofy #anyways. thank you for the ask :3 #edit why am i acting like the post is a million years old. its from last yearhKJHAKJSHDK

[victortalkingmachine]

i am writing a script for a choose-your-own-adventure game about the mckinley assassination that will almost definitely never be made and having the time of my life

#(warning for some long tags) #it's part of a dlc that doesn't exist for another game that also doesn't exit #the main game is an original story related to time travel & dimensional warping & etc #and this hypothetical mckinley assassination game that i mentioned would not make much sense without the main game #bc lore and stuff #but i don't care about the main storyline as much as i care about one where you interact with leon czolgosz #i'm drawing some of the character sprites(?) too. so far i've done one of atlas (oc; from main game) & one of victoria czolgosz #atlas is there at the very beginning with janai (another main game oc) to tell you what's happening & give you some items #he shows up later in the game to help you out a little if you go to crystal beach #victoria shows up when you go to the restaurant where she works. you ask if she knows a leon f czolgosz* and she's like 'my brother? how do #you know him?' and you talk to her and she says that the last she heard from him he was in fort wayne but that was over two weeks ago so #she's not sure what he's up to right now. then she cries a little over how she's worried about him and quickly writes a letter and asks you #to give it to him if you find him then asks you to keep him safe. caroline** can then respond like 'ok :-) i will' or be like 'i'm not his #mom or smth i don't even know this guy why are you asking this of me.' and this will influence your relationship with her which can have #effects later. bc depending on what path you take you might see her again. also can affect your relationship with leon later if they end up #interacting. #*you start the game in cleveland so you know that some of the people there know him #**the protagonist's name is caroline. she has no canonical surname but she calls herself 'ascher' here as an allusion to motka from the #anarchist. i want to put more the anarchist allusions in there but idk where yet.

[reestallized]

damn

#pokemon #reestallized drew this #reestal likes to draw #pokemon fanart #pokemon protagonist #reestalverse #pokemon sun and moon #pokemon usum #trainer elio #trainer selene #aint tagging their rv names rn #also hes addressed as ??? because she cant freakin recognize him in that skully-ahh fit #and yeah i made more protagonists join evil teams. sorry (here it happened after he fell into an ultra wormhole) #the skull grubnts from another timeline found him near some collapsed building probably. that timeline is like. post-a[polacalyptic??? idk #and in this case the ultra recon squad was doing the havoc. team skull there are a group of survivors who try to fight back #woops sorry for leaking too much rv lore <3 (/j obviously)

[little-hermit-crab56]

I've been writing for a while so I thought I'd share some writing tips I've learned along the way.

1. Never sacrifice the flow for a quirky line.

That bit of dialogue or flowery paragraph you really like but it kinda disrupts the flow? Scrap it. I know it hurts, but you need to. If you really want to keep it, find somewhere else to put it where it actually fits in.

2. Dialogue is a dance.

Dialogue should go at the pace of an actual conversation, back and forth with little breaks and pauses. Add as little dialogue tags as possible while still making it clear who is speaking. You can also describe what is happening during a pause in the conversation rather than saying they paused, unless the pause is important.

3. Show don't tell is a guideline, not a rule.

Show don't tell is a very useful guideline, but if you're ALWAYS showing it can get exhausting to read. Skip the boring bits and just tell us what happened, then we can get to the good stuff.

4. If it's boring to write, it's probably boring to read.

If you can cut out a whole scene with little consequence to the story, you probably should. As I said before, you don't always have to show us, you can always tell us.

5. Everything needs to have a purpose.

I know there are probably lots of interesting or cute scenes where your characters are just fucking around, but if it doesn't develop character, relations, conflict, or plot, why should we care? Definitely still write them if they make you happy, but if you're gonna add it to your final draft, make sure it matters.

6. You don't need to explain everything all at once.

I know it feels tempting to put all the lore, and all the character's intentions, and reasonings into the first few chapters, but please refrain, you can reserve that for your character and worldbuilding sheets. Instead, take the time to let us get to know the characters, and the world, in the same way we'd get to know a real person. Make your exposition as seamless and natural as possible. It will take practice to know when to reveal information and when to let us wonder, but you'll get there.

7. Write in a way that comes naturally.

I know you probably have an author you wanna write just like, but that is unlikely to happen. Embrace your natural writing style and perfect it, rather than trying to be something you're not. Writing is an art, you need to find your own style and polish it as best you can.

8. Try to make us feel connected by cutting out certain words like "felt".

"Chad felt like a glass of water." Can be replaced with, "Chad was thirsty, so he reached for a glass of water." Both sentences tell us Chad wants a glass of water, but one makes us feel more connected to Chad than the other. Though both sentences have their time and place, you want to make your audience feel as close to their protagonist as possible. Make them feel like they're there, rather than just an onlooker.

9. We don't need to know every physical detail of your character.

I know you probably spent ages creating the perfect characters and you want to give us the perfect image of what they look like, but it can get monotonous and boring, why do we care that your character has brown eyes unless the colour has some sort of significance? Try to list off only the most notable features of your character and put focus only on the relevant details. Sometimes you can even not describe them at all and throw in little bits of information about their appearance for the audience to put together. We read to imagine, not to have a perfect image painted for us when we could be getting to the plot.

10. You're allowed to be vague.

Allow your audience to assume things, with some things you can just be lazy and let your audience's imagination do the work for you. Of course, don't do this with important things, but you can save so much time you might've spent researching an irrelevant topic when you can just be vague about it. You don't have to know everything you're writing about, so long as you know the bits that matter.

11. Writing is a skill that takes practice.

Don't be so hard on yourself if your writing is a bit cringe, we've all been there. The important part is that you research how to get better and keep writing those super cringe chapters. One day you'll reread something from a while ago and realize you're actually not as bad as you thought.

12. Leave your work to rest.

I know you wanna start editing right away, but once you've finished, leave it for at least a month. The longer you leave it the better, but that depends on your attention span. A month to six months is good if you're really impatient but want a good result. If you keep writing in that time your skills will continue to improve, then you'll be editing that draft with fresh eyes and fresh skills.

And if you're a fanfic author, I usually leave my chapters for a week before editing and posting.

Hope this helps anyone struggling, I thought this might be especially relevant now with nanowrimo.

I recently realized how much knowledge I've been accumulating over the years, I definitely have more but this is all I can think of for now.

I'm no writing guru, but if anyone has anything they're struggling with, I can do my best to help you out, so dont hesitate to ask questions.

#writing tips #nanowrimo #story writing #writers on tumblr #writeblr #writerscommunity #writing #writer

[alpacinoinheat]

Info about my Goncharov characters

The story takes place in Prague, Naples and New York

Some info about Goncho and Andrey:

So Goncharov is the main protagonist of the story. Not much is known about him, his origin is very mysterious but it is later revealed the crime boss Andrey had his whole family murdered for owing him money and Goncharov is of polish-italian origin (I'm not sure what I want his real name to be yet). In the story Andrey is about 10 years older than Goncho in order for this to work, the actors are the same age but the eyepatch ages Andrey up so it works. Murdering Goncho’s family was one of Andrey’s first things he did after his rise to power. And so basically the story is about revenge. Andrey is half czech and half italian and he operates from Naples but his crime ring works all over the world.

If you asked Andrey how he gained all his wealth and power, he would tell you it was through hard work and that he came from virtually nothing. That's a lie as his family was very well off. The extend of his wealth can be also attributed to all the blackmails, murders, abductions, frauds, thefts and other crimes he and his crime ring commited. Maybe these are the things that constitute as "hard work" to Andrey. Andrey is also a classist and something of an ethnonationalist as he often refers to himself as full blooded italian and rarely admits his half slavic origin.

Here’s some info about Katya and Goncho’s relationship from other ask (some info about Sofia too):

In my own lore, Katya is very much in love with Goncharov but is also tempted by Sofia. To Katya, Goncharov and Sofia also represent two very different ways of living. Goncho is a smuggler but an honest one and Sofia works for her boss Andrey’s crime ring. Being with Goncharov means living a dangerous life on the run but somewhere down the line there is a possibility of settling down and living life through honest means. Being with Sofia means choosing a simpler, cushier life, a life of luxury but it also means being forever part of the crime world. Who will she choose? I don’t know and neither does Katya :)

Also, I’m toying with the idea of Katya being married to Goncho (simply becasue I tagged her as Katya Goncharova a couple of times lol) but I don’t know yet :))

Info about Mario and Ice Pick Joe:

Mario and Ice Pick Joe grew up together in Sicily and were both very poor. They are not related but share somewhat of a brotherly bond. Joe’s darker side started to show from a very early age. He loved to kill and dissect small animals which sometimes freaked up Mario (although he never judged him for his impulses). Joe also talked about joining mafia from an early age, it seemed like a natural thing to do. He never imagined himself as anything else than a criminal. Mario is academically very smart. Joe often said to him that someone this smart could go study and make something of himself through honest job. But Mario was a very cynical person from an early age and thought that the only way people like them can escape poverty is through dishonest means. Also, Joe is just a joy to be around (if you’re not the animal or a person he’s dissecting), he’s funny, great cook, loves music, unassuming but charismatic. And it’s not just a front, he really is like that, he has two sides, one of them is very dark. Mario, as smart as he is, lacks the charisma and is aware of that. He is brooding and sulking and cynical. Lacks the social capital ... and friends (except for Joe of course). He also likes to go to casinos and gamble, not because he needs the money, but he likes winning and he likes the fact that other people’s social status can’t help them there. He’d never admit this to you but he secretly wants friends and wants to be liked but he is just so goddamn unlikable to the majority of people that no amount of wealth can help him with that. Mario was also always ashamed of his humble origin. When the two of them joined the crime world, they joined Andrey’s crime ring. Joe is very loyal to Andrey because he sees him as someone who gave him a chance and saved him from poverty. Joe became Andrey’s best hitman and is free to act on his darkest impulses. Mario became Andrey’s accountant, handling money. But unlike Joe, Mario resents Andrey because Andrey is a big classist and often and not so subtly lets Mario know that he would be nothing without him. In the story, Mario befriends Goncharov (the met in a casino) and will have to decide whether he betrays his boss or not. And will he be able to convince his best friend Joe to work against a man he is very loyal to?

The Naples side of my story is probably my most developed part as of now. I still don’t have everything figured out.

How Ice Pick Joe got his nickname:

Ice Pick Joe's favorite weapon of choice actually isn't an ice pick, despite many people assuming that's the case. He doesn't have a favorite weapon or a torture method. He likes them all. His nickname refers to one specific event that took place shortly after after he joined Andrey's crime ring. One of Andrey's highest ranking lieutenants was suspected of stealing money and giving up information to a rival crime lord. He was subjected to many hours of interogation and torture but still he would not confess. Then Joe asked to try. The only thing he took to the room with him was in ice pick. Nobody really knows what happened in there but it took less than 15 minutes for the lieutenant to confess how much he stole and what information he gave up. Andrey then used this information and destroyed the rival crime lord. This event prompted Joe Morelli to gain an immense amount of respect within the crime ring and ever since that day everyone called him Ice Pick Joe.

Info about Katya and her brother Valery:

Katya and her older brother Valery were born in Moscow but moved to Moldova after Katya's birth. Their moldavian mother died during Katya's birth and their russian father was very abusive but mostly absent. Valery is 20 years older than Katya and he basically raised her on his own.  Valery became a high ranking officer in the militsiya (soviet police) at quite an early age, mostly due to his efficiency. He soon became disillusioned by the brutal soviet regime and defected to the USA, searching for a better life for him and Katya. He became a weapon smuggler and that's how he and Katya met Goncharov. Valery and Goncharov fell out during an event where Valery thought Goncharov had betayed him after a heist gone wrong (he didn't betray him, it was misunderstanding). He also hates Goncharov because Katya fell in love with him and choose to leave with him.

Info about Mario and Goncharov:

As for their relationship, Goncharov meets Mario in a casino in Italy and befriends him only to infiltrate Andrey’s crime ring (to revenge his murdered family). But as time goes on, Mario notices all the inconsistencies in Goncharov’s cover story and figures out he’s not who he says he is. Meanwhile, Goncharov really starts to consider Mario his friend and almost feels sorry for lying to him. At some point, Goncharov tells Mario the truth about who he is, even tells him his real name (the only other person who knows his name is Katya). It will be up to Mario to decide whether he betrays his boss and helps his new friend to revenge his family.

#how autistic of me to write this #goncharov