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OWO What’s this? An human adult in Sonic Fandom? One that doesn’t have actual powers?


I alluded to him through The First Meeting, and he appears in both Aleena’s and Slipstream’s bios, and I’m now showcasing him off to you guys!


Harold is... a highly complicated individual, and one of the main things I think people know about him is that he and Ovi have a rather tense relationship. However, I wanted to make Harold a sympathetic (but still troubled) character that has trouble admitting that he’s wrong at points. I hope that it comes across as this in the bio portion.


Anyways, bio time! (It’s been so fucking long OMG)

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Harold Jacobs Kintobor


Age: 41


Occupation: Hero (formerly), CEO of Kintobor Enterprises


Personality: Gruff doesn’t even begin to describe Harold’s personality. Often answering with a simple grunt, Harold is the walking definition of ‘a picture is worth a thousand words’. When he does properly answer/reply to something, it’s in a matter-of-fact tone that is either ‘perpetual boredom’ or ‘barely restrained rage’. A successful businessman like Harold requires the cold, yet calculative demeanour that allowed Harold to climb up to CEO to begin with. Harold does not like injustices of any kind, and will deal with them in the same seriousness as how he handles his eco-friendly business. He is as cold in dealing with those who commit injustices as he is with most business partners.


With friends and family, however, Harold shows a surprising amount of emotions that he doesn’t show in a board meeting. He’s congratulatory towards his children, loving to his wife, and gives his staff bonuses for the hard work they do, whether they need it or not. However, this does not mean that Harold can’t be misinterpreted by his family due to his stand-offish nature. In fact, one such misinterpretation has caused the rift between Julian and Harold, causing the former to leave the Kintobor Mansion.


Strengths: Harold is stalwart in his beliefs. His strong morality and sense of justice are stronger than even the most honorable hero. He’ll reject easier or more reliable methods if they violate any of his beliefs. His business is one of the top leaders in the most environmentally friendly decisions/materials for this reason -- as Harold allows his beliefs to guide how he wants his company to work. Harold’s way with words is impeccable, able to take the truth and make it impossible to fight against. He’ll make sure that the evidence of one’s misdeeds are front and centre, no matter what.


As for physical, Harold is built like a bodybuilder. While he does not have the same strength as a typical Chaos user, Harold is strong enough to give many non-powered beings some pause. On top of this, Harold’s mind is sharper than most others. While not as intelligent as Dr. Eggman, Harold can manipulate the situation to his advantage before anyone can even figure out his plan in time. Harold has learnt business, martial arts, and a load of general memorization techniques during his travels.


Weaknesses: Harold’s stubbornness has cost him a load of friends and relationships, to the point of his son running away from home. Harold’s own morals often guide him into situations that he can’t get out of. When that happens, he tries to bulldoze his way out of a situation – with little success usually. Worse, Harold cannot ask for help, even when he needs it. He ends up stuck in a hole, shovelling himself deeper because of his refusal to accept help from others. On top of this, Harold’s morals are often the cause of tension between allies and friends alike, causing issues with anyone around him. This has earned the ire of many people, including his son Julian.


Harold cannot take anyone stronger than a non-powered being. As a human, Harold is too fragile to take on anything bigger than a lion without assistance. Harold has walked home too many a time with a severe injury because of it – a good chunk of his bones have been broken in places where it was thought impossible. Luckily, Harold’s spine isn’t as damaged as the rest of him, but he still needs a cane some days due to the beatings he’s taken over the years.


Hobbies: Harold is surprisingly into Realtime Strategy Games. Often playing them during his downtime, Harold gets really into these games – which sometimes causes people to think he’s too into video games to run his company. Harold often thinks to apply the strategies into real life. Other hobbies include:


· Chess: Harold is into studying all kinds of strategy from all games, but he enjoys watching chess the most. Insisting that it’s due to chess not ‘changing over time’, he actually enjoys learning what strategies are being played by others, and tries to analyze the players behind the games.

· Speeches: Harold is the master of speech making, often preparing and conducting debates with people he wants to talk with. He loves to hear other people’s opinions in a heated debate, and often wants to excite and prep people up with a good motivational speech.

· Detective Work: Harold likes to solve crimes to keep his mind sharp, but also does it out of a sense of justice. He wants to help as many people as he can, and often tries to do it in a way without damaging reputations/clearing the truth. He often takes on cold cases, hoping to try and solve the unsolvable. Oftentimes, it doesn’t always happen. Yet Harold enjoys learning about the process nonetheless.


Likes: Progress, justice, happiness, learning how to be open to others, working to make the future better


Dislikes: Himself, destruction, chaos (in order, not the energy), having a split in his family, the damage he’s done.


Backstory: Born to Lady Andrea and Geoffrey Kintobor, Harold Kintobor was raised in an environment of overblown material goods and money. A highly curious individual, Harold collected true crime stories and mystery books from all over the world since he was young. However, Harold’s inheritance came at a cost for relationships – most people around him wanted to be friends with him for his money, not for Harold alone. Over time, he became closed off, unable to feel close when every kid around him wanted his parent’s money instead of him as a person.


One day, after rejecting some people to be off on his own for a while, he stumbles into a teal hedgehog – who proceeds to give him back his wallet, not one penny removed. Looking to the hedgehog, Harold decided to follow the hedgehog, keeping a good distance as he watched him. About every day, Harold got to learn about the positives and the negatives of this hedgehog, eventually deciding that he’d make friends with said hedgehog.


Once he had decided that, Harold ended up helping the hedgehog out of a situation he had gotten into. Since the hedgehog was jumped by a group of people, both the hedgehog and the human ended up beaten on their butts. Afterwards, Harold came to know Slipstream – from his name to his interests (living on his own, which surprised Harold completely, that Slipstream wanted to be a traveller, etc.), and the two became fast friends. The two had their own adventures together – from stopping a robbery to destroying unethical practices of other companies, Harold and Slipstream have done it.


Often upping the ante on their adventures, the two ended up taking Princess Aleena from her home, causing the Crystal Kingdom to chase the trio out. With that, the trio ended up going together, until Harold had enough of Aleena’s and Slipstream’s bickering and left them to their own devices. This proved to be a mistake, as Harold ended up having to look for the two when they fell into a ravine.


Desperately looking for the two hedgehogs, he ran into a person who’d eventually impact his life: Marian. The two worked together to destroy the robot that threw Slipstream and Aleena over the cliff. By the time Aleena and Slipstream came back to fight the last bit of the robot, Marian had disappeared entirely.


After Harold’s adventures with Slipstream and Aleena, Harold went off to look for Marian the same way that he did Slipstream in the past. Over time, the two got to know each other – Marian having fished out Harold quickly, and not up to having Harold stalk her. The two ended up having their own adventures together – destroying scheming companies, learning about Eggman’s plans to conquer the world, and learning about the Changelings from the tombs they visited. In those tombs, the two learnt of the eventual plans of one specific court – the Seelie Court, one that wanted to bring about the rise of the Perfect named Emptiness. The two got close on their last adventure – destroying one of Eggman’s bases after finding a Changeling depository underneath it. As soon as the two finished their last adventure, Marian and Harold ended up getting married.


Life stayed quiet for the two, up until Julian Kintobor was born into their lives. Harold and Marian dotted on little Julian, giving him all the love they could give to their son. When Marian became pregnant again, Harold was beyond ecstatic. He became so enamoured with the newest addition that Marian’s distress —her betraying her Changeling clan -- wasn’t even noticed until Hope’s birth. After Hope’s birth, Marian disappeared, and Harold became devastated.


Harold became despondent, unable to communicate to even his own son about the feelings bottling up inside him. This became a death sentence, as he started to neglect his own children, causing Julian to run away from home. Realizing the folly of his actions had caused both his wife and his son to disappear, Harold decided to take charge in the situation that he put himself into – constantly searching for Marian, Julian, and taking care of Hope while working on his Eco-friendly business.

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