his name's black (self-chosen, also he's nb but uses he/him+they/them). he was born to rich chinese-american parents in new jersey. it was a suffocating home environment. he'd been obedient until college, where he met his stripper gf and they ran away together. (they broke up but are still pretty close friends.)
he chose black as his name because he grew up struggling with black/white thinking. his parents were pretty conservative with clear goods and bads and he internalized that morality system
even as an adult he struggles with shades of gray. he calls himself black because he believes that in the black/white thinking, he's black. bad, negative, hated, etc.
he thinks of himself as a pretty bad person and he could be. he's short-tempered, impatient, violent, unpredictable. he gets easily addicted and can barely hold himself back when he needs a fix. he's near 30 and he sees himself as a failure because he couldn't just stick with the white picket fence life his parents chose for him
he has an unstated... honor system though. he's pretty heroic even though he doesn't wanna admit it, fearless, stable, noble even. if he sees an unfair fight he'll make it fair. he doesn't really have a sense of preservation and jumps into the face of danger despite consequences
he thinks he's pretty dry with how he struggles with black and white thinking but he's full of color and emotion and everything he feels, he feels in violently loud tones
he just broke up with bruises around his wrists one day, and they got worked until they started covering large portions of his skin. they make him sick physically and attack his moods but he does benefit in getting powers from them, im thinking, protective armor in parts of his body and thorny vine tendrils