Changes: Tawaraya

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Character Profile
Name	Tawaraya
Gender	Male
Race	Human
Class	Shadow Warlock
Guild	TaN
Offline
Name	Junya Murakami
Age	22
Gender	Male
Media Information
English Actor	Mark Acheson
Character Voice	Kenta Miyake
First Appearance	.hack//Roots

"'Give and Take', the ABCs of business."

— Tawaraya —

Tawaraya (俵屋) is a Shadow Warlock from .hack//Roots, and a powerful member of the Guild TaN.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Online

Appearance

Tawaraya is dressed like an Edo-period Japanese merchant, with "Tawara" ("Sack") written on the back of his happi coat. He carries a PDA like device in his left arm, which allows him to quickly check the relative value of items.

Personality

He is a man who is usually needlessly jolly, but is very good at getting others at what he wants them to do. He is an ideal merchant type for these reasons. He plays dumb often and is not surprised easily, though he does believe that the game world and the real world should be kept separate. Tawaraya is very obedient to Naobi and will follow orders from him without question, he is less friendly towards Ender who he believes is needlessly violent.

Offline

Basic Info

In the real world, Tawaraya is a 22 year old college student named Junya Murakami. Near the end of Roots, he goes to study abroad in Australia.

History

.hack//Roots

Tawaraya acts as the public face of TaN. While Naobi is the actual leader of the guild, Tawaraya runs most of the day to day business that the guild deals in. Due to the nature of his job, Tawaraya maintains a large web of connections which keeps him informed of almost anything of interest going on in The World R:2. Because of his skills at intelligence gathering, as well as his ability for manipulating others, Naobi partnered him up with Ender to monitor the Twilight Brigade guild, most notably their newest member Haseo.

Tawaraya did his best to turn Haseo to TaN's side, and although he failed in this endeavor, he was later able to paint the young Adept Rogue as a traitor to the Guild. This lie eventually fell apart after the real traitor Sakisaka revealed himself and cut off all ties to Tawaraya and TaN.

While Tawaraya did his best for his guild, he didn't realize that Naobi was setting him up. After TaN's illegal activities were revealed by the Twilight Brigade Tawaraya had his account suspended by the system admins, despite the fact that he had known nothing about those events. His final act as a player was to contact Haseo. Haseo agreed to fulfill his last request by naming the strange markings found in the Lost Grounds "Signs".

Much later Tawaraya would create a new account and return to The World R:2 using a character named Tohta.

Trivia

Tawara no Tohda (俵藤太) is a hero from Japanese folklore, and presumably the source of Tohta and Tawaraya's names.

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+image=[[Image:Tawarayafull.jpg]]|
+The World R:2 Name=Tawaraya|
-{{Infobox Characters|
+The World R:2 Gender=Male|
-image=[[image:Tawaraya.JPG]]|
-The World Name=Tawaraya|
+The World R:2 Race=Human|
-The World Gender=Male|
+The World R:2 Class=[[Shadow Warlock]]|
-The World Class=[[Warlock]]|
+Guild=[[TaN]]|
-Real Name= ??|
+Real Name=Junya Murakami|
-Real Life Gender= ??|
+Real Life Gender=Male|
 First Appearance=[[Roots|.hack//Roots]]|
-Age In First Appearance=??|
+Age In First Appearance=22|
-English Voice Actor=??|
+English Voice Actor=Mark Acheson|
-Japanese Voice Actor=??|
+Japanese Voice Actor=Kenta Miyake|
 }}
-Tawaraya is a character from .hack//Roots, and a member of the Guild [[TaN]].
+{{quote|'Give and Take', the ABCs of business.|Tawaraya}}
+'''Tawaraya (俵屋)''' is a [[Shadow Warlock]] from [[Roots|.hack//Roots]], and a powerful member of the [[Guild]] [[TaN]].
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+==Online==
+===Appearance===
+Tawaraya is dressed like an Edo-period Japanese merchant, with "Tawara" ("Sack") written on the back of his happi coat. He carries a PDA like device in his left arm, which allows him to quickly check the relative value of items.
+===Personality===
+He is a man who is usually needlessly jolly, but is very good at getting others at what he wants them to do. He is an ideal merchant type for these reasons. He plays dumb often and is not surprised easily, though he does believe that the game world and the real world should be kept separate. Tawaraya is very obedient to [[Naobi]] and will follow orders from him without question, he is less friendly towards [[Ender]] who he believes is needlessly violent.
+==Offline==
+===Basic Info===
+In the real world, Tawaraya is a 22 year old college student named '''Junya Murakami'''.  Near the end of Roots, he goes to study abroad in Australia.
+==History==
+[[Image:Tawaraya.JPG|thumb|Tawaraya in TaN's @HOME.]]
+===[[Roots|.hack//Roots]]===
+Tawaraya acts as the public face of [[TaN]]. While [[Naobi]] is the actual leader of the guild, Tawaraya runs most of the day to day business that the guild deals in. Due to the nature of his job, Tawaraya maintains a large web of connections which keeps him informed of almost anything of interest going on in [[The World R:2]]. Because of his skills at intelligence gathering, as well as his ability for manipulating others, Naobi partnered him up with [[Ender]] to monitor the [[Twilight Brigade]] guild, most notably their newest member [[Haseo]].
+Tawaraya did his best to turn Haseo to TaN's side, and although he failed in this endeavor, he was later able to paint the young [[Adept Rogue]] as a traitor to the Guild. This lie eventually fell apart after the real traitor [[Sakisaka]] revealed himself and cut off all ties to Tawaraya and TaN.
+While Tawaraya did his best for his guild, he didn't realize that Naobi was setting him up. After TaN's illegal activities were revealed by the Twilight Brigade Tawaraya had his account suspended by the system admins, despite the fact that he had known nothing about those events. His final act as a player was to contact Haseo. Haseo agreed to fulfill his last request by naming the strange markings found in the [[Lost Ground]]s "[[Sign]]s".
+Much later Tawaraya would create a new account and return to [[The World R:2]] using a character named [[Tohta]].
-Tawaraya is a Grappler, and acts as a sort of trader for his guild, buying rare items that other PKers have looted off of players, and reselling them for profit. His Guildmaster [[Naobi]] teams him up with fellow guildmember [[Ender]] to find information regarding the black multi-weapon [[Haseo]]. Tawaraya's search leads him to the BBS where he discovers many false rumours placed by [[Ovan]], the Guildmaster of the [[Twilight Brigade]]. He later encounters Haseo and invites him to join TaN, but his offer is rejected.
+==Trivia==
-Tawaraya seems to be quite well-known in The World. Both for his character, and for his Guild. He seems to have many sources supplying him with both information and items, and is very well connected. He plays stupid most of the time, but this is likely just an act to get others to drop their guard around him. He also seems to be a fairly powerful fighter, as he travels alone most of the time, without fear of PKers.
+*[http://www.darsie.net/talesofwonder/japan/LordBagOfRice.html Tawara no Tohda] (俵藤太) is a hero from Japanese folklore, and presumably the source of [[Tohta]] and Tawaraya's names.
 [[category: Roots Characters]]
+[[category: Shadow Warlocks]]
+[[Es:Tawaraya]]
+[[Category:Male Game Characters]]
+[[Category:Male Human Characters]]