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CR CHART (Soul Campaign)
LEGEND:
⚫ HATRED - Light considers you an enemy or, at the least, an extreme hindrance to his goals. He would prefer to avoid you entirely, though if you keep getting in his way, don't be surprised if an "accident" is arranged for you.
⚫ DISLIKE/NEUTRALITY - Either Light doesn't dislike you enough to consider you more than an annoyance, or he doesn't feel one way or the other about you.
⚫ USEFUL/ALLY - At some point along the line, you have made a good impression on Light and either he has already extended the offer of joining forces or is considering it
⚫ AFFECTION/PARTNERSHIP - Light truly respects you and sees you as his equal. He trusts you to have his back, and he may even reciprocate (Don't hold your breath on achieving this status...)
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⚫ HATRED - Light considers you an enemy or, at the least, an extreme hindrance to his goals. He would prefer to avoid you entirely, though if you keep getting in his way, don't be surprised if an "accident" is arranged for you.
⚫ DISLIKE/NEUTRALITY - Either Light doesn't dislike you enough to consider you more than an annoyance, or he doesn't feel one way or the other about you.
⚫ USEFUL/ALLY - At some point along the line, you have made a good impression on Light and either he has already extended the offer of joining forces or is considering it
⚫ AFFECTION/PARTNERSHIP - Light truly respects you and sees you as his equal. He trusts you to have his back, and he may even reciprocate (Don't hold your breath on achieving this status...)
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──────────────── Whether Light likes it or not, L is his most significant relationship in Death City and the only one who understands Light on a level most others don't...to the point that an attempt on L's part to achieve resonance with him went exceedingly well. At present, Light is caught somewhere between being resigned to the annoyance that is having L dog his every move and outraged at the fact the detective has had the audacity to rise from his grave to torment him further about the Kira investigation in Death City. If all goes well, he plans to bide his time until a chance arises to remove him from the picture a second time... |
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[SOUL CAMPAIGN APP] Light Yagami | Death Note
[ PLAYER INFORMATION ]
Player Name: Katie
Age: 30
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[ CHARACTER INFORMATION ]
Name: Light Yagami
Age: 22-23 (post-timeskip)
Gender: Male
Canon: Death Note (specifically, the anime version as this Light is where I draw the majority of my voice from. As opposed to the Light in the manga who seems more detached than bad-tempered)
Timeline: As Light and the rest of the Kira task force are entering the Yellowbox warehouse for their arranged face-to-face meeting with Near, which will become the final showdown of the series. He would be arriving in Death City specifically just as he opens the warehouse door.
Background: Light's Wikipedia Page - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_Yagami
Light's Death Note Wiki Page - deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Light_Yagami
Personality: Light's greatest interest is coming out on top in all that he invests himself in, which he has enjoyed a lifetime of pulling off - he's been known as a stellar student, a popular name among girls in his grade, a talented tennis player, and a model son. These accomplishments and the admiration of all around him have allowed Light to fall into the mindset that he's superior to most everyone else...up to and including believing that he perceives things and thinks differently from the rest of humanity.
His devotion to justice is genuine, and likely aided by having the chief of police as his father. He has helped the Kanto police force solve criminal cases in the past and has a promising future ahead of him as a detective. Light is fully of the belief that criminals should be punished for their misdeeds, and that the current system of law is too flawed to allow for this. Instead, murderers, abusers, and rapists spend time in prison just to be placed back onto the streets of the very society they wronged to do it all over again. His idea of a utopia is a place where good people can freely go about their business while criminals are made to cower in the shadows in fear of the wrath of an angry god.
It's for this reason and his aforementioned belief that he is set apart from the rest of humanity that Light is unable to believe that his coming into possession of the Death Note is anything short of a greater power recognizing him as the only one able to take on the divine work of purging evil from the world. In his mind, he's the only one who understands the need to do it. Even when Ryuk tells him that his finding the Death Note was merely chance, Light continues to nurture the idea he's a chosen god and that no one else can do what he's doing because they're held back by society's expectations and their own ignorance.
It should be mentioned that he is not immediately comfortable with killing criminals, and after confirming that the Death Note does, in fact, work Light suffers a brief breakdown as the gravity of having killed a man weighs on him. Some have referred to this scene as the death of Light's innocence, which would not be inaccurate. However, the fact he makes peace with the incident with disturbing rapidity and reaffirms for himself that he's done the right thing before going home to begin the first wave of his culling suggests that he had decided long ago that he would be able to kill if given the means.
Viewers' theories that the Death Note has a corruptive influence and turns good people bad when they use it do not hold water. Light illustrates this point mid-series when he relinquishes ownership of the Death Note and his memories of being Kira. While his claims of innocence are now genuine and his lack of trying to deceive those around him make him seem more likable, Light is still not a good person. He is still arrogant, standoffish, and quick to come to blows with people who threaten his ego. During this memory lapse he questions whether he could really have been Kira and killed so many people or not. As it is far less daunting to face the moral dilemma of killing one person, as opposed to killing thousands from the standpoint of someone who believes they've never killed before, it is likely he reached the conclusion it would be impossible for him simply because it seemed overwhelming.
When Light is not being challenged in some way or feels stunted somehow, he falls to depression and pessimism. When we're introduced to him at the beginning of the series, he has essentially conquered every world available to a boy his age and, alone at the top, has nothing left to fixate on except how flawed the world below him is. With the Death Note presenting him the lofty, exciting challenge of purging the world around him of the evil he believes is holding it back, he is immediately a much happier person. He is possibly even happier with L's announced intent to stop him, as he believes winning will prove once and for all that Kira is the greatest justice to the rest of the world. The depression and pessimism resurfaces later in the series when Light finds himself repeatedly outsmarted and cornered by Near with no way to retaliate. He is shown brooding, being unresponsive, and taking out his aggression on Misa's attempts to make him feel better.
While Light claims to be an optimist, he exhibits traits of being a misanthropist which become more clear-cut as the series progresses. His initial goal as Kira is noble enough. However, while he stands behind his mission statement throughout the series, Light continually justifies seeing people as "bad" merely because they disagree with his goals or threaten to uncover (sometimes unintentionally) that he is Kira.
The cases of Raye Penber and Naomi Misora, for example, illustrate Light's willingness to be a hypocrite where it suits him. Raye is merely doing his job, investigating suspects in the Kira case, and is, in the end, willing to write Light off as someone not worthy of suspicion. Yet Light orchestrates Raye's murder and the murder of all the other FBI investigators sent to look into the Kira case, not even bothering to judge them based on their merits or misdeeds in life as a benevolent god would. They are merely in his way, threatening his goals, and therefore he has convinced himself they deserve to die. When a bereaved Naomi surfaces later, wanting to get to the bottom of her fiancé's mysterious death, Light likewise deems her a threat and shamelessly manipulates her until he's able to get her real name out of her, whereupon he murders her as well.
Another interesting case is his relationship with Touta Matsuda, who seems to embody many of the very qualities he believes define a good person. Matsuda is eager to give the benefit of the doubt, is helpful, hardworking, and earnest in everything that he does (even when it ends up being more hassle than it is help). Yet Light is willing to try and exploit these qualities, orchestrating his plan to have one of the Task Force members trade eyes with Ryuk to gain Mello's true name around the idea that Matsuda's eagerness to contribute will compel him to volunteer for the job and therefore he will not compromise anyone he considers valuable.
This gives merit to the fact that Light is opportunistic. His interest in people is gaged primarily by how useful he believes they are to his own goals while keeping little to no actual emotional ties to them. A prime example of this is Misa Amane. He dislikes the young pop idol as he deems her reasons for killing people to be against the message he hopes to send as Kira, but sees her Shinigami Eyes and second Death Note as vital assets to his goals, therefore he goes along with the charade of being her boyfriend despite vocally having no feelings for her. When Kiyomi Takada resurfaces later in the series, Light wastes little time in throwing Misa aside as her usefulness dwindles in pursuit of the new goal of giving Kira an ambassador among the public. Believing Light to be in love with her and carrying on a secret affair with him behind Misa's back, Takada is eager to please him and goes along with her new role as middleman between Kira and Mikami. When she is captured by Mello, and able to kill him with a hidden scrap of the Death Note, she implores Light to come rescue her. Instead, as Takada has served as much of a purpose as Light feels she's going to, he writes her name on the hidden scrap of Death Note in his watch, compelling her to commit suicide via burning herself to death.
The most controversial case of Light using situations to his own advantage occurs when Light's father is on his death bed. In a sudden outburst of emotion, whether falsified or genuine, Light thrusts the Death Note into his father's hands and commands him to avenge himself by writing Mello's real name down. Viewer opinions are divided on whether Light is really caught up in his own grief as his father was one of the few people Light truly respected, or whether he is too morally bankrupt by that point to feel genuine sadness and is, instead, attempting to use Soichiro for all he can before he's gone. My personal belief is that it's a bit of both. He saw the opportunity to not only take revenge on the man who stole his father from him, but to also remove one of his biggest obstacles and jumped at the chance to kill two birds with one stone.
Light's biggest vice is easily his pride. He's become so comfortable with the idea of being seen as superior, that when an event or person comes along that rattles his cage enough, he is apt to react badly. His want to immediately correct or silence the dissenting opinion makes him reckless and he is likely to lash out without thinking, just to fall into whatever trap is awaiting him. L exploited this aspect of Light's personality perfectly by employing Lind L Tailor to pose as himself in an attempt to flush out Kira, knowing that if his estimates about the killer's personality were correct, Kira would kill the man calling his righteous cause evil and proclaiming he would be his downfall. Throughout the series, Light's inability to adopt a more humble mindset causes him to stumble into other pitfalls, forcing him to scramble to contain whatever fallout results.
Light's pride also leads him to underestimate those around him and what they're capable of. He likes to believe that he can easily read people and guess their motivations, based around the assumption that all of humanity is simple compared to himself, and tends to find himself taken offguard as a result. Misa and L are both recurring examples of this. While he's able to get them to fall in-step with the drumbeat he's set for them to march to to a certain degree, he finds himself unprepared to deal with it when L has already seen through the plans he's just finished carefully laying, or Misa has directly defied his orders out of desire to be near him. Another example is that he hadn't expected his father's insistence that he take up the role Light had intended for Matsuda in the sting operation to regain the Death Note from the mafia, and hadn't prepared a good argument as to why he shouldn't that wouldn't seem suspicious. As a result of his poor judgment, Light is made to watch as Soichiro's fate is sealed.
Oddly enough, for all of his moral shortcomings, Light does not seem to advocate any sort of suffering for his victims. This is a place where he and L differ in the series. While L is not opposed to seeing his suspects tortured in an attempt to extract a confession, Light prefers to simply remove people from the world as quickly as possible. Even those he puppets before their demise meet their eventual end swiftly and without ceremony - heart attacks, being struck by a speeding vehicle, quietly committing suicide, falling from a building, or things of that sort. Takada may be the only exception to this as burning to death is not a particularly abrupt way to go. However, there was nothing personal behind it as Light wanted the scene to burn to get rid of any potential evidence.
Why is your character a good fit for the setting of Soul Campaign, and what will they do once they are in the game? I believe Light would be a good fit for Soul Campaign's setting because it presents him the rare opportunity to use a real battle as an outlet for his need to purge evil which, I think, once he gets a handle on things, will be something he'd be highly-enthusiastic about. I believe this setting will also forcibly pull him out of his "Sheltered golden boy" role and force him to actually participate and learn actual hardships up close. This would present him great opportunities for growth and development as a character.
It's unavoidable that Light's presence in Soul campaign will attract L's attention and create conflict among their castmates right from the start. While trying to stay out of the crosshairs, though, Light would certainly be intrigued by the ongoing war, and would side with whichever aspects of it satisfy his sense of justice. I find it likely that he and L will disagree at points and will clash quite a bit.
Light is likely to make rifts in sensitive situations where he believes action must be taken as individual lives are of little concern to him if their loss benefits the big picture. He is also likely to seek out those who hold power over things he deems valuable and attempt to weasel himself into their favor in hopes of turning them against those he considers his enemies.
List the abilities your character will still have in Soul Campaign: His biggest assets - the Death Note itself and his supporters - will be remaining back home. Therefore, he'll only be armed with the human abilities he's cultivated throughout life.
High Intelligence - I believe this is a critical part of his character as he's built his very world around being smarter than others and able to stay a few steps ahead of most everyone else. Through studying and absorbing what he sees around him, Light is incredibly "book smart" and keenly attuned to details, though he falls short on wisdom - a byproduct of his young age.
Charisma - Light is quite good at coming off as someone people can trust and want to like. Even in cases where he ought to look suspicious, he always seems to know the right thing to say or do to ease ruffled feathers and shake off any critical eyes cast in his direction. (see: Light's manipulation of Naomi Misora) He is likewise good at convincing some that things that seem terrible are necessary evils to keep things moving in the direction they (read: he) wants to go. (see: Light voicing his intentions to undermine his and Misa's "relationship" by dating other girls and being able to convince her despite her misgivings that it's for the best in order to keep him from looking suspicious)
Athletic Stamina - Light is shown in the series as having a penchant for tennis-playing. It can therefore be deduced that he is able to run quickly (at least in short bursts), has decent strength in his arms, and has good hand-eye coordination. While it may not make him stunning in battle, it may provide him the extra edge he needs to be able to fend off an enemy long enough to receive assistance or escape.
Improvisational Skills - Aside from being charismatic, Light is also good at thinking on the fly. As someone who refuses to accept defeat, Light is constantly looking at new ways to approach road blocks in hope of slipping past them. When things don't work out exactly as he'd seen them playing out in his head, he is quick to catch himself and rephrase or sidestep where necessary in hopes of still reaching his original goal. When played alongside his ability to manipulate people, this skill makes him quite dangerous.
List the weaknesses your character will gain (or lose) in Soul Campaign: Light will be gaining the weakness of having all of his antagonists in the same place and none of his advocates. Adding in the consideration that they have knowledge of the fact that he is Kira, and Light will be at an extreme disadvantage as his attempts to deny it will mean nothing.
He will not be gaining any physical weaknesses, nor will he be losing any.
[ WEAPON ] or [ MEISTER ]
I believe Light would be best-suited as a Meister. Throughout the Death Note series and his career as Kira, he becomes very adept at "wielding" people to achieve the results he wants. Carrying it over into the literal sense in Soul Campaign's universe seems to make sense and would be interesting to play out.
Soul Description: Arrogant, manipulative, driven, competitive, obsessive, remorseless
Light's soul would alternate between being a muted chocolate color when feeling calm/neutral, and flaring to a bright, dangerous red when incensed about something. It has his shaggy hairstyle and has what looks like a necktie protruding from beneath its "chin". It seems to always want to remain in-motion and becomes agitated if restrained.
Ability:
Insane Soul - The Meister is very susceptible to the Madness Wavelength, but their power is doubled when they are affected by it.
Soul Disguise - This allows them to shield the nature of their soul from those with Soul Perception.
Soul Manipulate - Allows the Meister to control the target's actions for one minute for as long as eye-contact is maintained. Contact must be made with both eyes. If eye contact is broken, the ability ceases to function regardless of the minute.
[SAMPLES ]
First-Person [A stern face appears on the video feed as Light makes a herculean effort of remaining diplomatic, despite the current circumstances. Of course, in his opinion, anyone who found themselves in his position would be entitled to any outbursts they saw fit.]
What are you doing, Near...? I thought we had an agreement.
[He waits, clearly expecting a response of some sort. When nothing is offered to him - not an explanation, or even a gloating taunt at Light's predicament - the young man's eyes narrow.]
Listen, I don't know what this is supposed to be, but I would think that you, of all people, would agree that wasting time with games is not in the best interests of our goal.
[As the silence on the other end of the connection continues to expand, Light sets his jaw, making a visible effort to keep himself reined in. Screaming at the little bastard to stop screwing with him wasn't likely to get him far...and he was not willing to lose face with the task force this late in the game, just in case they happened to be overseeing this fiasco]
Not going to talk to me, huh? All right, then. Fine. I can play this game as long as you can.
[Though, with any luck, he wouldn't have to. His hidden ace should have been arriving at the warehouse at any minute to carry out its purpose and hopefully put an end to this nonsense in the process]
Don't screw this up, Mikami...
[The video feed cuts just as a smile begins to twitch at the corner of his mouth]
Third-Person: "There's no mistake, Near's inside. I checked it out." Good. Then he'd kept their appointment after all. While Light had felt there had been little reason to worry, a nagging thought had suggested the scenario in which they would arrive to find an empty warehouse accompanied by a flippant excuse from the SPK about having something unexpectedly-important come up.
Nothing is more important than this, Near. You'll see soon enough.
"All right, let's do this." Aizawa stated with a grim determination that was punctuated by a shuffling of bodies and slamming of doors as the car emptied out. The rain had set a perfect tone for this meeting, Light mused, as he and the others approached the front door. With Kira's last obstacle removed, only then would the sun truly begin to shine on his domain. His perfect world. It was an exhilarating thought that, after so much trouble, the only thing separating the two of them were mere walls and a number of steps.
As he grasped the handle of the sliding metal door, Light hesitated only a moment, relishing what would be the beginning of a flawless victory. There was no room for error this time...he had done everything perfectly and considered every outcome. All everyone else had to do was die.
The door moved on its track with a grating noise as daylight pierced the gloom of the inner building...
....just to find that what he was overlooking was not the dingy warehouse interior expected. It was dark...much darker than it should have been, and the walls looked as if they'd suffered quite a bit of damage. What Light found of greatest interest, though, were the two statues that stood in the center of it all, wrapped in chains and hazard tape.
Notes: I wonder if it would be possible to have Light retain the scrap of Death Note in his watch with the understanding that his arrival in Death City would render it useless. I would like to have it as a plot device just to have it fail him at whatever crucial moment he decides to finally try writing on it.
Player Name: Katie
Age: 30
Timezone: Pacific
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[ CHARACTER INFORMATION ]
Name: Light Yagami
Age: 22-23 (post-timeskip)
Gender: Male
Canon: Death Note (specifically, the anime version as this Light is where I draw the majority of my voice from. As opposed to the Light in the manga who seems more detached than bad-tempered)
Timeline: As Light and the rest of the Kira task force are entering the Yellowbox warehouse for their arranged face-to-face meeting with Near, which will become the final showdown of the series. He would be arriving in Death City specifically just as he opens the warehouse door.
Background: Light's Wikipedia Page - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_Yagami
Light's Death Note Wiki Page - deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Light_Yagami
Personality: Light's greatest interest is coming out on top in all that he invests himself in, which he has enjoyed a lifetime of pulling off - he's been known as a stellar student, a popular name among girls in his grade, a talented tennis player, and a model son. These accomplishments and the admiration of all around him have allowed Light to fall into the mindset that he's superior to most everyone else...up to and including believing that he perceives things and thinks differently from the rest of humanity.
His devotion to justice is genuine, and likely aided by having the chief of police as his father. He has helped the Kanto police force solve criminal cases in the past and has a promising future ahead of him as a detective. Light is fully of the belief that criminals should be punished for their misdeeds, and that the current system of law is too flawed to allow for this. Instead, murderers, abusers, and rapists spend time in prison just to be placed back onto the streets of the very society they wronged to do it all over again. His idea of a utopia is a place where good people can freely go about their business while criminals are made to cower in the shadows in fear of the wrath of an angry god.
It's for this reason and his aforementioned belief that he is set apart from the rest of humanity that Light is unable to believe that his coming into possession of the Death Note is anything short of a greater power recognizing him as the only one able to take on the divine work of purging evil from the world. In his mind, he's the only one who understands the need to do it. Even when Ryuk tells him that his finding the Death Note was merely chance, Light continues to nurture the idea he's a chosen god and that no one else can do what he's doing because they're held back by society's expectations and their own ignorance.
It should be mentioned that he is not immediately comfortable with killing criminals, and after confirming that the Death Note does, in fact, work Light suffers a brief breakdown as the gravity of having killed a man weighs on him. Some have referred to this scene as the death of Light's innocence, which would not be inaccurate. However, the fact he makes peace with the incident with disturbing rapidity and reaffirms for himself that he's done the right thing before going home to begin the first wave of his culling suggests that he had decided long ago that he would be able to kill if given the means.
Viewers' theories that the Death Note has a corruptive influence and turns good people bad when they use it do not hold water. Light illustrates this point mid-series when he relinquishes ownership of the Death Note and his memories of being Kira. While his claims of innocence are now genuine and his lack of trying to deceive those around him make him seem more likable, Light is still not a good person. He is still arrogant, standoffish, and quick to come to blows with people who threaten his ego. During this memory lapse he questions whether he could really have been Kira and killed so many people or not. As it is far less daunting to face the moral dilemma of killing one person, as opposed to killing thousands from the standpoint of someone who believes they've never killed before, it is likely he reached the conclusion it would be impossible for him simply because it seemed overwhelming.
When Light is not being challenged in some way or feels stunted somehow, he falls to depression and pessimism. When we're introduced to him at the beginning of the series, he has essentially conquered every world available to a boy his age and, alone at the top, has nothing left to fixate on except how flawed the world below him is. With the Death Note presenting him the lofty, exciting challenge of purging the world around him of the evil he believes is holding it back, he is immediately a much happier person. He is possibly even happier with L's announced intent to stop him, as he believes winning will prove once and for all that Kira is the greatest justice to the rest of the world. The depression and pessimism resurfaces later in the series when Light finds himself repeatedly outsmarted and cornered by Near with no way to retaliate. He is shown brooding, being unresponsive, and taking out his aggression on Misa's attempts to make him feel better.
While Light claims to be an optimist, he exhibits traits of being a misanthropist which become more clear-cut as the series progresses. His initial goal as Kira is noble enough. However, while he stands behind his mission statement throughout the series, Light continually justifies seeing people as "bad" merely because they disagree with his goals or threaten to uncover (sometimes unintentionally) that he is Kira.
The cases of Raye Penber and Naomi Misora, for example, illustrate Light's willingness to be a hypocrite where it suits him. Raye is merely doing his job, investigating suspects in the Kira case, and is, in the end, willing to write Light off as someone not worthy of suspicion. Yet Light orchestrates Raye's murder and the murder of all the other FBI investigators sent to look into the Kira case, not even bothering to judge them based on their merits or misdeeds in life as a benevolent god would. They are merely in his way, threatening his goals, and therefore he has convinced himself they deserve to die. When a bereaved Naomi surfaces later, wanting to get to the bottom of her fiancé's mysterious death, Light likewise deems her a threat and shamelessly manipulates her until he's able to get her real name out of her, whereupon he murders her as well.
Another interesting case is his relationship with Touta Matsuda, who seems to embody many of the very qualities he believes define a good person. Matsuda is eager to give the benefit of the doubt, is helpful, hardworking, and earnest in everything that he does (even when it ends up being more hassle than it is help). Yet Light is willing to try and exploit these qualities, orchestrating his plan to have one of the Task Force members trade eyes with Ryuk to gain Mello's true name around the idea that Matsuda's eagerness to contribute will compel him to volunteer for the job and therefore he will not compromise anyone he considers valuable.
This gives merit to the fact that Light is opportunistic. His interest in people is gaged primarily by how useful he believes they are to his own goals while keeping little to no actual emotional ties to them. A prime example of this is Misa Amane. He dislikes the young pop idol as he deems her reasons for killing people to be against the message he hopes to send as Kira, but sees her Shinigami Eyes and second Death Note as vital assets to his goals, therefore he goes along with the charade of being her boyfriend despite vocally having no feelings for her. When Kiyomi Takada resurfaces later in the series, Light wastes little time in throwing Misa aside as her usefulness dwindles in pursuit of the new goal of giving Kira an ambassador among the public. Believing Light to be in love with her and carrying on a secret affair with him behind Misa's back, Takada is eager to please him and goes along with her new role as middleman between Kira and Mikami. When she is captured by Mello, and able to kill him with a hidden scrap of the Death Note, she implores Light to come rescue her. Instead, as Takada has served as much of a purpose as Light feels she's going to, he writes her name on the hidden scrap of Death Note in his watch, compelling her to commit suicide via burning herself to death.
The most controversial case of Light using situations to his own advantage occurs when Light's father is on his death bed. In a sudden outburst of emotion, whether falsified or genuine, Light thrusts the Death Note into his father's hands and commands him to avenge himself by writing Mello's real name down. Viewer opinions are divided on whether Light is really caught up in his own grief as his father was one of the few people Light truly respected, or whether he is too morally bankrupt by that point to feel genuine sadness and is, instead, attempting to use Soichiro for all he can before he's gone. My personal belief is that it's a bit of both. He saw the opportunity to not only take revenge on the man who stole his father from him, but to also remove one of his biggest obstacles and jumped at the chance to kill two birds with one stone.
Light's biggest vice is easily his pride. He's become so comfortable with the idea of being seen as superior, that when an event or person comes along that rattles his cage enough, he is apt to react badly. His want to immediately correct or silence the dissenting opinion makes him reckless and he is likely to lash out without thinking, just to fall into whatever trap is awaiting him. L exploited this aspect of Light's personality perfectly by employing Lind L Tailor to pose as himself in an attempt to flush out Kira, knowing that if his estimates about the killer's personality were correct, Kira would kill the man calling his righteous cause evil and proclaiming he would be his downfall. Throughout the series, Light's inability to adopt a more humble mindset causes him to stumble into other pitfalls, forcing him to scramble to contain whatever fallout results.
Light's pride also leads him to underestimate those around him and what they're capable of. He likes to believe that he can easily read people and guess their motivations, based around the assumption that all of humanity is simple compared to himself, and tends to find himself taken offguard as a result. Misa and L are both recurring examples of this. While he's able to get them to fall in-step with the drumbeat he's set for them to march to to a certain degree, he finds himself unprepared to deal with it when L has already seen through the plans he's just finished carefully laying, or Misa has directly defied his orders out of desire to be near him. Another example is that he hadn't expected his father's insistence that he take up the role Light had intended for Matsuda in the sting operation to regain the Death Note from the mafia, and hadn't prepared a good argument as to why he shouldn't that wouldn't seem suspicious. As a result of his poor judgment, Light is made to watch as Soichiro's fate is sealed.
Oddly enough, for all of his moral shortcomings, Light does not seem to advocate any sort of suffering for his victims. This is a place where he and L differ in the series. While L is not opposed to seeing his suspects tortured in an attempt to extract a confession, Light prefers to simply remove people from the world as quickly as possible. Even those he puppets before their demise meet their eventual end swiftly and without ceremony - heart attacks, being struck by a speeding vehicle, quietly committing suicide, falling from a building, or things of that sort. Takada may be the only exception to this as burning to death is not a particularly abrupt way to go. However, there was nothing personal behind it as Light wanted the scene to burn to get rid of any potential evidence.
Why is your character a good fit for the setting of Soul Campaign, and what will they do once they are in the game? I believe Light would be a good fit for Soul Campaign's setting because it presents him the rare opportunity to use a real battle as an outlet for his need to purge evil which, I think, once he gets a handle on things, will be something he'd be highly-enthusiastic about. I believe this setting will also forcibly pull him out of his "Sheltered golden boy" role and force him to actually participate and learn actual hardships up close. This would present him great opportunities for growth and development as a character.
It's unavoidable that Light's presence in Soul campaign will attract L's attention and create conflict among their castmates right from the start. While trying to stay out of the crosshairs, though, Light would certainly be intrigued by the ongoing war, and would side with whichever aspects of it satisfy his sense of justice. I find it likely that he and L will disagree at points and will clash quite a bit.
Light is likely to make rifts in sensitive situations where he believes action must be taken as individual lives are of little concern to him if their loss benefits the big picture. He is also likely to seek out those who hold power over things he deems valuable and attempt to weasel himself into their favor in hopes of turning them against those he considers his enemies.
List the abilities your character will still have in Soul Campaign: His biggest assets - the Death Note itself and his supporters - will be remaining back home. Therefore, he'll only be armed with the human abilities he's cultivated throughout life.
High Intelligence - I believe this is a critical part of his character as he's built his very world around being smarter than others and able to stay a few steps ahead of most everyone else. Through studying and absorbing what he sees around him, Light is incredibly "book smart" and keenly attuned to details, though he falls short on wisdom - a byproduct of his young age.
Charisma - Light is quite good at coming off as someone people can trust and want to like. Even in cases where he ought to look suspicious, he always seems to know the right thing to say or do to ease ruffled feathers and shake off any critical eyes cast in his direction. (see: Light's manipulation of Naomi Misora) He is likewise good at convincing some that things that seem terrible are necessary evils to keep things moving in the direction they (read: he) wants to go. (see: Light voicing his intentions to undermine his and Misa's "relationship" by dating other girls and being able to convince her despite her misgivings that it's for the best in order to keep him from looking suspicious)
Athletic Stamina - Light is shown in the series as having a penchant for tennis-playing. It can therefore be deduced that he is able to run quickly (at least in short bursts), has decent strength in his arms, and has good hand-eye coordination. While it may not make him stunning in battle, it may provide him the extra edge he needs to be able to fend off an enemy long enough to receive assistance or escape.
Improvisational Skills - Aside from being charismatic, Light is also good at thinking on the fly. As someone who refuses to accept defeat, Light is constantly looking at new ways to approach road blocks in hope of slipping past them. When things don't work out exactly as he'd seen them playing out in his head, he is quick to catch himself and rephrase or sidestep where necessary in hopes of still reaching his original goal. When played alongside his ability to manipulate people, this skill makes him quite dangerous.
List the weaknesses your character will gain (or lose) in Soul Campaign: Light will be gaining the weakness of having all of his antagonists in the same place and none of his advocates. Adding in the consideration that they have knowledge of the fact that he is Kira, and Light will be at an extreme disadvantage as his attempts to deny it will mean nothing.
He will not be gaining any physical weaknesses, nor will he be losing any.
[ WEAPON ] or [ MEISTER ]
I believe Light would be best-suited as a Meister. Throughout the Death Note series and his career as Kira, he becomes very adept at "wielding" people to achieve the results he wants. Carrying it over into the literal sense in Soul Campaign's universe seems to make sense and would be interesting to play out.
Soul Description: Arrogant, manipulative, driven, competitive, obsessive, remorseless
Light's soul would alternate between being a muted chocolate color when feeling calm/neutral, and flaring to a bright, dangerous red when incensed about something. It has his shaggy hairstyle and has what looks like a necktie protruding from beneath its "chin". It seems to always want to remain in-motion and becomes agitated if restrained.
Ability:
Insane Soul - The Meister is very susceptible to the Madness Wavelength, but their power is doubled when they are affected by it.
Soul Disguise - This allows them to shield the nature of their soul from those with Soul Perception.
Soul Manipulate - Allows the Meister to control the target's actions for one minute for as long as eye-contact is maintained. Contact must be made with both eyes. If eye contact is broken, the ability ceases to function regardless of the minute.
[SAMPLES ]
First-Person [A stern face appears on the video feed as Light makes a herculean effort of remaining diplomatic, despite the current circumstances. Of course, in his opinion, anyone who found themselves in his position would be entitled to any outbursts they saw fit.]
What are you doing, Near...? I thought we had an agreement.
[He waits, clearly expecting a response of some sort. When nothing is offered to him - not an explanation, or even a gloating taunt at Light's predicament - the young man's eyes narrow.]
Listen, I don't know what this is supposed to be, but I would think that you, of all people, would agree that wasting time with games is not in the best interests of our goal.
[As the silence on the other end of the connection continues to expand, Light sets his jaw, making a visible effort to keep himself reined in. Screaming at the little bastard to stop screwing with him wasn't likely to get him far...and he was not willing to lose face with the task force this late in the game, just in case they happened to be overseeing this fiasco]
Not going to talk to me, huh? All right, then. Fine. I can play this game as long as you can.
[Though, with any luck, he wouldn't have to. His hidden ace should have been arriving at the warehouse at any minute to carry out its purpose and hopefully put an end to this nonsense in the process]
Don't screw this up, Mikami...
[The video feed cuts just as a smile begins to twitch at the corner of his mouth]
Third-Person: "There's no mistake, Near's inside. I checked it out." Good. Then he'd kept their appointment after all. While Light had felt there had been little reason to worry, a nagging thought had suggested the scenario in which they would arrive to find an empty warehouse accompanied by a flippant excuse from the SPK about having something unexpectedly-important come up.
Nothing is more important than this, Near. You'll see soon enough.
"All right, let's do this." Aizawa stated with a grim determination that was punctuated by a shuffling of bodies and slamming of doors as the car emptied out. The rain had set a perfect tone for this meeting, Light mused, as he and the others approached the front door. With Kira's last obstacle removed, only then would the sun truly begin to shine on his domain. His perfect world. It was an exhilarating thought that, after so much trouble, the only thing separating the two of them were mere walls and a number of steps.
As he grasped the handle of the sliding metal door, Light hesitated only a moment, relishing what would be the beginning of a flawless victory. There was no room for error this time...he had done everything perfectly and considered every outcome. All everyone else had to do was die.
The door moved on its track with a grating noise as daylight pierced the gloom of the inner building...
....just to find that what he was overlooking was not the dingy warehouse interior expected. It was dark...much darker than it should have been, and the walls looked as if they'd suffered quite a bit of damage. What Light found of greatest interest, though, were the two statues that stood in the center of it all, wrapped in chains and hazard tape.
"What is this...?" he wondered aloud, taking two hesitant steps toward them. Doing so, however, also made him painfully aware of something very important - there was no one inside among the oddities to greet him. "I thought you'd said you'd checked on things, Aiz--" Light trailed off abruptly as he turned to find himself utterly alone. The Task Force, and even the door itself was now gone, leaving him standing in this strange room with no seeming way out. But how...? Even if this were some sort of setup, it made no sense!
"Aizawa?" he asked the darkness, hearing only his own voice reverberating back at him. "Mogi?" The cold fingers of panic were beginning to brush their greasy grip along the back of his neck. "Ide, where the hell are you? What's going on here...?!"
"Please, remain calm." a voice that seemed to come from everywhere stated with authority as Light wheeled in his best guess of where it's source was. No sooner had he done so than the brilliant glow of three hovering monitors he was certain had not been there before flooded his vision, making him shield his eyes. "It will make it easier to explain everything."
Notes: I wonder if it would be possible to have Light retain the scrap of Death Note in his watch with the understanding that his arrival in Death City would render it useless. I would like to have it as a plot device just to have it fail him at whatever crucial moment he decides to finally try writing on it.