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{{Quote|Hey there, sandman!|Farzan, upon Jokaro's initial arrival in Po-Koro.}}
{{Quote|We can’t '''build''' this. Karz, I don’t think even those Onu-Koronan bastards can build this.|Jokaro, to Dehkaz upon the latter showing him the blueprints of '''[REDACTED]'''.|center}}


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'''Jokaro''' is a Po-Matoran inventor and tinkerer currently working at the Po-Koro Technology Emporium. 


'''Jokaro''' is a shifty Po-Matoran inventor and weapons dealer operating out of a desolate settlement in the Motara desert. 
==Biography==
==Biography==
===In the Motara===
===Early Career===
Not very much is known about him. He is a hermetic recluse who has stuck to the rocky regions of the Motara. Some say he might have been raised by Rahi; others claim he comes from a mysterious 'village' in the furthest reaches; others claim he's been living in the desert for over a thousand years, with associates routinely catching him up on current events. He has blueprints and other papers he's drawn and written himself - instructions to make his own custom gadgets, among other secretive documents. He's not completely sure how he'll be able to accomplish his long-term goals, however mysterious they are, but he figures he might be able to turn a small profit out of his unique tendency to modify, fix and forge advanced technology for the time being, whilst he "prepares".
Jokaro grew up in [[Po-Koro]] back when it was a fledgling village that could barely build sturdy pens that would actually keep the Mahi in, much less entire railways. At a young age, his family emigrated to a small fishing village on the coast of Leva Bay - the same settlement that would later become [[Ostia]]. There, Jokaro worked as a fisherman and later, a mechanic and tinkerer, making a living out of fixing the broken items other residents would bring to him. The caravans between the village and Po-Koro proper would ensure a steady supply of material for his own crafts, which included small toys, clocks, telescopes, and other knick-knacks. The eventual construction and evolution of Ostia into a naval port town would see his skills put to good use in general construction, at the loss of his personal business as other tinkerers and caravaneers flocked to the port and set up their own businesses.
 
===Encounter in the Motara===
Shortly after Ostia’s construction was complete, Jokaro was invited to Po-Koro by a former customer, where there was a better market and more readily available material for tinkering, and plenty of space for a small workshop. After packing up his belongings and bidding his family goodbye, Jokaro hitched a ride with one of the caravans making their way to the Koro across the Motara Desert. Midway through the journey, a  group of bandits attacked the caravan, causing the caravaneers to scatter amongst the dunes. What happened to the wayward Po-Matoran during the intervening months is anyone's guess; all that Jokaro has let slip about the events that unfolded is that he spent a lot of time alone and nearly died. Eventually, after having survived for longer than anyone ought to alone in the desert, he finally found his way to Po-Koro.


[[File:Jokaro's_Poster.jpg|thumb|One of Jokaro's posters.]]
===Visiting Po-Koro===


Arriving in Po-Koro, straight out of the Motara Desert, Jokaro casually wandered the marketplace before being briefly greeted and directed to the Technology Expo by [[Farzan]]. Making a few widgets selling scrap and fixing tech, Jokaro moved on, creating cryptic posters and posting them up around town, before hanging around the city gates. Soon, he was approached by and entered into awkward conversation with two Skakdi - one of which was a Sentinel. Carefully slipping out of the dialogue, Jokaro made his way to a local diner, where he cheated his way into gaining fifty widgets, before gaining great inspiration on a device he thought he could build. Drawing up a rough set of blueprints and using his newly-acquired widgets to buy the parts he needed, Jokaro built what he called the "Hikaki's Breath Grenade," - a crude tear-gas grenade utilizing a special brew, created by Jokaro himself, as the component ingredient. Finally constructing two of such devices, Jokaro set one off inside the diner as a test. Witnessing its success, Jokaro burst out laughing in the street before being promptly arrested by a Sentinel, Ronah. Fortunately, Jokaro claimed this was all "a part of the plan."
===Arrival in Po-Koro===
Jokaro was suffering from dehydration, sunburn and some kind of poisoning when he stumbled through the gates of Po-Koro. Haggard and delirious, he quickly found himself in trouble with the local guard after madly raving about certain things he had scrawled in his notebook during those months in the Motara, and subsequently building and detonating crude gas grenades he had fashioned out of scrap. Spending the night in a cell, he was able to sober up and was directed to the proprietor of the Po-Koro Technology Emporium, [[Farzan]], the next day. There, Jokaro worked in relative solitude for a good while, building, tinkering and selling in peace. Eventually, he became restless, touring the whole of [[Mata Nui]] on a round trip in order to revitalise his affinity for obscure, improvisational methodology, as well as to find new avenues and skills for the inventing and crafting of handmade goods. He would later return to his workshop in Po-Koro with a fresh set of ideas in mind.




==Personality and Traits==
==Personality and Traits==
[[File:HKB_can.png|thumb|Jokaro's rough "blueprint" for his tear gas grenade.]]
It’s fair to say most inventors and tinkerers are at least a little bit eccentric, and Jokaro is no exception. He thinks both creatively and practically, but with a shade of madness to his methodology. Despite his impressive level of patience, he tends to bore easily, and is constantly starting new projects, often without finishing the older ones first. He is generally indifferent towards others, and tends to be slightly anti-social, preferring his own company as he tinkers away in perfect, solitudinous concentration.
 
Jokaro is quite a skilled engineer, and an avid tinkerer. His greatest strength is his ability to think outside the box and to make the most of the limited materials he has on hand or can source on his own. He excels at working with his hands.


[[File:Jokaro_Improved.png|thumb|250px|Jokaro in Po-Wahi]]


Not very sociable, and a bit of a pain to get along with, but bonds between him and another are virtually unbreakable, whether it be an intense friendship or a merciless grudge. A bit of a trickster at times, he usually wants to get things done in the fastest way possible, even if that means misdirection or violence. However, he's not especially stubborn - he prefers to listen to others, rather than to speak, and the opinions and thoughts of others mean quite a bit to him, even if he doesn't outwardly reciprocate the feeling. This outward emotional silence, juxtaposed with the seemingly aimless goals, while doing whatever he needs to do to fulfill them might give the impression that he has his own, secret agenda.
Jokaro has an extraordinarily mathematical/intuitive mind. Unlike a lot of Po-Matoran, past and present, he has an obsession with technology, and will modify it to any extent to his own uses and agenda. Given enough time and enough resources, he can practically build or modify anything imaginable with the right parts and his small tools.


==Personal Effects==
The bare minimum for him: His well-worn notebook, a utility knife, other small tinkerer’s tools as well as woodworking equipment, basic provisions and some scrap materials, all packed neatly into a leather knapsack. He has lugged around an exceedingly heavy Patero launcher, as well as bundles of arrows for it, for the whole duration of his grand tour of the island.


==Inventions==
==Inventions==
[[File:HKB.png|thumb|The mechanisms of the Hikaki's Breath Grenade.]]
* '''Hikaki's Breath Tear Gas Grenade''': A crude device constructed from scrap. A photothermic reaction vaporizes a compound composed of a strong alcohol mixed with ground hot pepper seeds in order to create a noxious cloud of smoke. Invented and tested in the back of a diner, much to the displeasure of the customers. It was this invention and its test that landed him in a cell.
* The Hikaki's Breath Tear Gas Grenade: A crude device constructed from scrap. A photothermic reaction vapourizes a compound composed of a strong alcohol mixed with dround hot pepper seeds in order to create a noxious cloud of smoke. Invented and tested in the back of a diner, much to the displeasure of the customers.


==Weapons, Tools and Belongings==
* '''V2 Patero''': A lighter, more ergonomic version of the standard Patero launcher, more suited to use by Matoran. Currently being prototyped at the Emporium.
*Barbed Knife - A leather-handled utility knife, with distinct barbs along the back edge.
*Makeshift Spear - A metal pole with two sharpened pieces of scrap attached to one end.
*Two opaque mason jars containing two HKB Grenades.
*Provisions (Dried plants & berries)
*Belt of tools: Hammer, screwdriver, hand-drill, scissors, adjustable wrench.
*Mortar & Pestle
*Four Mangai Peppers
*A half-empty bottle of ''Jaga-Venom ''(a very strong liquor)
*Spool of metal wire
*Scrap metal
*Blueprints to HKB grenades & other devices.
*Blank paper & Ink Pencil
*Vial of crushed lightstone shards
*Vial of honey-sand adhesive
*Heatstone
*19 Widgets


==Quotes==
* '''Nanamu Gas Grenade''': A refined and improved version of the Hikaki's Breath grenade. No work has proceeded on it yet; it currently exists only as a set of scribbled blueprints in Jokaro's notebook.




{{Quote|I never asked for your ''trust''; merely for your ''attention'', since you sought out mine.|Jokaro, to Akree}}
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Revision as of 02:51, 13 January 2022

"We can’t build this. Karz, I don’t think even those Onu-Koronan bastards can build this."
— Jokaro, to Dehkaz upon the latter showing him the blueprints of [REDACTED].


Jokaro of Ostia
Jo headshot.png
Clan Vekrel
Element Stone
Species Matoran
Gender Male
Equipment & Traits
Kanohi Noble Huna
History & Relationships
Guild Po-Koro Technology Emporium
OOC Information
Status Alive
Creator Perp
Pronunciation jo-KAH-roe


Jokaro is a Po-Matoran inventor and tinkerer currently working at the Po-Koro Technology Emporium. 

Biography

Early Career

Jokaro grew up in Po-Koro back when it was a fledgling village that could barely build sturdy pens that would actually keep the Mahi in, much less entire railways. At a young age, his family emigrated to a small fishing village on the coast of Leva Bay - the same settlement that would later become Ostia. There, Jokaro worked as a fisherman and later, a mechanic and tinkerer, making a living out of fixing the broken items other residents would bring to him. The caravans between the village and Po-Koro proper would ensure a steady supply of material for his own crafts, which included small toys, clocks, telescopes, and other knick-knacks. The eventual construction and evolution of Ostia into a naval port town would see his skills put to good use in general construction, at the loss of his personal business as other tinkerers and caravaneers flocked to the port and set up their own businesses.

Encounter in the Motara

Shortly after Ostia’s construction was complete, Jokaro was invited to Po-Koro by a former customer, where there was a better market and more readily available material for tinkering, and plenty of space for a small workshop. After packing up his belongings and bidding his family goodbye, Jokaro hitched a ride with one of the caravans making their way to the Koro across the Motara Desert. Midway through the journey, a group of bandits attacked the caravan, causing the caravaneers to scatter amongst the dunes. What happened to the wayward Po-Matoran during the intervening months is anyone's guess; all that Jokaro has let slip about the events that unfolded is that he spent a lot of time alone and nearly died. Eventually, after having survived for longer than anyone ought to alone in the desert, he finally found his way to Po-Koro.


Arrival in Po-Koro

Jokaro was suffering from dehydration, sunburn and some kind of poisoning when he stumbled through the gates of Po-Koro. Haggard and delirious, he quickly found himself in trouble with the local guard after madly raving about certain things he had scrawled in his notebook during those months in the Motara, and subsequently building and detonating crude gas grenades he had fashioned out of scrap. Spending the night in a cell, he was able to sober up and was directed to the proprietor of the Po-Koro Technology Emporium, Farzan, the next day. There, Jokaro worked in relative solitude for a good while, building, tinkering and selling in peace. Eventually, he became restless, touring the whole of Mata Nui on a round trip in order to revitalise his affinity for obscure, improvisational methodology, as well as to find new avenues and skills for the inventing and crafting of handmade goods. He would later return to his workshop in Po-Koro with a fresh set of ideas in mind.


Personality and Traits

It’s fair to say most inventors and tinkerers are at least a little bit eccentric, and Jokaro is no exception. He thinks both creatively and practically, but with a shade of madness to his methodology. Despite his impressive level of patience, he tends to bore easily, and is constantly starting new projects, often without finishing the older ones first. He is generally indifferent towards others, and tends to be slightly anti-social, preferring his own company as he tinkers away in perfect, solitudinous concentration.

Jokaro is quite a skilled engineer, and an avid tinkerer. His greatest strength is his ability to think outside the box and to make the most of the limited materials he has on hand or can source on his own. He excels at working with his hands.

Jokaro in Po-Wahi


Personal Effects

The bare minimum for him: His well-worn notebook, a utility knife, other small tinkerer’s tools as well as woodworking equipment, basic provisions and some scrap materials, all packed neatly into a leather knapsack. He has lugged around an exceedingly heavy Patero launcher, as well as bundles of arrows for it, for the whole duration of his grand tour of the island.

Inventions

  •  Hikaki's Breath Tear Gas Grenade: A crude device constructed from scrap. A photothermic reaction vaporizes a compound composed of a strong alcohol mixed with ground hot pepper seeds in order to create a noxious cloud of smoke. Invented and tested in the back of a diner, much to the displeasure of the customers. It was this invention and its test that landed him in a cell.
  • V2 Patero: A lighter, more ergonomic version of the standard Patero launcher, more suited to use by Matoran. Currently being prototyped at the Emporium.
  • Nanamu Gas Grenade: A refined and improved version of the Hikaki's Breath grenade. No work has proceeded on it yet; it currently exists only as a set of scribbled blueprints in Jokaro's notebook.