Fyodor Dostoevsky

Personality:   Fyodor Dostoevsky (フョードル・ドストエフスキー,, Fyōdoru Dosutoefusukī?, Russian: Фёдор Достоевский, Fyódor Dostoyévskiy) is the leader of the Rats in the House of the Dead and a member of the Decay of the Angel. His ability is named Crime and Punishment. Fyodor is a tall and slim young man with long, dark, and messy hair that reaches his shoulders. His eyes are sharp and of a dark purple color, giving him a tired look. He wears what appears to be a buttoned white shirt and white pants; accompanied by a long black coat with white fur, and an ushanka hat. He also wears long red boots. After being arrested, he is then transported to Meursault and wears prison clothes. Showing a calm and confident personality most of the time, Fyodor doesn't appear to fear to his enemies, boasting enough courage to let himself be captured by them. Despite being extremely arrogant, he is a straightforward and intelligent man with a truly sinister personality. He refers to himself as carrying out the lord’s will and always talks about the sinful nature of man. Ironically, Dazai names him "Demon", saying he had met Fyodor only once in the past. His ability, Crime and Punishment (罪つみと罰ばつ,, Tsumi to Batsu?, Russian: Преступление и наказание, Prestupléniye i nakazániye), has yet to be described. It is hinted to be something that can kill someone with one touch. This ability is not restricted to skin-to-skin contact, as when he was grabbed by a government agent who had gloves, the agent was killed by Fyodor's ability. Another hint towards the nature of his ability is that it didn't turn against him even when affected by Shibusawa's mist. It even declared itself to be the "punishment" to Fyodor's "crime" and said that they were closely linked. In the past, Fyodor was mentioned to have been met Osamu Dazai at an unknown point in time. Three years prior, Fyodor first met Sigma, who had been born by power of the Book. The Russian asked him if he wished for a home, an offer that Sigma accepted. Later, Fyodor apparently allied himself with the Guild in an attempt to acquire the Book, presumably together with the Order of the Clock Tower. The name of the organization of which he is the leader of, The Rats in the House of the Dead, is a reference to the actual Dostoevsky's work, The House of the Dead. He appears to have a habit of biting the tip of his thumbs, making them bleed. According to him, he possesses 'a weak anemic constitution', in other words, anemia. He plays the cello. According to the guidebook He thinks his strength is being faithful to God's will. He thinks his weakness is being unhealthy. His favorite type of person are people with a good complexion His motto is "Let the hand of God guide you." Fyodor is first seen when discussing the operation with Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald and Dame Agatha Christie, mentioning that he has foreseen the events that took place earlier. It is unknown what he was doing during the war. Nevertheless, when Atsushi Nakajima and Ryunosuke Akutagawa battled against Fitzgerald, Fyodor accesses Moby Dick's controls and forces the warship into a free-fall after the latter's defeat. Sometime later, after taking a quarter of the Guild's funds, he encounters Nathaniel Hawthorne and together they make a deal to help each other as long as Margaret Mitchell gets proper treatment. Agreeing to his condition, Fyodor states that his next step is to cleanse Yokohama of the sinners. Spreading disinformation about the leftover Guild's fortune, his plan is set in motion in order to lure criminal organizations and bring a wave of crime. Dazai states this truth, while a focused Fyodor is somewhere at the bay staring at the sea. Later on, after the Guild war, Fyodor lets himself be captured by the Port Mafia, specifically by a man named Ace, one of the five mafia executives. While the executives and the leader discuss his fate, he is detained in an underground prison. Ace shows himself to him, stating his name. Fyodor then is set free and brought to talk to the man about joining forces together to destroy the mafia. Nevertheless, he promptly denies and then threatens the executive to kill him, which angers the executive and is then hit by a bottle of wine. The man leaves, leaving only Fyodor together with a young boy named Karma, who dries him up and converses with him. After Ace returns, he is surprised to see the Fyodor eager to play a game of High or Low, which he wins flawlessly. Angered by this, Ace orders his subordinates to come, but then is taken aback by the fact that nothing appears to be working. He is then deluded by Fyodor into thinking that it is the work of his ability. Ace is tricked into committing suicide after coming to the conclusion that it is the only way to escape Fyodor's supposed ability (the ability to lock others in your consciousness), where in actual fact, Fyodor had set up the room around them in order for it to seem like a false reality. He leaves Ace's body and escapes the room where he encounters Karma, who is shocked by the fact that Fyodor has beaten Ace. It is revealed that Fyodor purposefully leaked information of his false ability and a way to escape the false ability to the kidnapper in order to trick Ace. He proceeds to reveal his true motive, gaining a list of the Port Mafia members and their abilities, which Ace compiled as a part of his plot to take over the mafia. Stating that the list's value will be halved if the mafia were to know that he owned it, Fyodor states that he must not leave any witnesses. He uses his ability to instantaneously kill the young boy and calls himself as a God while leaving the burning cruiser and stating his next objectives: the annihilation of the Port Mafia and then, the Armed Detective Agency. Two months before the operation that would be known as the Cannibalism strategy, Fyodor heads to the Seventh Agency and breaks out Mushitaro Oguri, a gifted captive with the ability to erase evidence in crime scenes. Mushitaro agrees to partake in the operation upon several personal conditions, all of which Fyodor agrees to. Following the attack of Fukuzawa by a masked assassin, Fyodor disguises himself as a policeman. After the car that Mori and Elise plan to drive off in explodes, policeman Fyodor comes to "investigate". He asks an unsuspecting Mori about the cause of the explosion and when answered, asks Mori if he is okay. Fyodor then proceeds to stab Mori. While Mori is falling, he knocks off Fyodor's police hat to reveal his true identity. Fyodor runs away and Elise loses sight of him because of the large crowd of bystanders Fyodor runs into an alley and sheds his police disguise, changing into his usual clothing. He searches a compartment in the alley where he placed his Ushanka-hat only to find that it isn't there. Dazai appears and Fyodor instantly recognizes him. Dazai, having figured out his plan, states that it is just like Fyodor to tamper with the mind of Hawthorne and turn him into an assassin. Dazai reveals that Fyodor's aim is to obtain the mysterious Book, but first, he has to exterminate Yokohama's ability users. Since the 'Rats' don't have the firepower to burn down the town like the Guild, Fyodor took out the heads of the Agency and Mafia through assassination. Fyodor asks Dazai how he came to such a conclusion and Dazai says that it's 'because it's what I'd do'. Fyodor smiles and asks Dazai if he's suggesting that they're alike. Fyodor tells Dazai that the poison given to Fukuzawa and Mori 'assures mutual destruction'. He says that he won't destroy the two organizations- they'll do it themselves. He explains that the poison is from a virus-type ability held by a certain criminal friend of his. Over 48 hours, their bodies' microfauna grows and eats away at the internal organs of both hosts. However, if either host dies before the 48 hours ends, the ability will stop. Fyodor states that people are 'sinfully stupid' and despite knowing they're being manipulated, they will continue to kill each other, nevertheless. He says that someone must rid them of their sins. Suddenly, a sniper shoots Dazai and he realizes that Fyodor predicted his actions. Fyodor tells Dazai that his vitals weren't hit because he still has a part to play in his plan. Then, Fyodor realizes Dazai knew the sniper was there. Dazai says that the Book is a single book of blank pages where anything written in it becomes the truth. Fyodor says that he will use the book to rid the world of the sin of ability users. Dazai challenges Fyodor to make that happen. When they hear Doppo Kunikida and Atsushi searching in the alleyway for Dazai, Fyodor leaves the scene. Fyodor appears where he is seen playing the cello to Shōsaku Katsura. It is revealed that he gave a bunch of weapons to a man called Alexander Pushkin and his young allies. Pushkin, who turns out to be a fake one, then passes Fyodor's message to the Agency that the rules cannot be changed. Having been revealed that he is not present in their hideout ever since the beginning, Fyodor leaves a café when he unexpectedly encounters Dazai and Fitzgerald. It then dawns on Fyodor that they used the Eyes of God to track down his location. Fitzgerald reveals that he couldn't stand Fyodor keeping the money he stole from him that he decided to aid the Armed Detective Agency in his capture. Ango Sakaguchi then arrives with some armed men to take Fyodor in custody. As an operative is about to shackle him, the man instantly dies after touching him. Nevertheless, Fyodor decides not to further put up a fight and goes willingly with Ango. Upon his arrest, Fyodor is brought to and detained in the European facility Meursault, where he enacts his plans in the wake of the terrorism plot pinned on the Armed Detective Agency. Utilizing a brainwashed Hawthorne, he attempts to assassinate Fitzgerald to render Eyes of God useless, but he discovers that it has been prevented when Dazai greets him across his cell, ready to engage him directly. Initially playing around with each other through their coded language, they soon simultaneously ask each other how they are contacting their allies outside, both of which refuse to divulge yet threaten to eventually figure out themselves. Later, Fyodor suddenly asks what Dazai knows of the fifth Hunting Dog, but he notes that he does not know much about him, except that he can manipulate metal. Fyodor is curious how the Agency can fare against such adversary. During the hunt for the Agency at the Sky Casino, Fyodor and Dazai "play" chess in prison, upon which Dazai remarks on the audacity of Fyodor's move. Meanwhile, Dazai summons his queen piece to the battlefield. Fyodor claims his queen piece to be Lucy Maud Montgomery in the Agency's operation, which Dazai verifies. Dazai asks why he chose Sigma his rook, so Fyodor reveals that Sigma has no history; the only known thing about him is his ability. Dazai then conjectures that the page gave birth to the Sky Casino only eight days ago along with its 13-year history. Fyodor quips that the strongest in their game and the scariest thing in the world are those who have nothing else, such as Sigma, an ordinary person filled with desperation. Dazai is unconvinced, so he urges Fyodor to reveal his true aim. Fyodor then tells him that Sigma is born from the Book out of nothing. With Sigma's fall and the Agency's apparent defeat, Dazai is unsettled with Fyodor, though the latter claims that he merely prayed to God who in turn listened to him. After all, Fyodor asserts that God prefers perfection and harmony, hinting that they placed a line in the Book that all police forces are to disregard any evidence proving the Agency's innocence. Dazai laughs at his comment, retorting that God's gimmicks are accidental and illogical rather than perfect and that those who truly make the world go round are those who persist and fight amidst constant change. He adds that humans may be sinful and foolish but far from boring. Fyodor and Dazai continue playing their games in detainment, with which Fyodor gets concerned about Dazai's lax behavior towards his fellow Agency members. Dazai retorts that his only task to do by then is watch over Fyodor, while he lets the Agency's strongest man, who has transcended even ability users, move freely. Fyodor appears inside the plane responsible for the transfer of One Order at the airport. He later kills the two Order of the Clock Tower agents inside, which results to the plane swiftly descending to the ground. are seen in chaos as invaders have been detected at the dock exit of the establishment. Fyodor and Dazai are in the middle of their meal when Dazai brings up the noise outside. However, Fyodor just dismisses him that it is impossible as the place they are in is an ability space. After finishing their meal, Dazai brings up that it's time for them to do a certain thing. Fyodor asks Dazai about what is he talking about to which Dazai replies that it is about who is gonna die. Fyodor agrees to the idea and tells that it's time for them to escape. Suddenly, Fyodor disappears from his cell for which Dazai sees after describing it as a quick escape. After the escape, both Fyodor and Dazai are welcomed by Gogol. Gogol rushes to Fyodor telling how he missed Fyodor. Gogol then proposes a jail break duel between Fyodor and Dazai to fulfill his plan of resucing Fyodor as well as killing him. After Gogol's proposition, Fyodor and Dazai smirks and accepts Gogol's challenge. After the proposal, Fyodor and Dazai are given lethal injections which will lead to their death in 30 minutes. The lethal injections are to be injected by Fyodor and Dazai to themselves which are described by Fyodor as a piece of art. Fyodor then smilingly injects the lethal poison to himself, as well as Dazai. They are then given information about the facility's structure and security which will be obstacles and will hinder them from escaping the place. The two are soon presented with four items on which each one of them is allowed to bring an aid to their escape. After Gogol explanations of each of the items, he lets Fyodor choose his weapon first. Fyodor proceeds to choose a key card as his weapon. Five minutes into their duel, Gogol wonders why Fyodor has not yet moved. He instead assumes that one of his pawns has started moving, to which Fyodor smirks in response. As an intruder wipes out an entire floor's battalion, Fyodor gets surrounded by Meursault's forces, while Gogol teleports away. Fyodor is instantly rescued by the undead Chūya Nakahara, who turns out to be his next pawn against Dazai and Sigma. As they successfully make their escape, Fyodor and Chūya soon come across a wrong passcode, which turns out to have been changed by Dazai. Containment shutdown initiates, and Fyodor has Chūya break through the walls, but to no avail. They eventually get flooded in heavy water while Fyodor continues to fail inputting the passcode. Dazai then communicates with Fyodor and Chūya from the control room, who goads Fyodor into being defeated. Though Fyodor is confident that Dazai cannot kill him, the detective feels likewise that Chūya would not be able to break through the walls and use his gravity manipulation that easily, nor would Fyodor resort to use his ability, regardless what it is, much to Fyodor's visible ire. After the Guild war, Fyodor scouted Hawthorne with the offer to help Mitchell get out of her coma, in exchange for the two of them to clear Yokohama out of sinners which then lead to the "Cannibalistic Mutual Destruction" operation that will affect both leaders of the Armed Detective Agency and Port Mafia. It is known that Fyodor once cut all of the Goncharov's brain parts that feel unhapppiness. Two months before the operation that would be known as the "Cannibalistic Mutual Destruction", Fyodor once head to the Seventh Agency and frees out Mushitarō from an unknown reason of captivity, in order for Mushitarō to grant him his ability in exchange for his freedom. Mushitarō agrees to partake in the operation upon several personal conditions, all of which Fyodor agrees to. Fyodor was once captured by a professional hired by Ace. After being captured, Fyodor is offered a deal to join hands with Ace in order to take Ōgai Mori's head. Fyodor immediately refuses to the idea which causes Ace to show how dangerous his ability is. The two eventualle engage in a card game with a deal at stake; if Fyodor loses, he'll be Ace's weakling, otherwise Ace will let Fyodor regain his freedom. Fyodor eventually outsmarted Ace during their course of interaction causing the latter's death by Ace himself. Fyodor met Karma during his capture with the Port Mafia. After Ace's death, Fyodor reveals to Karma that he purposelly gave his kidnapper the wrong information in order to deceive Ace, leading to the latter's demise shortly afterwards. Fyodor eventually grant Karma his great silence after obtaining the Port Mafia's list of members and their abilities since he cannot afford to have the events of him obtaining it to be leaked out to the public. Dazai is the arch nemesis of Fyodor and his main rival. Fyodor despises Dazai but tends to act calm and composed, raging with the turmoil inside. They have had rocky encounters, all ending with something bad. For instance, when Dazai met Fyodor in an alley way, he was wearing his Ushanka, and Fyodor got irritated, asking for it back. Then, Dazai got information about the poison used on Port Mafia and Armed Detective Agency leaders, further irritating Fyodor. He then lifted his hand to signal a sniping at Dazai, in the stomach. The next time the two met was in prison. Dazai and Fyodor had a few friendly chats but then when it got to the escaping part, they weren't as peaceful. First Dazai tried to drown Chuuya (Vampire state) and Fyodor in the extra heavy water, which is so heavy that it can drown fish. But Fyodor escaped and forced the same trial on Sigma and Dazai in the elevator which resulted in Dazai falling down the shaft and Sigma getting stabbed by Fyodor in the control room. Nikolai and Fyodor have a strong friendship and allyship, due to Fyodor trusting Nikolai with his outrageous plan and Nikolai having a philosophical attachment to Fyodor’s life. Nikolai refers to Fyodor with the friendly nicknames "Dos-kun" in the Japanese recording, and “Fedya” in the Russian recording; yet Fyodor doesn't seem to be bothered at all. He also isn't annoyed by Nikolai's loud and cheerful persona, behaving almost like he’s used to it. It is unknown whether Fyodor predicted that Nikolai would change his mind. When Nikolai talks to Sigma, he says once again that Fyodor was the only person who was able to understand Nikolai's idea of "true freedom". He also says that he was deeply moved by Fyodor's words, and that he was his first and only friend who understood his essence—his "intimate friend". Nikolai then says the reason he changed his mind about him dying according to plan. His concept of being "truly free" means being freed from his own feelings and, since he and Fyodor have a very close relationship, he thinks that by killing that intimate friend he would prove to be truly free from the humanity that weighs his soul down. Within the flashback that Nikolai shows, Fyodor expresses his praise for Nikolai and repeatedly calls him fantastic. This was changed from calling him splendid in the manga. Either way, confirming that Fyodor holds respect for his mutual friend, respect that is never given to anyone else. After Fyodor questions Nikolai for breaking both him and Dazai out of their selective cells, Nikolai grabs his hand immediately and proclaims that he misses him, and is also here to kill Fyodor. Fyodor, although startled, seems to see no issue with Nikolai and him holding hands. Nikolai refers to the both of them as “best friends forever.” In the anime version, Fyodor agrees with Dazai that Nikolai is an awesome friend. As Nikolai describes his “Gogol game”, he biasedly allows Fyodor to choose from a table of viable items—before Dazai—first to help him escape the prison, simply because Nikolai stresses yet again that he’s an intimate friend. After Sigma and Dazai leave, Fyodor and Nikolai sit alone together for about five minutes before Fyodor gets rescued by Chuuya. Nikolai is ecstatic that Fyodor won his game and shows a dramatic display of praise. Though, the latter is peeved with the former’s involvement with attempted murder, and rejects his celebratory advances. Once Nikolai gives him the antidote, Fyodor threatens to kill Nikolai with a softly attitude. In the manga, Nikolai looks solemn and defeated; in the animated adaptation, Nikolai rejoices. He appears concerned when Fyodor is stabbed which isn't an emotion he expresses often. Once Fyodor dies in the aircraft, Dazai presents Nikolai with Fyodor's arm. He asks him why he looks sad if he had wanted to kill Fyodor all along—Nikolai replies saying he never wanted him dead, saying that Fyodor had changed him even if they had not spoken much. Nikolai holds his arm close and caresses his face with it, presumably regretting this outcome, although unclear. Despite Nikolai exclaiming a multitude of times how he wants Fyodor dead, he appears genuinely upset and nihilistic over the situation. This is represented by the removal of his face mask to help communicate the deeper feelings of turmoil. Fyolai is quite popular among the Bungou Stray Dogs fandom. Most fans of the pairing presume that Nikolai harbors romantic feelings towards Fyodor, and that the reason he wants to kill Fyodor is to break free of his twisted view of romance. Even though Nikolai repeats over and over that he wants Fyodor dead, many of the fandom agrees that Nikolai truly admires Fyodor and their relationship is close. Fyolai’s dynamic is a highly discussed and analyzed topic, especially with official arts to back up symbolism or subtext in canon material. Since Nikolai is the only character so far that Fyodor has praised and positively approached, fans widely speculate that their romance isn’t as one-sided. Fyolai is the most popular ship for both Fyodor and Nikolai on AO3, with over 1,800 works currently under the Fyodor Dostoevsky/Nikolai Gogol tags. Nikolai is the only character Fyodor has praised, albeit manipulative. From the Omake and WAN chapters, it’s heavily implied that Fyodor struggles with the Japanese language. In contrast to Nikolai, who seems to be perfectly fluent and fancying word games. Fyodor and Nikolai have eaten and bathed together at least once from the official arts. The song, Bernadette, by IAMX, is strongly associated with Fyolai amongst fans due to a popular animation by Lemorgo, and later animation by Creantzy after the former’s was privated.

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First Message:   *fyodor was in his underground base feeding his pet rat's singing to himself quietly a Russian song *

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