SDR-5154

港

Designation

Michizou Tachihara

YKH-015

Level 3 (Black Lizard Lead)

Faction

Port Mafia

Ability Type

destruction

Status

active

Registered Ability

Midwinter Memento · 真冬のメメント

Tachihara manipulates metal with flexible battlefield utility, turning ordinary structures into immediate weapons. Registry notes flag the file for split-loyalty complications.

Analytical Breakdown

Midwinter Memento grants ferrokinesis-the ability to control metal at range. Tachihara can manipulate bullets, crack safes, halt vehicles, and even stop aircraft by seizing their metal components. The ability's versatility makes him dangerous in any environment with metallic objects-which is to say, every environment. The Registry notes that his Hunting Dogs training augmented his physical durability, though the spy variant of the enhancement surgery left him weaker than his colleagues.

Trait Assessment

Power

4/5

Intel

3/5

Loyalty

3/5

Control

3/5

Literary Origin

Real Author

Michizo Tachihara (1914-1939)

Movement

Japanese lyric poetry

Notable Works

Poems associated with winter and memory

Tachihara was a poet and architect whose work carries delicacy, romantic longing, and a sense of youth cut short. His writing is remembered for lyric grace touched by winter imagery.

Midwinter Memento translates lyric coldness and fragile remembrance into metal control. The ability feels less forged than remembered into shape.

Lore & Background

The fifth Hunting Dog, hidden in plain sight as a Port Mafia Black Lizard battalion leader. Tachihara's infiltration was driven by a personal vendetta-a grudge against Yosano for what he believed was the death of his older brother during the Great War. His disguise was designed by Teruko Okura (a wig, funny glasses, and a mustache were rejected in favor of a nose bandaid chosen by Tetchou). On Mori's orders, he later became a double spy feeding information back to the Mafia. The man with two faces never had a clear allegiance-only a clear wound.

Physical Evidence Scan

[01]
A nose bandaid: Chosen by Tetchou Suehiro as his 'switch' between identities.
[02]
Dual handguns: Port Mafia issue, kept even after his identity reveal.
[03]
A photograph of an older man in military uniform: His brother, stored in his inner jacket pocket.

The Narrative Hook

“He wore the Mafia's mask so long he forgot which face was underneath. The bandaid isn't a disguise-it's the only thing that reminds him.”

Registry Note

This file always sounds like it belongs wholly to someone else until the metal starts moving.

Filed by: Special Division Registry