Janus

"Faynore you clearly don't understand my complex philosophy, you see when I was younger a teacher told me to not second guess myself because my first answer was probably the right one, so I took that to heart and always do the first thing that pops into my head without a second thought."~Janus explaining his philosophy to faynore

Janus is a major antagonist in season 2 of D&D and later a major supporting character in season 3, he is known for his strange and risky behavior and nearly getting himself killed all the time

Appearance
In the old picture he was a much smaller child, he had his purple eyes and red hair the same allthough the back portion is longer, he wore a red sleeveless knee length dress with a black stripe around the hip area, he had red shoes and red socks with black lines at the top, he still had his right eye allthough he already had stitches on his cheeks and forehead

In one flashback to his teenage years he has his bangs with black tips but the rest of his hair is long, wild and bushy, despina jokes that it looked like an animal on his head, he wore a black short mage cloak with a rope as a belt and a short black cape, he had red sleeves and pants and black shoes, he had noticeable eyelashes and he had more obvious cuts on his face

Janus is a slightly below average male with pale white skin, he has purple eyes and red hair with two long bangs on bolth sides of his head wich have black tips, he has several scars on his face, one on his lower right cheek, another right under his left eye, one large one on the right edge of his head next to his eye and finally one in his forehead, he wears a purple eyepatch over his missing right eye, he is sometimes seen in a white suit with an open vest wich is red on the inside, he also sometimes wears a white top hat with a purple ring around it, underneath he wears a red T-shirt with black three sets of two black lines on the chest area, black shorts, red socks with black lines on the top and purple shoes, at the beginning of season 2 he is briefly seen with a fake eye and makeup to hide his scars but when killue burst the door open his fake eye is destroyed and the makeup is blown of and he claims that they was very expensive

In season 4 he has gotten taller, his scars are also less prominent, his eyepatch now resembles a singular binocular glass allthough it doesn't serve much of a purpose, his suit is now black and his vest is longer now reaching up to his knees, he also now has long hair on the back while keeping the two bangs the same length

Personality
Janus has a very peculiar personality, he is a very loud and random person always doing the first thing that pops into his head, he is very careless and doesn't seem to fear death even mocking it at times, his 'plans' are often thought of on the spot and despite their strange nature they tend to work out somehow, he doesn't seem to know what personal space is and doesn't pick up on when someone wants him to leave he even sometimes appears to intentionally make people uncomfortable, he often mocks people and challenges them wich often gets him into fights, he is an extremely successful gambler thanks to his extreme luck, he often taunts people, he mostly fights for the thrill of it, despite all of this he is genuinely a good person at heart as he truly cares for his sister despina and genuinely wants to help the people in his city, he also comforted cordelia on killua's funeral and even broke character as when he was talking to her he seemed very serious and calm and took of his eyepatch, he has also always dreamed of being a popular star shown in yama's tournament when he makes his fight more of a performance than a fight

Story
Characters role in the story

Seasons character appeared in

 * D&D S2
 * D&D S3
 * the life of killua(minor appearance)
 * D&D S4(minor appearance)
 * OGH fighters the eternal battle(mentioned and cameo)

Placement on the Tier List
Main article Tier List

Tier
Explanation for tier

Trivia

 * janus has a skill wich massively reduces physical damage, this makes him the first character to use a skill outside of combat as he is often seen doing extremely dangerous things and only getting minor injuries
 * janus has a disability wich prevents him from feeling physical pain, this is likely why he has so many scars and often does dangerous things as he lacks the instinct to avoid pain
 * many guards speak of rumors on how he lost his eye and got his scars, it's revealed by killua and despina that janus spread these rumors himself and none of them are true, according to despina she does know how he lost his eye and got his scars but it's a long and complex story, in the old picture he already had stitches meaning that whatever caused his scars and lost eye probably has something to do with his behavior
 * janus was originally supposed to be a cocky female trickster rival, this was later changed when Juliette was inspired to make him random by a couple characters from the texas chainsaw massacre franchise, he was later changed to male because juliette taught that a male voice would fit his character better
 * he references a texas chainsaw massacre scene when faynore and her party are trying to escape using a carriage but janus jumps down from the top window while making a strange noise and lands on one of the wheels massively hindering their escape
 * despite his daring personality and him learning many offensive spells he is actually a defensive character
 * he has the highest luck stat out of any character in the franchise, likely a reference to how lucky he is to still be alive after everything he has done
 * he is the second character to not have control over how much alcohol he drinks, the first being fiora, allthough janus doesn't do it because he's depressed
 * he eats insects small and large, he apparently does this because it makes others uncomfortable and he enjoys the taste
 * according to killua he is an extremely loud snorer to the point that you have to have three rooms in between you and him to not hear it, this is later confirmed in season 3
 * when killua faces of against Matthew in OGH fighters: the eternal battle she references janus
 * while he doesn't make a direct appearance in the fighting game craven does have a palette swap based on janus
 * according to despina janus has had many wildly different hairstyles including: a ponytail, an afro, dreadlocks, pigtails and a mohawk
 * while he is canonically an ftm transgender this is only referenced by the fact despina and him are identical twins and an old picture of him and despina with both looking very girly, while his mother was supportive even calling him her little brave boy the family didn't have the financials to pay for a gender change treatment wich is probably the reason he started working for yama at a young age as it gave him the financial gain to pursue his real self

Quotes

 * "MUUUUUUUPEW"
 * "yeah I totally knew that was going to work and didn't just do it because I felt like it"
 * "you don't get it, you see others they do things for reasons, I just kind of do things"