NAME: Kirei Darlibagi

NICKNAMES: Otou-san or Tou-san (by Junko), Papa or Father (by Kasumi)

NATIONALITY: Japanese

SEXUALITY: Heterosexual

BIRTHDAY: June 13th, 1976

AGE: 48

HOBBIES: Working (Manning the Shrine & Training his daughters), Drinking Tea (Earl Gray & Tumeric), Reading, Protecting his daughters, Watching Anime

FACE CLAIM: Fate/Stay Night - Kirei Kotomine

OCCUPATION: Full-Time Head Priest of the Darlibagi Shrine

PLACE OF LIVING: Lives at the Darlibagi Shrine w/daughters Kasumi, Junko & granddaughter Jiro.

PERSONALITY: Kirei has always been an intelligent man known for studying hard when he attended school, besides being capable of doing physical labor. In short, he's a hardworking man who helped contribute to his family. He studied the teachings of how to properly run the family shrine that today he is the head priest of. He takes pride in following orders to ensure that things run smoothly, but this makes him a very socially awkward man. Kirei can handle one-on-one interactions with others, but social group gatherings are where he has trouble connecting and understanding people, saying that this holds true with his inability to connect with his daughters, Junko and Kasumi. Sure, he is protective of them, but even Kirei admits that because of how things transpired between his daughters after the death of their mother, it is his own fault.

He loved their mother, Kikyo, deeply because he felt she was the only person to understand him despite how he was. Although Kirei didn't care much about his marriage being arranged, he didn't regret marrying his wife when she was around. Her memory lives on with their daughters, who reflect the both of them so much. It is also why he never remarried despite being frequently told he should. His daughters needed a mother, but Kirei felt they wouldn't have accepted him getting remarried, so he was against it. Part of him realizes that may have been a mistake. Instead, he became a harsh and strict man while still encouraging his daughters to work their hardest. It would seem his youngest daughter was receptive to this and not so much his oldest. He made it clear from the beginning that he wouldn't force arranged marriages onto them because he believed it would be better for his children to make their own choices.

Kirei now feels that was a mistake on his part as a parent. He is left feeling unsure of what to do. Like any father, he is naturally disappointed in the actions of his youngest daughter but doesn't outwardly vocalize it. He sees too much of himself in her and tries to encourage Junko more than chastise her. He chastises Kasumi a lot for her aloofness and laziness. It is possible this is what created the rift between his daughters not being close. Kirei feels he has failed as a father and expresses deep regret alone to his wife's memorial in an alter room inside their home. He does care about his daughters, and as their father, if someone were to dare hurt them, this is the only time Kirei is known to show a violent side of him. He doesn't like anyone to see this side of him and tries to keep his emotions under control. Especially since he now has a grandchild to think about.

APPEARANCE: Kirei stands at the height of 6'4" with short-neck-length dark-brown hair and brown eyes. As the head priest of the Darlibagi Shrine, Kirei usually wears a golden or sometimes silver cross around his neck, wearing an all-black pantsuit priest uniform with a dark blue robe draped over it and black suede shoes.


HISTORY: Kirei was born as the oldest and only biological son to his father, Risei Darlibagi, and mother, Rin Darlibagi. Kirei's parents never had any more children, but they did adopt an orphaned boy named Kaito Moroboshi, who lost his family in a terrible accident. None of Kaito's immediate relatives showed interest in caring for him, so they dumped him off at the Darlibagi family shrine, where Kirei and his parents became his family. As the oldest of the family, it was already set in stone that Kirei would take over the shrine when he came of age to do so. Naturally, he showed no interest in it. He preferred reading and occasionally working with his hands to fix things around the shrine whenever they broke. His brother Kaito showed great interest, mainly because he was happy to have a family. Kirei was indifferent towards Kaito but harbored no hate toward the boy. He noticed that Kaito was much more interested in their family's teachings and learning about the shrine than he was. It made sense to Kirei that Kaito would be more fit than himself to take over the shrine.

His parents disagreed with this. Given that Kirei wasn't someone who was outwardly spoken, he usually would do as he was told despite how he felt. Kirei and Kaito were raised and taught religious teachings, but it was clear more expectations were placed upon Kirei than Kaito. Kaito was free to do what he wanted, while his brother was not. They were allowed to attend school, albeit an all-boys Catholic school. As someone who was naturally quiet, it didn't take much for Kirei's peers to think they could get away with mistreating him. They believed they could use him as a lackey until he showed them that despite his quiet demeanor, he had no issues standing up for himself and putting others that bothered him in their place ... painfully. Knowing that they couldn't bother with Kirei, they dared not bother with Kaito. Who was probably more sadistic when angry than Kirei was. Knowing this about one another, the brothers found common ground with one another and continued to get along.

Kirei graduated from high school, attended university, and graduated with a degree in Religious Studies. It was a requirement by his father, which he complied with. He felt he didn't have much freedom to do what he wanted because of the obligation to continue the family bloodline. This, along with the tradition of arranged marriages. Both Kirei and Kaito were arranged prospective partners. As Kirei was someone who wasn't good at speaking and reading people, it wasn't a surprise that he accepted his arranged partner, a woman named Kikyo Tohsaka, with a younger sister named Kaede Tohsaka who was arranged to marry Kaito. Although Kaede was unhappy about the idea of being part of an arranged marriage, Kikyo was not. As the oldest daughter of her family, it was a struggle for her to please her parents. She often rebelled against them because she hated being forced to follow in their family footsteps just because. She wanted to make her own decisions and live her own life. Meeting Kirei felt like fate to her. By looking at him, she couldn't help but see that he felt lost and complacent with his life.

She couldn't hate him as she had originally planned. Neither wanted this, but she was interested in knowing more about him. Kirei was a shy man around Kikyo but protective of her whenever approached by men who took an interest in her and had ulterior motives. He didn't know whether or not what he did Kikyo hated it. He just felt it was the right thing to do. He expected Kikyo to hate him once they married and started spending their time and life together. But she didn't. Kikyo wanted to get to know him because she believed he was just like her, trapped with no sense of self and having to keep the family bloodline going. She was not wrong. Kirei spent most of his life studying, working, and doing as he was told for the family's sake. He wasn't allowed to do anything he wanted. He desired it but knew his father wouldn't approve of his choices. But he opened up to Kikyo and admitted he would protect and love only her. As nice as that sounded, she told him that if either of them ever passed away, they would take time to mourn but also move on and find love. Kikyo didn't believe in being complacent and felt everyone had the chance to live a fulfilling life.

Kirei didn't know if he could do that, but he agreed to it. He eventually took over the family shrine, and he and Kikyo had their first child, a daughter named Kasumi. His brother Kaito and his wife also had a daughter, and he became a successful businessman, doctor, and scientist. Kirei was proud of the hard work his brother put into being successful. The two of them keep in contact with each other to this day. As for his life with his wife and their daughter, things were good. Kasumi grew up spoiled by both of her parents. Kirei's parents had since passed on, and the tradition of keeping the family line going rests on his shoulders. However, he didn't want to force a complacent life on his family, so he thought it best to raise his daughter normally and allow her to make decisions for herself. Kasumi clearly loved her mother, which showed because of how close they were. Eventually, Kikyo became pregnant again with another girl. Kirei was happy, and Kasumi was also excited to be a big sister, but tragedy struck their family. Kikyo died after giving birth to their second daughter. The child had been named Junko.

Their happy family was now drowning in a dark shadow, at least in Kirei's mind. He had no idea how he would care for his daughters by himself. While he remembered Kikyo's promise if either of them passed away, they would mourn but move on and live a happy and fulfilling life, Kirei couldn't. He loved Kikyo, and he missed her. He truly loved her and couldn't fathom the idea of moving on with anyone else. He also had his daughters to think about and believed they would not accept another woman as their mother. So he raised them without remarrying. His daughters grew up, and it was clear they were very different from one another. Kasumi was a spoiled brat that he had to chastise frequently, and Junko was quiet and reserved. Junko was a lot like him, and he worried about her a lot. She seemed interested in working with her hands and started buying her model kits. This was because she was tearing up their household appliances to figure out how they worked, which was stressful for him. He also thought that introducing his daughters to an old hobby of his, such as anime, would keep them busy. Junko was more interested than Kasumi since she was so much like her mother.

It wasn't easy taking care of them, but Kirei managed to do so, getting them through high school and university. But the problems started when his daughters entered university. Because he paid no mind to how his daughters weren't close with each other, Junko allowed herself to be taken advantage of by her Japanese History professor while Kasumi just did nothing but play around, wasting time and money. He was upset with both of his daughters. But more so upon finding out that Junko became pregnant by her professor. Junko pleaded with her father not to hurt the man, and he didn't. Didn't mean he wasn't angry. The only time he'd ever seen his daughters afraid of him was when he was beyond angry. The professor was married, yet he had the nerve to defile the sanctity of marriage by getting involved with Kirei's daughter. He wanted Junko to abort the child, but she made it clear that she wouldn't get rid of her baby. Since this was her choice, he made it clear to her that she couldn't take it back and that she could continue her schooling and stay away from that man. He and Kasumi worked tirelessly to take care of his granddaughter, Jiro.

They decided to keep this incident between them and not tell others. Kirei knew that if anyone found out, it would bring shame upon the Darlibagi family name. With everything that's happened, Kirei regrets not getting remarried. He believed that life may have been better for him and his daughters if they had. None of this would've happened. His daughters would be properly married and getting along instead of being distant. Since Junko had her daughter, she is now distant from her in the same way she is from Kasumi. Kirei has no idea how to fix this, and although he has avoided doing so, he may reach out to his brother Kaito for help.