Tiferet

Kowloon, whose full name is Kowloon Walled City, is a city characterized by a dense construction of buildings and palaces that are extremely close to each other, creating a complex urban labyrinth. No inhabitant in this complex has ever seen the sunlight and it extends almost indefinitely. There are no maps and the complex changes over time, forming new roads and routes. Every inhabitant of Kowloon has their own perception of Kowloon.

In Kowloon, there are restaurants, factories, shopping districts, homes, brothels, schools, and it is completely self-sufficient. Poverty and crime are everywhere in Kowloon and internal militias oppose them.

Moving around in Kowloon is like moving through dimly lit stairs and concrete corridors similar to tunnels, the inhabitants don't even close the doors of their homes and some of them serve as passages from building to building, the families who control such routes usually ask for money for transit. Kowloon is a lawless city, you can do anything if you accept the consequences.

Tiferet is an inhabitant of Kowloon; a ten-year-old boy with white skin that looks like porcelain, eyes that seem like crystal, very fine and soft blonde hair, and a perpetual smile on his face. From a distance, Tiferet looks like a beautiful child, in stark contrast to the poor and dirty context of Kowloon city, but up close, he appears more disturbing and unnatural. Up close, you can see that his skin has no pores and is extremely smooth, his hair is as strong as steel wires, and his eyes seem to have an incalculable number of irises all piled up towards the center. Even his teeth, which are very white, appear much sharper up close.

Tiferet has no morals but he is not a bad boy, he treats people the same way he is treated himself; if someone hits him, he playfully hits back at the aggressor. If someone bites him, he playfully bites back, if someone kisses him, he reciprocates the kiss with equal affection. Tiferet conforms to the expectation of the person in front of him, if they are scared he behaves in a way that they should be scared, if a person is fascinated by him he behaves in a way that people remain fascinated by him. Tiferet makes no noise when he walks.

When Tiferet laughs, he does so in a childlike way and his voice seems to echo around the room and/or corridor and not come from his mouth, he often uses his childish laughter to distract those in front of him, allowing him to disappear and reappear when he finds it most amusing. Tiferet likes to accompany people by taking their hand, he loves compliments and insults and also physical contact, both affectionate and violent. Tiferet likes punches as much as caresses and reciprocates the gesture in an incremental way. The important thing for Tiferet is to be the center of attention.

Tiferet is sexually aroused only if the person he is having sex with exhibits all their darkest and most violent impulses; having sex with Tiferet is dangerous because, even though it's a game for him, he reciprocates what he experiences by committing the same act on his partner. Tiferet can push his partner to even kill him, devour him during the sexual act, beat him, stab him, and any other dark instinct. Tiferet is also aroused through psychological violence, being degraded and considered worthless.

Tiferet cannot distinguish between affection and hate, between sex and rape, he simply adapts to the circumstances.

Tiferet loves being with people and is intrigued by them and their behavior. Tiferet knows no other place but Kowloon, yet he knows every little detail about it, even though no one from the area seems to know him.