Gusuma Yarera

Gusuma Yarera, full name Great Super Marvelous Yarera, was the older brother of Mira Yarera and the deputy head of the Yarera-Zusco Firm. After being pleaded to by Gallerian Marlon, he agreed to provide the bribe to put Loki Freezis in prison.

Early life
Gusuma was born to the President of the Yarera-Zusco Firm and grew up as a member of the Yarera Family along with his younger sister Mira. The sibling grew up learning of their pirate heirtage, which Gusuma took great pride in. At one point, his mother adopted Jorm Zusco after his family died. However Jorm grew up instable and wound up killing over ten girls and was put on death row.

During the EC 950s, his sister began dating Loki Freezis despite the families rivalry. This angered Gusuma who, having heard multiple bad rumors of the Freezses and Loki, was convinced that Loki would wind up harming his little sister.

Trial of the Trickster
In the EC 960s, Gusuma was visited by Mira, Gallerian Marlon and Ma after Loki had attempted to murder Gallerian. When Gallerian confessed Loki's crimes and how he wanted to bring him to justice, Gusuma expressed his resentment for the man, and agreed to help but stated that it would be hard to get the money they needed to out do the Freezis' bribe for setting Loki free, if he couldn't convince his mother to go along with it. Ma then suggested springing Jorm out of prison to earn their mother's favor. Impressed by the woman's convincing nature, Gusuma jokingly asked her to marry him and Ma playfully retorted that she wasn't fond of bears. Gusuma then managed to pay off a smaller bribe to Hanma Balledold to susped Jorm's death sentence.

A year later, Gusuma attended Loki's trial with Gallerian and Mira. Despite having produced a large bribe, Gusuma revealed to Gallerian that Loki's father and brothers had given Hanma more money the night before making the payers of the biggest bribe uncertain. By the end of the trial however, Loki was sentenced to thirty years in prison. While comforting his crying sister, Gusuma reminded Gallerian not to break his promise about Jorm.

Later when Mira visited Loki in prison, Gusuma checked on Jorm along with Fen Li and Ma on order of his mother a week before his release. Despite his warning about Jorm unnatural abilities, Ma peeked through the window of Jorm's cell and Jorm, exited at the sight of a woman, began deminding she gave him her body and wounded her. Gusuma expressed disappointent, having wished, like his mother, that Jorm could somehow rehabilitate and later concluded that he shouldn't be executed, but still kept locked up.

As President
A decade later, Gusuma had become appointed as the new president of the family firm. His sister and niece, Michelle Marlon, had been killed in an accident which drove him to seek revenge. He met up with Gallerian who told him that he wanted Bindi Freezis dead since he was the cause of Mira's death and, in his perception, Michelle's handicap. Gusuma agreed to take care of the man and Gallerian let him have Lunaca Labora and Jorm to do with as he pleased. Gusuma then arranged for Postman to get Bindi from Alicegrad and bring him to Lunaca Labora.

Once Bindi arrived, Gusuma revealed himself before him and told him of Gallerian's true feelings for him. Jorm then appeared and told his "big brother" that he had been off his medication and couldn't restrain himself any longer. Knowing he could never kill a man as the new head of the Yarera-Zusco firm, Gusuma let his brother have his way with Bindi. After sicing the deranged man on the Freezis, he lamented that Jorm was beyond help. After Jorm was finished slicing up Bindi, Gusuma headed home.

Personality and Traits
Gusuma was a pragmatic and exploitative man. Having an unscrupulous worldview, Gusuma was not above making corrupt deals and committing murder if it happened to serve his interests. Similarly, he found the guile of others to be entertaining and was visibly impressed by Ma's connivance. Despite his willingness towards crimes, Gusuma was also careful to protect his position in the company, making sure he didn't directly kill anyone.

Due to his being business-oriented, the man valued his relationship with Gallerian, volunteering his own resources and putting a bounty over the judge's head after his apparent betrayal. However, Gusuma was capable of forgiveness and readily worked with Gallerian again when the latter lent him Jorm and Lunaca Labora for the purpose of enacting revenge on Bindi. Despite his cold-blooded nature, Gusuma had a softer side, respecting his mother's authority over the company and acting protective of his younger sister.

Skills and Abilities
Gusuma was a skilled businessman, able to attain the rank of deputy head of his family's business and being eligible for the position of president. As part of this, Gusuma was a capable planner, able to maximize his present resources and think of schemes that exploited the weaknesses of the law.

Curiosities

 * The alias Gusuma is based of the first kanas in the japanese spellings the english words Great(Gu), Super(Su), and Marvelous(Ma).

Appearances

 * Deadly Sins of Evil: Judgment of Corruption (first appearance)