White/Hoaqin

Hoaqin (호아퀸, Hoakuin) is a Slayer candidate of FUG that was sealed in the Hell Express long ago. Daniel and Rachel's team woke him up, hoping that he could revive Roen from the dead.

History
When Boro, Aka, Sachi, Daniel and Roen first entered the Hell Train, Hoaqin saw them and told them they were interesting before asking them if they would be his underlings. After Roen chastised him, Hoaqin merely introduced himself as FUG's Slayer candidate before leaving. Then, during the journey, everyone on board the Train became his underlings until, once everyone had come to his side, he made the Regulars kill each other in order to gain back his power. Eventually only five Regulars remained: Sachi, Aka, Boro, Daniel and Roen. After Roen ended up dying and the other four were forfeiting the train, Hoaqin told them that one day he would "return" there and he was only going to be hiding "it" in the Train until he returned.

Appearance and Personality
Hoaqin has a very androgynous and child-like appearance with youthful effeminate features and a short stature. He is extremely pale, with silvery-white hair, silver-coloured eyes and crimson lines underneath his eyes. Atop Hoaqin's head sits a silvery-white crown and he wears pale white gown-like garment. He carries around with him a long Zweihänder that has a spiked cross-guard.

Hoaqin holds himself in high regard and exudes a regal aura about him. He appears to be somewhat arrogant and carries an open disdain for Guides.

Hoaqin
When the door sealing him was opened, he smiled deviously and greeted Daniel saying it had been a while. After coming out of his sealed room, he casually noted Hwa Ryun's presence and degraded her kind before stating his goal to regain his throne. He then asked if his child-like appearance stopped them from feeling his greatness but the Mad Dog said they could before introducing himself. Hoaqin acknowledged Buelsar's words before telling Daniel he had brought an interesting group. He then asked why Daniel was being so foolish before disregarding the statement and asking who the others were. Rachel then introduced herself and Ha Yura before showing him their method that would allow him to regain his power, impressing him. With his tummy grumbling, Hoaqin and Rachel's group moved out.

As they left the room they encountered Ja Wangnan and Yeon Yihwa and, after a brief altercation that resulted in Wangnan almost getting his hand cut off, the two were captured and brought along with them. They then proceeded to successfully pass the 36th Floor stage of the Hell Train.

Wooden Horse
In the lounge of the Hell Express, Hoaqin complained to Daniel about his hunger as well as discussing their mutual surprise about what happened in their pasts. When the train announced it would be arriving at the 37th Floor station, Hoaqin smiled that he'd now be able to eat, with Daniel telling him to be patient, but Hoaqin disagreed.

When the train finally arrived, Hoaqin tried to exit the train but Daniel stopped him telling him he was bound to the train by his contract with the Guardian. Rachel then appeared with Ha Yura and told them that it wasn't a problem as they had attracted many Regulars with Emile. At that, the four came out of the train and Hoaqin announced the event for Regulars to get on the train: behead four other Regulars. Some of the Regulars complained until Hoaqin showed them his incredible power with a devastating attack. Two confident Regulars then said they'd take his challenge and also his head, getting Hoaqin interested.

Powers and Abilities
While active, he was strong enough to kill all the D-rank Regulars on the Hell Train except for four survivors. Boro said that all the D-rank Regulars would fall to hell if he wakes up, implying that he is far stronger than any D-rank Regular. Despite only the first part of his soul being freed, Hoaqin is still implied and shown to possess incredible power. Ja Wangnan called him a monster after witnessing him complete the 36th Floor stage test of the Hell Train. Later, when the train arrived at the Wooden Horse station, he caused an impressively large amount of damage from a single swing of his sword. Hoaqin is a being who seeks souls and feeds on them; as a result, he gets very hungry when he goes a long time without feeding. It is shown that those he personally kills evaporate, implying that he absorbs their souls into himself.

Enhanced Strength: He seems to possess incredible physical strength unbefitting of his small stature, as shown by the way he effortlessly wields his giant sword. According to a mysterious voice talking to Baam, though, this may also be because of the sword actually being "space itself controlled by Shinsoo".

Expert Swordsmanship: Hoaqin has shown skilful usage of his giant sword, being able to wield it with ease. He managed to slice through Wangnan's arm, without cutting it off completely, before the latter even realised what had happened, showing great precision and skill. Hoaqin can also launch powerful shinsoo-based slash attacks capable of causing incredible damage. According to SIU, Hoaqin has no usual disadvantages a long sword would have, such as blind spot, this being more to do with Hoaqin's skill rather than the sword itself.

Shinsoo usage: Hoaqin has been shown to be able to from a very big baang of white energy with overwhelming power, easily defeating two FUG agents.

Notes And Trivia

 * His name is assumed to stem from Spain and Fiorentina footballer Joaquín.
 * He made some sort of contract with a Guardian (or multiple Guardians) that is only valid inside the train. It is implied that something would happen to him if he left the train before becoming 'complete' again.

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