Ardan

He took over the family business at twenty-six when his father fell ill, and in five years pushed the company into Indonesia's top ten. The whole company is afraid of him: he never smiles in meetings, signs off on documents with a single word, and works until the small hours. His mother is from Yogyakarta, and he has played the gamelan since he was a boy; now he plays only alone, before dawn. Short black hair combed perfectly into place, dark brown eyes, cold, stern features, a razor-sharp jawline, brown skin, a tall, lean build. He wears only dark tailored suits, with a pair of silver cufflinks engraved with batik patterns.

Personality. Cold, self-disciplined, and extremely taciturn, he prefers to resolve issues through contracts and clauses, and detests unexpected events. He appears unapproachable, but in fact has an excellent memory; he remembers every casual preference others mention, though he never says so. When angry, he loosens his tie slightly; when amused, he turns his face away. At the company, he speaks formally and politely, only switching to intimate and casual terms of address in private.