ryujin park was born the second and final son in a line of five eventual children, which gave him middle-child syndrome to the nth degree. he was always the child who fussed, who tried to get attention and lashed out when he didn't get it. his parents awlays paid the most attention to the two oldest siblings, allowing the rest of them to fall to the wayside as they crafted the oldest into their image and passed the rest onto nannies, family, and the like.

ryu didn't take lightly to being ignored by his parents, and usually made elaborate plans to get them to pay attention to him. he was a creative, resourceful child, if a bit demonic and disruptive, and he put many plans into action. finally his antics got him the exact opposite reaction he'd been hoping for: at the tender age of ten, he and his sister minhee were shipped to live with family in seoul.

this solidified ryu's budding rebellious streak, an anger bubbling under his skin at the thought, and he became inconsolable, uncontrollable and outright dangerous sometimes as he grew up alongside his baby sister and his cousin. he had a nose for trouble and began racking up quite the impressive list of misdemeanors on his juvenile records.

after high school, where he spent most of his time equal parts fucking off and proving to the teachers how smart he could be when he wanted to be, he decided to goto seoul national university. he hoarded scholarships and student loans and took every art class that was offered. while he applied all of his best work to the art classes, he napped through most of his general ed classes. out of boredom, he got a job as the sales clerk at a local art supply store, but that was mostly to have free access to as many supplies as he could ask for at a discount price. he recently opened up his own pop-up tattoo shop since the practice is still illegal in south korea.