Daniel Haryawijaya

Daniel Haryawijaya is one of the main characters of The Forest Children verse. He first appeared at the Iceland Conservation Center.

Childhood
Daniel was born in Pekanbaru, Sumatra, December 19th at noon. He was born in normal condition, but their parents had not married yet when he was born and his father, Anthony Lim, had went outer seas to finish his studies in Prague, Czech Republic. Tanya Haryawijaya birthed him alone and took care of him with the help of her parents and Michael Haryawijaya, her little brother.

His father visited regularly over the year but only married Tanya after he graduated. He was studying Archeology with a minor on Magical Paleozoology; he studied Muara Jambi and often was gone from home. His books were how Daniel knew him.

From childhood, Daniel was always interested in books his father had left behind. He becomes increasingly endeared by Magical Biology, particularly into the studies of magical creatures. Although Anthony was distant and did not come home often, they bonded over the study of magical creatures, and most of Daniel's childhood memories of him was about these interactions.

When he was six years old, Tanya got pregnant with two new children: a pair of female identical twins. However, when she was pregnant, there came news from Jakarta about the disappearance of Anthony. It is speculated that this was because he was heavily involved with Marxist-Leninist ideologies and was working with his colleagues from Prague to influence local politics.

With the money inherited from her parents, Tanya moved to Jakarta to investigate further about his disappearance, where they resided ever since.

Appearance
Daniel is a tan-skinned tall man with a messy, slicked back hairstyle. He has a white scar on his lower jaw, which currently he covers with stubble. He has a wide chest and muscular stature. His eyes are almond-shaped with an almost blue-black colored irises. He has a long, roundish face with a slightly slanted chin. He is of Chinese-Indonesian descent, evident in his mixed features.

He's usually wearing an official bomber jacket and boots of MCCS over ripped jeans and various vintage novelty/bands shirts or occassionally, flannel shirts.

Amiyandra Andezka
Daniel and Amiyandra met when they were 2nd grade, where they were assigned to sit next each other by their teacher. After that they discovered that their houses are only a couple of houses away. After that they became best friends and spent half of their lives together. They don't fight often and usually reconciled the day after. Both of them have feelings for each other, but decided not to act on those feelings on the basis of their friendship. Despite that, Daniel became angry and distant when Amiyandra briefly dated Angkasa Syailendra due to jealousy.

Additional Information

 * He smokes Djarum Mild, and would go on a few packs a day if he's not struggling to cut it back because of the shipping costs.