Character help.

[TruculentNihilism]

[color=#885727][size=9]There's this OC I've been working on for some time now. Originally he was to be the MacBook .TAN that I was going to use as my site mascot along with a Linux .TAN (.dmg and .rpm) based on some BJD I've been modeling after the systems. Now they've become characters intended for use in fantasy roleplay. Vascostylis appears to be some sort of Holy figure in regards of vesture (and overall visage, actually) but is intended to later on play the evil role in the duo's story. Vasco's a powerful mage and rescues the character-in-question. I plan for it to abandon and, possibly, betry or use him in some form.
Anyway...
Armada, the man I'm undecided on, is a demi-human with pyrophilia and ailurophobia. He likes knives, contact, bodyart, and has some form of psychosis to a degree. The sclera of his eyes are black with red irises. Canthi of both eyes are scarred from gouges. Armada also suffers hyperacusis, aphonia, and holophobia due to trauma as a direct result from two of several gunshot wounds.
So...
Should the facial scars be self-inflicted as bodymod/art (no emo bullshit) or not?
Ideas on why Armada was a victim of attempted murder?[/size][/color]