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Florestan
Since: May, 2015
Chabal2
Since: Jan, 2010

A desperate/homeless/terminally lazy character commits a crime in order to be arrested and sent to prison, their logic being that in prison, you're fed, clothed and get medical attention for free instead of needing to work for a living.