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Post by Cloud Strife on Oct 16, 2012 10:33:53 GMT
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Race:
Human
Class:
Knight
Species& Class Skills:
Diversity: Humans are the most diverse species native to Gaia, they start off with 150 extra stat points to distribute between starting stats.
Knight Option C: Atk +100; Def +50
Appearance:
Alignment:
Good
Profession:
Ex-ShinRa Infantry Wandering Mercenary
Personality:
Cloud’s mood floats somewhere between melancholy and upbeat. To those that pass him by, he seems to be depressed - his reasons for leaving ShinRa still hanging quite heavy in his mind. He has yet to bring himself out of the dull mediocrity several years of being an infantryman with the false hope of ever becoming a SOLDIER brought about, and the more he thinks about it the more he sinks deeper into that pit.
This is not to say that he is constantly in a bad mood, moreso his mood rarely comes out of the state of 'meh' outwardly. He still holds his beliefs quite close and fights to uphold them, even if outwardly he has issues showing it. It is likely going to take companionship of quite a few people and perhaps a true friend to bring him out of it.
He's made a promise to himself, never to be anyone's puppet. That's how Cloud sees what happened to Zack and Sephiroth - by simply doing the company's bidding, they had allowed themselves to lose true free will.
He refuses to associate with ShinRa any longer, due to what happened to Zack and Sephiroth plus his own lack of advancement. He also holds a certain resentment toward the Galbadian army because of how Zack was killed.
Home Continent:
Nibelheim (Not sure what continent)
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Character Level:
3
HP:
350
MP:
100
Atk:
300 (310)
Def:
250
Mag:
50
Spr:
150
Experience:
2000 {500 Unspent}
Stat Points:
1200 (500+150 Knight bonus+150 Human bonus+400Level)
Gil:
3450
Equipment:
Infantry Sword The standard issue broadsword to shinra infantry. A simple weapon with a tapered blade and straight guard. The handle is wrapped with black leather. +10 Atk.
Talisman +100 Spr
Character Abilities:
Unlikely Swordsman [Level 1] Though ShinRa infantry typically wield rifles, Cloud showed rather impressive skill with a sword. He had trained himself as a way to get closer to his goal of becoming a SOLDIER, even though it ultimately failed. Through his own training he has increased his coordination and reflexes, granting 1 evade per battle.
Practiced Swordsman [Level 2] Though ShinRa infantry typically wield rifles, Cloud showed rather impressive skill with a sword. He had trained himself as a way to get closer to his goal of becoming a SOLDIER, even though it ultimately failed. Through his own training he has increased his coordination and reflexes, granting 2 evades per battle.
Limit [Level 1] Over time, damage taken in battle builds up into unleashing a hidden power. Cloud can utilize that energy to unleash powerful attacks called Limit Breaks. He is capable of storing 400 points of limit before it is maxed out. A level 1 limit break must have the count at 400. When a limit break is used, the count resets to 0.
Magic:
Level 1:
Cure [+150HP, 25MP] Haste [+1 Action, 20MP]
Summons:
None
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History:
As a young boy Cloud was never someone outstanding, let alone someone who people may someday see as a hero. His father died early on, leaving only his mother to care for him. Quiet and reserved the young Cloud never made many friends in Nibelheim, except for perhaps his neighbor, Tifa. They were never more than friends though. Cloud hated Tifa’s friends, but secretly had a crush on her.
Deep down, perhaps all of the silence was simply a façade masking a boy who wanted nothing more than friends. Due to strained circumstances with Tifa’s family and an attempt at climbing Mt. Nibel, Cloud became prone to outbursts of anger, not directed at any one person in particular but by the feeling that he was not strong enough to protect his friend. He’d fight anyone and not care about the reason, though underneath the self-loathing and anger was still the quiet and reserved kid he used to be.
Flash forward to his 13th year. Tales of the war hero Sephiroth reached the ears of the young teen, and the platinum haired SOLDIER became Cloud’s first real role model. He wanted to be a hero, just like Sephiroth. If he could become a hero he would never have to worry about failing to protect a friend again. That spring, he met with Tifa on the Nibelheim water tower to tell her what he was going to do, that he would become a hero. He made a promise to her: to always be there when she needed protecting.
However, Cloud’s goals were met with a rattling setback. He didn’t make the cut. Instead of becoming a SOLDIER, his dream was cut short (or at least pushed back for a while) and he became a regular old ShinRa infantryman. During the next few years he met Zack Fair, and in that SOLDIER he found another role model.
He was never able to make the cut to become a SOLDIER. Not long ago, news of Zack’s death rocked Cloud to the core. Zack was a hero. Heroes weren’t supposed to die - only if it was a Hero’s death and Zack’s wasn’t. Not in Cloud’s mind.
Sephiroth’s actions against ShinRa were another incident that tested his resolve, however; this time Cloud was not sure on the path to take. Two heroes, left either dead or insane by the company that was supposedly providing everything for the whole continent.
After some thought and serious evaluation of what his definition of ‘hero’ was, Cloud left ShinRa. He quit the infantry, and no longer wishes any ties with the organization that was the reason for the fall of both of his heroes. Now he wanders, avoiding the city of Midgar and the ShinRa corporation wherever he possibly can still with his goal of becoming a hero in mind, but realizing that with ShinRa he never would have become one.
Roleplay Sample:
The sun remained high in the sky around Midgar as the lone figure walked the wasteland. Sweat trickled down his forehead underneath spiky blond bangs that he soon wiped using the long and draped sleeve that adorned his left arm. He had no real method of transportation, other than his feet. All he really even had was his sword, something that he had to sneak out. It wasn't just for self defense though, it was a memento - a remnant - of a silent promise never to become a puppet simply following orders like his heroes had. He would be his own person, and if he could ever bring himself to make connections again, protect them like the hero that Zack was before things went too far.
His thoughts started to wander as he walked, there wasn't much else he could do anyway. Why had Zack given himself so faithfully to ShinRa's orders? Why did Sephiroth turn on the company? Both were questions that he couldn't answer, and perhaps never would be able to answer. Those questions were part of what drove him...maybe someday he'd be able to find the answer if he tried hard enough, or managed somehow, someway to think like either of the two.
Where am I even going?
The spiky haired blonde wondered this as his boots kicked up dust with each footstep on the dry, cracked land. He paused, glancing over his shoulder one last time at Midgar before leaving, hopefully for a long, long time. As he turned back to face forward, his eyes stopped at the figure of a wolf on his shoulder.
"Lone wolf..." His quiet musing was left with no response, but he wasn't expecting anything from the rocks or even himself. "I guess anywhere is better than here..." he muttered, moving on once more. [/style] |
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Post by FF:JE Manager on Oct 16, 2012 19:04:05 GMT
Accepted
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