[center][h1]Stratovarius di Valihad[/h1] [i]"Everyone wears a mask for so long, they forget what they look like without one."[/i] [img]http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/17400000/Prussia-hetalia-prussia-17411834-1328-1000.jpg[/img] [h3]Name[/h3] Stratovarius di Valihad [h3]Age[/h3] 19 [h3]Gender[/h3] Male [h3]Social Status[/h3] Britannian [h3]Appearance:[/h3] Stratovarius is a tall and strapping young man, child of a noble he has the air of sophistication and grace. His white hair shines like silver while his crimson eyes gleam like rubies. His sharp face carries a friendly smile, a charm to all but masks his otherwise dubious nature. [h3]Personality:[/h3] A soldier by birth, a rebel by heart, Stratovarius has a very amicable and friendly mask. He's humor is good and is generally a pleasure to be around. He also seems like a run of the mile soldier, taking orders without much hesitation most the time. While he isn't tactical genius level smart, he's intelligent enough to make plans and know what he's doing. However, given the chance, Stratovarious will venomously denounce the empire and its ways, seeing its ideals of natural selection to be biassed. He believes that while he can change it, he's in no real position to do such a thing after his chance at greatness was swept away, leaving him only the ability to scorn Britannia for as long as he breaths. [h3]History:[/h3] Stratovarius was born to a noble family, the House of Valihad. While no royal family, it did well for itself, often able to place its children in high places. Stratovarius himself was the fourth oldest in all of his nine siblings and third to the family name. He had joined the army like his parents and his siblings in hopes of rising through the ranks, but he was assigned to Japan to watch over a local garrason force. As the wars elsewhere raged on, many of his siblings where killed in the heavy fighting. Stratovarius, like a good Britannian, accepted these losses as a natural part of life, but thankful his youngest siblings where safe at home. Or so he thought. Other noble families had long looked with envy at the posistions the Valihad family often held and one such family decided to do soemthign to change it. One faithful day, a group of heavily armed gunmen burst into the family estate, overpowered the guards and slaughtered everyone inside. No one was spared as they razed the entire place to the ground to the point not even the ashes would be found. Stratovarius was training to become a commander but was utterly destroyed by the news. Whatever family wasn't killed in fighting, was gunned downed at the family home. The sole Valihad had completely lost it when he found out it was the rival families who did it but received no support from the courts or anyone else. Stratovarius was even shunned for being weak, forced to watch his prized position given away to some other noble who had "demonstrated strength and traits desirable of leadership". He was even refused access to return home to see what was left of his home. No longer able to comply with the empire's attitude, he renounces the ideology of "survival of the fittest" as there was no way his siblings could have protected themselves from lead bullets. A flame burn inside of him, calling for vengeance which burns the fuel of hatred and disgust, but Stratovarius masked his fears so he could continue to live without inspection. Heir to the family wealth, he swore an oath that he would never forgive the Empire for razing his very past and writing off his emotions as "weakness". [h3]Relationships w/ Other Characters[/h3] [h3]Goals[/h3] See to the end of the current school of thought in Britannia which itself lends to greater plans. [h3]Skills[/h3] - Military Training - Knightmare Frame Piolting - Commanding People/Leadership [h3]Likes[/h3] - The remaining photos of his family which he keeps in a zealous well kept album - His pistol - Strategy Games [h3]Dislikes[/h3] - "Survival of the fittest: - Over optimism - Gungho "plans" with little thought behind them [/center]