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Name: Balthier D. Sydney

Epithet: "Black Dragon" Sydney

Nickname: Sid

Gender: Male

Age: 22

Culture: Pirate

Personality:

Sid is a very easy-going guy, yet he is hard working when he has a job to do. Generaly speaking he has a good sense of humor, he can take a joke and laugh at himself but he also has a mild temper. He can be more than a little arrogant and stubborn, and he defiantly doesn't take orders very well. He is a thrill-seeker and has a lust for adventure that is without equal. He loves to live life on the edge, which can result in him diving head-first into ridiculously dangerous situations without a second thought and a smile on his face. To his enemies, he can be cruel, often show no mercy and doing whatever it takes to win, no matter how dirty or low.

Backstory: As a kid, Sid always dreamed of setting out to sea. He was a orphan, living off the streets, and fighting for survival. It was a hard life, but he thrived off of it. There was an old man who lived in the town. He never worked, but he always seemed to have enough money to keep living. This old man would often tell stories in the local tavern of his younger days as a pirate. Most scoffed at him, but Sid would hold on to every word. He and the old man grew close, and one day, the old man, who's name was Alzac, took Sid, who was ten, in. Wiether Alzac was a pirate or not, remained a mystery, but he was a good navigator and sailor. He taught Sid how to sail, and how to fight. Sid grew to love Alzac as a father, and he spent eight happy years with him. But it didn't last. Alzac fell ill, and in a day, he died. Alzac's last words to Sid were: "Cast off, my boy...the endless ocean awaits." Sid mourned him, but he decided to do as he asked and follow his dream. Sid was hired as a cabin boy on a merchant vessel. The captain of that ship was a greedy, cruel, and uncaring man, prone to beating his men with a whip he carried. Many long voyages were spent under the lash with little food and water to maximize cargo space. During a particularly bad storm, the captain drove them mercilessly, finally the crew had had enough. They snapped and Sid ended up leading a mutiny. It succeeded, and Balthier, despite his young age, became captain of what whould become, the Black Dragon Pirates. A very sucessful carrier as a pirate followed, during which he eventualy earned a bounty of 1,000,000 gold for piracy, sinking multiple Navy warships, sacking three towns, razing a Navy base, burglarizing a Navy Admaral's house, and shaving a Navy Admaral's prize showdog. But then, after four years of piracy, when he is 22, a rebellious subordinate wanted the money and fame, so he decided to lead a mutainy of his own, marooning Sid on an island, with a sword and a pistol with a single shot. Sid barely survied his three month vaction on that island, but he was lucky, a passing ship happed to land on that island, and the crew took him to land. Sid, determined to set out on the high seas again, decided to find another crew.

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Alex

"For some reason, you really piss me off."

"I'll say it slowly, so you can understand. Alexander. Blackstone. Rozheim. Call me "Alex" and I'll knock your teeth out."
Name:
Alexander Blackstone Rozheim

"Stupid epithet. They just stuck me with it."
Title: Loose Cannon

"Put, 'overwhelmingly'."
Gender: Male

"..."
Age: 24

"I think there is something that does not make sense here, and that is me, talking to you."
Height: 188 cm (6'2")

Weight: 71 kg (156 lb)

"Are you blind or somethin'?"
Appearance: Usually can be found wearing a suit, a pair of black gloves, dark sunglasses, and a cigarette in his mouth. *

"Nobody is perfect."
Personality:
Alex has a complicated, conflicted personality. He has a quick and fearsome temper and a tendency to take out his wrath on whatever is around him, buildings or people. Sometimes, the smallest things can set him off. However, he recognizes his flaw, and he tries to not hurt those around him. (Buildings and objects, though, are fair game.) When he isn't in a fury, he is a surprisingly mellow, and laidback person. He is highly intelligent, although most mark him as an hot-headed idiot. He don't think before he acts, but neither does he act before he thinks, instead he thinks as he acts. He isn't precisely fearless, he just has learned to ignore it. Some call that courage, others call that stupid.

"And here is the part you skim, and come back to later when you need to know something."
Short Bio:
Alex was born to a mostly normal family, his father was a wealthy business man for America, his mother, Japanese. For the first part of his life, he seemed normal. But, when he was eight, some bullies were picking on his little brother. He got angry, and he ended up beating them so bad, they had to be sent to a hospital with several fractured bones. That was the first time his strength manifested. The rest of his life was shaped by it.

Growing up, his stubbornness, quick temper and dangerous strength isolated him from other children, and made him a target for bullies and punks. It didn't help that he wasn't completly Japanese. His parents were good people, but their jobs kept them away from home. Alex went to several different schools, and got kicked out of most of them, usually for getting into fights, and wreaking school property. He somehow eventualy got through high school, but he never went to collage. He made a living doing odd jobs, from bodyguard to babysitter. He had difficulty holding a job for the same reasons he changed schools so often, his quick temper and incredible strength. He slowly sank into a depression, and dispair. He picked fights with random people, and he got arrested more than once. Through this, he made a single friend who stood by him, time and time again. This friend was the polar opposite of Alex. He was a kind person, very studious, and a pacifist. He stayed out of trouble, and helped Alex out when he got into it.

The unlikly duo seemed inseparable, the Brain and the Brawn, they were called. But something came between them, something big. They had a heated argument about it, and Alex got angry. He didn't mean to, but his body just moved, and he punched his only friend. It was the first time he ever did. He was shocked, and he tried to apoligize. His freind said it was allright, but his expression was unreadable. Without another word, he got up and left. That was the last time they spoke. The next day, Alex found out that his friend had moved to another country. That was six years ago, he was eighteen.

How he got involved with the Chasers was another, simpler manner. Sometime after that, he was walking down the street under a full moon. He took a wrong turn, and ended up face-to-face with a living nightmare, under a bloody sky, hunched over the body of a girl. Its uglyness mad him angry, and he proceded to beat it to a messy pulp, in that process, some of his power awakened. Somehow, during the fight, he had ended up back in the real world. He looked for the girl, but he couldn't get back to that world. He gave up, and tried to go back to normal life, but the memory stayed with him. Eventualy, the Chaser organization tracked him down and explained about Youkai and the Crimson Sky. At first, he was skeptical, but there was no denying what he had seen. Reluctantly, he accepted their offer to join them, only because he needed the cash. Soon after, he found he could control his anger better, and he began to hold a stable day job...for a few weeks anyways. His outbursts were less and more controllable.

Powers:

Superhuman Qualities: These are natural abilities he was born with. (Although, he views it as a curse) Normally, the brain restricts one's power, shutting down muscles in response to pain in order to prevent serious injury; he doesn't have this limitation, and is capable of using his full strength. His condition also translates to superhuman speed, reflexes and a resistance to pain. Although, the flip side is that using it, can tear his body apart. His body is always like that, its not something he can turn on and off, so he always has to be careful.

Indomitable Will: His power can be described as his will made manifest.

Using this creates force similar to an invisible armor around himself. It can be used to augment the his own physical attacks, projected ahead himself as pure force, or imbued into weapons to increase their effectiveness. Any attack enhanced by his power would hit immensely harder than it would normally without it. A heavy concentration (or coating) his power can be used to harden parts of his body, turning the area black, thus making his body denser and more formidable, and giving their attacks greater power, this also can be used on anything he is touching. It also can allow him to touch the incorpral, although imperfectly.

With this power, he can use his full strength without injuring himself. But every power has it's price. He only has so much of this, and once it is used up, there is backlash, like temporary paralysis and weakness. Then it takes some time until he can use it again.

Weapons: His fists and anything he can get his hands on.

Equipment: see above ^

Other:
- He is constantly late to almost everything.
- Frequently smashes stuff.
- Has a standing grudge against doors.
- Likes cats.

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Logre Vars Grandverse

"I ask you.
If there was a reason why we were born into this world, what purpose do our lives hold?
I challenge you.
If everything is fated to meet its end, is there anything left after the destruction?"

Name:
Logre Vars Grandverse

Title:
Ironeyes

Gender:
Male

Race:
Human (Cyborg)

Age:
Unknown

Height:
6'4" (193.04 cm)

Weight:
~229 lb (104 kg)

"Look at me. See what I have become?
Appearance:

Logre is tall, and appears to be a fit sixteen year old boy. He has robotic modifications to most of his body, the most obvious being his arms and legs. How much of him is still human is a good question, but not one to ask him, unless you have suddenly decided that you don't like how you look, and want your face re-arranged. His sclera are pitch black, (for unstated reasons) and his eyes yellow. No matter how much he smiles, jokes, or shows any other emotion, the emotion never reaches his eyes.

"Who am I?
That is a question many have asked and few find an answer for."
Personality:

Despite his ominous looks, Logre is a good person. He is kind, and helpful, he will laugh and joke with the rest of them. He doesn't get angry easily, but when he does snap, he goes nuclear*. He keeps himself at a distance from others, but if someone came up to talk, he won't turn them away. He is a very stoic person, he works hard and isn't afraid to get his hands dirty. (After all, they wash easily.) He loves music of all kinds. He speaks politly and with a well-cultured accent, almost sounding robotic sometimes. He also is given to pondering philosophy. He has completely dry sence of humor, and a great poker face. It is very hard to tell if he is joking or not.

"I ask you.
Why do you want me... What is it you seek?
I challenge you.
Why am I here... Why do I exist?"
Short Bio:

Logre didn't have an ordinary childhood. Both of his parents were top-notch Chasers. Logre looked up to them, and it was his dream to become Chasers just like them. They were sent on missions mast of the time, so they were not home often and he was raised by his grandfather, a retired Chaser, himself. His grandfather was a kindly man who's good natured ways left a lasting impression on Logre. But, when Logre was ten, his grandfather died passed away in his sleep. With no other family to take him in, he had to live with one of his parents in the field, alternating between each one, depending on the difficulty of their respecive missions. Under such circumstances, he had to learn the ways of a Chaser quickly, and got a lot of first-hand experience. In this manner, four years passed.

One day, the three of them were on them same aircraft, traveling home, to spend a rare holiday together. When suddenly, the craft malfuntioned and crashed. His mother died in the impact, but Logre and is father survived, the formor sustained horrible injuries to his entire body. Logre's father managed to keep Logre and himself alive with some medical supplies that he found in the wreckage of the crash. However, they were in the middle of uncharted wilderness, infested with Youkai, and the communication equipment was damaged, which ment that there was no way to contact civilization.

For a week, his father fended off roving Youkai, drawn to weak and injured prey, while protecting the incapacitated Logre, and trying to repair the damaged equipment. Finaly, he managed to fix it and get in touch with someone, who sent other Chasers out to rescue them. The search for them took another week, but by the fifth day, their food was gone, although they had water from a creek nearby. The youkai's attacks grew more fearsome by the day, and more and more of them appeared. Finally, they were found by the searchers, but, just then a massive, powerful youkai attacked. Light's father made a choise, he would stay behind to fight the thing while the others escaped. It was an epic, and amazing battle, those who were there, said he fought like a thunderstorm. Logre never saw his father again, but result of the battle is unknown.

When they arrived back, Logre was hospitalized, and he got some terrible news; he would never be able to be a Chaser, the injures he sustained in the crash were too severe. He spent the next year, missing his family, and learning to coping with his injuries, beliving that he would never become a hunter, never make his parents proud. But, there was hope. He learned of prostetic technology that could replace what he had lost, and give him a future as a Chaser again. He eagerly accepted the procedure. It went without a hitch, and Logre was reborn as a cyborg. He, of course had to be taught the inside and out of technology, which he has taken to well, and is very skilled with all kinds. A year later, he applied and was accepted to the academy to fufill his dream of becoming a Chaser.

"I ask you.
What good is power if the one who has it is weak?
I challenge you.
What is the purpose of those who have no power?"

Manifestation:
Gravity:
Logre can manipulate gravity which allow him to lift, manipulate, and toss enemies, objects of any kind, and even people. He can also use his powers directly on himself, allowing him to jump great distances, land safely on his feet after falling from great heights, and to accelerate and strengthen physical movement used for executing fast evasive maneuvers as well as striking his target with extreme force. He can create gravity barriers to defend himself from projectiles, redirecting the them away from him. He is also able to focus his power on himself or an object in order to negate the planet's gravity, making it lighter but only for a short time. He can get even more creative with it too.

Weapons:
He has a FLUX machine gun in his left wrist for ranged attacks

As a side effect of the metal parts, his body is stronger, faster, more and more durable. Best of all, he is fixable.

Drive Blade: An incredibly massive greatsword-like weapon, so heavy that it requires two hands from even the strongest of humans to wield properly. Built into the blade is a special engine with a gun-like cartridge. The engine can be activated, and when swung, the engine generates tremendous centrifugal force, brutally chopping through what's in the blade's way through sheer impact. When engaged with a cartridge, the blade can be charged with FLUX, in the elements of fire, ice or electricity, further increasing the damage of this terrifying weapon. As a drawback, the Drive Blade's motor generates tremendous waste heat, and after every such attack, must allow the blade to cool down between swings, otherwise, it could melt the blade, or blow up the engine. The engine can go also absorb and store large amounts of FLUX then then release it all for incredible widespread damage, however, this burns out the motor completely, rendering it little more than a large sword.

Equipment:
Spare parts
Scrap
Tools of all kinds
A guitar

"One last time, I ask you.
Why is it that life is not death, and death cannot bring life?
I challenge you.
Why is it that death and life are opposites, and yet they exist together?"

Other:
Logre is powered by a FLUX energy core, located in his chest. It is not an Infinate power source, and requires recharging, periodically.
He can play guitar and piano.
Favorite food are apples
He detests eggplant
Likes cats

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