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Appearance
Valin stands tall at 6’02”, with a lean, yet muscular stature. He has light skin, turquoise eyes, and copper hair that trails behind him in a short ponytail. His typical public attire is dark in color, matching the coloration of his favorite monster, “Volspire Dragon”. This includes a long, sleeveless black jacket whose trim and inner layers are a dark red; a buttoned red shirt, without sleeves as his jacket; dark jeans and long boots; fingerless studded gauntlets; and a lanyard with a card sleeve containing “Volspire Dragon”.
Accessories
His Duel Disk is the most modern model of Disk, custom designed to more closely resemble “Volspire Dragon”. It is highly similar to the previously state-of-the-art Leo Corporation Standard Disk, except more compact, and in place of the touchscreen, it instead projects a hologram which operates via touch. The playing field is a holographic bright red and is transparent, in stark contrast to the solid black field with a colored border projected by Leo Corporation’s disks.
The Maelstrom Wheel, Valin’s Duel Runner, is seven feet long, black and red like his attire, sleek, and winged. Yes, winged. A rather large set of wings protrude from just in front of his seat, approximately centered on the runner and a second set from just behind the headrest, giving it the capabilities of flight. It has a powerful engine, and is highly aerodynamic. In place of a front wheel is a gyroscopic sphere which allows for sharper, more accurate turns, while a double-set of wheels in the back propels the machine forward.
His Duel Runner is non-hybrid, meaning the Duel Disk inside is not capable of being used apart from the Runner. However, aside from its circular base shape, it is nearly identical to the one he uses when not on his Runner. It has been proven that the Maelstrom Wheel is the fastest Duel Runner on record, unmatched in top speed by anything yet seen.
Personality
Valin is proud, arrogant, and any number of other synonyms that align with his position. Since his placement as King of Turbo Dueling, he has become highly spoiled. Typically, he does not help others unless there is some form of reward for himself. His self-centeredness has even spanned into his performances in public Duels, theatrically giving himself fancy titles that are in essence, meaningless, and claiming to “toy” with his opponents when they appear to give him a challenge. He is fueled by the applause of the crowd, being most joyous when his fans cheer him on.
Quite frequently, he will compare Dueling to a food chain, claiming himself to be at the top. He is even ritualistic about his “superiority” and refuses to acknowledge a compliment if the source of that compliment has not “addressed him properly”. He has an obsession with powerful cards and Duelists alike, idolizing many previous Kings and their signature monsters.
He also shows himself to be rather lazy, believing that a King should be “catered to by his servants”, and that the only thing he should have to lift a finger for is to Duel for the right to retain his title.
Biography
As a young child, Valin was the son of two modest New Domino citizens, his father an underpaid Duel Runner mechanic and his mother a waitress. His memories of them are limited, however, as he was separated from them at the age of seven when they made a detour through the Rat’s Nest.
For the next eleven years, Valin would live in the Rat’s Nest, shrouded in poverty and lonliness. Those years helped to strengthen him physically and emotionally, and during that time, he also honed his skills as a Duelist. Then, at eighteen, he met the King of Turbo Dueling at the time: Blade Takashi. He and Blade Dueled, the outcome ending in Blade’s favor, but the youth had impressed the King, and arrangements were made for Valin to have an apartment in Tops.
From then on, Valin’s life was changed. He was paid generously for maintaining a Dueling contract, and for the next year, he would make a large name for himself in New Domino. Then, at nineteen, he was pitted once again against Blade Takashi, this time in a Title Duel.
The Duel was fierce, and for a long time, it seemed neither would give in. Then, against all odds, Valin achieved victory over Blade. Gladly, the King relinquished his position and passed his title down to his friend.
At the age of twenty-two, and with his third year as King, Valin has decided to make a spectacle of this year’s anniversary by hosting a tournament called the Satellite Circuit. This tournament would conclude with the most worthy challenger being allowed to face-off against Valin in a Title Duel.
