Aqua

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Name: Aqua

Age: 21

Height: 5’8

BD: Jan 9

Appearance notes:

Tall, a little buff. You don’t not have muscles after ten years straight of fighting heartless. White to begin with, extreeeeemely pale because she hasn’t seen the sun in so long. Hair is short and choppy and uneven—she cuts it herself most of the time. Scars cover every visible inch of her skin, particularly her back and arms. (She has plenty of scars that are covered by her clothes, too). Heartless scratches, darkness burns, everything from thin white lines to jagged marks. Her eyes are as blue as her hair.

Personality notes:

- Mother Hen, a lot

by blackpaopu - more scuff marks than scars technically, but,

- Holds strictly to rules and traditions??

- Loves her friends, but is known for deciding what’s best for them instead of just,,, asking them about it,,,, ((she’s learning from her mistakes, but, still, [gestures at the entirety of bbs]))

- Only really smiles if she’s around her friends? Or if she, like, thought of something her friends brought up in the past / that she found funny. Rarely smiles thanks to outside influence.

- Just, Constantly Exhausted

- Not good at tact, or social interactions in general (being raised in a secluded castle where you only regularly interacted w/ three people will do that to you).

- Often distracted—but that’s more post-realm of darkness than anything else. She just Zones a lot.

- Has a very strong sense of Right And Wrong as well as Light And Darkness and has a very very thin patience for darkness / evil

- Also her patience is, thin,,, in general,,,

Other notes:

- Has a slight affinity for water! It’s not as strong as Ven’s affinity for wind, but she finds water Relaxing and it naturally puts her at Ease

- Becomes really distant, after seven years in the realm of darkness

- Disassociates a lot / zones out completely for minutes at a time

- Cannot keep track of time for the life of her anymore (seven years in a place where time does not pass properly will do that)

- Gets real tense when fighting heartless, and zones out the worst then. It’s easy to forget that each of these battles is not a struggle for her life, like they used to be. Fighting heartless for seven years straight will, well, do that to you

- If she ever zones out during battle, it’s more like she slips into auto-pilot, chaincasting spells one after another at heartless that probably aren’t there anymore. It was a coping mechanism, in the realm of darkness, when heartless would come in hordes that seemed to go on forever

- Aqua also has trouble sleeping—either as a self-preservation that is hard to shake (if I sleep the heartless get me) or out of fear that this sense of security is a dream and if she wakes up she’ll be back in the realm of darkness (that feeling fades, at least, after some time)

- A decent healer, but only in the can cast twenty strong curagas in you in succession and the magic will do its work so you’ll be fine way

Misc.

Likes:

Flowers

Arts n crafts (metalwork, especially)

Books

Rainy days

Fruit / fruity things

Baking

Dislikes:

Xehanort

Heartless, of course

Ven doing really stupid and / or dangerous things??? Get down from that roof, young man???

Being Sweaty 

Talking about her magical prowess

Music taste: Probably a classical music nerd, movie soundtracks, anything orchestral largely, ((though she has a softspot for bands like Sleeping at Last, which is one of Ven’s favorite bands))

Favorite color: surprise: it’s blue

Notable Abilities:

Can sense light/darkness levels in a heart! Most Keyblade Masters can, but Aqua is special in that she’s had this ability since birth ((it plays a large part in her thin patience for darkness! Eraqus’s teachings play the other part))

She can chain-cast spells up the wazoo, and basically does not have an upper limit to her magic anymore, though she will never pride herself for these things. They are not techniques she worked on for years and years because she wanted to—these are things she learned in order to survive, abilities tempered by fighting for her life for much, much too long

Ven is star struck by her abilities, but frankly, she regrets having to learn them. Ven just sees how powerful and shiny they are, he does not know the circumstances that forced her to learn them and perfect them, does not know the countless times she’d had to be nearly overcome by Heartless before Transcendence burst from her out of nowhere, did not know most of the attacks were born from a desperate last chance that barely outweighed the feeling it was all pointless, that she was eventually going to wither despite how much of a fight she put up, because there was more heartless, there was always more heartless

Command Styles / Shotlocks!!! Those are things only she and Ven and Terra can do. (well, and Eraqus, presumably, but……) Specific to her: spellweaver, ghost drive

Fighting Style / Battle Stats:

Literally the strongest person in the universe? Xehanort alone is her only rival for that title. Can kill heartless by sneezing. Knows magic spells that will Wreck You and has more than enough MP to cast twelve in a row. Sure, she doesn’t like showing off, and will use most techniques only when she needs to, but boy if she considers you a real threat? You dead, son

History:

- LIVING A HAPPY LIFE WITH HER FAMILY, WITH HER ADOPTED DAD ERAQUS, WITH HER ADOPTED BROTHERS TERRA AND VEN

- it’s not explicitly fptverse canon (I mean, it can’t be, seeing as it’s not mine and also vanitas is there) but [pushes worry for me in your direction] That’s The Idea when it comes to life in Land of Departure before everything went wrong

- training with Eraqus and Terra and Ven!!

- I hold pretty strongly that Aqua/Terra/Ven knew Mickey before BBS took place!!!! So!!!!

- XEHANORT SMILING CAPTIONED “HELLO I’M HERE TO RUINEVERYTHING”.PNG

- she became a keyblade master but At What Cost ((also did not get trained in anything only masters can know so Oops))

- BBS as a whole. Learning Worrying things about Terra. Fighting the darkness in general.  XEHANORT TWEENS INTO FRAME AGAIN. ((boy does she hate him))

- also, Vanitas

- meeting Sora and Kairi on destiny islands!! Passing Sora the keyblade

- ERAQUS DIES. VEN GOES COMOTOSE. SHE TRANSFORMS A RUINED LAND OF DEPARTURE INTO CASTLE OBLIVION AND LEAVES VEN THERE.

- FIGHTS A FULLY SUCCESSFULLY NORTED TERRA. GETS HER ASS KICKED, KINDA, AND TOSSED INTO THE REALM OF DARKNESS

- spends seven straight years in the realm of darkness

- does eventually get out tho, at least

- now she’s hoping for news on Terra (tho knowing she won’t get any), living at Yen Sid’s w/ Ven, and training Sora. 

Roxas

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Name: Roxas

Age: 14

Height: 5’6

BD: He was built on Oct 19th

Appearance notes:

A mix between Sora and Ven, being something of a Replica of them both. He has the same face as Ven, but most everything else he has is Sora’s (like, his lackluster height). His skin is brown, like Sora’s, and his hair is a golden color, which is like Ven’s except darker because Ven’s is more of a pale blonde. He’s of an average build, probably has some defined muscles, etc.

Personality notes:

- Again: somewhat of a mix between Sora and Ven. Wants to help out. Doesn’t understand everything but wants to Learn, Discover, Know

- Think: First Half Of Days Roxas???

- Polite, kind, tries to help out whenever he can.

- Has a strong sense of justice, of what’s fair and what’s not

- Has a pretty surprising amount of patience

- Just wants to make sense of things

Other notes:

- Though technically a Replica of Sora, Xemnas supplemented memories of Ven to stabilize Sora’s unstable data, which is why Roxas looks the way he does

- Isn’t sure how he feels about the Organization

- Has ghost memories of both Sora and Ven’s life in his head, though it’s more like he gets feelings when a moment reminds him of them and less like he literally can see all of Sora and Ven’s memories

- Doesn’t understand why Xion is so insistent on giving up????

- He cannot seem to catch a break

Misc.

Likes:

Fighting’s pretty fun

Xion

Axel

Joseph and his friends are pretty chill?

Having time off

Ice cream

Dislikes:

Melted ice cream

Particularly large heartless

When no one listens to him??

The way Xemnas always look at him, like he’s, property??? YUCK.

Notable Abilities:

None, really! Outside of a Keyblade, anyway.

Fighting Style / Battle Stats:

Well balanced!!! Average fighter. Has a good handle on both physical and magical attacks. 

Tends to analyze his situation and come up w/ a strategy before attacking, especially when dealing with a big heartless! This is as much being careful as it is programming to make sure he doesn’t rush into something recklessly and get himself killed

History:

- being built by the Organization

- being used by the Organization to make Kingdom Hearts

- meeting / befriending Xion

- becoming friends with Axel

- considered joining the Rebellion at one point

- everything re: Xion’s failing data

- the, well, end of Nothing’s Fair lol

Namine

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Name: Namine

Age: 14, squeaking to 15, but not quite there yet

Height: 5’1

BD: August 6th

Appearance notes:

Extremely pale, sunburns easily. Her eyes are also an extremely pale blue. Tiny in every possible way, built a lot like Kairi—height mainly comes from the legs, small chest. Wears skirts a lot. Likes floral patterns and boots. Probably wears her hair in different styles, as ATR progresses (ESPECIALLY IN LATER PARTS OF PART 4 BECAUSE REASONS)

Personality notes:

- Pretty stubborn, knows how to get her way

- Actually a pretty good liar?? Kairi taught her well.

- Polite and generally friendly. 

- Some social anxiety issues. Not so great at interacting people she’s not close too.

- Extremely introverted. Will probably sit on the edge of a room rather than interact much with the people in it??? Some of this may because of Depression, though, which she’s struggling with in ATR.

- Jokes a lot with friends.

- A little scared to try/do new things

- Used to be fairly patient and tolerant, but as of ATR has a much shorter temper than before. some of that is depression, some of that is [spoiler] data

- The worst enabler. Kairi could tell her she was going to jump off a cliff and Namine probably wouldn’t stop her

Other notes:

- Memory Meltdowns were a pretty big deal in Dead Inside, but as of ATR, they’ve died down because [spoiler]

- Likes drawing and art in general, but that’s, not even, a surprise???

- One of her favorite hobbies is drawing Sora’s OCs, because, holy moly?? Some of these stories are really good???? she adopts at least half of them from him.

- Her second favorite thing to draw after Sora’s OCs (and her own) is her and her friends together. Oh and landscapes, especially sunsets

- While she’s probably more comfortable with the HB gang than I have explored (because, it has been a few months she’s been living there now), I think it does take her a while to fit in with them. There’s also a very legitimate chance that she would’ve been better off staying with Kairi, but, well,,,

Misc.

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Likes:

Her friends!!!

Drawing

Painting in particular is incredibly relaxing for her

Comfy sheets

Sweets

Dislikes:

Larxene

Jerks

Fighting

When your colored pencil breaks right after sharpening it

Music taste: the girl who likes generic pop. leans a little towards indie and mumford sons / monsters and men. Really won’t reject any of her friend’s music tastes. Listens to a lot of synthpop because Riku, has Kairi’s dance CD memorized as much as Kairi and Sora do, finds a certain sense of comfort in it. Likes alternative rock because it reminds her of Kairi.

Favorite color: pastels in general

Notable Abilities:

Used to be able to draw pictures that predicted the future. As of ATR, that’s stopped.

Used to Feel what was going on with Riku during particularly important moments because of the connection they shared. As of ATR, that’s stopped.

Her magic is pretty good, in general, but she prefers support magic over offensive magic

Fighting Style / Battle Stats:

Hates fighting, and conflict in general, after Dead Inside. If she ever warms up to it again, she’d fight with magic and magic only. Knows a few offensive spells in order to better defend herself, but excels in support magic. Would be the healer of the party, the white mage, the cleric. Buffs other characters, heals them, takes down enemies with poisons and slows and stops.

History:

- Living with Kairi! that’s an important history thing imo

- those three months where it was just her and Kairi on the islands, coping with a gaping hole in their chests, missing their other two best friends, but supporting each other through it

- spending months in CO. Not as long as Riku did, but she still felt the effects of the Castle and the Rebellion, and living in constant fear of being kidnapped or killed canNOT have been fun.

- the Meltdowns, in general

- the ending of Dead Inside. It’s extremely spoilers, but you bet your bottom it affected her bad. She’s still recovering.

Kairi

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Age: 15

Height: 5’7

BD: May 4th

Appearance notes:

Freckles!!!!!! Not as dark skinned as Sora, but being mixed race (between Destiny Island / Radiant Garden) she’s still brown—medium brown, I guess?. Her eyes are basically purple. A little bulky, a little chubby. Height comes from her legs. Small chest. Wears shirt/shorts like all the time, doesn’t mind skirts but only if she can wear shorts under them, prefers skorts. Should probably invest in a pair of gloves, like Tifa’s.

Personality notes:

- Blunt, rude, speaks her mind without hesitation.

- Teases incessantly

- Incredibly reckless, loves doing #yolo things.

- She’s not kind. She’s not dainty. She has a strong disrespect for authority if she thinks they’re stupid, and really has no time for anyone’s bullcrap in general.

- Pretty good at keeping a level head, but still yells a lot. it’s not because she’s pissed, she just yells when she’s trying to get someone’s attention / is frustrated in general.

- Bitter as hell during most of Dead Inside. That mellows once she leaves the Islands, but, Hoo Boy

- A tough love kinda gal

- Besides Joseph, probably the best liar you will ever meet

Other notes:

- When she’s embarrassed / flustered her voice squeaks

- Chews her lip when thinking

- Taller than Sora

- Competitive as hell

- Will destroy you in Mario Kart

- Gets itchy whenever darkness is around

- Has blood sugar problems—will get EXTREMELY grumpy if she’s gone too long without food.

Misc.

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Likes:

Music

The ocean

Dancing

Her friends, obviously, I could put this on everyone’s tho lol

Her dad

Girls

Dislikes:

Being left out

Darkness in general

People who won’t let go of their old fashioned and stuck up views to consider other opinions

Yen Sid in particular

Music taste: alternative rock, fist pump or songs you can dance to in general. Probably won’t listen to it if it’s not upbeat. Fall out Boy and Paramore are her fave bands. Has anentire dance mix that she lovingly crafted (with Sora’s help) and listens to it, constantly.

Favorite color: purple

Notable Abilities:

Pretty decent but extremely unruly magic abilities

Heart of Pure Light – could probably learn to do cool tricks with light if she put her mind to it.

Can sense darkness, though not exactly in drastic or eloquent ways. It just makes her really itchy.

Fighting Style / Battle Stats:

While she’s got some magical abilities up her sleeve, she’d definitely prefer to punch you in the face. Is mostly good at hand to hand combat / punching things in general. Not so great w/ ranged attacks. Would probably be twice as powerful if she had a weapon, but no one knows where to start on getting her one (besides, Tifa manages just fine with just her fists, doesn’t she?)

History:

- growing up on Destiny Islands, in particular with Sora! They were extremely close friends since a young age.

- she’s pretty good friends with Selphie too. don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

- Not exactly relevant to her, but: her dad’s only been the Mayor for four years, so she’s not really used to growing up spoiled or anything lol

- Falling to Pieces, in general. Watching Sora fall to darkness from an incredibly intimate vantage point. Kind of being terrified of him, or what the darkness did to him, a little?

- Three months of just her and Namine on the islands, supporting each other through the aching hole in their lives left by their two best friends.

- One month of being on the Islands alone, feeling abandoned by all her friends, unable to confide in anyone because of the spell on the Islands that made everyone else forget. Being bitter as hell, and resorting to not-exactly-healthy coping methods (drowning her feelings / avoiding everyone).

- Searching for Sora

- Being friends with Shad

- The ending of Dead Inside, which is spoilers. She’s coping okay (certainly much better than Namine is), but whether or not it still bugs her enough to keep her up at night or anything remains to be seen.

Sora's Shadow (Shad)

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Name: Well, it’s not Shad, but

Age: 14?? 15?? Sora’s age.

Height: Sora’s height (5’5)

BD: lmao

Appearance notes:

He looks basically exactly like Sora, same face same build same height same everything except hair/eyecolor/clothes. He’s got paler (lighter?) skin than Sora, though he’s still Brown. His hair is generally unruly. His eyes are yellow-gold, like a Heartless, not orange-gold like a Nort, and that’s a very important distinction.

His hands are rough and calloused, because that's what having chains as your weapon of choice will do to you. Sure, he has gloves, but even if he doesn't have callouses in the palm of his hand, he sure does have them on his fingers.

Personality notes:

- An asshole. Would trip you and then laugh at you. 

- Pretty conceited, thinks he’s hot stuff, laughs at his own jokes.

- Short temper. Gets pissed at the drop of a hat, wants to strangle anyone who prevents him from getting his way.

- Takes enjoyment from watching other people suffer.

Other notes:

- He's Sora’s Shadow, or Sheto, a creature made specifically to drag Sora into darkness. Well, that’s what he claims.

- Can hear Sora’s thoughts / feel Sora’s emotions at any given moment, along with communicate telepathically with Sora (Sora can do the same, but, like, doesn’t really know he can so he doesn’t)

- Has something of a crush on Kairi.

- Has a habit of drumming his fingers on things, especially when nervous

Misc. 

Likes:

Watching people suffer

Digging into the juicy dark painful stuff in anyone’s lives

Chains

Himself

Cake / sweets

Kairi

Dislikes:

Being interrupted

Having his plans getting shook up

Tifa

Maleficent

Nosy people

Public displays of affection

Music taste: MCR and other "edgey" music, Pierce the Veil being among his fave. Has an extreme soft spot for female vocals, though he will not admit it. Secretly loves Florence and the Machine / Marina and the Diamonds / and Lorde, probably. One day he will discover Carly Rae Jepsen and it will change him irrevocably.

Favorite color: red

Notable Abilities:

Extremely versed in, uh “dark magic”? What do you call it in KH. Is it just being able to use and manipulate darkness. Well. He’s good at that.

Can sense emotions / read hearts of people who aren’t Sora. He doesn’t have constant access to this sort of thing, though, he really has to dig, and often can only access thoughts touched with darkness

Can also manipulate hearts and make people think/believe/feel things, at least to a minor extent. I’ve described it as “tugging at heart strings” which is most like tugging at their fear/anger/whatever and making it spike up for a few moments. People more skilled at this can keep their illusions going for a long time, but Shad’s generally only last a few minutes

Can control his chains telekinetically.

Can teleport. He does not use dark corridors to get around, he literally teleports.

Fighting Style / Battle Stats:

That Keyblade + chain combo of his. He uses his chains a lot, and fights one-handed with his Keyblade even when his chains aren’t summoned, unlike Sora who fights two-handed. This is largely so that his left hand is always free, since he can summon his chains on a whim

He can manipulate darkness and use magic, though he usually sticks to dark variants of spells (dark blizzaga vs regular blizzaga). Not that he can’t manage the regular variants, it’s just habit to use the dark variants

In RPG terms, he’s, I dunno, a regular fighter? Sora’s a well-rounded jack of all trades, and Shad’s a little similar, though he fights with more magic than Sora does and is better at long-ranged stuff, thanks to his chains.

History:

Well, there’s not much that isn’t recorded in Dead Inside, but here’s some notable, non-spoilery events, at least from Part 1 anyway. We don’t want spoilers on his page.

- has attempted to drag Sora into darkness multiple times now

- has an ongoing friendship with Kairi, sort of

- snooped in on Namine and Riku that one time?

- Tried to kill Cloud, got his butt handed him to by Tifa. He really hates her for it.

- has manipulated Sora a few times to make Sora say really mean things to his friends

- for the most part, his life has completely revolved around Sora / fighting Sora. For the most part.

this is his Keyblade, Binding Chains

Sora

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Name: Sora

Age: 15

Height: 5’5

BD: March 21

Appearance notes:

Brown skinned because most everyone on Destiny Islands is. The bluest eyes you can imagine. His hair’s also brown, like it should be, not that ugly dirty blonde it is in kh2??? Incredibly short (shorter than Kairi), of a wiry and lanky build. A little underweight, as of the second half of Dead Inside on.

Also as of the second half of Dead Inside on, has a scar that goes all the way across his face, from his left eye down to his right jaw bone, continuing down his neck and then to his right shoulder.

Wears t-shirts constantly, loves the sleeveless jacket and fingerless gloves aesthetic. Won’t wear anything that’s not shorts, probably can’t be talked into sandals but is willing to go around barefoot literally whenever, wherever.

Personality notes:

- A really great guy! Friendly, nice, won’t be mean to you without reason.

- A little tactless. Doesn’t entirely understand how his words are going to affect other people, though over the course of everything, he’s become a lot more conscious about that sort of thing

- Extremely compassionate, excels in empathy. Real good at putting himself in someone else’s shoes and understanding their problems

- A decent liar, but bad at improv and reacting to spur-of-the-moment things.

- Pretty reliable, except, when he totally forgets that he promised to do something for you. USUALLY FOR THE BIG THINGS HE GETS IT DONE, but if you asked him to bring a table to this event he’ll probably forget at least once, though he WILL rush to get it done (going “oh SHOOT”) as soon as you remind him

(On this vein, prefers to do things immediately after asked to do them, so he won’t forget about them)

- Would like to give EVERYONE the benefit of the doubt

- Has a strong sense of duty

- FORGETFUL AS HECK!!!! Has ADD, though I’m bad at writing him that way. Has trouble focusing on something things, but can hyperfocus on others. Bad at sitting still for long periods of times.

Other notes:

- Constantly Tired

- Pretty good at reading people??? Not necessarily, like, their motives, but extremely good at sensing when one of his friends is upset, or when, like, anyone is upset lol

- LOVES FAIRYTALES, has a bajillion OCs, writes his own stories and fanfic n stuff

- Fidgets when lying

- Doesn’t eat regularly, or, he hasn’t since the second half of Dead Inside

Misc.

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Likes:

The ocean

Kairi, his friends in general

Helping people

Fairytales

Fantasy in general

Dislikes:

Cold weather

Anyone insulting his friends

Bullies

Maleficent

Darkness / Heartless / Etc

Music taste: has an extremely varied music taste. Has grown up listening to Kairi’s music so you can’t say he doesn’t like it, because, he actually likes it a lot. I’m not sure what to call his favorite genre, but his favorite bands are 30 Seconds to Mars and Bastille, for sure.
He feels a strong emotional attachment to songs with a story in them. probably makes a million character mixes for his favorite games/books/movies, and for his own OCs.
Loves VOCALOIDS??? Rin and Len in particular, because they’re all I personally listen to (LMAO) but while he does eventually spread out his VOCALOID tastes to include anything that’s jamming, for the longest time he likes them largely because of the stories in them and the PVs. Story of Evil, Synchronicity, First Virus Resistance, etc. He knows Paradise of Light and Shadow by heart.

Favorite color: not red

Notable Abilities:

Keyblade wielder, but not much else special. He can’t do light magic or dark magic. He has a pretty good grasp on magic in general but it’s not so stellar it should be in this section.

Extremely empathetic. I mean, he is still Sora.

While all my ideas for heart magic (like, what it even is, concretely) are extremely tentative, I’d say he’s naturally adept at it, though he has noooooooooo sort of clue how to use it, let alone how it works

Fighting Style / Battle Stats:

Extremely well rounded, jack of all trades. Currently a little better at hack and slash (and prefers it a little bit, due to being more comfortable w/ it) but he’s coming along in his magic, as well, and is learning to incorporate magic attacks into his fighting repertoire.

He’s no Keyblade Master, but he’s coming along quite well. Give him a few more months, and he’ll definitely be a force to be reckoned with.

History:

- growing up on Destiny Islands, knowing Kairi since they were literal babies

- playing a lot of play pretend when he was a kid, and, even as he got older, still like??? live RP’d his stories with his friends a lot lol

- while he was friends with Tidus and Wakka, he definitely wasn’t as close to them as Kairi was to Selphie

- meeting Aqua, and getting passed the Keyblade

- Falling to Pieces in general, as in: falling to darkness, working with Maleficent, etc

- being used as a vessel by Ansem

- spending three months in the dark realm. It wasn’t too bad, and he spent most of it just kind of floating / sleeping, but, yanno

- struggling with his darkness thruout Dead Inside, learning to deal with it, overcome it

- fighting his Shadow

- living with Maleficent again??? that sure was rough on him

- his final battle of Dead Inside. Well, okay, not his final final battle, but the really important one against his Shadow. There are a lot of spoiler reasons this affects him, but, it’s a thing. 

Riku

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Name: Riku

Age: 16

Height: somewhere around 6 feet. I keep making him shorter

BD: July 9th is the day he celebrates. Who knows when his actual birthday is.

Appearance notes:

Wears vest or tee + jeans combo Constantly. His hair’s short, and he likes it that way because it doesn’t tickle his neck too much and his head’s much lighter. His skin’s paler than it probably should be (at least according to his character icons anyway, WHICH ARE LIKE, SUPER HARD TO CHANGE,,,,), blame the lack of sun for like six straight months and Vexen whitewashing him. Has some decent muscles, pretty lanky. Slouches constantly because he feels like he’s towering over all his loved ones and he hates it.

There’s also a patch of purple on his gut where his dark suit tried to prevent him from bleeding out, and over time he’s developed similar purple patches over the rest of his skin, namely his arms.  (Gets cut in a fight > dark suit tries to fix him > purple spots.) Those will go away if he ever gets his darkness fixed.

Personality notes:

- If he doesn’t know you or doesn’t like you it’s just Constant Rude Zone

- He’s a sarcastic ass??

- Snark central

- He’s so nice to his friends and family though…. he cares about them so much

- Introverted as hell, or, perhaps it’s just he’s not necessarily good at interacting with people. Given the way he was raised, it’s, not really a surprise.

- The most loyal person you will ever meet

- Kind of selfish, but also struggles to know when it’s ok to like?? take up space. Thanks abuse (/sarcasm)

- He’s a soft baby towards the people he cares about he’s just bad at showing affection

Other notes:

- He has super sensitive hearing and it Sucks Mostly

- Major sensory issues, largely due to said super sensitive hearing. If it gets too noisy / too loud he’s not gonna have a fun time.

- Used to be extremely depressed / hate himself a lot, but he’s gotten better!! He’s gotten so much better.

- He can’t sit still, uh, ever. Constantly fidgets. Gets up and paces just to keep himself occupied. He's so antsy.

- If he doesn’t know you and you’re touching him Please Stop

- Panic attacks whenever Lightning

- HIS FAMILY IS SO IMPORTANT!!! He’s gotten so much better since being adopted by the HB gang, by the Gainsborough house. He’s not perfect, but he’s working to get better, and he’s made leaps and bounds in that direction!!

Misc.

Likes:

His family

His friends

Fighting maybe a lil too much

Reading

Peace and quiet, if he can get it. Now that the Rebellion’s over he’d really rather just, Not, have to worry about evils or bad guys or anything. can he please just relax.

Sunrises

Dislikes:

Vexen

Larxene

Being forced to do things

Sitting still

Lightning / Thunder magic

Music taste: synthpop becomes his absolute favorite! Porter Robinson, CHVRCHES, Madeon, Passion Pit. Porter Robinson is definitely his top fave though, with CHVRCHES as a close second. Loves Bastille’s mixtape albums. A pretty good fan of dubstep type stuff in general, isn’t too annoyed by Sora’s VOCALOID music ((ACTUALLY SOME OF IT’S PRETTY GOOD, HE ADMITS)).

Favorite color: sky blue

Notable Abilities:

While he’s not the strongest person in the universe (considering Roxas was built to top him, and Aqua’s always been miles stronger than him) his physical strength / fighting prowess is still nothing to sneeze at

He used to have insane darkness abilities but then they became fatal to him, so like

Super sensitive hearing! it’s more of a curse than a blessing

Fighting Style / Battle Stats:

Riku’s a glass canon!!!!! He’d be the strongest member in your hypothetical rpg party but his defense is kind of awful and he doesn’t know how to cure so he constantly gets KO’d. He’s also cocky as hell and overestimates his abilities in battle, frequently.

Lots of hack-n-slash. Doesn't really know any magic (except dark firaga, but he can't use that anymore.)

His ridiculous strength makes up for his “rush into everything without a plan” most of the time but, one of these days, kid… one of these days.

History:

- months of abuse / suffering in his home universe in Castle Oblivion, thanks to the Organization in general and Larxene in particular.

- had it Really Bad for kh canon / magik’s Namine

- Got to this universe on what was basically a suicide attempt. Agreed to take the second chance at life / have his memories erased. Not remembering was supposed to make his life easier, but it kind of backfired. He remembers at least 9/10ths of what was erased, now.

- He killed FtPverse’s Vexen aka Even, and there’s little he regrets more, seeing as it caused the Rebellion and everything.

- He lead the Replica Rebellion in Dead Inside, though extremely against his will. While he supported the cause, he absolutely hated being there, and Alpha did not make it any easier on him.

- The final battle of Dead Inside. I won’t say what happened because spoilers, but you bet it affected him. (Admittedly, it appears to have affected him a lot less than it affected Namine and Kairi, but maybe he’s just recovered better.)

- being adopted by Aerith!! Being assured by her he can be loved!! Being welcomed into her home, taking her up on that offer, and now living with her and the rest of the HB gang!! This is less history and more “something happened at the literal start of All that Remains” but listen it is extremely important.

i drew a boy

UNDER RENOVATIONS

blog's gonna be under renovations for a bit!!!!!!! getting up some shiny new character sheets and also a new style of homepage. NICE.


also i guess i'm leaving old posts up????????? largely just to...... keep a few links unbroken,



EVERYTHING BELOW / PAST THIS POST IS A) OUTDATED B) FULL OF SPOILERS

Vexen

Links: Character Tag (actually very extensive) || Gallery || Art source

Age: Who knows? I certainly don't.

Height: About 6 feet

Cloud

Links: Character Tag

Age: 23

Height: 5'7