Aerith

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Name: Aerith

Age: 26

Height: 5’4

BD: Jan 12

Appearance notes:

Usually wears skirts / dresses / pink (provided it’s practical, of course!) Continuously wears the pink bow Zack gave her, every day, every day, every day. Technically her hair is short now but lmao if I ever remember to address that 

Personality notes:

- She’s so nice to everyone???

- She’s notoriously stubborn though

- The mom friend

- She was raised to be Polite and does that so hard

- I missed a lot of like Canon Aerith properties, one of them being she teases so bad?? at least those close to her. Leon hates to be in a room with her and Rinoa at the same time because they are Relentless

- Constantly prefers to trust / forgive / give people the benefit of the doubt

- Gentle

- Actually a really private person??? She shares things with her family (most of the time) but she very often goes “it’s not important” to things, even sometimes w/ her family (W/ LEON!!!) because she just doesn’t feel like there’s a reason to bother them with it

Other notes:

- Adopted siblings w/ Leon! Aerith was brought to Elmyra by a dying woman and, after the woman’s death, was taken in. Unlike FF7, this happened when Aerith was a Literal Baby, and not like six years old. Nothing is known about Aerith’s blood mother.

- Being raised by a healer mom, she was taught by the best! Go-to healer, like, all the time (which is fair, she is the best healer out of the entire ftpcast)

- Adopts everyone

- Though she’s finally starting to stop holding onto her grief re: Zack, he still is a major sore spot for her (of course)

- Kind of bad at responding to horrible things?? You’d expect her to be immediately compassionate but there is a few seconds where she just kind of goes Blank because she can’t even comprehend that such terrible things exist in this world (see: her reaction to Larxene)

- SHE’S PROBABLY ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO GETS REALLY NOSTALGIC OVER THE SLIGHTEST OF THINGS

- Aerith actually has three staffs! Her beginner staff, which she's held onto for sentimental reasons (but isn't great so she rarely uses), a staff Zack hand-carved for her (which is irreplaceable, so she doesn't use), and then her actual staff! Her actual one is made of metal and is overall better at conducting magic, which is largely why it's the one she always uses.

Misc.

Likes:

Flowers

Gardening

Her brother, Leon

Her family, in general (because of course)

Pretty things!!!

The smell of rain

Dislikes:

Rude people

Xehanort

The darkness in general

Not being trusted, esp by those close to her

Notable Abilities:

She gets Feelings about things, usually re: when friends/family are in danger, but, other things too

Her healing abilities, in general. Like I said, she’s the best healer of the FtPcast, along with the best healer in Hollow Bastion

Fighting Style / Battle Stats:

Aerith knows a loooooot of magic in general, both offensive and defensive, but she usually just focuses on support magic! Especially if she’s fighting w/ a large group, because everyone else will have the fighting covered, and someone has to make sure everyone stays alive.

She’s also probably someone who does buffs/debuffs? Since that goes along w/ the supportive magic role. Stop/poison/confusion for enemies, haste/protect/heal for her party members

Of course, if she’s on her own or in a group of two to three people total, then she knows plenty of offensive magic to hold her own and also kick enemy butt.

History:

- growing up with Leon as her brother, being raised together with him, thinking of him as a brother since the beginning, of course!

- being raised by a healer mother—learning healing, constantly helping people, having Be Polite Be Nice Be Helpful ground into her bones

art by yourhandiheld!

- she skipped school a lot when she was older (like, young teen age) to help her mom w/ healing, along with learn the ropes of healing a lot better!

- Aerith, along with Leon and Zack, helped Rinoa deal with a sorceress problem, and participate in the events of ff8 in general! Outside of some Insane Friendship Bonding I don’t think anything major happened to Aerith herself

- dating Zack for plenty of years!

- losing her mother

- losing Zack a year later

- losing….. Radiant Garden….. just months after Zack

- living in Traverse Town!!! She spent a lot of Traverse Town in a funk ((losing so much in such a short time will do that to you)) though she did eventually work through it

- adopting Yuffie into the HB fam

- helping out Riku and Namine through Falling to Pieces

- moving back to HB, rebuilding HB, Dead Inside as a whole

- ADOPTING RIKU ((AND, NAMINE,,,))

- starting up the infirmary / healing business again

- [gestures in ATR’s direction because she’s played a pretty large role in all of it]

~Check out the HB/FF gang prequel timeline for More History+ bonus deets~

Xion

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Name: Xion

Age: 14

Height: 5’5

BD: created on October 16th

Appearance notes:

Literally if you took Sora and Kairi and mashed them together you’d get Xion. Sora’s dark skin and dark hair, Kairi’s face and Kairi’s eyes. She inherited being short from Sora. ALSO SHE HAS FRECKLES…!!!!!!!

Personality notes:

- I’ve described her in the past as having the worst parts of Kairi and the best parts of Sora. It’s not, exactly, wrong??? ((though she’d have probably some of Sora’s worst traits and some of Kairi’s best, as well))

- Granted, Xion isn’t living in the best circumstances throughout Nothing’s Fair, so she’s not really performing at her best, either?

- Snippy a lot. Holds grudges. Extremely judgmental.

- Frustrated easily??

- She tries her best but in her conditions it’s hard to be things that aren’t negative (at least, without some amazing strength / support)

- Constantly paranoid

Other notes:

- Xion is intersex, actually! Being a Replica and considering the conditions she was built in (a haphazard mix of Sora and Kairi data) she ended up with biology that is neither entirely male nor female, though she identifies as female.

- Suffered a data instability that was slowly killing her, as well as being extremely detrimental to her mental state

- Had more friends than she’d actually, probably, admit to??

- Really really enjoyed being able to use her Keyblade!

Misc. 

Likes:

Going on missions w/ Roxas

Roxas

She was fond of 7

Her Keyblade

Dislikes:

Riku

Saix

Being bored out of her mind

Feeling useless

Notable Abilities:

None, other than being able to wield a Keyblade!

Fighting Style / Battle Stats:

Think: A Weaker Sora. She’s balanced alright (and has to learn magic when her Keyblade fails her) but she’s not any more powerful than Sora was during FtP, and fighting when you have failing data is Hard.

History:

- being created, then smuggled under the radar by 7 (with help from R)

- generally being bored and living in fear until Roxas came along

- befriending Roxas, befriending Axel—going on missions with them sometimes

- her data failing, In General

- living in hiding, unwilling to join either the Organization or the Rebellion

- living with progressively bad memory

- that one time where she ended up in Kairi’s house

- THE,,, ENDING,,,, of Nothing’s Fair,,,, ((wait does that count as HISTORY????))

Joseph

 

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Name: Joseph

Age: 12 and a half

Height: I dunno? Like, 4 feet ish, though he hasn’t stopped growing yet

BD: Dec 6

Appearance notes:

Smol Friend, though when he gets older he’s gonna start shooting up real tall. He’ll probably get taller than sora, though not taller than Riku. A real fan of jackets + cargo pants because Pockets. Default fashion is cargo pants + tshirt + jacket w/ rolled up sleeves overtop. Probably has more than one jacket so he’s not getting his gross and sweaty every day. His hair is black, and if he lets it get long enough in front he’ll start looking like Baby Zexion whether he wants to or not. I’ve talked about him growing his hair out in the back tho and wearing it in a lil ponytail bc I thought it was cute, but who knows if that’ll come up before ATR ends lol. Scrawny.

Personality notes:

- Constantly upbeat!!! Bounces around a lot. Loud.

- Easily excitable. Likes being dramatic.

- Smiles all around

- He’s a kid, though—still, technically, a kid!—and he pouts like a kid he acts like a kid

- Kind of, passionate about everything he ever encounters, everything he ever cares about he just throws it into 100%. Excited to do something? 100% EXCITEMENT. Mad because Sora left w/o saying goodbye?? WON’T SHUT UP ABOUT IT!!!!

- Likes practical jokes and teasing. Honorary little brother to, like, everyone.

- Really smart??

- YOU EITHER THINK HE’S SWEET OR YOU THINK HE’S OBNOXIOUS THERE IS NO INBETWEEN, THAT’S A 12 YEAR OLD FOR YOU!!!

Other notes:

- A Replica, but he’s what everyone calls an Experiment—FtP Vexen created him from data borrowed from more than one person (Zexion for sure, a little Xaldin, and who knows what else)

- While he’s Coping, he does carry the weight of being the only surviving Experiment on his shoulders still. Knowing all your friends are dead is kind of awful.

- Insanely lucky? It’s unfair

- Doesn’t know when to shut up

Misc. 

made w/ dreamselfy.me

Likes:

Ice cream!

Being obnoxious

Pranks

Video games

Hugs

Dislikes:

Saix

Seeing people mope

Getting caught in the middle of one of his schemes

Chores

Music taste: bubbly music!!! Imagine Dragons, Owl City, Passion Pit. And, um, some Barenaked Ladies songs. Someone (29) is put off by the band name, but if Pinch Me is NOT epitome Joseph music aesthetic idk what is. Also, twelve year old music?? Relient k probably. Sonic music for sure, along with any other video game music w/ vocal tracks. The pokemon theme song. Video game parody songs. The like.

Favorite color: steel blue, because, gotta love that twelve year old aesthetic (if he ever makes his own website it's just steel blue and black and no other colors)

Notable Abilities:

He’s real good at being a distraction

He’s a great liar. Between Zexion’s illusion powers and Xaldin’s silver tongue, Joseph can come up with an elaborate cover story for any failed prank on the spot. Only people who know him well (29) will really catch onto when he’s making stuff up.

(It remains to be seen whether or not he has illusion powers of his own.)

Fighting Style / Battle Stats:

Though his only claim to fighting fame in Dead Inside was swinging around a wooden sword like it was going to do something, come ATR he’s fashioned a boomerang-shield hybrid for himself!! He’s still, uh, learning the ropes. He can manage small Heartless on his own but that’s about it.

Also he knows some Blizzard magic, because, (glances at 29) of course.

History:

- being real close friends with Raymond and Patrick, the only other experiments his age

- GETTING INTO A LOT OF TROUBLE WITH THEM BC PRANKS

now there's a boy i can get behind

- GENERALLY BEING A NUISANCE TO, LIKE, EVERYONE???? While certainly having a bunch of whining 8-year-olds around can’t have been fun for the Organization, it may have been the terrible trio that really caused Saix to start hating the experiments so much

- he was friends with Xion, in Nothing’s Fair! And Roxas, a little bit

- losing Raymond and Patrick and all his friends (including: Roxas and Xion)

- looking up to Riku / clinging to Riku because Riku’s like the only one his age around here now that everyone is gone I need friends please

- HE WAS PRETTY CLOSE TO NAMINE TOO!!

- kind of helping out in his own way throughout the entirety of Dead Inside, with various things???

- as of ATR, he and 29 have moved into Hollow Bastion!!! Other than occasionally help out with Heartless, they haven’t really done much, though Joseph’s probably dropped by the Gainsborough house and been his usual self from time to time

 

here's a brand new full body ref, also

 

 

Mickey

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Name: Mickey Mouse

Age: he’s immortal, probably ((OR HAS A VERY VERY VERY EXTENDED LIFESPAN AND IDK WHAT THAT TRANSLATES TO IN HUMAN YEARS))

Height: like, 3 feet

BD: Nov 18

Appearance notes:

I. do I even need this. He’s Mickey Mouse. Big round ears, technically has a tail even though I always feel weird bringing it up. Small. KH fashion choices. Yanno. ((For the record, he uses Starseeker, and not the Kingdom Key D, throughout FtPverse!))

Personality notes:

- THE BIGGEST WORRYWORT YOU WILL EVER MEET!!!!!!!!!! Kingly duties? Paperwork? His friends? Does Minnie miss him??? Is Xehanort going to destroy everything?? DID HE ACCIDENTALLY FORGET TO SIGN THOSE PAPERS MINNIE GAVE HIM AGAIN??? Yes, he did. This is why Minnie runs the kingdom.

- Anyway I guess that got on a tangent but: he’s a big fat worrywart!!!! HE ALWAYS WORRIES!!!!!

- Super chill and nice!!!! Always a pleasure to be around (I mean, provided, you aren’t evil??).

- Kind of the dad friend?? ((not the mom friend who takes care of you but a guy, the dad friend in which he gives you rides home and tries to give you advice but isn’t, um, good at that?? At least he doesn’t make dad jokes))

- Feels strongly about Keyblade Master Duty, though sometimes his compassion gets the better of him (which, is a good thing, usually)

- Has very strict views re: darkness

- Kind, compassionate, great! WOULD NEVER DO EVIL!!

- Has ADD!! Super forgetful, has trouble focusing on certain things, hyperfocuses on others. Fidgety.

Other notes:

- A reckless driver (THIS IS CANON???)

- Would probably forget his keyblade if he couldn’t just summon it to him

- Carried a lot of guilt re: letting Aqua/Ven/Terra down. He feels significantly better now that Aqua and Ven are back, but, still

- Doesn’t understand a lot of things and is perpetually Confused ((well, ok, Sora in general in Ftpverse has thrown him (and Yen Sid both) for a loop))

- He married into royalty, and was not born royalty ((Minnie was born royalty, especially if you consider Three Musketeers))

Misc.

Likes:

Meeting new friends!!

His beautiful wife

Traveling the worlds

Being able to help out!

Dislikes:

Being called “your majesty” ESPECIALLY by his friends (Donald and Goofy you both have known me for like fifty+ years you don’t have to??????)

Paperwork

Being forced to stay in one spot for long periods of time

Heartless ofc

Villains who Just Won’t Quit (coughs) malficent (coughity)

Notable Abilities:

Keyblade Master!!! The only active Keyblade Master in FtPverse that isn’t Aqua or Xehanort

SOME SICK ACROBATIC SKILLS??

Very strong light magic! A decent healer.

Less in the “I know a lot of things about healing” sense more in the “I could pump a really really REALLY strong curaga into you and you’d turn out fine”—kinda like Aqua except Aqua could cast twenty of those in a row

Fighting Style / Battle Stats:

Faster than he is strong, at least, physically. Not exactly like Ven though? Uses his size to his advantage. Does a lot of flips and sick acrobatics. ANYONE WHO’S PLAYD KH2 (OR I GUESS MISSION MODE IN DAYS) IS P FAMILIAR WITH MICKEY’S FLIPPY FIGHTING STYLE.

Does a lot of small damage quickly so that it adds up.

Can cast strong magic spells, especially of the light-oriented sort! Can do straight up light magic, as well. His light magic sure is something to be reckoned with, because it’s super powerful and, unlike Ven, he’s well practiced when it comes to using it!

History:

- I incorporate like, every Disney media w/ him into it into my canon? I JUST, ASSUME HE’S BEEN ALIVE SO LONG THAT HE’S DONE ALL THESE THINGS AT SOME POINT AND THEN HE SETTLED DOWN TO BECOME KING OR W/E

House of mouse is one that in particular sticks out to me, but then again like, worldbuilding wise it doesn’t make much sense?? Drat

Also Epic Mickey….!!!! IS ONE THAT, probably hasn’t happened. Maybe. I mean maybe it has and we just never will meet Oswald and that’s Fine he’s got important things to do and places to run anyway

- I’d like to think since Yen Sid and Eraqus knew each other that he visited Land of Departure a lot and met up with Aqua and Terra (and later, Ven) before BBS!!!! Apprentices meeting apprentices and whatnot. SO THEY WERE FRIENDS/KIND OF FAMILY BEFORE BBS HAPPENED

- BBS, happened,,,,,

- Mickey didn’t do much other than Help throughout BBS, and he really!!! HE FEELS BAD HE COULDN’T DO BETTER!!!! He feels bad because he couldn’t save his friends. ((also take this tweet I made for Extra Ouch: yen sid said aqua and ven just needed a light to guide them home—so why wasn’t his strong enough!?))

- while he probably didn’t spend too much time searching for Ven and Aqua, he probably spent some time during the in between years dealing with Xehanort! If at the least: Gathering Info

- like KH canon, he spent FtP, the book, trying to find a way to deal w/ Ansem in the bg. However, since Riku took care of Ansem, he sent Donald/Goofy home and shifted his own attention to the Organization

- kind of background helped with the Organization, like he did in kh2

- HELPED SORA OUT A LOT IN DEAD INSIDE!!! Is becoming good friends w/ Sora

- fought Sora’s Shadow that one time

- helped defeat Xemnas

Ven

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Name: Ventus (but literally don’t call him Ventus), call him Ven

Age: 17

Height: 5’6

BD: June 29

Appearance notes:

Short. Pale blonde hair, reaaaaaally light blue eyes. A rough scar on his chest over his heart, from where Vanitas was extracted from him. His arms are covered in scars, too, though heck if he knows where they came from (they're either from Xehanort or from whoever came before Xehanort). Probably will never wear anything that’s not capris, wears more layers than he needs Because Fashion.

Personality notes:

- Kind of still acts like a kid. Being babied so much uh, didn’t help? I mean, sure, the age gap between him and aqua and Terra is only a couple years, but still, They Babied Him So Bad

- Teases a lot?? Gotta really embrace that little brother role yanno

- Reaaaaaaally bad at keeping a grudge

- After BBS, and especially after Vanitas’s destruction, is Depressed™

- Prefers to keep up a positive and Everything Is Fine façade then, like, deal with that lmao. He doesn’t want to worry Aqua because she’s got enough on her plate, and strangers have no business being in his business!

- A Very Kind Soul

- Tries to put an optimistic spin on everything—but largely for Aqua’s sake. He’s suffering as much as she is. He’s as exhausted as she is.

Other notes:

- Extreeeeeemely sensitive to darkness!

- While he doesn’t disassociate / zone out like Aqua does, there are days where he’s just kinda Not Up to doin' anything

- Wind reacts very strongly to him! If he’s ever fallen from a large height the wind just kind of catches him on the way down so he ends up unhurt. Also it gets super windy when he’s excited, and storms when he’s upset! Violent windstorms when he has nightmares are Extremely common (he hates it)

- Meditation was a part of training with Eraqus—meditating and exploring your heartspace is a thing that’s important for keyblade wielders to know! he’s extremely good at this, and also prefers doing it much more than Aqua and Terra do! It's calming for him.

Misc.

by vapidventus! (src of the ven w/ scars idea)

Likes:

Naps

Stars!! Stargazing, space in general

Nature!!

EXPLORATION, he loooves exploring every nook and cranny of every place he visits! He also, uh, snoops on your things more than he probably should

Pillow forts

Dislikes:

Being Called Ventus

Dark…ness….

Vanitas, except, not really

Xehanort

THE FACT THAT HE CAN CAUSE VIOLENT WINDSTORMS ON COMPLETE ACCIDENT??? Talk about terrifying

Being babied

Music taste: Floaty Aesthetic. Sleeping at Last is his favorite band and he loves their Space EP to death. Owl City is a thing he likes, too. Also ends up listening to a lot of orchestral stuff because, Listen, That’s Like All Eraqus Played

Favorite color: green!!! Am I being stereotypical based on the game? probably

Notable Abilities:

Can manipulate light really well!! Especially notable for being able to form a little ball of light in his hands for a light source

WIND…. He has some wind abilities. Most of them are, like, completely unintentional and don’t happen on purpose but happen Around him, but, boy does he have a Real Strong Affinity For It….

Superglide!!! This is one of the few wind things he can do that is conscious

Command styles / shotlocks! Specific to him: fever pitch, wingblade, cyclone.

Fighting Style / Battle Stats:

REALLY QUICK!!!!!!!!!! SPEEDY MCGEE!!!!!!! That’s all he’s got going for him though, outside of his Strong Light Affinity.

His physical and magical strength is Just Average. They aren’t going to help him out that much against anything that’s not a heartless.

((HE’S PROBABLY A LITTLE STRONGER THAN SORA, OR AT LEAST MORE EXPERIENCED SEEING AS HE’S BEEN DOING IT FOR LONGER AND ALSO HAS HAD REAL TRAINING))

History:

- a relatively Unknown Past that he doesn’t remember much of. He remembers, vaguely, Xehanort being Awful but that’s about it

- Xehanort splitting Vanitas from him

- living in the Land of Departure!!! Getting used to, like, Doing Things again after a brief amnesia bout. And, uh, [slides worry for me your direction again] [grins]

This isn't canon (can’t be canon) but a good sense of what I imagine Went On In The Land Of Departure

- And Then Xehanort Ruins Everything

- traveling the worlds for, basically, the first time ((DEFINITELY the first time alone)) and!!! I mean, it’s a little rough, but he liked sleeping under the stars every night and seeing new places. Hearing about Terra doing Mean Things and watching Aqua start Acting Funny wasn’t that fun though

- LEARNING ABOUT THE X BLADE

- regularly fighting w/ Vanitas ((feeling Vanitas’s presence and emotions beat in the back of his heart thruout his travels))

- nearly getting killed by Eraqus, learning about the terrible power within him, etc.

- killing Vanitas

- SEVEN YEARS IN SORA’S HEART!!! He was asleep for most of it but, it was a thing,,

- now he’s back and he’s just kinda,,, been traveling with Aqua. Hoping for news about Terra (but knowing as well as her that getting news is Unlikely), bunking at Yen Sid’s, being there while Sora trains tho not really providing any help outside the occasional sparring partner

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.