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amnesiadragonPlayer: Matt
Age: 33
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Current Characters: Naoya
Character: Ryu
Canon: Breath of Fire IV | End of Chapter II
Age: ... So Ryu as Ryu is a few months old, max. His other half is several hundred years old, and who knows how old the complete being he was happened to be before he was summoned. So if we're going "this individual as a conscious, separate individual" I'm going to ballpark 3 months to take into account all the travel time that happens in a JRPG that you don't see on-screen.
Background Information: Plot plot plot.
Personality:
Ryu has a generally pleasant personality. He doesn't talk a lot, unless you start talking to him first, and does have a fun-loving side, as demonstrated by his love of fishing. All this cheerfulness does hide another side of himself. If he's in one of his dragon forms, he's more likely to go berserk and attack things indiscriminately, and the stronger the dragon form the more likely this is. He's still very unsure of his purpose, and mentioning "purpose" to his face might get him to stop and think for a moment, and maybe wonder what he's intended for.
While wandering around during the course of the game, he doesn't have any memories at all, and so doesn't know very much of the world outside of what he's seen directly. His main motivation is more clearly stated in the manga, where he speaks more, and his dreams are shown where he is chasing after an unknown figure (which he later learns is Fou-Lu). He's even asked who this person is and what kind of person it is, and even where this person is, but he just doesn't know. All he knows is that he has to meet this person, because he's "always felt him calling". Since he doesn't really know who or where this person is, he travels with Nina and Cray to help them find Nina's sister. Nina is a very close friend to Ryu, able to calm him down from even a blind frenzy, but he holds no romantic feelings for her. She likes Cray, and Ryu wouldn't ever want to do something that makes his friends upset.
Emotionally and mentally, he's like a child. He knows the difference between right and wrong in a vague sort of sense – basically, killing people is wrong unless absolutely needed – but doesn't completely understand concepts of appropriateness like "don't peek around the rock when the girls are bathing", "watch where you put your arm when you fling it out", and "people get embarrassed/frustrated/flustered/angry when you don't put clothes on". He rushes into things, even going so far as to jump off a cliff to try to save Nina (and landing face first) because he didn't realize she had wings that she could float down on. Most of his expression is in his body language, so even if he doesn't say that he's, for example, upset or angry or something like that, it's fairly obvious from how he stands, because he doesn't really bother to hide his feelings. He doesn't really see a need to, since lying isn't something the really occurs to him. Tact is also not his strong point, for the same reasons.
Normally, he's very easygoing. Much of the time he's in a good mood, especially while traveling and exploring new things. He takes most information about himself in stride, considering that he didn't really react that strongly when told he was a god. The rest of the party seems to look towards him for decisions, because while he does have a tendency to rush into things, that's generally only if things are critical and someone needs defending. While he's not the greatest tactical mind, he has a way of calming others around him. He just doesn't see a need to get worked up, and whether that's because of ignorance of the consequences of what's going on or because of his general nature, he seems to put people at ease.
The Yorae Dragon, the dragon he was summoned as part of, is the "Dragon of the Future" - capable of great good or great evil. It matters who's directing the power to determine what that is going to be. Due to the botched nature of the summoning, though, Ryu is very much his own person. His other half developed independently of him, and so Ryu has the opportunity to as well. He knows that he can protect people - he's done so with his friends and with a number of the people they've come across - but while he's slow to truly anger, when he does get angry, it's terrifying. While if he's only mad, he might just fight someone, when he's furious, it's awe-inspiring, and in the old sense of 'awe' where people are brought to their knees. The amount of power he has is not meant for mortals to experience directly, and his godly wrath is generally only directed at those who have performed crimes against a number of people for no reason and especially against those who cannot protect themselves. He cannot stand seeing anyone tortured or killed, and children especially are a trigger point for him. Not only does he lose control of himself at this point, but his enemies are likely to be wiped off the face of the planet.
Abilities & Inventory:
- Skills:
* Burn (type: fire; deals a weak amount of fire-based damage to one target.)
* Douse (type: power down; lowers target's resistance to fire-based magic.)
* Spray (type: physical; physical attack on one target, damage based on defense. Deals extra damage to insect-type creatures.)
* Snap (type: physical/power down; attack versus one target, decreases defense power)
"Dragon's Eye": occasionally grants him with prophetic dreamsa grand total of once in-game pftt-, and a innate ability with animals, letting him tame things that aren't normally tamed (though if they're very wild he wouldn't be able to). He can also sense (vaguely) where Fou-Lu is in his world, though nowhere specific, just a direction at the most, as well as if another Endless(/god/dragon) is approaching.
- Ability to turn into dragons. At this point in his canon he only has the Aura and Kaiser forms, described below. Appearance is this except for breath attacks. Will be restricted to maximum of one transformation per day just for purposes of nerfing. Note that hybrid form cannot really fly, only float.
Aura Dragon:
(Decent increase to HP, bit of an increase to attack and wisdom, slight increase to defense.)
- DragonBreath (type: breath; six non-elemental hits, divided among multiple enemies if applicable; affected by defense)
- Flame Strike (type: melee/fire; physical fire attack)
- Hwa (type: fire; level 1 fire magic on one target)
- Rejuvenate (type: holy; medium healing of one target)
- Barrier (type: lv. up; magic damaged halved for 3 turns; also reduces the effect of healing spells and stat-boosting spells)
Kaiser Dragon:
(Excellent increase to HP, good increase to attack and wisdom, decent increase to defense and agility.)
- KaiserBreath (type: breath; sixteen non-elemental hits; depends on current HP)
- Aura Smash (type: melee; a critical hit that ignores defense)
- Hwajeh (type: fire; level 3 fire magic on one target)
- Ahryu P'ung (type: wind; level 3 wind magic on all targets)
- Patoh Pah (type: earth; level 3 earth magic on all targets)
- Resurrect (type: holy; revives an ally with full HP)
- Sanctuary (type: holy; removes ability boosting spells on all foes -and- allies)
* His Kaiser form is currently uncontrollable, and as such would only be used in absolute dire emergencies.
In addition he has excellent swordsmanship as well as seemingly increased durability (either because of being an Endless or for comic effect, it's not quite clear).
Inventory consists of:
The King's Sword - a precious Wyndian artifact and his main weapon. Its attack does Holy damage and can be used to cast Protect while in battle. (Obviously uses of that will be limited.)
Clothes - Obvious answer.
3x Healing Herb - Restores 300 HP to one target
Suitability & Plans: Ryu is already familiar with a 'World of Dreams', so the transition to it in Song is likely going to be pretty smooth. He's also a very caring and affable guy - as opposed to Naoya. He's the sort of protagonist who cares about everyone unless proven otherwise. I can also provide 'oh shit something set him off and now we have a dragon raging' plots, as well as just general slice of life because Ryu is more naive than anything else.
He's not really dependent on canonmates - Nina helped calm him down but really anyone who's a kind soul could do that. He's wont to explore and play and fish (a lot of fishing) and is eager to jump in and help people where he can. He never really gets much of a chance to have a life in canon, rather than existing for a purpose. I think it's nice to let him actually breathe for once.
Test Drive Sample: TDM!
Questions: Totally willing to work with mods on nerfing him, it's kind of a lot. I'm sorry.
Age: 33
Contact:
Current Characters: Naoya
Character: Ryu
Canon: Breath of Fire IV | End of Chapter II
Age: ... So Ryu as Ryu is a few months old, max. His other half is several hundred years old, and who knows how old the complete being he was happened to be before he was summoned. So if we're going "this individual as a conscious, separate individual" I'm going to ballpark 3 months to take into account all the travel time that happens in a JRPG that you don't see on-screen.
Background Information: Plot plot plot.
Personality:
Ryu has a generally pleasant personality. He doesn't talk a lot, unless you start talking to him first, and does have a fun-loving side, as demonstrated by his love of fishing. All this cheerfulness does hide another side of himself. If he's in one of his dragon forms, he's more likely to go berserk and attack things indiscriminately, and the stronger the dragon form the more likely this is. He's still very unsure of his purpose, and mentioning "purpose" to his face might get him to stop and think for a moment, and maybe wonder what he's intended for.
While wandering around during the course of the game, he doesn't have any memories at all, and so doesn't know very much of the world outside of what he's seen directly. His main motivation is more clearly stated in the manga, where he speaks more, and his dreams are shown where he is chasing after an unknown figure (which he later learns is Fou-Lu). He's even asked who this person is and what kind of person it is, and even where this person is, but he just doesn't know. All he knows is that he has to meet this person, because he's "always felt him calling". Since he doesn't really know who or where this person is, he travels with Nina and Cray to help them find Nina's sister. Nina is a very close friend to Ryu, able to calm him down from even a blind frenzy, but he holds no romantic feelings for her. She likes Cray, and Ryu wouldn't ever want to do something that makes his friends upset.
Emotionally and mentally, he's like a child. He knows the difference between right and wrong in a vague sort of sense – basically, killing people is wrong unless absolutely needed – but doesn't completely understand concepts of appropriateness like "don't peek around the rock when the girls are bathing", "watch where you put your arm when you fling it out", and "people get embarrassed/frustrated/flustered/angry when you don't put clothes on". He rushes into things, even going so far as to jump off a cliff to try to save Nina (and landing face first) because he didn't realize she had wings that she could float down on. Most of his expression is in his body language, so even if he doesn't say that he's, for example, upset or angry or something like that, it's fairly obvious from how he stands, because he doesn't really bother to hide his feelings. He doesn't really see a need to, since lying isn't something the really occurs to him. Tact is also not his strong point, for the same reasons.
Normally, he's very easygoing. Much of the time he's in a good mood, especially while traveling and exploring new things. He takes most information about himself in stride, considering that he didn't really react that strongly when told he was a god. The rest of the party seems to look towards him for decisions, because while he does have a tendency to rush into things, that's generally only if things are critical and someone needs defending. While he's not the greatest tactical mind, he has a way of calming others around him. He just doesn't see a need to get worked up, and whether that's because of ignorance of the consequences of what's going on or because of his general nature, he seems to put people at ease.
The Yorae Dragon, the dragon he was summoned as part of, is the "Dragon of the Future" - capable of great good or great evil. It matters who's directing the power to determine what that is going to be. Due to the botched nature of the summoning, though, Ryu is very much his own person. His other half developed independently of him, and so Ryu has the opportunity to as well. He knows that he can protect people - he's done so with his friends and with a number of the people they've come across - but while he's slow to truly anger, when he does get angry, it's terrifying. While if he's only mad, he might just fight someone, when he's furious, it's awe-inspiring, and in the old sense of 'awe' where people are brought to their knees. The amount of power he has is not meant for mortals to experience directly, and his godly wrath is generally only directed at those who have performed crimes against a number of people for no reason and especially against those who cannot protect themselves. He cannot stand seeing anyone tortured or killed, and children especially are a trigger point for him. Not only does he lose control of himself at this point, but his enemies are likely to be wiped off the face of the planet.
Abilities & Inventory:
- Skills:
* Burn (type: fire; deals a weak amount of fire-based damage to one target.)
* Douse (type: power down; lowers target's resistance to fire-based magic.)
* Spray (type: physical; physical attack on one target, damage based on defense. Deals extra damage to insect-type creatures.)
* Snap (type: physical/power down; attack versus one target, decreases defense power)
"Dragon's Eye": occasionally grants him with prophetic dreams
- Ability to turn into dragons. At this point in his canon he only has the Aura and Kaiser forms, described below. Appearance is this except for breath attacks. Will be restricted to maximum of one transformation per day just for purposes of nerfing. Note that hybrid form cannot really fly, only float.
Aura Dragon:
(Decent increase to HP, bit of an increase to attack and wisdom, slight increase to defense.)
- DragonBreath (type: breath; six non-elemental hits, divided among multiple enemies if applicable; affected by defense)
- Flame Strike (type: melee/fire; physical fire attack)
- Hwa (type: fire; level 1 fire magic on one target)
- Rejuvenate (type: holy; medium healing of one target)
- Barrier (type: lv. up; magic damaged halved for 3 turns; also reduces the effect of healing spells and stat-boosting spells)
Kaiser Dragon:
(Excellent increase to HP, good increase to attack and wisdom, decent increase to defense and agility.)
- KaiserBreath (type: breath; sixteen non-elemental hits; depends on current HP)
- Aura Smash (type: melee; a critical hit that ignores defense)
- Hwajeh (type: fire; level 3 fire magic on one target)
- Ahryu P'ung (type: wind; level 3 wind magic on all targets)
- Patoh Pah (type: earth; level 3 earth magic on all targets)
- Resurrect (type: holy; revives an ally with full HP)
- Sanctuary (type: holy; removes ability boosting spells on all foes -and- allies)
* His Kaiser form is currently uncontrollable, and as such would only be used in absolute dire emergencies.
In addition he has excellent swordsmanship as well as seemingly increased durability (either because of being an Endless or for comic effect, it's not quite clear).
Inventory consists of:
The King's Sword - a precious Wyndian artifact and his main weapon. Its attack does Holy damage and can be used to cast Protect while in battle. (Obviously uses of that will be limited.)
Clothes - Obvious answer.
3x Healing Herb - Restores 300 HP to one target
Suitability & Plans: Ryu is already familiar with a 'World of Dreams', so the transition to it in Song is likely going to be pretty smooth. He's also a very caring and affable guy - as opposed to Naoya. He's the sort of protagonist who cares about everyone unless proven otherwise. I can also provide 'oh shit something set him off and now we have a dragon raging' plots, as well as just general slice of life because Ryu is more naive than anything else.
He's not really dependent on canonmates - Nina helped calm him down but really anyone who's a kind soul could do that. He's wont to explore and play and fish (a lot of fishing) and is eager to jump in and help people where he can. He never really gets much of a chance to have a life in canon, rather than existing for a purpose. I think it's nice to let him actually breathe for once.
Test Drive Sample: TDM!
Questions: Totally willing to work with mods on nerfing him, it's kind of a lot. I'm sorry.
