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thispubliclife) wrote2016-01-09 03:32 pm
thispubliclife) wrote2016-01-09 03:32 pm
App [Midnight Syndicate]
CHARACTER INFORMATION
NAME: Ky Kiske
CANON: Guilty Gear
CANON POINT:End of Xrd
CHARACTER AGE: ~28
HISTORY: Link
PERSONALITY:
Ky has a reputation for earnestness and for caring about justice. It’s generally a reputation that he’s earned, first as Commander of the Sacred Order of Holy Knights at age 15, then Captain in the International Police Force at 22, and most recently as one of the Kings of Illyria. Ky’s own views on these matters have shifted over time, however, since he can no longer see the world as being as black and white as he once did. Indeed, in the face of the knowledge that there cannot be absolute justice, an understanding that individuals can matter and a fierce protectiveness of his own family has grown in importance, although Ky still retains a certain idealism and even bright-eyed optimism. He’s big on sacrifice, and has promised to never bow to evil, no matter what it may cost him.
Ky’s family is incredibly important to him. Since he was orphaned as a child during the war, his first real family relationship starts with Dizzy, and the fact that she and Ky fall in love with each other. Ky cannot legally marry her, cannot even let anyone know that she’s alive, since she’s a Gear. And yet he calls her his wife, out of a mark of respect for her and their relationship. They have a son together, whom Ky has a rather strained relationship with at first. Ky names his son Sin, and for the most part gets Ky’s old sometimes-rival and sometimes-friend, Sol Badguy, to raise him. For a period after Sin’s birth, Ky is so concerned about being a good enough king and making sure he gives his life in service that he doesn’t think specifically about the effect his actions have on his son. It’s at the end of Overture and throughout Xrd that those wounds start to heal, that Ky is able to approach his wife, his son, and Sol as an individual, and to have that be accepted.
Ky is generally a very serious person. It’s part of what can make it difficult for him to connect to people, that he reacts so sincerely and intensely to everything. If things are business than he can figure out how to handle them, it’s when they become personal that Ky become less sure of himself. This can be seen in all the circumstances when Ky takes upon himself the burden of responsibility for other people’s lives, with difficulty at the thought of losing them but with resolution — and when he interacts with Sin and isn’t sure how to do so with his own son.
His seriousness is also an advantage to him, because it’s seen throughout Guilty Gear that he is always challenging himself and striving to be better. He adapts and learns new techniques, and if he insists that Sol fight him like he really means it when Sol is capable of killing him, it’s so that Ky can become better.
Ky has been as much legend as man for so long, since he was leading the Sacred Order and carved ‘hope’ into his belt to remind himself that when people died for him, in his place, it was because of that and the least he could do would be to accept that burden, to make an effort to be hope for them, that often times he is a little lost for how to interact with people as an individual. Early in his relationship with Johnny he calls it friendship, even when it’s not much more than two people on opposite sides of the law agreeing to work together because they have goals that align.
ABILITIES: Lightning magic: With his magic he can send projectiles, aim precise lightning bolts, and surround other people with electricity. He can also form an electrical shield around himself.
Healing: Ky is shown to be at least part-Gear, and while it’s not shown what other abilities he has he is able to heal from multiple gunshot wounds. (It’s also not clear how much he heals, other than enough to not be dead and to walk around and talk again. This doesn’t make him unkillable, just makes it more difficult for that to happen. He also clearly could be injured, he just recovered from it faster.
Swordplay: Ky is very talented and self-trained in using a sword. His current sword is named Magnolia Éclair II, and Ky can channel his magic through it.
SINS & VIRTUES: Wrath: Although he’s matured somewhat from it, Ky still has a temper that can snap and stay that way.
Pride: Ky has a great amount of faith in himself, and he doesn’t rely on others well, or back down from them. It’s particularly seen in his relationship with Sol and his insistence on fighting him.
Diligence: Works very hard at things, particularly self-improvement. Really, he’s very stubborn about it.
Chastity: He does, obviously, sleep with Dizzy, but he rebuffs several attempts at flirting in canon and does overall privilege his relationship for reasons beyond the sex
Kindness: Certainly a large motivator in Ky’s actions
Charity: With his actions and he does try to be charitable when considering other’s motivations.
Temperance: In many ways he’s a bit of an ascetic, who compensates for a lack of relaxation by throwing himself into his work and self-discipline even harder.
SAMPLES
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NAME: Ky Kiske
CANON: Guilty Gear
CANON POINT:End of Xrd
CHARACTER AGE: ~28
HISTORY: Link
PERSONALITY:
Ky has a reputation for earnestness and for caring about justice. It’s generally a reputation that he’s earned, first as Commander of the Sacred Order of Holy Knights at age 15, then Captain in the International Police Force at 22, and most recently as one of the Kings of Illyria. Ky’s own views on these matters have shifted over time, however, since he can no longer see the world as being as black and white as he once did. Indeed, in the face of the knowledge that there cannot be absolute justice, an understanding that individuals can matter and a fierce protectiveness of his own family has grown in importance, although Ky still retains a certain idealism and even bright-eyed optimism. He’s big on sacrifice, and has promised to never bow to evil, no matter what it may cost him.
Ky’s family is incredibly important to him. Since he was orphaned as a child during the war, his first real family relationship starts with Dizzy, and the fact that she and Ky fall in love with each other. Ky cannot legally marry her, cannot even let anyone know that she’s alive, since she’s a Gear. And yet he calls her his wife, out of a mark of respect for her and their relationship. They have a son together, whom Ky has a rather strained relationship with at first. Ky names his son Sin, and for the most part gets Ky’s old sometimes-rival and sometimes-friend, Sol Badguy, to raise him. For a period after Sin’s birth, Ky is so concerned about being a good enough king and making sure he gives his life in service that he doesn’t think specifically about the effect his actions have on his son. It’s at the end of Overture and throughout Xrd that those wounds start to heal, that Ky is able to approach his wife, his son, and Sol as an individual, and to have that be accepted.
Ky is generally a very serious person. It’s part of what can make it difficult for him to connect to people, that he reacts so sincerely and intensely to everything. If things are business than he can figure out how to handle them, it’s when they become personal that Ky become less sure of himself. This can be seen in all the circumstances when Ky takes upon himself the burden of responsibility for other people’s lives, with difficulty at the thought of losing them but with resolution — and when he interacts with Sin and isn’t sure how to do so with his own son.
His seriousness is also an advantage to him, because it’s seen throughout Guilty Gear that he is always challenging himself and striving to be better. He adapts and learns new techniques, and if he insists that Sol fight him like he really means it when Sol is capable of killing him, it’s so that Ky can become better.
Ky has been as much legend as man for so long, since he was leading the Sacred Order and carved ‘hope’ into his belt to remind himself that when people died for him, in his place, it was because of that and the least he could do would be to accept that burden, to make an effort to be hope for them, that often times he is a little lost for how to interact with people as an individual. Early in his relationship with Johnny he calls it friendship, even when it’s not much more than two people on opposite sides of the law agreeing to work together because they have goals that align.
ABILITIES: Lightning magic: With his magic he can send projectiles, aim precise lightning bolts, and surround other people with electricity. He can also form an electrical shield around himself.
Healing: Ky is shown to be at least part-Gear, and while it’s not shown what other abilities he has he is able to heal from multiple gunshot wounds. (It’s also not clear how much he heals, other than enough to not be dead and to walk around and talk again. This doesn’t make him unkillable, just makes it more difficult for that to happen. He also clearly could be injured, he just recovered from it faster.
Swordplay: Ky is very talented and self-trained in using a sword. His current sword is named Magnolia Éclair II, and Ky can channel his magic through it.
SINS & VIRTUES: Wrath: Although he’s matured somewhat from it, Ky still has a temper that can snap and stay that way.
Pride: Ky has a great amount of faith in himself, and he doesn’t rely on others well, or back down from them. It’s particularly seen in his relationship with Sol and his insistence on fighting him.
Diligence: Works very hard at things, particularly self-improvement. Really, he’s very stubborn about it.
Chastity: He does, obviously, sleep with Dizzy, but he rebuffs several attempts at flirting in canon and does overall privilege his relationship for reasons beyond the sex
Kindness: Certainly a large motivator in Ky’s actions
Charity: With his actions and he does try to be charitable when considering other’s motivations.
Temperance: In many ways he’s a bit of an ascetic, who compensates for a lack of relaxation by throwing himself into his work and self-discipline even harder.
SAMPLES
Link 1
Link 2