Post by zidane on Jun 16, 2012 20:40:46 GMT -5
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Zidane Tribal
"The sly eagle doesn't kill at whim..."
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Age: 16
Gender: Male
Family:
- Father (Supposedly): Garland
- Brother (supposedly): Kuja
- Other Siblings: Fellow Genomes who were also created by Garland.
Race: Genome
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Home World: Alexandria in Gaia
Alignment: Light/Good guy; with a skill in thievery.
Job: Tantalus Theater Troupe. (A band of thieves who put on shows to distract target while others carry out thieving)
Items: His weapons.
Accessories: Nothing special. He may occasionally have on a light armor beneath clothing.
Appearance:
He has long, blond hair which is pulled back into a ponytail most of the time. His most noticeable features include the bright blue eyes; and particularly the furry, monkey-like tail which is normally carried in a lose S-shape. His attire includes a white, sleeveless shirt; on top of which he wears a teal-colored vest with brown lining. Around his neck is a lacy white jabot, and often a light green ribbon tied loosely around it. He wears blue pants, a tan belt, and light green colored gloves. There are large blue cuff son either forearm. Attached to the belt and resting on his right hip is a brown leather sheath, in which he carries his two choice weapons of Mage Mashers.
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Personality:
Zidane is excitable and enjoys having fun as often as possible. He is a high energy youth which doesn't tire easily, and he is full of unique ideas and plans. He enjoys spending time with his friends, and often takes time to sit around and enjoy nature. There is nothing more important to him than his friends, and he shelters a high moral code. While thievery is something he lives by, he doesn't allow such actions to change him into some secluded, creeper thief. When a friend is in danger, he will leap up and recklessly charge in to help, often landing him in bad positions. He understands the value of life, and prefers to not take a life if he can avoid it. He is intelligent and has quick reflexes, and it is easy for him to learn new things. He enjoys extending his knowledge as much as he can at all times. He is laid-back and easy going, easy to talk to, and easy to like. To top it off, Zidane is a huge romance fan; he'll flirt with any pretty lady he comes across. While Garnet is his only relationship interest, he won't hesitate to impress the other ladies he meets.
Zidane is confident and determined, always doing his best to complete a task when necessary, as quickly while retaining efficiency. However, he is insecure about his past, and it is a rather touchy topic with him. It doesn't take much to dampen his lively spirits, which in the end leads to him becoming depressed and hiding from reality. He doesn't like the fact that he was created to be an "Angel of Death", and he finds it hard to deal with that he was made to be a monster. He is almost always lonely, which leads to why he is so quick to make friends. But he also likes to play "Mr. Macho", keeping his problems to himself and trying to not "burden" his friends with his own inner conflicts. Normally he is cool and calm, but it isn't impossible to enrage him. When friends are in danger, that is what usually sets him off. While upset from his bottled-up emotions, he becomes reckless and wide open in attacks; thinking only of making his target feel some of the same suffering that he does.
History:
Taken from Final Fantasy Wiki
Zidane began his life as an "Angel of Death" created by Garland. Long ago, the people of a planet named Terra realized that their world was dying and as they had done several times before, they planned to save their civilization through the assimilation of another planet, Gaia. The people of Terra left their physical bodies and locked their souls in Pandemonium to be watched over by Garland until the Fusion's completion. However, the original Fusion was a disastrous failure, leaving Gaia's surface in ruin and ending up with Terra shifting inside the planet of Gaia.
Garland was given the task of removing the souls of Gaia's "cycle of souls" and replacing them with Terra's. Garland began to synthesize humanoid vessels called Genomes that would receive the Terran souls once they were awakened from their slumber. To expedite the endeavor of draining Gaia of its inhabitants, Garland gave a soul to a new Genome and named him Kuja. Kuja would be Garland's "Angel of Death," sent to Gaia to cause immense unrest and death. Garland, however, deemed Kuja a failure. Although not mentioned in the game, the Final Fantasy IX Ultimania elaborates that Garland had made the mistake of creating Kuja as an adult, which meant he never got to experience childhood and thus never managed to develop complex emotions, which ultimately meant Kuja would never be able to enter a Trance on his own. The dangerous mix of power and undeveloped emotions which allowed Kuja feel no remorse for his actions, as well as Kuja's strong will, were all too much for Garland's tastes. Secretly, he placed a limit on Kuja's life, and another improved Genome was created who would eventually replace him. This Genome was Zidane.
Zidane was experimental in that he would live through a full life, growing up as a child before developing into Garland's "Angel of Death." Growth and learning through childhood would allow Zidane to develop capacity for complex emotions which would grant him the power to enter Trance, thus making him superior to Kuja.
Kuja, infuriated by Garland's decision to create another, more powerful Genome, deposited Zidane on Gaia and abandoned him there. Young Zidane, completely unaware of his mission, ended up in Lindblum where he was raised by Baku as a member of the Tantalus Theater Troupe and only remembering one thing of his childhood years: a blue light.
Twelve years later, Tantalus arrives at Alexandria on a mission appointed by Lindblum's Regent Cid to kidnap Princess Garnet. Although the mission was a success, their airship suffers major damage during the escape, and eventually crashes into the Evil Forest. Baku wants to find a way out of the forest, but Zidane insists on finding the missing Garnet first. He beats Baku in a sparring match and sets out to rescue Garnet, bringing Vivi and Steiner along with him.
Saving the princess from Evil Forest's unnatural vegetation, Zidane and his friends escape with the help of Blank, who becomes petrified along with the rest of the forest, tossing Zidane the map of the Mist Continent seconds before turning completely to stone. The crew decides to travel through the Ice Cavern, where Black Waltz No. 1 casts a sleeping spell upon the party in the hopes of destroying them. Zidane alone resisted and defeated the Black Waltz, reviving the others.
Outside of the cave, he suggests that Garnet abandon the formal speaking habits she grew up with and adopt an alias in order to shield her identity from the villagers of the nearby town of Dali. Garnet agrees, and inspecting Zidane's weapon, decides to use the name "Dagger." Upon discovering that Dali was manufacturing Black Mage soldiers and delivering them to Alexandria, the group commandeers a cargo ship--with Zidane "accidentally" copping a feel of the princess' behind in the process--and flees to Lindblum.
Arriving in Lindblum, it is revealed to Zidane and his companions that a great many concerns have been arising surrounding Alexandria and its Queen. Taking advantage of a mission completed, Zidane opts to participate in the Festival of the Hunt, reuniting with his old friend Freya while doing so. Before the Hunt begins, Zidane follows a singing voice to the castle observatory, finding Garnet amongst a flock of birds. Garnet reveals that she is preoccupied about her mother and her own inability to steer her country away from war.
True to character, Zidane attempts to cheer her up, promising a date with her if he lands first place in the Festival of the Hunt. The festivities are short lived, however, as a dying Burmecian soldier alerts Regent Cid to an Alexandrian military force moving against Burmecia. Zidane tries to stop Garnet from returning to Alexandria to speak with her mother, but she sprinkles sleeping weed in the group's cuisine and absconds with Steiner nevertheless.
Intent on saving Burmecia, Zidane, Freya, and Vivi encounter Quina Quen while traveling through Qu's Marsh and arrive at Gizamaluke's Grotto just as it is lying under siege from the Alexandrian Black Mages, commanded by Zorn and Thorn. Fighting through the monsters, the group figures that Garnet and Steiner had gone through the South Gate to Alexandria. Arriving at Burmecia, Zidane attempts to help Freya find her king while battling Alexandria's army and evacuating the castle's citizens. They instead discover Queen Brahne, General Beatrix and a mysterious man named Kuja in the royal palace. Upon overhearing that the King had escaped to Cleyra, the four challenge Beatrix. The Alexandrian general bests them easily, and Zidane and his friends are left for dead as the villains make haste to Cleyra.
Zidane attempts to help Freya defend Cleyra, but Brahne appears, summoning the Eidolon Odin, completely decimating the settlement and everyone in it. Zidane and company barely escape as they follow Beatrix's army through their own teleport spells.
Reappearing aboard Brahne's ship, the Red Rose, they overhear Beatrix voicing her doubts about her queen. They also overhear Brahne's plans to execute Garnet, who lies captive in Alexandria. Using the teleportation magic, they arrive in Alexandria ahead of Brahne and, with Steiner and Marcus's help, they defeat Zorn and Thorn and find the sleeping Garnet.
As Freya, Steiner, and a reformed Beatrix hold off the guards, Zidane, Garnet, and Vivi escape through the underground tunnels, and reappearing in Pinnacle Rocks, they watch as Brahne invades and destroys Lindblum with Atomos, only relenting when Lindblum surrenders. Sneaking into the city, the group reunites with Cid and discuss their options. Deciding to go after Kuja, the source of Brahne's weapons, they use a tunnel called Fossil Roo to cross to the Outer Continent.
Encountering the Black Mage Village on their travels through the continent they stay for a while for Vivi, while Zidane tells Garnet about what he knows about his past and where he came from. The following day they learn of a possible place where Kuja resides, the Iifa Tree, along the way Zidane and Garnet are involved in a marriage ceremony and they meet Eiko, a summoner girl, and she joins the group. Eiko quickly develops a crush on Zidane, and when she realizes that he is oblivious to her attempts at romantic overtones, she begins to question him about his relationship with Garnet. Before setting off to find Kuja, Zidane and Garnet share a moment in a small boat on the shores of Madain Sari. Garnet asks Zidane about his reason for helping her on her journey, upon which he is reminded of a story about an adventurer named Ipsen. In the story, Ipsen had asked his traveling companion the exact same question Garnet just asked of him, in which Zidane responded to the question exactly in the same manner: "Because I wanted to." At this moment Garnet falls in love with Zidane.
Arriving at the Iifa Tree, they witness Kuja and Brahne fighting each other, and, while Brahne summons Bahamut, Kuja enslaves the dragon to destroy Brahne's own fleet and kills her. Zidane and the rest return to Alexandria where Garnet is to become the new queen.
Zidane, however, begins to miss her, though he is unable to express his newfound feelings in front of Garnet. Frustrated and unwilling to accept that Garnet must remain isolated as Alexandria's monarch from then on, Zidane is consoled by Vivi and the rest of Tantalus. After hearing Eiko and Doctor Tot planning to head to Treno, he states he wants to participate in a card tournament, probably in an attempt to get his mind off his emotions. Alexandria Castle comes under attack from Kuja, but is warded off when Garnet and Eiko summon Alexander. Kuja attempts to take Alexander, but is stopped when Garland interferes.
Flying in on the Hilda Garde II, Zidane leads the group up onto the castle's apex. He feels that he needs to rescue the two summoners by himself, and as the others prepare the Hilda Garde for departure, Zidane saves Garnet and Eiko as Garland destroys both Alexander and Alexandria. Zidane wakes up later in Lindblum where repairs are still being done, and, as the party discusses their next strategy, they learn that Garnet has lost her voice in response to the tragic events. Zidane decides to bring the party to pursue Kuja.
When they arrive at the Desert Palace, the group is captured and imprisoned, and Zidane is momentarily blackmailed into helping Kuja retrieve the Gulug Stone from the ancient ruins of Oeilvert on the Forgotten Continent. While there, Zidane and three of his friends are astonished to find Oeilvert is a haven of lost technological works from a long-gone civilization. Though Zidane does not know it, the artifacts were left by the people of his homeland, the Terrans. Zidane is the only party member who can decipher the various writings on the Terran holograms, though he is unable to conclude what the dire predictions of Terran downfall truly mean.
The party retrieves the Gulug Stone and return to Kuja, who flees to the Lost Continent. After retrieving Queen Hilda from Mount Gulug, Zidane learns of Kuja's link to Terra and goes to Ipsen's Castle to unlock the portal to the second world. Zidane finally manages to earn Amarant's respect when he uses teamwork to retrieve the four elemental mirrors from the castle, saving Amarant from his own arrogant attempt at the spoils.
With the mirrors collected and the Elemental Shrines cleared of guardians, Zidane directs their airship Hilda Garde III to Terra, where Zidane is led to the village of Bran Bal by a girl who eerily resembles him. He is further shocked to find that the town is inhabited solely by humanoids with dirty blond hair and tails just like his; these being the other Genomes Garland created. A perplexed Zidane is given the basic details of his young years in Terra by the girl, who is named Mikoto. With this information, Zidane resolves to meet Garland, his creator, and determine the truth to his life. Within the spires and mazes of Pandemonium, the resting place of Terra's true people, Zidane confronts Garland, who proceeds to explain the full extent of his plans for Terra's revival.
Drained by this new revelation, Zidane attempts to fight Garland, only to have his soul removed and ending up chained in Pandemonium's depths. With anguish, he fell into the belief that everything he knew was a lie and his true purpose in life was to aid in Gaia's destruction. When his friends come to his aid, Zidane shuns them, not wanting to draw their lives into Garland's genocidal plot. Remembering all the times that Zidane had helped her to reach within herself and find a reason to live and the strength to carry on, Garnet pleads with Zidane to let his friends believe in him as he believed in them. It was from that point that Zidane realized he did have a true purpose in life: protecting everyone he cares for.
While facing Garland for the final time, Kuja reappears and uses the souls within the airship Invincible to ascend to Trance. He kills Garland, but after learning that he will die soon, moves to destroy Terra along with everything in it. Zidane and company commandeer the Invincible just in time to evacuate Terra of the Genomes and reappear in Gaia. Surmising that Kuja would soon destroy Gaia, Zidane resolves to pursue him into the mist of Memoria and stop his brother's desperate endeavor for destruction.
Memoria's fathomless reaches contain memories from every age of Gaia, as well as memories from the people who dwell on it. Zidane and his friends battle through the Chaos Guardians summoned in opposition to the root of all life, the Crystal, and enter the Crystal World where they face Trance Kuja. Upon his defeat, Kuja blasts the party with a powerful Ultima, and they are transported to the Hill of Despair, where the omniscient harbinger of death, Necron, seeks to prove that all humanity existed merely to die and become consumed by a "zero world". Zidane expresses a hope for the future and a trust in his friends, and together, they defeat Necron.
As the true Angel of Death crumbles away to nothingness, a dying Kuja teleports Zidane and his party out of the Hill of Despair. As his friends say their goodbyes and depart on the Hilda Garde III, Zidane stays behind to try to save Kuja from dying. Evading Iifa's crazed roots, as the dying tree is writhing, Zidane makes it to the tree's core where he finds Kuja near death, and the tree consumes them both.
With the young hero thought dead, time passes by until, one year later, during another Tantalus performance of "I Want to Be Your Canary" in the rebuilt Alexandria, the character Marcus throws away his cloak to reveal himself as Zidane. Queen Garnet leaps into his arms in tears, and the couple ardently embrace as the rest of the characters and the Alexandrian crowd applaud them.
Abilities (Melee):
As available in Dissida. A few are taken from Final Fantasy Wiki.
- Tidal Flame: Creates a ring of fireballs which travel across the ground and track an enemy. Slow, easy to avoid. (2 post recovery)
- Stellar Circle 5: Creates a tornado of energy around Zidane which acts as a weak shield; and draws nearby targets into its vortex. Weaker pull on larger enemies. (2 post recovery)
- Shift Break: Summons lightning around an enemy which stuns or otherwise traps them within. Then from below, a geyser erupts to blast the enemy. Covers a small space, and lighting must have time to form before trapping enemies. (3 post recovery)
- Free Energy: Creates a rune in midair which explodes with blue energy. Quick execution, but very short range. (3 post recovery)
- Grand Lethal:And aura of purple colored energy surrounds Zidane and corkscrews him toward an enemy. Good at tracking a foe, but only medium range. Too much usage makes Zidane dizzy and disoriented. (4 post recovery)
Summons: None
Magic:
- Skill/Thievery: Depending on enemy skills which are used against him, he can sometimes pick up on a basic idea of how to perform enemy skills. His inquisitive mind is always ready to learn more tactics for battle. (Two learned skills max per thread)
- Trance: This is much like a "limit break" in other Final Fantasy games. After taking a pretty bad beating, Zidane transforms into his "Trance" mode. During this time, his hair and tail become pink, and his clothing is replaced by patches of pink fur in the essential areas. In this form, he becomes faster and more nimble, and physical strength is enhanced. (One "Trance" mode per five threads)
- Dyne: Active only during "Trance" mode, Zidane's attack strength is enhanced. Depending on skills learned from enemies, a wider variety of battle attacks become possible for him to use. ("Trance" mode only)
Strengths:
- Zidane isn't truly human, he is a Genome; a species which mixes human and animal blood. This provides animal advantages; such as instinct, speed, and particularly a useful tail.
- He has a high moral code, despite his time as an experienced thief. He is quick to forge friendships, and his easy-going attitude makes him easy to like. Those who are important to him have a loyal friends who will never let them down.
- The usage of his dagger weapons is something he's extremely good at. His skill skill with handling those "short swords" is unmatched by most who use similar weapons.
Weaknesses:
- Being partially animal has its downsides. If cornered or in grave danger, his mind becomes clouded and distracted as he falls into predictable animalistic battle styles.
- Quick to trust anyone, he is easily fooled by kind words or pretty girls. He refuses to abandon anyone, which often places him in not-so-great positions.
- He is skilled when it comes to thieving and use of his daggers; but without them, he has no real way of fighting. He has very little hand-to-hand combat training, and prefers to turn tail and flee if he can in a really bad situation.
Weapon
Daggers or Thief Swords Carried in a leather sheath on his left leg. His choice weapons are two Mage Mashers; which can join and become one double bladed thief sword known as "The Ogre"
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Crush: Princess/Queen Garnet (Dagger)
How did you find us? Affiliate link from Dead on Arrival
Role Play Sample:
This is my sample from my audition
It was a rather pleasant day, he had to admit. The sun was at the height of mid-afternoon, shedding it's golden light upon the magnificent city of Alexandria below. The denizens of the place were milling about, carrying out their usual business. Some were headed home from jobs, others were simply shopping in the main merchant sections. It was peaceful, murmuring voices of fellow pedestrians were reaching the Genome's ears. He was in his usual attire; blue pants, white sleeveless shirt with the teal and brown vest. His arms were crossed, the blue cuffs folded awkwardly against his body as he walked at a leisurely pace. The leather brown sheath on his left leg had been specially modified by himself not long ago; it now carried two daggers instead of one. Not that he had any need for them right now anyway... The blond hair was pulled back into its signature ponytail, tossed about by the light breeze. His blue eyes were half closed, wandering around the main marketplace as he passed through. The long, furry tail was held in a lose S-shape; occasionally twitching sideways as often happened when the blond was in such a content state. The tail certainly got a few looks from passing civilians, but it really didn't matter to the Genome.
He could see Alexandria castle rising up above all the other buildings here; enormous and impressive against the cloudless blue sky. That was where Garnet was, and where he was heading. No doubt, Garnet would be a bit upset with him; he'd suddenly left without telling her; and had been gone for two days. He'd simply needed to get out of the city, enjoy nature a bit; and he hadn't found it important to tell her he'd be gone for a few hours. He hadn't expected to get into a battle with some large creature he'd never seen before; just outside of town. It had been difficult, and the scars of talons were still visible on his right arm. But those had been shallow wounds; he'd cleaned it carefully when the beast had finally died. That was the reason he hadn't returned in two days, he hadn't wanted Garnet to see the evidence of his out-of-shape state in battle. It had been far too long since he'd last used those twin daggers. Hopefully, she wouldn't notice the pink lines which ran down his arm.
Lost in his thoughts, he was brought to a halt when a few boys ran by; tossing what appeared to be a doll back and forth and laughing. A rather tearful girl almost ran into him in her pursuit of the two boys, yelling at them to give back her doll. Zidane sighed irritably. Some children these days... Why did they try so hard to upset each other? His body moved suddenly as he leaped toward the boys, landing lightly in front of them as he uncrossed his arms and looked down upon them reproachfully. "Is there a problem?" He asked softly, blue eyes narrowed. The boys looked up at him, no longer laughing at the prize they'd stolen from the girl. Before they could say anything, the doll was suddenly in the blond's hands. He'd snatched it away from the boys with the ease of long practice at thieving. The two boys jumped fearfully at the speedy motion, then turned and ran off in another direction. The girl finally reached Zidane, eyes still red from her crying. He knelt in front of her, holding out the doll which she took happily from him, eyes shining. "Thank you, Mister!" She squeaked. Zidane smiled and ruffled her hair a bit with a hand, before standing up again. "You're very welcome. Now you should head home soon, it's getting late." She nodded and ran back the way she'd come, clinging to her precious doll. The blond male grinned broadly, then turned and headed on his way again; intent on getting back to the Castle by sunset.
Sure enough, he did reach the front doors of the castle while the sun was beginning its descent. The heat of the day was passing, and he was quite looking forward to seeing Garnet again. He entered and was quick to find one of her assistants; who gazed at his ravaged arm with raised eyebrows. Before she could ask, he shook his head; offering one of his more seductive smiles to distract her. It worked, and he could see the pretty red flush entering her cheeks "It's just a scratch, no concern needed. Where is the Queen?" She seemed to come out of a sort of trance, and managed to stutter out an answer. "She... She's at a special dinner with the Knights of Pluto. I think she planned to send one of them out to find you tomorrow." The blond rolled his eyes. Why was Garnet so worried about him? He could handle himself... Ah well. Seemed like he wouldn't be able to speak to her anytime soon. He smiled once again at the assistant. "Please tell her when you see her later than I'm fine, and to come find me when she's done with dinner." The female nodded, and Zidane turned around. His tail brushed against the side of the girl's face, and he almost laughed at the little jump she gave. Then he was gone, leaving via the front doors. Might as well burn some time. The blue eyes traveled to the castle walls, and he chose a path to on of the higher slanted roofs. It was an easy matter for his nimble frame, leaping up from on roof to another. He soon came to rest at the top of a triangular room with a flat top; which provided a nice seat for him with a view of the sky as the first stars began to show in the darkening sky. He seated himself comfortably, leaning back on both arms as he tilted his head up to watch the sky. It felt good to be home...
Password: Glorious Walruses