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afterformใ PLAYER INFO ใ
NAME: Mil
AGE: 34
JOURNAL: PM this one!
IM / EMAIL: Discord @ supernalprince#2562
PLURK: I use discord
RETURNING: No, first time.
ใ CHARACTER INFO ใ
CHARACTER NAME: Vincent Valentine
CHARACTER AGE: 60
SERIES: FFVII
CHRONOLOGY: Beginning of Dirge of Cerberus
CLASS: Anti-hero
HOUSING: Alone
BACKGROUND:
โฌฎ finalfantasy
โฌฎ giantbomb
PERSONALITY:
"A mystical man, stern and upright while at the same time dark and mysterious.." โgame description. While he is quiet, or a man of few words, he can often say quite a lot with what words he does share as well as his physical presence. Vincent tends to brood and isolate more than he spends his time with others. Although, as indicated in Advent Children and On the Way to a Smile "Episode: Nanaki", Vincent is someone who keeps watch of others. In Advent Children, he is seen rescuing Cloud, Tseng, and Elena without an invitation to where these characters are in the film. In Episode Nanaki Vincent intervenes Nanaki during another situation in which Vincent wasn't necessarily extended an invitation to. "Defeat Sephiroth... Defeat the son of that beloved woman... Am I on the verge of committing another sin...? Or am I atoning as best I can for only watching...?" โVincent Valentine, FFVII. I see Vincent as a character who keeps a record of Gaia's (the world of FFVII) events, a historian. While he's afflicted with a pang of great depressing guilt for lack of successions in his past, Vincent appears to be mostly nonparticipant in the world's affairs "atoning best I can for only watching.." I believe Vincent has a personal interest in Gaia's current events and committing them to memory as part of his "atonement." Vincent's involvement often follows the guide of external motivations; other characters pleading, asking, or convincing him to join their cause. Vincent's intrinsic motivators range from actions he would consider to be atonement for failures in his life and or vengeance for slights. Vincent's involvement makes him more of a biased historian rather than an objective record keeper. "I used to be nothing but a stone in the river of time, but three years ago it was you and the others who taught me I had to move ahead." โVincent Valentine, Dirge of Cerberus. Despite the quote being taken from later in the game, after the timeline I take Vincent from, I believe the sentiment is relevant. "I had to move ahead," which may help explain Vincent's interventions throughout his life after the original FFVII game.
"Nojima has noted that Vincent is naturally a loner, and had he not been a former ally of Cloud and his friends, he probably would not have joined them to fight Bahamut SIN in Advent Children."โgiantbomb. Vincent does engage in relationships with others and even has friends. He is a part of the main party in FFVII and becomes close to many of them, some more than others, as mentioned in the Dirge of Cerberus game he sometimes visits Cid Highwind. When he is not visiting with his friends/acquaintances I believe he still keeps an eye on them, from a distance. As mentioned before he sometimes shows up in scenarios uninvited. Vincent can be a supportive listener as well as a harsh judge of character at other times, โI don't care what you are doing, so much as the idiotic way that you are doing it.โ โVincent Valentine, FFVII. Vincent is loyal as indicated by Nojima's statement as well as some of the evidence across the various FFVII installments. Vincent is seen attending to his previous allies, his friends, in various situations. When Reeve asks Vincent for help in Dirge of Cerberus Vincent turns him down. However, shown in this clip, Vincent comes around in the end, "alright what do you want me to do?" There are two main reasons I believe Vincent had this change of mind. The first was seeing Reeve struck down and the next was seeing Cait Sith once again - a party member from FFVII.
"Am I losing control?"โVincent Valentine, Dirge of Cerberus. Vincent harbors a collection of beasts, bequeathed to him from Hojo some years ago. He was manipulated, experimented on, and given special powers from Gaia in the form of items called materia. The materia help him control the beasts within him, however, he does transform into them from time to time. In FFVII we see the transformations as "limit breaks," which ultimately help the party combat enemies they come across in their journey. It appears Vincent goes through a great deal of effort to keep the beasts tamed as evidenced through some of the gameplay in Dirge of Cerberus as well as in the movie Advent Children. In the film, we don't see him transform even with facing powerful enemies (boss battle!). I also believe Vincent maintains his control over the beasts by picking his battles carefully. Opening old wounds from the past can and will leave him vulnerable and more susceptible to transformation.
"You see boy, the reason you were able to play such a perfect host for Chaos was because my experiments had endowed you with a nearly indestructible body... Thanks to me, you are standing here today."โHojo, Dirge of Cerberus. Vincent is conflicted with the idea Hojo has given him something uniquely coveted: immortality (this is proven untrue further down the storyline, but remains unknown to Vincent at his current timeline). On one hand, Hojo is responsible for so much destruction, and on the other hand, Hojo is also responsible for arming Vincent with the power he needs to seek retribution.
POWER:
Transformation
Canon: Vincent can transform into beasts and he can use his cape as a form of fast travel as well as transportation. He cannot transform into anything he wants to and when he does he doesn't have control over himself. Additionally, I think it's appropriate to set limitations for what he can carry while in his cape form. In the Advent Children film we see Vincent's red cloak (video) intervene a fight where it's shown to protect Cloud while guarding off bullets and somewhere beneath the fabric Vincent was able to shoot out from the cloak. Vincent whisps Cloud away to safety with neither Cloud nor Vincent's physical body being seen.
๐ข Berserk Dance - Vincent hits a single enemy with a few slashes.
๐ข Beast Flare - He Jumps up and fires some bomb-like things at all enemies.
๐ข Changes - HP, Dexterity, and Defense % increase.
โฌฎ Death Gigas: โฉโ(video) โฉ
Special Abilities:
๐ข Giga Dunk - Kinda like Berserk Dance but it does more damage.
๐ข Livewire - Uses a form of fire damage on all opponents.
๐ข Changes - HP & Defense increase. Dexterity & Magic Defense decrease.
โฌฎ Hellmasker: โฉโ(video) โฉ
Special Abilities:
๐ข He attacks enemies 5 times and puts status ailments on them too.
๐ข Changes - Defense increases.
โฌฎ Chaos: โฉโ(video) โฉ โฉ โฉ
Special Abilities:
๐ข Chaos Saber - A powerful fire blast to all enemies.
๐ข Satan Impact - Looks different but still does fire damage to all enemies.
๐ข Changes - Defense, Magic Defense and Dexterity increase.
โฌฎ Cloak: โฉ
๐ข Vincent is able to absorb himself as well as others in his cloak, as seen in Advent Children, and use it as a means of fast travel, flight, and a shield.
ใ CHARACTER SAMPLES ใ
COMMUNITY POST (VOICE) SAMPLE:
LOGS POST (PROSE) SAMPLE:
FINAL NOTES:
NAME: Mil
AGE: 34
JOURNAL: PM this one!
IM / EMAIL: Discord @ supernalprince#2562
PLURK: I use discord
RETURNING: No, first time.
ใ CHARACTER INFO ใ
CHARACTER NAME: Vincent Valentine
CHARACTER AGE: 60
SERIES: FFVII
CHRONOLOGY: Beginning of Dirge of Cerberus
CLASS: Anti-hero
HOUSING: Alone
BACKGROUND:
โฌฎ giantbomb
PERSONALITY:
"A mystical man, stern and upright while at the same time dark and mysterious.." โgame description. While he is quiet, or a man of few words, he can often say quite a lot with what words he does share as well as his physical presence. Vincent tends to brood and isolate more than he spends his time with others. Although, as indicated in Advent Children and On the Way to a Smile "Episode: Nanaki", Vincent is someone who keeps watch of others. In Advent Children, he is seen rescuing Cloud, Tseng, and Elena without an invitation to where these characters are in the film. In Episode Nanaki Vincent intervenes Nanaki during another situation in which Vincent wasn't necessarily extended an invitation to. "Defeat Sephiroth... Defeat the son of that beloved woman... Am I on the verge of committing another sin...? Or am I atoning as best I can for only watching...?" โVincent Valentine, FFVII. I see Vincent as a character who keeps a record of Gaia's (the world of FFVII) events, a historian. While he's afflicted with a pang of great depressing guilt for lack of successions in his past, Vincent appears to be mostly nonparticipant in the world's affairs "atoning best I can for only watching.." I believe Vincent has a personal interest in Gaia's current events and committing them to memory as part of his "atonement." Vincent's involvement often follows the guide of external motivations; other characters pleading, asking, or convincing him to join their cause. Vincent's intrinsic motivators range from actions he would consider to be atonement for failures in his life and or vengeance for slights. Vincent's involvement makes him more of a biased historian rather than an objective record keeper. "I used to be nothing but a stone in the river of time, but three years ago it was you and the others who taught me I had to move ahead." โVincent Valentine, Dirge of Cerberus. Despite the quote being taken from later in the game, after the timeline I take Vincent from, I believe the sentiment is relevant. "I had to move ahead," which may help explain Vincent's interventions throughout his life after the original FFVII game.
"Nojima has noted that Vincent is naturally a loner, and had he not been a former ally of Cloud and his friends, he probably would not have joined them to fight Bahamut SIN in Advent Children."โgiantbomb. Vincent does engage in relationships with others and even has friends. He is a part of the main party in FFVII and becomes close to many of them, some more than others, as mentioned in the Dirge of Cerberus game he sometimes visits Cid Highwind. When he is not visiting with his friends/acquaintances I believe he still keeps an eye on them, from a distance. As mentioned before he sometimes shows up in scenarios uninvited. Vincent can be a supportive listener as well as a harsh judge of character at other times, โI don't care what you are doing, so much as the idiotic way that you are doing it.โ โVincent Valentine, FFVII. Vincent is loyal as indicated by Nojima's statement as well as some of the evidence across the various FFVII installments. Vincent is seen attending to his previous allies, his friends, in various situations. When Reeve asks Vincent for help in Dirge of Cerberus Vincent turns him down. However, shown in this clip, Vincent comes around in the end, "alright what do you want me to do?" There are two main reasons I believe Vincent had this change of mind. The first was seeing Reeve struck down and the next was seeing Cait Sith once again - a party member from FFVII.
"Am I losing control?"โVincent Valentine, Dirge of Cerberus. Vincent harbors a collection of beasts, bequeathed to him from Hojo some years ago. He was manipulated, experimented on, and given special powers from Gaia in the form of items called materia. The materia help him control the beasts within him, however, he does transform into them from time to time. In FFVII we see the transformations as "limit breaks," which ultimately help the party combat enemies they come across in their journey. It appears Vincent goes through a great deal of effort to keep the beasts tamed as evidenced through some of the gameplay in Dirge of Cerberus as well as in the movie Advent Children. In the film, we don't see him transform even with facing powerful enemies (boss battle!). I also believe Vincent maintains his control over the beasts by picking his battles carefully. Opening old wounds from the past can and will leave him vulnerable and more susceptible to transformation.
"You see boy, the reason you were able to play such a perfect host for Chaos was because my experiments had endowed you with a nearly indestructible body... Thanks to me, you are standing here today."โHojo, Dirge of Cerberus. Vincent is conflicted with the idea Hojo has given him something uniquely coveted: immortality (this is proven untrue further down the storyline, but remains unknown to Vincent at his current timeline). On one hand, Hojo is responsible for so much destruction, and on the other hand, Hojo is also responsible for arming Vincent with the power he needs to seek retribution.
POWER:
Canon: Vincent can transform into beasts and he can use his cape as a form of fast travel as well as transportation. He cannot transform into anything he wants to and when he does he doesn't have control over himself. Additionally, I think it's appropriate to set limitations for what he can carry while in his cape form. In the Advent Children film we see Vincent's red cloak (video) intervene a fight where it's shown to protect Cloud while guarding off bullets and somewhere beneath the fabric Vincent was able to shoot out from the cloak. Vincent whisps Cloud away to safety with neither Cloud nor Vincent's physical body being seen.
๐ข Berserk Dance - Vincent hits a single enemy with a few slashes.
๐ข Beast Flare - He Jumps up and fires some bomb-like things at all enemies.
๐ข Changes - HP, Dexterity, and Defense % increase.
โฌฎ Death Gigas: โฉโ(video) โฉ
Special Abilities:
๐ข Giga Dunk - Kinda like Berserk Dance but it does more damage.
๐ข Livewire - Uses a form of fire damage on all opponents.
๐ข Changes - HP & Defense increase. Dexterity & Magic Defense decrease.
โฌฎ Hellmasker: โฉโ(video) โฉ
Special Abilities:
๐ข He attacks enemies 5 times and puts status ailments on them too.
๐ข Changes - Defense increases.
โฌฎ Chaos: โฉโ(video) โฉ โฉ โฉ
Special Abilities:
๐ข Chaos Saber - A powerful fire blast to all enemies.
๐ข Satan Impact - Looks different but still does fire damage to all enemies.
๐ข Changes - Defense, Magic Defense and Dexterity increase.
โฌฎ Cloak: โฉ
๐ข Vincent is able to absorb himself as well as others in his cloak, as seen in Advent Children, and use it as a means of fast travel, flight, and a shield.
ใ CHARACTER SAMPLES ใ
COMMUNITY POST (VOICE) SAMPLE:
LOGS POST (PROSE) SAMPLE:
FINAL NOTES: