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Your Name: Saffy
Your Livejournal: presea
Email Address: namine@feathery.org
AIM: inherits the sun
Timezone: CST
Other Characters Played: N/A
Character Name: Roxas
Fandom: Kingdom Hearts
Canon or Alternate Universe: Alternate Universe-- Kingdom Hearts is set on one world, with multiple floating islands in lieu of different worlds, each one separated by a fierce ring of storms that without the aid of magic and technology are impassable. Beneath the islands lies the mist, a fierce and dark force that covers the surface of the planet. Islands that are touched by it fall, their cities ruined, their residents turn into monsters. The technology and clothing reflects the influence of ‘steampunk’ fashion, as does the technology, with magic stepping in where technology does not. Magic in general is regarded as a powerful and scary force, since it’s linked to the mist that swallows up any who dare step off the edge of the island.
Canon Point: During the events of Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days: specifically, Day 23, after Axel and other Nobodies depart to Castle Oblivion.
Species: Human (Soulless/Nobody)
Age: 15
Appearance: Roxas is of average height and weight for his age with a baby face and bright blue eyes. His hair is blonde and spiked in whatever direction it feels like, though it’s short in the back and longer on top. His main attire is a long black leather tailed coat that fits snugly on top of a gray waistcoat, a long-sleeved button-down shirt, and a red ascot. Pants are typical boring gray diving into black leather knee-high boots. On a side note, he looks almost exactly like Sora, just with different hair.
Background:
History:
In a world of storms and mystery, long ago, a little redheaded girl named Kairi washed ashore. The denizens of Destiny Islands took her in and she was raised as one of their own. She also befriended two boys in the process, Riku and Sora, Riku was plagued by dreams of a strange door, and he became restless, even obsessed with what lay beyond the mist. It led the three of them to work on building a boat that they thought could glide beyond the edge of the world where the water curved, and finally disappeared into nothingness. Unfortunately, the boat was not to be. The storms encroached, bringing with them the deadly mist that was said to form the world below the floating islands. On one fateful night, Riku was given the supposedly mythical power that could part storms-- the Keyblade-- and with it, he opened the door. Kairi’s heart was lost, Riku was swallowed up by the mist, and Sora woke up on an island he’d never heard of.
The rest goes as according to canon.
Except that the End of the World is the world beneath the mist, and Monstro is a flying lunar whale.
And then there were Nobodies.
Years before, Ansem the Wise got the idea that the mist could be harnessed and its magic used to help protect the floating island-worlds he knew existed. He had several assistants working under him, and when he realized the research was dangerous and abandoned it, they continued it without his permission. These people used the mist to create copies of themselves, infusing them with strange power, and then tried to transfer their minds and souls over to the new forms. But it failed. The original researchers fell apart, but their wishes lived on in the Soulless, otherwise known as Nobodies, who now sought a way to find the hearts and memories they’d lost.
Everything else goes as according to canon. Except for a few name changes -- Nobodies become Soulless, and the Organization is referred to as the Order. Sora goes to sleep and Roxas awakens in Twilight Town confusing his name for Sora’s. He’s being trained by the Order and that’s when he comes to Route. Yay!
Also there is no digital Twilight Town, which is too much of a stretch and rather unfeasible with the steampunk technology presented here. Instead DiZ watches over Sora and his sleeping friends, and when Roxas is brought to him, he’s used to awaken Sora… and then tossed into a prison and forgotten about as DiZ went galloping off to save the universe.
Roxas and Canon:
Roxas is a copy of Sora created when the Keyblader impaled himself and returned Kairi's heart to her body. After the events that made him leave the corrupt and falling apart organization, Roxas sought out Sora, his 'twin', whose memories he shared due to their mirrored souls. He fought and clashed with Riku who sought a place to belong, as well as a way to make Sora wake up from his mist-induced coma. He was kept in a prison within the floating island of Twilight Town until a mysterious figure freed him. He then aided Sora in the downfall of the Order's members, including Xemnas himself. Of course, his canon point is before all of this, so look forward to it!
Due to the unnatural cases of his and Naminé's creation, they each have their own hearts, and they possess their own memories in addition to the ones given by Sora and Kairi respectively. They do not disappear at the end of Kingdom Hearts 2. However, they will always be linked to their "originals".
Xion was an on-purpose copy of Roxas and her existence became highly unstable, as she had to draw upon Roxas' own life in order to sustain herself. In the end his bond with Sora could not support another person and she dissolved, her power living on through Sora and Roxas.
People:
Sora - Roxas' other half. Roxas shares his memories, even while Sora is awake. They exist separately but have that sort of... creepy twin-ish bond. Complete with creepy random telekinesis when it's needed. Sora is determined to understand Roxas, who has been hurt deeply by the people who took him in. However 'dark' he may be, though, Roxas and Sora are pretty much halves of the same coin.
Riku - Sora's best friend, and the one who started it all. His heart is strong, and maybe not as pure as Sora's, but he has the darker side of power that Sora needs in order to fight the Order. He is also dedicated to protecting Sora and Kairi at all costs, even if that means kicking Roxas' ass and dragging him to see DiZ in order to wake Sora up. Fooling around with the mist has made him have a sort of light sensitivity, so he wears a blindfold for now.
Kairi - A princess of heart, her magic represents everything the mist can't. However it's impossible to harness except in certain ways. All that's known is that the darkness simply can't stand against her strength. Roxas has yet to meet her in person but he's seen her in dreams.
Naminé - A mysterious girl in white whom Roxas met briefly before he was shoved into Sora's chamber and forced to wake him up. She seemed nice enough, but bossed around a bit. Maybe she needs someone to protect her like Kairi did? Anyway, she has the strange power of memories. Anyone who's ever met Sora can have their memories screwed around with by her. This made her instrumental in both executing half the Order's plan and undoing what happened so that Sora could continue with his proper memories. All the broken pieces, though...
Xion - One of Roxas' best friends while working for the Order. Unfortunately, her existence began to decline (like many soulless) and she simply... fell apart when it became clear that Roxas was the dominant twin.
Axel - Roxas' other best friend while in the Order. He has different motivations than the rest of them, but he's also far more aware of what's going on. Roxas knows that he's going to get targeted by the Order now that he's gone rogue, but he doesn't know Axel will be the one to do it. Axel gets to off himself before Roxas meets up with the main hero party though, so that's a problem.
Personality:
Roxas is, at first, very much like Sora in appearance and personality. He has a stubborn streak a mile long and he doesn’t give up on things very easily. With the right amount of encouragement, he can go far beyond what’s expected of him. And while he can get very gloomy while remembering the past, he also has a strangely optimistic view of the future. There are some key differences, however… things that lend him a darkness that Sora lacks.
The most notable thing is anger. Roxas isn’t really an angry person; he’s even reasonable most of the time. He tries to keep his view of people as objective as possible (at first). He says his please-and-thank-you’s. But mess with him or his friends, or compound his life with secrets, and he will unleash a Keyblade Master’s dark fury like nothing else. This combined with his determined streak made him a formidable opponent for Riku-- enough that he nearly overdosed on darkness trying to beat the rogue Soulless. When he gets that angry he thinks of nothing but getting rid of it, which makes him something of a hothead all around. It tends to burn off, though.
Rage aside, Roxas tends to be a little quieter and lets others dominate the conversation. He still says whatever is on his mind, but he does a lot more sitting and thinking about things than Sora could ever confess to. He’s also not above being a bit of a smartass though it never turns into the kind of arrogance that other failed clonebodies display.
There are still a lot of ideas that Roxas doesn’t understand despite having another person’s memories. Experiencing these things for himself gives him a childlike innocence and curiosity about otherwise normal things: laughter, hanging out with friends, and going to the beach, to name a few. It’s like he’s learned how to live backwards and wants to return to the basics. Despite the handicap that makes him seem zombie-like, Roxas is far from daft, and he’s capable of doing word problems unless he’s blinded by rage.
Sora is determined to save the world but Roxas is more proactive, poking and prodding at the things he finds out to see if they’re true and also rebelling hard against the fate forced on him. He still completes tasks for the Order but he does it while wondering about the why, and the questions he asks don’t always have easy answers. He still refuses to act like he’s some kind of entitled hero, but not knowing everything goads him on even when he would rather turn back and live simply.
At heart, Roxas is a teenager who longs to live like he never can-- with his own friends, his own school, in his own town. Living in Sora’s shadow made him long for these things even more, but he found them in Axel and Xion, if only for a while. The Keyblade is a burden to Roxas and seems like the only reason the Order employs him at all, making him despise it more and more. True maturity comes to Roxas only after he begrudgingly accepts his role as Sora’s other half and joins him in taking down the Order and becoming a sort of hero.
Reality Description:
The technology is generally Industrial Age/turn of the century influenced, with added elements of magic (elemental and Final Fantasy-based: fire, blizzard, thunder, aero, etc.) and more advanced technology (zeppelins, guns). Instead of visiting different worlds, there are various continents both floating and on the world beneath, all of them isolated for several hundred years by the world's terrible storms. As far as is known, the ground and ocean beneath the thick layer of mist is uninhabitable and nothing can live there.
In truth, beneath the mist lies the dark side of the world, filled with all sorts of unpleasant creatures and every city that ever fell to the Heartless.
The worlds present in the original Kingdom Hearts canon can be visited with the aid of an airship or the dark portals that Soulless can summon.
Terms
Heart - The heart is the beginning of magic and power. Generally regarded as a myth by most people, those who possess the most powerful hearts can wield keyblades and fight back the mist.
Heartless - Creatures who are said to come from the mist, their existence is closely tied to that of the Soulless. Everything the mist touches is claimed by the Heartless, who are called such due to the gigantic holes in their shadowy bodies, lack of emotion, and all around lack of vital signs. When a world is taken by the Heartless, the magic that causes it to float fails and the residents dissolve and disappear into the mist to become like them.
Highwind - Otherwise known as the gummi ship in canon, traveling from island to island is done by using the armed and armored zeppelin, Highwind, Cid's pride and joy. It's the only vessel that can navigate the fierce storms that have claimed other ships for ages. However, it cannot go to worlds untouched by the Heartless since it follows the paths formed by the dark mist-- without it, the storm-barriers are impossible to pass.
Keyblade - Mysterious weapons that generally form the shape of keys, powered by magic. Some of them might have cogwheel elements. They represent the untamed world of magic and mystery that originates beneath the mist.
Kingdom Hearts - It's said that this door represents a seal keeping the mist from overwhelming the world. Ansem's Heartless wanted it to create a world of beautiful darkness, and the Soulless want it so that they can reshape the world to be one that every Soulless can fit in and feel whole... without the originals.
Soulless - also known as Nobodies, the Soulless are a series of failed experiments to create soldiers with innate and powerful magic. The ones who become corrupted by the mist-magic turn into strange monstrosities, but the most famous ones belong to the Thirteenth Order.
The Order/Thirteenth Order - Also known as the Organization, the Thirteenth Order is a rogue squadron of clones infused with the mist magic with their own 'alignments'. They're also a bit crazy and hell-bent on using the Keyblade Wielders to control the mist and everything, save for some small exceptions. They have their own hearts and memories in addition to the originals' imprints forced on them (again, exceptions) so they're a little crazy.
Powers/Abilities: Roxas’ signature weapon is the Keyblade, an unbreakable weapon that can supposedly open any lock and can sometimes pierce barriers. Its shapes and attributes change depending on the keychain equipped. Keychains themselves are usually sentimental items imbued with strange magical power. In this ’verse the Keyblade represents everything unknown about the world’s origins and the existence of magic, but also a guiding light that can push back the mist and reclaim what was lost.
Physically, Roxas is fit and lean. He’s agile and strong, but most of his power is in combinations and surprisingly effective style of dual-wielding Keyblades. On the ground or in the air, he’s a whirlwind of steel and not easily bested by anyone. Disarming a Keyblade wielder is difficult since he can call back his weapons in a flash, the same way he can summon or dismiss them.
Roxas has a fundamental understanding of elemental magic and he can usually heal himself of medium to light injuries. He can form portals to different worlds and teleport short distances without warning, and he can also summon the Samurai breed of Nobodies if desired due to his power over the darkness. His power over light is greater, however; he can conjure up powerful beams of light and zip between them with slashes while casting, though he definitely needs his Keyblade to do this.
Your Livejournal: presea
Email Address: namine@feathery.org
AIM: inherits the sun
Timezone: CST
Other Characters Played: N/A
Character Name: Roxas
Fandom: Kingdom Hearts
Canon or Alternate Universe: Alternate Universe-- Kingdom Hearts is set on one world, with multiple floating islands in lieu of different worlds, each one separated by a fierce ring of storms that without the aid of magic and technology are impassable. Beneath the islands lies the mist, a fierce and dark force that covers the surface of the planet. Islands that are touched by it fall, their cities ruined, their residents turn into monsters. The technology and clothing reflects the influence of ‘steampunk’ fashion, as does the technology, with magic stepping in where technology does not. Magic in general is regarded as a powerful and scary force, since it’s linked to the mist that swallows up any who dare step off the edge of the island.
Canon Point: During the events of Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days: specifically, Day 23, after Axel and other Nobodies depart to Castle Oblivion.
Species: Human (Soulless/Nobody)
Age: 15
Appearance: Roxas is of average height and weight for his age with a baby face and bright blue eyes. His hair is blonde and spiked in whatever direction it feels like, though it’s short in the back and longer on top. His main attire is a long black leather tailed coat that fits snugly on top of a gray waistcoat, a long-sleeved button-down shirt, and a red ascot. Pants are typical boring gray diving into black leather knee-high boots. On a side note, he looks almost exactly like Sora, just with different hair.
Background:
History:
In a world of storms and mystery, long ago, a little redheaded girl named Kairi washed ashore. The denizens of Destiny Islands took her in and she was raised as one of their own. She also befriended two boys in the process, Riku and Sora, Riku was plagued by dreams of a strange door, and he became restless, even obsessed with what lay beyond the mist. It led the three of them to work on building a boat that they thought could glide beyond the edge of the world where the water curved, and finally disappeared into nothingness. Unfortunately, the boat was not to be. The storms encroached, bringing with them the deadly mist that was said to form the world below the floating islands. On one fateful night, Riku was given the supposedly mythical power that could part storms-- the Keyblade-- and with it, he opened the door. Kairi’s heart was lost, Riku was swallowed up by the mist, and Sora woke up on an island he’d never heard of.
The rest goes as according to canon.
Except that the End of the World is the world beneath the mist, and Monstro is a flying lunar whale.
And then there were Nobodies.
Years before, Ansem the Wise got the idea that the mist could be harnessed and its magic used to help protect the floating island-worlds he knew existed. He had several assistants working under him, and when he realized the research was dangerous and abandoned it, they continued it without his permission. These people used the mist to create copies of themselves, infusing them with strange power, and then tried to transfer their minds and souls over to the new forms. But it failed. The original researchers fell apart, but their wishes lived on in the Soulless, otherwise known as Nobodies, who now sought a way to find the hearts and memories they’d lost.
Everything else goes as according to canon. Except for a few name changes -- Nobodies become Soulless, and the Organization is referred to as the Order. Sora goes to sleep and Roxas awakens in Twilight Town confusing his name for Sora’s. He’s being trained by the Order and that’s when he comes to Route. Yay!
Also there is no digital Twilight Town, which is too much of a stretch and rather unfeasible with the steampunk technology presented here. Instead DiZ watches over Sora and his sleeping friends, and when Roxas is brought to him, he’s used to awaken Sora… and then tossed into a prison and forgotten about as DiZ went galloping off to save the universe.
Roxas and Canon:
Roxas is a copy of Sora created when the Keyblader impaled himself and returned Kairi's heart to her body. After the events that made him leave the corrupt and falling apart organization, Roxas sought out Sora, his 'twin', whose memories he shared due to their mirrored souls. He fought and clashed with Riku who sought a place to belong, as well as a way to make Sora wake up from his mist-induced coma. He was kept in a prison within the floating island of Twilight Town until a mysterious figure freed him. He then aided Sora in the downfall of the Order's members, including Xemnas himself. Of course, his canon point is before all of this, so look forward to it!
Due to the unnatural cases of his and Naminé's creation, they each have their own hearts, and they possess their own memories in addition to the ones given by Sora and Kairi respectively. They do not disappear at the end of Kingdom Hearts 2. However, they will always be linked to their "originals".
Xion was an on-purpose copy of Roxas and her existence became highly unstable, as she had to draw upon Roxas' own life in order to sustain herself. In the end his bond with Sora could not support another person and she dissolved, her power living on through Sora and Roxas.
People:
Sora - Roxas' other half. Roxas shares his memories, even while Sora is awake. They exist separately but have that sort of... creepy twin-ish bond. Complete with creepy random telekinesis when it's needed. Sora is determined to understand Roxas, who has been hurt deeply by the people who took him in. However 'dark' he may be, though, Roxas and Sora are pretty much halves of the same coin.
Riku - Sora's best friend, and the one who started it all. His heart is strong, and maybe not as pure as Sora's, but he has the darker side of power that Sora needs in order to fight the Order. He is also dedicated to protecting Sora and Kairi at all costs, even if that means kicking Roxas' ass and dragging him to see DiZ in order to wake Sora up. Fooling around with the mist has made him have a sort of light sensitivity, so he wears a blindfold for now.
Kairi - A princess of heart, her magic represents everything the mist can't. However it's impossible to harness except in certain ways. All that's known is that the darkness simply can't stand against her strength. Roxas has yet to meet her in person but he's seen her in dreams.
Naminé - A mysterious girl in white whom Roxas met briefly before he was shoved into Sora's chamber and forced to wake him up. She seemed nice enough, but bossed around a bit. Maybe she needs someone to protect her like Kairi did? Anyway, she has the strange power of memories. Anyone who's ever met Sora can have their memories screwed around with by her. This made her instrumental in both executing half the Order's plan and undoing what happened so that Sora could continue with his proper memories. All the broken pieces, though...
Xion - One of Roxas' best friends while working for the Order. Unfortunately, her existence began to decline (like many soulless) and she simply... fell apart when it became clear that Roxas was the dominant twin.
Axel - Roxas' other best friend while in the Order. He has different motivations than the rest of them, but he's also far more aware of what's going on. Roxas knows that he's going to get targeted by the Order now that he's gone rogue, but he doesn't know Axel will be the one to do it. Axel gets to off himself before Roxas meets up with the main hero party though, so that's a problem.
Personality:
Roxas is, at first, very much like Sora in appearance and personality. He has a stubborn streak a mile long and he doesn’t give up on things very easily. With the right amount of encouragement, he can go far beyond what’s expected of him. And while he can get very gloomy while remembering the past, he also has a strangely optimistic view of the future. There are some key differences, however… things that lend him a darkness that Sora lacks.
The most notable thing is anger. Roxas isn’t really an angry person; he’s even reasonable most of the time. He tries to keep his view of people as objective as possible (at first). He says his please-and-thank-you’s. But mess with him or his friends, or compound his life with secrets, and he will unleash a Keyblade Master’s dark fury like nothing else. This combined with his determined streak made him a formidable opponent for Riku-- enough that he nearly overdosed on darkness trying to beat the rogue Soulless. When he gets that angry he thinks of nothing but getting rid of it, which makes him something of a hothead all around. It tends to burn off, though.
Rage aside, Roxas tends to be a little quieter and lets others dominate the conversation. He still says whatever is on his mind, but he does a lot more sitting and thinking about things than Sora could ever confess to. He’s also not above being a bit of a smartass though it never turns into the kind of arrogance that other failed clonebodies display.
There are still a lot of ideas that Roxas doesn’t understand despite having another person’s memories. Experiencing these things for himself gives him a childlike innocence and curiosity about otherwise normal things: laughter, hanging out with friends, and going to the beach, to name a few. It’s like he’s learned how to live backwards and wants to return to the basics. Despite the handicap that makes him seem zombie-like, Roxas is far from daft, and he’s capable of doing word problems unless he’s blinded by rage.
Sora is determined to save the world but Roxas is more proactive, poking and prodding at the things he finds out to see if they’re true and also rebelling hard against the fate forced on him. He still completes tasks for the Order but he does it while wondering about the why, and the questions he asks don’t always have easy answers. He still refuses to act like he’s some kind of entitled hero, but not knowing everything goads him on even when he would rather turn back and live simply.
At heart, Roxas is a teenager who longs to live like he never can-- with his own friends, his own school, in his own town. Living in Sora’s shadow made him long for these things even more, but he found them in Axel and Xion, if only for a while. The Keyblade is a burden to Roxas and seems like the only reason the Order employs him at all, making him despise it more and more. True maturity comes to Roxas only after he begrudgingly accepts his role as Sora’s other half and joins him in taking down the Order and becoming a sort of hero.
Reality Description:
The technology is generally Industrial Age/turn of the century influenced, with added elements of magic (elemental and Final Fantasy-based: fire, blizzard, thunder, aero, etc.) and more advanced technology (zeppelins, guns). Instead of visiting different worlds, there are various continents both floating and on the world beneath, all of them isolated for several hundred years by the world's terrible storms. As far as is known, the ground and ocean beneath the thick layer of mist is uninhabitable and nothing can live there.
In truth, beneath the mist lies the dark side of the world, filled with all sorts of unpleasant creatures and every city that ever fell to the Heartless.
The worlds present in the original Kingdom Hearts canon can be visited with the aid of an airship or the dark portals that Soulless can summon.
Terms
Heart - The heart is the beginning of magic and power. Generally regarded as a myth by most people, those who possess the most powerful hearts can wield keyblades and fight back the mist.
Heartless - Creatures who are said to come from the mist, their existence is closely tied to that of the Soulless. Everything the mist touches is claimed by the Heartless, who are called such due to the gigantic holes in their shadowy bodies, lack of emotion, and all around lack of vital signs. When a world is taken by the Heartless, the magic that causes it to float fails and the residents dissolve and disappear into the mist to become like them.
Highwind - Otherwise known as the gummi ship in canon, traveling from island to island is done by using the armed and armored zeppelin, Highwind, Cid's pride and joy. It's the only vessel that can navigate the fierce storms that have claimed other ships for ages. However, it cannot go to worlds untouched by the Heartless since it follows the paths formed by the dark mist-- without it, the storm-barriers are impossible to pass.
Keyblade - Mysterious weapons that generally form the shape of keys, powered by magic. Some of them might have cogwheel elements. They represent the untamed world of magic and mystery that originates beneath the mist.
Kingdom Hearts - It's said that this door represents a seal keeping the mist from overwhelming the world. Ansem's Heartless wanted it to create a world of beautiful darkness, and the Soulless want it so that they can reshape the world to be one that every Soulless can fit in and feel whole... without the originals.
Soulless - also known as Nobodies, the Soulless are a series of failed experiments to create soldiers with innate and powerful magic. The ones who become corrupted by the mist-magic turn into strange monstrosities, but the most famous ones belong to the Thirteenth Order.
The Order/Thirteenth Order - Also known as the Organization, the Thirteenth Order is a rogue squadron of clones infused with the mist magic with their own 'alignments'. They're also a bit crazy and hell-bent on using the Keyblade Wielders to control the mist and everything, save for some small exceptions. They have their own hearts and memories in addition to the originals' imprints forced on them (again, exceptions) so they're a little crazy.
Powers/Abilities: Roxas’ signature weapon is the Keyblade, an unbreakable weapon that can supposedly open any lock and can sometimes pierce barriers. Its shapes and attributes change depending on the keychain equipped. Keychains themselves are usually sentimental items imbued with strange magical power. In this ’verse the Keyblade represents everything unknown about the world’s origins and the existence of magic, but also a guiding light that can push back the mist and reclaim what was lost.
Physically, Roxas is fit and lean. He’s agile and strong, but most of his power is in combinations and surprisingly effective style of dual-wielding Keyblades. On the ground or in the air, he’s a whirlwind of steel and not easily bested by anyone. Disarming a Keyblade wielder is difficult since he can call back his weapons in a flash, the same way he can summon or dismiss them.
Roxas has a fundamental understanding of elemental magic and he can usually heal himself of medium to light injuries. He can form portals to different worlds and teleport short distances without warning, and he can also summon the Samurai breed of Nobodies if desired due to his power over the darkness. His power over light is greater, however; he can conjure up powerful beams of light and zip between them with slashes while casting, though he definitely needs his Keyblade to do this.