Jarjammed Application

[darkfiraga]

PLAYER INFO:
Name: Rams
Preferred pronoun: she
Preferred means of contact: AIM is best! My screenname is library angst
Any other characters currently in-game? nope!

CHARACTER INFO
Name: Riku
Gender: Male
Source: Kingdom Hearts
Canon point: Somewhere in the early part of 358/2 Days
Age: Sixteen
Colour: #2AB175
Chumhandle: dawnwardRoad

History: link to the wiki!
Personality: First impressions will tell that Riku is a fairly quiet but constantly sarcastic kind of guy. The pessimist of the group, he’s definitely not the one to encourage people when things are looking grim- at least not most of the time. Riku isn’t all dark rainy cloud, and he does try to persevere and keep going through the worst of it. He may be cynical, but giving up is not in his repertoire- he’s far too stubborn for that.

This is the kind of guy who will keep fighting until he can’t anymore, and then some. One his key flaws that he’s almost blind to, is that he pushes far past his own limits. If something important is at stake- especially if it involves his friends- he’ll push past as much injury as physically possible to keep going.

Riku is also extremely loyal to his friends- something that has cemented in his personality ever since he betrayed them and had to work his butt off for redemption. The guilt he still feels over all his past mistakes shows itself in his dedication to keep making up for things and to try to do the right thing whenever given the chance (He stays with Namine and DiZ for a year doing whatever necessary to help Sora recover, even giving up his physical appearance). He’s had his turn doing the wrong thing and going down the very wrong path, and he’s definitely learned from it.

From time to time Riku still has his angsty moments, where he dwells a little too much on things he’s done. It took him over a year to really make up for all his mistakes in the first game, and even then, everyone but him was willing to extend forgiveness. He has a tendency to be just a tad too hard on himself sometimes, but it’s really just his way of trying to keep from ever straying from the path again.

Riku’s personality overall changes quite a bit from the beginning of the first game to where he is now, though his core traits stay the same. He’s still the somewhat prideful and competitive kid he’s always been, and still just as good at making sarcastic remarks, but the growth between ages fifteen and sixteen is quite visible. His cocky attitude has certainly been toned down from what it used to be, and though he pushes himself too far sometimes, he’s not so prideful as to think he can take on the world by himself anymore. Although Riku has come to accept some help from others (the King, Namine, and DiZ), he still needs to learn that it’s okay to rely on other people when he needs it.

Abilities & physical limitations: Riku is able to harness the Darkness that is inside him thanks to numerous dealings with Maleficent and later, Xehanort’s Heartless. Though he can tap into the Darkness inside his heart, those abilities are limited by the blindfold he wears to keep Xehanort’s Heartless at bay. He weilds a sword called Soul Eater (and later the Keyblades Oblivion and Way to Dawn), and relies more on physical attacks than magic. Though he moves quickly and hits fairly hard, Riku’s ranged attacks and magical capabilities leave something to be desired. He also has the ability to create portals of Darkness to get from place to place, though this is pretty much an outside-of-combat ability.
Appearance: here!
Notable AU differences from canon, if applicable: n/a

Strife Specibus: Keybladekind (It’s ambiguous when Riku switches from his Soul Eater weapon to an actual keyblade, Way to Dawn. Since he is eqipable with two keyblades in Days, I’m going ahead and giving him that as a strife specibus.)
Prototyping: A stray White Mushroom heartless
Title: Host of Shade
In-game abilities: Since Riku is the Hero of Shade, it pretty much just amps up the Darkness-based powers he already has. That means manifesting and wielding darkness/shadows as a physical entity that can cause damage, and giving other abilities a dark spin, so to speak (dark firaga, for example).
Planet: Land of Seas and Gloom, which is mainly a series of isles dotted about a very large body of water. The sky is perpetually overcast and fairly dark, giving the place quite the feeling of overhanging gloom. The consorts, a bunch of distressed teal pandas, are plagued by the denizen Sirena (based on sirens from the Odyssey) who lures them in with her song and then eats them. The bamboo crop is really getting out of control because of all this...

RP Sample: Here’s a thread from a past LJ game!