[b]Name:[/b] Vash the Stampede

[b]Universe:[/b] Trigun (anime canon)

[b]Appearance:[/b]
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[b]Personality:[/b] One could say that Vash carries a bit of a split personality. The vast majority of the time, he’s a lovable goofball – and a bit of a perv – but mostly a goofball. While he sometimes gets hilariously drunk and goes through many failed attempts to hit on women, he spends most of his time eating donuts and roaming the land with his eccentric persona in an attempt to spread [b]love and peace[/b], a ridiculous and painfully innocent set of ideals in the hardened, gun-filled world he comes from. The other side to Vash can be seen, however, when these ideals are threatened. When lives are in danger (and using his goofy guise to get out of a tricky situation fails him), he becomes a much more serious, almost dark character. Believing that no person has the right to take the life of another, he’d be more than willing to endanger himself if it meant saving a life. And, expectedly, he would [b]never[/b] kill someone himself, no matter the circumstances. 

[b]Powers/Skills:[/b] Vash’s most definitive skill is his gunmanship, which stands at superhuman levels. Give him any target or other gun-based challenge and it’s quite unlikely he’ll miss. Additionally, he has extremely fast reflexes – fast enough to dodge the bullets that come at him. Odds are you’d have to be superhuman yourself to land a shot on him. Lastly, he ages much slower than humans do, as he’s technically more than a hundred years old. 

[b]Brief Bio:[/b] Vash comes from the Wild West-esque planet of Gunsmoke, where he is known planet-wide as Vash the Stampede, a legendary outlaw. Wanted dead-or-alive for $$60,000,000,000, the inhabitants of Gunsmoke know him as a dangerous and ruthless figure, capable of flattening entire cities in his wake. The thought of merely standing in the same room as the man would make most tremble with fear. 
…Seriously!

As should be evident by now, Vash is extremely misunderstood in these regards. Most of this lore stems from rumors being blown out of proportion, as well as other disasters and crimes being blamed on him. The stark contrast between what people think he’s like and what he’s [i]actually[/i] like cause many to not even recognize the man of legend when they see him. And when they [i]do[/i] recognize him, well, hilarity ensues as Vash uses his crazy antics in an attempt to evade huge mobs of people ready to put a bullet through his head. Really, he’s a good man trying to lend a helping hand and spread good values wherever he goes, assuming he’s able to. His criminal record is ground in an ounce of truth, though, as he [i]did[/i] destroy the entire city of July – miraculously without killing anyone – though his selective amnesia keeps him from knowing how or why he did it. 

As for why he’s so dedicated to pacifism? Long-story-short it’s because of his adoptive mother, Rem, who taught him all these values as a child… only to be killed by his twin brother, Knives, causing Vash to see just how horrific murder is. And while he hasn’t seen Knives in a long time, he knows his brother’s out there somewhere, hunting him down. Despite all this, though, he still can’t bring himself to hate Knives. He’s hardly capable of hating anyone. 

[b]Equipment:[/b] His most signature piece of equipment is his trusty revolver, the key instrument of his power. While in most regards it’s just a normal revolver, it does have one other use while in Vash’s hands – and that is the fact that, through a great use of his power – it can transform Vash’s entire right arm into a [url=http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130528022858/trigun/images/a/a9/Vashs-big-gun.jpg]massive energy cannon[/url]. [i]However[/i], this is almost never used, not only because it takes so much energy out of Vash (thus making it almost life-threatening to use) but because of Vash’s great concern for the safety of those around him, as well. So, for most intents and purposes, it’s an ordinary gun. 

Additionally (though this also isn’t often used), he actually lost his left arm many years ago, and so the arm he has now is in fact a bionic one, and can also transform into a gun in a pinch. He’s unlikely to use it unless he’s in a serious jam and can’t use his usual gun for whatever reason, though. Aaaand, lastly, the bottoms of his shoes have knife blades hidden in them.

[b]Others:[/b] You may have figured out by now that Vash isn’t human. That would be correct. As for his actual species…
[hider=Spoiler]He’s a sentient Power Plant. …Yeah, it’s kind of confusing, but the Plants where he comes from are all silently alive (kind of like the TARDIS from Doctor Who) and he’s a more human-like incarnation of those Plants. It’s his Plant energy that gives him such insane abilities.[/hider]