**Name**: Freya Solberg **Age**: 19 **Gender**: Female **Appearance**:   Freya has long, dark brown hair that stays in a ponytail with the assistance of great orange bands. Her hair is haphazard from constant growth, and the only part of it that is trimmed, her bangs, are messy because she cuts them herself. She isn't picky about clothing and will wear whatever is most comfortable. She even lounges around in her SEED uniform on occasion because she can't spare the effort to change into something else. Freya's eyes are a lighter brown, and tend to bore into her subject of attention unflinchingly. She keeps a small bandage on her nose because she saw a famous boxer on television with one on and it looked cool, so she keeps a pack of them on her to replace it if it falls off. Her favorite colors are orange and black. **Nationality**: Balamb **Trained At**: Balamb Garden **Weapon/Combat Style:** Looking at how Freya fights, nobody would ever think she would be one to spout words like "honor" and "justice." She fights using whatever means are at her disposal, always making sure she either has the upper hand. She uses magic like Blind and Silence to debilitate the enemy, before strengthening her defenses with Protect and Shell. With the scales tipped heavily in her favor, she is free to rush in and pummel the hell out of the opposition. Her Guardian Force allows her to refine all the negative status effects she could want, but she has to rely on outside sources for magic like Protect and Shell. Therefore, she is incredibly stingy with them, and is only willing to cast them on herself. Although the Garden has forced martial arts training on her, she is much happier rushing in and punching things without regard to form or grace. She is perfectly fine brawling bare-knuckled, but for military operations she wears a pair of gauntlets with a large spike fixed to the wrists, allowing her blows to compete with armor. She likes to call these gauntlets her "pile drivers." **Limit Break**: Knockout Punch When she's overcome with no way out, Freya summons all the magic power she has and stomps the ground, disorienting the foe with a shockwave before running in and delivering one desperate, tremendous punch that smashes through any barriers or armor. **Personality**: With her focused, determined gaze, it might surprise some that Freya is incredibly whimsical. She likes speaking in a roundabout fashion and making vague, cryptic claims that can confuse others. Beneath her carefree exterior, her self-appointed goal is to fight for "justice," but she doesn't seem to know what that really means. She also has a tendency to lecture others for a lack of honor while showing absolutely none herself. Whenever she is confronted about her hypocrisy - or anything, really - she feigns innocence and dodges the subject. **Backstory**: Freya was born and raised in Balamb to a fisherman's family that was well-off in the town, so she didn't have to do much to earn others' approval. She has three brothers not too much older than she is, and learned to fight dirty from defending herself against them. After managing to turn the tables on her siblings, she found that she enjoyed fighting so much she took to the streets, roughing up any other children she found. Her bullying made her disliked by her family and the town as a whole, but there were some children who respected her and became her posse. Around this time, at the age of twelve, she realized that if she wanted to continue fighting, she should go to the nearby Garden. Her parents, surprised that she actually wanted to make something out of herself, instantly agreed. The instructors who conducted her review, noticing a high potential for close-quarters combat and a high compatibility with Guardian Forces, accepted her despite her quirks. At the Garden, she quickly came to idolize SEED, and knowing she was a bit late in coming to Garden, trained intensely to become a part of the world's elite mercenary force. She attempted the SEED exam as soon as she could, and after trying for four years to make it into SEED, she finally succeeded. However, after making it into SEED, the only non-mandatory training she's been doing is taking a trip down to Balamb every now and then - crushing any monsters that jump out at her - to beat up her siblings and her old running crew. As someone difficult to speak with, who insists on doing things at her own pace, she became very unpopular among her SEED superiors and ended up shipped out to Timber for a stealth mission in hopes that she wouldn't come back. **Additional Information**: Freya uses a strange round-about dialect she claims she picked up from the "shady parts" of Balamb, though anyone in Balamb would find it just as strange. She grows her hair out long because she is paranoid about blades, scissors of course falling under that category. She only cuts her bangs, and does so completely by herself, in a room, as a very delicate procedure. Pulling her hair is the easiest way to make her angry. She can sing well, but keeps it a secret. **GF**: Catoblepas **Appearance**:  This boar-like creature is a fearsome dark beast whose breath or gaze can turn flesh to stone. To those able to resist its red glare, it rushes in and attempts to ram and gore them. **Elemental Affinity**: Earth **Junctions**: Catoblepas allows the user to junction magic to their HP and their Status Attack, giving them the ability to last longer in battle and debilitate their foes without even casting a spell. Those who form an intense bond with the beast will become able to junction magic to their Strength, Status Defense, and Magic as well, boosting their resilience to status ailments from others while increasing the effectiveness of their own. **Abilities**: Focus allows the user of Catoblepas to charge their physical attacks with magical force before unleashing them, boosting their strength considerably at the cost of time spent charging. Refine Status Magic allows the user of Catoblepas to create status magic for themselves, such as Bio, Blind, Break, and others.

Name: Syrus Age: 19 Gender: Male Appearance:  He is a tall male about 5’11” with normal cut flame red hair. His eyes are an unnatural emerald green and he hides much of his self inside a black trench coat with gold trim that is coupled with black boots and pants. His shirt is red with gold trim as well. He also always seems to have a tooth pick in his mouth. Nationality: Esthar. Trained At: Trabia, and Balamb Weapon/Combat Style: Since he has had to fend for himself most of his life he has wielded many weapons until they have broken. One day he happened across a set of rare gunblades and began to train with them. Ever since he has dual wielded these gunblades and hopes that one day he will be able to upgrade the parts to make them even better. Limit Break: Lock, Load, and Slash: this limit break works a lot like squalls Renzokuken as in it has finishing moves along with the initial damage and trigger actions. The first finishing move is blast twister. Syrus tucks both blades in close and energizes them. He begins to spin like a twister, flying off into the enemies firing off energy while slashing up the enemies. Personality: At first he seems anti-social, but as he works with people he will become close to them as he has never had a family or any friends because he has been on the run. He also talks to himself or fire whenever he thinks he is alone but has been caught several times. Little does anyone know that he revieces the other end of the conversation. Biography: ((To the party he is Syrus, but before he was Syrus his name was Hyperion.)) To start Syrus (Hyperion) has been an expirenment of Dr. Odine’s since he was born. His mother died and there was no father that they could find within the city of Esthar but no one dare venture into the outside world to find him if he did exist. Dr. Odine called him the first of the sorcerers. Just like with the sorcereress’ he could wield magic with ease, even though he never likes to most of the time. Odine tested him as much as he could until finally the boy Syrus (Hyperion) couldn’t handle anymore. One night he ran using his magic to escape, Odine never bothered to lock him up properly because he did not see the boy as a threat. Bypassing all security and getting out quietly he managed to get out and head towards Trabia garden. There he was taken in and trained. He did not reveal his nature to anyone and hid his natural abilities well. He had picked up the gunblades before coming to the Trabia garden and was taught well until he turned sixteen. A squad of men came looking for him. He realized who they were, even though they had disgused themselves. He then ran leading them away. He managed to get to the ocean and faught a couple of them before jumping in and swimming away. He faked drowing when he was far enough out and the men thought he was lost to the sea. Stuck out in the water, no one around and with night upon him he tried to swim back to shore but shivering from the cold he actually did start to drown. Shortly after he blacked out and thought to himself that he was dieing. Suddenly he heard a voice. The voice told him that he would be delivered from this place and to somewhere he would be safe. He then felt himself rise and be pushed from the water onto the sand. Catching glimpses of a serpent in he again blacked out in the sand. He was later found by a couple from the near by town and was taken to the Garden for care as they thought he came from there due to his weapons. The nurse brought him back from the brink and then he meet with Headmaster Cid. In his office they discussed a great many things like how he had symbols of Trabia garden and was found of the beach here. He finally gave up and found only one answer to his problems. He showed Headmaster Cid what he could do and Cid was stunned. He then took the boy under his wing and helped him hide with in his new home of the Balamb Garden. From hence forth he was no longer Hyperion he was instead Syrus and Cid enrolled him right away. Now in present time when he has just turned nineteen Syrus is preparing for the final exam in which he must finish the written part of the exam. Syrus had already taken the GF part of the exam in which Cid took him to a special area in the fire cavern where he fought the GF Phoenix and won. Additional information: GF: Phoenix Appearance:  Elemental Affinity: Water and Fire Junctions: He junctions to his health and strength. Also damage from fire and water are slightly decreased. Abilities: Scan, Card, fire , restorative magic refine, and finally card mod.

Name: Xerox Craft Age: 16 Gender: Male Appearance:  No tie, no cardigan. A lab coat on top of the jacket. Nationality: Trabian Trained At: Trabia Weapon/Combat Style: A toolbox/giant spanner. Xerox carries a toolbox which has a giant spanner. Usually using a giant spanner to fight, there are times he will use the toolbox itself or other tools normally found in a toolbox. If given enough time, he will use items he picks up in the environment or from enemies, to temporarily upgrade his spanner or his allies weapons. He may, create an assist robotic turret that flies around and assists in the battle as well. They are quick to break (for now) and may take a hit for Xerox. Limit Break: Rise of the Machines Xerox will on the field make a number of machines. Making turrets, battle armaments, upgrade weapons, and make battle suits. Sometimes making battle suits with turrets inbuilt or superior robot turrets. Depending on the amount of time he has, he will make more and more machines. Minimally, his limit break will run for 20 seconds. It can run for up to a minute. (6 machines in 20 seconds for now) Personality: Xerox is a nice guy who is quite analytical. He likes being in groups, and likes talking. If someone brings up an idea for something that has the potential to be useful, Xerox will jump on the idea. A creative mind, with incentive, he will try to make anything. Successfully he has been known for upgrading and creating items. His inventions have been known to be a little ... excessive. However, he has good intentions. Most things don't bother him, however, do not say anything bad about his inventions, or call anything junk in front of him. Such things will make enrage him greatly. Biography: Abandoned at a very young age, Xerox does not know anything about his family, or how he came to be in Trabia. Raised by the Shumi in Shumi Village, he didn't have much to do there. It was a nice and peaceful time for him, and he liked it there. There was a Moomba, Rue, who was his best friend, and they would play together all the time. One day, Xerox found some scraps of metal and other junk. Thinking about what they are, he put them together, and after some time, bolting, screwing, unscrewing and etc. Xerox was surprised by what he had made. It was small robot. It was walking around. Rue took up an interest in Xerox's ability, so he went and found lots more material for Xerox. At first, all he could make was robots. But as he started to understand more, and learn about more things, he made things like a reheat gun, a super cooling refrigerator and other items. They were all purposeful, and had great use, except the fact they were made more powerful than necessary. The reheat needed only a second to reheat food to 140 degrees Celsius, and the super cooling fridge would cool boiling water to 4 degrees Celsius in a second. If they were used too long, the food would melt or the water becomes so cold, objects near it start to freeze. Of course it is not to say everything was like this. There were a few useful things like a jet-pack. As he made more items, he started to invent new things quicker and more efficiently in terms of material used One day, he made a cleaning robot, which got a little out of control and ended up exploding. The Shumi in the village were enraged. Xerox was getting older, although they loved him, they could not deal with him at this point. They requested that Trabia Garden to take care of him and let him become a part of SeeD. Without his consent, he was sent to Trabia Garden, but Xerox was excited. For the first time he would meet other humans. Rue decided to tag along, and actually sticks close to him. In Trabia Garden, he has learned to fight, and decided to use a giant spanner, since some of his inventions required one of that size. He keeps a toolbox for various other tools with him. He has upgraded and/or modified various weapons as well, and has learned how to use his hands so quickly that he is capable of doing these on the field. Very many know of his slightly eccentric behavior and inventions. One of his most proudest inventions is his teleportation gates. Additional information: GF: Varvadoss Appearance:  When summoned, Varvadoss distorts the space of the area. It can leave enemies missing body parts, or apply a different set of physics to the field. It may give an elemental affect to the field as well, which will return to normal over time. Elemental Affinity: Dark/Space/None (Unsure if first two are allowed as elemental affinity.) Junctions: - Boost - Status Attack - Hit-J - Luck-J - Eva-J - Eva +30% Abilities: - Magic - Draw - GF - Item - Passive/Support Extra Spatial Storage - Passive/Support Rare Item - Gravitation (Similar to Demi) - Spatial Distortion

Name: Jake Firesong Age: 19 (SeeD from the age of 18) Gender:Male Appearance:  Jake does not typically have a very tidy appearance, shirts not fully buttoned, ties worn loosely. He has messy medium brown hair (as per the picture) and cat-like green eyes. His usual attire is similar to that pictured a scruffy suit under which is thin patches of leather to act as armour. Nationality: Galbadian (Adopted) Trained At: Galbadia Weapon/Combat Style: Jake considers his fighting style a somewhat Jack-of-all-trades, even though to call him that would be a compliment. He has experience in using long swords, daggers and crossbows. Jake didn't adapt well with the evolution of weaponry and never got to grips with likes of gun-blades and rifles. Which weapon he takes on a mission would usually determine his style though he favours speed and accuracy over power and defensiveness. His lack of having a training partner is clearly reflected when fighting humanoid opponents as he lacks the ability to read his enemy, something he has grown adapted to whilst fighting monsters alone. Biography: When Jake was sent to be enrolled and Boarded at Galbadia Garden it was a wake up call, he was sent there after being a persisting problem for the family that adopted him in order to 'teach' him 'to respect authority'. Beginning his studies at the age of 10 he showed average academic performance at best and was in no way seen as being a 'Star Pupil'. It was only when he started his training that he started to show a glimmer of hope and a spark of natural talent, his ability to strike targets with near-perfect (for his age) accuracy was a sight that was unexpected by the staff of Galbadia. His academics were adjusted accordingly and Jake spent more time training and studying combat and weapons allowing him to finally excel at something. His attitude towards had taken some work but they'd eventually got it out of him there was only one problem that persisted for years, Jake was unable to form a bond, or pact with a Guardian Force. This was troubling for staff as it was seen almost a necessity for anyone seeking to go for SeeD candidacy. So they continued to try, and they continued to fail to find a Guardian Force that would bond with Jake. Thus came about a unique event that lead to Jake's first success summoning. Jake once had a training partner and due to his natural talent his partner was an older candidate, they were renowned for being well matched allowing them to go at it with their full potentials knowing when to draw the line. Just like the training arena in Balamb however, this too housed wild monsters and whilst training deep within the grounds to avoid alarming younger classmates the pair were ambushed. The older student was unable to hold everything back with his powers alone so without the aid of magic, or a GF to protect him Jake stood his ground. Two weeks later, Jake regained stable conciousness, by the next day he was summoned to the headmaster office where he was 'de-briefed'. The official report would claim that Jake was badly injured in the fight and his training partner had taken him to the safety of the infirmary for treatment, this injury was sustained whilst training due to 'poor judgement'. Officially, Jake's training partner would be blamed but so long as he 'stayed silent' he'd remain on the SeeD candidacy to which he had agreed. They informed Jake that the injuries he sustained from the monsters had put him on the brink of conciousness when 'a cloaked figure appeared and cut down the creatures one by one before disappearing' Jake had been found in a comatose state following from it. Apparently this was a Guardian Force but, it hadn't bonded to Jake... more it had latched itself onto him. Jake was told that 'officially' he would still be classed as unable to use a Guardian Force due to this particular ones nature. When Jake turned 17 he was recommended for SeeD candidacy which caused uproar amongst some students due to his inability to bond with a GF. The staff acknowledged their comments and advised that Jake was being put forward due to combat prowess and knowledge. Most students disagreed, and this didn't help Jake in making any friends in his run up to be a SeeD, he had no training partner and no one wanted to work with him. During the test Jake was forced to call on his GF to aid his squads withdrawal, when students made claims of what they saw it was met with strong denial from Galbadia Garden staff where they were reminded that Jake was unable to use one... (I'd write more but I have to stop somewhere, otherwise I'll just keep going >.<) Personality: Jake began to come out of his shell when he attended Galbadia Garden, but quickly returned to his anti-social ways and he refuses to talk about his ability / inability to use a GF. Jake treats his friends in a strange manner in that if he feels a relationship is getting close he will push the other person away. He prefers to work alone and usually requests solo assignments, or assignments with minimal support members. Although he respects other SeeD's and the Garden Staff he has a general lack of appreciation for any other type of authority GF: Kensei Appearance:  Kensei is very much humanoid in appearance a heavy long robe hangs over a figure, the opening in the hood where there'd usually be a face is nought but a hollow void. The cloak is very similar to the picture shown, but white in colour. Kensei wields a two handed blade but swings the weapon at a surprising flourished speed. Elemental Affinity: Kensei is non-elemental and darkness affinity. Additional information: Unlike traditional GF's Kensei does not diminish a persons memory over time. Instead Kensei takes payment in the form of the casters life force making them weaker dependent on how much power they wish for him to use. This dangerous effect is why Galbadia Garden works to keep its existence hidden. Not only is it a valuable asset but in the wrong hands could be used as a devastating weapon. Limit Break: Jake has two limit breaks both of which are GF related. The unique qualities of his particular Guardian Force dictates whether he has access to both or only one. In health critical situations Jake is able to weaken his Guardian Force in order to strengthen himself this limit break is known as 'reimbursement' as it's the opposite effect to what the GF has which requires 'payment'. The second limit break is known as 'Payment waived'. Jake does not know much about the effects himself or what triggers it but Kensei, in these situations will act with great power without the requirement of any sort of payment. Jake theorises that this is likely linked to a desperate situation, but doesn't necessarily mean it will happen during a life or death scenario. Junctions: J-Atk, J-HP, AGI +20. Kensei's effects are determined by how much 'payment' he receives when called upon his nature is similar to that of a body guard in which, although harming them, his main focus is protecting the caster. Abilities: Aside from the normal abilities Jake can use Mug/Steal & Darkness (Self damaging move to deal heavy damage to an opponent).