This one is essentially my take on what it would be like to play as a regular guy who joined SOLDIER and actually made it in there, unlike Cloud Strife. Plenty of people applied and were accepted, while he was never among their ranks. What would it be like to actually live that life? What motivation would you have to be there, and more importantly to stay with it, at least at first? That's what this character was always about.

Name: Joseph (Joe) Hockner

Age: 23

Gender: Male

Race: Human

Occupation: SOLDIER, 3rd Class

Appearance:

As a member of SOLDIER, Joe looks pretty damn fit. Physical training and that Mako cocktail have given him an athletic that makes him quick and agile, with a deceptive level of strength and control that would allow him to heft and swing an oversized weapon easily. He is average in height, verging on 6-foot even, with a few knicks and scratches here and there on his body (but not the face) indicating that he's been through some rough combat. He has short black hair that is a little smoothed back and green eyes with the trademark Mako energy shine found in SOLDIERS. Point-blank, you would call him fairly-handsome...and a smirker. He does seem a bit laid back for most of the time, though obviously his training would allow Joe to react to any situation in a fraction of a second.

He has two regular attires. The first one is his black jeans and mostly-dark-green-with black-highlights shirt, which could be described as his everyday attire (or other sets that look similar to this). Now, something they don't generally show you, but you hear it being used, is whatever hook or harness SOLDIERS use to put their big damn swords on their back. Joe actually has a homemade one of leather and metal that will similarly allow him to hook ANY sort of heavy package on his back and just go. It's a bit less subtle on his person, but he really doesn't care. His shoes look like exceptionally-good running shoes, maybe a bit sporty-looking, giving him solid grip and tread when he's on the move.

Lastly, Joe has a SOLDIER uniform, though not that sword. Kind of makes him look like The Shredder, doesn't it?

Personality:

He seems like a fairly laid back sort of guy because - generally - he is. Joe is often a get-along guy, neither antagonistic by design, nor quick to anger himself. He's not out to prove anything or massage any egos. What he IS here to do is what he considers the right thing. He has a decent morality crossed with a 'Don't sweat the details' attitude, he who fights monsters but may gamble at Gold Saucer. If you're in a jam, he'll help you. If you're a piece of shit, he'll fight you. Many of the situations he faces will be judged on a case-by-case basis, because he doesn't just do whatever the higher-ups tell him. As a SOLDIER, Joe considers himself to be fairly-autonomous in authority and does things how HE wants, instead of whatever bullshit he might be told.

That's kind of an important thing, right there. He doesn't simply believe what he's told, but investigates and listens to others. Where some might execute because they're callous or psychotic, Joe will figure out a situation fairly quickly when he's serious, and he won't back down easily once he's gotten a handle on the situation, whatever he chooses. And even in a tense situation, despite any potential cursing, he is still able to keep his cool and deal with whatever comes. The only problem is that...due to a particular altercation on the Western Continent...he has developed a fear of heights. He knows that he can survive a fall from high up, but he doesn't like it.

History:

On a cold winter night, a traveler came into the town of Kalm (the closest town to the city of Midgar), and requested a room. "We're full up right now, but Miss Hockner down the street said she'd take in anyone we couldn't accommodate." The man nodded and headed down the street. Thanks to the high walls around town to protect it from monsters, the winds weren't so bad anymore. He'd come here over the frozen-over swamp outside of the mythril mines, hoping that the harsh weather would protect him from being attacked by the dreaded Midgar Zolom (a kind of giant snake produced by Mako pollution), but he'd been wrong, and barely escaped a rare cold version of the serpent, dubbed the Arctic Zolom. The house was quaint, but serviceable, with a plaque over the door reading Golden Gloves, for some reason. His name was Nicholai Derrentier, and he was an explorer looking to find support for an expedition to the frozen north, so really this winter storm was just practice work for him, but the giant snake had left him exhausted, and so refuge seemed to be in order. It was here that he discovered Julia Hockner, student of the master martial artist Zangan and winner of several local fighting championships. Their rendezvous this night would trade several tales of training, fighting, exploration, wonders of the world, and - as time went on - a night of passion and romance which...sadly...did not last. Nicholai was kind of irresponsible, thinking mainly of his work, and that made him kind of an ass and certainly a deadbeat, leaving a woman to look after a child alone while he got (presumably) lost in the northern territories past Icicle and probably died.

And so, we turn to the one born from these two, Joseph - or Joe - Hockner. They kept the name, Hockner, largely because of Nicholai's irresponsibility and not wanting to be linked with the man. Practically the whole town knew what had happened, but as Julia was a pillar of the community and people in Kalm were fairly understanding, very little came of it. Joe was, therefore, chiefly raised by a woman who trained others to defend themselves and even killed monsters with either her bare hands or a sword. This led him to originally be the kid that others weren't sure they wanted to be around, at least until he let out a jokey sort of manner that seemed to chill them out. Joe grew up in Kalm, helping others out, but eventually he was alone...as his mother eventually died of heart failure. He was in a sympathetic and understanding community, but he still needed to make a living, and around here, if you wanted to make more than a pittance, you needed to be pretty good at whatever it is you do. Since Joe was a halfway-decent fighter, he thought he'd uphold the family tradition, but he still needed more experience and a decent paycheck. That meant Midgar.

With the Wutai War over, not many people were applying for SOLDIER anymore. This actually sounded like good timing, as he'd have less competition. It turns out, it wouldn't be the only thing he timed well that day. In Midgar, he encountered a lady guard on patrol who was able to guide him through the humongous city, a place he'd surely have gotten lost in without help. Now, normally the response to asking to be in SOLDIER was a decided "We'll see.", followed by being made a security guard, but Joe had two things going for him right now. He looked the part with the Iron Sword on his back and he had fighter training and experience. That caught the attention of an actual member of SOLDIER, a 1st-Class Captain, no less. The man wanted to test him, then, right in the Shinra lobby! This was a BIT of a shocker, but Joe went with it, and the two of them fought. Well, right off, the Captain's experience and tactics in defending against the other swordsman's wild, forceful attacks made him the superior fighter. However, when he had Joe on the ropes, the young man switched tactics and barely put any strength at all in his next sword swing, so that it was easily deflected, but left the Captain open to hand-to-hand assault when Joe kicked the pommel of the man's sword. He was then tripped to the ground and attacked by fist while Joe kept the heavy sword the man was wielding down with his leg. The Captain had to let it go in order to counter him at all, which left him rather impressed.

For his efforts, Joe was to be tutored by this man, a veteran of the Wutai War, Macintyre Gonovich. He wasn't a legend or anything like the great (and currently missing) Sephiroth, but he'd been there and he'd survived. Mac wielded an impressive arrow-headed blade called a Force Stealer, but strangely...he handed it over to Joe and took his Iron Sword as replacement. He said it was a personal code he lived by, that a man you've been properly bested by and respect deserves your weapon. He'd been to war and fought in this army for years, and nobody had been able to pull a stunt like that on him before. Unfortunately, this also put Joe under the command of the Head of Public Safety, Heidegger, and they did NOT get along. Actually, Joe was fairly certain the man outright hated him and wanted to kill him, pitting him against Shinra robots in dangerous obstacle courses and setting the dogs on him while he was unarmed. That one was really Joe's fault, however, as he was insubbordinate as hell at times with the flip remarks and such. Hojo didn't like him either. The day they met for his Mako treatment, Hojo injected him with something 'to help absorb the Mako energy more efficiently', gave him his treatement, and when he got out...the man took a scan of his body and got ROYALLY pissed at him, for some reason. Joe never figured that one out, though, and quickly left before the Professor tried to kill 'im with his own sword.

He began his work as a SOLDIER, and you might be asking now...how could a decent man like him work there? Shinra controlled a great many things, a number of his superiors were asses, and their callous behavior alone caused a great deal of hardship for others who were less fortunately, like those down in the slums. The thing you have to remember, though, is that people still have to work and eat. They still need a job, and people who work and survive need others to look after them, people who can help them in a dangerous situation. There's crime and monsters in this town, no matter HOW advanced it is. People need to be kept safe. Someone's gotta walk that beat, and not do it simply because of what a company says, but what needs to be done. That's Joe Hockner.

Weapon:

Force Stealer - A heavy arrow-headed sword that Joe received from his mentor in SOLDIER. Its Bloodsucker ability saps vital strength from defeated foes.

Skills:

Driving Slash - A technique he learned from Mac. It looks almost like a golf swing, but is in fact a swift upswing of the blade that can knock many a foe on their back or sent flying if they're charging.

Arrow Stab - An attack that Joe came up with on his own, leaping up and jamming his sword down (point first) on a target to try and harshly stagger them. (He's also used this for pole-vaulting.)

Force Strike - A move that you learn from the blade itself, unleashing latent energies stored within, mixed with your own. It is a wiid-arc energy slash suitable for attacking multiple foes at once.

Equipment: A few Potions, a few Antidotes, SOLDIER ID, a cellphone, and...

Iron Bangle - Pretty standard well-rounded defense.

Sprint Shoes - Shoes which give the wearer great traction and speed when running. (Causes Haste.)

SOLDIER Uniform - Gives some additional padding and protection at the cost of looking like any other SOLDIER. Helps if you don't want to be recognized, but not great if people don't like Shinra.

Materia: Unknown Red Materia (Has never awakened.)

LIMIT BREAK:

Red-Eye - Joe's eyes light up from a sudden Berserk status, shortly before launching into several swift attacks as he runs by a target, culminating in him jumping up and slamming down his sword hard enough to leave an imprint on the ground that looks like an open eye. Afterwhich, he is under heavy Adrenaline until either combat stops or someone alters his condition.

Name: Kanade "Tora" Toragami

Age: 18

Gender: Female

Race: Half-Wutai, Half-Cetra

Occupation: Part-time Mercenary/Bodyguard

Appearance:

Personality:
Every rose has its thorns, and Kanade is one of the prickliest. Embittered with her lot in life, her default attitude is a flippant and stubborn one. She hates authority figures, despising them all equally whether they deserve it or not. In her mind, the world is against her and the powers that be are the criminals that destroyed her life.

Only a few years ago she was a happy and energetic girl, and glimpses of who she used to be sometimes shine through, but they are rare. The majority of the time she's haughty and disagreeable, while she's quiet and reserved the rest of the time. This hasn't earned Kanade many friends.

Despite the coldness from her mother's family, she still respects them, her uncle especially (although she'll never admit it). Unsurprisingly, insulting her disgraced family is a surefire way to trigger her explosive temper. When angered, her mouth has a mind of its own and it has gotten her into trouble countless times. It only gets worse when she's drunk. If she isn't sobbing quietly in the safety of a local inn, she's picking a fight with the entire bar.

History:
What's so wrong about a being different?

Born to the Toragami clan heiress, Sakiko, and a charming wanderer from foreign lands known as Desmond, Kanade was destined to live a troubled life. Although the Toragami were a well-respected pillar of Wutai society, they also revered tradition and family honor, both of which her mother had openly violated by ignoring her arranged marriage and eloping. Kanade being born of an illicit affair only worsened the insult.

As her aunt tells it, Sakiko returned to the main household only a few years later with a swollen belly and a young Kanade clutching her skirts. Although the return of the Torgami's prodigal heiress prompted much debate and hostility, Sakiko rejoined her family in the end. But it wasn't without consequences. Sakiko had earned many enemies within the family including her own father, Kanade's grandfather. Her family investigated Desmond as well. While they found his trail, they never found the man himself. Sakiko seemed heartbroken and forlorn upon her return, and never gave a reason for why she had come back. The vitriol from her family did little to improve her state of mind. She died in childbirth a few months later, and her newborn son didn’t survive.

Despite Sakiko's younger brother, Toshi, already taking her place as heir, he was the one who defended Sakiko and Kanade. Toshi even adopted her officially. But, with two older brothers (cousins technically), Kanade would never inherit the family. Instead of being groomed for diplomacy, like her oldest brother Tetsuo, or business and finance, like her brother Shiro, she was mostly left to her own devices. With little to do, Kanade spent much of her time talking to the ghostly voices that spoke to her occasionally. Few in the family were willing to show her any affection either out of disgust or fear of retaliation, but at least one of the maids tried to look out for her. Concerned about the child's strange behavior, she brought it to Toshi’s attention.

Toshi never bore his adoptive daughter any ill will, but her mere existence was black stain in the family history. In an attempt to free her from the Toragami family politics and give her the attention she needed, he arranged a marriage between Kanade and the Mitsuhama clan heir, Haruto. The two were introduced shortly thereafter. Haruto was a bright and energetic boy, and the two got along so well that they became inseparable. Anything one of them was interested in, the other wanted to do as well. Kanade spent so much time at the Mitsuhama household that she was more or less raised by the maids and servants there.

Although she still heard voices from time to time, she wasn't sure what to do about it. When she consulted the Mitsuhama maids, they brought her to the family doctor, but the diagnosis went nowhere. In the end, they hand-waived it as Kanade's overactive imagination. The young Haruto seemed to be the only one interested in her stories about the voices and what they told her. Many of their adventure games in the Mitsuhama gardens were inspired by what Kanade had vaguely heard.

Years passed and the war with Shinra was getting worse. The Mitsuhama were keen to teach her and Haruto martial arts in case the war came to their doorstep. Kanade was so fierce in sparring practice that her teacher started calling her 'little tiger'. The war was a distant problem for them, and they passed the time like children normally do: blissfully unaware of how harsh reality really was.

When the dust settled after the Wutai-Shinra war, entire families had been wiped out and the sanctions on materia made rebellion a false hope. However, that didn't stop a vocal minority from speaking out against the deeply unfair peace treaty. Toshi Toragami was among them. He schemed to disrupt Shinra's supply lines many times and used his position as a diplomat to pressure them. The moment something of a social movement began to appear, his heroism and courage was rewarded with a swift death.

Rufus Shinra didn't even have to lift a finger. Other Wutai families ensured that nothing would disrupt their newfound peace, however unfair it was. The Toragami became persona non-grata among the other Wutai clans, even those who were sympathetic, including Mitsuhama.

Although Mitsuhama was reluctant to break off the engagement between Haruto and Kanade, they were pressured and threatened into keeping their distance from anyone in the Toragami. Haruto was even sent away to study magic in another country.

At only sixteen, Kanade found herself humiliated, bitter, and alone. Alcohol became her escape and she's been riding a downward spiral ever since. Kanade is a well-known troublemaker and angry drunk. She has been thrown out of so many establishments for starting brawls that most people call her 'Tora' or 'Little Tiger' now.

She has spent the last few months moving from town to town, and gradually getting further and further away from Wutai. After throwing one of her usual drunken tantrums in a bar near Corel, she was approached by a woman named Iris, who offered her a deal she wouldn't even have refused sober. Iris was part of a rebel group called Avalanche, and they're main goal was to take down Shinra and fight back against the evil megacorp that destroyed so many lives, including hers and her family's. She eagerly awaits her first mission.

Weapon:

Mithril Claws [+]

These light-weight clawed gauntlets can rend through most materials and also serve as excellent arm guards. Crafted by her family's magitek engineers, they have have a deceptively long reach. Magic flows through the claws allowing her to strike at enemies a meter away without ever connecting.

Skills:
Gifted Pugilist
♦ Having tempered her family's martial arts in numerous bar fights, she has become adept at defending against multiple enemies at once and suffers no disadvantage by being surrounded in melee. Not everything can be dodged or blocked, however, so she has also learned to gracefully take a hit.

Elusive Target
♦ Energetic and unrestrained, Kanade never stops moving bobbing, weaving, and dancing around her opponents. She makes novel use of her environment and position to evade, find cover, and generally frustrate her opponent. (Defense+)

Smackdown
♦ Energy swarms around Kanade boosting her defense and making this skill difficult to interrupt. She then smashes the ground with tremendous force, knocking down everyone in the nearby vicinity (Airborne combatants ignore the effect).

Coeurl Rush
♦ Abandoning her typical defensive style, Kanade trades defense for pure offense. She channels the primal fury of a wild Coeurl by launching herself at an enemy and overwhelming them with a flurry of strikes. Her quick succession of rending claws, knee strikes, and punishing attacks can be devastating against an unprepared opponent. Against more veteran defenders, she tries to sunder their weapons instead.

Equipment:
Miscellany
♦ Two potions
♦ Three mini bottles of the cheapest hard liquor
♦ Some Gil
♦ a wedding ring
♦ a stack of letters she wrote but never delivered.

Designer Phone
♦ Unlike most other cellphones, this one was crafted for the elites of high-society. This glass-like magitek slate has intricately detailed jade inlays, silver trim, and the designer's name etched onto the back of it.

Leviathan Charm
♦ A good luck charm from Haruto's mother. It is said to ward off harmful magic and keep evil at bay. (Luck+, M. Defense +)

Thravian Designer Boots
♦ Crafted by a talented cobbler in Thravia, these elegant leather boots have impeccable stitching and sturdy raised heels. It makes the wearer immune to slow and stop. Even without the materia shard embedded in it, these boots would have been incredibly expensive. (Defense+)

Titanite Earrings
♦ These earrings have a droplet of amber encased in a lustrous, translucent blue metal. It was a gift from Haruto himself, and she keeps it as a memento.

Materia:
Rebound Materia
♦ When Kanade blocks or parries an attack, some of the power is absorbed and used to reinforce her own counter-attack. Her next strike unleashes a shock wave of destructive energy that wrecks her opponent, knocking them back and leaving them staggered. It can easily break through tough defenses. _{(Inspired by Counter & Deadly Dodge materias)}

Cleansing Materia
♦ Poisona is the only spell she has awakened so far, and she mainly uses it to cure hangovers.

LIMIT BREAK:
Desperate Counter
♦ A shimmering field of energy flashes around her which completely nullifies the damage from one attack or spell made against her and absorbs some of its energy. The thin barrier erupts immediately after and engulfs both her opponent and anything nearby in an explosion of primal energies. The stronger the attack, the more damage this deals.

Name:
Magdalene “Maddie” Lovell

Aliases:
“Naomi Chambers” is the fabricated identity utilized by Maddie in her undercover operations within AVALANCHE. This includes her cover as an engineer within Shinra’s Advanced Weaponry Division.

“Eleanor Mallard” is both a backup identity as well as the name under which Maddie receives her salary as a member of the Turks.

“Mogsworth” is Maddie’s private handle on the Worldwide Network.

Age:
22

Gender:
Female

Race:
Human

Occupation:
Operative of the Investigation Sector of Shinra’s General Affairs Department. Unofficially known as the Turks. | AVALANCHE demolitions expert


From a glance, one can tell that Ms. Lovell is rather conscious about her appearance. Be it her choice in clothing, the way she styles her hair, or even the way she rests her face or body, every single action is chosen deliberately and carefully in order to craft the appropriate persona for the situation at hand.

She keeps her wavy blonde hair above her shoulders, parted on the left and tucked behind her left ear. Two cold, blue eyes peer out from her pale and freckled skin. The telltale sign of one who works indoors far too much...or under the plate. Her limbs are long and thin. Her nails are kept short and neat. Plain.

For streetwear, Maddie prefers simplicity. Tee shirts, either plain or minimal design, and pants. Nothing to restrict movement too much. Nothing too flashy. The more invisible she can become, the better. Practicality is paramount for survival.

Her standard uniform, when required to wear it, consists of a black unisex business suit, white shirt, black tie, and black shoes. While some of her colleagues tend to accessorize or take certain liberties with the dress code, Maddie follows it to the letter. Nothing more, nothing less.

Her lab uniform only really requires a lab coat under which she tends to wear simple blouses in muted colors. With this, she’ll often either wear darker pants or even a skirt. She wears pins of both a chocobo and a moogle on her lapel above her ID card.


Most who meet Maddie would agree that she’s a very polite young woman. She laughs at the right time, asks the right questions. She comes across as very personable and charming, though she doesn’t make much of an impact. Most of her interactions are very surface level.

Her coworkers would call her a frigid bitch. They would say that she’s calculating and callous. Her superiors see her as calm and driven.

In truth, these are all little more than facades. Masks, if you will. The real Maddie is quiet and introspective. She has a brilliant mind and has proven to be incredibly astute. Coupled with a very empathetic nature, she finds herself very skilled at reading people and determining who they want or need her to be in that moment. It’s this subtle manipulation and her ability to remain calm under pressure that makes Maddie such an asset to an organization like the Turks.

But for Maddie herself, it’s tiring. With how quickly and often she bounces between personas, it’s difficult for her to determine what’s really her and what’s just an act. This has led her to not really pursue any relationships, be they platonic or romantic. Yet, despite her growing identity crisis and tendency to self-isolate when not on the job, Maddie holds herself together fairly well. In public.

On her current assignment as “Naomi Chambers”, Maddie portrays herself as a Shinra weapons engineer who has become disillusioned with her employer’s arrogant disregard for the planet. So much so that she is willing to go as far as developing bombs to be used by the more extremist cells of AVALANCHE and leak information on upcoming Shinra weapons systems. She comes across as an idealistic, enthusiastic young woman, eager to change the world by any means necessary.

But the assignment has taken its toll on her. Maddie is painfully aware of the consequences of her actions, despite them being just “part of the job.” She feels responsibility for every life taken by one of her bombs. And the guilt of knowing that the people she’s getting close to, sharing laughs with, will eventually be turned over to Shinra and likely executed is beginning to gnaw at her. She finds herself torn between her loyalty to Shinra and her family and her growing loyalty to the people of AVALANCHE, all the while being utterly disgusted by the truly vile acts both organizations push her to do.

Confused and conflicted, the only truth that Maddie really knows about herself is that more than anything, she would like to run away.


Maddie and her twin brother Markus were born to Roderic and Florence Lovell in the city of Midgar. Roderic served in the military while Florence was a tailor. They lived a comfortable life, not wanting for much. As far as early childhoods went, Maddie’s was fine. Her parents were loving and because her brother was always right there beside her, she never felt lonely.

Roderic was deployed to Wutai when the twins were about seven. He promised the kids that he would come back a war hero just to make them proud. Truth be told, the man was already a hero to them, just by being him. But they’d never have a chance to tell him that. About three years later, the family was informed that Roderic would not be coming back. He had died in battle.

This destroyed Florence. She effectively shut down, barely caring for herself or the children. Markus became angry. So very angry. He began to act out and get into fights. Once he turned fourteen, he was eventually expelled from school. And, not missing a beat, he immediately joined the Shinra military, vowing to join the ranks of SOLDIER and become a hero, like his father had wanted to do.

Maddie didn’t process the loss well. While only her father died, she had in a sense lost both her mother and brother to grief. So she bottled up her own grief and began to take care of her family the best that she could. It started with simply doing the laundry and preparing meals, but after a few years it eventually fell to her to keep the household together. After he left, Markus sent a portion of his salary home every month to help out, but when the life insurance and their savings had run dry, Maddie had to pick up a part time job to help bridge the gap, all the while keeping up with her studies in hopes of getting into university.

It was in her third semester of university when Maddie was approached by a Shinra man with the intentions of recruiting her. Apparently a former professor had recommended her, and after some intense scouting, she had peaked their interest. It didn’t take much to convince her: the pay would easily cover both her and her mother’s expenses even with Markus no longer sending anything. And the recruiter promised her a chance to see the world, something that she didn’t even know that she wanted until the opportunity presented itself.

She would split her remaining time in university between attending her classes and undergoing an intense training program. By the time she graduated, Maddie had become a fully fledged operative of the Turks. Not exactly something Maddie shared. As far as anybody knew, she had found a position within Shinra like so many of her classmates.

Her first real assignment was to infiltrate a suspected AVALANCHE cell within Midgar. She would be tasked with identifying key figures within the cell and reporting on their movements and activities. All the while, she would supply the cell with explosives and information carefully cultivated to result in what has been explained to her as “acceptable damage” to the company.

Despite her moral reservations regarding the assignment, Maddie continues to do her job and do it well. After all, she’s a Turk. And Turks complete the mission. No matter what.

Weapon:


The Quicksilver fires .45 cartridges, holding seven within a standard magazine. While Maddie’s a decent shot, she’s no markswoman, and would much rather rely on her magical prowess than her firearm’s accuracy. In the case that she does have to use the pistol, the Quicksilver allows her to engage targets between medium and close range.

Skills:

Demolitionist
As part of her training, Maddie developed the skills required to assemble, operate, disarm, and disassemble explosive devices. In battle, this can be seen through her frequent utilization of explosive items such as grenades and molotovs.

Lightfoot Predator
Being rather light on her feet, Maddie can move stealthily at a respectable pace. In combat scenarios in which she is not the sole target, she prefers to duck in and out of cover, taking shots at unaware opponents.

Neutralize
Sometimes a person needs to be taken out of a situation without being killed. Maddie, despite not being the most physically imposing woman around, is capable of subduing unaware targets through short, intense chokes.

Manslayer
Having primarily trained to engage human targets, Maddie is more comfortable fighting people than monsters. She’s more likely to damage a vital area on a man than a beast or machine.

Equipment:
Key Items
Shinra ID Card: Magdalene Lovell | General Affairs Division
Shinra ID Card: Naomi Chambers | Advanced Weaponry Division
Company Cellphone - standard issue for Turk operatives.
Burner Cellphone 1 - cellphone belonging to Naomi Chambers. Used to communicate with AVALANCHE contacts.
Burner Cellphone 2 - cellphone belonging to Naomi Chambers. Used to communicate with Turk contacts when Company Cellphone is unavailable.

Consumables
Potions - Restores some vitality.
Antidotes - Cures Poison.
Grenades - Explosive long-range non-elemental attack
Molotovs - Long range fire-elemental attack
Dazers - Causes temporary paralysis. Best used on unaware targets.

Equipped
Star Bracelet
While offering little in the form of protection, offers two slots for materia.

Materia: Ice and Fire

LIMIT BREAK:

LEVEL ONE: Amplification - Simulcast - In a moment of desperation, Maddie can deplete her stamina in order to amplify her spellcasting. She temporally gains the ability to cast two elemental spells simultaneously. Once the Amplification has run its course, Maddie's reserve of magical energy is tapped, regardless if she actually cast anything or not. Use it or lose it.

Name:
Aiko Kamiya

Age:
18

Gender:
Female

Race:
Wutai

Occupation:
Freelancer (most odd jobs she can take) / Motorized Rollerblade racer (both legal and illegal... Mostly illegal.)

Appearance:


Personality:
Aiko is normally a chill, quiet and laid-back girl. She often does whatever she can to avoid unnecessary trouble and conflicts, giving others the feeling that she almost never take things seriously... Which she normally doesn't. Despite that, Aiko is still rather easy to approach. Her calm and laid back personality, her cute, almost childish appearance coupled with the fact that she values those she consider friends make her rather popular in most places she normally goes.

Surprisingly enough, despite her calm and cute appearance, Aiko's love for speed and adrenaline are easy for anyone to see when they see her racing. Whenever she has her head full or needs to calm herself down, you can find her running through Midgar's alleys, industrial area and even grinding and using the large pipes that run through the city almost as it's nervous system as her particular racing track.

Aiko does have problems with authorities though. While she is not openly aggressive, she often does exactly the opposite what they say, just to provoke them or defy their authority.

History:
Aiko was born in Wutai, her own family, the branch family of one of the important families in the Wutai society did give her family a bit of privilege, putting them just a bit above the normal population. Their proximity to the rest of the population while still having a close relationship with the main family made them the perfect bridge to connect the general population and the main family, that gave them quite a good reputation. Aiko spent most of her childhood being the sole daughter of the Kamiya family. While not exactly 'rich', having a martial arts Dojo that was more of a tradition of their family than what made them money, Aiko still could enjoy an above the average education on most fields, going as far as learning the family's martial arts style since she was small, which not only was a tradition in her family, but now with the war with Shinra going on, there was even more reasons for her to know how to defend herself.

Unfortunately, Aiko herself wasn't able to enjoy such good life for much longer. When she was a teenager and the war with Shinra was already raging, the main family, foreseeing a grim future for the Wutai people and the war, made the decision to secretly support Shinra in exchange for more financial status, power, influence and of course, immunity once the war ended and Shinra had control over Wutai territory. In order to do that though, they needed a scapegoat... Someone to push their previous actions against Shinra on to and announce their support to Shinra. That family was no other than the Kamiya family...

Foreseeing a grim future for the family, Aiko's father had to make a hard choice. In order to save her daughter and wife, he did nothing even after knowing about the main family's plan, instead accepting the fact that he would, most likely, be executed in the short future. Instead of waiting for that to happen though, which would certainly only take long enough for the war progress to the point that the main family could afford openly declaring their alliance with Shinra, he sent both Aiko and her mother away from Wutai... To a place that neither the main family nor Shinra would think about searching for them... In the very heart of Shinra... Midgar. After doing the necessary preparations, Aiko and her mother were sent to Midgar with a forged backstory and documents as the widow of a merchant, together with a good amount of money, enough for them to be able to settle down there and live a decent life.

After moving to Midgar and settling down on a decent part of the upper city, saving themselves from the life on the slums thanks only to the money that they had brought from their hometown, by a stroke of luck, the life for Aiko and her mother was good. Not that good as how it was on their hometown on Wutai but it was still decent. Unfortunately, even though Aiko was able to deal with the death of her father and having to leave her hometown by bottling up her feelings, her mother wasn't and entered into a deep depression just a few months after they arrived in Midgar, which made her weaker and weaker until she died 1 year and a half later.

It was only after her mother died that Aiko felt the impact of everything that had happened until now. She had bottled up her emotions when she had to leave Wutai even knowing that her father would die but now that she suddenly saw herself completely alone in the world, those bottled up feelings finally breached the wall she had built around her heart. She began wandering across the city going even to the slums and the more underground parts of Midgar, not knowing what to do with her life. It was then that she discovered the motorized rollerblades races that used to happen. The speed and the adrenaline of the race as she watched immediately told her that it was that what she needed. Buying a set of semi-professional rollerblades, she got into the sport by first attending illegal, minor races after training. Thanks to the contacts she made, she ended up having quite a few opportunities, including a few shots at professional grade races, which earnet her quite a bit of recognition and a pair of professional grade rollerblades and a suit. Since racing didn't give her that much money, Aiko had to earn her life by making odd jobs and fixing rollerblades, thanks to what she learned by messing and customizing her own rollerblades as she got better at using them. Her search for adrenaline though often makes her take different and new jobs, sometimes even hunting and the type of job that would make her leave the city.

Weapon:

Pair of professional grade motorized rollerblades (customized by herself) and a small, one handed chokutō.

Aiko fights using a Martial art created by herself by mixing her own skills with the motorized rollerblades and her family's martial arts. It's high speed coupled with powerful kicks and precise chokutō attacks makes it quite lethal when used with the rollerblades. Due to the high impact and strain on the user's joints, it requires proper equipment in order to avoid injuries to the user.

Skills:

Linked kicks:
Aiko strikes her opponent with a strong, spear like kick using her speed, inflicting heavy blunt damage and knocking the target back. If the target hits a wall or an obstacle, Aiko can immediately rush towards it to deliver a second kick, dealing the same amount of damage and potentially stunning the target.
Alternatively, Aiko can rush to the target and make a sudden stop just in front of it, using her momentum to unleash a powerful spinning kick, which if it hits, can be followed by a second one.

Critical Momentum:
If Aiko manages to score a critical hit on an attack using her sword, she does not lose speed nor momentum and can immediately make a second attack following it.

Dexterous:
Aiko's small and light body make her unfit to block attacks from most opponents but she specialized herself in dodging them by using her agility, dexterity and flexibility.

Precision cuts:
Using both her speed and her chokutō, Aiko can deliver cuts to specific spots on her enemies, slicing tendons, muscles and other spots, inflicting critical damage and ailment status depending on the spot she strikes. While they are not powerful enough to pierce armor, when she targets unprotected spots and weak spots, it is incredibly effective.

Equipment:

Misc.
- 2 Potions
- 1 Antidote
- A pouch with some gil.

Basic Smartphone:
Basic, popular model.

Titanium Bangle:
Small increase on magical and physical defense. 2 materia slots.

Motorized Rollerblades:
Immunity to slow and stop.

Materia:

Fast Strike Materia:
Raises the user's attack power according to how fast it's moving when the attack is made.

Lethal Dodge Materia:
After dodging an attack, Aiko can immediately attack her target using the opening caused by it's own attack, focusing on a weak/critical spot.

LIMIT BREAK:
Kamiya Breathing Technique:
Using a breathing technique coupled with a custom configuration of her rollerblades, Aiko can double her reaction speed and movement speed for some time, sharply raising her speed and capacity to dodge attacks. When the effect ends, she gets immobilized for the rest of the battle due to the strain on her muscles and body.

Name: Naisha Alexandros

Age: 25

Gender: Female

Race: Human

Occupation: Engineer and Hacker.

Appearance:
With 1.80m height and 47kg weight, Naisha stands slightly taller than the average women and way lighter than the average for someone her size. She's got frail and thin looking body with an almost unhealthy pale skin. Her straight black hair, reaches to her shoulder level, perfectly bordering her pale face, leaving quite the impression with the contrast. Despite her sickly and frail appearance, her pale green eyes are filled with life and energy. On her chest there's a big scar of being cut just where her heart is.

The way Naisha dresses is more of need rather than desire. With her frail body, she's constantly feeling a chill even for a weather and temperatures most people would find comfortable. As such she's rather heavily dressed even in somewhat warmer times. With a few layers of clothing, usually consisting of a a shirt, a blouse, a heavy warm skirts or pants and and a warm coat, usually with fur on the inside. For most people they would likely find the way she dresses too hot to stand, but for her unless it's the middle of summer, she tends to be just right. In addition to those, she usually carriers a cane with herself to assist herself when struggling with walking with her frail body... which is all the time.

Personality: With her weak and sickly body, one would believe Naisha to be a somewhat at least calm and quiet woman. That is kind of quite the distance away from the truth however. Naisha's someone with a really impressive and bombastic voice. She's loud and easily excitable. If she dislikes someone, they will be the first to know it. With that she tends to be forward with her interactions with people. She likes to talk a lot, especially when she's got a nice company and chatting partners. Her favorite topics are ancient legends, materia, machines and Shinra's problems. Meeting new people is a great event for Naisha, unless she decides she doesn't like them...

Naisha is prone to violent moodswings that usually hit very sudden and make her often turn unstable and prone to violence. Vengeful to a fault, she has no problem hurting people she's branded as her enemies or simply annoyances. Aside violent outbursts, another frequent extreme mood she sometimes experiences is heavy depression. She can be often rather self destructive when under the influence of such extreme moods. Still when she's NOT out to take her revenge on the world or herself, she remains a rather loud, energetic and cheerful honest woman, that you either get along with or don't, but still can appreciate for her honestly!

History: Naisha was born in Midgar. Her parents were Rika Alexandros, a SOLDIER 3rd class, and Xander Alexandros a scientist working for Shinra. They met when they were young and before her mother became a soldier, they had her. Her father actually took on her mother name as per her mother family's tradition. They didn't life lives too different from other couples of the similar situation. However soon after Naisha was born, it became apparent that she wasn't quite like the other children. She was always weak and frail and it only increased as time progressed.

At some point her family found themselves at dead end that they couldn't find an exit from. Their child was dying and there was nothing they could do about it. Regular medicine wasn't working, anything tried was temporary and eventually she'd only get worse. Finally as an act of desperation, her father decided that if nothing can be done the normal way, they'd have to attempt the most crazy possible solution. In this case, he brought her to become part of Shinra's experiments on genetics and materia. She was just 6 at that point. However it was an event that changed her life forever.

Naisha doesn't actually remember what happened afterwards. Whatever experiments she was undergoing, whatever tortures or madness, it’s all missing from her memory. 6 whole years of her life were simply… missing, for better or worse. The very next thing she remembers was her being carried away in the arms of her mother, running away for dear life from the labs. Her mother's body looked different from what she remembered, she looked so aged in difference to before, there wasn't enough time passed to have aged that much, but she gave off the feel. As if life was so thought and stress was immense. She was also wounded everywhere and covered in blood. Her mother carried her all the way down to the slums, fighting all the way with pursuers despite carrying her. Finally after moving to the Slums did they evade their chasers.

During the escape, Naisha’s body condition rapidly deteriorated once more as whatever was sustaining her in Shinra’s labs was obviously no longer in effect. On the verge of death, Naisha’s mother did the one option she had left. In the 6 years while Naisha was in the hands of Shinra, her father was researching Shinra’s old experiments or leads that might be of use for her condition. In the end they had reached a rather desperate plan if all else failed. Insert a powerful summon materia right into her chest with the hope it might at the very least stabilize her enough.

It was at that point that Rika took out her SOLDIER sword and stabbed Naisha in the chest enough so she could push the family ancestral materia right into it, nestling it near her chest. Naisha was in pain, everything was a blur and she soon after lost consciousness again as her mother began healing her. By the time she came back to awareness, the area was littered with corpses and blood. Her mother once more picked her up and carried her away, despite the deadly injuries. Eventually at the end of it, she despite Naisha's protests, hid her aboard a truck that was passing by and then went to draw the soldiers away. She never saw her mother again and only later did she realize... she was no longer a 6 year old girl. Her body was quite aged and after comparing dates, she realized that whole 6 years of her life were indeed missing.

Living as an almost disabled child on the streets of the slum wasn't easy. In fact it was kind of nightmare at times. Her body was still weak and barely had the ability to move by itself, sometimes it would be better, sometimes worse. She ended up living with other street kids and even though she often went hungry, she was alive. Time passed, she grew and picked up the hobby of spending her time in the junkyards for parts. From those parts she started to build and experiment, learning from engineers around the slums. She learned to hack just so she can one day exact revenge to Shinra! Or rather, just so she can be the maximum degree of pain in the ass to them. If she couldn't destroy them, she could make sure that their computer systems were a mess! She never left Midgar, even through the Wutai conflict and afterwards with their problems with AVALANCHE, it proved to be the ideal time to mess with Shinra and so she did, hacking, stealing data, adding things that shouldn't be there and pinning it all on Avalanche! They probably liked the publicity anyways... besides she never did anything that would endanger lives. Not to the regular Shinra employees anyways. Ohhh no... if she was going to kill somebody, it would be soldiers... and the officials. One day...

Weapon: With Naisha's weak body barely able to walk on her own, let alone swing a blade or withstand the impact caused by firing a gun, she relies on more remote controlled means of combat. As a self proclaimed engineer and hacker, she utilizes remote controlled combat drones to do the heavy lifting when it comes to combat. Ideally with her being at a huge distance away, hidden somewhere. She utilizes mainly 2 types of drones which she code-named: Hound and Wall.

Hound - Hound is a multi-purpose drone that Naisha assembled to server as her eyes, ears and weapon. It's got an internal camera she can use to observe from distance and in build firearm, which while unable to be fired in rapid succession due the drone's light nature, is still able to be fired almost as a semi automatic.

Wall - Wall is a specialized hover drone with only one distinct purpose, to protect her. It's got two states, folded and deployed. It resembles a shield, albeit with extra bits on the inner side to allow for trust and control. When deployed some additional pates are pushed open, increasing the cover area. Not exactly created to withstand heavy fire, but for the lesser armaments it does the job. And it's always fun to whack someone with a self moving metal 'frisbee'.

Skills:
-Engineer - As long as it's mechanical, she can take it apart and usually reassemble it. She's got good insight into all manners of machines. Repair, damage, evaluate an all manner of more useful things.
-Hack - Being adept at handling machinery and computer systems, she can hack into computer systems of both robots and static defenses, causing damages to them or straight out altering their programming. Good for shutting down low level threats or opening locked security doors.
-Jury Rig - As long as there are parts, she can make improvised devices and or alter existing robotic enemies with addition to hacking to temporary fight on her side.
-Fast Talk - Fast talker by nature, Naisha tends to talk fast and with confidence, often is able to talk her way into places and locations she probably shouldn't have been allowed at.
-Lifestream Bound - Naisha's body is constantly in a dying state. Relying on the Summon Material implanted in her chest, she has used it's energies to continue living despite anything. As such, the higher her energy is, the more active she can be, drawing on the materia's power, however as her energy ebbs low, her body rapidly starts weakening. At high energy she can move about with a bit of struggle, but at least be mobile somewhat on her two feet.

Equipment:
-Motorized Wheelchair with remote control capabilities.
-A few potions
-some antidotes
-Wallet with gil.
-Cellphone
-ID
-Crystal Ring - Provides a bit of resistance to physical and magical damage.
-Engraved Amulet

Materia:
LIMIT BREAK:
Nai Ifra: The body may fail, but the mind doesn't. When her Limit Break is reached, Naisha's magical powers erupt, transforming her body temporary to an ideal state one where it's not been ravaged. As long as her rapidly depleting energy holds, her body looks bulkier, she's stronger. With a cloak of flame, a sword in one hand and a flaming sphere in the other. It's a short lived burst however and she can rarely maintain it over a couple of minutes.

Name: Tace Delviro

Age: 33

Gender: M

Race: Human

Occupation: Mercenary, Bounty Hunter, Monster Hunter.

Appearance: A tanned man with shaggy wavy dark purple hair. His eyes are amber and his build is suitably athletic and is of average height. His apparel consists of a navy blue duster worn over a dark-shirt. His pants are a dark blue as well and just as well worn as his duster. On his waist is a belt containing a scabbard for his blade. He also has a glove-like apparatus on his left hand that also acts as a dock for the drone that he deploys. He also wears as a good-luck charm a necklace with the figure of a blue teardrop shaped blob with wide eyes and a smile.

The drone is basically a ball with a light in the middle that makes it look like an eyeball. Dangling below it is a strip of some synthetic fiber mixture that has various symbols painted on both sides making it reminiscent to certain type of talismans..

Personality:
Tace is natural wanderer and he has a bit of a gambling habit. All of which fits his sort of nomadic and somewhat shifty lifestyle. He flows like water and tries to not get too hung up on things. It is easy to think to that he's just some happy-go-lucky idiot. Of course that's wrong. He has willingly entered through a terrible conflict and endured the loss of comrades and friends. As well as the bitterness of crushing defeat. Of course that's all in the past, and maybe one day the memories will get hazy enough they won't weigh down on him so much.

History:

Tace was born at the edge of the world on one of the islands sandwiched between Gongaga and the Woodlands area island. Life was simple, but not necessarily comfortable. Not being much for island life, and having a slight penchant towards conflict he'd head outwards and northwards and would do many jobs. Eventually becoming part of a mercenary group. And times were good as a mercenary, Shinra and the nation of Wutai were at conflict and there was lucre for picking a side.

Initially he was on the Shinra side as it felt like it would be winning side, despite the promises of a reward from the desperate Wutai nation. But he had a change of heart as something about the land was captivating and he also found himself questioning the role of this war from the side of Shinra. It was just an exercise in imperial expansion and he found himself hating his role more and more. He would then defect and join the opposing side of one of many opposing forces.

Despite the initial distrust, he would prove himself admirably. Eventually he would make new friends and allies in the Wutai aligned groups. This would all prove worthless as despite their victories here and there, the might of Shinra and their damned SOLDIERS were just too overpowering and Wutai just couldn't seem to get an upper-hand for too long. Defeat was imminent as parts of Wutai were already coming under Shinra control. He and others would rush and join various insurgencies but that just lead to more loses militarily as well as personal.

Eventually Wutai had been subjugated. The once proud nation had been reduced to being a chintzy tourist trap. It was sort of cruel mercy as they were spared destruction and assimilation, but were now a cartoon version of the real thing. Tace was now alone with the people he knew being dead or dispersed from the conquest. He would go from failed freedom fighter to a mercenary again. Even with Shinra damn near controlling everything there was still chaotic spots where bounty hunters would be needed, and then there were those Mako reactors. Monsters seemed to appear in the regions that have them which also makes good money.

Life is now just lived being as fickle as the wind. He goes wherever his services would need it, gets money and occasionally burns it on nice things or gambling.

Weapon:
Tace fights with two weapons. His primary one is the drone-talisman device he has created. It acts as a conduit for casting magic with whatever materias are inserted in it. It also acts as a distraction from him as it will be more closer and annoying to the foe(s) he's fighting. When at closer range he will employ the use of a curved sabre to do some melee damage.

Skills:
Tinkering- He has a fair amount of knowledge when it comes to devices, construction, and etc which are useful when it came to making his drone.

Crippling Strike- Sword hit that's less about trying to destroy/kill and more about disabling the target

Guerilla Warfare: He picked up some up during his stint in the failed rebellion group in Wutai that was battling Shinra forces.

Tracking & survival: It's a blend of knowledge and experience from his war days and mercenary jobs he has.

Equipment:

• Slide-smartphone: Smartphone with a slide-out keyboard. Chosen because he hates using touch screens and prefers the tactile feedback of the buttons.
• Rations & water
• His lucky charm
• Potions
• Ethers
• Antidote
• A magi-tek car that could best described as what if Columbo's shitty car got turned into a rat-rod

Materia:
Time and Seal

LIMIT BREAK:
Sword soul's pure intent: TL;DR Wuxia as fuck themed Knights of the round. The talisman of the drone suddenly expands into an impossibly long scroll. From within the scroll a shit ton of swords materialize into reality like a swarm of bees. Tace using gestures or thoughts alone can make them act like an extension of himself as they attack in unison and or swarm around him in a storm of steel.

Misc.

Possible theme songs:

Name:

Alexander "Lex" Krait

Age:

27

Gender:

Male

Race:

Human, Midgar born

Occupation:

Shinra Special Forces, Ranger/Canine Division

Appearance:

Standing a nice six feet tall, even no extra. Slim, tall and lanky, are some of the best words that can be used to describe this young man's build. But hidden under his clothing is a body built like an acrobat and runner. Smooth toned muscles on a strong frame. Built for speed and agility. A mane of red hair washes down his back, which put the hood of the Shinra Ranger outfit out of use. He's of a copper complexion naturally with a pair of dark near black eyes. Those eyes are always wide and bright ever watching the area about him.

His clothing takes a hint from the man who dreamt up the Canine/Ranger Division, originally a group of Shinra Specialists trained by Rufus Shinra himself. The Canine/Ranger Division was folded into the the guard forces when it became clear that they needed a long range specialist group like them. Rufus thus had put them in clothing similar to his own. That being billowy, open, almost dress like infact, buckles and straps to hold down the outfit as it can unzipped in areas to allow air flow and better movement. A hood for protection against the elements like rain and snow. It also helps that it is quite voluminious when open so it can hide the Ranger's equipment. In Alexander's case the outfit is a charcoal grey, dark and earthy in fact, with carbon fiber clasps and black straps, and silver zippers.

And finally to round out the ensemble is his dark blue skinned guard dog, named Wasteland, a bulked up powerful canine guard dog. All Canine/Ranger members have their canine partners, thought they form a close bond to work well on the field, they are not master and pet, more like a team of like minded individuals. Personalized commands between partners make it very hard for Canines to work with other Rangers. And the big dark blue skinned canine knows this full well, often wearing a hefty toothy grin as if to say how confident she is along side her partner. Gleaming golden eyes, and yellowed teeth round out the look for the powerful predator.

Personality:

Confidence, cockiness, coolness and composure. The Four Cs of the Ranger division. These typify the Ranger Division, and tends to be about what Lex manages to exude. He's confident in his training and in the Shinra way. Yes he's a little cocky, he trained under Rufus Shinra, his hero, in the very style that Rufus known for. A pair of guns, an attack dog and a cocky smile on his lips. He's somewhat cool under pressure, having already proved himself in combat once or twice, but he's not one hundred precent cool with it all quite yet. And composure, he tries to keep his in all situations, looking at the here and now and making ready for the coming events as best he can.

Lex also has a smile for everyone, believing that you should always be smiling. Wide and tall, or short and too the point, all depends on the situation. But it's his belief that you should always wear a smile, whether in trouble or in combat or just doing your day to day errands, a smile shows you are in control and can be a show of dominance over people who may do you harm.

Otherwise Lex is a strong minded, intellect ruled young man. His emotions do not rule his actions, his mind rule his actions. And he will do his level best to approach a situation with a clear mind.

His partner Wasteland is a calm and cool rock which Lex can adhere too. In combat she's active and careful. And knows her role well. Attentive to commands. She's also quite willing to try new things with her partner.

History:

Ah Midgar, home of the Shinra HQ, home of the many Plates of Midgar, thousands of people living and working and playing and dying in the great city. For many it's the only place they will ever know, because they never find a reason to go out beyond it's walls. Everything they need is in the city, it's where they live their lives. Perhaps they are beholden to Shinra, perhaps not, but Midgar is where it begins and ends for them. This is the same for the Krait family. For a few generations now they have been a Shinra family, his mother is a sales representative with the company, working to bring many more people into the Shinra sphere of influence. His father, a proud Mako engineer. These are the parents that bore one Alexander Krait.

Lex as he likes to be called by most, grew up in a busy family. His mother was always looking for the next sale, and brought her work home with her regularly. Often on the phone until the early hours. To Lex he thought that this was the epitome of diligence and hard work. His father, spent much time in Reactor Five, making sure the Mako flowed smoothly. Lex's father did his level best to avoid getting sick and to avoid unneeded contact with Mako so as not to loe any productivity. This ended up instilling in Lex a sense of duty and a need to continue to soldier on despite adversity. He put all these lessons into affect going to school where the young man was neither gifted nor subpar. He did his work, did it well, and showed a preference for math and the sciences. He particularly liked Physics, which he hoped one day to learn to break with the help of a Materia perhaps. He also had a thing for Materia sciences, finding the research and usage of materia just absolutely astounding and interesting. His formative years in school brought out a clever young man, which progressed into secondary school.

But then along his 15th year of life something tragic happened. A terrorist attack on Reactor Five caused a walkway his father was on to collapse, and dump him partially into the Mako below. That particular sect of Avalanche was eventually wiped out, and a package of gil and benefits was awarded his father while he recovered from a bout of Mako poisoning. He eventually did but it took a long time for him to be shunted back into full work at the Reactor. Lex was beset by a need to not quite avenge his father, but to do something to better the part of the people who are affected by their actions. His mother had to do put in hours of overtime while his father recovered. And this made Lex feel like he had to do something to it. So three years later,with his parents blessing, and fresh out of high school, Lex walked into a Shinra guard recruitment office, showed his endorsement letters from his parents, and applied to join the Shinra Guard program.

Now this is where things kind of dragged into monotany for a time. As the Guard program is a long and arduous process. And it started like any other, where the drill instructors would break a recruit down before rebuilding them back up into a proper Shinra Guard. And Lex was adamant to endure it all, being a guard he though would be the best way, by his judgement, to help the people and protect them from further attacks on their livelihoods. Obviously Lex is pro-Shinra, all the way, and he worked hard to become a part of the great machine that is Shinra Energy.

It was shortly after his graduation and induction into the trainee ranks, that he and his squad was put through the weapon training section. Where it would be decided which type of squad and role they would have when becoming a full guardsmen. What Lex and his squad didn't know that day was that there were a few big names watching this particular session. Namely Vice President Rufus Shinra, Tseng, the Leader of the Turks, and Chairman Heidegger, who was there mostly to show off his new recruits. As the tests went on and the trainees went through their paces, Rufus watched and grew interested in the budding marksman he saw in one red haired young trainee on the floor. It wasn't until Alexander landed six nearly flawless shots on his targets with a unscoped DMR that Rufus broke the silence...by walking out of the armored observation room, and striding across the floor to them. The click of heels and the snap of salutes greeted the vice president. Who paid no attention of the trainees except for Lex. Rufus talked about how he was rather impressed that a trainee fresh out of the program could land that many hits. And asked if Lex could do it again. Lex managed to land five near perfect hits the second time around. VP Shinra still looked impressed. And against all odds, Rufus Shinra took Lex under his personal observation. He would join a group that Rufus is putting together, a special forces unit, trained by him and the Turks, outside the immediate preview of the Public Safety Division.

So began the formation and training of Rufus Shinra's personal force. The Ranger/Canine Division. A group tasked to undertake special missions, under the eye of Rufus Shinra and the Turks alone. Long range or Long duration missions where the Ranger and their Canine partner would put terrorist and dissident elements out of action. They weren't SOLDIERs but they were almost as good. Ranger/Canine agents would work closely with the Turks and maybe occasionally with SOLDIERs, Lex even had the honor, during his training, to see Sephiroth, Angeal, Genesis and Zack Fair in action. It was said to show them what another Shinra Special Division could do.

Eventually Lex and his new partner Wasteland passed the tests, gained the right to go on missions, and gained his Ranger iconography. The one hundred person strong Ranger/Canine Division went into action finally. And Lex and Wasteland were sent on their first mission, get out there and make hell for Avalanche. Be ready for orders from the Turks and Rufus Shinra. It was open ended, but it's all there. He wouldn't let his bosses down, with all the trust they had put into getting the Division going.

He wouldn't let them down.

Weapon:

Chaos and Anarchy: A modified double barrel shotgun and a highly modified Whinchester lever action rifle. Chaos the shotgun has had the two barrels seperated by half an inch, allowing a laser sight to be mounted between the barrels. The barrels have also been modified again having rifling within to allow the fragmentation slugs it fires to be more accurate. The slugs themselves travel up too 50 feet before automatically fragmenting, they will also fragment upon impact into a cloud of shrapnel. Anarchy is a modified Winchester lever action carbine. A shortened barrel, changed up sights, and smoother action let the weapon be fired almost as fast as the trigger can be pulled, the only thing holding it back is the lever action.

Skills:

Of One Mind: Lex and Wasteland have worked together long enough that Lex rarely needs to give out verbal commands. Just the way he moves will give Wasteland an idea of what to do and she will act to support Lex.

Far or Near: Quick to change his fighting style depending on the distance, his shotgun and rifle allow for a good mix up of close and far combat. A perchant for the rather flashy martial arts that include throws and blistering kicks rounds out the style.

Coin shot: Taught to the Rangers by Rufus Shinra himself, the infamous Mythril Coin shot, a combination of magic, materia and skill. Firing a magically charged round through a mythril coin creates a beam of magicaly charged energy, like a magical bolt of plasma. Oh the powah! With two different guns there are actually two different effects, firing chaos causes a fragmentation effects that produces several small lances to fire towards the target. While using Anarchy produces a single concentrated and very powerful beam.

Equipment:

Shinra standard Issue smartphone/PDA

Ranger/Canine Division tuned walkie talkie

Rolls of Mythril coins

Company Gold Card (Never leave on a mission without it)

Calignious Bracelet (3 Materia Slots)

Materia:

Parry Materia = Guards against enemy attacks and allows the user to unleash their next attack faster.

Time Materia, Level 2 = Allows the use of Haste at level 1, Slow at Level 2 and Stop at Level 3

LIMIT BREAK:

The One-Two: Let's just think about this for a second. How can a Canine/Human team not have a combined limit break? When they've reached the point they can do so, Wasteland will dash forward, and latch onto an arm or a shoulder, taking the opponents attention away from Lex, who will then pull out no less then four coins. And fire four times, using the coins as a catalyst. The first two shots will always be from Chaos creating two blasts of the fragmented beams, then the last two shots will be from Anarchy producing two powerful beams that come in right behind the fragmented ones.