Fire Emblem: Aphotic Legacy - an Interest Check
Name: Hiko
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Nationality: Tinacean

Social Status: Commoner
Occupation: Mercenary
Class: Mercenary


Personality: Hiko is laid-back, yet restless, with a wild streak. He's a man who values his freedom above all else, and he's willing to do whatever it takes to maintain it. He kills with ease, lies with skill, and cheats without remorse—all part of his personal code of living on his own terms. But, beneath the surface, he has a deep-rooted sense of justice, particularly against forces of darkness. Even though he enjoys fighting for fun or stealing for the thrill, he despises unnecessary evil and stands against those who bring harm to the innocent.

While he often keeps to himself, avoiding unnecessary interactions, he's surprisingly kind to those who earn his trust, though few ever get that close. Hiko's not driven by the typical heroics or moral codes; instead, he’s a pragmatic, free-spirited rogue who just wants to live life by his own rules.

Likes: Freedom, combat, dark humor, winning on his own terms.
Dislikes: Authority figures, unnecessary cruelty, magic-users (he finds them unpredictable).

Background: Hiko grew up in Tinace, where he was raised with minimal supervision and no strict codes to follow. From a young age, he learned how to manipulate situations to his advantage, using every tool at his disposal, whether that meant stealing or bending the truth. He quickly became known as an effective, though somewhat morally ambiguous, mercenary.

What sets Hiko apart is his odd sense of justice. While he's perfectly fine lying, cheating, and killing for the right price, he has a particular hatred for darkness—whether it's literal darkness, evil forces, or those who embrace it.

Hiko joined the All-Aoes Exploration Fleet simply because he was bored of Tinace. The new land offers a chance for new adventures, new battles, and a whole new frontier to conquer in his own way.

Weapon Proficiency: Sword
Skills & Abilities:
Vantage: It allows the user to initiate an attack first when an enemy engaging them in battle would have normally attacked first.
Wrath: It activates when the user's HP is at a very low magnitude, resulting in their critical rate being drastically increased.

(If I understand correctly, I'm allowed to use Vantage over Armsthrift.)

Equipment: Iron Sword, Vulnerary, Antitoxin

Appearance:

Height & Weight: 6'0", 168 lbs

Name: Kaden "Kay" Ashford

Age: 18

Nationality: American

Noble Arm Name & Appearance:
Duality Blades, two Katanas that shift in color depending on their form: a soft blue for light and a deep crimson red for dark. They are connected by a spectral purple chain.

Noble Arm Ranking: B


Noble Arm Type, Element, and Range: Melee, Light & Dark, close-to-mid range

Noble Arm Abilities:
The Duality Blades can change between three forms: Light, Dark, and Neutral/Equilibrium.
LIGHT:
Kaden's speed and power are enhanced, allowing him to attack quickly. The purple chain shatters and changes color to vibrant blue. The chain passes through Kaden but is solid to anyone else. He also can send minor beams of light out of the swords. They are weak and go about a 25m, but he can rapid fire them. They knock the target back a bit.
DARK:
Kaden's power and range increase, as a darker aura can extend the swords to an unnatural length. When he enters this, the chain shatters and is replaced by a light red chain. This chain acts like the blue chain. He can slam the swords onto the ground to make a shockwave that does moderate damage and goes in around a 75m radius. This needs to recharge for a bit, and makes his arms tired. He picks the targets of the blast. (This means he can only pick people he is aware exist/are fighting. THIS IS IMPORTANT!)
NEUTRAL:
Kaden has both active, one on each sword. his stats stay the same, but he gains the light beams and a weaker version of the shockwave. The chain stays purple and acts like the other chains. One neutral attack, or ten seconds in neutral, is required when switching between light and dark. The chain stays purple in this form, passing through Kaden. He also gains a new attack, but I'm going to make a dropdown for it.



Misc Abilities: Ambidextrous, pretty good strategist, knows MMA (Mixed Martial Arts), and is a great dancer (trained his footwork by dancing).
He speaks 3 different dialects of Arabic. (Levantine, Egyptian, and Modern Standard Arabic/MSA)

Personality: Kaden is kind, funny, and protective of people he cares about and works with often (or hopes to work with often). He can also be very over confident. He doesn't always seem all there, and is often caught daydreaming in his free time. His true desire is to upkeep his reputation, and this drives him to do otherwise stupid things.

*Likes: Comedy movies, video games, fighting, and competition.

*Dislikes: Being underestimated, losing, spiders (he's not scared, he just doesn't like 'em.)

Fears: Failing to protect his family, friends, and most of all, his ego.

Bio: Kaden was born in Arizona and stayed there most of his life. He came from a family of war refugees from syria and immersed himself in their culture. He loves his family, which consists of his parents, an older sister and a ten year old brother. His family and friends call him Kay or Kane.

Kaden can't remember a time when he did not have a sword of any type with him. He carried a wooden around for practice whenever he could, kept a different wooden one in his backpack, and practiced with a real katana at home. he devoted his life to swordsmanship, and hoped that he could become a master swordsman. When he got the Duality Blades, or Zole as he likes to call them, it hit home for him.

One incident changed the way he viewed the Duality Blades. His friend challenged him to run across an "empty" 8-lane highway in the desert. Almost to the end, he hears a horn. he stops and looks where it's coming from. by the time he turns, it was too late. He held out his hands, instinctively holding the blades like he always does when in danger. When the blades made contact with the truck, they bumped into each other, and this unleashed a blast of purple energy. Kaden was hospitalized in critical condition, and managed to survive without any scars. his friend and the trucker were not so lucky. The trucker died instantaneously, and his friend lost his left leg. He never seemed all there after that point.

*Current Goal: Survive, find somebody to love, and prove he isn't weak.

Military or Civilian Rank: Second Lieutenant

Name: Felix

Species: Voidborn

Age: 1,000,000 (Appears to be a human teenager.) His age bends towards whatever 1,000,000 would be in that universe.

Personality: friendly, over confident, and kinda comedic. He's pretty fun once you get to know him. otherwise, he's just annoying.

Backstory: "Why should I tell you?"

Interdimensional story: I know it's boring, but he was born with it. His multiverse is home to some annoying and powerful people, and he was one of them. He never wanted to leave until he got bored of watching the birth and death of universes. He is here for his own personal entertainment, and possibly for magical items.

Likes: Jokes, comedy movies, and french fries.

Dislikes: Mayo, romance movies, other people who disturb the peace more than he does.

Abilities: Overclock, Null Orbs, Void Bind, Phantom, Null Step, Voidshift, Void Nova, and Phantom revival. He can also summon items up to the size of a small fighter jet. (I don't have a name for that.)

Asher

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Age: 18

Gender: Male

Occupation: Currently, none.

Abilities: Can control flames to a high extent, and also tends to glitch out of existence occasionally. Also, he has impeccable dodging skills.

Misc: He can tell horrible jokes, do magic tricks, and make glitchy theatrics.

Personality: Normally a happy jokester and a smart Alec, but has recently switched his tendencies to depression after watching (What he believes to be) all his friends die along with his universe.

Bio: Asher was born human but raised the child of monsters. He first watched his brother (Monster) and sister (Human) die at a young age, then got news that his mother disappeared years later. A day or so later, he got word that his two best friends had died. He made his stand against the murderer-another human-but his father tried to protect him and died. After a long fight, Asher won, but there was nobody left to celebrate. After a while, the universe began to deteriorate, and he ended up in the in-between (Called the Anti-Void). But his body wasn't made for interdimensional travel, so he began to slowly become another anomaly, a glitch, before finding the tavern. You've probably seen him, just never noticed him.

Likes:

• Cooking
• Puns & Comedy
• Pranks
• Insults

Dislikes:

• Being alone
• The cold
• Yogurt (For some reason.)

Fears:
His only true fear is losing his family permanently. Other than that, Spiders.
Weakness:
Water beats fire. Also, physical contact tends to make him glitch out of control.

Theme(s):
Base form: Double-Edged Blade by køokie or Despair Syndrome by Charty (Or by Murder!Sans, I dunno)

Glitching: SEG_FAULT by NyxTheShield or Starting Point Of Error by david0414