[CHAR] Sword Art Online: Neon Colossus

[Ryu]

Kagamine Taiki

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Age: 17

Gender: Male

History

Born in a small village in Japan, Taiki was raised by his aunt after his father had turned him away because of Taiki's mother having complications during his birth. For half of his life, he was raised in a rural village by both his aunt and uncle until at the age of nine, his father returned for him and brought him back to the city.

There, Taiki was sent to a private academy to catch up on his education (since his aunt and uncle didn't exactly teach him a whole lot in the village except for farming) and to make friends his own age. Taiki, although a rather quiet boy, was able to find friends of his own. Friends who accepted him, friends who liked him, friends who wanted to be around him. Taiki cherished his friends, and would do various activities with them such as club sports. One day, after waiting in line with his friends at a store for days on end, Taiki rushed home to play a game, a game that he and his friends were excited for. A game known as Sword Art Online.

Personality

Taiki is a quiet boy who is rather soft spoken. He isn't exactly a leader, but more or less a follower. He would often be with his friends and loved ones until the end of days rather than be alone.

Appearance

Taiki stands at around 5'8 and is rather slender. He has long, dark brown hair for a boy and has brown eyes.

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Attania

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History

Once in the game, Taiki and his friends formed a party together and began to actually play the game, with each one of them choosing a weapon to their liking. Taiki himself chose a curved blade (a scimitar) to fight with until eventually, he unlocked the Katana skill.

When the situation of being stuck in the game arose, Taiki's friends were quick to act to the situation that had just developed. The four of them -- Taiki included -- stuck together at nearly all times, and on more than one occasion, saved each other from near death situation such as when Taiki was nearly murdered in cold blood in an alleyway. The four had each others' back and wanted nothing more but to get out of the game and return to their normal lives -- although, they did confess that they preferred this over their lives.

Of course, this small little group did not last for long. Over the course of the game, his friends began to die off. Whether it be due to small mistakes that led to their death or dying due to PKers, eventually, in a dungeon with others, after a rather large scale fight where Taiki's katana broke in the middle of the fight, Taiki's friend died after succumbing to his wounds. For the first time, Taiki was finally alone.

Feeling guilty for his friend's death -- which was caused when Taiki's friend shielded Taiki from a monster's attack when Taiki's katana broke -- Taiki began to wander around in the game with his broken katana and a dagger that he had looted off of a mob.

Armor: Leather armor with plate armor covering vital parts of his body.

Weapon of Choice: Katana

Current Equipment: Dagger, Broken Katana & Sheath, Leather & Plate Armor (Low Durability)

Skill Set: Parry, Light Metal Equipment, Meditation

Unique SKill
Muramasa's Blessing
Attania is able to wield any Katana with ease, regardless of durability. Attania gains a flat 10% bonus to damage whenever he wields a Katana, and a flat 20% bonus to damage whenever he wields a unique Katana.

Approach: Head on

Theme Song

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Current Equipment

• Broken Katana
• Dagger
• Leather Armor with Plate

[Experiment 249]

Pterrophos

Name: Guy Montaire
In game name: Pterrophos
Age: 19
Gender: Male

Brief history: Born into a semi-abusive family, Guy's upbringing wasn't all sunshine and rainbows. He wasn't beat by his parents, no, they were big on the non-physical kind of abuse. He was never good enough for them no matter how well he did. They'd hound him about how his grades were too low, or how he hadn't had a girlfriend, and when he had high grades and a girlfriend he spent too much time with her or studying and needed to help around the house more. Because of this he got out as soon as he could. He didn't run away but he definitely took to escaping in any way he could.
The nervegear was a dream come true for him, a way to live in a reality unlike the bleak one he came from. He couldn't buy one at launch but managed to save up enough after moving out jsut a few days before the release of SAO, for which he was third in line to buy. He plugged in on that fateful day and found himself now trapped in his supposed dreamland along with 9,999 others. He decided to band together with some strangers and created the guild Neon Colossus, of which he is leader. He led them from the bottom all the way up to the strike team.

Brief Personality: More often than not, Guy is off doing his own thing in a fairly non serious matter. The whole situation of being trapped in the videogame he found himself in was, to him at least, a blessing and not a curse. He's gone from a pessimist in reality to a full blown optimist in Aincrad. He took to his role as guild leader proudly, though he knows that he is not the most qualified. He stays in the position purely because he is the least likely to quit or give up because of something bad happening. He's the heart of the group, not the sword.
Appearance:

Pterrophos

Armor : Leather under a cloth cloak.
Weapon of Choice: Rapier
Skill set: Cooking, Parry, Leather Equipment, Acrobatics
Unique Skill: Superior Parry - Can parry any weapon as if it were half the weight (Boss' generally excluded)
Approach: Direct and flashy
Theme Song: Young volcanoes - Fall Out Boy

Laurent

Name: Lauren Thompson
In game name: Laurent
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Brief history: A world traveler of sorts, Lauren grew up well, everywhere. She never had the time to settle down and in this electronic age making and keeping friends in her kind of life really wasn't hard. She had traveled the world twice and was only 17. She had bits and bobs from around the world and even met glorious leader Pterrophos along the way. Her parents were thrill seekers and gave her one of the most exciting childhoods a girl could ask for, and she wasn't dragged around the world no, she followed them there willingly. Eventually in Japan she picked up a nervegear and a game and continued her travels. She plugged in on an airplane ride headed to Ireland from Japan constantly watching the clock in game for her queue to get off. She has no idea where her body is at the moment and that is what scares her most.

Brief Personality:Laurent isn't as excepting of her new life as Pterrophos, but having him around makes it easier. She enjoys the company of others and being distracted by work keeps her mind off of things, so she's generally burying herself in work. She lost most of her thrill seeking-ness after the first few months in the game after a field boss battle that nearly killed her for being so reckless. Since then she's been in and out of combat. She grows attached to whoever she ca in this game, the more people that talk to her the less she has to be reminded it's more than just a video game.
Appearance:

Appearance

Armor: Rarely in battle, but heavy plate armor.
Weapon of Choice: A two handed battle ax
Skill set: Perception, Martial Arts, Heavy metal equipment, block, reveal, searching
Unique Skill: Bitter blood - Enemies de-agro upon her reaching half hp for 3 seconds (enemies can re-agro at anytime)
Approach: (formerly) Tank
Theme Song: I Wanna Get Better - Bleachers

[ReaptheMusic]

Repageroy

Name: Mika Alexander

In game name: Repageroy

Age: 17

Gender: Male

Brief history: Mika grew up on a farm in southern Russia before leaving home at 15 to go to a boarding school in eastern Germany, his parents believing he’d have a better opportunity to make something of his life there. He’s a complete loner, having not been around people very often while growing up and finds it hard to communicate with others due to the language barrier. It's due to his lack of interaction with other people growing up that he is relatively nervous when first encountering others.

Brief Personality: Mika is shy, more on the private side mostly because he's afraid of what others might think of him. Generally, he's quite anxious around people he's never met before and worries that he'll drive them away before he gets a chance to show him his real self. But when he’s gotten to know someone he can be loud, obnoxious, and overall a hell of a lot of fun. His hobbies include reading and trolling people on the internet.

Appearance:

Armor : A vest and way too many belts

Weapon of Choice: Throwing Knives

Skill set: He excels in ranged attacks, giving him an edge on most of the normal sword users. He’s very fast, and can easily steal things from an unsuspecting user.

Unique Skill: Long range attacks, Marksmanship

Approach: Rogue

Theme Song: Einsamkeit - APH Germany

Durdansa

Name: Annalin Ardwik

In game name: Durdansa

Age: 22

Gender: Female

Brief history: Annalin has lived in Iceland her entire life, and is currently enrolled in college as a philosophy major. She spent a lot of her time out dancing and partying with her friends between studies when she met her fiancé. Things were wonderful in their relationship initially, however, as it was her first one ever, she wound up becoming too possessive and losing him. Now she suffers from losing the possibility of being a bride, and has become even less stable mentally than before.

Brief Personality: Annalin is… complex. She’s in a current spiral of emotional turmoil that shifts between extreme mood swings and extreme self hatred. However, she plays it off well. You would never guess by looking at her that she was dying inside by the way she acts, always smiling, optimistic, and usually very sweet and generous. When in truth she’s actually quite selfish, possessive and vain. Her hobbies include dress making, making coffee, and writing in her journal.

Appearance:

Armor : ‘Warriors Wedding dress,’ a custom armor she bought off steam before the breakup

Weapon of Choice: Bejeweled ceremonial Blade

Skill set: Manipulation, Deception, Very intense sewing skills, Serious coffee brewing.

Unique Skill: Blood lust - Each hit in succession deals more damage than the last. Resets upon missing or hitting a new target

Approach: Gypsy Guerilla (in which she approaches initially as a friendly party before taking one down)

Theme Song: Misery Attack – Demi Lovato/Paramore Mashup

[Kalas]

Mez

Real Name:
Rin Kanesaka

Avatar Name:
Mez

Age:
20

Gender:
Male

Type:
Swordsman

Beta-Tester:
Yes

Personality:
Mez is a staunch leader and devoted warrior. He fights for every good cause but holds no time for trivial matters. Although he may come across to others as extremely serious, he does have a softer side. Sharing a joke within a group or attempting to console close friends is generally proof of this. He is extremely courageous but doesn't allow his pride to get in the way when it comes to fighting. He knows when to retreat and when to press the attack. When it is time to rally together, Mez's voice can usually be heard above most of the others, leading a charge towards his enemies.

Brief Real Life Background:
In the real world, Rin is a hardcore gamer. His brother, Reivard, is one of the top MMO players in Japan and his parents own a successful Computer Electronics company; NTTF Gaming, that sells high-end computer peripherals and software. They also sponsor a number of eSport tournaments across the globe and were one of the top 5 distributors of the Nerve-Gear Headsets. Rin has never wanted for any game in his life, his whole school life was dedicated to business management and gaming, so that he may eventually take over the family business. In the meantime, however, Rin dedicated himself to surpassing his brother, who had already carved his career in the gaming industry and had outgrown the need to take on the company.

With the advent of virtual technology, Rin was determined to outshine his older sibling and prove to his parents that, for once, he was the better gamer. But alas, Reivard never joined SAO. His career had taken an unexpected turn towards Hollywood, where he would star in an upcoming movie remake of the successful 1995 film, Hackers. Rin didn't yet know any of this news about his brother and dived into SAO with eagerness, ready to prove he was the best.

Skills:
- Two-Handed Greatsword
- One-Handed Shortsword
- Light Leather Equipment
- Agility
- Cooking

Unique Skill
Ghoul's Grin: This Unique Skill affects all weapons held by Mez. This skill allows him to instantly equip any weapon within his inventory immediately during battle, even mid-swing. He uses this predominantly in conjunction with his Greatsword; Judgement and his Shortsword; Retribution. Switching between these two weapons grants him a temporary boost for a maximum of 15 seconds during battle. (1 post)

- Judgement to Retribution grants a 20% speed boost.
- Retribution to Judgement grants a 20% strength boost.

Equipment
- Judgement
- Retribution
- Light Leather Armour (Shown in image above)

Theme
Two Steps From Hell - Atlas

[caliban22]

Did some editing may end up doing more later(unless this is ok) but for now this is what I got.

Name: Alexander “Alex” Hayashi
In game name: Khârn the bloodied
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Brief history: Alexander was born in San Francisco California. The son of a career Navy man and a Nurse. Alex is the Eldest of three children, his Eva mother and two siblings lived in a small apartment in the mission district. Growing up Alex very rarely saw his father, and as time went on he grew to hate his father due to what he felt that his father had abandoned the family. Because of this he grew angry at school would start fights, he would hang out with bad people and would be an all around good for nothing. Though out it all Alexander's troubles was his mother, Eva the daughter of an immigrant and the young mother of three. She had met Alexander's father Benjamin while they both attended high school in San Francisco. At the age of seven Alex was sent to live with his father in Japan after he had been kicked out his fourth high school. After several years with his father and both trying to work through their problems they finally reached an understanding. The key for this break through being his father teaching His son how to fight properly, and spending family time together. Prior to starting to play SAO he worked as a martial arts assistant instructor.
Brief Personality: Khârn is a very friendly person most of the time, preferring to help his friends out and sparring in his free time with those who may not be as experienced as him in fighting. From time to time he will offer advice and counsel to player who may have issues. For example he helps younger players who miss their lives outside of the game. Along with helping players in his guild cope, he runs PVP matches to settle issues in a non lethal environment under his careful watch. While he is friendly and nice most of the time He hates being told what to do by people outside of his guild. When at the front lines he refuses to follow anyone outside his guild and any who try tend to later regretting it. As a warrior he believes in the concepts of glory,honor,brotherhood.
Appearance:

Appearance

Armor:

Armor

Weapon of Choice: Two handed sword

Weapon

Skill set: Heavy metal equipment, Battle healing
Unique Skill: Blood Rage (While in Combat he gains health& stamina from each kill. Once combat ends his health is halved for a period of time.)
Approach: berserker
Theme Song: Two steps from hell- To glory

[Cinderella Man]

Maya

Name: Maya Divine
In game name: Queen Divinity
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Brief history: Maya grew up in what one would typically consider "The Ghetto." Often sitting in her house by herself, as her parents were out working to keep their house and her brother was often out god knows where doing things that Maya herself didn't particlarly care to know. Due to this, she became a recluse and typically skipped school during the day to play games at a friend's house. Her parents, after finally finding out about this, decided that it'd be best to cut her off from this person.

Unfortunately for her parents, this just told Maya that she needed to be smarter about it. She sneaked away from her house one night, and broke into a store not too far from her house with the help of her brother who had his own reasons for wanting to. Around the time that she did, there was a game that was getting a lot of buzz called Sword Art Online. As she scouted around the back of the store for the really good, high end PCs, she found a couple copies of the game and decided to swipe one. What happened when she got home is easy to predict.

Brief Personality: In one word? Odd. She has a very sick sense of humor that tends to make people not acquainted with her uncomfortable. The only people she really tends to mesh with are her guild members, and she tends to mess around with the less powerful ones in jest. When it comes to the actual consequences of the game and death, she becomes highly serious and remorseful. But these are very rare occasions.

Appearance:

Hider

Armor : Cloth rogue armor, good for speed and being quiet.
Weapon of Choice: Two daggers, and a hidden shortsword for emergencies.
Skill set: Acrobatics, Parkour, Trap Making, and Quick Rolling.
Unique Skill: Misdirection, Maya moves so quickly that it looks like more than one of her are attacking at the same time. This amount of speed allows her to essentially create speed clones that feel like the real thing and attack like the real thing. Her current limit on how many she can make is 4.
Approach: Whatever suits the situation, typically very speed oriented battling.
Theme Song:

[PrincessOfNothing]

Nadie

Name: Sara Torres
In game name: Nadie
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Brief history: It could be said that Sara pretty much grew up by herself. In her earlier life, this was a more literal in that she rarely formed friendships with other children at schools, and was often left alone at home with her sister while her parents worked. Growing up without any true primary groups has had a significant effect on Sara’s development and ability to connect with other people and groups.
Throughout her teenage years, her social life improved and she gained friends, but inside she still had troubles understanding and feeling accepted in friend groups. She often used video games and books as a form of escapism, and the NerveGear was no different. It later proved to be much, much different when she and many other players found themselves stuck in a new game: Sword Art Online.

Brief Personality: For a majority of her life, Sara has always been the weird girl who was left by herself. Having to deal with isolation for as much as she had, her emotional and social growth is somewhat stunted. She believes she is the only person she can truly rely on, and trusting others does not come easy to her. While she has made strides recently in learning how to socialize and act around others, she is still introverted and quiet by habit and struggles with coming out of her shell, both mentally and in the form of a mask she wears in-game to hide her face.
Under the former, she’s still pretty strange, but in a kind of charming way. For the most part, she’s polite and cordial, but with a hot temper, as well as incredibly intelligent, making her capable of learning and analyzing complex subjects and situations very quickly. Unfortunately, sometimes her intelligence and lack of understanding how other people feel can cause her to be condescending to others who do not understand things the way she does. Overall, even though it can be hidden under a measure of self doubt, Sara is an ambitious young woman, and passionate about the things that matter most to her.
Appearance:

Sara

Armor : Cloth armor, including a hooded cloak and a mask that hides her face.
Weapon of Choice: Broken Sword
Skill set: One-Handed Straight Sword, Light Metal Equipment, Parry,
Unique Skill: Fade: A passive skill that significantly reduces Nadie’s presence in the game, in the form of aggro. However, this effect not only applies to NPC’s/monsters, but even to other players, making her almost unnoticeable. The skill does not make her actually invisible, only making her less likely to draw attention. While it is entirely possible for her to be seen by other players, to her benefit, most players often do not. While imperfect, the skill is especially effective, and with Nadie’s silence, she can become practically nonexistent and traverse most environments completely unseen.
Approach: Nadie combines the stealthiness of Fade with rushdown fighting and shock tactics drawn from her own aggressive personality.

[Shadowcatcher]

Himika

Name: Hikari Miho

In game name: Himika

Age: 20

Gender: Female

Brief history: Born into a wealthy but abusive family of strong intellectuals, Hikari has always been scolded for being more artistic and not studious. This caused her to have a rather detached relationship with her parents from an early age. She had a younger sister who excelled at everything her parents wanted their eldest to, and eventually their influence drove a wedge between them too. Though she has a personality that other kids loved to be around her, Hikari's parents always sent her to private schools and forbade her from making friends; often locking her in her room for days on end to keep her from going outside. After high school her parents cut her off from their wealth and she has been on her own since. She is very self sufficient and pays for herself to go to art school as well as for her own small apartment in the heart of Osaka, Japan. It's not always easy for her to pay for such things, and most days she works well past her physical and emotional limit. Gaming offered her an escape that she was drawn to. After being trapped in the game, she wondered if her family had even gone to find and watch over her body in the real world. It is a thought that makes her wonder how much time she has left before he body starves and withers away.

Brief Personality: Hikari is tough at heart, determined, and stubborn, If she doesn't get what she wants right away, she will fight and fight, never letting up until she gets it. She hates few things and loves a lot of things. Though it once was easy to upset her, or get her to cry, it is much more difficult now. After years of trying to learn patience and control over her emotions, she had finally succeeded in such and is more laid back than she used to be. She has an uncanny way of making others uncomfortable by being bluntly honest, or rather embarrassingly honest. If she finds herself stuck in an embarrassing situation, she'll giggle her way out of it. She is completely carefree and rarely seems anxious or under stress, even under difficult circumstances. Hikari is very good at comforting others and is usually quite a joy to be around. She has extremely well-developed senses and an aesthetic appreciation for beauty. She's not interested in leading or controlling others, but more wanting to make everyone else happy.

Appearance:


Armor : Rage Empress Armor - Light Leather Armor (Shown in appearance image.)

Items:

• 143,800 Cor
• 1 Ring of Angel's Whisper
• 4 Antidote Crystals
• 7 Healing Crystals
• 2 Teleport Crystals
• 1 Corridor Crystal
• 1 Mirage Sphere (Map)
• 1 Water Container
• Misc. Mob Drops

Weapon of Choice: Ebony Warblade - One Handed Straight Sword - Boss Monster Drop


Skill set:

Support/Combat Skills:
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Sprint - 500/1000
Battle Healing - 300/1000
Meditation - 100/1000

One Handed Sword Skills

• Horizontal Square - Turns the sword color Sky Blue - Consists of four hits, the first from left to right, the second from right to left. Then she spins in a full circle, striking then from right to left. The last swing is an upward and to the right swing that when completed, makes the shape of a sky blue rhombus that fades away after a moment.
  
• Rage Spike - Turns the sword color Sky Blue - A rather weak charge skill that allows the user to close a distance of up to 10 meters in an instant. Consists of an upward strike from the right.
  
• Howling Octave - Turns the sword color Orange - Her strongest skill. Consists of 5 high speed continuous thrusts at the target. this is then followed by a cut downwards then upwards, finishing off with a full force swing in the overhead position.
  

Unique Skill: Revenge - For every hit Hikari takes, her strength increases by 10% of the damage taken. This skill allows her to focus her stats on speed and makes up for what she lacks in strength.

Approach: Berserker due to her speed and strength ability.

Theme Song:

Blacksmith Information

Location: Lower level of the Guild Hall

Himika has been working under Ghesh as his assistant and apprentice of sorts. As a result the two were very close before his passing. Now she has taken over as the Guild Blacksmith in his place.

Blacksmithing Stats: Current Level: 39

• Thrust Weapon Forging - 339/1000
• Slash Weapon Forging - 341/1000
• Blunt Weapon Forging - 300/1000
• Light Metal Armor Forging - 313/1000
• Heavy Metal Armor Forging - 248/1000
• Metal Equipment Repairing - 411/1000
• Metal Refining - 401/1000

Smithing Tools:

Twilight Hammer - One Handed War Hammer - 307/1000


Rage Empress Blacksmith Garb - Light Metal Equipment - 264/1000

[Kojashi28]

Koji Yamashiru

Name: Koji Yamashiru
In game name: xX_KoJ2YaMi8_Xx (He mostly goes by his real name haha)
Age: 17
Gender: Male

Brief history: Born to a wealthy family, Koji was never told no by his parents when it came to money, although they were the exact opposite when it came to discipline. Koji's parents always let him do whatever he wanted and then they would just bail him out, (only literally once) when he got in trouble. They were also very lenient with money. His parents allowed him to spend their money on whatever or whoever he wanted,(not in a sexual way haha). So this led to him buying a group of friends that acted as his entourage. This entourage inflated his ego out of the sky and into space. They expected him to act almost as their “leader” and made him get a strong personality. So this made him do stupid and crazy stunts that gave him the adrenaline to always act crazy and eventually helped develop him into the charismatic jokester he is today.
Until one day. The Yamashiru family lost their money in a fraud case after the police investigated a case of about drugs that Koji had purchased. Koji's parents blamed him since they thought the law would've never looked into them if he hadn't been so stupid and had that many run-in with the police. Then they sent him away to live on the streets. Here his ego got deflated back down to Earth and he learned that to not get jumped or mugged he had to get in with the thugs and gangs by joking around with them all the time and being an overall nice guy, which deep inside he truly was. This also factored in to his humorous personality. Finally he actually joined a gang, where they robbed a house that Koji found SAO and a virtual reality headset in.

Brief Personality: Koji is almost always joking, but in more of a sarcastic way than a goofy childish way. This came from his brief time on the the streets, although he still has his moments when he acts like the stupid, carefree, playboy that he used to be. If you didn't know him would never be able to tell that Koji used to have money, but you also wouldn't be able tell that he doesn't have any money right now. You would probably just assume he's naturally charismatic and is sarcastic, as a result of living in a common household with a sarcastic family.
Koji is almost never serious sense he's extremely confident about his abilities in SAO. Although he still prefers fighting in groups sense he loves the members of his guild.
Appearance: Koji stands at 6'0 and 150 pounds with flat black hair that spikes up in the front. He is skinny although he's definitely not lanky or scrawny. Koji is attractive but not anywhere near as much as he thinks he is.

Armor : Red Leather Armor under a Black Cloak of Agility.
Weapon of Choice: A black spear with red leather wrapped around the middle and a cut in the middle of the tip making it even more lethal.

Skill set: Hunting, Leather Equipment, Acceleration, and Two Handed Weapons
Unique Skill: Lighting Strike- Koji quickly accelerates, looking like he teleported and hits his opponent dealing 3% more damage than normal. Almost no one can dodge this move, although it takes away a decent amount of Koji's health so he only uses it as a killing blow when necessary.
Approach: Quick and Innovative

[souleaterfan320]

Kuromi

Name: Kurama Nomitaru
In game name: Kuromi
Nickname: Rome
Age:19
Gender: male

Brief history:

March 20th, 2004:
At midnight, during a dark and heavy rain, at
a local hospital in a village in Japan. Kurama Nomitaru the First was born. His family, the wealthiest of the town, but still lower middle class, had a decent home and two vehicles with which to get home and to work with, and they had a dog named Jenga, because he loved knocking things over. Jenga and Kurama were the best friends a man and dog could be, until around the age of 13, Jenga was hit by a man with a Yamaha superbike , when Jenga when to get its Frisbee that Kurama had accidentally thrown into the neighbor across the street's yard. They held a small funeral in the backyard for the dog, and Kuri blamed himself for the next few years for the death of his beloved friend.. Until, of course, someone new came along. In his fifteen year of existence, he met a young girl name Nara, with whom, he became best friends with, and two years later, lovers. At the age of eighteen, he enlisted in the military, and began basic training, much against his girlfriend Nara's request. He felt he needed to do something important in his life, so he joined the military. During his first and only tour, he was sent to the middle East to help train their troops against the ISIS forces. Unfortunately, on patrol one night, they were atacked, and his whole squad was murdered in front of his eyes. Shortly after that, his girlfriend passed away from cancer, that she had developed several weeks before and hadnt found out that he was even diagnosed until two weeks ago.

Three weeks later, he was sent back to America, where he earned a few medals, and was given honorable discharge. Be returned home a day later, where his family gladly greeted him, and helped him through his painful memories of that fateful day.

Three months later, be received a copy of SAO in the mail, one he much less didn't remember buying in the first place. As it turns out, his family wanted to give him a something to distract him from the thoughts of what happened, so his dad purchased a copy in his name for him.

Brief Personality:

warm, kind hearted soul, with a will to lead, but occasionally has flashbacks of his past experiences, which haunt him.

Appearance:



Armor :

Mako Warlord:



Weapon of Choice: Sword of Honor (Shortsword)



Skill set:

- Tactician:

Allows him to expertly plan attacks on visible enemies with his current party.

Group Effort:

Increase each teammates attack and defense abilities by 5%

Sunbeam:
An ability that allows him to target an enemy and land one direct hit with heavy damage.

Unique Skill:

-Incredible Focus:

Allows him to focus on on specific enemy, and land 5-8 consecutive blows (at his current level) on said enemy, dealing average damage for each direct hit. This will raise by one strike ever other time he levels up.

Approach:

Very much so depends on the enemy. He is a tactician, a well trained one at that.

Theme Song:
Defeated - Breaking Benjamin

[Frettzo]

Karuro

Name: Carlos Arrieta
In game name: Karuro
Age: 27
Gender: Male

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Brief history:
A Venezuelan who emigrated into Japan three years before the release of Sword Art Online, Carlos is every bit the Latin American man one would expect. He's warm, friendly and very open about his feelings and intentions, something that's got him into trouble a couple times with the overly respectful and modest society that Japan is. The cultural shift doesn't deter him, though. He's happy to be where he is, even if that means being trapped inside a game such as SAO.

Sure, he was every bit as shocked as everyone else when the announcement took place in the Town Of Beginnings. He was distraught and nervous for a day. For a single day. Because unlike most of the other players, Carlos was an immigrant. He had already gone through a death game before--The game of finding a place to live, finding work and settling down in a foreign country with no friends or family to back him up. He had been broken and built up again, stronger than he had ever been back in Venezuela, and a simple game such as SAO had no chance to break him.

Even now, so much time after the day of his "imprisonment", his will remains strong, his face retains a smile and he continues to walk forward.

Brief Personality:
Carlos is an independent, self-sufficient man. He's warm, friendly, open and very charismatic to those who wish to have him around. He works hard and often reaps the benefits of such work. Carlos is an unambitious man, but that doesn't mean he has no goal in life. His goal in life is to keep moving forward, no matter the obstacle. It could be said that's the most important thing to him. Though he also believes Family and Friends are extremely important.

Appearance:

Hider

Armor : The same one as in the Appearance.

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Weapon of Choice: One-Handed Straight Sword coupled Kite Shield (he swaps the Kite shield for a Tower Shield when he's going to fight a Boss.)

Skill set:
- Main Skills:
- Parry: The ability to use an attack to block an opposing strike. Maximum level makes it possible to destroy an item currently at less than half of the maximum durability; anything with a durability above that will not be damaged.
- Howl: Attracts the attention of NPC monsters and increases a player's Hate value. Often used by tanks to lure enemies to the player.
- Battle Healing: Recover low amounts of HP over time during battle. It can be leveled up by constantly getting one's HP into the red zone
- Heavy Metal Equipment: The effectiveness with which a player can use Heavy Metal Equipment.

- Secondary Skills:
- One Handed Straight Sword
- Extended Weight Limit: Increases inventory size and weight capacity.

Unique Skill:
Look Behind You!: A disengage ability he can use to make NPC enemies stop attacking for long enough to allow a party's escape from precarious situations. (Attention: only works on NPCs and very dumb players.)

Approach: Carlos is a pure Tank, often willingly putting himself in the way of danger to spare his party members the burden.

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