VALHALLA MANCINI
famously known as
VALHALLA THE PROTECTOR
Valhalla was one of the six great generals during the war between the wizards and the rouge demons. He was most known for his valor in the battlefield and his devotion for his friends, valiantly putting their lives in front if his own. This eventually earned him the title as Valhalla the Protector, for if it wasn't for him and his noble sacrifices, many wizards would be dead.
As a child, he grew up in the slums along with Fai and Pemendree, though he wasn't as poor as everyone else on the account that his mother made clothes and sold them at the market for cheap. It wasn't much but it helped them get by in times of hardship. Not many wizards remembered how to make clothes with magic, so Valhalla's mother made them by hand. She eventually showed him how to make clothes, which he later put to good use during his time as Fai's general, making the clothes for the entire army. He grew up with his mother and great-grandfather, his own father and grandfather having been killed by a band of desperate wizards. They were caught and killed shortly after committing the crime, but the wound was still fresh in Valhalla's heart growing up.
When his mother was away making clothes, often from morning to night, Valhalla's great-grandfather would take care of him and told him stories about the forgotten city Atlantis. His great-grandfather claimed that his own grandfather lived in this mystical city and was captured by the demons during their attack. This inspired Valhalla's curiosity about Atlantis which would help him in later battles. He couldn't believe that a city so grand was able to exist since the only thing he knew was poverty, but it gave him hope in times of trouble that there was a possibility of greater things.
He met Fai when his great-grandfather took him to church one day. Valhalla was a naturally quiet child, timid and just alittle cowardly, but he instantly gravitated towards Fai's strong personality and admired him. They quickly became friends and Fai helped him emerge from his closed shell, bringing out the bright personality that he had kept locked within him. His mother and great-grandfather even noticed his change in personality and praised him. He would even visit the church on his own sometimes, just to hang out with Fai or to listen to the sermons, where he learned about the same values that Fai had grown up with.
Initially, when he got old enough, he was supposed pick up the tricks of the trade from his mother and help her make clothes so that they would gain a steady income. But when Fai began having his dreams and told the village about what had happened in the past, he abandoned those plans and began training with the other able bodies. He thought back to his great-grandfather's stories about the beautiful city and his family being captured and knew that he had to do something to help. His mother wasn't pleased when he told her and demanded that he help her with work, but his great-grandfather was supportive and pushed him become a hero. He lived long enough to see Valhalla grow, both physically and magically, and when he passed, he was very proud of his great-grandson and thanked him for trying to make a difference.
When the years passed and their strength grew, they were ready to begin their attack on the rouge planet. The relationship between him and his mother had become strained because of their different views, but when it came time for them to leave, she came running to see him off, telling him how proud she was and to stay safe. Valhalla left with tears in his eyes but a new determination in his heart.
The battles on the rouge planet were tough and tiring and often times he wanted to regress into the little boy he had once been and run back to his mother. But when he got like that, he remembered the words of his family and friends and gained the courage he needed to carry on. His magic wasn't the most powerful and he had trouble controlling it if he became too stressed, but the one thing he did specialize in were protection spells. He would be the one to create barriers and protective charms during battles, protecting his friends from enemy attacks and curses. There were a number of times when he personally sacrificed himself, sometimes a stab in the arm or a punch in the gut, but he made it his life's mission to protect his friends, because if he couldn't save the captive wizards, then his friends certainly could.
When they weren't in battle, Valhalla enjoyed the company of his brothers (and sisters!) in arms and spent a lot of his time making friends in the camp. He would go out of his way to talk to every single solider, even if he annoyed them sometimes, but after a childhood of having little to no friends, he was just glad to talk to people. He would release some of his stress by picking on Azazel during his downtime. It wasn't anything extreme, just small little pranks like hiding his shoes right before he went out or switching uniforms or something trivial like that. It didn't seem like it, but deep down, he really did respect him as a person and a warrior and he remembered their bantering fondly, even after the war was over. He also admired Angelveion greatly, because they both had the same ideals of justice and protecting others who couldn't do it themselves.
Towards the final battles and the demons became desperate, one attacked Fai with a fire spell and Valhalla blocked it, loosing his left eye in the process. He was healed enough to where bloodloss wasn't a problem, but he could no longer be in the frontlines, due to his lack of depth perception and blind spot. But this wasn't to say that he gave up right then and there. He still went into battle and offered his protection to his friends, creating barriers from the background and helping Demostenes with his plans.
After the final battle and the establishment of Wiz, Valhalla retired from battle and became a tailor. His mother had passed away during those fifteen years from an illness and he felt guilty for leaving her alone. He was glad that they parted on good terms though and buried her next to the graves of the rest of his family, returning to Wiz shortly after. He kept in touch with his friends after the war and sent them beautiful clothes as gifts. He created Fai's royal clothes and made them elegant and extravagant, making up for all the times he saw his closest friend dirtied with the blood of his soldiers.
As a child, he dreamt about marrying Pemendree because like Fai, he admired her fiery attitude. But as he grew older and they fought on the same battlefield together, he saw her more as a friend than a romantic interest. After the war he briefly thought about proposing to her, simply because he wasn't interested in anyone else, but she got married before he had the chance. Which was a good thing because he later met his future wife, Serena, who had been a captive to a demon and was saved by them. They had a lavish wedding and all his friends were there to congratulate him and for once, Valhalla felt like all of his dreams had come true. He lived a good life with a good family and good friends. He had the chance to watch Fai rebuild the world and give everyone the freedom they deserved, dying twenty years before his friend at the age of 163. He was proceeded by his son, Vallad, who continued to look over the Black family and protect them. It wasn't until the union of Belzeneff and Valentia did their families merge.
