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Kingdom Hearts: Heroes of Hope

This is a post concerning everybody - A message written by me, but basically from both me and Kindred:

It has been brought up a few times that we should start introducing villains, or at least a villain, to sort of drive forward what our characters are doing, give them something to strive for.

I have been talking with @King Kindred since the start of the RP, about my character, about my future plans for characters, about story ideas... (And when I say 'have been talking with', I mean we have been coming up with ideas and whatnot basically since the RP started)... and we have basically together come up with what we intend to be the major, central plot going forward. Now we of course understand at this point, that we have done A LOT of brainstorming, planning, and world building, without involving anyone else in the discussion, to the point that others haven't yet had any input, let alone even told what's going on.

So that's what I'm doing here, so that everybody can hopefully take part in this, without it seeming like everybody is just being dragged into the storyline me and Kindred made with no regard to your own personal character stories you want to tell and progress.

There was also something brought up about how the plotlines of Kingdom Hearts in general tend to be way too convoluted, needlessly complicated, and even something like the villain's motives seem to change whenever the writers feel like it.

Because of that...

We have basically scrapped the main plotline of Kingdom Hearts entirely. This excludes Kingdom Hearts 1 for the most part, with a few details changed, and we're considering the current story to be in that KH1 timeframe. So, I am going to breakdown what we have planned for the storyline in each section:

Kingdom Hearts 1

This is naturally, where we are now. Not a lot has changed. The major things that have changed are the worlds we will visit (More freedom to go where we want), who the Princesses (And Prince) of Light are, and the most major change, the motives of the villain.

Our Villains for KH1 are Ansem and Maleficent. Naturally, there is room for other appearances, such as my own character who will be appearing from time to time, or for example @IAmTheIsland your mysterious hooded character, whatever you want/plan to do with them during this time.

Maleficent is here and there aiding Ansem, but ultimately she is doing her own thing, with her own motives.

Ansem has been changed... now he is, just a straight up villain. There is no grander scheme going on here, he's not after Kingdom Hearts, he just straight up wants to open the doorways on every world, unleashing darkness to swallow everything.

So, the main plot of KH1 for this RP will remain largely unchanged. Our characters are to travel to different worlds, defeat the villains who have been empowered by darkness, and the heartless they are unleashing, and seal the keyholes to stop the worlds from being devoured by darkness.

As we pretty much unanimously decided, our characters will eventually reconvene at Olympus, where we will have some sort of tournament arc go on there. However, once the Olympus arc is over, we will enter the endgame of KH1. From this point forward, everybody should be united in one single group... at least, for the most part.

'Story Things' will happen, that will lead Alias and everybody that follows him to Camelot. There, the group will have their final (It's Kingdom Hearts, so you know what 'final' means) standoff with Maleficent.

More story things will happen, and the group will go directly from Camelot, to Ansem, and will face off against him, putting an end to his schemes for good.

This, will be the end of KH1, and will lead us going forward, into a full switch of gears. How we are going to do this, we'll figure that out when we get there. But for the time being, the plan is that after KH1, we are going to have an Organization XIII focused story, using for the most part, depending on people's plans, all new characters. So that brings us to the next part of the story...

Going to pause here and say, I know some might wonder 'Why Camelot'. I understand that, with my character being central to the plot, like that I already said a villain of my own making will be making appearances, and things like their world being so important to the main story, that it might seem like I am trying to take over the story, or make my character the main character.

That's simply not the case though. Me and Kindred have simply come up with a lot of ideas for a story, and we like what we've created, and, assuming everybody is on board, have decided it will be the first major storyline that deviates from the original Kingdom Hearts story. Once this story is over, anyone else is more than welcome to build their own major storyline for everybody to follow.

But keep this in mind: Just because there is a main central narrative, does not mean anyone should be dissuaded from pursuing their own character stories. I'm sure every one of you has plans for your characters, things you want to achieve with them, things you want to happen to them... the intention here isn't to say 'no you can't do that, we have a story already'. But rather, to give a central narrative from which people can build their own character stories around. Find ways to tie your characters, and the things you want to do with them, to the story we have prepared. We aren't taking over everyone's story. We are just setting the basis for what is actually happening in this world. Or... worlds.

Anyways, on to the first major deviation from the games story:

Organization XIII

Following the defeat of Ansem, the story will switch focus to Organization XIII, lead by old man Xehanort. Xehanort, for whatever reason, did not take part in Ansem's plots, did not support him or engage with our characters, though any members of the Organization were free to do as they pleased during that time. So previous appearances of Organization members is not off the table.

Xehanort has a new advisor, and through her, believes he has come to finally understand what he was missing in his plans to create a fresh start for all worlds. He has discovered the true purpose of the Princesses (And Prince) of Heart, as well as a further power he does not yet fully understand, but is sure is key to his success. This power is something that resides beyond the Princesses (And Prince) of Heart, but is often tied to them in some way. (For example, Ariel may be a Princess of Heart, while her father King Trident, holds this special power). The power, is called simply, Royal Authority, and Xehanort has an understanding that this is a power granted by Kingdom Hearts that allows powerful rulers of worlds to maintain the balance of Darkness in the universe. King Mickey, for example, is a wielder of Royal Authority.

HOWEVER. This is something that he is simply studying for the time being, and does not fully understand. And so, because he does not understand how he can claim these powers, nor how to use them, he has another more important immediate goal.

He is seeking a way to give Nobodies a heart. This is, after all, the reason the Organization members follow him, because he promised them he would give them hearts, to make them whole again. And so he has tasked his new advisor with researching this very thing, entrusting them the resources to make it happen, no matter the cost.

All in all, this version of Xehanort, is not a terrible person. Yes, he allowed the destruction of many worlds, but he truly believes that what he is doing will be worth it all in the end. He wants to use the power of Kingdom Hearts to do a hard reset on the universe, creating a new, singular world, bathed in light, free from the corruption of darkness, a paradise for all the lost souls past and present.

Because of this, he is fully intent on keeping his promise to give hearts to the Organization members. Will he succeed? Well, we'll just have to see, as this is where I am going to end the explanation of the plot, and we'll just have to see what happens.

But I will put it this way... come the end of the Organization storyline, everybody's Nobody characters are going to have to make a very difficult decision about where, and with whom they stand.

So while there is much, much more specific things we have planned, including things well beyond the Organization XIII storyline, and the ultimate goal of this whole story, that's really all there is to it for now.

Kindred has given the go ahead on all of this (At least as far as I remember...) and much of it has been his own input as well. However, naturally, this is everybody's RP. We aren't exactly dictating to you all 'This is the story you are going to write, don't like it, then drop out'. We are open to suggestions, criticisms, and answering questions about it all.

I'm sure we both understand that it's a bit overdue on letting everyone in on our plans, but this has been something that has been being worked on, evolving and changing over months, with new ideas constantly coming in, and entire ideas being redone, to come up with what we think is the final version of the story we want to tell.

And all in all, we hope that everybody has a part to play in it that they will enjoy, while also being free enough to tell the stories about their own characters that they have intended to tell this whole time.

There are some details that need working out... and we'll try and work with anyone who already has plans for something that will need to somehow work around the main plot. And one example is uh... @Crimson Flame Me and Kindred discussed a sort of, major, kinda serious role for Lucian to play in the story down the line... and this time I don't mean going to wake Morgan up and then having his ear talked off for what feels like hours. What we have worked up kinda comes with the territory of playing a Prince of Heart, but I'm sure you knew from the beginning that choosing to play a Prince of Heart was going to end up making him very important to the story in some way. But we also figure you have your own plans so, we want to work with everybody on what those plans might be, without having to spoil everybody on everything that is going to happen, both in this story we have cooked up, and in your own stories. Otherwise there wouldn't be much point in telling it would there?

Also we're not trying to force it on you so, it's something to talk about rather than us saying 'This is what Lucian's role is going to be, the end'.

So yeah, bring up your questions, issues, and all that and me and Kindred will work with you all on this. But we wanted to create something that really drives the RP forward, and gives us all something to actually make this a GROUP RP, as I personally just have felt like we are dangerously close to everybody just splitting off on their own to basically do their own solo/1x1 RPs, at which point there wouldn't be much point to this being a group RP at all. I'm not saying anybody is doing that currently. Just that we want to give everybody a reason to engage with a central narrative, and we didn't want that to just be 'Kingdom Hearts but we have replaced Sora, Donald, and Goofy.'

Everybody is intended to be a main character in this story, so we want to work with you all to make that the case.

Kingdom Hearts: Heroes of Hope

Time to set up a gem shopping list for crafting...

Kingdom Hearts: Heroes of Hope

Just want to bring up, what I recall from the games is that people aren't really supposed to know about worlds beyond their own, what with Donald always making a huge fuss over 'World Order', and why Sora always makes up excuses of 'not being from around here'.

So Jane just up and name dropping Olympus like it's the next town over feels a bit weird doesn't it? Not that it's necessarily a huge deal or a hard fix, I just imagine her saying they went 'to some colosseum or something' and since she's Jane, I imagine her thinking that Rome is a long way to talk about going willy nilly, since that'd likely be her idea of where the Colosseum is.

Tamashī no Samuraitachi

Akane

The Raijin Shogun

While people were still gathering, Akane couldn't help but notice the tension between Ren and Tsuki. She tilted her head at him while he was still looking over the images, asking in the language nobody could understand but Ren... and nobody seemed able to replicate either, "What happened? She is angrier than when I left. Angry... with you?" That seemed to be the case rather often, so it wasn't a difficult conclusion to come to, what with the both of them seeming so on edge.

Whatever his answer, she watched the others gather, those she knew less about. The first was the metal thing. It moved like a person, it spoke like a person, sometimes. Was it... human? She didn't always speak like a person. Was it maybe... no, it was another creation of man, a mixing of flesh and metal and... was there any flesh left in there? She wondered what would happen if she were to shock him with electricity... but she had been told not to do that... the exact words were 'In fact, you probably shouldn't stand too close to him at all'. Given that her body was almost always covered in a layer of unseen electricity, that was probably for the best, but still, not much fun...

Then came the ogre... Oni-Kind as she called her. She hated Oni... dumb creatures, always angry, like her, but unreasonably so. But this one was different, and at the very least, she saw the differences between Yokai and those whose bodies were corrupted by their essence. So her thoughts about 'dumb Oni' were often pushed aside, as she thought this one was not as dumb as an actual Oni, and in fact, was very reliable. She had been told to be nice... so she would be nice. It was easier, because it was not a real Oni. She did not know what respect was, but what she felt was somewhat like that. Even if every time she saw them, the thoughts that first came to mind were never endearing, she fortunately kept them to herself, and forgot them as quick as they came.

And then there was the Ghost in the Shell. She could see it, smell it... there was a ghost in that one's body. The pathetic creature was controlled by it, and it would be a mercy to purge it from her... but her standing orders were simple, if not incredibly limiting. Be nice... and under no circumstances was she to attempt to purge the machine ghost, and again, do not stand too close to her.

Hmm, did that mean the other one was a machine with a human-ghost in it? How was she to understand these creatures of machine-flesh if she was not allowed to electrify them, just a little bit... such an act was prohibited. Unfair... cruel and unusual restrictions... if they could not withstand a little zap, what use were they to this cause?

No matter... Tsuki could keep her... haunted followers.

Tamashī no Samuraitachi

Akane

The Raijin Shogun

The knock on Akane's door echoed into an empty room. Ren no doubt had too much on his mind to remember that she had been sent out on a mission... five years of them monitoring every little thing she did, and finally, they had decided to send her off on her own without so much as a hint of monitoring. Letting her loose on a job all her own, with absolutely no idea how it would turn out. They had no idea of knowing if she would get the job done, if she would destroy the equipment she was sent to retrieve, if she would return at all in fact. Or worse... if letting her loose would result in another incident like what happened five years ago...

No news was good news. No major news about major engagements that would have anything to do with her. No news about any major massacres that would have any involvement with the job she was sent on. No news about major Jaeger deployments... And it wasn't as if she would have been taken out, not her. If she had, it would have been news, because she wasn't someone who could simply be... taken out. It would have been some sort of massive scene, and news would have been spread about a major conflict. It would have had to involve the Jaegers somehow and...

Nobody thought like that... nobody was being kept up at night wondering where she was. That was where her mind landed. That was how the world worked, wasn't it? You succeed, or you fail. You live, or you die. You come back, or you don't. If she failed, would there be... disappointment? If she never returned, what would they feel? What did this group feel for her, this collection of creatures who believed they could carve out something better from the filth that was this city... What was, disappointment? She almost forgot, that word, individuality... she couldn't speak it, she didn't know how. What did it mean... each of them thought, differently? This collection of souls, they were not one entity, they each were... different. Would any of them care if she didn't return? If she left to find her own way, would they care... would they prefer it? Would they be angry if she disappeared... Why would they be... angry? What... was disappointment? Why do these connections exist between them... do they exist between them and her? These invisible strings that bind them all together. Did she have strings?

There was no real process to the thoughts in her head. She stood high on a building, staring down over the city below. This jungle of concrete and steel. This... prison.

A click sounded from her armor, as electricity arced across the surface. She was fully recharged. Jumping from location to location took much of her energy. She had to stop from time to time. But it was time to go again. She looked down at the box she held by the handle, then on to the city, spotting the familiar structure, and with a flash that crackled across the sky, she disappeared.

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As a thunderous bolt of lightning struck the roof of the building, its foundations shuttered and the lights in some rooms flickered. The common areas where people were gathering were reinforced enough that nobody would notice, but in other places that wasn't the case.

She let her thoughts get the better of her, she was thinking too much again... and she had expended every last bit of energy she had into a single jump, and all that energy came crashing down with her. Even as nearby pylons absorbed the electricity, it hadn't been designed for THAT much power, which caused the system to temporarily overload.

If nothing else, this was the surest sign that Akane was back... and was not in a good mood. Not she was alone in having a bad night. Her armor sparked slightly, before much the lights faded. She looked down at her hands, noting whatever electronics her armor had were overloaded and had shut down to prevent damage. The only thing left active was her ability to see through the helmet. As she walked to the elevator, stepping inside once the doors opened, she couldn't help but wonder what use was armor if it could not withstand her power.

The doors eventually opened, and she stepped into the briefing room... she had no idea what was going on... or that something was going on at all. She just had a box to deliver. Unfortunately, it was one box, of the expected two boxes. The good news, was that this one box likely accounted for about eighty percent of the value of what she had been sent to retrieve.

Only other issue was, her blade smelled of blood... which without a doubt, meant someone was dead. And more than likely? A lot of someones were dead.

Kingdom Hearts: Heroes of Hope

@mattmanganon Used most of your part, just changed a few things here and there.

Kingdom Hearts: Heroes of Hope

The old man rubbed the back of his neck, thinking of how to explain why certain worlds were currently unreachable. "Unfortunately... the pathways that allow for travel between worlds have become shrouded in darkness. Many Heartless block the way, and it is no easy task to find your way through. And the further you travel, the more darkness there is. So attempting to bypass a world shrouded in darkness, well perilous does not even begin to describe it. You must travel to the nearest worlds, purge the darkness that grasps them, and then continue on to the next. This is, I'm afraid, the only way you may reach the world you seek, and though no map is permanent when it comes to the lanes between, currently Olympus is out of reach. It's no easy task to cleanse darkness from a world, but, for a wielder of the keyblade... you are destined to be entangled in the war between Dark and Light whether you want to be or not."

He nodded to Taivas, with a little "Perhaps not the answer you hoped for, but I trust you'll find your friends in time." before he turned to Zen-Aku.

"As for the question of her musical transformation? Well, that one is very easy." He pursed his lips a little and began to whistle an eerily familiar tune. As he did so, his body seemed to shimmer and shape itself temporarily becoming much softer and rounder in form "When time began, there was just the inkwell and when the great pen began to create us, there was naught but silence. Then when magic blew through the cosmos, sound came with it, as did music" He looked directly at the ghostly form of Dotty. "Ummm, now blast it, what was that spell again..." He pouted. He rubbed his wand against his head. "Ah, by jove, yes, that was it. SNICK, SNACK, SNORUK!" He waved the wand, before tapping Dotty on the head. She rubbed her head, but the spell didn't seem to do anything. A faint black outline appeared around her that would be visible to everyone for a few seconds, before fading. "Yes, just as i suspected. Your curse will keep you bound to that form." He sighed.

"So, why did she turn back when she was singing?"

"As i said, lad, the song did it. Your curse will keep you bound to each other, but music will weaken it, even if only temporarily. A poxy little curse like that is no match for the unbridled and incorruptible power of music from the heart. Though it cannot be fully broken, its effects disappear, so long as the magic of the curse is blinded by the dazzling light of music's magic." Merlin petted her on the head. "I have a friend like you, equally displeased with the idea of being human." He laughed.

"I just don't get how you use fingers" Dotty sighed, waggling her fingers at him. "I just miss my paws. Like, how am i supposed to scratch behind my ear?"

"Well, my friend, why not try this one on for size." He tapped his wand on the ground a few times "ACHEM!" He cleared his throat. "Higitus figitus migitus mum, Prestidigitorium." He sang a few bars. "Now try it, um, loud and clear." Dotty jumped up and down, excitedly.

"OMIGOSHIGETTODOREALMAGIC!!!" She screamed. "Higitus figitus migitus mum, Prestidigitorium." She sang as one ear transformed back into he puppy form. "Higitus figitus migitus mum, Prestidigitorium." She sang louder and more clearly, the child becoming slightly visible to the others. "Higitus figitus migitus mum, Prestidigitorium." Singing faster and louder, her entire head transforming back into a puppy. "Higitus figitus migitus mum, Prestidigitorium." Then the rest of her body as the puppy danced around. "Higitus figitus migitus mum, Prestidigitorium! HIGITUS FIGITUS MIGITUS MUM! PRESTIDIGITORIUM!!!" For a moment, she became entirely visible in her puppy form, before quickly fading from view and transforming back into her human form.

"By jove, I think she's got it." Merlin laughed. "Now, just remember, music sung from the heart creates the purest of magic aligned with that heart. I daresay music from her heart creates a magic of the most pure light, because her heart is one of light. Were one of darkness to sing from their own heart, it would create magic of pure darkness. And magic born of music will radiate its light, or darkness, to the heart of others. Everyone..." He looked over toward Lucian for a moment, saying "Save for a very rare few... have both in their hearts. Light, and dark. So when a villain of darkness sings from their heart, it may swell that darkness in the hearts of others, driving good people to do bad things. Just as well, a song of light, one of hope, joy, love, may swell the light in the hearts of others, lifting their spirits, and driving them to the greatest of goods."

To end off his lecture, he said "There is little magic in all the worlds that can match the power of magic born of music. One such magic, is the very same you suffer from, curses. Powerful, dark magic that does terrible, terrible things. Never has there been a good curse... This is magic as powerful as the greatest songs sung from hearts of darkness. Those sung from light however... there are forms of White Magic that wield such levels of purity of light that even music cannot swell to. In my many, many years I have known but one to have mastered White Magic..." He looked over toward Morgan, who didn't seem to be paying attention, nor have heard what he said next. "But without her memories, I fear any knowledge of such magic is lost to her for the time being. So... if you want to break this curse of yours permanently, you will either need to find ANOTHER master of White Magic capable of shattering the curse that has been placed on you with the purest of magic... or you will need to find another way. What that other way is, I am afraid I cannot say."

Kingdom Hearts: Heroes of Hope

I found it, a song that would... later on, fit Morgan for her own depressing Disney musical.

Tamashī no Samuraitachi

Akane, the Raijin Shogun

Akane | The Raijin Shogun

Unarmored NOTE: She still has her tail and ears, just like this image for her general appearance. It is extremely rare, at least to current date, for anyone to have seen her like this. She is almost ALWAYS wearing full armor, and this includes covering her face. Most people don't even know what color her eyes or skin are. The strange thing is, in the rare cases people have seen her out of her armor, it was typically when she was training, and despite how rare it is to see her like that, she didn't seem to actually care. Perhaps seeing her face is so rare for no reason other than that she is always ready for a fight. ____________________________________________________ C H A R A C T E R I N F O R M A T I O N (Note, this character has a slight Gimmick. I want everyone to be aware that when she speaks normally, or at least, what counts as normal for her, dialogue will be in pinkish red However, when dialogue is in a purple. Ren is the only character who can understand her. I will make changes to the colors if necessary, if the difference isn't noticeable enough, or is hard to read for anyone. Name Akane Nicknames/Aliases Raijin Shogun Birth City/District: Technically Speaking, The Heita District Age: Unknown, physically she appears to be 'older', but not 'that' old. Not a wrinkle on her body, but she looks anything but young. The only way to describe her is that she looks mature. However, even if directly asked, questioning her age will be entirely ignored. Nobody, not even Tsuki and Ren, know her age. Everyone can only guess, and they're usually all wrong. Height The tips of her ears reach right up around 7Ft. or so. Racial Background: Appears Pure blood Japanese Race: Shogun Hair Color: White Eye Color: Red Appearance: She is almost always seen in full-body armor of some technologically advanced description. It is black with red lights that can be turned on or off at will. It is incredibly rare to see her without her armor, let alone for her to show her face to people, at least that has been the case in the past. Outside the armor, she has a very mature look to her, with long straight white hair, pale skin, and an expression that rarely shows emotion. Mutation Marker(s): Atop her head, she has two very large fox ears with white fur that matches her hair in color. Due to this mutation, her human ears are gone entirely. Behind her is a long fluffy white tail. For a single tail, it's incredibly thick... thicker than her own waist even. Touch it at your peril. Her fingers are tipped with extremely strong (As in they won't snap off), long, sharp claws. This is naturally a far less noticeable mutation, and most don't realize she has this third mutation at all. Her mouth can open wider than your typical human, and her teeth are all much longer and sharper than human's teeth tend to be. You wouldn't be incorrect in saying she has fangs instead of teeth, and that goes for every one she has. Much like her claws, this is a mutation that is harder to notice, and most people could be forgiven for thinking she only has two mutations. Especially since, as stated, she almost always has her face covered. Personality: She is outwardly calm, quiet, and does not speak much. When she does speak, it's hard to understand her, like she's simultaneously speaking your language, and not. You get the gist of what she's saying, but most people can't keep from stopping and questioning to themselves 'What did she just say?'. Most people chock this up to, for some reason, her not being fluent in their language, despite seeming like she was born in the city. While most people will not see or know this, internally, she is often a raging ball of hatred that is absolutely irate at the world, but she does a very good job of hiding it. Appearances are very, very important to her, and that goes for how those who associate themselves with her act. She tends to not tolerate childish behavior in her presence. (But at the word of those in charge, will let it slide... that way she's not just a big 'no fun allowed' character when she's around, she'll just be annoyed.) However... for some reason, she doesn't understand some of the simplest things. She reacts to things in surprising ways, that often cause people to think she's, well... an idiot... You know in Zoolander, the "The files are IN the computer!" scene? That's her... Sometimes, when angered, she forgets to speak a language others can understand, so it's not uncommon for people to get yelled at, and have absolutely no idea what she is saying. Aspirations: Freedom, to go home, to live as she once did, not shackled by the cruelty of this city, and to run free as she once did... Oh, and to MURDER EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF THE YOKAI COUNCIL. Fears: She doesn't seem to have any, and that may be one of her major faults. She is reckless and over confident in every situation. People need fear to stay alive, and she seems to lack it entirely. Vehicle: Any vehicle she has was likely borrowed to her by someone else. P O W E R / C Y B E R N E T I C S I N F O R M A T I O N Strengths/Natural Abilities: Strength of a God: Someone with a title like Raijin, the Thunder God, you would expect them to be immensely physically strong. While she is not a literal God, she is still extremely powerful even by Y.S.G. Standards. There are certainly, without a doubt others out there who are more physically strong than she is. But she can typically block most direct attacks with ease, and overpower her opponents with an unexpected show of strength. Lightning Speed: Her speed does not come in the form of actual movement speed, outside of her awakened ability. Instead, it is her mind, and reactionary ability that is lightning fast. She can process the movements of her opponent in real time as they happen, as if she were experiencing everything in slow motion. Against most foes, this means she can know exactly what way to dodge, exactly where each and every attack is coming from, and never be fooled by feints. This ability allows her to not only pierce her opponent's defenses with extreme precision, being able to see every single mistake they make, as they make it, but also be able to react near instantaneously to attacks. While this sounds, and is incredibly powerful, the flaw here is that she can typically only focus on one opponent at a time. If she is attacked from more than one angle, she has to push her body to its limits to be able to react to everything at once, and this is not only extremely exhausting, but physically hurts her to do. She can dodge bullets, or even parry them with her sword. But her defense is not inexhaustible, which is why she tends to attempt to end battles quickly, before she reaches her limit. Weaknesses/Flaws: Extreme Overconfidence: She doesn't seem to know her own limits. Or, more accurately, she seems to believe she doesn't have any. No matter the odds, she seems to think any foe beneath her. In some cases, she is right, and she will not hesitate to display the difference in power between her and a lesser foe. The problem is, she still has this same exact attitude even when she and her foe are evenly matched, or when she is facing overwhelming odds. Language Barrier: Another issue is that she is very hard for most people to communicate with. Only Ren can communicate with her easily, but even he has the issue that he has to be careful about how he words things as she will take them very literally. For example, if he, or anyone, were to tell her 'The files are in the computer', her understanding would be 'These 'file things' which are apparently important for 'some reason' are PHYSICALLY inside of that metal/plastic box'. Battery Life Expectency: While she is incredibly powerful even for what she is, she cannot prolong a fight, and must end them quickly. Her power is limited, and everything she does drains that power. If a fight lasts too long, and she runs out of power, she will need to buy herself time to recharge. Think of her like a rechargeable battery. She has a limited charge and must regenerate energy to use more. For this reason, she tries to end every fight quickly, and decisively. She struggles against hardy opponents who can stay on the defensive against her attacks, and must typically resort to fully awakening her ability to defeat them, and if she has to go any further, she may knock herself out of a fight entirely just to win. Y.S.G Ability(ies): Basic Ability - Raijin: Akane is the living embodiment of thunder, wielding lightning in every way imaginable. She can create, and direct lightning at will. She could call down a bolt of lightning to strike at a location. She could expel lightning from her body striking everything around her. She is fully in control of lightning's every motion. She is also capable of channeling her lightning through weapons. However, this ability has a limit. By default, when not actively engaged in combat, she is fully charged at all times. But the amount of lightning she can hold within her body is limited, and every use of it expels energy that must be regenerated over time. Note: Her energy recharges much, much faster when she is outdoors during a thunderstorm, and can even regenerate her energy nearly as fast as she expels it. First Awakening - Ride the Lightning: Expending a large amount of energy, she can quite literally 'ride the lightning', as if becoming one with it, she will appear at a location that is within her initial view nearly instantaneously, accompanied by a strike of lightning around her. This ability can be used to travel great distances, or to flank enemies in an instant. The drawback here is that doing this expels a full half of her power, leaving her unable to followup with her most powerful strike. Second Awakening - Raijin no Tenshin: This ability not only requires the full potential power that she can store within her body just to use it, but can only be unleashed through her Soul Binder. She raises her sword, and the very skies above swirl with thunder clouds. After a long moment of channeling her power, she dashes, and slashes through her opponent. Striking them with her blade during this dask leaves a mark on them, which summons the full lightning strike of the storm above. The entirety of her power is channeled through this storm, directly into her opponent, but also leaving her completely drained of energy. She can only mark a single target. Soul Binder/Weapon(s): Raishinken: The blade glows red, with black Yokai runes etched across its surface. It is doubtful many can read the inscription. The rest of the blade is black, as if forged from obsidian. Despite its color, its surface shimmers with a million tiny sparks of electricity, and is capable of channeling her full power, when any other blade would melt from the amount of energy passing through it. By all accounts, the blade seems to be of Yokai origin. With a snap of her finger, a strike of lightning from the heavens delivers the blade to her, embedded in the ground, ready for her to pull and wield. The very act of the blade being summoned like this can have deadly consequences for anyone too close, and especially anyone directly where it impacts. Alternatively, should she be indoors, or otherwise unable to call the blade from the sky, she throws her hand out to her side, and the blade appears in an instant with a blast of arcing electricity. Image Combat Gear: Few battles warrant her full power, and the Raijin no Tenshin is not a weapon she summons lightly. Instead, she most typically has a large metal sheath on her hip that charges a vibro-katana. It has built in magnetic rails to unsheathe the katana at high velocity, allowing for extremely fast strikes straight from the sheath. This is her go-to weapon for standard combat, as while she is all too happy to display a difference in power between herself and her opponent... what better way than to defeat them with a standard issue, albeit military grade weapon? Image Cybernetics/Gadets/Accessories: Implants of unknown origin are embedded into her body in key locations. The back of her neck, partway down her spine, one on each shoulder, and one on each hip. Nobody who has seen them seems to know their purpose. But then again, very, very few have seen them. The only one that would ever be seen, is the one on the back of her neck. But even then, due to her rarely being seen out of her armor, that too is rare. E X T R A Anything else? Themes: Armored Raijin Casual Akane A Folktale: The Fox and the Shogun Raijin no Tenshin

H i s t o r y The Disappeared Shogun It was Ren who guided Tsukiyama that rainy night, into what no doubt felt like Hell on Earth. Half of the Heita District had been quarantined off, and word was the J.F. weren't just being mobilized en masse, but they were gathering outside the District and intended to push in as one massive force. Nobody can speak for Tsukiyama, but she must have had every doubt possible about what they were doing, and it no doubt took an incredible amount of faith to follow Ren into that place. And when they arrived, they saw her. Standing amidst the carnage, what looked like the sight of a cataclysm, with fires raging, the very ground shattered into rubble, was a single person. With sword in hand, lightning arched off their body, striking the buildings, the burning wrecks of vehicles, causing sparks to break off all over. She looked exhausted, as she stood in the rain, panting, leaning back to look a the sky. One can only imagine why she never struck out again, when she was approached by Ren. Why she chose to follow them, and escape the District before the J.F. arrived... and stranger yet, one can only imagine why such devastation has never been wrought by her again. Those who know her would fully doubt she was even capable of it. Powerful, sure... but the level of destruction seen that day, years later, they were still repairing the slums, at least as much as they had to. What happened in the years that followed that day are a mystery, only known to Tsukiyama and Ren. Nobody knows why she stuck around, or why she listens to what Tsukiyama says. None could do anything but guess at why she now stands with them as they set out to change the world. But one might just imagine, that though she may never admit it openly, she believes in what Tsukiyama is doing, and despite not having the connection with her that Ren does, she will stand with her, and fight for the dream that she has. Perhaps, in doing so, her own dream may someday come true.

Kingdom Hearts: Heroes of Hope

@mattmanganon

I'll probably use that, but edit it slightly. The direction I think it should go, is that magic born of music is the purest magic imaginable (But not necessarily the most powerful). But, music from the heart, creates magic in the alignment of that heart. Music sang from malice, from a dark heart, would create magic of the purest darkness, while magic from a heart of light, would create magic of the purest light.

This gives weight to villains having their own musical numbers, and why, for example, in Anastasia, Rasputin does his most powerful magic while singing, it's because his music from a heart of darkness, creates magic of pure darkness.

Also the idea that it binds hearts of likeness together... which is why many villain songs seem to rally followers (Be Prepared, Savages, The Mob Song). The idea is that when sung from the heart, a song can resonate with that same part of people's hearts. Everyone has darkness and light in them, so when a villain sings a song, it resonates with the darkness in people's hearts, allowing villains like Gaston or Ratcliffe to rally people to do their bidding, when in all fairness, they are just normal people being manipulated to do something bad.

Not that you specifically said music from the heart was purely light, but I want to make the distinction.

Maybe Morgan will get her own song at some point... if I ever found one I liked... that's probably be dark, or depressing, or both.