Deus Ex Machina: The Xenogears Tale ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PERSONA SHEET ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Player Information ------------------ Name or Alias: Jo Age (optional): Sex:F E-mail address: condorjo@chickmail.com ICQ/AIM/Yahoo! Pager/etc. (if applicable): [AIM] condorjo Character Information --------------------- -Name: Marien Annwfyn -Age: approximately 30 -Sex: M (but can appear gender-indeterminate) -Occupation(s): former Solarian soldier, rebel -Substitutes which Xenogears Character? (if applicable): Sigrd -Birthdate: unsure -Height: 5'10" -Weight: 165 -Eyes (colour and shape): violet-blue and almond shaped -Build: slight (but he's stronger than he looks) -Complexion: olive -Facial Features: elegant -Identifying Marks: scar along right side of face, hidden by hair -Hair (colour and style): silver-green -Voice: soft-spoken -Dress/Attire: dresses in often shapeless purple and grey clothing -Jewelry (if any): piercings..but can't be seen in general because of clothes -Weapons/Tools (if any): long sword, whip -Armour (if any): guardian ring -Personality: determined, quiet and dedicated. stays in the background when at all possible. Marien doesn't like undue attention. -Background and History: Orphaned during the war with Kislev, Marien spent his earliest years among refugees in Nisan. He buried himself in books, and found himself in the task of reading to the less-than-literate Aveh soldiers stationed in Nisan. Marien became close with one soldier in particular, a war-beaten captain named Hediard. Hediard "adopted" the skinny little boy and took him under his wing. When Hediard was reassigned to Bledavik, Marien went with him. A few years later, Marien was serving as a military squire for Hediard, when he was captured by soldiers he thought were from Kislev. They were from Solaris. He woke up with a fractured memory in a Gebler prison cell. Tests indicated he had a high ether level, and seeing the boy was intelligent and possessed some sort of military background, Marien was "re-educated" and put into the military as an experiment. After all, they could always test out Drive on him if things didn't work out. It was more than a decade that Marien lived in Solaris, believing himself to be above the lambs, and serving in Gebler after his stint in the Jugend. He'd made friends, lived a "normal" second- class citizen life, until a close friend, Ryuuen, disappeared. His commander gave the story of Ryuuen having been lost in a surface skirmish, but it rang false to Marien. Careful digging with some other friends uncovered a terrible truth. Ryuuen had been chosen to test a new variety of ether drive, and it had driven him mad before it killed him. Then Ryuuen had been sent to Soylent.... The horrible truth caused Marien to snap, and the memories of Aveh and his home there came rushing back. He swore to leave Solaris, escape from what he couldn't bear there any longer. The next month, Marien's friends helped him fake his death in a ground battle. Marien has only been back to the surface for about a year. -Birthplace: Aveh -Mother: Faima (deceased - died in childbirth of a younger sibling) Marien has heard rumors since childhood that Faima may not be his mother, after all........... -Father: (unknown. reputed to be a Bledavik noble) -Siblings: none known surviving ^_~ -Mate: none -Children: none -Other relations: Ryuuen (close friend, deceased) -Secondary Skills: He has some martial arts ability, and is a talented mechanic. Marien also possesses ether attack/defense abilities, although he rarely exhibits them to others. -Abilities/Disabilities: Marien cannot swim, terrified of water, but getting him to admit that would be like pulling teeth. -Hobbies: Marien enjoys crafting intricate gear models out of junk he finds. This is a hobby he and Demitrius share. -Current residence: The Yggdrasil -Current Life Conflicts: Marien is running away from his past in Solaris by trying to help Aveh's freedom. He thinks that by making things "right", the ghosts of what he saw in Solaris won't haunt him any longer. His past makes him somewhat.. antagonistic towards Gebler.. as well as Kislev. -Other notes: -Gear name: Ymir -Gear description: A light framed gear, Ymir is all ice blue and white armour and sweeping lines -Class: Ether Attack Gear -Primary function: Ether Support in combat -Weapon(s): Ether abilities//extendable arm rods. The rods are mostly for defensive purposes. Marien plans on making modifications to Ymir's capabilities as soon as circumstances warrant. -Abilities/Disabilities: Ymir is a nimble gear loaded with Ether enhancers and ether defence equipment. It has a light frame and light armour. Because of this, Ymir is fast, fuel-efficient, and heat-efficient. On the DOWN side, though, Ymir's physical attack power is fairly weak, and it's lacking in physical defence. (thank heaven for frame repair) Ymir is a gear designed for ether combat, or ether support of heavier attack gears. It is not a frontline attack gear by any stretch of the imagination. -How your character acquired the gear: Ymir was Marien's Gear during his stint of service in the Solarian military. Like many gear pilots, Marien developed an attachment to Ymir, even to the point of ascribing a personality to "her". When Marien fled Solaris to return to Aveh, he couldn't bear the thought of leaving the Gear behind, so he used Ymir to fake his own death in a ground battle. Ymir has been stored in a cave under the Aveh desert since then, waiting for the time when Marien calls him again.