Post by heirtothemonado on Jul 4, 2012 20:17:16 GMT
Shulk, Heir to the Monado
Basic Information
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Rank: Wanderer
Canon/OC: Canon character
Canon World/Face Claim: Xenoblade Chronicles - Bionis
Cbox Name: Requiem
Other Characters: Roy, Guy, Yukimura
Powers And Abilities
Strengths:
i can see the future! - due to his ability to wield the monado, shulk has a very powerful precognition ability. outside of battle, he is able to see events before they actually occur, though he is often unable to understand what will happen until the event is actually close to, or upon him. inside of battle, when he or his allies are low on health, he will see flashes of attacks before they actually happen, usually about 8-10 seconds before it occurs.
talent art: activate monado - monado arts become available.
enchant - allows allies to damage mechon for a time. boosts damage slightly against robots/machine based enemies.
buster - damages enemies in a straight line. mechon suffer double damage.
shield - blocks talent arts of equal level or lower. best used when shulk has a vision. [basically blocks special attacks.]
speed - improves evasion of a single ally.
purge - damages single target at a distance. removes auras and spike effects and inflicts aura seal. [removes buffs on enemies, removes debuffs on self, and inflicts silence]
eater - damages enemies in front, removes all buffs and inficts bleed. [continued damage taken for 3 posts]
armor - reduces all physical and ether [magical] damage to the party.
cyclone - damages all enemies around shulk. enemies suffering break [off guard] will be toppled. [fall over and be stunned for a post]
slit edge - damages single target. attacking the target's side will reduce physical pefence.
back slash - damages single target. attacking the target's back will cause double damage.
light heal - restores hp to a single ally.
shaker edge - eamages single target, dazes if target is toppled
air slash - damage and inflict break on a single target. a side hit may inflict slow.
shadow eye - reduces aggro and increases damage of next physical arts. [basically makes enemies ignore him.]
battle soul - sacrifices half of shulk's hp to refill a portion of his talent gauge. [enabling him to use another special skill.]
stream edge - damages multiple enemies in front of shulk, inflicts break and fills talent gauge.
Weaknesses:
-- death;; shulk can still be hurt and die like any other person.
-- fiora;; shulk would willingly sacrifice his life to save fiora.
-- energy;; shulk's energy has it's limits, special attacks become more difficult when tired.
-- endurance;; shulk has a fairly low endurance, meaning he tires out fairly quickly.
-- talent gauge;; all special arts have a cooldown of 1 posts. all monado arts have a cooldown of 2 posts.
Weapons And Equipment:
monado ii - a red blade that allows shulk to unlock mystic powers and shows him the future.[/size]
Personal Information
Personality:
he likes to think things through and is very methodical in his approach to most situations. his friends describe Shulk as being very thoughtful and kind; he is always thinking of others before himself. shulk cares deeply for his friends, and does his best to protect them no matter what happens. of special note is his bond with fiora. he loves her deeply, and would do anything to protect her, even if he had to risk his own life in the process. he is not rash, not arrogant, and trusts in his friends.
shulk is a brave, young man. determined to do what he feels is right, shulk will never give up, even under the most dire of circumstances. yes, he gets uncertain sometimes, and even frightened, but he continues to forge ahead with the help of his friends. shulk knows that as long as his friends are at his side, there is nothing that they can't do. they can change the future! the future is theirs to change, and giving up is never an option.
he's also highly intelligent, and is able to create and modify pretty much any kind of weapon. he loves to read, and study about new things. geography, the past, mysteries, all of these things excite him, and intrigue his interest. he's actually been called sort of geeky for his interests in these things, but he can't help himself! had he not been sent on such a long journey, he probably would have been happy to spend forever in the weapon's development lab, researching, experimenting, and learning.
there are few things that shulk fears. but he is like any other person, and struggles with his own inner demons. the fear of being unable to change the future, of being forced to watch his friends die before his eyes... these things frighten him. of failing to protect the people that he cares about, not being able to stop something bad from happening. to the annoyance of his friends, he tends to keep these thoughts to himself. though, he is learning to tell the others slowly, with the encouragement of reyn. oh, and did i mention he's got a phobia of caterpillars?
overall, shulk has a very open and earnest personality. he is an honest and hardworking young man, a loyal friend, and a hero determined to protect what is most dear to him.
History:
[kept short to avoid spoilers! but here's a link to the plot]
early details show that he is able to wield the monado due to the fact that he was one of the only known survivors on a previous expedition to retrieve the sacred weapon. shulk first acquires the sword when his home, colony 9, is attacked. his first act upon acquiring the "destined weapon" is to fight for an end to the war with the mechons and avenge fiora.
Sample Post
The wind was blowing through the leaves of colony nine. Listening to them brought Shulk a pleasant sense of nostalgia. Smiling slightly, Shulk made himself comfortable on the bench, gazing out across the town, from his vantage point on the lookout spot. Down there right now, everyone was busy getting supplies ready, for when they all set off again. However, Shulk had decided that he needed a little alone time to think things over. The last time that Shulk had been up here was... with Fiora.[/size]
Sighing slightly, he let himself lean back on the bench, head up to look up at the sky through the leaves of the tree. Hair falling back, for just a moment it was like she was here beside him again. But, no. Whether he liked it or not, she was gone. And there was nothing that he could do about it. Briefly, Shulk clenched his fists and bit down on his lip, feeling the grief wash over him ago. But there was no time for that right now. He had things he needed to do, before he could let himself properly mourn for her. Fiora...
Getting up to his feet again, he shook his head, stretched and let out a sigh. Picking up the Monado from where he had rested it beside himself, Shulk swung it onto it's usual place on his back. Hearing the click as it latched into place, he glanced one last time at the last place he'd really gotten to be alone with Fiora, then began to head down the stairs again. Back to the others, back to the long journey ahead of himself. But hey~ As long as he had his friends, everything would be okay.