Post by templier90 on Jun 20, 2012 15:14:48 GMT
Vaillant Croise
Basic Information
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Heterosexual
Rank: Wanderer
Canon/OC: FFXIII to FFXIII-2
Canon World/Face Claim: Lars Odd from Red Eyes
Cbox Name: Tmplar
Other Characters: If this is your first character, please leave this blank.
Powers And Abilities
Strengths:
Impact Shot
Vaillant will loaded a powerful and charged bullet into his marksman rifle and fired it towards to his opponent caused heavy damage. The disadvantage of this power is that Vaillant can only fired one shot and cannot directly shot another or the rifle can be overheated and unusable for minutes. So when using this ability, Vaillant had to be patient and choose the moment to fire the powerful but one shot against his enemy.
Medic
Vaillant also learned about first-response medicine and first aid in Guardian Corps academy. Not only expertize in first aid kits, Vaillant also know abilities such as Cure & Cura. Vaillant played his role as a sniper and medic in the team.
Adept in gunblade and melee skills
Vaillant is more adept in close combat especially with a gunblade or a combat knife.
Potential Marksmanship
Vaillant's eyes is keen like a hawk's and he rarely miss his target once even with a pistol, a rifle or a throwing knife
Weaknesses:
- Vaillant is a solo sniper and a loner in a sniping spot, which makes him an easy target when the large enemies found him and attack on his sniping spot.
- Had difficulty against opponent snipers who are more experienced and skilled than him.
- Easily received physical and magical damages.
- Only know about medical magic such as Cure and Cura.
- Have doubts about his leadership
Weapons And Equipment:
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During the final battle against PSICOM forces in the past, Vaillant’s marksman rifle has been destroyed during firefight between PSICOM and Fidelis resistance fighters. After the crystallization of Cocoon and trial, Vaillant were given this rifle by his eldest Sister Alvira as a replacement of his destroyed marksman rifle. It can switch from modified assault rifle to deadly marksman rifle.
Crusader Edge
Since the construction of New Bodhum, Vaillant learned gunblade swordsmanship from a friend of his. From basic to advance training, Vaillant grasped the skills of gunblade and his friend gave this gunblade to him as a gift. Crusader Edge is similar design to any gunblades in FFXIII but the main problem is it didn’t fire any projectiles so sometimes Vaillant wielded Crusader Edge with a pistol or a throwing knife held in his other hand in combat.
Veritas and Aquitas
Veritas and Aequitas is used to be Templar's versatile and customized dual pistols with 20 rounds of .45 ACP but now they are currently under Vaillant’s care.
Throwing knives
Vaillant’s set of throwing knives for range combat or silent close quarters.
Personal Information
Personality:
Vaillant or mostly known as "Spirit" by his callsign, is a current captain to a group of mercenaries. Because of his marksmanship training, Vaillant is more patient than him fellow teammates. Vaillant seemed to be able to relax and sometimes even sleep before missions. Being a counter-terrorist member in Bodhum Special Warfare Task Force and now a captain in Noble Daggers Mercenary Company, Valliant was relatively taciturn and often when he did speak, it was usually either in mission briefings, or in the middle of battlefield. Unlike last time, Vaillant became more open, sociable and friendly to any others. He cast away his shy personality; Vaillant became more brave and confident with women as he had no problems by having conversation with them.
Since after his field commander and best friend’s “death”, Vaillant felt it was his responsibility for taking care of his men like Templar did in the past and he was promoted as Captain by the votes of Noble Daggers mercenaries. Sometimes he have doubts about his rank, Vaillant feared that he will fail his men or Templar if anything goes south but his charismatic leadership and selfless characteristics often earned the trust and unquestionable loyalty from his men, as well as PSICOM and other military personnel. Vaillant almost learned everything from Templar and he has no problems in military meeting with PSICOM or other military personnel, he even inherited Templar’s trait such as smoking a cigarette or a cigar.
Vaillant also having a habit to keep his hair long or cut them a little short.
History:
Croise Family
Vaillant was born as the youngest, after his sisters Alvira and Elegante. The Croise family is a family of famous musicians around Cocoon and since as a child, Vaillant learned how to play piano and followed his sister Elegante's footsteps, he know how to play guitar as well. Vaillant's eldest sister Alvira having a quarrel with their parents and left Bodhum to Palumpolum, to joined PSICOM. At the age of 12, Vaillant's parents are killed in a train accident on Hanging Edge during their way to Nautilus for music performance. After the funeral, both Elegante and Vaillant was moved to an orphanage in Bodhum.
The closes family that Vaillant ever have is his elder sister Elegante, as she loved and cared her little brother deeply upon anything else. When Vaillant was in Bodhum High School, Elegante encourages him to joins into music club and there, he met with Templar Mactavish who are his sister's lover. Eventually, both Vaillant and Templar become close friends and also, pranksters as well. Elegante was hospitalized when Vaillant still in his mid-semester test. When he heard about his beloved sister's death, Vaillant completely went into great emotional distress and that time, he was completely silent to anyone around his class.
Guardian Corps and Marksman Training
After graduation, Vaillant heard that his late sister's lover boyfriend went for Guardian Corps academy. Determined to join into arm-forces, Vaillant enlisted himself in the academy and endured several hardships in the basic training academy for Guardian Corps recruits. Vaillant are renowned for his great intelligence and high scores in writing tests, as well as basic marksmanship and his keen eyes.
Vaillant's skills were caught the eyes by a veteran retired PSICOM sniper William Edward and he personally meets with the young Guardian Corps trainee and tells him that he will trained him as a finest sniper for Bodhum Security Regiment in the future. Vaillant agreed and the veteran taught the young man several tactics and gives him several advance trainings as a sniper.
Vaillant later graduated as a full Guardian Corps member and served as a marksman thus sniper in Bodhum Security Regiment. Since after his graduation, William personally gives his old favorite sniper rifle Huntsman to Vaillant and told him to used it wisely during his service in Bodhum Security Regiment. Later that, William left Bodhum to Eden without saying goodbye to his only student Vaillant.
Spirit, the Eye of Fidelis Combat Team
Before BSWTF [Bodhum Special Warfare Task Force] was formed, Vaillant was assigned to his old friend Templar's group known as Fidelis Combat Team [along with Stykes Rodriguez and Enrica Brown]. During his role in the team, Vaillant was given a skull-patterned balaclava mask plus a red sunglasses by Templar, and gives him a callsign as "Spirit" because it suited Vaillant's personality. The team is deployed for precise tactical operations on the field against terrorist and minor criminal threats.
Since Fidelis Combat Team becomes company-sized Bodhum Special Warfare Task Force, Vaillant becomes Templar's right-hand man and along with his fellow teammates, they conducted several covert operations, hostage-rescue operations and high-valued targets takedown around Cocoon.
The Rebellion
When the elite Bodhum's counter terrorist unit determined to rebelled against Sanctum and PSICOM for the Purge in Bodhum, Vaillant went towards his sister's grave along with Templar. There both of them prayed in front of the gravestone for safety during their resistance fighting.
Vaillant was tasked to went undercover as one of the PSICOM Wardens in one of the Purgee's train. During on the way to Hanging Edge, Vaillant blown his cover purposely and have a heavy firefight with the PSICOM Wardens who guarded the Purgees. After his arrival in Hanging Edge which are already in crossfire, Vaillant changed his PSICOM uniform into his usual combat gears, uniform and his old skull-patterned balaclava mask and sunglasses before linked up with Templar and his team. Later then, Vaillant provide his sniping support for Templar and his team who are extracted Purgees.
After the battle in Hanging Edge, Vaillant manage to escape alone as he was separated from Templar's team. Vaillant also witnessed the mass murder of Purgees by the PSICOM troops.
Last Line of Defense
PSICOM surrounded the resistance fighters secret base and both sides are suffered losses. Vaillant suppressed PSICOM forces with his sniper rifle to prevent their advancing into the base. He was heavily wounded by a PSICOM Aerial Sniper but managed to kill him with his sniper rifle Huntsman. Because of his blood loss, Vaillant immediately passed out before the crystallization of Cocoon could happened.
After the crystallization was over, Vaillant was apprehended but treated in PSICOM infirm while under PSICOM's custody. Along with Templar and his team, Vaillant was discharged from their military services since after New Bodhum was established.
Life in New Bodhum
Despite they're discharged, Vaillant followed Templar and became his right hand man for a small squadron of PSICOM aerial and ground units, he also have a house along with other former elites of Fidelis Combat Team in New Bodhum as well. Since after Templar’s missing, most of the former BSWTF operatives believed that their captain is dead and there are no military officers willing to lead them due to their controversies.
Then, most of the operatives voted Vaillant to be their field commander [that time Vaillant hold his rank as a Lieutenant and he is Templar’s right hand man.] and PSICOM promoted Vaillant’s rank as a captain after Templar.
Not just the ex-operatives of Bodhum Special Warfare Task Force, Vaillant also earned the trust from PSICOM soldiers and officers as the time goes by. Vaillant continued to serve as a captain in the company and keep the roaming beasts of Pulse away from New Bodhum.
Sample Post
Bullets passed above him while he charge on the battlefield along with the Regium soldiers, this world is far more than peace... it was carnage. He run towards and leaned himself behind the sandbags, Vaillant reloaded a new magazine into his assault rifle and giving out blindfire with it. He peek out from his cover and saw the enemies were in the destroyed buildings, they are well dug-in. "Radio!" Vaillant gestured the radio operator and he gave the radio to the mercenary captain. "Sabre 1! Sabre 1! This is Dagger Lead! Request for close air support! Over!" Vaillant just said for a few seconds and suddenly a few bullets hit passed the sandbags.
"Copy that, Dagger Lead. Designate your targets, over."
Without wasting time, Vaillant pulled out a designator laser and aimed it at the building, he pulled the trigger and wait for confirmation from Sabre 1. "Dagger Lead, we got your marked targets. Standby, ETA 10 seconds." Vaillant heard a squadron of aircraft fighters were approach behind them and swooped above, they launched several missiles and projectiles against the building. As the building went down, Vaillant leaped out from his cover and so do the Regium soldiers.
"Stay frosty." Vaillant unloaded his rifle's empty mag and inserted a new one as he and the Regium soldiers are approaching to the ruined building. No doubt no one will ever survived that kind of bombing-run.
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