[ Player Name ] : Matt [ Personal DW ] :atrypical [ Age ] : 22 [ Timezone ] : EST/EDT [ Other Characters ] : Katsu Aoki, Yosuke Otoha
[ Character's Name ] : Ryu [ Character's Age ] : Appears to be in his late teens/early 20s, actually both less than a year old and about 600 years old, as well as ageless. Take your pick. [ Series ] :Breath of Fire IV [ Canon Point ] : The end of Chapter II
[ History ] : To understand Ryu, one must understand first a bit of the history of Fou-Lu. Fou-Lu was an emperor, the first of the Fou Empire, and he ruled with strength and an iron fist. It is said that before he died and was laid to rest in his tomb hundreds of years ago, he predicted his own resurrection.
Ryu was "born" when an empire called the "Muuru" found a way to summon dragons, though it was imperfect. One such dragon was the Yorae Dragon, and Ryu was one half of this great dragon, sent through time separate from his other half. The other half was Fou-Lu, still sleeping.
Ryu attacked a sandflier in the desert by accident, and then was found by Nina, one of the people riding the sandflier. Nina and Cray (the other person on the sandflier) were searching for Nina's sister Elina. Ryu had no memory of who he was or where he came from, and didn't even have any clothes on at first. He joined Nina (after finding some clothes) in finding parts for her sandflier while Cray stayed with the craft so it wasn't stolen.
Nina and Ryu headed to the city of Sarai, where they were told where they could find the parts. However, Nina was harassed by a member of the Imperial Army, and Ryu attacked them in order to get them to leave her alone. They escaped Sarai, picked up parts in Sandflier Valley (but not the right ones), and went to a town called Chamba, where they were escorted through the poisoned city by a mysterious person in armor named Ershin. Around this time Ryu gained his ability to shift into dragon form.
The three reunited with Cray, and after a strange shared dream from Ryu, they went off to search for Elina more. They ended up in the town of Synesta. During this time Fou-Lu had awakened and was searching for Ryu. The party left Synesta and went to the border town of Kyojin, where they were captured by the Imperials and were returned to Windia, where they were guarded by a mercenary named Scias, and had an audience with the king, Nina's father. They were told to seek the Wind Dragon, and after they freed Cray from where he was being held, they found the dragon. The Wind Dragon told them of Ryu's dragon heritage and warned them that there would be grave danger if he and Fou-Lu were to meet.
The group then traveled to the village of Chek, where the Abbess confirmed that Ryu was indeed a dragon, and explained a little more about what that meant. They were informed that Ershin was also a dragon, and the incomplete summoning had trapped her in the armor. Ershin's spirit was transferred to a medium, and the group sought the advice of the dragons, who told Ryu to find their human forms around the world and they would give him power to help him stand a chance against Fou-Lu if the two should meet. They moved to an Imperial town on the western border, and were captured. Ryu fought against the Imperial forces, lost control of himself, and transformed into the Kaiser Dragon, his most powerful dragon form. He obliterated the soldiers standing against them, and then fell asleep.
[ Personality ] : Ryu has a generally pleasant personality. He doesn't talk a lot, unless you start talking to him first, and does have a fun-loving side, as demonstrated by his love of fishing. All this cheerfulness does hide another side of himself. If he's in one of his dragon forms, he's more likely to go berserk and attack things indiscriminately, and the stronger the dragon form the more likely this is. He's still very unsure of his purpose, and mentioning "purpose" to his face might get him to stop and think for a moment, and maybe wonder what he's intended for.
While wandering around during the course of the game, he doesn't have any memories at all, and so doesn't know very much of the world outside of what he's seen directly. His main motivation is more clearly stated in the manga, where he speaks more, and his dreams are shown where he is chasing after an unknown figure (which he later learns is Fou-Lu). He's even asked who this person is and what kind of person it is, and even where this person is, but he just doesn't know. All he knows is that he has to meet this person, because he's "always felt him calling". Since he doesn't really know who or where this person is, he travels with Nina and Cray to help them find Nina's sister. Nina is a very close friend to Ryu, able to calm him down from even a blind frenzy, but he holds no romantic feelings for her. She likes Cray, and Ryu wouldn't ever want to do something that makes his friends upset.
Emotionally and mentally, he's like a child. He knows the difference between right and wrong in a vague sort of sense – basically, killing people is wrong unless absolutely needed – but doesn't completely understand concepts of appropriateness like "don't peek around the rock when the girls are bathing", "watch where you put your arm when you fling it out", and "people get embarrassed/frustrated/flustered/angry when you don't put clothes on". He rushes into things, even going so far as to jump off a cliff to try to save Nina (and landing face first) because he didn't realize she had wings that she could float down on. Most of his expression is in his body language, so even if he doesn't say that he's, for example, upset or angry or something like that, it's fairly obvious from how he stands, because he doesn't really bother to hide his feelings. He doesn't really see a need to, since lying isn't something the really occurs to him. Tact is also not his strong point, for the same reasons.
[ Strengths/Weaknesses ] :
Strengths: Okay, here we go.
Being a god (or half of one at least), Ryu is... rather powerful, or at least has the potential to be.
Ryu has lots of skills and abilities which are gained throughout the game.
Ryu has the ability to turn into dragons. At this point in his canon he only has the Aura and Kaiser forms. The Kaiser is the most powerful of these. He doesn't have access to all of them right away, though, but gains them through the course of the game. Ryu has access to many abilities in his dragon forms, ranging across the elements as well as including some healing and revival magic, as well as (eventually) calling on aid from other dragons.
Also... those dragon forms can fly. However, all of them, besides the Infini/Yorae form (final form in the game from BAD END), are only seen as full dragons during breath attacks or other such cutscenes. All the rest of the time Ryu is just in his hybrid form.
For clarification purposes, his dragon form's abilities:
Aura Dragon: (Cost: 1 AP/level. Decent increase to HP, bit of an increase to attack and wisdom, slight increase to defense.) - DragonBreath (no AP cost; type: breath; six non-elemental hits, divided among multiple enemies if applicable; affected by defense) - Flame Strike (2 AP; type: melee/fire; physical fire attack) - Hwa (1 AP; type: fire; level 1 fire magic on one target) - Rejuvenate (9 AP; type: holy; medium healing of one target) - Barrier (4 AP; type: lv. up; magic damaged halved for 3 turns; also reduces the effect of healing spells and stat-boosting spells)
Kaiser Dragon: (Cost: 2 AP/level. Excellent increase to HP, good increase to attack and wisdom, decent increase to defense and agility.) - KaiserBreath (no AP cost; type: breath; sixteen non-elemental hits; depends on current HP) - Aura Smash (3 AP; type: melee; a critical hit that ignores defense) - Hwajeh (3 AP; type: fire; level 3 fire magic on one target) - Ahryu P'ung (3 AP; type: wind; level 3 wind magic on all targets) - Patoh Pah (3 AP; type: earth; level 3 earth magic on all targets) - Resurrect (30 AP; type: holy; revives an ally with full HP) - Sanctuary (13 AP; type: holy; removes ability boosting spells on all foes -and- allies) * His Kaiser form is currently uncontrollable, and as such would only be used in absolute dire emergencies.
Maintaining a dragon form comes with an initial ability point (basically mana) cost, and an additional deduction each turn. Also if a dragon form is reduced to no health, he automatically transforms back to human, and can either keep fighting that way or change to another dragon form. The forms can have their health replenished by using a particular (rare) item, gaining it back slowly by walking around, or by resting at an inn or at camp.
In game mechanics terms, he can't learn magic in his human form at all, only "skills" which are, for some reason, different from magic. Go figure. He learns skills from studying monsters, learning from masters, or transferring them from other party members.
The ones Ryu has are:
- Burn (1 AP; type: fire; deals a weak amount of fire-based damage to one target.) - Douse (1 AP; type: power down; lowers target's resistance to fire-based magic.) - Spray (2 AP; type: physical; physical attack on one target, damage based on defense. Deals extra damage to insect-type creatures.) - Snap (2 AP; type: physical/power down; attack versus one target, decreases defense power)
Ryu is skilled with a sword... and as far as weapons go, that's pretty much it. He does have the "Dragon's Eye", which occasionally grants him with prophetic dreams a grand total of once in-game pftt-, and a innate ability with animals, letting him tame things that aren't normally tamed (though if they're very wild he wouldn't be able to). He can also sense (vaguely) where Fou-Lu is in his world, though nowhere specific, just a direction at the most, as well as if another Endless is approaching.
Ryu also has an innate resistance to fire-based attacks.
Also, until the (good) end(ing) of the game, he's technically immortal. Supposedly. ... Maybe. Though he can still die in battle due to game mechanics, so maybe not quite so immortal. ... Not really immortal. Hooray for revival skills I suppose?
Weaknesses:
Aside from a serious lack of knowledge of how the world works, Ryu has elemental weaknesses. He deals with cold/water/ice extremely poorly - he has an innate weakness to it. He also has problems with darkness-based abilities - he is the yang to Fou-Lu's yin, in a sense. One of his greatest weaknesses, however, is his sense of loyalty to others and eagerness to help other people. Even if he knows it's going to be a trap, he will walk into the lion's den - because that's just what has to be done.
[ Other Important Facts ] : Ryu is an overpowered derp I apologize - also Ryu may turn up naked in public at various points through his stay here I'm so sorry…
[ Questions? Comments? Concerns? ] : Only concerns for your sanity with him running around here…
Though actually is it okay if he comes with a few basic healing items? He can't heal himself so. :( He always has some. Nothing major, just like 3 lowish level HP restores and maybe 2 lowish level AP restores.
… I also assume fish in Vat won't have the crazy restore powers like they do in his world (like salmon which restores 30 AP to the entire party). Please confirm/deny?
Ryu | Breath of Fire IV | Not Reserved
[ Personal DW ] :
[ Age ] : 22
[ Timezone ] : EST/EDT
[ Other Characters ] : Katsu Aoki, Yosuke Otoha
[ Character's Name ] : Ryu
[ Character's Age ] : Appears to be in his late teens/early 20s, actually both less than a year old and about 600 years old, as well as ageless. Take your pick.
[ Series ] : Breath of Fire IV
[ Canon Point ] : The end of Chapter II
[ History ] :
To understand Ryu, one must understand first a bit of the history of Fou-Lu. Fou-Lu was an emperor, the first of the Fou Empire, and he ruled with strength and an iron fist. It is said that before he died and was laid to rest in his tomb hundreds of years ago, he predicted his own resurrection.
Ryu was "born" when an empire called the "Muuru" found a way to summon dragons, though it was imperfect. One such dragon was the Yorae Dragon, and Ryu was one half of this great dragon, sent through time separate from his other half. The other half was Fou-Lu, still sleeping.
Ryu attacked a sandflier in the desert by accident, and then was found by Nina, one of the people riding the sandflier. Nina and Cray (the other person on the sandflier) were searching for Nina's sister Elina. Ryu had no memory of who he was or where he came from, and didn't even have any clothes on at first. He joined Nina (after finding some clothes) in finding parts for her sandflier while Cray stayed with the craft so it wasn't stolen.
Nina and Ryu headed to the city of Sarai, where they were told where they could find the parts. However, Nina was harassed by a member of the Imperial Army, and Ryu attacked them in order to get them to leave her alone. They escaped Sarai, picked up parts in Sandflier Valley (but not the right ones), and went to a town called Chamba, where they were escorted through the poisoned city by a mysterious person in armor named Ershin. Around this time Ryu gained his ability to shift into dragon form.
The three reunited with Cray, and after a strange shared dream from Ryu, they went off to search for Elina more. They ended up in the town of Synesta. During this time Fou-Lu had awakened and was searching for Ryu. The party left Synesta and went to the border town of Kyojin, where they were captured by the Imperials and were returned to Windia, where they were guarded by a mercenary named Scias, and had an audience with the king, Nina's father. They were told to seek the Wind Dragon, and after they freed Cray from where he was being held, they found the dragon. The Wind Dragon told them of Ryu's dragon heritage and warned them that there would be grave danger if he and Fou-Lu were to meet.
The group then traveled to the village of Chek, where the Abbess confirmed that Ryu was indeed a dragon, and explained a little more about what that meant. They were informed that Ershin was also a dragon, and the incomplete summoning had trapped her in the armor. Ershin's spirit was transferred to a medium, and the group sought the advice of the dragons, who told Ryu to find their human forms around the world and they would give him power to help him stand a chance against Fou-Lu if the two should meet. They moved to an Imperial town on the western border, and were captured. Ryu fought against the Imperial forces, lost control of himself, and transformed into the Kaiser Dragon, his most powerful dragon form. He obliterated the soldiers standing against them, and then fell asleep.
[ Personality ] :
Ryu has a generally pleasant personality. He doesn't talk a lot, unless you start talking to him first, and does have a fun-loving side, as demonstrated by his love of fishing. All this cheerfulness does hide another side of himself. If he's in one of his dragon forms, he's more likely to go berserk and attack things indiscriminately, and the stronger the dragon form the more likely this is. He's still very unsure of his purpose, and mentioning "purpose" to his face might get him to stop and think for a moment, and maybe wonder what he's intended for.
While wandering around during the course of the game, he doesn't have any memories at all, and so doesn't know very much of the world outside of what he's seen directly. His main motivation is more clearly stated in the manga, where he speaks more, and his dreams are shown where he is chasing after an unknown figure (which he later learns is Fou-Lu). He's even asked who this person is and what kind of person it is, and even where this person is, but he just doesn't know. All he knows is that he has to meet this person, because he's "always felt him calling". Since he doesn't really know who or where this person is, he travels with Nina and Cray to help them find Nina's sister. Nina is a very close friend to Ryu, able to calm him down from even a blind frenzy, but he holds no romantic feelings for her. She likes Cray, and Ryu wouldn't ever want to do something that makes his friends upset.
Emotionally and mentally, he's like a child. He knows the difference between right and wrong in a vague sort of sense – basically, killing people is wrong unless absolutely needed – but doesn't completely understand concepts of appropriateness like "don't peek around the rock when the girls are bathing", "watch where you put your arm when you fling it out", and "people get embarrassed/frustrated/flustered/angry when you don't put clothes on". He rushes into things, even going so far as to jump off a cliff to try to save Nina (and landing face first) because he didn't realize she had wings that she could float down on. Most of his expression is in his body language, so even if he doesn't say that he's, for example, upset or angry or something like that, it's fairly obvious from how he stands, because he doesn't really bother to hide his feelings. He doesn't really see a need to, since lying isn't something the really occurs to him. Tact is also not his strong point, for the same reasons.
[ Strengths/Weaknesses ] :
Strengths:
Okay, here we go.
Being a god (or half of one at least), Ryu is... rather powerful, or at least has the potential to be.
Ryu has lots of skills and abilities which are gained throughout the game.
Ryu has the ability to turn into dragons. At this point in his canon he only has the Aura and Kaiser forms. The Kaiser is the most powerful of these. He doesn't have access to all of them right away, though, but gains them through the course of the game. Ryu has access to many abilities in his dragon forms, ranging across the elements as well as including some healing and revival magic, as well as (eventually) calling on aid from other dragons.
Also... those dragon forms can fly. However, all of them, besides the Infini/Yorae form (final form in the game from BAD END), are only seen as full dragons during breath attacks or other such cutscenes. All the rest of the time Ryu is just in his hybrid form.
For clarification purposes, his dragon form's abilities:
Aura Dragon:
(Cost: 1 AP/level. Decent increase to HP, bit of an increase to attack and wisdom, slight increase to defense.)
- DragonBreath (no AP cost; type: breath; six non-elemental hits, divided among multiple enemies if applicable; affected by defense)
- Flame Strike (2 AP; type: melee/fire; physical fire attack)
- Hwa (1 AP; type: fire; level 1 fire magic on one target)
- Rejuvenate (9 AP; type: holy; medium healing of one target)
- Barrier (4 AP; type: lv. up; magic damaged halved for 3 turns; also reduces the effect of healing spells and stat-boosting spells)
Kaiser Dragon:
(Cost: 2 AP/level. Excellent increase to HP, good increase to attack and wisdom, decent increase to defense and agility.)
- KaiserBreath (no AP cost; type: breath; sixteen non-elemental hits; depends on current HP)
- Aura Smash (3 AP; type: melee; a critical hit that ignores defense)
- Hwajeh (3 AP; type: fire; level 3 fire magic on one target)
- Ahryu P'ung (3 AP; type: wind; level 3 wind magic on all targets)
- Patoh Pah (3 AP; type: earth; level 3 earth magic on all targets)
- Resurrect (30 AP; type: holy; revives an ally with full HP)
- Sanctuary (13 AP; type: holy; removes ability boosting spells on all foes -and- allies)
* His Kaiser form is currently uncontrollable, and as such would only be used in absolute dire emergencies.
Maintaining a dragon form comes with an initial ability point (basically mana) cost, and an additional deduction each turn. Also if a dragon form is reduced to no health, he automatically transforms back to human, and can either keep fighting that way or change to another dragon form. The forms can have their health replenished by using a particular (rare) item, gaining it back slowly by walking around, or by resting at an inn or at camp.
In game mechanics terms, he can't learn magic in his human form at all, only "skills" which are, for some reason, different from magic. Go figure. He learns skills from studying monsters, learning from masters, or transferring them from other party members.
The ones Ryu has are:
- Burn (1 AP; type: fire; deals a weak amount of fire-based damage to one target.)
- Douse (1 AP; type: power down; lowers target's resistance to fire-based magic.)
- Spray (2 AP; type: physical; physical attack on one target, damage based on defense. Deals extra damage to insect-type creatures.)
- Snap (2 AP; type: physical/power down; attack versus one target, decreases defense power)
Ryu is skilled with a sword... and as far as weapons go, that's pretty much it. He does have the "Dragon's Eye", which occasionally grants him with prophetic dreams
a grand total of once in-game pftt-, and a innate ability with animals, letting him tame things that aren't normally tamed (though if they're very wild he wouldn't be able to). He can also sense (vaguely) where Fou-Lu is in his world, though nowhere specific, just a direction at the most, as well as if another Endless is approaching.Ryu also has an innate resistance to fire-based attacks.
Also, until the (good) end(ing) of the game, he's technically immortal. Supposedly. ... Maybe. Though he can still die in battle due to game mechanics, so maybe not quite so immortal. ... Not really immortal. Hooray for revival skills I suppose?
Weaknesses:
Aside from a serious lack of knowledge of how the world works, Ryu has elemental weaknesses. He deals with cold/water/ice extremely poorly - he has an innate weakness to it. He also has problems with darkness-based abilities - he is the yang to Fou-Lu's yin, in a sense. One of his greatest weaknesses, however, is his sense of loyalty to others and eagerness to help other people. Even if he knows it's going to be a trap, he will walk into the lion's den - because that's just what has to be done.
[ Other Important Facts ] :
Ryu is an overpowered derp I apologize - also Ryu may turn up naked in public at various points through his stay here I'm so sorry…
[ Sample ] :
I apologize for the sheer volume of stupid and cute.
Have more cute for good measure.
[ Questions? Comments? Concerns? ] : Only concerns for your sanity with him running around here…
Though actually is it okay if he comes with a few basic healing items? He can't heal himself so. :( He always has some. Nothing major, just like 3 lowish level HP restores and maybe 2 lowish level AP restores.
… I also assume fish in Vat won't have the crazy restore powers like they do in his world (like salmon which restores 30 AP to the entire party). Please confirm/deny?