[ Player Name ] : Famine [ Personal DW ] :gentiansoul [ Age ] : 25 [ Timezone ] : Central [ Other Characters ] : Trunks Briefs (fighting4afuture)
[ Character's Name ] : Bardock [ Character's Age ] : ~35 or so [ Series ] :Dragonball Z [ Canon Point ] : At the end of the OVA 'Bardock, Father of Goku', as he's caught in the blast that destroys Planet Vegeta and presumably kills him or sends him flailing into the past if 'Episode of Bardock' is to be believed
[ Personality ] : Bardock is, in many ways, a typical Saiyan. He's blunt, violent, confident, temperamental, and willing to kill in cold blood. What sets him apart from a lot of them is his loyalty--once he decides someone is worth his time, he'll fight for them without reserve. He's even loyal to Frieza, to a point--he knows the tyrant is a paranoid, insane creature, but he still takes missions for him. Likely this is more because he just loves a good fight. However, he's completely loyal to his team--when he finds them thoroughly defeated on Planet Meat, he shows shock and fear and disbelief that they could be beaten and that it was Frieza--whom they'd been loyal to--that had set them up. He holds the ideals of loyalty, honor, and pride extremely close and takes anything percieved as a betrayal personally. 'Traitorous coward' is about the worst insult ever in his book.
He's also incredibly stubborn and determined to the point of recklessness. Even after being attacked and badly injured, he struggled to try and warn his people of Frieza's impending attack, and when they refused to believe him, he took matters into his own hands. He took on an entire army in order to confront his enemy face to face, an enemy far stronger than he was, without any hesitation.
Despite being gruff, Bardock is also capable of some levels of empathy and forming bonds with individuals--you just have to be patient with him in order to accomplish it. He doesn't have the hero complex or natural friendliness shown by his Earth-raised family, if he ever did it was beaten out of him long ago, just by the nature of his society where the weak are not tolerated and forming such bonds is seen as a form of weakness. He doesn't tend towards using his strength to help others, instead naturally gravitating towards using it for his own gratification, but he can be pressed to intervene on the behalf of others. However, this is usually for self-serving reasons. He is not an altruist and generally shows disgust for or distaste with people who are weaker than himself and don't have any other useful aspects--for instance, if someone is weak, but smart, he'd respect their intelligence. In fact, he's probably far more likely to respect someone who's intelligent and physically weak than he is to respect someone with lots of strength, but a weak mind. He doesn't like children for reasons relating to this--they're weak, and they don't fully understand how the world works. He'd rather not deal with them, though he does get along with them when he wants to, mostly by not treating them any differently than he would an adult. He's able to make these connections of respect and even a bit of caring easier than a fair few other Saiyans would, even if he tends to be a bit of a loner. He's not very good at interacting with people--even those he considers friends--and holds himself separate. His emotional presentation is generally that of anger or distaste, at least when other people can see him. Despite that, he's not emotionless--far from it. However, he is incredibly jaded by the lives his people lead. He doesn't connect easily because he knows that anyone he tries to get close to--even his own sons--will be out of his reach soon enough. His new abilities will probably only enhance this further.
He's also fairly intelligent, though he's no scientist despite what the Ocean dub says. His mind is for battle tactics and he's extremely formidable in a fight, even one where he's outnumbered or facing a stronger opponent. He knows how to wait to strike, use the terrain to his advantage, and even use his opponent's strength against them incredibly well. He thinks very logically and pragmatically, and is not prone to fits of creativity unless it involves a way to creatively put his fist through someone's face. However, he does value knowledge just as much as strength and when he's not training, he'll probably be reading.
[ Strengths/Weaknesses ] : Strengths Psychic powers: Specifically, precognition. Bardock was given the ability to see the future by a member of a species called the Kanassans that he and his team took a mission to eliminate, though really he'd rather not have it, thank you very much. It tends to kick in at very inopportune times, doing anything from catching him off-guard to causing migraines.
Ki control: As a Saiyan, Bardock is naturally skilled at controlling his energy and has trained to make even better use of it. He can fly, use ki blasts, and enhance his strength and speed with his energy, and is said to be rather strong despite his status as a 'third-class Saiyan'.
Physical prowess: He also has his Saiyan physiology, which naturally makes him stronger, faster, and more resilent than a lot of other species in the galaxy. Leap tall buildings in a single bound, never gets sick, can withstand extreme gravity/temperature, etc.
Intelligence: He can be scarily smart when he feels like it, mostly in situations pertaining to fighting--battle tactics and the like, though he's also capable of some truly out there leaps in logic. He tends to downplay this.
Transformation: As a Saiyan with a tail, Bardock will transform under the full moon into a giant rampaging monkeybeast with shocking strength and speed. It's stated in the OVA that he has complete awareness and control during his transformation.
Weaknesses Lack of social skills: Even with people he gets along with, Bardock is blunt and gruff to the point of being all but socially incompetent. He doesn't know how to deal with most people in a non-confrontational manner and will generally avoid trying to do so if he can help it.
Temper: Bardock's temper can get him into a lot of trouble. A lot of trouble. 'Get him killed' levels of trouble. He can barely control himself where Frieza's concerned, even if at any other time he seems calm and downright contemplative for a member of his species.
Tail: Grab it and he'll go down like a ton of bricks. Good luck getting your hands on it though, he keeps it wrapped tight around his waist like a furry belt At All Times.
Jaded Like Woah: ...seriously he didn't even realize Goku had been born the day before and he didn't want to even see him. His infant son. Yeah. He gives that few fucks.
Magic: Doesn't know what the eff it is, but after having psychic powers shoved onto him he's a bit more willing to believe in it.
[ Other Important Facts ] : Weremonkey. Also his psychic powers don't include mind reading and he generally doesn't foresee people's actions, just the horrible outcomes.
[ Sample ] : The Art of War. Out of the books he'd found, it seemed the most promising--over the time he'd spent exposed to humans he found them terribly weak, generally uninteresting, and figured they'd probably be purged sooner or later. The man who'd wrote these teachings--a military leader--made Bardock think twice about that.
Sure, they were still weak, if the Saiyan race had still existed one or two of them could have wiped out the entire planet's population within hours, but some of them did have a mind for strategy that he could begrudgingly respect.
Many of his peers would have scoffed at him for reading--a Saiyan warrior was meant to fight, not study--but there were few who understood the value of both strength and knowledge. Today was a day of rest, physically. Training constantly could be just as detrimental as not doing so at all. But being idle was beyond Bardock's capabilities, so he'd taken his book and gone to find seclusion on the island.
[ Questions? Comments? Concerns? ] : Nope...I'll be putting up a permissions/plotting post for his premonitions, so...yeah.
As for his relation to Trunks, considering I play him as well...there really isn't one. Trunks would be of little to no interest to him and he wouldn't seek him out. Trunks might be curious, but would also probably stay clear. He has enough problems with his own full-blood Saiyan family member, thanks. This one is Gohan's to deal with. Aside from maybe being in the same room and side-eying the fuck out of each other, there won't be any problem keeping them from interacting.
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Bardock | Dragonball Z | Let's do that right this time
[ Personal DW ] :
[ Age ] : 25
[ Timezone ] : Central
[ Other Characters ] : Trunks Briefs (
[ Character's Name ] : Bardock
[ Character's Age ] : ~35 or so
[ Series ] : Dragonball Z
[ Canon Point ] : At the end of the OVA 'Bardock, Father of Goku', as he's caught in the blast that destroys Planet Vegeta and presumably kills him
or sends him flailing into the past if 'Episode of Bardock' is to be believed[ History ] :
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[ Personality ] :
Bardock is, in many ways, a typical Saiyan. He's blunt, violent, confident, temperamental, and willing to kill in cold blood. What sets him apart from a lot of them is his loyalty--once he decides someone is worth his time, he'll fight for them without reserve. He's even loyal to Frieza, to a point--he knows the tyrant is a paranoid, insane creature, but he still takes missions for him. Likely this is more because he just loves a good fight. However, he's completely loyal to his team--when he finds them thoroughly defeated on Planet Meat, he shows shock and fear and disbelief that they could be beaten and that it was Frieza--whom they'd been loyal to--that had set them up. He holds the ideals of loyalty, honor, and pride extremely close and takes anything percieved as a betrayal personally. 'Traitorous coward' is about the worst insult ever in his book.
He's also incredibly stubborn and determined to the point of recklessness. Even after being attacked and badly injured, he struggled to try and warn his people of Frieza's impending attack, and when they refused to believe him, he took matters into his own hands. He took on an entire army in order to confront his enemy face to face, an enemy far stronger than he was, without any hesitation.
Despite being gruff, Bardock is also capable of some levels of empathy and forming bonds with individuals--you just have to be patient with him in order to accomplish it. He doesn't have the hero complex or natural friendliness shown by his Earth-raised family, if he ever did it was beaten out of him long ago, just by the nature of his society where the weak are not tolerated and forming such bonds is seen as a form of weakness. He doesn't tend towards using his strength to help others, instead naturally gravitating towards using it for his own gratification, but he can be pressed to intervene on the behalf of others. However, this is usually for self-serving reasons. He is not an altruist and generally shows disgust for or distaste with people who are weaker than himself and don't have any other useful aspects--for instance, if someone is weak, but smart, he'd respect their intelligence. In fact, he's probably far more likely to respect someone who's intelligent and physically weak than he is to respect someone with lots of strength, but a weak mind. He doesn't like children for reasons relating to this--they're weak, and they don't fully understand how the world works. He'd rather not deal with them, though he does get along with them when he wants to, mostly by not treating them any differently than he would an adult. He's able to make these connections of respect and even a bit of caring easier than a fair few other Saiyans would, even if he tends to be a bit of a loner. He's not very good at interacting with people--even those he considers friends--and holds himself separate. His emotional presentation is generally that of anger or distaste, at least when other people can see him. Despite that, he's not emotionless--far from it. However, he is incredibly jaded by the lives his people lead. He doesn't connect easily because he knows that anyone he tries to get close to--even his own sons--will be out of his reach soon enough. His new abilities will probably only enhance this further.
He's also fairly intelligent, though he's no scientist
despite what the Ocean dub says. His mind is for battle tactics and he's extremely formidable in a fight, even one where he's outnumbered or facing a stronger opponent. He knows how to wait to strike, use the terrain to his advantage, and even use his opponent's strength against them incredibly well. He thinks very logically and pragmatically, and is not prone to fits of creativity unless it involves a way to creatively put his fist through someone's face. However, he does value knowledge just as much as strength and when he's not training, he'll probably be reading.[ Strengths/Weaknesses ] :
Strengths
Psychic powers: Specifically, precognition. Bardock was given the ability to see the future by a member of a species called the Kanassans that he and his team took a mission to eliminate, though really he'd rather not have it, thank you very much. It tends to kick in at very inopportune times, doing anything from catching him off-guard to causing migraines.
Ki control: As a Saiyan, Bardock is naturally skilled at controlling his energy and has trained to make even better use of it. He can fly, use ki blasts, and enhance his strength and speed with his energy, and is said to be rather strong despite his status as a 'third-class Saiyan'.
Physical prowess: He also has his Saiyan physiology, which naturally makes him stronger, faster, and more resilent than a lot of other species in the galaxy. Leap tall buildings in a single bound, never gets sick, can withstand extreme gravity/temperature, etc.
Intelligence: He can be scarily smart when he feels like it, mostly in situations pertaining to fighting--battle tactics and the like, though he's also capable of some truly out there leaps in logic. He tends to downplay this.
Transformation: As a Saiyan with a tail, Bardock will transform under the full moon into a giant rampaging monkeybeast with shocking strength and speed. It's stated in the OVA that he has complete awareness and control during his transformation.
Weaknesses
Lack of social skills: Even with people he gets along with, Bardock is blunt and gruff to the point of being all but socially incompetent. He doesn't know how to deal with most people in a non-confrontational manner and will generally avoid trying to do so if he can help it.
Temper: Bardock's temper can get him into a lot of trouble. A lot of trouble. 'Get him killed' levels of trouble. He can barely control himself where Frieza's concerned, even if at any other time he seems calm and downright contemplative for a member of his species.
Tail: Grab it and he'll go down like a ton of bricks. Good luck getting your hands on it though, he keeps it wrapped tight around his waist like a furry belt At All Times.
Jaded Like Woah: ...seriously he didn't even realize Goku had been born the day before and he didn't want to even see him. His infant son. Yeah. He gives that few fucks.
Magic: Doesn't know what the eff it is, but after having psychic powers shoved onto him he's a bit more willing to believe in it.
[ Other Important Facts ] :
Weremonkey. Also his psychic powers don't include mind reading and he generally doesn't foresee people's actions, just the horrible outcomes.
[ Sample ] :
The Art of War. Out of the books he'd found, it seemed the most promising--over the time he'd spent exposed to humans he found them terribly weak, generally uninteresting, and figured they'd probably be purged sooner or later. The man who'd wrote these teachings--a military leader--made Bardock think twice about that.
Sure, they were still weak, if the Saiyan race had still existed one or two of them could have wiped out the entire planet's population within hours, but some of them did have a mind for strategy that he could begrudgingly respect.
Many of his peers would have scoffed at him for reading--a Saiyan warrior was meant to fight, not study--but there were few who understood the value of both strength and knowledge. Today was a day of rest, physically. Training constantly could be just as detrimental as not doing so at all. But being idle was beyond Bardock's capabilities, so he'd taken his book and gone to find seclusion on the island.
[ Questions? Comments? Concerns? ] :
Nope...I'll be putting up a permissions/plotting post for his premonitions, so...yeah.
As for his relation to Trunks, considering I play him as well...there really isn't one. Trunks would be of little to no interest to him and he wouldn't seek him out. Trunks might be curious, but would also probably stay clear.
He has enough problems with his own full-blood Saiyan family member, thanks. This one is Gohan's to deal with.Aside from maybe being in the same room and side-eying the fuck out of each other, there won't be any problem keeping them from interacting.ACCEPTED
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