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CHARACTER: CANON SECTION
NAME: Snow Villiers
AGE: Functionally 23 (523 by the end of the series)
CANON: Final Fantasy XIII
NAME: Snow Villiers
AGE: Functionally 23 (523 by the end of the series)
CANON: Final Fantasy XIII
CANON HISTORY: Here
CANON PERSONALITY: Snow is in many ways a simple and uncomplicated man. He's daring, strong and noble, the very picture of a hero except for the fact that he actually believes himself to be one, which in turn makes him come off as more than a little arrogant. He's a man who is confident and idealistic to a fault, wanting to do good and protect people and having within himself the capability to do just that. He is cheerful and lighthearted, but scrappy and in the words of Lightning, his sister-in-law-to-be, "too stubborn to die," which she counts among his best qualities.
Snow very much has a buddy-buddy persona, he comes off exceedingly friendly and wants to be everyone's pal and also look after them. He's very protective of others in general, as the self-styled hero he goes out of his way to protect everyone and help them with their problems. You would think that this would come at the expense of Snow's personal needs and desires, but he really doesn't have much of any in that regard, he most enjoys a life in which he can be helpful to others and protect them.
This desire goes doubly so for those close to him, especially Serah, his fiancee. When Serah is branded a l'Cie, there is no hesitation for him, he leaps to her aid working to help her fulfill her focus. It is during this time that he proposes to her, a very meaningful event indeed for a man as wild and untamed as Snow. While helping everyone is important, it is to Serah he devotes his life first and foremost.
Snow isn't necessarily anti-government, but he has a strong anti-authoritarian streak to be sure. Growing up an orphan in the seaside town of Bodhum and later joining together with his friends from childhood to form a small paramilitary unit to defend the town from wild animals, Snow is at his best when he's able to feel useful and heroic, protecting people from things that would do them harm. This continues as Chaos slips into the world, rendering all humanity unable to age and infertile. He makes a pact with his old friends to save the world and humanity, and sets to fighting off monsters to protect them and securing steady food for the populace, helping ensure that in the dying, ageless world fighting over food and dwindling resources is not as cataclysmic as it might otherwise be. As a Hero, Snow does want to do right by people and while he's more than a little simple, he does have the capacity to work for what's best for people in the long term. He's also really really good at beating up monsters and that tends to be his first go-to plan/career. Controlling some of the food supply which he can distribute to the populace does put him at odds with the new government, but Snow really doesn't care, he's going to help people no matter what.
Not even Snow's relentless spirit is completely indomitable, however. The interminable passage of time in a dying world leaves him a broken man, locked away and still protecting his people from the chaos but despairing over his inability to save Serah and the world, even to the point of inviting death to free him of his guilt. But even in spite of this, when given new hope by Lightning, his fire returns and brings him back to the man he once was. So long as Snow has within him the capacity to hope for a better tomorrow, he will throw himself full-throttle into making that happen.
SKILLS/ABILITIES: Snow is a l'Cie, a being who was given magic by the gods of his world with the intent to fulfill a focus - a kind of quest that will grant him eternal life if successful (eternal life meaning "as a giant crystal of yourself") but will transform you into a horrible mutated monster if you fail. He is the only character who actually maintains his status as a l'Cie throughout the entirety of the game series, although the need to fulfill the focus becomes kind of spotty.
Nevertheless, Snow is an enormously powerful man who is built in many ways like a tank. His primary l'Cie mode is Sentinel, a defensive mode that allows him to provoke enemies into attacking him, guard his friends and dramatically reduce the damage he takes, even healing himself while guarding. One of the primary unique factors of Snow's Sentinel style is counter-attacks, he gains a number of abilities that let him attack back with physical punches when he comes under attack from his enemies.
Aside from Sentinel, Snow can enter Commando mode, where he uses ferocious punches and kicks to lay waste to his opponents. Also in this mode he can cast the long-range ruin ability, which is a magic ability that does physical damage over long distances. Commando is Snow's strongest attack mode, but his raw offensive strength is on the higher end of moderate when compared to the other party members.
Finally, his third primary l'Cie ability is the Ravager mode, a spellcasting stance. Snow can command even the most powerful Ice and Water magic, as well as some wind magic up to the medium powered spells. Snow's not the best Magic user out there, but as he wields no weapon he can cast fairly quickly. One of his spells, Vigor, also gives him the ability to chain his attacks with higher proficiency and stagger his enemies, opening them up to more damage, making him an extremely powerful magic user if he chooses to focus on those abilities, specializing in firing a high volume of spells quickly as opposed to powerful individual spells.
He does have some tertiary abilities as a Saboteur, Medic, and Sentinel. His Medic abilities are passable at best, he has some good healing spells that can help keep the party up and are not as reliant on his rather abysmal magic power. As a Saboteur, he can stun enemies and has a number of useful debuff spells allowing him to switch to this mode in a pinch. As a Synergist, he is entirely unimpressive, having access to a few basic buff abilities to raise defenses and attack power, and pretty much nothing else.
A full listing of Snow's Crystarium can be found here.
Besides this, Snow has two major abilities of note. The first, Sovereign Fist, is a powerful single punch that will blast away an entire group of enemies with tremendous physical force. It ignores the target's resistance to physical damage, and if he has managed to find an opening on his opponent's stance or can target a weak point, will deal massively inflated damage above that.
The second is his Eidolon, Shiva. By drawing them out of his l'Cie Brand, Snow can summon the a powerful pair of ice spirits. Shiva is a group of two sisters, Stiria and Nix, who can join Snow in battle when summoned and help him attack. Stiria will assist with offensive ice magic and healing magic, whereas Nix will use physical attacks and ice magic to aid Snow in battle. As they fight together and build power, Snow can unleash their Gestalt form, where they combine into a motorcycle he can ride and use to attack with ice and physical attacks (mostly by generating ice trails and ramming into people). This culminates in their final attack, Diamond Dust, in which Snow rides a circle around his target which blossoms into a massive glacier of ice, shattering and inflicting massive damage.
CANON PERSONALITY: Snow is in many ways a simple and uncomplicated man. He's daring, strong and noble, the very picture of a hero except for the fact that he actually believes himself to be one, which in turn makes him come off as more than a little arrogant. He's a man who is confident and idealistic to a fault, wanting to do good and protect people and having within himself the capability to do just that. He is cheerful and lighthearted, but scrappy and in the words of Lightning, his sister-in-law-to-be, "too stubborn to die," which she counts among his best qualities.
Snow very much has a buddy-buddy persona, he comes off exceedingly friendly and wants to be everyone's pal and also look after them. He's very protective of others in general, as the self-styled hero he goes out of his way to protect everyone and help them with their problems. You would think that this would come at the expense of Snow's personal needs and desires, but he really doesn't have much of any in that regard, he most enjoys a life in which he can be helpful to others and protect them.
This desire goes doubly so for those close to him, especially Serah, his fiancee. When Serah is branded a l'Cie, there is no hesitation for him, he leaps to her aid working to help her fulfill her focus. It is during this time that he proposes to her, a very meaningful event indeed for a man as wild and untamed as Snow. While helping everyone is important, it is to Serah he devotes his life first and foremost.
Snow isn't necessarily anti-government, but he has a strong anti-authoritarian streak to be sure. Growing up an orphan in the seaside town of Bodhum and later joining together with his friends from childhood to form a small paramilitary unit to defend the town from wild animals, Snow is at his best when he's able to feel useful and heroic, protecting people from things that would do them harm. This continues as Chaos slips into the world, rendering all humanity unable to age and infertile. He makes a pact with his old friends to save the world and humanity, and sets to fighting off monsters to protect them and securing steady food for the populace, helping ensure that in the dying, ageless world fighting over food and dwindling resources is not as cataclysmic as it might otherwise be. As a Hero, Snow does want to do right by people and while he's more than a little simple, he does have the capacity to work for what's best for people in the long term. He's also really really good at beating up monsters and that tends to be his first go-to plan/career. Controlling some of the food supply which he can distribute to the populace does put him at odds with the new government, but Snow really doesn't care, he's going to help people no matter what.
Not even Snow's relentless spirit is completely indomitable, however. The interminable passage of time in a dying world leaves him a broken man, locked away and still protecting his people from the chaos but despairing over his inability to save Serah and the world, even to the point of inviting death to free him of his guilt. But even in spite of this, when given new hope by Lightning, his fire returns and brings him back to the man he once was. So long as Snow has within him the capacity to hope for a better tomorrow, he will throw himself full-throttle into making that happen.
SKILLS/ABILITIES: Snow is a l'Cie, a being who was given magic by the gods of his world with the intent to fulfill a focus - a kind of quest that will grant him eternal life if successful (eternal life meaning "as a giant crystal of yourself") but will transform you into a horrible mutated monster if you fail. He is the only character who actually maintains his status as a l'Cie throughout the entirety of the game series, although the need to fulfill the focus becomes kind of spotty.
Nevertheless, Snow is an enormously powerful man who is built in many ways like a tank. His primary l'Cie mode is Sentinel, a defensive mode that allows him to provoke enemies into attacking him, guard his friends and dramatically reduce the damage he takes, even healing himself while guarding. One of the primary unique factors of Snow's Sentinel style is counter-attacks, he gains a number of abilities that let him attack back with physical punches when he comes under attack from his enemies.
Aside from Sentinel, Snow can enter Commando mode, where he uses ferocious punches and kicks to lay waste to his opponents. Also in this mode he can cast the long-range ruin ability, which is a magic ability that does physical damage over long distances. Commando is Snow's strongest attack mode, but his raw offensive strength is on the higher end of moderate when compared to the other party members.
Finally, his third primary l'Cie ability is the Ravager mode, a spellcasting stance. Snow can command even the most powerful Ice and Water magic, as well as some wind magic up to the medium powered spells. Snow's not the best Magic user out there, but as he wields no weapon he can cast fairly quickly. One of his spells, Vigor, also gives him the ability to chain his attacks with higher proficiency and stagger his enemies, opening them up to more damage, making him an extremely powerful magic user if he chooses to focus on those abilities, specializing in firing a high volume of spells quickly as opposed to powerful individual spells.
He does have some tertiary abilities as a Saboteur, Medic, and Sentinel. His Medic abilities are passable at best, he has some good healing spells that can help keep the party up and are not as reliant on his rather abysmal magic power. As a Saboteur, he can stun enemies and has a number of useful debuff spells allowing him to switch to this mode in a pinch. As a Synergist, he is entirely unimpressive, having access to a few basic buff abilities to raise defenses and attack power, and pretty much nothing else.
A full listing of Snow's Crystarium can be found here.
Besides this, Snow has two major abilities of note. The first, Sovereign Fist, is a powerful single punch that will blast away an entire group of enemies with tremendous physical force. It ignores the target's resistance to physical damage, and if he has managed to find an opening on his opponent's stance or can target a weak point, will deal massively inflated damage above that.
The second is his Eidolon, Shiva. By drawing them out of his l'Cie Brand, Snow can summon the a powerful pair of ice spirits. Shiva is a group of two sisters, Stiria and Nix, who can join Snow in battle when summoned and help him attack. Stiria will assist with offensive ice magic and healing magic, whereas Nix will use physical attacks and ice magic to aid Snow in battle. As they fight together and build power, Snow can unleash their Gestalt form, where they combine into a motorcycle he can ride and use to attack with ice and physical attacks (mostly by generating ice trails and ramming into people). This culminates in their final attack, Diamond Dust, in which Snow rides a circle around his target which blossoms into a massive glacier of ice, shattering and inflicting massive damage.
CHARACTER: AU SECTION
AU NAME: Brian Bergman
AU AGE: 26
PHYSICAL DIFFERENCES: Brian is a bit shorter than Snow in canon, Snow stands at 6'7" whereas Brian is "only" 6'4". His hair is also a lot shorter than in canon, he usually wears it in a crew cut as working on cars and having long hair aren't necessarily advised.
AU NAME: Brian Bergman
AU AGE: 26
PHYSICAL DIFFERENCES: Brian is a bit shorter than Snow in canon, Snow stands at 6'7" whereas Brian is "only" 6'4". His hair is also a lot shorter than in canon, he usually wears it in a crew cut as working on cars and having long hair aren't necessarily advised.
AU HISTORY:
-Born in Recolle, lived there all his life
-Loves cars and motorcycles
-Saved up and bought his first motorcycle and got his license the day he turned 16
-Motorcycle was a piece of junk and he learned how to fix it, went into vocational education after high school to become mechanic certified
-Opened his own mechanic shop by cashing out some bonds and investments his grandparents had put aside for him
-Now gets paid to fix cars and bikes and is basically living his best life
-Recently started dating Penny Rose a few months ago, still very much in the puppy love phase (this has been arranged with the incoming Penny/Serah and will be reflected in her app as well)
AU PERSONALITY:
-From an old school Union family, very pro-labor and mistrustful of government and big business
-More friendly and relaxed as befits a setting that doesn't have him fighting monsters in defense of his town for a living (not that he wasn't that in canon)
-Less free-spirited and more responsible, since he's a small business owner
-Has his own staff and is very protective of them, considers them like family much as NORA is in canon.
-Born in Recolle, lived there all his life
-Loves cars and motorcycles
-Saved up and bought his first motorcycle and got his license the day he turned 16
-Motorcycle was a piece of junk and he learned how to fix it, went into vocational education after high school to become mechanic certified
-Opened his own mechanic shop by cashing out some bonds and investments his grandparents had put aside for him
-Now gets paid to fix cars and bikes and is basically living his best life
-Recently started dating Penny Rose a few months ago, still very much in the puppy love phase (this has been arranged with the incoming Penny/Serah and will be reflected in her app as well)
AU PERSONALITY:
-From an old school Union family, very pro-labor and mistrustful of government and big business
-More friendly and relaxed as befits a setting that doesn't have him fighting monsters in defense of his town for a living (not that he wasn't that in canon)
-Less free-spirited and more responsible, since he's a small business owner
-Has his own staff and is very protective of them, considers them like family much as NORA is in canon.
