application ][ vatheon
[ Player Name ] : Malathyne
[ Personal LJ ] : strikeraids
[ Age ] : 20
[ Timezone ] : CST
[ Other Characters ] : n/a
[ Character's Name ] : Roxas
[ Character's Age ] : seemingly eight years old 14 or 15, but in reality only 143 days old
[ Series ] : Kingdom Hearts
[ Canon Point ] : Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days, Day 143 171
[ History ] :
I chose to link a fan shrine as opposed to a wiki, because the information at the shrine is at a higher quality than what is found at the wiki. However, if you prefer, Roxas's wiki page is here.
Roxas-centric summary of Days | Day 358 | His Last Week | Roxas's involvement with the Organization | Roxas's relationship with Sora | Does Roxas have a heart?
The only adjustment I have to make is that I am not going to say for sure whether or not Roxas has a heart, unlike the owner of the fan shrine. I'm going to do my best to keep it ambiguous about that in order to allow room for adjustments as the canon updates itself. Highlight for spoilers for Birth by Sleep: Thanks to recent information from Birth by Sleep, it's heavily theorized that Roxas does have a heart. When Sora released his and Kairi's heart in the first game, thereby creating the Nobodies Roxas and Naminé, he unknowingly released Ventus's heart, which was also residing within his own, and it is highly probable that Ven's heart stayed in Roxas, and that not only explains why Roxas can feel emotions, but also why Roxas looks identical to Ven. However, this is just a theory, and hasn't been confirmed in canon. How this is going to work out in-game will depend on discussions with Ven-mun and the cast. Yay for cast consistency! /end spoiler
[ Personality ] :
Roxas first gives off the impression of being too serious for a kid his age. Though he sees the world in simple terms (for Roxas, it's either this or that, with little to no middle ground), he still questions everything around him, from the motives of those around him to what something is. It's not so much that he's curious and excited to learn about the world around him; he just doesn't know because he hasn't been alive for very long. When he asks a question, he expects the truth: honesty is of the utmost importance to Roxas. He doesn't understand why someone would lie, and as such, he always tells it how he sees it, making him straightforward and, at times, blunt and even tactless. He also expects people to answer him outright; sarcasm and metaphors tend to go over his head, though he's getting better at identifying them, and he thusly tends to take them literally. He's not really a detail-oriented person, for though he may see the outline of the big picture, he has a tendency to miss subtle signs. That's not to say that he isn't good at making connections, though, it just takes him a while.
Roxas is an intensely internally-driven person. He can be said that he's introspective, but it's less that he examines his own thoughts and more that he just does a lot of thinking. He takes the things that he has learned and turns them over in his mind, reaching either questions that he cannot answer himself or answers that can be difficult to correct. He is independent in that he will come to his own conclusions and never take something someone tells him for granted; it isn't necessarily that he's a skeptic, just that he cannot stop from asking questions. Once he's made up his mind, there's no changing it, and he is not only stubborn, but action-driven. He will accomplish what he's set his mind to, come hell or high water. He is confident in his abilities, and this has led to arrogance during battle. Combine these things and you have a kid who is serious and persistent, never stopping until he is satisfied with the result.
The fundamental thing to remember when interacting with Roxas is to treat him the way you expect him to treat you. If you belittle him and his friends, he will rise up and fight back. He returns friendship with devotion and loyalty, and kindness with kindness, even going as far as to go out of his way to help someone he doesn't know very well just because they helped him out a few times. He expects the same as well, for his friends to treat him like friends and for his enemies to treat him as an enemy. When people act outside of these simple boundaries, he becomes confused and even upset, depending on the circumstances.
He doesn't care what people think of him, whether they like or dislike him, but what he reacts strongly to is the way he is treated. He hates being underestimated and looked down upon. He's more than just some kid and he's not weak or stupid. It's not his fault he doesn't know something. He can quickly become defensive in situations where someone is being condescending to him. When he gets upset, he gets vocal, and whatever brain-mouth filter he has disappears, regardless of the consequences.
He has something of an inferiority complex; the suggestion that he (or any of his friends) is useless or less than anyone else will set him off, and he will not lie down and take it. He is a very firm believer in his own worth. He believes he has a right to exist, a right to know the truth, a right to be himself, a right to live -- he doesn't care what anyone else says or thinks. He may be a Nobody, but he knows what he goes through -- what he feels -- is real, and this has led to a lot of confusion about what's so great about a heart, anyway, and why they need them in the first place. If he ever loses this credo, he'll lose the foundation of who he is. Without it, he would be completely lost and melancholy with nothing else to believe in. He knows what he's capable of, but when it comes to who he is, he's not so sure. Like a lot of teenagers, he's still trying to figure out who he is, and in the end, he needs validation of those around him... especially from his friends.
His friends are the key to his happiness. In their company, he relaxes and becomes more lighthearted. He starts acting like a regular kid again, teasing and joking around and laughing with them about nothing. If he could, he would be with them forever, and if anything, that's all he really wants: to be with his friends, everyone happy... a normal life, one outside of fighting for something he doesn't know anything about and for people he, in reality, barely even knows. He's more likely to be something of a homebody, to look after the people he knows and cares about, than to go gallivanting around the universe for fun. In the end, his friends are also his ultimate weakness and downfall: they bring out the strongest 'emotions' in him because they're so close to the core of who he is. They are under his skin and in his blood, so when something goes wrong, to say it affects him deeply would be an understatement. Anyone he considers a friend can just rip him apart from the inside out. They are his true source of validation and safety; his friends are his home.
In the end, Roxas is serious, action-oriented, stubborn, loyal, and ever-questioning.
[ Strengths/Weaknesses ] :
① Strengths: Roxas is, like Sora, meant to be the quintessential fighter for the Kingdom Hearts franchise the Organization. He is capable in melee fighting and proficient with magic. These skills allow him to do well out "on the field" (read as: in different worlds battling Heartless). Also like Sora, Roxas's strength is in his combos; the longer the attack chain he can carry out on a target, the more damage he'll do. Roxas was also taught by the Organization to stay out of sight of the world natives, and because of this he's good at making himself unnoticed when he feels like it.
② Weaknesses: Though the Organization also made an attempt to teach Roxas to be observant, that... didn't succeed as well. Roxas is known to be slow to put the pieces together; even if he sees all there is to see, he doesn't necessarily connect the dots at the same pace of or in the same order as everyone else. (Sometimes he'll even connect different dots and draw a whole different picture that no one expected him to get.) Add to this his lack of understanding of people and hearts (and emotions), and sometimes he doesn't understand things like why the Beast wanted to protect something or someone. derp derp derp
③ Keybearer: Roxas wields a weapon called a Keyblade, which is... what it sounds like. A giant key shaped like a sword. It has the ability to lock and unlock anything. He will on default be using the Keyblade in its natural state, which is called the Kingdom Key.
④ Keychains: Roxas used to be able to change his Keyblade by way of accessories called Keychains. These not only change the shape and color of his weapon, but also the abilities of it. There are some Keychains, for example, that would transform his Keyblade into one more suited for powerful physical attacks, and others that will boost the strength of his spells. Roxas has the following "Gear" (Keychains): Duel (faster attack combos), Chrono (magic boost), Nimble (midair combos), Wild (defense boost), Prestige (strength boost).
⑤ Magic: Roxas knows low attack and healing spells from his universe (Fire, Blizzard, Aero, Thunder, Cure).
⑥ Items: An assortment of the following: Potions and Hi-Potions (recover health), Ethers and Hi-Ethers (recover magic), Elixirs (recovers both), Panaceas (recovers status effects), and Limit Recharges (lets him use his Limit Break again; see below). He has a higher amount of the lower-end healing items (Potions, Ethers), a moderate amount of mid-range healing items (Hi-Potions, Hi-Ethers, Panacea), and the least amount of the high-end healing items (Elixirs, Limit Recharges).
⑦ Limit Break: When Roxas's health is dangerously low, he taps into a store of power that allows him to unleash an attack called his Limit Break. His is named Event Horizon. When he uses this ability, his Keyblade becomes one long bar of light, and he "rapidly darts around the field ... slashing away at enemies with great strength." However, Roxas can only use this skill once per day because of the amount of energy it depletes, unless it is somehow replenished (such as thanks to an item called Limit Recharge).
[ Other Important Facts ] :
① Roxas's most favorite thing in the whole wide world is eating ice cream with his friends. Specifically, sea salt ice cream. I don't think he's had any other flavor. If he has ice cream with someone, that means that they're a friend. It's a Big Deal to him, as goofy as it seems.
② He keeps a personal diary because, well, Saïx told him to, and he's going to continue keeping one out of sheer habit. The entries in them are... pretty short, and really simple. It also got him started on the quirk of counting the days as they go by. This has also become an Important Thing for him, too. "Have to hang on to something, right? It's not like I have memories from before the Organization."
[ Sample ] :
These threads are from a community where all usernames were required to have the same ending, so the account checkeredingly you see there is me. o7
[ ① ] "What is this place?"
[ ② ] "Is this the answer you've been looking for?"
[ ③ ] "This is the world in its true form."
[ Questions? Comments? Concerns? ] :
_██_
(°ᴗƪ) can I have a dinosaur
... also apologies for the strikethrough comments, I put this together at like. four in the morning.
[ Personal LJ ] : strikeraids
[ Age ] : 20
[ Timezone ] : CST
[ Other Characters ] : n/a
[ Character's Name ] : Roxas
[ Character's Age ] : seemingly eight years old 14 or 15, but in reality only 143 days old
[ Series ] : Kingdom Hearts
[ Canon Point ] : Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days, Day 143 171
[ History ] :
I chose to link a fan shrine as opposed to a wiki, because the information at the shrine is at a higher quality than what is found at the wiki. However, if you prefer, Roxas's wiki page is here.
Roxas-centric summary of Days | Day 358 | His Last Week | Roxas's involvement with the Organization | Roxas's relationship with Sora | Does Roxas have a heart?
The only adjustment I have to make is that I am not going to say for sure whether or not Roxas has a heart, unlike the owner of the fan shrine. I'm going to do my best to keep it ambiguous about that in order to allow room for adjustments as the canon updates itself. Highlight for spoilers for Birth by Sleep: Thanks to recent information from Birth by Sleep, it's heavily theorized that Roxas does have a heart. When Sora released his and Kairi's heart in the first game, thereby creating the Nobodies Roxas and Naminé, he unknowingly released Ventus's heart, which was also residing within his own, and it is highly probable that Ven's heart stayed in Roxas, and that not only explains why Roxas can feel emotions, but also why Roxas looks identical to Ven. However, this is just a theory, and hasn't been confirmed in canon. How this is going to work out in-game will depend on discussions with Ven-mun and the cast. Yay for cast consistency! /end spoiler
[ Personality ] :
Roxas first gives off the impression of being too serious for a kid his age. Though he sees the world in simple terms (for Roxas, it's either this or that, with little to no middle ground), he still questions everything around him, from the motives of those around him to what something is. It's not so much that he's curious and excited to learn about the world around him; he just doesn't know because he hasn't been alive for very long. When he asks a question, he expects the truth: honesty is of the utmost importance to Roxas. He doesn't understand why someone would lie, and as such, he always tells it how he sees it, making him straightforward and, at times, blunt and even tactless. He also expects people to answer him outright; sarcasm and metaphors tend to go over his head, though he's getting better at identifying them, and he thusly tends to take them literally. He's not really a detail-oriented person, for though he may see the outline of the big picture, he has a tendency to miss subtle signs. That's not to say that he isn't good at making connections, though, it just takes him a while.
Roxas is an intensely internally-driven person. He can be said that he's introspective, but it's less that he examines his own thoughts and more that he just does a lot of thinking. He takes the things that he has learned and turns them over in his mind, reaching either questions that he cannot answer himself or answers that can be difficult to correct. He is independent in that he will come to his own conclusions and never take something someone tells him for granted; it isn't necessarily that he's a skeptic, just that he cannot stop from asking questions. Once he's made up his mind, there's no changing it, and he is not only stubborn, but action-driven. He will accomplish what he's set his mind to, come hell or high water. He is confident in his abilities, and this has led to arrogance during battle. Combine these things and you have a kid who is serious and persistent, never stopping until he is satisfied with the result.
The fundamental thing to remember when interacting with Roxas is to treat him the way you expect him to treat you. If you belittle him and his friends, he will rise up and fight back. He returns friendship with devotion and loyalty, and kindness with kindness, even going as far as to go out of his way to help someone he doesn't know very well just because they helped him out a few times. He expects the same as well, for his friends to treat him like friends and for his enemies to treat him as an enemy. When people act outside of these simple boundaries, he becomes confused and even upset, depending on the circumstances.
He doesn't care what people think of him, whether they like or dislike him, but what he reacts strongly to is the way he is treated. He hates being underestimated and looked down upon. He's more than just some kid and he's not weak or stupid. It's not his fault he doesn't know something. He can quickly become defensive in situations where someone is being condescending to him. When he gets upset, he gets vocal, and whatever brain-mouth filter he has disappears, regardless of the consequences.
He has something of an inferiority complex; the suggestion that he (or any of his friends) is useless or less than anyone else will set him off, and he will not lie down and take it. He is a very firm believer in his own worth. He believes he has a right to exist, a right to know the truth, a right to be himself, a right to live -- he doesn't care what anyone else says or thinks. He may be a Nobody, but he knows what he goes through -- what he feels -- is real, and this has led to a lot of confusion about what's so great about a heart, anyway, and why they need them in the first place. If he ever loses this credo, he'll lose the foundation of who he is. Without it, he would be completely lost and melancholy with nothing else to believe in. He knows what he's capable of, but when it comes to who he is, he's not so sure. Like a lot of teenagers, he's still trying to figure out who he is, and in the end, he needs validation of those around him... especially from his friends.
His friends are the key to his happiness. In their company, he relaxes and becomes more lighthearted. He starts acting like a regular kid again, teasing and joking around and laughing with them about nothing. If he could, he would be with them forever, and if anything, that's all he really wants: to be with his friends, everyone happy... a normal life, one outside of fighting for something he doesn't know anything about and for people he, in reality, barely even knows. He's more likely to be something of a homebody, to look after the people he knows and cares about, than to go gallivanting around the universe for fun. In the end, his friends are also his ultimate weakness and downfall: they bring out the strongest 'emotions' in him because they're so close to the core of who he is. They are under his skin and in his blood, so when something goes wrong, to say it affects him deeply would be an understatement. Anyone he considers a friend can just rip him apart from the inside out. They are his true source of validation and safety; his friends are his home.
In the end, Roxas is serious, action-oriented, stubborn, loyal, and ever-questioning.
[ Strengths/Weaknesses ] :
① Strengths: Roxas is, like Sora, meant to be the quintessential fighter for the Kingdom Hearts franchise the Organization. He is capable in melee fighting and proficient with magic. These skills allow him to do well out "on the field" (read as: in different worlds battling Heartless). Also like Sora, Roxas's strength is in his combos; the longer the attack chain he can carry out on a target, the more damage he'll do. Roxas was also taught by the Organization to stay out of sight of the world natives, and because of this he's good at making himself unnoticed when he feels like it.
② Weaknesses: Though the Organization also made an attempt to teach Roxas to be observant, that... didn't succeed as well. Roxas is known to be slow to put the pieces together; even if he sees all there is to see, he doesn't necessarily connect the dots at the same pace of or in the same order as everyone else. (Sometimes he'll even connect different dots and draw a whole different picture that no one expected him to get.) Add to this his lack of understanding of people and hearts (and emotions), and sometimes he doesn't understand things like why the Beast wanted to protect something or someone. derp derp derp
③ Keybearer: Roxas wields a weapon called a Keyblade, which is... what it sounds like. A giant key shaped like a sword. It has the ability to lock and unlock anything. He will on default be using the Keyblade in its natural state, which is called the Kingdom Key.
④ Keychains: Roxas used to be able to change his Keyblade by way of accessories called Keychains. These not only change the shape and color of his weapon, but also the abilities of it. There are some Keychains, for example, that would transform his Keyblade into one more suited for powerful physical attacks, and others that will boost the strength of his spells. Roxas has the following "Gear" (Keychains): Duel (faster attack combos), Chrono (magic boost), Nimble (midair combos), Wild (defense boost), Prestige (strength boost).
⑤ Magic: Roxas knows low attack and healing spells from his universe (Fire, Blizzard, Aero, Thunder, Cure).
⑥ Items: An assortment of the following: Potions and Hi-Potions (recover health), Ethers and Hi-Ethers (recover magic), Elixirs (recovers both), Panaceas (recovers status effects), and Limit Recharges (lets him use his Limit Break again; see below). He has a higher amount of the lower-end healing items (Potions, Ethers), a moderate amount of mid-range healing items (Hi-Potions, Hi-Ethers, Panacea), and the least amount of the high-end healing items (Elixirs, Limit Recharges).
⑦ Limit Break: When Roxas's health is dangerously low, he taps into a store of power that allows him to unleash an attack called his Limit Break. His is named Event Horizon. When he uses this ability, his Keyblade becomes one long bar of light, and he "rapidly darts around the field ... slashing away at enemies with great strength." However, Roxas can only use this skill once per day because of the amount of energy it depletes, unless it is somehow replenished (such as thanks to an item called Limit Recharge).
[ Other Important Facts ] :
① Roxas's most favorite thing in the whole wide world is eating ice cream with his friends. Specifically, sea salt ice cream. I don't think he's had any other flavor. If he has ice cream with someone, that means that they're a friend. It's a Big Deal to him, as goofy as it seems.
② He keeps a personal diary because, well, Saïx told him to, and he's going to continue keeping one out of sheer habit. The entries in them are... pretty short, and really simple. It also got him started on the quirk of counting the days as they go by. This has also become an Important Thing for him, too. "Have to hang on to something, right? It's not like I have memories from before the Organization."
[ Sample ] :
These threads are from a community where all usernames were required to have the same ending, so the account checkeredingly you see there is me. o7
[ ① ] "What is this place?"
[ ② ] "Is this the answer you've been looking for?"
[ ③ ] "This is the world in its true form."
[ Questions? Comments? Concerns? ] :
_██_
(°ᴗƪ) can I have a dinosaur
... also apologies for the strikethrough comments, I put this together at like. four in the morning.