[Character Name] Zack Fair
[Canon] Final Fantasy 7
[Point Taken from Canon] During the Nibelheim Incident; fighting in the Mako Reactor with Sephiroth.
[Age] 18
[Gender] Male
[Sexual Orientation] Hetero
[Eye Color] Violet or blue, depending on if you're looking at Crisis Core/Advent Children or Last Order
[Hair Color] Black
[Height] 6'3"
[Other] He has an “x” shaped scar on his left cheek, but that’s about it. Despite being a SOLDIER, or perhaps because of that, he has no other scars. either that or his modelers were far too lazy to make more on him.
[Clothing]
right through here~ [Background]
Here! [Personality]
At first glance, Zack is cheerful and rather stubborn. He is friendly and easily approachable, easily making friends with almost anyone he meets, including the closed off General Sephiroth. This, along with the fact that he never holds still and his near unending cheer, has earned Zack the affectionate nickname of "puppy" among his close friends.
But that cheer and energy isn’t the only reason Zack is called “puppy”; Zack has the tendency to be very affectionate. His friends are often bestowed with hugs or shoulder pats, and his girlfriend is most likely the target of hugs and kisses whenever they get a chance. It doesn’t matter if those friends are against physical contact, like Sephiroth or even Angeal, they’re going to get hugged at least once in all the time they know Zack. The puppy is just that stubborn.
On that note, Zack is stubborn to the point of recklessness, and confident in his own skills. This has gotten him into more trouble than he can pull himself out of on more than one occasion, but his friends are always willing to pull him out of it. Despite this, however, Zack genuinely cares for and loves his friends, and is more than willing to put his life on the line and even die for them no matter the circumstance. This devotion is shown most clearly when Zack gives up his own life in order to keep himself and Cloud Strife from being captured by the Shinra Army.
But despite his outgoing demeanor and general friendliness, Zack is also vulnerable to falling into funks that he can take some time to pull himself from. He is as vulnerable as any normal person, and this shows best after the death of Angeal. However, he never lets these funks last for a very long time, and when he emerges from one, he’s even more determined to go on and keep a smile on his face.
In contrast to his cheer, Zack has his moments of seriousness as well. He is a military man, after all, and this shows when he trains other SOLDIER hopefuls or leads a squad on a mission. While he's not as natural a leader as Sephiroth, he is someone that can rally the troops with only a few words and a kind gesture if needed. People look to him because he doesn't hold himself above them by thinking he's better than them, and he genuinely cares for the state of his men in the field. Zack is the kind of guy to say "we never leave a man behind" and mean it, by putting his life on the line to bring them back.
[Specialties/Abilities]
Zack's world is a little strange in comparison to others in the Final Fantasy series; no one is born with abilities, and they instead gain them by using little orbs of crystallized energy, called Materia. Like the rest of his world, Zack has no useable Magic or Abilities without the correct Materia, and therefore will have to rely on his swordsmanship to get through any fights he gets into. Training under Angeal has given Zack the basic swordstyle of horizontal and vertical slashes, but he has no special swordstyle to speak of. Also, while not specializing in it, Zack has been shown to be decently skilled in hand-to-hand combat which he does fall back on if he is without his sword. The Mako he’s been exposed to as a SOLDIER has also given him strength, stamina, and speed leagues above that of a normal human, which allows him to swing about a sword that’s about as tall as he is without any trouble at all.
[Affection] Zack is incredibly affectionate on his own; if your character seems to need a hug and he’s around, chances are Zack’ll give them one. He’s particularly fond of the hair-ruffling, so you might want to watch out for that. Kissing, however, is reserved for his significant other, and Zack doesn’t cheat. If he’s in a relationship, as he is when I first bring him in, he will push the kisser away if it’s not his SO. It won’t be a harmful shove, but it’s his way of re-establishing boundaries. Don’t cross this line and all.
[Fighting] Beyond requiring a basic “hey, can my character fight Zack?” ping on AIM, go right ahead~ Minor injuries such as cuts, scrapes, bruises, sprains and bonks on the head are fine, but anything that would require stitches or surgery by 21st century standards I’m…going to have to say no. Killing, if an event calls for it and we’ve talked it over, possibly. Otherwise, nope~.
[Other Permissions]
Telepathy: Go right ahead; depending on what’s going on at the time is how much your character will get. If there’s an event or his friends are in danger, that’s what’ll be at the forefront of his mind and not much besides that will get out. Best to nab me on AIM to make sure of this, really.
4th Walling: He’ll probably laugh it right off at first, but feel free. If it can be proven, however, there will be “…how the hell do you know that?” type things and the pup will get wary.
[Other Facts] nothing~