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[ Player Name ] : Pura
[ Personal LJ ] : purapea
[ Age ] : 20 (sob)
[ Timezone ] : GMT
[ Character's Name ] : Axel
[ Character's Age ] : He doesn’t have a canon age, but looks to be roughly in his early twenties.
[ Series ] : Kingdom Hearts
[ Canon Point ] : Right after he dies.
[ History ] :
[As a point, I’ve not played Birth By Sleep yet, so I won’t touch on his somebody because I’m trying to stay away from major spoilers!]
Axel was created from the shell of the human Lea, who became absorbed by darkness and turned into a Heartless. The red haired Nobody was quickly brought into Organization XIII, a society of Nobodies who sought out Kingdom Hearts, to regain what they had lost so as to become whole again. Although he was the Eighth member to join, he quickly gained the trust of the Superior, Xemnas (whom he regards to be the only member of the Organization who is stronger than him). When Xemnas found Roxas in Twilight Town, and tried to convince the Nobody to join their ranks - to which Roxas refused - Axel followed him around Twilight Town, watching him as he displayed jealousy for the normal kids that wandered the streets, and took him under his wing, convincing him to come up to the clock tower for ice-cream. He then managed to get Roxas to join the Organization, making it Organization XIII.
Axel soon became somewhat of a babysitter to Roxas, and was with him for a lot of his first few missions in the Organization. Roxas acted pretty much like a zombie, and it was hard to get any reaction out of him at first, till he started to shape his own personality. But Axel persisted, and soon the pair became close friends. As this was going on, Vexen was ordered to make a puppet, using some of the residual memories from Roxas and his somebody Sora and Xion came into existence. The other members were told that she was a new member, and to be treated thusly.
Shortly after Xion’s arrival to the Organization, Axel was sent to Castle Oblivion to keep an eye on Marluxia and Larxene, and the other members that were already there. Saïx informed him about a rumour that there was a plot to overthrow the Organization, using the Keybearer Sora, and sent Axel to deal with the traitors. Axel pretended to side with them whilst manipulating the events in Castle Oblivion to ensure their downfall. He assassinated a fellow member, Vexen when ordered to ‘get rid of the traitor’, to gain the trust of Larxene and Marluxia, and did so mercifully, as it appeared that Vexen may give Sora some information about Roxas. He also helped Sora throughout his progression through the Castle, and also released Naminé so that she could tell Sora that she had been manipulating his memories. When it was revealed that Axel was indeed a double agent, he confronted Marluxia, saying that he always follows orders and will ‘get rid of the traitor’. Even though Marluxia used Naminé as a shield, the only thing that stopped Axel from attacking him was Sora intervening. Shortly after this, he returned to The World that Never Was, both Marluxia and Larxene having been taken out by the Keybearer.
Once he was back in The World that Never Was, Axel discovered that Roxas had replaced him with the company of Xion. At first he was jealous (or as much as he could be, being a Nobody), and wasn’t sure what to think of Xion but Roxas persuaded them to spend time together and the duo soon became a trio. Not long after this, Axel discovered the truth about Xion, Xemnas’ plans for her, and the fact that she wanted to leave the organization, but did nothing about it-at least not till Roxas found out and stopped talking to him and then left the Organization to look for Xion who had run away under Axel’s watch. Distraught by his decision, Axel attempted to reason with him, which didn’t work. Axel was then ordered to drag Xion back to the Organization, and he has to do this several times before her eventual demise, which not only meant that she disappeared into darkness, but the memory of her disappeared too. Axel has no memory of the 14th Organization member. After Xion’s death, Roxas goes missing.
Because of the way Roxas made him feel like he had a heart when he spent time around him, Axel willingly lied to him when he asked questions about where he had come from, selfishly keep Roxas around him more. This inevitably lead to Roxas betraying the Organization, and leaving to find out where he had come from. Roxas was then imprisoned in DiZ’s virtual Twilight Town, Xemnas ordered Axel to retrieve the other Nobody or kill him. Failure would result Axel getting turned into a Dusk. Axel managed to get inside the program and attempted to remove Roxas from it by force because the blond Nobody had no recollection of Axel, or his life in the Organization. Axel tried several times, without success and although Axel threatened to kill Roxas if he didn’t come with him, he never actually did so. Eventually, Roxas rejoined Sora, and Axel gave up his efforts in Twilight Town. However, he did not give up on Roxas. Wanting to get him back from Sora, Axel kidnapped Kairi - going behind the Organization’s back, in attempt to lure Sora to him and turn him into a Heartless, but he lost her to Saïx who took her to the Organization.
By this point, Axel was acting on his own, without the Organization controlling him - making himself a traitor to the cause he had been fighting for. The Nobody had realised at this point, that even if the Organization did find a way to get their hearts back, it would be pointless if he didn’t have Roxas to share it with. In his brief encounters with Sora, he noticed that the Keybearer made him feel the same way as Roxas did. He eventually abandoned his plan of separating Sora and Roxas, and decided to help Sora get into the World That Never Was. During a fight against countless Nobodies, Axel sacrificed himself in an attack that ‘had his entire being’ put into it, causing him to start fading away. As he lay there dying, he apologised to Sora - feeling some form of regret for kidnapping Kairi - because he wanted to see Roxas, and told Sora that he was the only one that Axel ever liked. He then used the last of his strength to open a portal for Sora to go rescue Kairi, and faded into the darkness.
[ Personality ] :
First and foremost, Axel is a Nobody, which means his entire personality is built up on memories of his somebody; when he had a heart. He uses these memories to shape his behaviour and reactions to things. As he still remembers what emotions felt like, he will act his way through situations expertly; giving the impression that nothing is actually wrong with him, apart from his regular attitude that some people may find offensive. Because of being a Nobody, normally he would not be able to form close friendships, or ever fall in ‘love’ due to the lack of emotion, so most of his friendships and alliances are only maintained because there is something in it for him, be it amusement or for more materialistic reasons. Roxas, his best friend, is the only exception to this, as the shorter Nobody reminds Axel of the memories he has from his Somebody self, and being around him helped Axel get back in touch with his ‘emotions’. (but in a loose sense, that is ‘something in it for him’ still.)
Because of this knowledge on how emotions work and his intelligence, Axel is an expert at reading people. He is almost constantly analysing behaviour of those around him, and makes mental notes of how people work out of habit. Because of this, even though he might come across friendly he knows what exactly what makes them tick, and he knows which buttons to push to make them tick the way he wants them to. He is very arrogant because of it, and plays up how overconfident he is for the sake of making people smile or underestimate him. Axel has few qualms about manipulating the people and events around him for his own ends, and most of his actions can be said to stem from his desire to preserve his own life and pursue experiences that remind him of what it was like to have a heart.
Axel is laid-back and self accepting, and can take losing something in his stride, not overly fussed if a plan he plotted out didn’t execute quite the way he had planned, and will often just adapt to the situation and work around it. Axel can also be quite immature when he wants to be and will put up fronts or do things that annoy people or made them uncomfortable because watching people squirm gives him endless amusement. He is also - like all Nobodies, incredibly selfish and lacks morality, often only doing things because there is something in it for him or he can use it as a favour later on. For example, because Roxas made him feel like a human again, he had no doubts over constantly lying to him to keep him around more so he could continue feeling that he was human. He was also only in the Organization because if there was any small possibility that he could get his heart back, he was going to pursue it. Axel is also genuinely surprised by how much he cares for Roxas - having thought he lost all of his capacity to care when he became a Nobody, and the fact that Roxas proved him wrong only made him care more. Even if he didn’t realise it at first, the idea of getting a heart would’ve been redundant if he didn’t have Roxas to share it with.
All this said, Axel still has a rather merciless streak running through him, and will not worry about killing someone if it was an order. For example, during Chain of Memories, when he is ordered to kill the ‘traitor’, Axel does so swiftly and mercilessly, not caring (because he can’t) that he’d killed Vexen directly in front of Sora. This also shows up nearer the end of the game, when he’s fighting Marluxia. Marluxia uses Naminé as a shield, and Axel was willing to go through her to get to Marluxia - he didn’t care if Naminé died as a result.
[ Strengths/Weaknesses ] :
Axel has an affinity to fire, which means he can freely control and create the element. He also can summon a pair of silver and red weapons called Chakrams, and control those as well, and a combination of the two makes for a formidable opponent. Axel is a skilled fighter, and only considers Xemnas to be stronger than him. Axel can also control the group of lesser Nobodies called Assassins, and like all of the other nobodies, can summon ‘Corridors of Darkness’ which act as link between worlds, and can be used to ‘teleport’ if you’re skilled enough.
Axel’s main strength is the fact that he is extremely intelligent, which he uses to his advantage practically all the time. He’s very laid back, which could be considered a weakness, but because of it, he can come across very friendly and likeable which in certain situations is an advantage, especially if he wants something from the person he is talking to. Axel is very perceptive to people around him, and rarely lets his guard down around people, always analysing, and making mental notes of what makes them tick, so he can manipulate them into ticking for him.
Axel has a tendency to become unorganised and make rash, stupid decisions when something he cares about is under threat, and will go to extreme lengths to protect the thing he cares about, which is only proven by his death-he wanted to protect Roxas, and by extension, Sora. He can have a nasty temper on him under these situations. His arrogance is another one of his weaknesses and it can sometimes make him very pig headed.
[ Other Important Facts ] :
His Chakrams are called ~ETERNAL FLAMES~
[ Personal LJ ] : purapea
[ Age ] : 20 (sob)
[ Timezone ] : GMT
[ Character's Name ] : Axel
[ Character's Age ] : He doesn’t have a canon age, but looks to be roughly in his early twenties.
[ Series ] : Kingdom Hearts
[ Canon Point ] : Right after he dies.
[ History ] :
[As a point, I’ve not played Birth By Sleep yet, so I won’t touch on his somebody because I’m trying to stay away from major spoilers!]
Axel was created from the shell of the human Lea, who became absorbed by darkness and turned into a Heartless. The red haired Nobody was quickly brought into Organization XIII, a society of Nobodies who sought out Kingdom Hearts, to regain what they had lost so as to become whole again. Although he was the Eighth member to join, he quickly gained the trust of the Superior, Xemnas (whom he regards to be the only member of the Organization who is stronger than him). When Xemnas found Roxas in Twilight Town, and tried to convince the Nobody to join their ranks - to which Roxas refused - Axel followed him around Twilight Town, watching him as he displayed jealousy for the normal kids that wandered the streets, and took him under his wing, convincing him to come up to the clock tower for ice-cream. He then managed to get Roxas to join the Organization, making it Organization XIII.
Axel soon became somewhat of a babysitter to Roxas, and was with him for a lot of his first few missions in the Organization. Roxas acted pretty much like a zombie, and it was hard to get any reaction out of him at first, till he started to shape his own personality. But Axel persisted, and soon the pair became close friends. As this was going on, Vexen was ordered to make a puppet, using some of the residual memories from Roxas and his somebody Sora and Xion came into existence. The other members were told that she was a new member, and to be treated thusly.
Shortly after Xion’s arrival to the Organization, Axel was sent to Castle Oblivion to keep an eye on Marluxia and Larxene, and the other members that were already there. Saïx informed him about a rumour that there was a plot to overthrow the Organization, using the Keybearer Sora, and sent Axel to deal with the traitors. Axel pretended to side with them whilst manipulating the events in Castle Oblivion to ensure their downfall. He assassinated a fellow member, Vexen when ordered to ‘get rid of the traitor’, to gain the trust of Larxene and Marluxia, and did so mercifully, as it appeared that Vexen may give Sora some information about Roxas. He also helped Sora throughout his progression through the Castle, and also released Naminé so that she could tell Sora that she had been manipulating his memories. When it was revealed that Axel was indeed a double agent, he confronted Marluxia, saying that he always follows orders and will ‘get rid of the traitor’. Even though Marluxia used Naminé as a shield, the only thing that stopped Axel from attacking him was Sora intervening. Shortly after this, he returned to The World that Never Was, both Marluxia and Larxene having been taken out by the Keybearer.
Once he was back in The World that Never Was, Axel discovered that Roxas had replaced him with the company of Xion. At first he was jealous (or as much as he could be, being a Nobody), and wasn’t sure what to think of Xion but Roxas persuaded them to spend time together and the duo soon became a trio. Not long after this, Axel discovered the truth about Xion, Xemnas’ plans for her, and the fact that she wanted to leave the organization, but did nothing about it-at least not till Roxas found out and stopped talking to him and then left the Organization to look for Xion who had run away under Axel’s watch. Distraught by his decision, Axel attempted to reason with him, which didn’t work. Axel was then ordered to drag Xion back to the Organization, and he has to do this several times before her eventual demise, which not only meant that she disappeared into darkness, but the memory of her disappeared too. Axel has no memory of the 14th Organization member. After Xion’s death, Roxas goes missing.
Because of the way Roxas made him feel like he had a heart when he spent time around him, Axel willingly lied to him when he asked questions about where he had come from, selfishly keep Roxas around him more. This inevitably lead to Roxas betraying the Organization, and leaving to find out where he had come from. Roxas was then imprisoned in DiZ’s virtual Twilight Town, Xemnas ordered Axel to retrieve the other Nobody or kill him. Failure would result Axel getting turned into a Dusk. Axel managed to get inside the program and attempted to remove Roxas from it by force because the blond Nobody had no recollection of Axel, or his life in the Organization. Axel tried several times, without success and although Axel threatened to kill Roxas if he didn’t come with him, he never actually did so. Eventually, Roxas rejoined Sora, and Axel gave up his efforts in Twilight Town. However, he did not give up on Roxas. Wanting to get him back from Sora, Axel kidnapped Kairi - going behind the Organization’s back, in attempt to lure Sora to him and turn him into a Heartless, but he lost her to Saïx who took her to the Organization.
By this point, Axel was acting on his own, without the Organization controlling him - making himself a traitor to the cause he had been fighting for. The Nobody had realised at this point, that even if the Organization did find a way to get their hearts back, it would be pointless if he didn’t have Roxas to share it with. In his brief encounters with Sora, he noticed that the Keybearer made him feel the same way as Roxas did. He eventually abandoned his plan of separating Sora and Roxas, and decided to help Sora get into the World That Never Was. During a fight against countless Nobodies, Axel sacrificed himself in an attack that ‘had his entire being’ put into it, causing him to start fading away. As he lay there dying, he apologised to Sora - feeling some form of regret for kidnapping Kairi - because he wanted to see Roxas, and told Sora that he was the only one that Axel ever liked. He then used the last of his strength to open a portal for Sora to go rescue Kairi, and faded into the darkness.
[ Personality ] :
First and foremost, Axel is a Nobody, which means his entire personality is built up on memories of his somebody; when he had a heart. He uses these memories to shape his behaviour and reactions to things. As he still remembers what emotions felt like, he will act his way through situations expertly; giving the impression that nothing is actually wrong with him, apart from his regular attitude that some people may find offensive. Because of being a Nobody, normally he would not be able to form close friendships, or ever fall in ‘love’ due to the lack of emotion, so most of his friendships and alliances are only maintained because there is something in it for him, be it amusement or for more materialistic reasons. Roxas, his best friend, is the only exception to this, as the shorter Nobody reminds Axel of the memories he has from his Somebody self, and being around him helped Axel get back in touch with his ‘emotions’. (but in a loose sense, that is ‘something in it for him’ still.)
Because of this knowledge on how emotions work and his intelligence, Axel is an expert at reading people. He is almost constantly analysing behaviour of those around him, and makes mental notes of how people work out of habit. Because of this, even though he might come across friendly he knows what exactly what makes them tick, and he knows which buttons to push to make them tick the way he wants them to. He is very arrogant because of it, and plays up how overconfident he is for the sake of making people smile or underestimate him. Axel has few qualms about manipulating the people and events around him for his own ends, and most of his actions can be said to stem from his desire to preserve his own life and pursue experiences that remind him of what it was like to have a heart.
Axel is laid-back and self accepting, and can take losing something in his stride, not overly fussed if a plan he plotted out didn’t execute quite the way he had planned, and will often just adapt to the situation and work around it. Axel can also be quite immature when he wants to be and will put up fronts or do things that annoy people or made them uncomfortable because watching people squirm gives him endless amusement. He is also - like all Nobodies, incredibly selfish and lacks morality, often only doing things because there is something in it for him or he can use it as a favour later on. For example, because Roxas made him feel like a human again, he had no doubts over constantly lying to him to keep him around more so he could continue feeling that he was human. He was also only in the Organization because if there was any small possibility that he could get his heart back, he was going to pursue it. Axel is also genuinely surprised by how much he cares for Roxas - having thought he lost all of his capacity to care when he became a Nobody, and the fact that Roxas proved him wrong only made him care more. Even if he didn’t realise it at first, the idea of getting a heart would’ve been redundant if he didn’t have Roxas to share it with.
All this said, Axel still has a rather merciless streak running through him, and will not worry about killing someone if it was an order. For example, during Chain of Memories, when he is ordered to kill the ‘traitor’, Axel does so swiftly and mercilessly, not caring (because he can’t) that he’d killed Vexen directly in front of Sora. This also shows up nearer the end of the game, when he’s fighting Marluxia. Marluxia uses Naminé as a shield, and Axel was willing to go through her to get to Marluxia - he didn’t care if Naminé died as a result.
[ Strengths/Weaknesses ] :
Axel has an affinity to fire, which means he can freely control and create the element. He also can summon a pair of silver and red weapons called Chakrams, and control those as well, and a combination of the two makes for a formidable opponent. Axel is a skilled fighter, and only considers Xemnas to be stronger than him. Axel can also control the group of lesser Nobodies called Assassins, and like all of the other nobodies, can summon ‘Corridors of Darkness’ which act as link between worlds, and can be used to ‘teleport’ if you’re skilled enough.
Axel’s main strength is the fact that he is extremely intelligent, which he uses to his advantage practically all the time. He’s very laid back, which could be considered a weakness, but because of it, he can come across very friendly and likeable which in certain situations is an advantage, especially if he wants something from the person he is talking to. Axel is very perceptive to people around him, and rarely lets his guard down around people, always analysing, and making mental notes of what makes them tick, so he can manipulate them into ticking for him.
Axel has a tendency to become unorganised and make rash, stupid decisions when something he cares about is under threat, and will go to extreme lengths to protect the thing he cares about, which is only proven by his death-he wanted to protect Roxas, and by extension, Sora. He can have a nasty temper on him under these situations. His arrogance is another one of his weaknesses and it can sometimes make him very pig headed.
[ Other Important Facts ] :
His Chakrams are called ~ETERNAL FLAMES~