OOC: Bio
Player's Name:Ziri
Player LJ: wolfieziri
AIM or Email:ShikaNoOkami or punkahziri0@yahoo.com
Timezone: PST
Other Characters Played: Selphie Tilmitt (Original), Aerith Gainsborough (Original)
Character:Squall Leonhart
Series/Fandom: Final Fantasy VIII
Original or Template version: Template
Age:17
Gender: Female
Species: human
Sexuality: heterosexual (if she has any sexual drive to speak of)
Appearance: Squall is shorter than her canon counter-part, standing at only five-foot-five in her stocking feet, with unruly shoulder-length brown hair and steel-grey eyes. If it weren't for her usually sour expressions, she has an almost doll-like face and pale skin to match. Her most memorable characteristic aside from her glares is the scar that runs from her right temple down over the bridge of her nose to her left cheekbone, a souvenir given to her by her rival Seifer Almasy on the morning of her final exam for the SeeD forces. Both her ears are pierced, and she usually wears plain silver hoops or studs.
Her preferred clothing is black leather pants and a matching jacket with a fur collar that are so well-worn the leather is soft and smooth. Her black boots are also well broken-in, and they add at least another inch and a half to her height when worn. Squall wears white t-shirts or tanktops with this, and black leather gloves, and is never without her Lionheart pendant and ring. She wears a back-mounted holster/scabbard for her gunblade the Lion Heart, and wears several belts that seem to have no purpose aside from her own personal fashion statement. She also has her official SeeD uniform, which she's broken the Garden dress code and wears slacks with the jacket instead of the traditional skirt, because no mercenary operative in her right mind is going into a combat situation in a skirt.
When not in her combat leathers or uniform, she wears tank tops, faded jeans, and workout pants. There are rumors at Garden of her having a set of chocobo and moomba pajama pants, but no one has actually seen her wear them. (This is because they are reserved for Special Occassions Only when she knows there's no way of anyone catching her in them. She'd have to kill them if they did.)
Personality: Having spent her childhood years a very dependent young girl, Squall has built up amazing defenses to hide her personality flaws---only to create new ones. When as a child she would often become distraught when separated from Edean or Ellis, she now forcibly creates a buffer zone between herself and anyone who could possibly get close. She appears cold, inhospitable, caustic, and speaks only when it's painfully necessary. She dislikes interacting with others because she is absolutely terrified of being abandoned if she somehow becomes attached. After the situation with the Sorcerer Ultimus, Squall has slowly begun to unwind, and day by day she brings down the barriers separating her from the rest of the world a little at a time. There's still a lot of room to work with, however.
When she is thinking furiously, she has this unfortunate habit to scowl like she's disgusted with everything. Years of careful practice had almost frozen the fierce expression on her otherwise delicate features. Squall also has a habit of striking a "thinking" pose when she's deep in thought or disgusted with a situation or someone being incredibly stupid. She's very awkward in social situations, clamming up when confronted with the threat of conversations that could possibly be personal and not work-related. She also does not do well with people invading her personal space. While she has begun to accept that there are certain persons that will do this on a regular basis (such as her Template's Zell and Selphie), she does not appreciate strangers doing it.
Abilities/Strengths: Has incredible upper body strength due to training required to wield the gunblade. Squall is also very adept at use of para-magic and guardian forces. She is a natural leader and works well under stress as long as she has something that needs to be done. When people's lives are entrusted to her, Squall will do whatever is necessary to protect them. She has several specialty skills that she's mastered over her years of training with the gunblade, the different variations of her Renzokuken being the Rough Divide, Fated Circle, Blasting Zone, and the Lion Heart.
Squall also comes junctioned with Quezacotl (a lightning-based Guardian Force), Alexander (a Holy-based Guardian Force), and Cerberus (a support-only GF whose skills are boosting stats and defenses and allowing the summoner and their party to cast multiples of spells for the price of only a single casting).
Weaknesses: Anything requiring social interaction at a casual or personal level. Squall will clam up immediately when pressed or approached by someone not inside her inner circle (which is almost completely limited to the orphanage crew, with a few exceptions). She also does not suffer bullying, and will often snap back when taunted, although she is getting over this. Also, though she will never admit it, she is very ticklish, has a soft spot for cute animals, and loves getting backrubs.
She is also absolutely terrified of getting abandoned by those she cares about, so she will either come across as incredibly standoffish or very protective.
History: Born during the final stages of the war with Sorcerer Adel, Squall was left with Edean, a young gentleman who ran an orphanage on the southernmost continent, away from the troubles and dangers of the fighting. There she was raised, and eventually was sent to Balamb Garden when the orphanage closed. It was in Balamb Garden that Squall learned to master the gunblade, and where she used her first GF that wiped all her childhood memories. She transitioned from the clingy young girl to the angsty teenager, fueled by her rivalry with Seifer to become the best, despite her "whatever" attitude. When she graduated with flying colors, Squall soon found herself, and her team, thrust into the middle of a building war between the new Sorcerer Edean and the rest of the world when their skills were hired by the son of Template Army's general.
Edean held Template City in a vice-like grip, slaughtering the President before a crowd gathered for a festival, and commanding their army as they began a search for a young man named Ellis. After countless battles against the Template Garden forces, her own rival Seifer, and the Sorcerer Edean himself, Squall and her team discovered that Edean was under the control of a sorcerer of the future, the fearsome Ultimus, who was seeking to destroy all living things in order to create a new existence in which he was the sole occupant. After nearly losing her mind in the final battle against Ultimus, Squall pulled her team through, and restored time for the whole of their world's existence.
With that battle over, and order restored to the world in general, the only thing left is cleaning up the messes that Ultimus left behind. Having been appointed the commander of Balamb Garden's SeeDs, Squall has found herself as the diplomatic ambassador sent to go straighten things out. She was on her way to Template City to work things out with the General, the headmaster of Template Garden, and the newly appointed President of Template when she found she wasn't quite where she was supposed to be....
Player LJ: wolfieziri
AIM or Email:ShikaNoOkami or punkahziri0@yahoo.com
Timezone: PST
Other Characters Played: Selphie Tilmitt (Original), Aerith Gainsborough (Original)
Character:Squall Leonhart
Series/Fandom: Final Fantasy VIII
Original or Template version: Template
Age:17
Gender: Female
Species: human
Sexuality: heterosexual (if she has any sexual drive to speak of)
Appearance: Squall is shorter than her canon counter-part, standing at only five-foot-five in her stocking feet, with unruly shoulder-length brown hair and steel-grey eyes. If it weren't for her usually sour expressions, she has an almost doll-like face and pale skin to match. Her most memorable characteristic aside from her glares is the scar that runs from her right temple down over the bridge of her nose to her left cheekbone, a souvenir given to her by her rival Seifer Almasy on the morning of her final exam for the SeeD forces. Both her ears are pierced, and she usually wears plain silver hoops or studs.
Her preferred clothing is black leather pants and a matching jacket with a fur collar that are so well-worn the leather is soft and smooth. Her black boots are also well broken-in, and they add at least another inch and a half to her height when worn. Squall wears white t-shirts or tanktops with this, and black leather gloves, and is never without her Lionheart pendant and ring. She wears a back-mounted holster/scabbard for her gunblade the Lion Heart, and wears several belts that seem to have no purpose aside from her own personal fashion statement. She also has her official SeeD uniform, which she's broken the Garden dress code and wears slacks with the jacket instead of the traditional skirt, because no mercenary operative in her right mind is going into a combat situation in a skirt.
When not in her combat leathers or uniform, she wears tank tops, faded jeans, and workout pants. There are rumors at Garden of her having a set of chocobo and moomba pajama pants, but no one has actually seen her wear them. (This is because they are reserved for Special Occassions Only when she knows there's no way of anyone catching her in them. She'd have to kill them if they did.)
Personality: Having spent her childhood years a very dependent young girl, Squall has built up amazing defenses to hide her personality flaws---only to create new ones. When as a child she would often become distraught when separated from Edean or Ellis, she now forcibly creates a buffer zone between herself and anyone who could possibly get close. She appears cold, inhospitable, caustic, and speaks only when it's painfully necessary. She dislikes interacting with others because she is absolutely terrified of being abandoned if she somehow becomes attached. After the situation with the Sorcerer Ultimus, Squall has slowly begun to unwind, and day by day she brings down the barriers separating her from the rest of the world a little at a time. There's still a lot of room to work with, however.
When she is thinking furiously, she has this unfortunate habit to scowl like she's disgusted with everything. Years of careful practice had almost frozen the fierce expression on her otherwise delicate features. Squall also has a habit of striking a "thinking" pose when she's deep in thought or disgusted with a situation or someone being incredibly stupid. She's very awkward in social situations, clamming up when confronted with the threat of conversations that could possibly be personal and not work-related. She also does not do well with people invading her personal space. While she has begun to accept that there are certain persons that will do this on a regular basis (such as her Template's Zell and Selphie), she does not appreciate strangers doing it.
Abilities/Strengths: Has incredible upper body strength due to training required to wield the gunblade. Squall is also very adept at use of para-magic and guardian forces. She is a natural leader and works well under stress as long as she has something that needs to be done. When people's lives are entrusted to her, Squall will do whatever is necessary to protect them. She has several specialty skills that she's mastered over her years of training with the gunblade, the different variations of her Renzokuken being the Rough Divide, Fated Circle, Blasting Zone, and the Lion Heart.
Squall also comes junctioned with Quezacotl (a lightning-based Guardian Force), Alexander (a Holy-based Guardian Force), and Cerberus (a support-only GF whose skills are boosting stats and defenses and allowing the summoner and their party to cast multiples of spells for the price of only a single casting).
Weaknesses: Anything requiring social interaction at a casual or personal level. Squall will clam up immediately when pressed or approached by someone not inside her inner circle (which is almost completely limited to the orphanage crew, with a few exceptions). She also does not suffer bullying, and will often snap back when taunted, although she is getting over this. Also, though she will never admit it, she is very ticklish, has a soft spot for cute animals, and loves getting backrubs.
She is also absolutely terrified of getting abandoned by those she cares about, so she will either come across as incredibly standoffish or very protective.
History: Born during the final stages of the war with Sorcerer Adel, Squall was left with Edean, a young gentleman who ran an orphanage on the southernmost continent, away from the troubles and dangers of the fighting. There she was raised, and eventually was sent to Balamb Garden when the orphanage closed. It was in Balamb Garden that Squall learned to master the gunblade, and where she used her first GF that wiped all her childhood memories. She transitioned from the clingy young girl to the angsty teenager, fueled by her rivalry with Seifer to become the best, despite her "whatever" attitude. When she graduated with flying colors, Squall soon found herself, and her team, thrust into the middle of a building war between the new Sorcerer Edean and the rest of the world when their skills were hired by the son of Template Army's general.
Edean held Template City in a vice-like grip, slaughtering the President before a crowd gathered for a festival, and commanding their army as they began a search for a young man named Ellis. After countless battles against the Template Garden forces, her own rival Seifer, and the Sorcerer Edean himself, Squall and her team discovered that Edean was under the control of a sorcerer of the future, the fearsome Ultimus, who was seeking to destroy all living things in order to create a new existence in which he was the sole occupant. After nearly losing her mind in the final battle against Ultimus, Squall pulled her team through, and restored time for the whole of their world's existence.
With that battle over, and order restored to the world in general, the only thing left is cleaning up the messes that Ultimus left behind. Having been appointed the commander of Balamb Garden's SeeDs, Squall has found herself as the diplomatic ambassador sent to go straighten things out. She was on her way to Template City to work things out with the General, the headmaster of Template Garden, and the newly appointed President of Template when she found she wasn't quite where she was supposed to be....