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Name/handle: Isa/InsertSomthinAwesome
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Pronouns: She/her
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Other characters played: Argenti (Honkai: Star Rail)
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Canon: Arknights
Character: Flamebringer
Canon point: Post Operational Intelligence: Destroyer, Enforcer: Departure Plans, and Luo Xiaohei: Sleepwalker Sailing. He has been with Rhodes Island for a fair amount of time, building a relationship of mutual respect with the Doctor.
Canon intensity: The world of Arknights faces constant threat from intense and devastating natural disasters called catastrophes, a kind of disease called oripathy, which currently has no known cure and is terminal, and there is frequent bloodshed, war, insurgence, uprising, and the like. Flamebringer himself is a mercenary who has had to kill others to protect himself, and has faced persecution both for his race, and for his status as an infected, someone afflicted with oripathy. On screen death, genocide, racism, and other dark topics are very common.
World information: Arknights takes place on the world of Terra, which is a world that has tech a bit further in the future than real life, and has a mix of Sci-fi and fantasy elements, with more weight being put on the sci-fi aspect. Still, people have ‘Arts’ which manifest like magical powers (although magic does exist and is a separate power). There are cities built upon moving tread-vehicles so as to avoid the Catastrophes that plague Terra, a flying city/station called Rhodes Island, and many other examples of high-tech that surpasses our own.
Character biofacts: 32 years old, Male, Sarkaz (subspecies unspecified), 6’1”/190cm
About the character: Flamebringer’s origin and past are shrouded in mystery. When he relinquished information to Rhodes Island in order to apply for their contract, he supplied very little information. He was born in Kazdel, the only purely sarkaz nation on the face of Terra, he has 15 years of combat experience, and he provided a name of individuals who had fallen to his blade in battle.
He prefers to keep to himself, he is not interested in idle chit-chat or building relationships or rapport with his fellow operators and co-workers on Rhodes Island. In fact his disposition and history are so off putting that many straight up try to avoid him, seeing him as someone dangerous or scary to be around. He’s given no sign this bothers him in the slightest. He is a self proclaimed wandering swordsman, a lonely and solitary road has been the one he has walked for years, although it has not always been this way.
W, a fellow recruited operator on Rhodes Island, and an individual who has worked with Flamebringer in the past, is one of the few members of Rhodes Island to know anything about the mystery shrouded swordsmaster beyond what credentials and information he’ll willingly put forward. Together they both worked with the Infected terrorist organization, Reunion, For a short period of time, before Flamebringer defected along with some fellow sarkaz mercenaries. Flamebringer found the way Reunion fought to be tasteless, and he had no interest in joining their wanton destruction and bloodshed. W is more entertained by his defection than anything, even though she does try to convince him to stay. In the face of his obstinate answer of ‘no’ however, she simply lets him go.
Before he leaves however, she slyly implies she might know a thing or two about who was responsible for the deaths of his old co-workers, a mercenary team of which Flamebringer has implied himself to have been the captain. Of this old sarkaz mercenary team, Flamebringer is the sole survivor. Whether it be that he seeks revenge, or simply seeks answers, he is intrigued by the things W implies in her roundabout way.
And whatever she did imply, leads him to Rhodes Island’s doorstep. Where he runs into someone he has met before, and even worked under in the distant past, under a different organization with a different name. The Doctor.
The Doctor is one of the only people he actively seeks to talk to, his attitude around them is arrogant, but underneath all his bluster... he seems to be looking for something, or expecting something. Regardless of his intentions, they have a strange, but growing relationship. Some would even say behind close doors that they’ve grown to be friends.
And rather comically, despite his off-putting attitude, the Doctor is not the only friend he has made during his stay on Rhodes Island. And to any outsider, the particular group he ended up becoming friends with only adds to the sense of comedy.
Flamebringer enjoys gardening as a hobby. A fact strange enough that many find it surprising and strange. He exercises this hobby using the greenhouse on Rhodes owned by Lena, operator name Perfumer. The two become unlikely friends through their common interest. Even more unlikely, Flamebringer has bonded with the other frequent visitors to the garden, and the friends that accompany them. He refers to this group in batch as ‘the girls’, as most of them are young, not even being adults. His cold attitude was intimidating at first, but underneath that the girls found someone who was patient, and willing to help them out in their gardening endeavors whenever they needed a second pair of hands or a sounding board, so despite it all they forged a bond. This trickled down to friends of friends, the likes of Popukar as an example, Flamebringer mostly knows because she is friends with Suzuran, rather than because of her also working at the greenhouse.
If you were to ask Flamebringer about his relationship to the girls he would dismiss it as them having common interests, but many operators have noticed a deep and fierce protectiveness whenever they are deployed in pairs or a group on the field. Many have confessed that facing the hoards of their enemies would be less terrifying than facing the enraged Flamebringer when protecting his friends.
Another unusual interaction was his encounter with the young sankta Executor, Ezell, operator name Enforcer. Ezell has a personal mission that requires going to Kazdel to fulfill, and thus, was asking many sarkaz operators what they knew about Kazdel. The sankta and the sarkaz have a bloody history, neither being fond of the other, and many willing to kill the other on sight or slight. Despite all of this, and the warnings of far friendlier sarkaz operators who could tell Ezell’s intentions were pure, Ezell continues to seek out council from sarkaz operators. This brings him to Flamebringer’s metaphorical doorstep. Flamebringer brushes of Ezell’s mission to go to Kazdel as suicide, thinking the young sankta naive and foolhardy to try. He goes as far to cut Ezell with the gardening shears he was using and pin the sankta to the wall, acting every bit the bloodthirsty beast the sankta misconstrue the sarkaz as, all to prove that if Ezell went to Kazdel, he would be dead in a second. He lets Ezell go with this warning, having no personal desire to kill Ezell, only to stop a stupid boy from making a stupid mistake.
Flamebringer has many introspective thoughts about life, the meaning behind it all, and the way it weaves itself between the hearts of men and the leaves of plants. His pursuit of the blade and his pursuit of gardening both wrap into this, and he has been known to use his gardening hobby as a way to express his musings and thoughts on many deeper feelings he has towards life, its fleetingness, and its meaning. During this particularly turbulent time of conflict on the world of Terra, it may be that both these aspects of his life are how he explores the meaning of life itself.
Abilities: He is very physically capable, able to wield a sword that is taller than himself with ease. On top of that he has the ability to summon and manipulate fire. Said fire can manifest as a demonic looking head used more as an intimidation tactic, as it also simply bursts into flame upon contact. He has been noted several times as being an incredibly skilled and deadly combatant with many notable kills to his name.
Noteworthy items: He carries two swords, one which is an averaged sized katana, and the other which is a greatsword that is longer than his own height, he can wield one, or both at a time with ease. Around his neck there is a simple black collar (it looks plastic in material) with blue LED lights. Any person from Terra will recognize it as a suppression collar that helps the infected keep their arts under their control.
Mixed gender room ok?: yes
Player content notes/squicks: Anything related to sexual assault, and a heads up on any situation where my IC character will be held accountable/blamed for something large (ie death, a pandemic, a large misunderstanding) would be great so I can emotionally prepare or check in OOC that there hasn’t been actual anger or misunderstanding.
Anything else: N/A
Voice samples:
Flamebringer and Aventurine,
Flamebringer and Jun Ushiro,
Flamebringer and Kisa,
Chirithy and Flamebringer