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Kingdom Academy Character App
Name: Shino Tenpi
Galiant: N/A
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Class: Teacher / Keyblade Master

Appearance
Height: 5'11
Weight: 210
Hair: short & Black
Eyes: Dark Blue
Skin: slightly tanned
Build/Body Type: average

Personality: Shino now tends to stay emotionally distant from most people, but that's only because, he's afraid of to get close to, too many others people. he will make an exception for people who leave an memorable mark for him. Shino also tends to get loss in thought alot, but in the field he's always focused, though he is loss cannon, and tends to have trouble listening to anyone who he doesn't consider a friend. as a soldier, he's attitude prone, and tends to have problems listening to orders but he only does so when he believe there's a better way other then his orders or when he's not emotionally compromised.
Likes: Raman, Saki,
Dislikes: Loud people,
Fears: Loss of a close friend/lover.

Weapon: Swallow
Abilities:

• Time Splitter- Utilizing a time spell, the user manipulates time to stop, everything around them to attack the target (only with their weapon, without any other magic), the process works in quick burst of time manipulation, the user seems to appear attack then vanish again, just to appear attack and vanish again. this process can be done a max of 4 times. (this skill takes a spell spot and a ability spot) and its reach is 10 feet for every stat point in speed/agility)
  
• Elemental Dodge- The user dives and rolls out of the way, with a Lightning barrier.
  
• Double jump
  
• Arial Recovery
  
• Wall Run- user can run against vertical surfaces
  
• Strike raid- the user throws his weapon at the target, once the weapon hits or misses the target the weapon comes back, to the users hand and the user can repeat this process 4 times.
  

Spells:

• Time Splitter
  
• Blind- The user causes one of his Targets to go blind for a short period
  
• Chameleons- The user becomes invisible for a short while.
  
• Drain- the user sucks some Health away from the target to replenishes his own.
  
• Fira: Shoots a medium sized burst of flame.
  
• Torrent- Shots a strong wave of water at the target.
  

Strengths: close combat expert | fast speed/ Reflexes
Weaknesses: taking/obeying orders | Range fighting | Lack of trust.

Stats

• HP: 92
  
• MP: 40
  
  
• Attack: 22
  
• Defense:23
  
• Magic Attack:20
  
• Magic Defense:21
  
• Speed/Agility:24
  

Bio: Shino was introduced to the magic teachings at a young age on his world. though he was train toward magic he seemed to excel more in physical powers. though his training went well, Shino gave in to his darkness at the age of 17. for years Shino became a prominent soldier for the dark kingdom mainly expertise involved espionage. finally upon a mission into the light kingdom, Shino was caught by an old friend, their a battle ensued between them, the outcome unfortunately was the death of his old friend. at that moment Shino realized his anger is getting the best of him, and decided he will try to change. . He then join the academy soon after, where he trained to control his darkness, though emotionally, he's more stable, he never let go of his darkness, instead he began to manipulate it, to his advantage. This behavior has lead him to be in-tune with his darkness, though he's dangerously on the edge, the academy decided to let him teach in very special occasions when he's not on the battlefield. Shino mainly teaches about the dangers of the darkness, while he's not away in orders on the battlefield. Though at any time he in service Shino is always on watch, due to his past.


Keyblade Audition Form

Code:
Kingdom Academy Keyblade App

Keeper: Shino Tenpi
Name: Midnights Nightmare
Appearance:
Additional enhancements: Allows Shino to enter, his Nightmare Drive:
Nightmare Drive: Shino's embrace to his darkness. in this form Shino body becomes almost completely black, while his eye glow a bright and eerie red. in this form he cannot talk, and his speed stat increases by 5. in this drive shino can become immune to all dark magic, and can warp quickly around the battle field.
Backstory: (if before Fifth Year)

Kingdom Academy Character App
Name: Shion Gale
Galiant: The Good Fairies (Merry Weather Preffered)
Age: 18
Gender: female
Class: Student - Fourth year

Appearance At first glance shion is not what you’d expect from a “knight – in – training”. Small and petite, pale with dark circles under her eyes- shion looks, rather sickly in fact to behold. The only telltale sign of her extensive training is in the muscle tone in her arms and legs. Shion uses her small stature to her advantage, winding her way around her targets but it’s clear she could not endure very much damage if actually caught. She is rarely seen wearing anything other than befitting the dress code with some pieces of armor. Shion wears her hair back in small loose twin braids.
Height: 5ft
Weight: 110
Hair: semi long past shoulders In a soft white hue.
Eyes: Brown
Skin: Originally darker due to nationality but paler then normal.
Build/Body Type: Thin but built due to extensive training.

Personality:
If you could summarize Shion in one word, that would be “protective”. A true embodiment of what you’d expect of a guardian type of person. Shion is very attentive to her peers and protective of those who are in need. It’ is uncertain where she developed this complex from, but Shion takes it upon herself to be personally responsible for the common man’s safety if it is within her power to take action. Some say she walks in the footsteps of her grandfather a renown knight from her home town-but she claims her family has no influence over her decision to study the art of combat, only her single minded desire to be the – “ The ward that stands in the way of the weak and the evil.”
While Shion is a bit of a busybody she isn’t above having fun. If you don’t want to spar, she likes to go for walks outside, and enjoys it with a fervor that seems strange- like every time is the first time she’s seen the outside world. Coming from the country you’d imagine she’d be used to such exploration.
Likes: Fish ( she keeps a small glass bowl with a beta), Fairy tale books, swords- as in she takes a particular interest in how certain ones are made and approaches each kind like examining the way a person thinks-“ Rapiers are no-nonsense but not without grace, don’t you think?”
Dislikes: Needless violence. While Shion fights herself- she does so with the attitude she has no other choice left. Near sightedness, a lot of the troubles of the world Shion think could be solves if people can simply see beyond what’s in front of them, if someone is complaining about something very simple and miniscule against the grand scale of bigger things in the world, she simply will not care. So don’t complain to her that you have too much homework. Clutter. While Shion isn’t not THE CLEANEST person in the world, she does like to keep what she needs and nothing more in her living space except for those small eco bottle and her pet fish.
And finally Pears: there’s no really good particular reason why she dislikes them- maybe the mushiness, the taste, but SHE HATES PEARS.
Fears: Succumbing to something she will not say. Whatever it is, she claims it is why her hair went grey. That’s all she’ll tell you.
Weapon: Twin Rapiers.
Abilities:

• High Jump – Massive leaps reaching high altitudes, double a normal jump.
  
• Acute Accuracy – Once scan is established Shion will not lose sight of her target and most likely her specific hits WILL land correctly. In conjunction with Flurry of Blows this is deadly combo.
  
• Scan – After a moment’s time to survey the enemy Shion can acquire a fairly accurate assessment of weaknesses, strengths and weak points of a target. This assessment become more in-depth after a full rotation observation of the target and the first hand to hand combat. (This is limited to things readable on the surface from the perspective of a warriors skills of observation and sensory. This however will not reveal hidden skills, like if the character knows specific spells. )
  
• Flurry of Blows – Building up a peak of stamina to spend, Shion will deliver an assault of blows in rapid succession to her target.
  
• Superior Dodging – rolling, jumping, crouching, ect- Shion is determined to not be hit and will use every motion, trick and her smaller statue to secure the best evade possible.
  
• Elemental Blade Shift. ( Once per encounter Shion can activate one elemental rune on her sword. This elemental cannot be changed until the battle is over and cannot be deactivated to become neutral again-The encounter MUST be over first before it can be reset.)
  

Spells:

• Arcane Platforms – Metaphysical platforms are summoned up out of thin air for Shion to use to maneuver at a full 3 dimensional range of motion around the battle field. She uses her jump to gain various levels of height and angles to drop in on the enemy.
  
• Multitude of Phantasmal Blades – Within the flurry of her cape she summons several duplicates of her rapiers. Grabbing these she can launch them at enemies where upon impact they will disappear, or instead control them in a whirlwind sword dance around her body for a more defensive/offensive attack if she is surrounded.
  
• Double Figure – While charging full speed or evading her figure can blur and seem to be in multiple places and positions at once making ti harder for the enemy to land a correct hit.
  
• Haste – Magic, increases speed by 3 for 5 posts.
  
• Cure – Heal minor injuries.
  
• Repulse- (Non-elemental/ or the selected element from the predetermined setting of the blade) Carving a rune into the ground, Shion flips backwards, digs her sword tips into the ground and slashing them outwards creating a force repulse to push back oncoming targets directly ahead of her.
  

Strengths: Agility, speed, attack and accuracy. Shion is all about zeroing in on her target, making the quickest slash finish and getting out just as quickly. A style more suited to an assassin- had she not taken the gaurdian’s approach, attacking directly instead of from behind – in order to draw the targets attention and fire.
Weaknesses: Low stamina and endurance. As a tradeoff for her strengths she has one fatal flaw and that is her physical endurance and defense. It’s believed beneath the speed is a fragile body, and if caught Shion cannot endure much damage before rendered unconscious. Also the level of physical strain she does endure to keep her speed and dodge perfect is extremely taxing and so Shion become easily tried after the heat of battle passes. She will often retire to her room after longer training, or sit aside to rest after a battle.

Stats

• HP: 36
  
• MP: 30
  
  
• Attack: 21
  
• Defense: 9
  
• Magic Attack: 15
  
• Magic Defense: 14
  
• Speed/Agility: 21
  

Bio: Shion arrives at the academy with a mission in mind. Originally from the Enchanted Dominion (Sleeping Beauty’s homeworld) Shion grew up in the city capitol as a child of one of the knights in the kingdoms service. While it was her grandfather who made a name for himself for his skills, his son who took on after him was not as successful, contracting an illness which rid him of his strength. With no son to claim his role, eyes turned away and took no notice of the grand daughter who began to show great promise in combat. It is rumored her interest flared into passion after the events concerning the kingdom's take over took place when she was a child.

Shion doesn’t talk much about what happened but since that day she began to pursue the role of being a knight despite the social norm of her country. This drew in the attention of the The Good Fairies. Discovering the girl fending off the enemy behind the courtyard, it was Merry Weather who sympathized with Shion’s desires and together with her sisters they spirited her away with their magic, having seen potencial in her heart- and a hope for the future.
With heavy hearts her parents looked on as their daughter disappeared into the night beyond the bounderies of their world, praying she could outrun not just the choas and darkness but something else entirely.

From then on until she came of age Shion grew up in traverse town. The faries encouraged her to look to the Kingdom Academy for the sake of her country and for a way to become a protector of the realm.
Since her arrival, Shion is known to be a very deligent and studious person- moving up the ranks quickly.

Determined to become a knight to protect those who cannot do so themselves, while she still has the strength to do so- there is a sense of urgency and race against time with this girl and it is this which drew the three fairies to come together around her on her journey, offering their aid and support whenever she needs them. To which Shion is eternally grateful and swears she will not disappoint their hopes in her.

Kingdom Academy Character App
Name: Cloe
Galiant: Snow White
Age: Unknown (looks between 11-13)
Gender: Female?
Class: 4th Year Princess of Heart

Appearance “What is a child doing here???”
Cloe is not a child despite appearances, and she’s been roughly this stature and size for over 10 years since her discovery in the Dwarf Woodlands realm. Cloe is strangely ethereal in appearance, dainty and small- her hair moves unusually with a weightless bounce when he walks, at any moment it appears she could just float away like a lil dandelion puff.
Height: 4’3
Weight: 50pnds - weightless
Hair: Long, seemignly untempt and wild- but not in an unpleasent way- this mass of growing lengths is white til it reaches the tips and takes on a more greenish hue giving the resemblances of sprouting shoots then real hair.
Eyes: Deep Green.
Skin: Pale- tinted green sheen at times.
Build/Body Type: Tiny, thin and willowy.

Personality: Cloe at the time being seems very naïve and innocent but there is a hint of something older, bigger and more complex beneath the veil of the first impression she gives you. She’s knowledgable on an instinctive level of the ways of the living world and makes no effort to hide what she knows when something is important. If she senses something is wrong she won’t hesitate to tell someone. Overall she has a very nurturing persona reflective of her exposure to Snow white’s influence, and her attentive nature has only grown since then, developing into a desire to ‘become more’- in what way has yet to be seen and she seeks the answer at the Academy in the experiences she hopes to have with more people.
Likes: To collect big bottles of water, sunbathing, running around barefoot ( she doesn’t like wearing shoes very much), spending time in the apothecary.
Dislikes: Fire, pollution and decay-rot. Shoes- she prefers to run around without them and will often be in trouble for not wearing them indoors. Senseless destruction-Like seeing plants being trampled or harms without good reason. Short sightedness for convenience= Sloth.
Fears: Decay.
Utilities: Bag of seeds, Potions bottles.
Abilities:

• Weightless body: As a form of permanent Glide Cloe’s body can take to the air and drift or glide using the wind currents.
  
• Environmental Superior Evade: Specific / limited to natural woodland or organic environments- Cloe’s body can fuse with the field and phase through threes, bury under moss and dirt to escape capture and evade attacks. (Evade/speed + 5)
  
• Leaf Bracer: Cloe while healing cannot be interrupted.
  
• Cure Boost: Increases cure spell by one stage.
  
• Sprout Wings: Cloe’s body sprouts leafy wing appendages, they give off a pollen/aura that casts various effects on the party/ or when wrapped around her body they provide her last line of defense behind her barriers. (Prerequisite to Aura Mist/ Curaza Group cast/ Or Magic defense Maxed ( vulnerable to fire) Sproutings
  
• Enhanced Cure: Cloe's Cure level can remove one status which increases with Level.
  

Spells:

• Regen Aura: While leaf appendages are out Cloes body gives off a healing radiance and mist that when inhaled for a period of time casts regen on surrounding party. Lasts 5 posts or when characters walk further away than 10 feet.
  
• Sprout Wings: Cloe’s body sprouts leafy wing appendages, they give off a pollen/aura that casts various effects on the party/ or when wrapped around her body they provide her last line of defense behind her barriers. (Prerequisite to Aura Mist/ Curaza Group cast/ Or Magic defense Maxed ( vulnerable to fire).
  
• Cure: Small healing for minor injuries + removal of 1 status ailment.
  
• Cura: Normal level healing for basic injuries.+removal of 2 status ailments.
  
• Curaga: Significant Healing for serious injuries, in combination with Sprout Wings it can be cast on whole party. + removal of 3 status ailments.
  
• Aloes Wall: Cloe’s main mode for defense and battle/support. Unlike the spells name this is a literal construct that gets in-between the attacker and defender to cancel out or take the brunt of the blow. This shield can take on various shapes and sizes to provide superior cover from singular to the full party.
  

Strengths: Superior Magical Defense, Natural/Environmental evade in specific battlefields.
Weaknesses: She’s vulnerable to Fire, and attack is nonexistent.

Stats

• HP: 84
  
• MP: 40
  
  
• Attack: 7
  
• Defense: 21
  
• Magic Attack: 20
  
• Magic Defense: 21
  
• Speed/Agility: 11
  

Bio: Her little planet, no bigger than a moon was inhabited by only a few tribes of people. They had little to no defense against the oncoming darkness that quickly blocked out the sun and killed the world tree that sustained their home. Before the last breath of life was snuffed out, from within the roots a small light took to the air and drifted away- this last descendant of the Emerald Moon, this is the seed of their world and with her goes the hopes for a new beginning someday when the tides turn.
Cloe landed in the Dwarf Woods 10 years ago before the darkness caught up with her. Taken under the caring wing of Snow white the child returned the princesses kindness and against the assailent enemy Cloes magical potential surfaced. Ultimately the seedling child was responsible for their escape. As time passed in Traverse Town her magical capabilities continued to grow in contrast to her form. Once she surpassed what anyone could teach her Cloe was sent to the Academy to continue her progression.

Name: Eraqus
Galiant: Yen Sid
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Class: Headmaster

Appearance
Height: 5'10
Weight: 165 lbs
Hair: Black, tied in a topknot with a single clumped strand falling in front of the right side of his face.
Eyes: Steel Gray
Skin: Tan, Oriental
Build/Body Type: Lean, yet sturdy; scarred, with two prominent marks on his face: one vertically over his right eye, and another across his left cheek.

Personality: Eraqus is a man of conviction, dedicating his life--in all its entirety--to the cause of the Light. He has focused on the greater good since before memory, and does whatever he can to aid those in need. Sacrifice is nothing new to him, and he is willing to sacrifice whatever is necessary to guaranty the prosperity of life, of good, and of the Light of the universe, no matter how much it pains him.

He has never loved romantically; his convictions simply leave no room for a simple life of romance. However, through his years as commander, and furthermore as Headmaster, he realized too well what he had missed as a result: the feeling of fatherhood. In battle, he looked after his subordinates as if they were his own children, and now at the Academy, he has come to see each of his pupils--even though he has yet to personally teach--as his family. As a result, though often strict, he still comes off as paternal, doing what he can to help each and every one of his students through reassurance and discipline.

And yet, even he has scars, both skin deep and otherwise. Scarred by the Darkness that obliterated his childhood, he has trouble seeing it as anything more than a destructive, purely evil force. Consequently, he tends to be intolerant of dark thoughts and tendencies. If pushed, there is a very real danger that he will strike out, blinded by his dedication to the Light and, in cruel irony, feeding the darkness of his rage. Once calmed, he may be filled with regret over his actions, but it takes a great deal of effort to reach such a point. This intolerance tends to strain his relationship with Yen Sid, but even after all these years, his Galiant has never given up on him, and continues to help him temper his anger with the wisdom that comes with balance.

Likes: Light, training, compassion, his students and faculty
Dislikes: Darkness, pointless sloth, lack of integrity
Fears: Losing students to the Darkness

Weapon: Arclight [Katana]
Abilities:

• Scan
  
• HP Boost+++ - Eraqus' body is hardened by decades of war. As a result, he has a massive boost to life force.
  
• Dark Screen+ - A veteran of the ongoing war, with decades of extensive training, Eraqus takes only half-damage from dark-related attacks, and is resistant to dark influence.
  
• Physical Mastery+++ - Eraqus has honed and trained his body for decades, giving him heightened movement skills. Includes High Jump+++, Quick Run+++, and Aerial Dodge+++.
  
• Flash Step - Eraqus can disappear and reappear nearby instantly in a flash of Light; usually used to begin or end combos. Can be enhanced via {Seal}.
  
• MP Hastega - Eraqus' mana regenerates rapidly once fully emptied, returning to full within two posts.
  
• Light Boost - Eraqus' Light-elemental attacks have increased potency from years of specialized training.
  
• En-Light - Eraqus can choose to imbue all his physical attacks with the Light element, making even normal strikes deal increased damage to foes of the dark.
  
• True Bond - Until Eraqus is fully knocked out, Yen Sid's health cannot reach 0.
  
• Status Block {K} - Eraqus' status cannot be directly hindered in any way.
  
• Bracer++ {K} - Eraqus' actions, be they attacks, spells, or items, cannot be interrupted.
  
• Counter++ {K} - Eraqus' blocks can accurately and fluidly counter strikes as well as projectiles, literally twisting them and throwing them back at the attacker.
  
• Blades of Sanctity - Eraqus summons a host of Light-formed blades shaped as his keyblade to surround him, blades pointed outward and defending him from assault. Anyone within the blades range is immediately struck by the nearest blade for Light damage. The blades phase harmlessly through allies.
  
  
• Armor of the Master {K} - While wielding his Keyblade, Eraqus has the option to summon his personal armor. This armor allows him to travel through the Lanes Between unhindered, and it enhances his abilities manifold (noted by {Armor}). This armor is reserved for personal travel and intense battle. While travel takes no toll, battle in this armor can cause great exertion. In battle, he may choose between three separate battle styles: Critical Impact, Spellweaver, and Fever Pitch.
  • Critical Impact - A battle style emphasizing brute force over all else; increases Attack by 4 in return for lowering Magic Attack and Speed by 2.
  • Spellweaver - A battle style emphasizing mystic power over all else; increases Magic Attack by 4 in return for lowering Attack and Speed by 2.
  • Fever Pitch - A battle style emphasizing lethal speed over all else; increases Speed by 4 in return for lowering Attack and Magic Attack by 2.
  • Seal of the Master - Upon the successful use of Condemning Chains, Eraqus invokes a magic seal, clearly visible hovering over his back. This Seal unleashes Eraqus' true fighting style, returning his stats to normal before boosting his Attack, Magic Attack, and Speed by two and further enhancing some of his abilities for three turns, noted by {Seal}.

Spells:

• Divine Sphere - Eraqus charges himself with Light magic before swinging his blade, unleashing a human-sized flying sphere of Light energy at his target; this can be done multiple times in quick succession.
  
• Blinding Blade - Eraqus rushes his opponent in a blur of motion for a single, powerful strike; this can be done multiple times in quick succession.
  Iaido Assault {Seal} - Eraqus disappears all together, and without warning, the target or targets are struck numerous times in the blink of an eye, with Eraqus reappearing nearby. The sum total of hits adds up to five (5).
• Fiery Halo - Eraqus swings his blade, firing off a rapidly-spinning circle of Light-fire.
  
• Blades of Judgment - After using Blades of Sanctity, Eraqus can launch the Light-formed blades outward, either indiscriminately or targeted. On contact with an enemy, they will pierce through like an actual blade before disappearing; on contact with anything else, they will simply explode with Light energy. The blades phase harmlessly through allies.
  
• Blades of Radiance - After using Blades of Sanctity, Eraqus can channel energy through the blades to unleash mighty beams of Light energy outward throughout the battlefield. These streams of magic feel like searing flames to the touch. After a few seconds, the blades and their respective beams begin to revolve around Eraqus for a short period, damaging all enemies they touch. This attack consumes the Blades of Sanctity.
  
• Divine Pillars - After charging up for a few moments, causing a distinct aura of light to surround him, Eraqus summons Light-formed blades, evenly separated around him. He then leaps into the air, and at the peak of his jump, the blades launch diagonally into the ground. On contact with the ground, the blades explode, and a massive pillars of Light-fire erupt from their landing points into the sky. These pillars immediately begin to move around the battlefield, each targeting the closest opponent for three posts before simply vanishing; they pass over allies harmlessly.
  
  
• Condemning Chains {Armor} - Eraqus fires off multiple streams of light-formed chains simultaneously at a single target, which come in at multiple angles. If even one chain hits, the target becomes locked in place, immobile and unable to act, until the chains are broken. The target may struggle against the chains, adding their Attack stat to their struggle total each turn; the total needed to break the chains is the total of Eraqus' Magic Attack at the time of casting. As a result of a successful binding, Seal of the Master is activated.
  
• Radiant Seal {Seal} - Eraqus can quickly summon a seal, identical to the one on his back, to interrupt an opponent mid-action, potentially tripping them up and opening them to his own assault.
  
• Critical Impact ~ Meteor Upheaval {Armor} - A high-energy move that requires a post to charge; Eraqus fires the Condemning Chains at his target; these chains have a longer range and a much faster rate of flight. If they connect, he begins to charge his assault. He leaps high into the air and hovers there, untouchable, before firing off numerous chains from his blade down into the ground, spread around. On contact, the chains begin to pull up a massive chunk of the battlefield and, once the mass is at a decent height, Eraqus launches it at his target(s), dropping back to the ground as it begins its terrifying descent. Counts as Physical damage. Allies are unaffected.
  
• Spellweaver ~ Iridescence {Armor} - A high-energy move that requires a post to charge; Eraqus leaps high into the air and hovers there, untouchable, before unleashing spiraling chains down into the ground, which vanish. Afterward, lines of colored Light trace along the ground in unique, random patterns. Each color is associated with a different status effect. Once every color had been done once, the attack ends and he returns. Allies are unaffected.
• Fever Pitch ~ Roaring Winds {Armor} - A high-energy move that requires a post to charge; Eraqus leaps high into the air and hovers there, untouchable, before unleashing two sets of spiraling chains down into the ground, which vanish. Where the chains struck the ground, two large twisters form and begin to trail around the battlefield, following the nearest opponents. Those caught in the twisters take constant damage. Allies are unaffected.

Strengths: Attack, Magic Attack, Speed
Weaknesses: Defense, Magic Defense

Stats

• HP: 97 (92+5)
  
• MP: 50
  
  
• Attack: 25
  
• Defense: 23
  
• Magic Attack: 25
  
• Magic Defense: 22
  
• Speed/Agility: 25

Bio: Eraqus is a man who was forced to grow up far too early. Raised in the Realm of Light, he was a child full of love and optimism, always seeing the good in people and the bright side in a clouded day. But before he had even reached adolescence, the Darkness stripped his family, his friends, and his entire life away. Forced to age beyond his years, he grew bitter, hardened by fighting, training, and striving to ensure justice not just for his own loss, but for all the loss the Darkness had ever caused.

It was through his hard work that he caught the attention of the Keyblade Masters, and he too eagerly accepted their proposal to be whisked away and trained--it was not as if he had any home to miss. There, in his early teens, he continued to push himself, mastering what he was given and pushing onward. His dedication, slowly bordering on obsession, caused some concern in his instructors. Too often had they seen the outcome of his chosen path; they began to discuss terminating his training.

However, a young mage apprentice, himself only a few years older, stepped forward and argued in favor of the boy. The instructors, he argued, had not attempted to speak to Eraqus on his own level; rather than empathizing with his motives, they had merely attempted to snip them in the bud. Nurturing his desire for justice with light and guidance, this apprentice argued, could prevent a seed of darkness from taking root. And so it was that the mage apprentice became Eraqus' ally, his tutor, his friend, and his Galiant--Yen Sid.

Yen Sid was not the only one to stand by Eraqus' side. Another student, one that had joined around the same time as he, had become a close companion and friend through the years of training. Within the first year, the two became inseparable, brothers in blood and bond. Rising through the classes as peerless prodigies, these two warriors, alongside Yen Sid, were each given the Mark of Mastery exam, and all three passed, each becoming a Master in their own right. Together, they leapt through the field of battle, taking each victory and defeat in stride. In time, they became unrivaled, leading the forces of Light in perhaps the longest period of success they had seen.

It was not meant to be. The two friends' views began to conflict. Eraqus stood firm, devoutly against any form of Darkness. His friend, on the contrary, began to research into the ideas of balance, and how to properly tame the primal force for the better of all. They came to words, and then to blows. And so it goes that Eraqus' longest friend, Xehanort, left him a broken man on the battlefield before defecting from the Light.

Though his wounds would heal, his heart was broken, reminding him all too clearly of how the Darkness stripped him of his earlier life. His determination once more boiled over into obsession, and it was only by Yen Sid's power that he did not immediately charge back into the war. Instead, the partners stepped away from the chaos for a time of reprieve, to let old wounds heal and scar once again.

It was around this time that the headmaster of Kingdom Academy passed away. Though many were potentially eligible for the position, Eraqus and Yen Sid felt the calling was inescapable. The risks were obvious. The Darkness would soon push, sensing too easily the change in guard. Those who took their place would potentially falter, having never faced such forces without their leading lights.

Yet it was this exact reason that they felt obligated to leave the front for good. Who better to guaranty the growth and prosperity of the future soldiers than the best soldiers that had seen war and lived to tell of it? If given enough time, the two could ensure that the coming generations were stronger, smarter, and better than all those that had come before. And perhaps, Eraqus could prevent a repeat of what he went through, seeing yet more fall to the temptations of the dark.

With heavy hearts, the two accepted their positions as Headmasters. The cost, as they would soon find, would be unfathomable losses; they hoped, beyond hope, that in years to come, it would all be worth it.


Kingdom Academy Keyblade App

Name: Master Keeper
Appearance: The Master Keeper
Additional enhancements: Attack +3, Defense +3, Magic Attack +3, Magic Defense +3, Agility +3. Upgrades certain skills, and allows use of Armor of the Master.

Name: Cid Highwind
Galiant: Gopher
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Class: Teacher(Engineering)

Appearance
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 167 lbs.
Hair: Platinum Blond, short, sticks up/out. Bit of stubble on his chin and jaw, usually a 5 o'clock shadow
Eyes: Blue
Skin: Fair
Build/Body Type: Muscular

Personality: Gruff on the outside, softie on the inside. Tends to speak bluntly and roughly, but acts more like a 'papa bear' than anything malicious. Tough love is pretty much his schtick when it comes to teaching.
Likes: Flying, comfortable clothes, smoking, a good beer or shot, large dogs
Dislikes: Small dogs(yappy rats to him), opulence, hoity-toity people
Fears: Drowning

Weapon: Spear
Abilities:

• Dragon's Jump - Cid can leap multiple stories into the air; includes and surpasses High Jump +++.
  
• Aerial Dodge+++ - Cid can twist himself in midair, using an evasive maneuver to enact a second jump equal to High Jump+++.
  
• Aerial Recovery
  
• Fire Screen+ - Cid takes half damage from the fire element.
  
• Explosive Screen+ - Cid takes half damage from explosion-- or shockwave-type attacks. He is also inherently shielded from his own explosives by his bond with Gopher.
  
• Explosive Boost - An expert in concussive destruction, any of Cid's attacks or spells that result in explosives have increase strength (+2) and damage radius.
  
• HP Boost+ - Cid's HP is increased by a decent amount.
  
• Attack Boost+ - Cid's Attack is increased by 2.
  
• Attack Bracer - Cid cannot be interrupted while physically attacking or preparing a physical attack.
• Falling Skewer - If Cid manages to strike an opponent after reaching the peak of a Dragon Jump, the damage is double his Attack.
  
• Dynamite - Gopher tosses Cid a stick of dynamite, which he lights before tossing. Determined by Attack.
  
• Explosive Skewer - Cid attaches a stick of dynamite to the tip of his spear before landing after a Dragon's Jump. If he connected with a target, that target takes triple his Attack. All enemies caught in the explosion take a full dose of his Attack, as well.
• Dragon Dive - Cid enhances his Dragon's Leap and Falling Skewer with two things: a temporary speed-boost, and smaller bombs. He then jumps and falls six (6) times in rapid succession, with each landing having an individual bomb go off. If hit directly, one skewer-bomb does 150% Attack. If only struck by an explosive aftershock, does 50% Attack.
  
• Big Brawl - Cid momentarily goes berserk, enhancing his Attack and Speed by 50% and launching himself into the fray, striking a total of eight (8) times spread out over up to eight enemies.
  
• Highwind - Cid leaps into the air with eighteen (18) sticks of enhanced dynamite. At the peak of his jump, he begins to twist around and throw them haphazardly down at the enemy, sometimes one-by-one, sometimes in clusters. Each dynamite stick does his half his Attack. Afterward, Gopher is exhausted and cannot supply more dynamite for 3 turns.

Spells:

• Dragon - Cid enhances a stick of dynamite with his own magic before throwing it into the air, where it explodes into a mystic fireworks-dragon. After spiraling rapidly above the battlefield, showering everyone with flaming sparks, it charges into the primary enemy and explodes. Primary explosion does full Attack, sparks do minor physical damage and cause a battlefield-wide Cure among allies.
  
• Fire - Cid knows the standard Fireball magic.
  
  • Fira - Cid's upgraded version of Fire increases the explosive potency of the fireball.
• Mine Shield - Cid summons a row of four (4) magical mines in front of him that remain until tripped, at which point they explode. Each individual mine has his full Magic Strength.
  
• Mine Square - Cid summons eight (8) magical mines in a square around him that remain until tripped (he can move outside of them if he chooses). Each individual mine has his full Magic Strength.
  
  
• Cure - Cid knows the standard healing spell, healing a target or a small area of minor wounds.

Strengths: Aerial combat, good area of effect range, explosions
Weaknesses: Not as offensive magically, destructive to the point of possible ally damage

Stats

• HP: 91 (88+3)
  
• MP: 36
  
  
• Attack: 30
  
• Defense: 22
  
• Magic Attack: 18
  
• Magic Defense: 16
  
• Speed/Agility: 24
  

Bio: Cid comes from the world of Radiant Garden. Born there to loving parents, he grew up fairly normally, learning the ways of the mechanic from his father. As he grew older, he eventually started work of his own, building gummi ships and working with others to get their own ships in tip top shape. He couldn't seem to resist the call of the sky, and working on gummi ships helped him answer it.

Of course, he also worked on other things. Computers, machinery, accessories. He became a sort of jack of all trades, which attracted a certain mining mammal to him. Gopher became Cid's galiant thanks to their mutual appreciation for their engineering works. It became a...strenuous relationship, though. After all, Cid had a bit of a hot head, as did Gopher, said heads butting on quite a few issues, their arguments(which sometimes got literally quite explosive) becoming somewhat legendary. But they still had a sort of kinsmenship with each other, managing to get through the thick and thin of anything that came their way. Which, of course, included the takeover of Radiant Garden.

Managing to escape on one of his gummi ships(along with the young Squall/Leon, Yuffie, and Aerith), he fled to Traverse Town, setting up shop to take care of the little tykes while they grew up, all while Radiant Garden became Hollow Bastion. Eventually he was hired by Kingdom Academy to become a teacher, which he did. Grudgingly at first, but then he came to like the school's atmosphere.

Eventually Hollow Bastion became Radiant Garden once again, resulting in Cid...not going back to the town. Instead, he remained a teacher, teaching the students of Kingdom Academy the art of engeneering, mechanics, and building. And also how to dodge dynamite when he and Gopher would start arguing once more.

Name: Xanatos
Galiant: Shadow Demons / "Friends on the Other Side"
Age:
Gender: Male
Class: Keyblade Master / Seeker / Headmaster of the Dark Academy

Appearance Concept Source
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 180 lbs.
Hair: Black, Straight, Shoulder-length at back, Eye-length at front, parted to the side when professional, unkempt when fighting
Eyes: Bright Blue
Skin: Fair, Slight Tan
Build/Body Type: Lean, Slightly Built

Personality: Xanatos is a man whose entire life is based on faith--specifically, faith to the darkness, to the shadows, and to Xehanort. A zealot to the core, what he does, he does almost exclusively for the cause he represents--everlasting darkness. And to that end, he knows no limitations, no laws, no reason. Anarchy is his friend; despair, his brother; chaos, his heart and soul.

Guiding his devotion is a sinister cunning and a surprising intellect--surprising in that one so haphazard would not be expected to possess a mind capable of understanding and reason. The truth is that what ridiculous actions he takes, what seemingly-mindless plans he enacts, are usually irrelevant in the scheme of things. His sight goes beyond the moment, the day, the month, and from sheer experience he understands that a failed plan here and there mean very little. So long as the main ones succeed, everything else is just a distraction to help pass the time. And there is always so, so much time.

When he's not scheming or acting, Xanatos is generally nonchalant, partaking in any number of virtues or vices. Things that aren't relevant to his beliefs--be they for or against them--are all fair game, and he'll do whatever intrigues him most at the moment. In that way, he's a lover of the simple things--a moonlit night, a fine dining establishment, a good book... tea. Being such a close friend with death would, perhaps, have that affect.

For all his traits, however, perhaps the core of it all could be called passion. Passion rules him to the bone, and ever the man of extremes, he will either have passions the strength of a raging fire, or be utterly indifferent. As a result, doing anything--anything--to hinder what he's passionate about will trigger nothing short of the full rage one so black as he can muster. No matter how important or insignificant the passion, his is a fury that has, on more than one occasion, left a shattered world in his wake.

Likes: Darkness, the Shadow Demons, Life, tea, fine wine, good food, the occasional starlit beach stroll
Dislikes: Light, Failure, Disappointment, interruption, insolence, beans
Fears: Dying without seeing the dark utopia he believes Xehanort will bring; really tight spaces [claustrophobia]

Weapon: Shadow Ripper (Scythe)
Abilities:
Spells:

Strengths: Magic, Attack, Unpredictability
Weaknesses: Defense, Light

Stats

• HP: 76?
  
• MP: 60?
  
  
• Attack: 25
  
• Defense: 19
  
• Magic Attack: 30
  
• Magic Defense: 24
  
• Speed/Agility: 22
  

Bio:


Name: Reaper's Maw
Appearance:
Additional enhancements:

Name: Nymira
Galiant: The Horned King
Age:
Gender: Female
Class: Teacher(Deputy Headmistress of the Dark Academy)

Appearance http://www.zastavki.com/pictures/1280x800/2008/Fantasy_The_bloody_princess_in_a_red_dress_009650_.jpg
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 160lbs
Hair: Long, fiery red hair, usually up in a pony tail. Sometimes with some shorter hair in the front hanging out to cover an eye and part of her face
Eyes: Greenish-gray
Skin: Not technically pale, but not tan.
Build/Body Type: Hourglass figure

Personality: When one thinks of Nymira, one thinks of an aristocrat. She is arrogant, holds an air of superiority, and speaks in a proper manner. However, her attitude and tastes are the only thing that are aristocratic, for she will sleep with any man that appeases her after seducing him, sometimes draining the life energy out of him at the same time to feed her powers or make another minion. If you aren't worth her time, though, she will have nothing to do with you. And watch out if you are a woman. Then she will view you as competition for other men and will hate you as long as you exist.
Likes: Death, Decay, Destruction, expensive/high-quality clothes and jewelry, Men, the feeling of silk, the color red
Dislikes: Other women, pink, fake jewelry
Fears: Losing all of her powers

Weapon: Whip (small barb at the end).
Abilities:

Spells:

Strengths: Magical powerhouse, nice support for allies, minion summoning
Weaknesses: Loses many abilities without minions, status heavy, some abilities are just situational, physical abilities are lacking compared to magic, light-elemental attacks

Stats

• HP: 52?
  
• MP: 60? 65 (60+5)
  
  
• Attack: 16
  
• Defense: 13
  
• Magic Attack: 30
  
• Magic Defense: 27
  
• Speed/Agility: 24
  

Bio: