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Vital Information
Name: Darwin Leverone
Sex: Male
Race: Human
Age: 37
Description
Height: 6"
Weight: 180lb
Physical appearance: Darwin is a rugged man with a muscular frame, sculpted and tanned by a harsh life under the desert sun. Though he often wears a black cowboy hat fashioned from felt, he has trimmed dirty blonde hair - with flecks of grey - beneath the hat. Only shaving every couple of days, there is often blonde and grey stubble adding to his harsh appearance. Darwin's clothing ensemble is generally denim blue jeans, flannel button shirts, black roper styled boots, and a black denim duster shrouding his body.
Distinguishing Features: There is a long, but thin, scar on his right cheek. There also a few scars in various places from past gunshots and stab wounds, primarily the torso.
Miscellaneous Information
Rider System and Weapons:
IXA Belt - This is a necessary piece that allows Darwin to transform into IXA. The belt also stores the fuestles necessary to unlock IXA's power.
IXA Knuckle - The IXA knuckle serves as the transformation device, bonding with the belt. The IXA knuckle is also capable of unleashing spherical bursts of energy that stun opponents. When activated by the knuckle fuestle, Darwin (transformed) can use the IXA Knuckle to perform the 'Broken Fang' finisher.
Fuestles - These are devices in the belt that allow Darwin to unlock IXA's power. As the belts are lost pieces of technology from a past civilization, there are no manuals or guides to use them. To that end, Darwin still has a lot to learn about each fuestle and the true extent of IXA's abilities.
IXA Calibur - The IXA Calibur is a unique weapon that assumes a gun form and sword form, easily alternating between the two forms.
Save Mode- Save Mode is the initial form IXA wields right from transformation, made distinct by the golden cross on the helmet concealing the visor. This form conserves the system's energy in combat and is efficient in dealing with weaker opponents. Broken Fang can be used in Save Mode, but it is the only finisher that can be used in this form.
Burst Mode - The golden helmet piece opens slightly to reveal IXA's burning red eyes. Upon transforming into Burst Mode a devastating and painful heat wave casts from the Rider's form and disperses into the surroundings. Standing to close to IXA when transforming into Burst Mode can, and will, result in bodily harm. IXA Slash and Broken Fang can both be performed in this mode.
Skills: Darwin is an amazing sharp-shooter and has spent most of his life on the back of a horse. He also knows how to efficiently build fires and butcher animals for food. Most of Darwin's skills revolve around survival and shooting to kill.
Personal Weapons: Darwin caries a top break revolver in a holster upon each hip. There is a also a pouch on his belt that stores bullets. Darwin's personal side arms, however, disappear when he transforms into IXA, merging with the system until he reverts.
Personal History: A gentle and kind young man, with a strong sense of justice, once resided within the Darwin that people see today. He grew up in the Badlands, living in a town walled and protected from most threats. He always wanted to be the Sheriff of his town, desiring to protect the innocent people within. Eventually, his dream came true and he became a Sheriff at the age of 17, showing great promise with his shooting abilities and silver tongue that dissolved many conflicts before escalation. At the age 19, he married the love of his life, Leah. For the time they were together, life was a fairytale. He had the respect of his community, a devoted wife, and a beautiful daughter named Sarah. Except, that was all destined to change in a series of events that spiraled out of his control, right around the time of his 28th birthday. Elysia came one day, discovering the buried remains of an ancient city not far from the town. A diplomat came to speak with Darwin and the Mayor, strongly urging that the residents forfeit their town so that the Elysian archaeologists and military might use this town as a settlement for the duration of the dig. Knowing that the people could not leave their resources behind and would surely die as a result, and also knowing that the town could not sustain Elysian citizens either, Darwin defied the diplomat. He told the Elysian diplomat this, "Your country is rich enough to build a new town just like this one. We have no political obligations to your nation. Kindly leave this town and never come back again, we won't cooperate with you greedy pigs - ever!". The diplomat departed in a huff, assuring Darwin that he would live to regret those words. A month later, Darwin and most able bodied men were called out to aid a nearby village under attack, not knowing Elysia orchestrated the attack to lure all potential nuisances away from their true target. When Darwin and all of the men returned, the buildings were burning and the streets were littered with the corpses of their loved ones. There were no survivors. Elysia came, took his advice, but not before retaliating. At the height of their despair, Darwin and the men buried the townspeople in the church cemetery. From then on, they lost hope in peaceful living and vowed vengeance upon the Elysian nation, forming a gang known as 'Seraph' - raiding and pillaging merchant caravans that belonged to Elysia and the Orphenoc. The new town was being built closer to the excavation site while Darwin and his followers waited patiently for their revenge over the next five years, their moment to strike. It happened in the night, they took out the soldiers guarding the gate and stormed the town with torches in order to set fire to the buildings. After an arduous gunfight and light casualties to their own side, they laid waste to all of the town - inhabited only by government employees and soldiers. Darwin wasn't satisfied and immediately departed to the ruins while some of his followers stayed behind to bury the dead, the rest tailing him. They rode to the site and found a full scale assault ensuing. A feeding frenzy carried forth by Worms (small face hugging parasites that steal bodies in order to re-attain the bodies that worms had during the ancient times), demons of the desert. In the hands of a corpse, Darwin found a belt and a knuckle that he recognized in Gaian lore donned by heroes - a Rider belt. Immediately knowing that it came from the ruins, he took the belt (fastening it), activated the knuckle, and placed it at the buckle. With one word, Darwin preserved his life and also stepped on a new path in his destiny as the most revered and feared man in the Badlands: "Henshin!"
Personality: Darwin is a stoic man with a strong sense of what he sees as right and wrong, holding little capacity for empathy. He is continuously haunted my nightmares of his dead wife and child, as well as the loss of his town. He is hardened, appearing callous to the point of being called a demon. Darwin's followers accompany him out of respect and also for protection. He is cold, but does soften for his companions on occasion. Though demonic in reputation, Darwin would never knowingly harm a woman, or child. He also avoids using his IXA power on anything other than a Kaijin, or a Kamen Rider (though he has yet to encounter another Rider).
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