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Sample Application (Faith Lehane)
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Sample Application (Mors)
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Sample Application (Abel Nightroad/Mayfield RPG)
Sample Application (Bolin/Discedo)
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Morgan (male) | Fire Emblem: Awakening | reserved
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Other Characters Played: n/a
Preferred Apartment: Whichever Lucina is placed in, if possible.
Character Name: Morgan (male)
Canon: Fire Emblem: Awakening
Canon Point: Post-chapter 25, aka before the final battle
Background/History: Wikipedia
Note: Morgan is the child of the Avatar and always the opposite gender. This particular Morgan's family will be Robin (mother), Chrom (father), and Lucina (sister). His supports are all ranked A -- no S. Most of his canon history is a big blank for the sake of the player's chosen relationships, so for the most part I won't attempt to delve into his life before amnesia.
personality
His hero worship of Robin leads him to shamelessly pursue the mastery of battlefield tactics, and he is eager to prove himself worthy of her. In his support conversations with her, he attempts to outsmart her three times: once by leading her into a pitfall trap, once by hiding one of her books, and once by beating her in a tactical board game. All three times he is foiled, but the narrow margin by which he loses the board game suggests he is a bright and capable thinker... when his overly unique ideas aren't backfiring on him.
He is a loyal son, perhaps to a fault. There is no way to overstate how intensely devoted he is to Robin; he would run into a pack of Risen (zombies) alone if she told him to, or turn on allies. He wants to be just like her ("Does this make me look like Mother?" he asks as a reclass turns him into a buff shirtless dude) and measures all of his actions and successes by her rule. As far as he's concerned, she can do no wrong and her strategies are always triumphant in the end, regardless of how dire circumstances may seem at any given time. As such, he follows her unwaveringly wherever she may go, requiring no explanation. While he does show affection for his other family (in this case Lucina and Chrom), his inability to remember them may perhaps diminish what dedication he had for them in the past. Even so, he is eager and willing to rebuild those connections.
When he isn't focused on helping his mother and becoming a master tactician, Morgan is a laid-back but enthusiastic kid with an open sense of wonder at the world and a head ready to be filled with new experiences. He sports a smile by default and always has an upbeat greeting waiting for anyone he comes across. Not much can get him down, and when it does happen, he never stays down for long. To (non-sibling) Lucina, he remarks, "There's so much out there to discover, there's no time to get depressed!" He sees only the best potential in everything: his amnesia is freedom from the past, and a war-battered field is just waiting to bloom with flowers once the fighting is done. Morgan is a supreme optimist whose cup is never less than half full.
His good faith in anything and everything coupled with a genuine concern for others makes him an easy friend to just about anyone. A large number of his support conversations involve him attempting to help his friends in some way (non-sib Lucina, Yarne, Cynthia, Kjelle, Noire, Nah), and Yarne claims that "two days after [Morgan] showed up, [he] was already everybody's best friend." The happiness of others makes him happy, and as such he'll go extremely out of his way for the sake of others. In his support conversations with Nah, she tells him that she needs to offer a flower called Naga's bell to her god, but it blooms only once every 200 years under a full moon in "remote, craggy terrain far removed from human settlement". Alone, Morgan manages to find this flower and deliver it to Nah, then tells her that he just happened to stroll upon it by accident... all while covered in a new set of scratches and bruises.
His enthusiasm leads him to play along with just about any potentially new experience, just to see how it goes. Who knows, maybe it could be fun! On the flip side, his eagerness can at times be childish and an imposition on those who could do without the disruption. He isn't hyperactive, per se, but he does have a persistent energy that tends to bore into the affairs of others even when met with resistance. In essence, he does as he pleases. In addition, he sometimes pushes the boundary between honesty and tactlessness by speaking without inhibition. Example: seeing Kjelle naked and saying he thought she'd look like a big side of beef. Neither giving nor taking offense is in his nature, yet he can hand it out unwittingly with his frankness. He can be perhaps too honest, too much of an open book. And dense. A little dense.
Overall, cheerful kid. Super loves his mom. Wants to be a tactician. Amnesia.
all that other stuff
1. Veteran - "Grants the unit 50% more experience while paired with another unit." Learns more quickly in combat by drawing experience from others' examples.
2. Solidarity - "Grants Critical and Critical Dodge +10 to all allies within 3 tiles." Nearby allies will see more opportunities to strike opponents' weak points and dodge blows, whether by Morgan's direction or through his direct intervention... or some invisible aura. Yes.
3. Ignis - "Add Magic/2 when attacking with weapons and Strength/2 when attacking with magic." Morgan's magical ability strengthens his weapons and his physical strength improves his magic. How? Maybe he lights his sword on fire. Maybe he throws his tomes really hard at people while he casts spells. It's a mystery.
4. Rally Spectrum - "Use 'Rally' to grant +4 to all stats to units within three spaces for one turn." Morgan's rallying boosts the overall performance of all allies nearby. Might be his charisma, might be an Oscar-nominated pre-battle speech. Another mystery.
5. Rightful King - "Increases the trigger rate of the unit's skills by 10%." Inherited from Chrom. Lets him use Ignis a little more often. That's it. Thanks, Dad.
Generally speaking, Morgan is a veteran in combat and skilled with both blade and tome magic. He claims to be "one of the weakest guys in camp," but his stats in-game tend to say otherwise no matter who his parents are. He has the innate ability to learn a wide array of skills and weapons given the time -- pretty much anything you can throw at him except pegasi -- which makes him a versatile fighter and decent last-ditch substitute for any role on the field. However, he is most comfortable with sword and tome and will stick to those weapons unless tactics require otherwise.
Items/Weapons: (1) A steel sword, (2) fire tome, and (3) elwind tome. These items will break after a number of uses. The tomes are both low-tier spellbooks through which Morgan channels his wind-based magic. The fire tome lets him cast fire, and the elwind tome lets him cast slightly more powerful wind magic. As the trend among the cast seems to be that tomes are still usable despite their lack of text, I'll stick to that precedent.
Sample Entry: Previous thread.
Sample Entry Two:
When the first signs of dawn break upon the Ylissean army camp, Morgan stuffs a hunk of bear jerky in his mouth and steals away from his tent, a small satchel slung at his side. The camp is still asleep save for a few industrious souls -- like Frederick, whose path Morgan easily avoids, and the unlucky watchmen patrolling the camp, who each get a cheerful morning greeting. Without explanation, Morgan disappears into the woods.
The tallest tree for miles round is thick and sturdy, its growth dense enough for him to climb without feeling the invisible hands of height tugging at his eyes and nerves even 50 feet off the ground. He doesn't have the longest limbs in camp, nor is he the strongest climber, but he makes his way up all the same, branch by branch, until the forest sounds give way to the rustle of leaves in the breeze.
When he reaches the highest branch he dares, Morgan breathes in the cool morning air and sits against the tree's trunk, drawing his satchel up. Parchment, check. Charcoal, check. View, check. The sun creeps out from behind him and kindly exposes every dip in the land by its shadow, which he begins to sketch with a practiced hand. Every tactician knows that a proper understanding of the terrain is the first step to a successful strategy, and so he draws, careful to note every landmark, bend, and slope that might prove useful. Mother could find inspiration in any little thing, after all. This funny boulder could be the key to victory... or that little ditch could hide a trap. Morgan smiles as the ideas tumble around in his head, and the parchment grows black with detail.
As he scratches in one last tree, he hears a semblance of his name from afar. He peers down. A head of white on black robes? That's Mother, all right. Morgan laughs and waves, imagining her expression. Of course she'd be the first to find him -- it's only natural. Without further ado, he stows his new map away and begins his descent. Good-bye, branch. Nice knowing you, tree. He'd stick around longer, but he can't keep Mother waiting. Every moment counts. Who knows what new things she'll teach him today?
Re: all that other stuff
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