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ivan | golden sun | unreserved.
NAME: Yun
JOURNAL:
E-MAIL: milexiander@gmail.com
CONTACT INFO:
CHARACTERS PLAYED: n/A
character.
CHARACTER NAME: Ivan
SERIES: Golden Sun I + II
CANON POINT: Just after the events of Golden Sun II: The Lost Age
APPEARANCE: [ the blond dude, not the feather thing ]
DESIRED CLASS & REASONING: Adept Rouge: Shadow Warlock + Twin Swords —this is based on the fact that in canon, Ivan is both a black-mage type character and a quick swordsman. He is both proficient with staves and shortswords, and despite being a glass cannon in terms of health and defense, he is powerful on the offence. Because of this, the dual classes of Shadow Warlock and Twin Swords would cover his canon attributes.
PREVIOUSLY IN HOLYRELIC: n/A
PERSONALITY:
From an early RPG series that’s hell-bent on focusing on the quest for world salvation, Ivan is surprisingly one of the more developed characters in the series, at least in terms of backstory. And though Ivan is oblivious to his true origins in the beginning of the game, the exploration of his backstory via the game plotline honestly helps develop his character.
He is a quiet character, but that does imply in any way that he is shy or reticent. Quiet doesn’t necessarily imply inaction. Ivan’s sort of quiet is the watchful sort—he has a deeply observant nature and a quick mind. Couple that with his natural psynergy abilities and the intrinsically psychological aspects of Wind Psynergy in particular, and you have a character who is naturally gifted at quietly observing situations and pinpointing what’s often overlooked. Though he started off as a quiet and uncertain boy at the beginning of the game, he is tempered by the events in the game, and grows in confidence. By the canon point which he’s taken from, he’s become a mature and calm sort of character. During endgame, he comforts Felix on the ‘loss’ of his parents, and displays a quiet sort of maturity and awe in regards to the lit lighthouse. Though he had set off with Isaac and the others to prevent the lighting of the lighthouses, he ends up having to come to terms with the idea that he and Isaac’s party were wrong all along, and in lieu of the sacrifices they took to attempt to achieve their ideal, it was a bitter pill to swallow. His maturity shines through in that he does end up accepting the fact that they were wrong, and readily goes along with the party to fix their actions, and aid in the lighting of the lighthouses.
Like most protagonists, Ivan is a character with a strong sense of justice. You see this manifested time and again throughout the game in the decisions he makes. If Isaac’s spirit is flagging, Ivan is the one who insists that they don’t give up—that they have to save the people in trouble. After Hammet’s rescue, Ivan is the one who insists that the group doesn’t take time to dally, and instead head off after Felix immediately. When Sheba’s safety is used as a bargaining point for his Shaman’s Rod, Ivan gives up the Rod readily, despite the significance that Rod holds for him. When Ivan believes strongly in something, he will drive for it. On the other hand, while his sense of justice is strong, he knows where to draw the line. Even though Dodonpa had kidnapped Hammet and attempted to feed the party to monsters, Ivan still feels relief over the lack of severity of the other man’s injury, citing that it’s all right, since Hammet is safe now. He doesn’t see a need to prolong a grudge, and in that, he is very fair towards others.
His efforts also show a great deal of persistence in his character, and this can lead to stubbornness – despite all evidence to the contrary, he insists on feeling guilty for the loss of Hammet’s Rod in the beginning of the game, and carries that sense of guilt all the way until the group completes Hammet’s rescue. His ability to pile fault on himself is kind of amazing, considering how many things happen in between his losing of the rod and the absolution of his guilt. This also shows that he is very hard on himself, and tends to be fairly self aware.
Speaking of self-awareness, Ivan’s condition as a Jupiter Adept has left some long-lasting scars on his character. Because of his mind-reading abilities, those around him who did not have psynergy abilities often regarded him as ‘creepy’ and ‘weird’, and at the beginning of the game, you can see that he’s very much aware of the way other see him, and that at that point, he’s begun to internalize some of those concepts. Though he opens up around those who share his psynergy skills, and become comfortably friends with the people of his party, he does not let go of that discomfort entirely, and would probably feel uncomfortable around people who do not understand his ability. He’s gotten a lot better about socializing and trusting others, but because of his ‘social status’ as Hammet’s apprentice and because of his generally gloomy exterior and tendency to act strangely (in the eyes of those who do not possess psynergy), he probably grew up without any true friends or companions.
On the same vein pertaining to his psynergy abilities, being a Jupiter Adept gives him a strange sort of half-developed precognition that manifests as his intuition of a sort. He gets a bad feeling when terrible things are on the horizon, and he cites himself that he hates it when he’s right. In a way, he probably dislikes the fact that he’s the bearer of bad news when it comes to things like this, and his sharp intuition makes it hard for him to break free of his pessimism. However, throughout the game, he clearly develops so that rather than staying as a gloomy pessimist, develops into a realistic who hinges on the optimistic. He acts as a counterweight to the party as a whole, and provides valuable insight into things. In a way, he’s very much wise for his age, but in other ways, he’s still very naïve.
He does get emotional when it comes to things that he’s uncertain of, and when he loses his confidence in his ability to act in a certain situation, he backslides and reverts more or less back to his uncertain, quiet self, as seen whenever he encounters Hama and is unsure of how to act around her. And while he’s quick to chide himself, it honestly makes him uncertain at times.
Beyond that, when he isn’t under tremendous pressure to save the world as we know it (and even when he is), Ivan is a quiet but fairly cheerful and observant boy who can be very playful at times—at endgame, he partakes in joking around with Jenna, even when they’re on the verge of confronting the Wise One, who is the equivalent of the boss behind the boss. He is both a moodmaker and a realist, a wise individual and a childish one, and a character who’s both volatile and calm.
samples.
FIRST-PERSON SAMPLE:
[ there’s a boy sitting on a tree.
well, of course there is. what else are trees for but places where people can sit on them? though this particular boy doesn’t look particularly happy to be in that tree, and in fact, he’s kind of squinting down at ground level as though searching for something in particular. ]
… I could’ve sworn it was around here somewhere. It’s not like I threw it or anything. It shouldn’t have gone far.
[ another pause as more squinting continues. he lifts a hand over his eyes to cut off the glare from the sun above, and takes in the scenery around him with almost abject suspicion. ]
… Is it gone? Oh, good. I thought it’d never leave.
[ and he seems to be talking to himself. though he sounds rather natural as he’s doing it—perhaps he does this often? nevertheless, he seems to have come to a conclusion for he visibly relaxes a little. and then, crouching on the branch as though to jump off—
the small monster at the base of the trunk makes a snarling noise, and snaps at his feet. Ivan makes an agitated noise, and all but groans. ]
Why is it just one thing after another--?
[ he’ll just. climb up another branch. yep. ]
THIRD-PERSON SAMPLE:
Of course, it takes him a while to figure out how to activate his game-given powers. It’s a few tries before he realizes that his psynergy is interfering, somehow, with the way the magic that he supposedly possessed in this setting worked. It takes him another few tries to figure out how just how the magic here worked. After that, the going gets easier. In fact, he’s almost surprised at how natural it comes to him. and well even a non-native like him can tell the spells that he’s able to conjure up are basic at best, it’s nice to know that he can figure out the mechanics here, despite how different everything is.
The difference is honestly frightening. Though he’s pretty much traveled all around the known world (and to parts of the world that weren’t known, really) this place as a whole completely confounds him. Though fighting and running from monsters is something that he’s very much accustomed to, the lack of information he had on the various beasts around here was kind of disheartening, and the lack of effect that his psynergy had on some of these creatures even more so. However, the discovery that he could use the powers that were granted to him in this world is a hopeful prospect—it’s possible that he could do more, now, with these powers.
It’s not like he wants to go on a genocidal rampage, he remarks to himself, sarcastically, but it would be awfully nice if things around these parts could just go right for once.
Taking up another stance, he scans the area for signs of monsters. And when he comes up with an all-clear, he huffs, and goes back to practicing these strange techniques.
You might as well fight fire with fire.
ACCEPTED
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