VALENTIN -Regnimalis-
The Dreams We Left Behind - Skullgirls
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Specie: Forest ferran
Physical Description: A humanoid yellow fox clad in only dark-colored shorts, boots, gloves, and backpack. He belt has two holsters for secondary weapons. On his right arm is a wristlet with two colored beads - one red, one blue.
Personality: A "big brother" kind of fox. He looks out for those close to him and will do whatever it takes to help them out. His typically-cheerful attitude quickly dissolves when he witnesses any signs of impending war.
History: Few know the tragedies of war at the comfort of home quite like Valentin. The war from 13 years ago rendered him an orphan on the streets, and another war 10 years after practically leveled his home city. He's been training himself as a fighter and later as a thief to gather money, so that his city can be rebuilt. He happened to come across Saelph - after going through a few spars together, they bonded like brothers. But even this couldn't prepare Valentin for the chaos that was about to unfold...
Equipment: He fights unarmed, so his primary weapons are technically his gloves and boots. However, he keeps some secondaries close on hand, favoring daggers, throwing items, and spellguns (they recharge with magic charges instead of metal bullets).
Abilities: He's an expert in thievery, but has also emulated the aura training of one temple's monks. So, in addition, he can channel his own aura for many powerful attacks. He can even steal an opponent's weapon and use it against him/her. Knowing how the weapon works is the trick here, though.
Other: N/A
Specific Moves
- Stamina Steal: Grabs a foe, stealing some of his/her stamina through aura osmosis.
- Quickfoot: Quickly sprints around foe, evading attacks in the process.
- Health Steal: Strikes a foe and uses aura osmosis to steal health.
- Hey, Look!: Casts out a spark that somehow distracts foes, making them turn towards it in unexplainable curiosity.
- Jitter Spark: Rapid-fires small explosive orbs of aura.
- Shear Chop: Advances forth with an aura-coated hand chop. Cuts through projectiles.
- Blue Dragon: Rises upward in a spiral punch of aura. Braces against attacks.
- Sacrifice: Can channel his own health to others or to special energy.
- (Dagger) Knife Flurry: Delivers rapid strikes with the dagger.
- (Dagger) Cutting Edge: Charges up, then rushes through foes with the dagger.
- (Dagger) Flip Strike: Front-flips forward and attacks with the dagger.
- (Dagger) Flip Escape: Back-flips away while attacking with the dagger.
- (Throwing) Item Toss: Throws one of whatever throwing item he's using.
- (Throwing) Upper Curve: Throws an item in a rising curve.
- (Throwing) Falling Arc: Throws an item overhead, curving downward.
- (Throwing) Triple Throw: Throws three of an item in a fanned-out pattern.
- (Spellgun) Quickdraw: Fires magic shots from the spellgun.
- (Spellgun) Barrage Rush: Jogs forth while firing several times with the spellgun.
- (Spellgun) Spell Rain: Fires a spellgun shot upward, making it explode into multiple shots that rain down.
- (Spellgun) Rebound Shot: Fires a spellgun shot that ricochets toward the target.
- Weapon Theft: Special Thief skill, letting Valentin swipe a foe's weapon. How well he uses it depends on how well he paid attention to its use, or knows about it.
- (Hero Arts) Backstabber: Dagger Hero Art. Rushes forth with the dagger at blinding speed. More effective if striking in the back.
- (Hero Arts) Tempest Drop: Throwing Hero Art. Grabs a foe and slams him/her into the ground, then barrages him/her with throwing items.
- (Hero Arts) Million Chens: Spellgun Hero Art. Fires forth multiple times rapidly with the spellgun, finishing with one big explosive shot.
- (Hero Arts) Dustkicker: Sprints forth in a sliding kick, then hits the foe with more rushing kicks, finishing with a heel drop.
- (Hero Arts) Trump Card: Focuses aura into a giant explosion. Stronger if he's at lower health.
- (Legend Arts) Copy Criminal: Can only be used with another's weapon. Throws the weapon into the foe, which is then wielded by an aura double who attacks with that weapon type's specialty.
Inspirations
- Yang (Final Fantasy 4)
- Zidane Tribal (Final Fantasy 9)
- Vaan (Final Fantasy 12)
- Sly Cooper
- Krillin (Dragonball Z)
- Kirby's Copy ability
Trivia
- The name Valentin was actually picked because of how similar it looks to "vulpine", the classification of foxes.
- Valentin is classified as a Thief, a fast fighter that can swipe things from enemies.
- The use of aura was thought up by how a similar thief, Zidane, uses Dyne abilities. Though they appear to be magic, they're actually physical attacks. It's possible that Zidane's Trance appearance and Dyne abilities were inspired from the Saiyans of Dragonball Z, whom also had tails and utilized ki attacks (which again are not magic, but physical).
- The idea for him to steal and use enemies' weapons came fairly early in Valentin's conception.
- Blue Dragon is based off of Ken's Shoryuken, but with blue aura instead of red fire.
- Daggers are common weapons for Thieves. Throwing items were often used by Ninjas, which in some games are promotions of Thieves.
- Million Chens is based on Dante's Hyper Combo "Million Dollars" in Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Chens being the currency in Regnimalis.