Name || Alonzo Balthazar
Age || 18
Gender || Male
Occupation || Cyber Edge
Station || Lethe
Physical Description || Standing at 5'7", Alonzo isn't much to look at in all truth. With his medium-length black hair and emerald eyes, Alonzo has a fairly youthful appearance, making many believe that he's the obligatory youngster of the Lethe guards- which, given his position, could actually be true. He possesses a fairly athletic build thanks to the training as a Cyber Edge.
Alonzo's uniform is always on point- his black coat is always properly buttoned up, and most of the time, even when he's not on duty, he's wearing white gloves. He wears the standard suit and armor worn by the guards for protection when out on actual missions against the Ventrus. In colder weather, Alonzo is seen wearing a large hat and the uniform cape.
Rarely is Alonzo seen without a pouch in which he keeps a few notes about the Ventrus, gathered from his observations. A running gag among the guards is the fact that he seems to carry way too many pens in his pocket.
Theme (optional)|| Hiroyuki Sawano - KABANERI OF THE IRON FORTRESS
Alonzo isn't afraid to experiment- due to his observations of the Ventrus, he had come up with a few crazy ideas of his own for Edge Tech that was "safer". Up to this point in time though, no one had bothered to listen to Alonzo's supposedly insane ideas and due to this he doesn't mention it too often to people he doesn't know, and only brings it up when asked.
Abilities/Equipment || Alonzo doesn't have much to boast about when it comes to abilities. His psionic strength is only enough to maintain his blade's energy, but aside from that it's not much to go off on.
His blade is a standard-issue blade based off a sabre- the overall blade length 33", and with a handle amounts to a length of only 37", and Alonzo can use it with one hand. Alonzo's swordsmanship can only be described as average, as well. It's enough to let him live through a few encounters with the scouting Ventrus machines. What Alonzo excels in is the use of the rifle- while the rifle had been forgotten by the masses due to ordinary guns being ineffective against the Ventrus, Alonzo took up a rifle upon seeing that he was much more skilled at the use of ranged weapons than melee ones.
This rifle has become his weapon when on patrol duty, considering the fact that while bullets cannot pierce the Ventrisite, they can still pierce humans. His skill at the rifle has made him think mostly of ideas of projectile-type Edge Techs- a project that he hopes will come to life someday in the future.
Overall, Alonzo can only be described as an average fighter and guard, more suited for anti-personnel than anti-machinery.
History || Born and raised in Lethe for the majority of his life, Alonzo grew up in the middle-class Balthazar family with two younger siblings and a mother and father. Due to the state of the world, Alonzo had always been a studious and hardworking little boy, taking his classes and studies seriously and always dreaming of creating the perfect weapon to wipe out the Ventrus from the world permanently. It was a big dream for a little boy- but really, who listened to a little boy's musings? His parents mostly bypassed his little sketches of big cannons blasting away several mechanical monsters away from the earth as a dream that would soon begone from his mind.
Months passed. Soon, the citizens of Lethe were tested for the psionic energy needed to become one. To the Balthazar family's dismay, Alonzo tested positive to apply as a Cyber Edge. Seeing a chance to make his dreams come true, Alonzo practically begged his parents to let him go- even though he could have easily just become an Edge Smith if he had wanted to make his projectile Edge Tech dreams come true. Due to the determination of the little boy, his parents finally allowed him to be enrolled into the program.
Of course, this meant a lot of changes- Alonzo found many things different, much more different from the school he used to be in. Out of sheer will and hard work, Alonzo managed to readjust himself to the hardships of Cyber Edge training. After years of training in the program, as the fortress around Lethe was being built, Alonzo finally graduated. Sent off to Acheron to bring a few goods, Alonzo was greatly surprised at the treatment of Cyber Edges and the Lethe guards that were there. Being a curious fellow, Alonzo had always questioned as to why the Acheron Cyber Edges were the ones doing the work and not the Lethe guards, though most of his questions were mostly brushed off.
Determined to know more about this confusing ordeal, Alonzo decided to join with the local guard stationed there, where- while he was still treated as an actual guard and not any worse, he found that there were cowards among the guards stationed there. This caused even more confusion- he was raised to think Cyber Edges were heroes of the now failing world, and Lethe was his home. Why were these Lethe guards hiding like cowards and using other Cyber Edges as scapegoats?
Alonzo was away when the Acheron guards took over the Charon outpost, though when he heard plans of the group of guards to go to the main city of the Ventrus, he found a chance to observe the Ventrus at its very best. So packing up his notes and everything he has, Alonzo set out to join the group in their quest.