Claude C. Kenny
Claude C. Kenny | |
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IC Information | |
Full Name: | Claude C. Kenny |
Gender: | Male |
Age (Birthdate): | 19 (January 23, 10,347 SD) |
Hometown: | Paris, Texas, Earth |
Hair Colour: | Blonde |
Class: | Red Shirt |
Role: | Drifter |
Bounty: | 0 Gella |
OOC Information | |
Theme: | Star Ocean: 2 |
Groups: | None |
Player: | Wedding Dress |
"I don't even know what's going on here. How can you expect me to save anyone at all?"
The son of Fleet Admiral Ronyx J. Kenny, Hero of the Pangalactic Federation, Claude has struggled all his life to escape his father's shadow. His every success was to be expected of the son of a hero; his every failure a stain on his father's legacy. Now trapped on the surface of Filgaia, Claude is posing (with limited success) as an ordinary traveler. He has begun an investigation of the Sorcery Globe, believing it to be a crashed spaceship... and thus his best chance of getting home.
Background
In the recent annals of the Pangalactic Federation, there are few individuals more noted or storied than Ronyx J. Kenny. In 10,346 SD, then the captain of the Federation cruiser Calnus, he was one of tens of thousands of ships scouring the galaxy for a cure to a strange disease that was petrifying peoples on every world. After an encounter with the Felpool race, he and his first mate, Ilia Silvestri, breached the restricted space around the Styx system, accessed The Time Gate, and emerged relative minutes later, dressed in strange garments, with a cure for the petrification disease in hand.
For his actions, Ronyx was promoted to Commodore, granted the title "Hero of the Federation," and given his choice of commands. He married Ilia and began a rapid rise through the ranks of Federation officers. Every man, woman, child, and multifaceted gender (check your xeno-privilege, yo) in the Federation has heard of Ronyx and his example.
Of his son Claude, not so much is known. He grew up in the shadow of his impossibly famous father and his nearly-as-famous mother, and from the moment he was old enough to understand the scope of their heroics he has wanted to live up to their example, to be a leader, a hero, to excel at everything he set his hand to. In his early years, he strove to do just that, his pride in his family name driving him forward. And every time he aced a test or won a prize, someone would ruffle his hair and praise him. "To be expected of the son of a hero," they'd say, and Claude would smile.
But then he started to hear the whispers - that he'd never earned his successes, that they'd been handed to him on a sivler platter in an attempt to curry favour with his father. The phrase "to be expected of the son of a hero" took on a new meaning, as it implied that not only were his successes due to the legacy of a parent he could never surpass... anything less than perfection would be a betrayal of that legacy.
Claude and his father grew distant, and when the time came to apply to the Federation Academy (because what other choice did he have?) he chose to train as a weapons officer, rather than an occupation more suited to high command, as a small measure of defiance. But after his graduation, Ronyx interfered again, assuming command of his old ship, the Calnus (a job four ranks below his actual one) and assigning Claude as his personal security officer.
The whispers were more like catcalls by this point. And Claude heard every one of them.
The Calnus's early voyage was quiet, until they encountered a strange reading on a planet known as Milokeenia. Ronyx, in violation of several protocols for such a high-ranking officer, beamed down to investigate, which meant his bodyguard, Claude, had to come along as well. (Need to get some away missions under the baby boy's belt too, the mutters echoed.) Driven to exasperation by his father's unwitting interference in his life and career, Claude strayed a little too close to an alien device and was transported to the middle of a forest near Arlia.
Oops.
There he encountered a monster chasing a blue-haired elf girl, and he used his phase gun to evaporate the creature right in front of her.
Oops.
And it turns out that in so doing, he inadvertently met the conditions of an ancient prophecy about a Warrior of Light, the sort of thing his Academy classes really should have warned him against.
Oops.
Now Claude is on Filgaia. Accompanied by the strange blue-haired symbologist Rena Lanford, he is working as a Drifter, trying to investigate a mysterious crash of something the locals call the Sorcery Globe, which Claude suspects is a spaceship... and his ticket home.
In the meantime, he's posing as an ordinary traveler. That part isn't going so well.
Powers and Abilities
Claude's fighting style revolves around a mix of Edarl Blade Arts techniques, kung fu, and qigong, the latter of which allows him to greatly enhance his physical strength and resiliency in short bursts. He is also trained in the use of ARMs, and has complemented his broadsword with a run-of-the-mill single-action revolver as backup, since he can no longer spam phase gun for days.
Also, he is from space. That is not so much a power, though.
Relationships
10/10
Zed - A++ would rival again.
9/10
Cecilia Adlehyde - Originally thought to be an apprentice nun (???), now it turns out she's the Princess of Adlehyde (!!!). In contrast with most other princesses Claude has known, spends a surprising amount of time diving into dark holes with strange men (not what you think) instead of giggling behind hands with handmaids (what you think). Pretty cool.
8/10
Marshal Henry Smythe - A good man in a tight spot; his love of Blastemol!® has been both the doom and salvation of at least one Dig.
7/10
Kalve - Friend of Zed's; seems all right, but also seems to have a 3D printer on his arm or for his arm? What? Something weird about him.
6/10
Riesenlied - Seems all right, he guesses? Hangs out with Ida and doesn't ask difficult questions.
5/10
Ida Everstead-Ready - Fellow Drifter who Claude has bumped into a few times. Was handy in the Ruins of Memory. Seems to know a lot of stuff about stuff, which is a good person to know if you're trying to learn more about Cow Patty Planet. Unfortunately also a bad person to know if you're trying to pretend you're from Cow Patty Planet and not, y'know, space.
4/10
Lemina Ausa - In hindsight, she mega-hosed him on that deal (200 Gella for one space silver - bad call). If he finds that magic carpet, though, this could pop up a few points.
3/10
Amelia Rose - In hindsight, bringing a blind girl to a dungeon adventure was a bad idea. That might be space-ablist, but w/e.
2/10
Bartholomew Fatima - Who's got two eyes and is a big fat jerk? NOT THIS GUY
1/10
Amelia Rose's dog, Silver - Barfed on Claude's jacket. There's no dry cleaning on Cow Patty Planet. Not cool, dog. Not cool.
0/10
Dias Flac - Stupid broody Dias.
Ronyx J. Kenny - SCREW YOU SPACE DAD
Logs and Cutscenes
Chapter 1 Logs
- 2017-02-18: The Caravan
- 2017-02-19: Berry Great Success
- 2017-02-19: Exploring the Sacred Grounds with Future Enemies!
- 2017-03-03: Visiting a Simple Country Town
- 2017-03-04: The Old Man and the Door
- 2017-03-12: Wherein Zed Makes Someone Stop Crying (No Really)
- 2017-04-09: Did You Try Working the Shaft II: It Keeps Happening
- 2017-04-23: The Most Powerful of Globes
- 2017-05-01: Deep Into Malevolence
- 2017-05-03: Quest for the Fistagons
- 2017-05-13: The Golem Lolithia
- 2017-05-16: Everbuddy Sang
- 2017-05-19: Everything at Steak
- 2017-05-20: Knights in the Nightmare
- 2017-05-20: The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny
- 2017-05-24: Peer Review
- 2017-05-27: HIS LOVE FOR THE TEARDROP IS LIKE A TRUCK
- 2017-06-12: ABS OF STEEL
- 2017-06-17: Curse of the Cascade
- 2017-07-03: Alisha versus Claude
- 2017-07-03: Shalune Amira vs. Lady Chloe Alexandre
- 2017-07-04: Technical Difficulties and a Hardcore Denial of Reality
- 2017-07-22: Bad Things Happen In Lacour
- 2017-07-27: Dolphins Are Jerks
- 2017-08-05: Moths and Scutums
- 2017-08-09: Ghosts in Lacour
- 2017-08-18: Water Margin (Side A)
- 2017-08-23: All of the Explosions
- 2017-08-26: The Way Forward
- 2017-08-28: Claude's Kingly Adventure
- 2017-09-12: Slippy Slidy Kobold Kave
- 2017-10-06: Under Cover of Night
- 2017-10-14: Loose Threads
- 2017-10-20: Let's Go Out For Ties
- 2017-10-28: Life Will Change
- 2017-11-03: Out To Sea
- 2017-11-04: The Rogue Brother
- 2017-12-08: What Lurks Underneath
- 2017-12-16: A Storm of Wind and Earth
- 2017-12-29: The Yaro That Stole Christmas
- 2018-01-02: Z-Sword
- 2018-02-12: The Sepulchre
- 2018-02-16: The Summer Palace
- 2018-02-23: The Whims of Fate
- 2018-02-24: Our Final Stand
- 2018-05-13: Bruised Dragon Way
- 2018-05-18: The Heist at House Armagnac
- 2018-06-01: Fire and Smoke
- 2018-06-27: The Intercession of Saints
- 2018-07-14: Leviathan
- 2018-07-16: Silver Millennium
- 2018-07-21: Caliban's War
- 2018-08-05: Nemesis Games, Part 2
- 2018-08-23: In The Name of Her Moon
- 2018-08-23: Yaks Of All Trades
- 2018-09-01: Wolves in a Flood
- 2018-09-02: Tiamat's Wrath
- 2018-09-03: A War Meeting
- 2018-10-07: A Ceremony at Sea
- 2018-10-12: It's ( not important )
- 2018-11-03: Catacombs of the Nahual
- 2018-11-23: Devastation
- 2018-12-15: World Eater
- 2018-12-22: The Weight of the World