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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
Federation Navy Service Record
Service Number: K6506-7315-1486-5308-9131
Status: MISSING IN ACTION (Milokeenia)
Occupation: 00161 (Combat Officer)
Rank/Pay Grade: Ensign / O-1
Assignment: SSGF-1291 Calnus
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

Catenna - A++ would swing on a grappling rope while hammered again.

Layna Manydays - Gave Claude beer and carried him out of a burning bar while drunk! A++.

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.

Rena Lanford - Traveling companion, co-investigator of the Sorcery Globe, and friendgirl (not girlfriend). Relationship slightly downgraded by her insistence on occasionally running off to hang out with STUPID BROODY DIAS.

8/10

Bartholomew Fatima - A decent guy except for how he is like Claude but more badass (i.e., is a pirate, has an awesome eyepatch, wears sleeveless jackets). Saved Claude's life with a Gear, which also had an eyepatch for... reasons?

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 each.

7/10

Tethelle Cirdian - She's some sort of priestess to the goddess of swords, which is pretty sweet. Got Claude half-drunk on whiskey, which was less sweet. Still seems cool.

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.

6/10

Talise Gianfair - Very tough Beastwoman; excellent fighting partner in a pinch. Slightly intimidating. Reminds Claude of a less scary version of his mom.

Riesenlied - Seems all right, he guesses? Hangs out with Ida and doesn't ask difficult questions. (Doesn't know she's a Metal Demon yet.)

5/10

Sephilia Lampbright - Has worked okay with Claude on one dig (two, if Saucery Globe counts). The whole doll thing is pretty nifty.

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

Zed - First Claude thought he was an awesome rival! Then he turned out to be a Metal Demon. Now they're enemies, but... some part of him...

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.

Kalve - The guy with a 3D printer for an arm who knew about radiation and Geiger counters actually turned out to be a sinister robot man. WHO WOULD HAVE GUESSED

0/10

Dias Flac - Stupid broody Dias.

Ronyx J. Kenny - SCREW YOU SPACE DAD

Logs and Cutscenes

Chapter 1 Logs

Chapter 1 Cutscenes

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