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likethelight) wrote2019-08-19 12:56 pm
Application: Fellden
PLAYER
NAME: Jay
AGE: 18+
PREFERRED CONTACT: PM/SleightsOfHand#7916 on Discord
OTHER CHARACTERS: N/A
CHARACTER
NAME: Allen Walker
AGE: 16-17 (even Allen isn't certain how old he is but it's somewhere in there)
CANON & CANON POINT: D.Gray-man chapter 210
RESERVATION LINK: HERE
HISTORY: Here
PERSONALITY: Allen is your weird shounen horror hobo-hero in that he's actually a very gentle and kind boy who wishes to save others, regardless of whether they're his enemy or not, or even if they're a total stranger. He can't help but be moved by the world immediately in front of him, and if he can help someone then he wants to—something he doesn't see as a noble calling or sense of duty, but merely his own compulsion. He literally can't help it. But as his left arm also makes him a living weapon—a "destroyer"—and he exists to destroy akuma in order to save the human souls otherwise left to rot within them. Thus he wants to be a destroyer who also saves.
He's also an incredibly tragic, lonely boy who carries a lot of sorrow.
A lot of his more gentle nature and polite manner is a front as much as it's genuine (and sometimes he's an outright faker), given that part of his nature he forcibly adopted from his father at a young age as a coping mechanism. He's made it his own, but still retreats behind his smiles and forcing a polite front, even when he doesn't feel that way. (While he believes he is a proper gentleman, he really isn't.) Which is also because—
Long before plot reasons broke him, he was originally a horribly foul-tempered and foul-mouthed hot-headed orphan brat who worked in a circus where he was mostly just beaten up and abused. Someone who was angry at the world and wanted to get stronger so he wouldn't have to depend on anyone; someone who didn't think he needed friends (and didn't think he'd ever have them). He's still that hot-blooded kid underneath his smiles and manners, and it comes out when he's nettled enough and is the driving force behind his stubborn Will To Live and Fight. He also tends to feel everything incredibly strongly and will never back down from how he feels. At his core, he is Allen "Walker" because of his father's mantra (shhh plot, shhh) to "don't stop, keep walking", later on deciding for himself that he'd make his path his own even if everything seems to conspire to force him a certain way.
Even if he doesn't know where that leads.
He's also cagey about anything truly personal and to most people under normal circumstances will seem a very polite, sweet kid who's quite upbeat/cheerful as he crushes his real feelings behind a smile. And who when rubbed the wrong way can be quite prickly... and cheeky... and sometimes an outright brat... but at his core he has a heart of gold and just wants to save everyone.
I've also written a further personality analysis on his strengths and weaknesses here if it's needed.
ABILITIES/SKILLS:
Innocence. Allen is an Exorcist, which means he's a host that was chosen by a "crystal of god" (actual religious ties to the Judeo-Christian God?debatable/probably not) commonly called "Innocence", a weapon of a light/holy nature that exists to directly counter a darker power called "Dark Matter". His is a parasitic type dubbed "Crown Clown" that he was born with, meaning his body acts as the instrument that shapes the Innocence. He is a living weapon because of it, as it takes the form of his left arm and has merged completely with his DNA, bonding with his soul and his heart. It leaves his left arm looking distinctly inhuman, even when it's inactive. The only way to separate him from it is to cut his arm off entirely, and even that didn't work the last time someone tried. It can also be sealed with ofuda so that he's unable to move or activate it.
Innocence is a weapon that must be activated before it can be spiritually sensed or used beyond being inherently tough, its natural properties versus Dark Matter—and in Allen's case making his left arm exceptionally strong and nimble (he's ambidextrous), though he achieved that only from training so much with it. Once activated, its power comes from how well it synchronizes with the host—with their heart and resolve, given it's tied to their emotions. Allen has broken 100% synchronization, making him a "critical point breaker" and technically a candidate for General of the Black Order if he weren't suspected of being a traitor and a Noah. This means he can transform his left arm into two forms, each with various abilities. The lower synchronization form of a claw, and the higher synchronization form of a giant exorcising broadsword (which requires him literally ripping his entire arm off to transform it into the sword). In either form he also has a white cloak that serves as a living body armor as well. The weapon is sentient to a degree, and he can use it (or it can use him) to push his body to move when he's too broken to do so on his own anymore. In general, the claw form of his hand has raw offensive power that can harm anything while the sword cannot harm humans/normal creatures at all.
Lately, living Innocence has been depicted as angelic, notably Allen's own as well.
The (current) ultimate form of his Innocence that mirrors Allen's own heart—the sword doesn't harm humans or flesh directly, but harms only that which is "evil", meaning he can selectively cut the darkness in a person while leaving the human themselves alive. It can exorcise, very generically even as Innocence otherwise generally doesn't, given he was confident if Lavi was possessed it would have freed him (but Lavi was not, Lavi was only Lavi, so it did nothing). It does have a corporeal form and mass to it as he can use it as a shield against attacks, but it cannot ever cut or harm normal humans and will pass right through them.
That said, as Allen himself is not human, but is also a Noah, it harms him as well and will cut part of him.
When the sword is active Allen can also use an ability called "Death Orbs" which is a series of massive explosions all around him, but this appears incredibly taxing. Additionally, at the the time I have taken him from canon he currently cannot use it, but as he gets stronger and more attuned to Innocence that at this time is fairly new to him in this he'll naturally learn it.
Cross Grave
When invoking his Innocence as a claw, he can use this ability either defensively or offensively. Defensively he can draw a cross in the air to form a shield, and offensively it serves to crucify and exorcise akuma by drawing the cross on them. It's a very powerful weapon offensively, but only in the sense of exorcism against creatures that can be purged by abilities that put them at peace. To an akuma it "feels good", presumably because of bringing that sense of salvation.
Crown Edge
Another ability with the claw invocation of his hand, he can fling crowns (yes... crowns...) from the talons of his hand like many, many rings. Explosive and ranged.
Edge End
Crown Belt/the cloak
The downside of his Innocence and the cost is that all of this requires atremendous amount of energy. Life-force and caloric. He has to consume ridiculous amounts of food to sustain his invocations or even just passively given that it is a parasite, and the more he uses it the more it shortens his lifespan. (Can he become faint from overusing his abilities and not eating enough? Yes. Yes he can. It takes a lot because his stamina is shounen protagonist levels of ridiculous, but it's possible.)
It's also implied that it serves as a seal of sorts on the Noah memory within him, but the abilities of his eye can be sealed as well through sorcery.
The 14th/Noah Memory
Just because he wasn't a complicated special snowflake enough already, in addition to being an Exorcist, Allen is also (somehow) paradoxically the Fourteenth Noah, Nea D. Campbell (and thus, more recently we have discovered—half of the original Earl/First Apostle whose soul split and whose other half is Mana Campbell—also known as Mana Walker, yes Mana Walker), two things that should be mutually exclusive but somehow aren't. At the time I'm taking him from Nea's memory is actively showing itself from time to time, in moments of great stress, injury, or proximity to the Earl. His aura also shows the colder taint of the Noah as well
This is also related to him being technically 35 years old (somehow???) and having lived before as "Allen" when Nea was first lived and promised a dying Nea he would help live again/protect his memories. Somehow he became a kid again and current-him has no memory (the most recent fanbook confirmed his ages and that they are/were the same person).
???
Don't ask, this canon is special and explains things at a slower-than-Berserk pace.
The memory comes with the ability of being a/the "Musician". This means he's also able to control and pilot an interdimensional travelcube of a city called Noah's Ark via uncannily being able to play the piano and, more importantly, a certain melody that controls the interdimensional travel. It's pretty massive inside.
Practically this means he's able to create gates at any time to the Ark, can pilot it to a location, and can make gates (portals, basically) to anywhere in the world he's physically been. Usually this ends up being a series of permanent gates that once someone is in the Ark they can access by opening the door in a building associated with it, although temporary gates to somewhere while bypassing the Ark itself entirely is possible. Within the Ark are many separate pocket dimensions as well.
All of Allen's main abilities as an Exorcist are only applicable when actively in combat and he invokes. His arm is passively always what it is because it has altered his DNA and is a part of him, thus from day 1 he'll still.. have his arm, but for a while he'll notice if he tries to do any sleights of hand with it beyond normal human speed or dexterity that it feels clunky.
Whenever he first tries to tries to invoke, because Exorcists have their effectiveness and strength measured by their synchronization rate and Allen has surpassed 100%, it'll basically be like he's back to having a very low sync rate. It'll backfire, he won't be able to hold a stable form with it, and he'll have to start from nearly the beginning with retraining himself with his Innocence and getting his synchronization up, which means almost the entirety of this powers list he won't be able to do for quite some time. Which for him as an accomodator equals blah blah character development, figuring out who he wants to fight to protect and why, etc. etc. personal plot potential. The nature of Innocence means he can't regain it just waiting and training, but by getting back in touch with his own desires over what he wants to protect. It won't become a weapon for its host until they're certain of that.
INVENTORY/COMPANIONS:
1) Timcanpy! This adorable thing. Who will also be power-nerfed. At most he could regain some of his hammerspace abilities, which Allen doesn't really know how to utilize anyway. He could gulp something down to keep it safe for later after he's adjusted.
2) His suitcase, which contains Mana's clown costume and props.
3) He's a hobo at this canon point, he's literally not carrying anything else on him....
FACTION CHOICE: Court of Stars
REASON: Allen's a well-rounded enough character and atypical shounen protag that cases can be made for both. He's very wily, defies a lot of stereotypes of being a thoughtless jock-type, yet for someone with boundless hope and faith he's still very street-smart and grounded in reality. He has as moments of great insight and intelligence as he does being incredibly dense and stupid. But he is forever someone who he ruled by his heart and what he feels is right, even stating very early in canon how he is a small man who "can't help but be moved" by what's immediately in front of him, even if that might not be the rational choice. He's different in that he's usually aware of the rational choice, but acts on his heart and gut intuition anyway when it really matters. He also shows remarkable insight into people and what motivates them, being an incredibly intuitive person if not booksmart in the slightest, and always wanting to see the humanity in them. He's always trying to connect with the humanity in others, even his enemies, the thing he values the most and wants to protect. Preserving love and kindness and all the capacity for them.
Basically, if there isn't a pressing need? He'll stand back and consider his actions carefully. But if someone is in danger and he can do something about it? He's throwing caution to the winds and jumping in without a second thought even if it's practically suicide.
TATTOO: Crux, the Southern Cross, on the back of his right hand. (Presuming the Northern Cross doesn't count as it's an astronomical asterism and not a true constellation.)
SAMPLES
NETWORK: Duplicity Inbox thread. (Whole post shows his progression from techfail near-illiterate to quasi-functional...)LOG: TDM thread.
NOTES, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS:
Nerfs: Everything to do with the Ark will be sealed since otherwise he could use it to leave. Additionally, his eye won't have cross-fandom sight as akuma are not akuma/demons but something very canon-specific made from a very specific material. Instead, he might feel a strange ache in it like he's trying to see something that isn't there, and have a heightened sense around cursed/demonic entities.