PLAYER Name: Sceadu Age: 27 Personal Journal:amphibologies E-mail: dracogriff (at) gmail.com AIM/MSN/etc: sceadugesceaft (AIM)
CHARACTER Name: Xemnas Canon: Kingdom Hearts Age: By appearance, somewhere in his thirties. Physically speaking, it’s a bit more complicated. However, as Xemnas specifically he’s existed for about a decade. Timeline: Post Kingdom Hearts 3D If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: N/A
Personality: We are expecting at least THREE well-written paragraphs minimum, with references to canon examples of your character’s personality where available. Please provide us with insight to your character and their behaviour, their likes, dislikes and fears, as well as your understanding of them. We would also like to see details of your character's strengths and weaknesses, which may include physical, psychological and emotional.
The simplest way to explain Xemnas is to say that he’s quite thoroughly horrible person, even by the rather skewed standards of Organization XIII. While he may have been somewhat nicer (or rather, less immediately horrible) at earlier points in his life, as he is now he is very much the epitome of a Nobody, for all that he may not actually be one anymore (canon is a little ambiguous on whether he actually is one anymore or not). However, the time he spent as a Nobody was a large portion of his history, as he can consciously remember it, and without his heart, he was unable longer truly feel emotion. As a result, he tends to come off as uninterested at best, and cold and merciless at worst, especially when you add the original Xehanort’s general mindset. After all, he certainly doesn’t care what people think of him, and if a few people need to die in order to achieve his goals, then so be it. In a similar vein, he’s not at all inclined to tolerate either betrayal or failure, particularly in those he leads. Part of this is tied to the requirements for his ultimate goal, but even beyond that, he sees no reason why he should be made to suffer traitors and fools alike.
He also tends to hold himself aloof from not only humanity in general, but also those he directly leads. Much of the Organization’s day-to-day business is filtered down to the ranks through either his second-in-command or the Organization’s seventh, who tends to act as something like his secretary and while this has changed somewhat after the dissolution of the Organization at large, he still prefers to let others keep track of the day-to-day trivialities. This leaves him not only far more able to tend to the more mundane details of keeping things running smoothly but also allows him to keep the true nature of his plans secret - he may have claimed to be after Kingdom Hearts in order to return the lost hearts of the Organization (and may still claim it to be the case, if directly confronted about it), but this is and was nothing more than a lie. His true goal lies much nearer to seeking out Kingdom Hearts for personal power and gain, and this isn’t even the only lie he’s told. He has lied to - and kept secrets from - his Organization and most around him on far more than one occasion without so much as a second thought, and even his occasional habit of pretending to still have the emotions he lost so long ago is nothing more than a carefully calculated lie.
As an incarnation of the original Xehanort, he is also surprisingly good at both being prepared for any eventuality as well as adjusting plans on the fly. To him, the method by which he achieves his ultimate goal is significantly less important than the how, he’s been working to the same ends for more than one lifetime. Admittedly, he can’t remember all of details of this particular fact thanks to having the majority of his memories locked away some ten years ago, but he remembers just enough to be surprisingly effective all the same. His natural patience only increases this effectiveness. After all, it’s hard to be truly annoyed without a heart to care. Or even with one, if you simply can’t be bothered enough to be annoyed.
However, despite the fact that he’s quite thoroughly terrible, traces of the man he used be can still be found in him - a man who was intensely curious about all things, and threw himself head-first into the darkness willingly. It’s simply that this glimpses are rare at best and can be a little hard to see that in the person he is these days, besides. His tendency to be overly verbose at the best of times certainly doesn’t help, either.
In addition, despite his many talents, he is not without his share of failings as well. Like many villains of the series, he is often fairly arrogant especially where his plans are concerned, and while he has the ability to at least not make his failings turn into crushing defeats, they are still defeats and he does still occasionally underestimate his foes, although he does at the very least learn from his mistakes. Likewise, his general demeanor is not exactly the sort to win him many friends (not that he wants them anyway, except maybe to put to his uses), and even his best attempts to pretend otherwise are just pretty lies. In short, Xemnas is a thoroughly despicable person covered by a thin and well-practiced veneer of lies, misdirections and half-truths - and he is well aware of the fact.
[CANON] Xemnas || Kingdom Hearts || reserved || 1 of 2
Name: Sceadu
Age: 27
Personal Journal:
E-mail: dracogriff (at) gmail.com
AIM/MSN/etc: sceadugesceaft (AIM)
CHARACTER
Name: Xemnas
Canon: Kingdom Hearts
Age: By appearance, somewhere in his thirties. Physically speaking, it’s a bit more complicated. However, as Xemnas specifically he’s existed for about a decade.
Timeline: Post Kingdom Hearts 3D
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: N/A
Personality: We are expecting at least THREE well-written paragraphs minimum, with references to canon examples of your character’s personality where available. Please provide us with insight to your character and their behaviour, their likes, dislikes and fears, as well as your understanding of them. We would also like to see details of your character's strengths and weaknesses, which may include physical, psychological and emotional.
The simplest way to explain Xemnas is to say that he’s quite thoroughly horrible person, even by the rather skewed standards of Organization XIII. While he may have been somewhat nicer (or rather, less immediately horrible) at earlier points in his life, as he is now he is very much the epitome of a Nobody, for all that he may not actually be one anymore (canon is a little ambiguous on whether he actually is one anymore or not). However, the time he spent as a Nobody was a large portion of his history, as he can consciously remember it, and without his heart, he was unable longer truly feel emotion. As a result, he tends to come off as uninterested at best, and cold and merciless at worst, especially when you add the original Xehanort’s general mindset. After all, he certainly doesn’t care what people think of him, and if a few people need to die in order to achieve his goals, then so be it. In a similar vein, he’s not at all inclined to tolerate either betrayal or failure, particularly in those he leads. Part of this is tied to the requirements for his ultimate goal, but even beyond that, he sees no reason why he should be made to suffer traitors and fools alike.
He also tends to hold himself aloof from not only humanity in general, but also those he directly leads. Much of the Organization’s day-to-day business is filtered down to the ranks through either his second-in-command or the Organization’s seventh, who tends to act as something like his secretary and while this has changed somewhat after the dissolution of the Organization at large, he still prefers to let others keep track of the day-to-day trivialities. This leaves him not only far more able to tend to the more mundane details of keeping things running smoothly but also allows him to keep the true nature of his plans secret - he may have claimed to be after Kingdom Hearts in order to return the lost hearts of the Organization (and may still claim it to be the case, if directly confronted about it), but this is and was nothing more than a lie. His true goal lies much nearer to seeking out Kingdom Hearts for personal power and gain, and this isn’t even the only lie he’s told. He has lied to - and kept secrets from - his Organization and most around him on far more than one occasion without so much as a second thought, and even his occasional habit of pretending to still have the emotions he lost so long ago is nothing more than a carefully calculated lie.
As an incarnation of the original Xehanort, he is also surprisingly good at both being prepared for any eventuality as well as adjusting plans on the fly. To him, the method by which he achieves his ultimate goal is significantly less important than the how, he’s been working to the same ends for more than one lifetime. Admittedly, he can’t remember all of details of this particular fact thanks to having the majority of his memories locked away some ten years ago, but he remembers just enough to be surprisingly effective all the same. His natural patience only increases this effectiveness. After all, it’s hard to be truly annoyed without a heart to care. Or even with one, if you simply can’t be bothered enough to be annoyed.
However, despite the fact that he’s quite thoroughly terrible, traces of the man he used be can still be found in him - a man who was intensely curious about all things, and threw himself head-first into the darkness willingly. It’s simply that this glimpses are rare at best and can be a little hard to see that in the person he is these days, besides. His tendency to be overly verbose at the best of times certainly doesn’t help, either.
In addition, despite his many talents, he is not without his share of failings as well. Like many villains of the series, he is often fairly arrogant especially where his plans are concerned, and while he has the ability to at least not make his failings turn into crushing defeats, they are still defeats and he does still occasionally underestimate his foes, although he does at the very least learn from his mistakes. Likewise, his general demeanor is not exactly the sort to win him many friends (not that he wants them anyway, except maybe to put to his uses), and even his best attempts to pretend otherwise are just pretty lies. In short, Xemnas is a thoroughly despicable person covered by a thin and well-practiced veneer of lies, misdirections and half-truths - and he is well aware of the fact.
Background: Xemnas, and Xehanort.