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I Dream And I Wake Up

The Time We Were Together Was Real

Created on 2007-09-23 16:08:58 (#13879964), last updated 2009-01-06

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Name:	Ryu (and Fou-Lu) [Template Version]

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Basic Stats

Character: Ryu
Series/Fandom: Breath of Fire (specifically, Breath of Fire IV)
Original or Template version: Template

Age: Unknown (appears to be about 18), possibly incredibly ancient
Gender: Male (at least in this form's appearance)
Species: Dragon (god)
Sexuality: Unknown, but if Ryu did look for a mate, it's unlikely that he'd be hung up by something like gender.
Ryu is marked with a cross over his heart.
"Keeper": Selphie Tilmitt (Original)
Ryu lives in Upper Cove, Crux Ansata House, Wind Cliff Street.
Pets: Won-Qu, a Miniature Dachshund.

About Ryu

Appearance: Ryu is about average height, with blue eyes and spiky blue hair and a blue ponytail held back with a gold band. He wears a red sleeveless shirt with a white sleeveless shirt over it, and a necklace with a green charm on it. He has a pouch fastened on his belt, and wears leather arm protectors. His pants are blueish-purple, as are his slippers. He also carries two small round bells on a strip of light fabric, which was a present given to Fou-Lu by a young woman when he was recovering from an attack.

Personality: Ryu has a generally pleasant personality. He doesn't talk very much, unless you start talking to him first, and does have a fun-loving side, as demonstrated by his love of fishing. After the death of Nina, however, he's started brooding more, and doesn't trust himself that much. Fou-Lu, his other half, is cold and calculating, and speaks with a regal and aloof air, thinking mortals to be truly foolish creatures. Fou-Lu thinks nothing of wreaking havoc on anything and anyone that gets in his way, and enjoys squashing life as easily as a human would squash a bug.

Abilities/Strengths: Ryu has the ability to turn into dragons, including the Aura, Wyvern, Behemoth, Myrmidion, Mutant, and Kaiser. The Kaiser is the most powerful of these. Through Fou-Lu, he also has access to the Astral, Serpent, Behemoth, and Tyrant dragon forms, with the Tyrant being the most powerful of those. He also has the Infini/Yorae dragon form, but this is only possible when he works with Fou-Lu, and after the death of Nina, Ryu isn't likely to trust him again. Ryu has access to many abilities, ranging across the elements as well as including some healing and revival magic. Ryu is skilled with a sword... and as far as weapons go, that's pretty much it. Fou-Lu is also skilled with the sword, should he take control over Ryu's body again.

Weaknesses: Ryu, in short, doesn't trust himself. He is the one in control of his mind, but only just barely. Fou-Lu is there, ready to take control of him at the slightest slip up. After killing Nina, Ryu was overcome with guilt, and he's become overly cautious to make up for it. Also, if he becomes the Kaiser Dragon, it is extremely easy for him to lose control and slip into a blind killing rage.

History

To understand Ryu, one must understand first a bit of the history of Fou-Lu. Fou-Lu was an emperor, the first of the Fou Empire, and he ruled with strength and an iron fist. It is said that before he died and was laid to rest in his tomb thousands of years ago, he predicted his own resurrection.

Ryu was "born" when the great Fou Empire found a way to summon dragons, though it was imperfect. One such dragon was the Yorae Dragon, and Ryu was one half of this great dragon, sent through time separate from his other half. The other half was Fou-Lu, still sleeping.

Ryu attacked a sandflier in the desert by accident, and then was found by Nina, one of the people riding the sandflier. Nina and Cray (the other person on the sandflier) were searching for Nina's sister Elina. Ryu had no memory of who he was or where he came from, and didn't even have any clothes on at first. He joined Nina (after finding some clothes) in finding parts for her sandflier while Cray stayed with the craft so it wasn't stolen.

Nina and Ryu headed to the city of Template, where they were told where they could find the parts. However, Nina was harassed by a member of the Imperial Army, and Ryu attacked them in order to get them to leave her alone. They escaped Template, picked up parts in Sandflier Valley (but not the right ones), and went to a town called Chamba, where they were escorted through the poisoned city by a mysterious person in armor named Ershin. Around this time Ryu gained his ability to shift into dragon form.

The three reunited with Cray, and after a strange shared dream from Ryu, they went off to search for Elina more. They ended up in the town of Synesta. During this time Fou-Lu had awakened and was searching for Ryu. The party left Synesta and went to the border town of Kyojin, where they were captured by the Imperials and were returned to Windia, where they were guarded by a mercenary named Scias, and had an audience with the king, Nina's father. They were told to seek the Wind Dragon, and they found him. The Wind Dragon told them of Ryu's dragon heritage and warned them that there would be grave danger if he and Fou-Lu were to meet.

The group then traveled to the village of Chek, where they were informed that Ershin was also a dragon, and the incomplete summoning had trapped her in the armor. They sought the advice of the dragons, who told Ryu to seek them out to help him stand a chance against Fou-Lu if the two should meet. They moved to an Imperial town on the western border, and were captured. Ryu fought against the Imperial forces, lost control of himself, and transformed into the Kaiser Dragon, his most powerful dragon form. Nina calmed him down, and they were joined by an Imperial officer named Ursula.

The group boarded a ship and made their way to a small island, and then to an Imperial town. They found some refugees under attack from Fou-Lu's guard dog, Won-Qu. They reached a temple, and found that it was thick with hex poison and had structures resembling human organs. At the top they found Elina, and realized that the entire building was attached to her lower body. Cray stabbed her with a magical knife to put her out of her misery and vowed to get revenge on the ones who had done this to her.

Around this time, Fou-Lu arrived at the palace of the current Fu Empire's emperor and killed him. Ryu and his friends rushed to the palace to confront Fou-Lu, and the two fought, with Ryu eventually winning. They merged, with Ryu being the dominant mind (though the merge was not a complete one), and the group headed off to try and clean up the messes that Fou-Lu had made. The dragons disappeared from the world, deciding to leave humanity's fate in the hands of humanity.

Then disaster struck. One night, while the group was sleeping, Fou-Lu took over Ryu's body, transformed him into the Kaiser Dragon, and killed Nina. Afraid for the rest of the group's safety, Ryu took control back from Fou-Lu and fled all the way to the Fane of the Sea God, where one of the dragons had lived before their disappearance. It is from this place and time that he is taken to Template.

Player Info

Player's Name: Kaji
Player LJ:

atrypical
AIM: lovehiei123
Timezone: EST (GMT -5)
Other Characters Played: Klavier Gavin (Original), Marche Radiuju (Original), James Potter (Original), Allelujah Haptism (Original), Tsukasa (Original)

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Journal title, subtitle, and friends page headings from "Yume no Sukoshi Ato (A Little After the Dream)", the Breath of Fire IV ending theme, by Yoshino Aoki.
Ryu/Fou-Lu and Breath of Fire IV are © Capcom.
This journal is for entertainment purposes only, not for profit.

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