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IN CHARACTER
Name: Gajeel Redfox, aka “Iron Dragon” (Capital H CRAU)
Canon: Fairy Tail
Canon Point: Right before time travel stuff in Capital H
Age: 19
History: Canon background: here
Capital H AU Backstory: Seventeen years ago, a steel-plated dragon named Metalicana was in the process of sneaking as close to human civilization as he could feasibly get ("sneaking" - he was an enormous metallic dragon, he was mostly just flying high enough to minimize how many humans would see him. He probably freaked some people out anyway. Good job), mainly for the purpose of spying on them, confirming that they sucked, and going back to his cave far away in the mountains, secure in the knowledge that humans were in fact as gross as they looked from a distance. In other words, he was mostly going by out of curiosity. Then he noticed something on the ground that he hadn't really expected: A very small human child, out in the woods, with no adults in sight.
For all Metalicana knew, not that he ever tried to find out, the child's parents could have been killed by a bear, or he could have just wandered off and they could have been looking for him now. Metalicana, however, did not give a crud, because he also sensed a massive amount of untapped magic power coming off this kid, and of course he didn't want that to go to waste. So he chose to assume that the parents were dead and just stole the child.
Unfortunately, this kind of set the tone for what kind of mindset the boy who would soon be named Gajeel Redfox (because dragon naming conventions have very little to do with human ones, and Metalicana also did not care that the kid probably already had a name) would be raised with.
As Gajeel grew, Metalicana taught him very little about how to get by in human society; mostly he taught him how to use magic. From an early age, Gajeel was very strongly affected by his proximity to Metalicana, both mentally and in terms of how his magic developed. Over time, he branched away from simple imitation of Metalicana's abilities (some of which seemed to just sort of happen naturally thanks to said proximity, some took work) to doing ridiculous things like turning his arms into swords, but he did end up in kind of a rut in terms of mostly just being able to do things involving metal.
So basically, for ten years, Gajeel was raised by a dragon whose main priority was to make him as efficient at destroying things as possible, leaving him largely unprepared for the day he would be left on his own. Which did come. Seven years ago, Metalicana disappeared without a word or a hint of where he had gone. After waiting in the mountains for a few days, Gajeel realized that he wasn't coming back.
Gajeel did initially make a token effort to integrate into human society, but was hindered by 1. his lack of knowledge of how to do that beyond some fairly basic concepts (he could read, he knew what money was, he could recognize some common pieces of technology. That was about it), and 2. his incredibly abrasive, often violent personality. By the time he was around fourteen, Gajeel had basically given up on being a decent member of society, and had instead started to make use of what Metalicana had taught him (punching things, really hard, with iron).
Since then, things just sort of escalated, and these days Gajeel is working toward making a name for himself as the "Iron Dragon", a supervillain known not for long-term scheming or Big Plans so much as just destroying and stealing things because he can (and is convinced that the fact that he can get away with this and hasn't been stopped yet means it's completely justified and he can totally do whatever he wants).
Despite his ongoing insistence that he doesn't care where Metalicana is/why he left/if he ever sees him again, Gajeel will take any lead he can get to possibly find his foster father (including some that may be kind of questionable). However, if anyone else is around when he finds a possible lead, that alone makes him several times less likely to follow it, and more likely to insist that he doesn't care and pointedly ignore it.
What a frickin tool.
Personality: Gajeel’s personality is much the same as it was when he first appeared in canon, though somewhat less extreme in that he’s more a wannabe teenage supervillain than he is an established and very violent mage.
Usually the most immediately obvious way to describe Gajeel's behavior is something to the effect that he is a horrible piece of garbage. He's rude and insensitive, practically never thinking before he speaks, and will take the slightest excuse to pick a fight. He mocks those who aren't as powerful as him, and constantly tries to prove himself stronger than those who can match up to or surpass him, and, in both cases, will gladly beat them into the ground given what he considers justifiable reason (his idea of what's justifiable is pretty loose).
However, once he considers someone an ally, he will be fiercely loyal to them, doing his best to go above and beyond what they expect of him in order to get their approval. He really does have a strong need to belong to some kind of group, though his methods of accomplishing that consist mostly of punching things; if he ever wants to be accepted somewhere where that doesn't fly, he might be in trouble. He'll still make an effort, because when it comes down to it his need for approval is stronger than his love of destruction, if only by a little. Unfortunately, his attempted displays of goodwill are more likely to range from irritating to outright dangerous than anything (in canon, his efforts to gain his new guildmates' approval include tying up a musician so he can perform - very badly - in her place, and just using his own body to physically block attacks against other members on multiple occasions).
At the moment he has yet to really form any meaningful personal connections, but it can be assumed that if he somehow managed that his loyalty and protectiveness toward that person(s) would go far beyond what he shows toward a non-personal, purely "business"-based ally (if he REALLY likes someone he might even show genuinely positive emotion toward them, maybe). He is also, again, very protective of anyone he actually cares about, even if he knows that they can take care of themselves just fine, but especially if he sees them as weaker than him.
On the other end, if he forms a grudge against someone, he can hold it pretty much forever. Even if they end up on the same side at some point, he will still probably be sort of extra-hostile toward that person (as opposed to his usual, constant level of hostility); he's capable of setting his rivalries aside for short periods of time when it's necessary, but will go right back to putting extra effort into picking a fight with them as soon as he can. In addition, if he considers an ally to also be a rival, he will set up random, arbitrary "competitions" with them, whereas if he considers an enemy to be a rival he will just try to punch them until they stop moving just about every time he sees them.
In addition, it should be noted that Gajeel is what is often called an "emotionally constipated jackass". This is part of why he has no friends. Despite his constant, often successful efforts to seem scary and apathetic and nothing else, Gajeel is actually a very emotional person. Given the right situation and stimulus, he can be set off fairly quickly - usually in the general direction of uncontrollable, screaming rage, but not always, depending on the situation.
There are also some morals hidden in there somewhere. Deep down. Deeper than that. Seriously, they're hard to get to, but they're there. Basically, getting through to him in any capacity will usually require some serious effort or a really big shock, followed by him sulking for a while, and then with the right prompting he will suddenly start trying really, really hard to do whatever he feels he needs to now. He is, however, quite unlikely to actually verbally take back anything he's said or done; if he does feel like he's made a mistake, he'll try to prove it with action, but he's not very good at using his words.
In short, Gajeel Redfox is a simple man with simple desires. Most of those desires involve breaking things and punching people, but there's probably something in there about wanting to belong somewhere or some feelsy crud like that. However, getting to that part takes quite a bit of work, because he's such a poorly-adjusted loser that he has basically convinced himself that being a jerk is his only option for how to go through life.
(What a frickin TOOL)
Contracts: Gajeel would be pretty pissed about suddenly finding himself on a strange ship, and wouldn't be totally sold on the 'broken Ingress' situation. However, he doesn't have any reasons to specifically distrust them and has no other way to get back home - and he definitely doesn't want to get dumped on an unknown planet. In the end, he would sign begrudgingly, intending to just see how things go from here.
Abilities/Skills: - Somewhat enhanced physical abilities (strength, speed, stamina, smell and hearing; he's also more vulnerable to really strong smells or loud noises as a result)
- Eating metal; he gains a certain amount of energy from doing that, also sometimes he eats it just because he can (and wants to scare people). He can't eat the metal that he produces himself, that would be gross
-- He can also consume energy/magic in solid form, but doing that isn't necessarily a good idea as it gives him a massive power boost for a few minutes but then leaves him exhausted if not just completely unconscious; it’s kind of like drinking five cans of Redbull
- METAL MAGIC of various types
-- transformation of skin to iron scales (obviously harder to damage than skin, but any damage the scales take will remain on his body once the spell wears off)
-- roaring really loud and creating a vortex of storm-force winds and shards of metal shrapnel; where this metal comes from, he doesn’t even know himself, but presumably it’s generated from the magical energy he gets from eating metal
-- transformation of limbs into iron weapons - he can turn one arm at a time into either a sword or a club-like thing. This can give him an advantage in otherwise-unarmed combat, but if they are damaged, he WILL feel it, and, again, the damage will remain once his arm goes back to normal.
- COMBAT SKILLS this is the main thing he’s good at honestly
- Other than that he has a very basic knowledge of machinery from working at an auto shop for a while, but honestly his job was mostly moving heavy boxes around. He doesn’t really have any other practical skills, or, really, any at all, whatever he may think.
Strengths/Weaknesses:
Strengths:
- Strategic; despite his general incompetence at thinking, Gajeel is surprisingly adept at taking advantage of his environment and planning ahead in a fight
- Confident; Gajeel isn’t completely fearless, but he does think highly enough of himself and his abilities that it’s rare for him to hesitate out of fear or uncertainty
- Observant; enhanced senses make him that much better at noticing things about his environment, and he does take note of most of the things he notices
Weaknesses:
- Dependent; Gajeel wants very badly for those around him to have as much confidence in him as he has in himself, despite his efforts to come across as a lone wolf, and he will definitely make some questionable decisions if he thinks they’re necessary to gain the approval of someone he looks up to.
- Oversensitive; Enhanced senses also mean that Gajeel can be more easily overwhelmed, potentially to the point of incapacitation, by strong scents or loud noises.
- Socially incompetent; Being far more used to gaining approval through shows of force than actually acting like a decent person, Gajeel has an unfortunate tendency to antagonize almost everyone he interacts with to some degree or another.
Items:
- Clothes - a worn-out old sleeveless shirt, jeans, combat boots, and a sweatshirt
- Numerous studs in piercings on his face and arms
SAMPLES
Network Sample: How would your character address the network and other characters on the ship; must be five to eight lines.
Prose/Action Sample: from savrou tdm
Are you 16 or older: Yep!
Contact: PM or
Current Characters: Ginko
notyetsore, Nick Wilde pawpsiclepeddlerTag: gajeel redfox (crau)
IN CHARACTER
Name: Gajeel Redfox, aka “Iron Dragon” (Capital H CRAU)
Canon: Fairy Tail
Canon Point: Right before time travel stuff in Capital H
Age: 19
History: Canon background: here
Capital H AU Backstory: Seventeen years ago, a steel-plated dragon named Metalicana was in the process of sneaking as close to human civilization as he could feasibly get ("sneaking" - he was an enormous metallic dragon, he was mostly just flying high enough to minimize how many humans would see him. He probably freaked some people out anyway. Good job), mainly for the purpose of spying on them, confirming that they sucked, and going back to his cave far away in the mountains, secure in the knowledge that humans were in fact as gross as they looked from a distance. In other words, he was mostly going by out of curiosity. Then he noticed something on the ground that he hadn't really expected: A very small human child, out in the woods, with no adults in sight.
For all Metalicana knew, not that he ever tried to find out, the child's parents could have been killed by a bear, or he could have just wandered off and they could have been looking for him now. Metalicana, however, did not give a crud, because he also sensed a massive amount of untapped magic power coming off this kid, and of course he didn't want that to go to waste. So he chose to assume that the parents were dead and just stole the child.
Unfortunately, this kind of set the tone for what kind of mindset the boy who would soon be named Gajeel Redfox (because dragon naming conventions have very little to do with human ones, and Metalicana also did not care that the kid probably already had a name) would be raised with.
As Gajeel grew, Metalicana taught him very little about how to get by in human society; mostly he taught him how to use magic. From an early age, Gajeel was very strongly affected by his proximity to Metalicana, both mentally and in terms of how his magic developed. Over time, he branched away from simple imitation of Metalicana's abilities (some of which seemed to just sort of happen naturally thanks to said proximity, some took work) to doing ridiculous things like turning his arms into swords, but he did end up in kind of a rut in terms of mostly just being able to do things involving metal.
So basically, for ten years, Gajeel was raised by a dragon whose main priority was to make him as efficient at destroying things as possible, leaving him largely unprepared for the day he would be left on his own. Which did come. Seven years ago, Metalicana disappeared without a word or a hint of where he had gone. After waiting in the mountains for a few days, Gajeel realized that he wasn't coming back.
Gajeel did initially make a token effort to integrate into human society, but was hindered by 1. his lack of knowledge of how to do that beyond some fairly basic concepts (he could read, he knew what money was, he could recognize some common pieces of technology. That was about it), and 2. his incredibly abrasive, often violent personality. By the time he was around fourteen, Gajeel had basically given up on being a decent member of society, and had instead started to make use of what Metalicana had taught him (punching things, really hard, with iron).
Since then, things just sort of escalated, and these days Gajeel is working toward making a name for himself as the "Iron Dragon", a supervillain known not for long-term scheming or Big Plans so much as just destroying and stealing things because he can (and is convinced that the fact that he can get away with this and hasn't been stopped yet means it's completely justified and he can totally do whatever he wants).
Despite his ongoing insistence that he doesn't care where Metalicana is/why he left/if he ever sees him again, Gajeel will take any lead he can get to possibly find his foster father (including some that may be kind of questionable). However, if anyone else is around when he finds a possible lead, that alone makes him several times less likely to follow it, and more likely to insist that he doesn't care and pointedly ignore it.
What a frickin tool.
Personality: Gajeel’s personality is much the same as it was when he first appeared in canon, though somewhat less extreme in that he’s more a wannabe teenage supervillain than he is an established and very violent mage.
Usually the most immediately obvious way to describe Gajeel's behavior is something to the effect that he is a horrible piece of garbage. He's rude and insensitive, practically never thinking before he speaks, and will take the slightest excuse to pick a fight. He mocks those who aren't as powerful as him, and constantly tries to prove himself stronger than those who can match up to or surpass him, and, in both cases, will gladly beat them into the ground given what he considers justifiable reason (his idea of what's justifiable is pretty loose).
However, once he considers someone an ally, he will be fiercely loyal to them, doing his best to go above and beyond what they expect of him in order to get their approval. He really does have a strong need to belong to some kind of group, though his methods of accomplishing that consist mostly of punching things; if he ever wants to be accepted somewhere where that doesn't fly, he might be in trouble. He'll still make an effort, because when it comes down to it his need for approval is stronger than his love of destruction, if only by a little. Unfortunately, his attempted displays of goodwill are more likely to range from irritating to outright dangerous than anything (in canon, his efforts to gain his new guildmates' approval include tying up a musician so he can perform - very badly - in her place, and just using his own body to physically block attacks against other members on multiple occasions).
At the moment he has yet to really form any meaningful personal connections, but it can be assumed that if he somehow managed that his loyalty and protectiveness toward that person(s) would go far beyond what he shows toward a non-personal, purely "business"-based ally (if he REALLY likes someone he might even show genuinely positive emotion toward them, maybe). He is also, again, very protective of anyone he actually cares about, even if he knows that they can take care of themselves just fine, but especially if he sees them as weaker than him.
On the other end, if he forms a grudge against someone, he can hold it pretty much forever. Even if they end up on the same side at some point, he will still probably be sort of extra-hostile toward that person (as opposed to his usual, constant level of hostility); he's capable of setting his rivalries aside for short periods of time when it's necessary, but will go right back to putting extra effort into picking a fight with them as soon as he can. In addition, if he considers an ally to also be a rival, he will set up random, arbitrary "competitions" with them, whereas if he considers an enemy to be a rival he will just try to punch them until they stop moving just about every time he sees them.
In addition, it should be noted that Gajeel is what is often called an "emotionally constipated jackass". This is part of why he has no friends. Despite his constant, often successful efforts to seem scary and apathetic and nothing else, Gajeel is actually a very emotional person. Given the right situation and stimulus, he can be set off fairly quickly - usually in the general direction of uncontrollable, screaming rage, but not always, depending on the situation.
There are also some morals hidden in there somewhere. Deep down. Deeper than that. Seriously, they're hard to get to, but they're there. Basically, getting through to him in any capacity will usually require some serious effort or a really big shock, followed by him sulking for a while, and then with the right prompting he will suddenly start trying really, really hard to do whatever he feels he needs to now. He is, however, quite unlikely to actually verbally take back anything he's said or done; if he does feel like he's made a mistake, he'll try to prove it with action, but he's not very good at using his words.
In short, Gajeel Redfox is a simple man with simple desires. Most of those desires involve breaking things and punching people, but there's probably something in there about wanting to belong somewhere or some feelsy crud like that. However, getting to that part takes quite a bit of work, because he's such a poorly-adjusted loser that he has basically convinced himself that being a jerk is his only option for how to go through life.
(What a frickin TOOL)
Contracts: Gajeel would be pretty pissed about suddenly finding himself on a strange ship, and wouldn't be totally sold on the 'broken Ingress' situation. However, he doesn't have any reasons to specifically distrust them and has no other way to get back home - and he definitely doesn't want to get dumped on an unknown planet. In the end, he would sign begrudgingly, intending to just see how things go from here.
Abilities/Skills: - Somewhat enhanced physical abilities (strength, speed, stamina, smell and hearing; he's also more vulnerable to really strong smells or loud noises as a result)
- Eating metal; he gains a certain amount of energy from doing that, also sometimes he eats it just because he can (and wants to scare people). He can't eat the metal that he produces himself, that would be gross
-- He can also consume energy/magic in solid form, but doing that isn't necessarily a good idea as it gives him a massive power boost for a few minutes but then leaves him exhausted if not just completely unconscious; it’s kind of like drinking five cans of Redbull
- METAL MAGIC of various types
-- transformation of skin to iron scales (obviously harder to damage than skin, but any damage the scales take will remain on his body once the spell wears off)
-- roaring really loud and creating a vortex of storm-force winds and shards of metal shrapnel; where this metal comes from, he doesn’t even know himself, but presumably it’s generated from the magical energy he gets from eating metal
-- transformation of limbs into iron weapons - he can turn one arm at a time into either a sword or a club-like thing. This can give him an advantage in otherwise-unarmed combat, but if they are damaged, he WILL feel it, and, again, the damage will remain once his arm goes back to normal.
- COMBAT SKILLS this is the main thing he’s good at honestly
- Other than that he has a very basic knowledge of machinery from working at an auto shop for a while, but honestly his job was mostly moving heavy boxes around. He doesn’t really have any other practical skills, or, really, any at all, whatever he may think.
Strengths/Weaknesses:
Strengths:
- Strategic; despite his general incompetence at thinking, Gajeel is surprisingly adept at taking advantage of his environment and planning ahead in a fight
- Confident; Gajeel isn’t completely fearless, but he does think highly enough of himself and his abilities that it’s rare for him to hesitate out of fear or uncertainty
- Observant; enhanced senses make him that much better at noticing things about his environment, and he does take note of most of the things he notices
Weaknesses:
- Dependent; Gajeel wants very badly for those around him to have as much confidence in him as he has in himself, despite his efforts to come across as a lone wolf, and he will definitely make some questionable decisions if he thinks they’re necessary to gain the approval of someone he looks up to.
- Oversensitive; Enhanced senses also mean that Gajeel can be more easily overwhelmed, potentially to the point of incapacitation, by strong scents or loud noises.
- Socially incompetent; Being far more used to gaining approval through shows of force than actually acting like a decent person, Gajeel has an unfortunate tendency to antagonize almost everyone he interacts with to some degree or another.
Items:
- Clothes - a worn-out old sleeveless shirt, jeans, combat boots, and a sweatshirt
- Numerous studs in piercings on his face and arms
SAMPLES
Network Sample: How would your character address the network and other characters on the ship; must be five to eight lines.
Prose/Action Sample: from savrou tdm