+1 tragic JPRG antagonist

[aetos]

Hello, I am Carmen and I'm completely new to this game! Nice to meet all of you! Today I bring you a character from an obscure Dreamcast-to-Gamecube game called Skies of Arcadia. My unending adoration for anyone who knows what that game is. If you don't, then all you need to know is that it takes every RPG cliche you can think of and makes them awesome.

Also air pirates. And airships. And lots of exploring.

This is Ramirez, who serves as your standard white-haired villain of the game + bonus tragic backstory. He was once a nice kid that lived on the moon and then he started working for Sky!Europe at the height of its conquering days and it just sort of went downhill from there. After some unfortunate incidents he decides he decides it's better off for entire world if they're subjugated under one ruler and then starts doing whatever he can to make it a reality. In a twist, the world ruler he envisions is not, in fact, himself, but someone completely different that he is unhealthily attached to.

Yeah. Lots of issues there, and luckily he'll have some time to adjust before he comes face-to-face with all of them. In Locke City, he's just a normal 19-year-old college student with an Engineering major and goes by the name of Roy Sellers. He's pretty well-adjusted, barring the fact that his father died when he was 10 and he didn't take his mother's remarriage very well. Overall, Roy a lot more like Ramirez's initial personality (for now), so he'll be quite pleasant and helpful to most people even if he does have a bit of a temper sometimes. Just ask his stepdad about that.

His info post is here and I can be reached at rikachai or on AIM at Penguininator. I'm excited to play with all of you!

Comments

[vanisland]

You do not know how much I want to play Skies. I've just never been able to find it anywhere. I still think my parents shouldn't have sold our family's Dreamcast, and that was years ago.

I'm Awe, and this is Mir from Ar tonelico. She's also an antagonist with bonus tragic backstory, but she actually survives the ending and goes on to appear in a sequel since she was out of her right mind at the time.

Here, though, she's Miranda Atmiller, graduate CS student. Kind of a loner and a little trollish, really.

[aetos]

UGH IT'S SO HORRIBLY EXPENSIVE NOW THAT IT'S OUT OF PRINT I keep hoping they'll release it on PSN or something /cries and holds onto dreams forever. LEGENDS IS MARGINALLY LESS EXPENSIVE ON AMAZON IF YOU HAVE A WII OR GAMECUBE THOUGH.

Anyway, game enabling aside, it's nice to meet you! I've heard of Ar Tonelico even though I've never played any of the games and Jacqli always seemed interesting.

And what luck Roy here is absolute trollbait she must say hello.

[vanisland]

Sadly, I have neither. I just have a PS2 and a DS that can barely carry a charge.

Yes, I look forward to doing this trolling. It will be glorious.

[aetos]

ALAS. There's always that Let's Play in the LParchive that gives you the added bonus of not having to fight random battles every ten seconds.

Literally every ten seconds. I'm not exaggerating. Ask anyone. Skies of Arcadia has one of the worst random encounter rates ever.

AND YES, EXCELLENT. I always endorse people giving him a hard time.

[vanisland]

Yeah THAT part I was less excited about, since I have heard a few things.

I'll read that at some point, I'm sure.