Ion Yong

Ion is born as the first child of a simple merchant and a once noble lady. He spends his first years with Mother who is heartbroken after being denied by her family, and the next few years with Father, who works day and night to secure a stable income for the family. As Ion’s younger brother is unexpectedly born, Ion is the one left to take care of the easily-ill child while both parents work to pay off the family’s growing debts.

The brothers bound over the years spent together and soon Ion has to go to school. But the children there do not welcome him with open arms - they keep their distance from Ion ------ and years go by like that until Ion is saved by a stranger who tells him “to fight back” and -----.

Ion later finds out the stranger is a member of a guild called Centheria. He starts wishing to grow up and join the guild himself, and when one day his younger brother gets extremely sick Ion is presented with an opportunity to travel to Roseshire, a city where Centheria guild is located, and finally meet his heroes. He takes that chance and with his little brother on his back travels to Centheria and asks the guild for help. But when he knocks on the entrance doors they remain tightly shut, and no pleas from Ion can get them to open. As the thunder roars and the rain starts falling, Ion abandons hope and turns away from the guild. When the brothers’ strength runs out they stop at a nearby forest; in the darkness of it, the younger brother dies in Ion’s arms.

Ion feels betrayed by the Centheria guild and spends his teenage years working at a local dojo in order to earn enough money to resurrect his brother’s body. He is soon taken in as a disciple and through the years acquires skills of a fighter. Upon turning 18 years old Ion finally saves enough money for the resurrection and goes to a chapel, but is told that the time has run out and the soul of his brother cannot be saved anymore.

Ion feels sad and betrayed by fate once again and thus decides to start over and leave his hometown to go to Roseshire. No longer wanting to do anything with Centheria, he submits his papers to a second guild and becomes a new recruit at Phericio.

{ Dutiful, Firm, Logical, Protective, Organized | Reserved | Brittle, Hostile, Grim, Prejudiced, Uncooperative }

Ion's past experiences and life led him to become an independent boy during his early years, making him work and take care of a younger brother throughout his whole childhood. Because of this the boy is used to being responsible for others and takes his duties with all seriousness, never backing down on whatever work he is given. You will never hear a single word of complaint from this youngster, for he is certain to get his job done and is hardly strayed away from this path. The Valthos prioritizes duties first and foremost and only stops if someone is in trouble, no matter dear to him or not. If a choice of what to pick - completing his work or saving someone from danger - would arise, Ion would be lost, for both are equally important to him, but would try to act justly no matter what.

Because Ion was made to work since he was a child and then faced consequences for the lack of his social skills, he now would rather sit in a corner and watch everyone do their stuff without any interference from his side. Please do not think of Ion as a shy and timid teenager, as he has no fear of talking with others - he simply chooses not to. In fact, he appears to be rather a quiet type than anything, one that is often lost in thought and would prefer not to be disturbed, at least surely not by a mere stranger. Ion has his own thoughts and feelings about certain things, but keeps everything to himself, knowing from experience that people are usually cruel and are more likely to make fun of him than be a shoulder to lean on.

Because of constant bullying in the past, the Valthos boy became untrusting to total strangers and people in general. He acts cautiously when someone wants to have a conversation with him and is more likely to say no to people he finds even slightly on an untrustworthy side. It is especially common for Ion to make an early opinion on a person based solely on their looks, origin or status, and there is no need to say that the opinion is usually not the most positive (or the truest) one. Because of the first negative impression of others, the boy is completely not likely to work in teams and would rather do all the work alone (if he can help it, of course). That does not mean, however, that our hero is totally ignorant of people. In actuality, he chose to appear so distant not to get hurt in the process, for the young one is also a feeble one, worrying about others' actions and words and trying to hide these worries by putting up a tough front.

Fighting Style: Ion specializes in close combat and mostly relies on his high speed to strike an opponent first, either to disarm them or knock them out, and on his accurate footwork to avoid getting hit. He can fight both bare handed or using a light melee weapon, such as daggers, light swords, staffs, etc. but prefers to have both of his arms free to utilize his skills to the best. His Ultima takes a form of thin golden threads when ignited and is used mainly to limit the enemies’ movement or block their skills - Ion only strikes to kill if his opponent is a deadly threat and there is no other choice but to end their life.

During dire situations a fierce blue Ultima seems to emerge from Ion’s body to protect him from danger. Ion has no control over it, but it only seems to act as a defensive mechanism and harms only those who intend to harm, disappearing as soon as the threat to the holder is gone.

Weapon Description: A thin medium-sized sword that somewhat resembles a toothpick. It is said that its blade is made from a special, enchanted sort of metal that is able to change form when certain conditions are met. Ion is yet to discover those conditions and currently does not use the sword to its full potential, stabbing and piercing his opponents as if it‘s a regular weapon. The sword bears a familiar presence, and Ion keeps it close to his heart - hidden in Her Highness’s blessing.

*officer's update: A shape-shifting blade which is able to almost instantly transform between a sword and a staff (more? eh...) or be kept in a small form for a more comfortable carry. Transformation looks like blue light enveloping the form and fading into the wind in the form of wisps.

1. Fate Entwined [Rukh Ignition] [1 Casting Turn] [4 Turns Duration] [2 Turns CD]

• Ion's hand starts glowing with a golden Ultima and soon the Valthos boy holds a huge amount of threads, which act as a magnet for other people's Ultima. The latter starts coming out from people's chests in the form of strings and, upon reaching Ion's Rukh energy, gets mixed together to create a new, more powerful Ultima energy. This created energy Ion then directs to a certain part of his body/weapon and, making it all covered in Ultima, powers it up for a time being.

2. Overknot [Rukh Ignition] [Instant effects] [Causes the target to flinch] [5 Turns CD]

• With suddenly ignited hands Ion touches the opponent's body, thereby making a golden circle around a certain body part. The golden circle has a resemblance to a knot. The energy then explodes underneath the person's skin, stopping Ultima's flow in that part and forbidding the user to move their magic freely through that region. What Overknot does, however, is not making a barrier. It burns body channels through which Ultima runs, making it impossible for the magic to go through that passage anymore.

3. Cocoon dive [Rukh Ignition] [2 Casting Turns] [Instant effects] [2 Turns CD]

• Ion swiftly moves in circles around his opponent, gathering threads of Ultima on his fingers and slowly closing the distance between him and another person. During this thin goldish strands of energy fall on the victim's body, and after a short amount of time there are thousands of threads - they hold the person still, not allowing them to budge anymore. Soon the opponent is fully covered in Ion's Ultima, appearing to others as a golden cocoon. The cocoon then ignites and gets easily dragged up in the air, where Ion kicks it down to earth from a high point (10 m/33 ft), making sure that the head of the cocoon will be the one reaching earth first. Just before the collision, the cocoon's upper part gets fully burned by Ultima, so the head is the one that hits the ground first, after which half of the body gets stuck in the ground, while legs are left hanging in the air.

1. [unlocked] [Ultima]

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