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[darkinferno]

Dante Rantanen Riku, Kingdom Hearts application | relationships | ic contact | hmd | mun/abilene basics age: 18 appearance: stands about 6'1". strong shoulders, but nobody would ever mistake him for a gym rat. average build leaning towards lithe, more a runner than a lifter. pianist's hands—hasn't had to work hard a day in his life outside of what adventuring he's chosen to do. longish, choppy white-blond silver hair and ice blue eyes. of obvious nordic descent. occupation: bum. coasting off his parents' success. involved in some shadier dealings through varric and his people. extra: plays piano due to his father's influence. strong, but not as strong as he once was. doesn't trust anybody, although he has no aversions to speaking to them. loner. ghost. in it for himself, even if he might not want to be. doesn't really understand how to get close to people. prefers exploring on his own. can be found running pretty much daily—it helped him to escape his own mind after his grandmother died. echoes echo i: The memory of stumbling through total darkness. Specifically, a voice calling to him: “Riku, can you hear me? I’ll be there soon.” “I’ve been talking to you all along. But my words were hindered by the darkness in your heart.” echo ii, december 29: Memory of a man swathed in red bandages and how insistent he was that human-esque Nobodies were never meant to exist. It's something that's come up more than a few times, he thinks... echo iii, december 29: Knowledge of Nobodies and how they're created. He remembers they're half of one coin, but he doesn't remember that a Heartless is created at the same time yet. echo iv, december 29: Organization XIII. A group of Nobodies that, for some reason he doesn't remember, he was keeping tabs on. They definitely weren't his friends, that's for sure. echo v, december 29: 1:12 - 1:24. Axel sweeping in to save the day to the surprise of the others there, though Riku doesn't remember that it's Sora that he saved, or that Axel corrected Mr Salt-n-Pepper with "The name's Lea." echo vi, december 30 (tier 2 echo): a) Knowledge of Heartless and how they're created. He now remembers the connection between them and the Nobodies. b) Creation of Anti-Sora, a humanoid-shaped Heartless that Riku once controlled. It has no real purpose or direction and just kind of wanders around and melts in and out of the floor. echo vii, december 30: 7:10 - 7:47. “The Heartless obey me now, Sora. Now I have nothing to fear.” Riku also remembers that he was the one that created Anti-Sora in the first place. echo viii, december 30: KEYBLADE... KEYBLADE... A weapon only those with true strength of heart can wield, the only weapon that can defeat the Heartless and release the captive heart within. echo ix, february 1: Dante finally regains the ability to control Anti-Sora! echo x, february 14: Kingdom Hearts, the heart of all worlds, a conglomeration of all free hearts without a body. Dante remembers what it is. echo xi, february 14 (tier 2 echo): a) Working against Organization XIII to prevent them from achieving their ultimate goal of creating Kingdom Hearts. b) The black coat he wore when he was on this mission, to prevent them from sensing him. echo xii, march 9 (tier 2 echo): 7:29 - 9:15, the memory of meeting a stranger on the play islands when he was a child, and talking about the outside worlds. He wanted to leave the islands to become a stronger person, so he could protect his friends. b) 11:01 - 12:32, the memory of, years later, working with his two friends to build a raft that would allow him to leave the islands and do just that. echo xiii, march 9: The memory of enemies that might drop items that would help restore one's health or magic powers, or money or items if waled on for long enough. echo xiv, march 23: Dante's hair is now silver!