Physical Description: Picture. 6'2". Age is ???, but best guess is somewhere around 16, chronologically? not counting time spent dead. the timeline is a mess. goddammit toei.
Heart's name is very accurate on many levels. Not just aesthetically or power-wise. Rather, the word is a good summary of everything he is.
Back in the world he originally came from, Heart was the leader of all his fellow Roidmudes; a position he took very seriously. It meant being in charge of their revolution, calling the shots, deciding what was and wasn't acceptable. Keeping them in line when necessary. But it also meant looking out for everyone. He considered every member of their species one of his friends, after all, and you take care of your friends. You don't use them as pawns. No one is expendable. His loyalty is very intense - he'll do just about anything for his friends. Sometimes it can blind him a little, as he only sees the good in those he cares about and can miss their less... admirable traits, and he's very forgiving of them. But he just loves too strongly.
And he hardly let them do all the fighting, of course. For the sake of their mission he also fought with everything he had. Or rather, with more than he had. Heart can be very level headed and reasonable, even cool under pressure. You need a certain amount of calm to be a leader. But when he does get going, it can be hard to get him to slow down. He doesn't have much in the way of brakes. Once the heart gets the blood pumping, who can tell it to calm down, right? And he does love a good fight. The more brutal, the better.
Still, Heart is about as far from a cold machine as you could get. Not just because of how he treats his friends, but his enemies as well. He's rarely anything but respectful towards the Kamen Riders (especially Shinnosuke) and their allies, despite the fact that they're opposing him. He even refuses to fight when one doesn't have his belt - fighting him when he couldn't fight back would just be barbaric.
In the end, despite being on opposite sides for so long, he fights on Shinnosuke's side. Taking down Banno was more important than anything else. And at the very end he actually saves Shinnosuke's life and calls him a friend - even as he was dying from a fatal blow to his core. Because the longer the show went on, the less Heart could really be called a villain. So much so that, when he's briefly brought back to life, he becomes a Kamen Rider himself - protecting yet more humans and befriending another one.
It might have been more efficient to ignore his sense of honor. To care less and put the mission before anything else. But once a bleeding heart, always a bleeding heart.
It's that trait which led to him being called the Champion of Compassion when Airlocked selected him for their third season. Heart's time on the Fantasy Sweet was... troubled, to put it lightly.
With his memories taken from him, he did not remember managing to befriend humans or the fact that he was the only one of his kind left. So while he was always kind to his fellow Champions, he tried to stay distant from them, feeling like an outsider. But, well. That was never going to work out. He couldn't stop himself from caring and befriending the others; first and foremost growing closer to Rhys, his roommate - and being quite surprised when it was pointed out to him that, yes, of course they were friends. Which is how Heart ended up with his second first human friend... Memory loss, you know.
The trials hit very hard as well. The first trial was maybe the earliest sign that he was a fool to think he could keep his distance from the others, as he had a very emotional reaction to Mai being revealed as the culprit, being very sympathetic to her situation and regretful about her fate. The trials never got any easier... and one in particular harder than any before. The fourth trial of the season just about broke him. Not just due to losing Angel and Rhys, but watching Jack in Rhys' body and then watching Rhys die without being able to do anything about it...
Not to mention right after this he got to remember that he was the last member of his race, so yikes. It's no surprise that around this time Heart distanced himself more again, isolating himself in his room and not seeking anyone out. Which got a little better after the next week and everyone managed to save Choromatsu. Some real closeness happened right after that, involving a certain blonde witch, if you catch my drift.
...Which is honestly a miracle, not gonna lie, because Heart can be rather oblivious and you need to be very direct with him. The boy does not always get flirting, even when it's not subtle.
For the rest of the season and after the end of it, Heart was a strange mix of close and distant from the rest of the group. Because everyone was important to him - they were all he had left now, after all - but at the same time everything from R2 was difficult to recover from. In a way he fell back on being the way he was while leading the other Roidmudes. Sure, he didn't have to lead anyone this time, but the attitude was similar; when you're busy being strong for the sake of everyone else, you don't have time to fall apart.
A problem that only worsened over time, and especially during the final intermission, was the way Heart started feeling more and more useless. It built a lot on everything that happened back home, as well. It turns out that consistently losing people with no way to ever save them really gets to a guy and the whole thing with Choro was more of a band-aid on a gaping wound than anything else. And everyone getting captured by the network again, well, that just made the wound even worse. Not that he regretted trying to go back for those who had been captured, nor going out there in the first place. Leaving friends behind was never on the table, no matter how much of a trap the whole thing had been.
Then season five began and, for a little while, this was all gone.
The kind, polite distance was back once more, but it didn't really last long this time either. Heart was in a much better place to accept becoming friends with humans, as he had all his memories from home and... well, when the memories of season 3 started coming back piece by piece, that only sped up the process. It was much easier to let himself care about everyone and call them his friends. And his reactions to the trial became much more heated, as this time Heart was much, much more spiteful. Instead of breaking down, he got angrier, directing a lot of hatred towards their Overseer.
That spite, combined with a lot of bitterness about their situation and all the stress involved, also helped to make Heart a lot more sarcastic than he'd been before. Because boy, was there stress. And Heart trying to stay cool slowly became more difficult for him throughout the season. Rather than breaking as he had during season 3, Heart tried to power through it, which... was rather draining for him. But he was still determined to make it through everything, for everyone else's sake if nothing else.
Then the incident with Junpei and the elevator happened and he realized that wasn't going to happen. If failing to save his friends was getting him down, accidentally causing the death of one was just about the final straw. Even so, Heart just isn't the type to just give up quietly. Accepting that he was going to die, he used the magnet Junpei had prepared to attack PAL's robot body during his execution... which didn't entirely work out, but he managed to damage the body quite a bit before he died. The only way Heart knows how to go out is while fighting.
Everything that happened took a big toll on him, of course... And it's only when he got to deadland that Heart finally let himself be more vulnerable. In a way, being broken down constantly was necessary to allow him to finally open up and let people in more. His bonds with Ardyn and the rest of the Kingsglaive became stronger as well, to the point that he became a part of the group himself... before he even knew it, because some people just love springing things on others.
Patience isn't really one of Heart's virtues and his time in the simulation was very restless, because he does hate being forced to sit around and do nothing. But his faith in the other Champions - his friends - was always strong and he knew that he could count on them to put an end to everything. Faith which was rewarded when they did just that.
Now alive again and free of both the simulation and the network, Heart joined the rest of Ardyn's glaive as they settled down in Persona 5's Japan. And now he gets to be kidnapped to another world yet again, because sucks to be him.
Character abilities: Roidmude: First and foremost, Heart, as a mechanical lifeform, has a bunch of advantages that humans don't have. He doesn't need to eat, sleep, or do any of the things humans have to in order to survive. He's also more durable, since his body isn't really organic. Furthermore, it means that destroying his body won't necessarily kill him outright. So long as Heart's core survives, he can live on. Copying: Unlikely to come up, but as a Roidmude, Heart can mimic someone's appearance and even memories just by copying their data via physical contact. Transformation: Heart is capable of transforming into a much scarier looking form, which is far stronger and more durable than his default human form. Strength: Whether transformed or not, Heart's strength is far above that of a human. When transformed, he can easily throw cars around like it's no big deal. Heat Absorption: Heart is capable of absorbing heat into himself by touching the source and can prevent other things from overheating this way. Data Mimicry: While in his core form, Heart can transform into data to either phase through solid objects or travel through technology. Dead Zone: A power very much unique to him. By building up a lot of energy in his heart, Heart can push himself way past his limits, becoming even more powerful. Doing this causes him to overheat and lose control of himself - if pushed too far, it requires outside intervention to stop him. This can have... explosive results. Literally.
Kingsglaive: Thanks to Ardyn, Heart has access to a few extra powers. Armiger: Like the rest of the 'glaive, Heart has access to Ardyn's special hammerspace inventory. Always handy. Warping: By throwing an object, Heart can quickly teleport to its location. The range being, of course, limited to how far he can throw something.
Kamen Rider: Using the Drive Driver, Shift Brace, and Shift Heartron, Heart has the ability to transform into a special armored form, aka a Kamen Rider. Like this, he's much stronger than he usually is. A downside is that the form uses up an awful lot of energy, which is extremely dangerous and fatal to Heart. Viral Combination: Thanks to the cores of Heart, Brain, and Medic having powered up the Shift Heartron, Heart can access a few extra abilities. Using Medic's power, he can use a golden tendril to restrict and shock enemies. Using Brain's power, he can use a liquid, toxic tentacle to poison and similarly restrain enemies. And using his own core's power, Heart still has access to the Dead Zone even as a Rider.
Nanomachines: So thanks to Airlocked, Heart got pumped full of nanites. Which I guess worked out since this robot does have blood, of sorts. These speed up healing a bit and also act as a handy universal translator... which doesn't matter much in this setting, but hey, still good to have.
Regular Stuff: On a more reasonable level, Heart is, of course, a very capable hand-to-hand fighter even without the benefit of super strength. He's also reasonably intelligent and took pretty well to being a detective in Drive Saga, showing a lot of skill in that area. He's also a skilled driver. And, being a robot and all, he does have some experience with tech - he's no expert, but firsthand experience is still helpful.
Inventory: » His regular outfit (minus his coat), worn on arrival. » Shift Heartron: a small toy car, which is actually used for Kamen Rider henshin purposes. In his pocket. » Drive Driver: A strange looking belt. Not very fashionable, but useful for henshin purposes. Stuffed into the Armiger. » Shift Brace: A device meant to be worn on the arm. Useful for transforming into a Rider, but can also store data and receive messages. Stuffed into the Armiger. » Phone: a bright red (of course) smartphone, kept in his pocket. » Shared Inventory: Has access to whatever the hell is being stored in the Armiger.
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Character name: Heart of Caledonia
Character canon: Kamen Rider Drive - Airlocked CRAU
Canon point: Kamen Rider Drive Saga: Mach/Heart (Canon) - Post-Airlocked (CRAU)
Physical Description: Picture. 6'2". Age is ???, but best guess is somewhere around 16, chronologically?
not counting time spent dead. the timeline is a mess. goddammit toei.About the Character: Canon History
Heart's name is very accurate on many levels. Not just aesthetically or power-wise. Rather, the word is a good summary of everything he is.
Back in the world he originally came from, Heart was the leader of all his fellow Roidmudes; a position he took very seriously. It meant being in charge of their revolution, calling the shots, deciding what was and wasn't acceptable. Keeping them in line when necessary. But it also meant looking out for everyone. He considered every member of their species one of his friends, after all, and you take care of your friends. You don't use them as pawns. No one is expendable. His loyalty is very intense - he'll do just about anything for his friends. Sometimes it can blind him a little, as he only sees the good in those he cares about and can miss their less... admirable traits, and he's very forgiving of them. But he just loves too strongly.
And he hardly let them do all the fighting, of course. For the sake of their mission he also fought with everything he had. Or rather, with more than he had. Heart can be very level headed and reasonable, even cool under pressure. You need a certain amount of calm to be a leader. But when he does get going, it can be hard to get him to slow down. He doesn't have much in the way of brakes. Once the heart gets the blood pumping, who can tell it to calm down, right? And he does love a good fight. The more brutal, the better.
Still, Heart is about as far from a cold machine as you could get. Not just because of how he treats his friends, but his enemies as well. He's rarely anything but respectful towards the Kamen Riders (especially Shinnosuke) and their allies, despite the fact that they're opposing him. He even refuses to fight when one doesn't have his belt - fighting him when he couldn't fight back would just be barbaric.
In the end, despite being on opposite sides for so long, he fights on Shinnosuke's side. Taking down Banno was more important than anything else. And at the very end he actually saves Shinnosuke's life and calls him a friend - even as he was dying from a fatal blow to his core. Because the longer the show went on, the less Heart could really be called a villain. So much so that, when he's briefly brought back to life, he becomes a Kamen Rider himself - protecting yet more humans and befriending another one.
It might have been more efficient to ignore his sense of honor. To care less and put the mission before anything else. But once a bleeding heart, always a bleeding heart.
It's that trait which led to him being called the Champion of Compassion when Airlocked selected him for their third season. Heart's time on the Fantasy Sweet was... troubled, to put it lightly.
With his memories taken from him, he did not remember managing to befriend humans or the fact that he was the only one of his kind left. So while he was always kind to his fellow Champions, he tried to stay distant from them, feeling like an outsider. But, well. That was never going to work out. He couldn't stop himself from caring and befriending the others; first and foremost growing closer to Rhys, his roommate - and being quite surprised when it was pointed out to him that, yes, of course they were friends. Which is how Heart ended up with his second first human friend... Memory loss, you know.
The trials hit very hard as well. The first trial was maybe the earliest sign that he was a fool to think he could keep his distance from the others, as he had a very emotional reaction to Mai being revealed as the culprit, being very sympathetic to her situation and regretful about her fate. The trials never got any easier... and one in particular harder than any before. The fourth trial of the season just about broke him. Not just due to losing Angel and Rhys, but watching Jack in Rhys' body and then watching Rhys die without being able to do anything about it...
Not to mention right after this he got to remember that he was the last member of his race, so yikes. It's no surprise that around this time Heart distanced himself more again, isolating himself in his room and not seeking anyone out. Which got a little better after the next week and everyone managed to save Choromatsu. Some real closeness happened right after that, involving a certain blonde witch, if you catch my drift.
...Which is honestly a miracle, not gonna lie, because Heart can be rather oblivious and you need to be very direct with him. The boy does not always get flirting, even when it's not subtle.
For the rest of the season and after the end of it, Heart was a strange mix of close and distant from the rest of the group. Because everyone was important to him - they were all he had left now, after all - but at the same time everything from R2 was difficult to recover from. In a way he fell back on being the way he was while leading the other Roidmudes. Sure, he didn't have to lead anyone this time, but the attitude was similar; when you're busy being strong for the sake of everyone else, you don't have time to fall apart.
A problem that only worsened over time, and especially during the final intermission, was the way Heart started feeling more and more useless. It built a lot on everything that happened back home, as well. It turns out that consistently losing people with no way to ever save them really gets to a guy and the whole thing with Choro was more of a band-aid on a gaping wound than anything else. And everyone getting captured by the network again, well, that just made the wound even worse. Not that he regretted trying to go back for those who had been captured, nor going out there in the first place. Leaving friends behind was never on the table, no matter how much of a trap the whole thing had been.
Then season five began and, for a little while, this was all gone.
The kind, polite distance was back once more, but it didn't really last long this time either. Heart was in a much better place to accept becoming friends with humans, as he had all his memories from home and... well, when the memories of season 3 started coming back piece by piece, that only sped up the process. It was much easier to let himself care about everyone and call them his friends. And his reactions to the trial became much more heated, as this time Heart was much, much more spiteful. Instead of breaking down, he got angrier, directing a lot of hatred towards their Overseer.
That spite, combined with a lot of bitterness about their situation and all the stress involved, also helped to make Heart a lot more sarcastic than he'd been before. Because boy, was there stress. And Heart trying to stay cool slowly became more difficult for him throughout the season. Rather than breaking as he had during season 3, Heart tried to power through it, which... was rather draining for him. But he was still determined to make it through everything, for everyone else's sake if nothing else.
Then the incident with Junpei and the elevator happened and he realized that wasn't going to happen. If failing to save his friends was getting him down, accidentally causing the death of one was just about the final straw. Even so, Heart just isn't the type to just give up quietly. Accepting that he was going to die, he used the magnet Junpei had prepared to attack PAL's robot body during his execution... which didn't entirely work out, but he managed to damage the body quite a bit before he died. The only way Heart knows how to go out is while fighting.
Everything that happened took a big toll on him, of course... And it's only when he got to deadland that Heart finally let himself be more vulnerable. In a way, being broken down constantly was necessary to allow him to finally open up and let people in more. His bonds with Ardyn and the rest of the Kingsglaive became stronger as well, to the point that he became a part of the group himself... before he even knew it, because some people just love springing things on others.
Patience isn't really one of Heart's virtues and his time in the simulation was very restless, because he does hate being forced to sit around and do nothing. But his faith in the other Champions - his friends - was always strong and he knew that he could count on them to put an end to everything. Faith which was rewarded when they did just that.
Now alive again and free of both the simulation and the network, Heart joined the rest of Ardyn's glaive as they settled down in Persona 5's Japan. And now he gets to be kidnapped to another world yet again, because sucks to be him.
Character abilities:
Roidmude: First and foremost, Heart, as a mechanical lifeform, has a bunch of advantages that humans don't have. He doesn't need to eat, sleep, or do any of the things humans have to in order to survive. He's also more durable, since his body isn't really organic. Furthermore, it means that destroying his body won't necessarily kill him outright. So long as Heart's core survives, he can live on.
Copying: Unlikely to come up, but as a Roidmude, Heart can mimic someone's appearance and even memories just by copying their data via physical contact.
Transformation: Heart is capable of transforming into a much scarier looking form, which is far stronger and more durable than his default human form.
Strength: Whether transformed or not, Heart's strength is far above that of a human. When transformed, he can easily throw cars around like it's no big deal.
Heat Absorption: Heart is capable of absorbing heat into himself by touching the source and can prevent other things from overheating this way.
Data Mimicry: While in his core form, Heart can transform into data to either phase through solid objects or travel through technology.
Dead Zone: A power very much unique to him. By building up a lot of energy in his heart, Heart can push himself way past his limits, becoming even more powerful. Doing this causes him to overheat and lose control of himself - if pushed too far, it requires outside intervention to stop him. This can have... explosive results. Literally.
Kingsglaive: Thanks to Ardyn, Heart has access to a few extra powers.
Armiger: Like the rest of the 'glaive, Heart has access to Ardyn's special hammerspace inventory. Always handy.
Warping: By throwing an object, Heart can quickly teleport to its location. The range being, of course, limited to how far he can throw something.
Kamen Rider: Using the Drive Driver, Shift Brace, and Shift Heartron, Heart has the ability to transform into a special armored form, aka a Kamen Rider. Like this, he's much stronger than he usually is. A downside is that the form uses up an awful lot of energy, which is extremely dangerous and fatal to Heart.
Viral Combination: Thanks to the cores of Heart, Brain, and Medic having powered up the Shift Heartron, Heart can access a few extra abilities. Using Medic's power, he can use a golden tendril to restrict and shock enemies. Using Brain's power, he can use a liquid, toxic tentacle to poison and similarly restrain enemies. And using his own core's power, Heart still has access to the Dead Zone even as a Rider.
Nanomachines: So thanks to Airlocked, Heart got pumped full of nanites. Which I guess worked out since this robot does have blood, of sorts. These speed up healing a bit and also act as a handy universal translator... which doesn't matter much in this setting, but hey, still good to have.
Regular Stuff: On a more reasonable level, Heart is, of course, a very capable hand-to-hand fighter even without the benefit of super strength. He's also reasonably intelligent and took pretty well to being a detective in Drive Saga, showing a lot of skill in that area. He's also a skilled driver. And, being a robot and all, he does have some experience with tech - he's no expert, but firsthand experience is still helpful.
Inventory:
» His regular outfit (minus his coat), worn on arrival.
» Shift Heartron: a small toy car, which is actually used for Kamen Rider henshin purposes. In his pocket.
» Drive Driver: A strange looking belt. Not very fashionable, but useful for henshin purposes. Stuffed into the Armiger.
» Shift Brace: A device meant to be worn on the arm. Useful for transforming into a Rider, but can also store data and receive messages. Stuffed into the Armiger.
» Phone: a bright red (of course) smartphone, kept in his pocket.
» Shared Inventory: Has access to whatever the hell is being stored in the Armiger.
Samples: TDM Top Level