User blog:Baluar/Baluar

Baluar is a God Eater of tremendous skill. A member of a two member branch alongside his twin, Nia, he is one of the best Sword users in all the world, and a known snarker.

Biography
Some backstory.

Read the fanfic. I'm too lazy to actually write the synthesis of all he has done. Carpe diem!

Appearance
Standing at 2.16m, Baluar is easily recognizable as one of, if not the tallest God Eater alive. Despite the fact that he is muscular and tall, he normally comes off as a rather lean guy.

His eyes are also easily recognizable due to their unique vermilion red color. The rest of his face is pretty average, with a mouth that’s usually in a serious mood but is always capable of showing a laugh, and with his spiky black hair that he always has troubles to deal with for more than a few hours straight (it goes upwards naturally, and he always says joking that “I defy gravity laws every day, man!”).

For his normal outfit, he wears a zipped shirt (always 3/4 zipped) below a zipped jacket (that he never zips), dark, baggy trousers and gray shoes. While he has other outfits, those are more conventional, like a traditional sniper outfit (obviously tailored for him) for formal occasions.

Personality
Baluar is mostly noticeable for his sarcasm. He is a good guy, he is a fine Leader who puts his life before that of his partners, but he'll do that while he snarks at you. However, in the battlefield, the thrill of Aragami hunting sometimes gets past him and he can't avoid rushing into combat, somewhat in a berserker-ish mood, putting himself in situations that he can only come out of due to his incredible skill and luck (and his teammates' recovery bullets). He holds his team members as his equals, and he has a special bond with his twin sister, Nia. It is noted he shows tremendous bursts of anger should he know anyone he cares about, especially his sis', is in danger.

While he is an overall good guy, he does have his flaws. For instance, he is terribly stubborn, and despite his intelligence, his usual Aragami-hunting technique reduces to "rushing Sword-first into 'em". And he doesn't use guns too much, which leads him to need assistance when fighting mainly aereal monsters.

He has a terrible skill at finding things he loses (just like me, again), which is all the more bolstered by his tendency to forget things in odd places (man, it'd be easier if I said "it's me, only taller, stronger and more corageous"). In fact, it is stated that he once left his God Arc in the Infernal Subways. Oh, and he's part Aragami too, although his Aragami part doesn't manifest in a morph, but rather makes him overall stronger. In his calculations, he's roughly 35% Aragami and 65% human.

Equipment


Baluar favors the light and maneuverable Short Swords (side note: his Short Sword is larger than your average Long Sword), choosing a Wild Swd: Laoyang II as his top weapon, although he uses the Knife series if he faces strongly-elemented Aragami. Or Claudia, if the monster is weak to Freeze.

As for Shields, well, in his own words, "What's the point of blocking if you are going to be damaged anyway?". He uses Ymir+. "It weighs, but hell it's worth it."

He isn't much of a Gun user, but he uses his Phalanx Dm (Assault) to deal high damage with his custom bullets, then rushes in to fight melee.

In-story, he has a modified Short Sword (again, roughly the size of an average Buster Blade) with a button in the handle that sets the blade ablaze, literally. Other than that, it's the same as in-game.

Fighting style
While Baluar is equally skilled with both Gun and Blade, he always uses more the latter. He usually starts the hunt with one or two poweful bullets, then he goes for melee for the rest of the mission. Some theorize he prefers melee combat because it is there where he can put all his strenght to good use. In his own words, though, "The reason I fight in close quarters is simple: the thrill is something ranged combat somewhat lacks. Besides, I kind of like the feeling of cutting the Aragami with my blade".

Character relationships

 * Alisa Illinichina Amiella: His girlfriend. He is very protective of her. They aren't unnecessarily chummy, but... they're a couple, after all.
 * Nia: They share a very strong, brother-and-sister bond. Baluar sees her as his most reliable ally, as the person he trusts the most... but overall, he sees her as his closest friend. He is capable of performing nigh impossible feats if he feels she's threatened.
 * Robb: Friends since their trip to Antarctica. Despite their almost polar opposite personalities, they get along very well. Robb sees Baluar as the tough-reliable-and-funny boss.
 * Lili: They've been close friends since shortly after they met. Baluar feels weird in her presence, not like phisically attracted to her, but compelled to protect her. He sees her as his little sister.
 * Daniel: Baluar sort of toys with Daniel, acting more like a father than like a boss, and he enjoys the fact that Daniel hates it. On the other hand, Baluar is the only person Daniel shows a little respect towards, without any need to hit Daniel.
 * Lindow Amamiya: They are friends, and both see each other as "the reliable guy that will be there when you need him". Baluar always loses to him when holding drinking contests.
 * Sakuya Tachibana: The only person in the world that Baluar could ever consider as his "big sis'". They get along a lot.
 * Soma: While not actual friends, they share a high degree of respect for each other. Baluar is one of the very few persons that can manage to pull a laugh off Soma every now and then.
 * Kota: Baluar's "good ol' troublemaker friend". While Kota's actions have put Baluar more than once in danger, that doesn't prevent them from being close friends. Even if Baluar knows nothing about Bugarally.
 * Kanon Daiba: While they are friends, he has felt more than once the urge to yell something at her whenever she shoots at him, something quite common on any mission they go together, due to his preference of close ranged combat. That doesn't prevent him from liking her cookies, though.
 * Tatsumi O'Mori: They have developed a friendly rivalry with the passing of time, and they often challenge each other to see "who can hunt more Aragamis solo on one go" (Note: Baluar's win streak has never been interrupted since 3 years ago). On his rookie days, Baluar learned a lot of things from him, and they became friends.
 * Baluar is on friendly terms with pretty much everyone in the Far East Branch.

FAN CAST
 * Lyrr: While Bal and Lyrr are close friends, and they compliment each other's skills nicely, Bal often facepalms at Lyrr's actions.
 * Ken: Friends as well. Bal often asks for Ken's assistance when he's in missions that consist in killing large amount of things.
 * Arthur: Who's Arthur?
 * Vina: Bal and Vina became close friends after she unexpectedly appeared in his house at dinner time, after closely following Arthur.
 * Sei: Friends, too, although not too close due to having met recently.
 * Beo: While technically not friends, Bal and Beo share certain degree of respect to each other.
 * Nanako: Baluar often asks her for advice on how to keep his God Arc in good shape.

NORN
Baluar (23)

''Joined Fenrir Far East Branch in 2068. Transferred to Cradle in 2073. Left Cradle in 2079.''

''A God Eater of extreme renown and peerless close-quarters combat skill. Reckless tendencies can be observed, but since he can easily take care of Aragami due to his part-Aragami status, it doesn't matter that much. He and most of the 1st Unit were transferred from Far East Branch to Cradle after what later became known as the Training Area 2 Incident. After 6 years in there, he became a member of a two-member Branch alongside his twin sister, Nia.''

God Arc: Short Blade (relative)-Assault-Tower (X Generation New-Type/Variable)

On a Shadow


The alternate universe version of Baluar is a rather mean guy. He does fight for humanity, he just doesn't care at all about it, or at least that's what an outside observer would think of him. For all that he cares, humanity is but a pile of useless trash. He smokes a lot, and he lost an eye almost a year before the beginning of the story, when Gehenna had just appeared.