riku

It had been three weeks since Sora disappeared, and Riku was getting desperate. Everyone was getting desperate. Kairi was distraught, blaming herself for his vanishing.

Riku loved Kairi, but he could only take so much of her self-blame. He supposed this was how others felt when he blamed himself for everything that happened when they first started their journey—tit for tat, he guessed.

He sighed as he stopped, gazing around the Badlands area of the Keyblade Graveyard. What had happened here? How long ago? The next time he saw Aqua, he'd have to ask her. Or Terra.

What was he doing here of all places? There was nothing here. He sighed again. Leaning against the rock wall and thunked the back of his head against it, mentally berating himself, shutting his eyes and did his best not to let himself cry. Maybe he needed to. He hadn't let himself cry yet, wanting to be strong for Kairi. For Sora's parents.

He was losing the battle against tears. Maybe not today, but sometime in the future, he would lose if they didn't find Sora soon.

Not yet he told himself. There's no reason to cry. He's just missing. Not dead. You have to find him.

He opened his eyes and continued to wall into the Badlands. As he neared the area that Master Xehanort had created for their climactic battle, The Skein of Severance, he thinks Master Yen Sid called it, why it got named at all, Riku didn't know or care. He paused when he was near the area where he and Sora fought Xigbar and his dark Replica, which gave him another pang of sorrow when he sensed someone watching him from the shadows. He looked over, saw the darkness move, a familiarly shaped shadow, like the Sora-shaped Heartless he once commanded while under Malfecent's influence. It watched him a little longer, then move away from him. Not running away, more like...

More like wanting to be chased. Despite the ache of loss he felt, he couldn't help but smile a little. It wasn't Sora, but it could be a clue. And he did enjoy a good chase.

Character Name: Riku
Age: 17
Species: Human
Canon: Kingdom Hearts
Canon Point: Post Dream Drop Distance
Character Info: wiki link!
Personality: Riku was once a cocky, arrogant kid. He was competitive, had a bit of a mean streak, was more than a little self-absorbed, and loved to show off how much better he was than everyone by beating them at competitions or duels. Ever since he was little he was obsessed with the possibility of leaving his world, which he saw as small and confining. As he got older he became more and more obsessed with this, going so far as to open himself to the darkness in order to get away from home.

That went as well as you’d expect it to.

Riku had to grow up after realizing how much he screwed up. Guilt became like a second skin to him. Guilt for the pain he caused his friends Kairi and Sora, guilt for helping Maleficent kidnapping the other princesses of heart. Guilt for letting himself become so envious of Sora that he nearly ruined their friendship.

Over the course of the year after the events of Kingdom Hearts II Riku starts becoming the man he is today, a calm, thoughtful man prone to self-doubt and filled with the desire to make up for his past mistakes, despite that the two he harmed the most, Kairi and Sora, have forgiven him completely. It’s only after he’s promoted to Keyblade Master does he finally begin to forgive himself. He takes to his new duties like a duck to water. He’s not as serious as some of his predecessors, who didn't like the idea of non-keyblade wielders wondering the worlds and knowing about it, because mostly he figures that ship has sailed, but he really doesn't like people messing with the worlds regardless.

Though a lot more calmer and prone to navel gazing now, Riku is still fairly competitive, and capable of humor, and will put on shows of arrogance for humor's sake.

Despite his doubts about his character Riku's heart and will is still incredibly strong, and anyone who doubts it will be in for a surprise.
Chosen Powers: Keyblade: The ability to summon and banish the keyblade which can used like a sword. (Moderate - 30MP)

Lock and Unlock: With the Keyblade Riku is able to unlock any lock (Minor - 15MP due to the nature of the game, I'm going to nerf this so that he can't unlock plot related locks without mod permission. He could try but it wouldn't work. Instead he'll use this power to find shelter for him and his allies/bribe them with)

Doubleflight: Using the power of Darkness he can summon forth a burst of shadows that he can use as a spring board to jump even higher. Basically it's a double jump. (Minor - 15MP)
Chosen Equipment: N/A
Relevant Skills:

Swordsmanship - Though self taught, Riku is a formidable opponent with his Keyblade.

Mastery of the Keyblade - He is a Master of the Keyblade.
Character Goals:

1 - Rescue Sora
2 - Rescue everyone else.
3 - Stop Santiago and Blanche from meddling with the worlds
4 - Ensure that no one else will be able to do what they did. (Including allies)
5 - Repair the damage that Santiago and Blanche caused.

Writing Sample: TDM Top Level -  Thread with Mammon - Thread with Sora