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Jack Garland
Aliases: Garland, Chaos
Age: 32
Occupation: Agent of the Strangers (formerly), Knight (formerly)
First Appearance: Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin (March 18, 2022)
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Feats:
-Was sent to Cornelia by the Lufenians as part of their Stranger program, which involved monitoring World A and ensuring the Lufenians would maintain control
-After learning the true meaning of his mission, he began working with another Stranger, Ash, and their reconnaissance unit, Astos, to break the Lufenians’ control over World A
-Gave Princess Sarah his Dark Crystal, ensuring that she’d remember him in the next cycle
-Worked with Ash and Jed to fight Tiamat, the guardian of the Wind Crystal and one of the Four Fiends that serve Chaos
-After getting amnesia and being guided by his crystal, he formed a partnership with Jed and Ash to kill Chaos
-Worked with Jed and Ash to prove themselves to the king of Cornelia by slaying several infamous monsters
-After meeting Sarah at the shrine, he began searching for Garland, a powerful knight who had gone missing during his quest to kill Chaos
-Went to the Chaos Shrine and defeated Chaos Advent, a knight resembling Garland
-After discovering that Chaos Advent was actually a girl named Neon, he and the other Warriors of Light recruited her to join their cause
-Went on a quest to restore the Four Crystals and defeat their guardians, the Four Fiends of Chaos
-Went to Pravoka to learn more information about the crystals
-Defeated Captain Bikke and his crew, who had taken over Pravoka after the mayor’s death
-Used Bikke’s ship to travel to the Western Keep
-Defeated the Black Knight, a sentient suit of armor
-Met with Astos, the king of the dark elves, and learned of the Wind Crystal’s location
-Fought the Elemental Core’s guardians, Lahmu and Lahamu, and killed them when they merged into the Fused Elemental
-Defeated the Chimera
-Defeated Tiamat again
-After defeating Tiamat, he recruited Sophia to join his quest
-Defeated the Great Marlboro and regained some of his lost memories
-Defeated Marilith, the Fiend of Fire and guardian of Mount Gulg’s Fire Crystal
-Defeated the Dragon Zombie in Hallowed Mastiff
-Regained more of his memories while trying to protect Sophia from an oncoming wave of darkness
-Defeated Lich, the Fiend of Earth and guardian of the Earth Crystal
-Saved Sophia and Neon from being crushed by a piece of rubble
-Defeated Cray Claw, a giant robotic scorpion, and regained more of his and Jed’s memories
-Defeated Kraken, the Fiend of Water and guardian of the Water Crystal
-Following Kraken’s defeat, he absorbed its darkness and regained his memories of receiving the Dark Crystal
-After learning that Cornelia had been invaded by pirates and monsters, he helped the other Warriors save the kingdom and drive them out
-Killed The Possessed (a darkness-possessed Bikke) and learned more about Astos from him in his dying moments
-Journeyed to the Ancients’ Tower and destroyed the Iron Giant, a massive robot that was about to kill Astos
-After the Iron Giant’s defeat, he regained his memories of the Dark Crystal’s storage limit and that Astos would extract him if he reached that limit
-Relearned of his status as a Stranger after discussing his memories with Astos and the other Warriors
-Went to Vigilia Court to slay the monsters infesting the area
-Defeated the Behemoth even after it evolved into the Ur-Dragon King
-Rediscovered the Lufenians’ true goals after absorbing the Ur-Dragon King’s darkness
-Fought Astos and mercy-killed him after he transformed into the Ultima Weapon Origin
-After killing Astos, he regained the memories of his past goals
-Dedicated himself and his friends to avenging Astos by protecting Cornelia from the Lufenians
-Helped Sarah and the rest of Cornelia’s citizens flee the country by fighting off an invading army of monsters
-Following Sarah’s death and the destruction of her Dark Crystal, he regained the last of his memories
-Reluctantly killed the other Warriors of Light after they betrayed him as part of their plan to turn him into Chaos
-After killing the Warriors, the guilt and self-loathing he experienced caused him to absorb all of the surrounding darkness, boosting his abilities in the process
-Returned to the Chaos Shrine and destroyed the Lufenians’ Dimensional Crystal Matrix, preventing them from ever resetting the timeline again
-Killed Darkness Manifest, the manifestation of the Lufenians’ negative emotions, and absorbed its power to become Chaos
-Used his powers to reset the timeline and resurrect the rest of the Warriors as the Four Fiends
-In the new timeline, he and the Fiends manipulated events so there would be new Warriors of Light that could continue their mission against the Lufenians
-As Garland, he massacred the guards of Cornelia’s castle and kidnapped Sarah to provoke the Warriors of Light into coming after him
Strength:
-Universe+ Level due to resetting the timeline after absorbing Chaos’ power
-Ripped off one of Tiamat’s heads, grabbed another and slammed it into the ground, then punched the third head hard enough that its body turned to crystal and exploded
-He did this again during their rematch
-Crushed Goblin skulls by stomping on them
-Pulled Dark Vents out of their walls with enough force to bring down nearby pillars, massive towers, or enormous ballasts
-Shattered Bombs and Leech Bats by slamming them against a wall
-Split wolves in half by pulling their jaws apart
-Destroyed crates by shoulder tackling them
-Decapitated skeletons with his bare hands and shattered them with their own skulls
-Stomped on Chaos Advent’s foot, kicked her in the stomach, and punched her in the face
-Hit Chaos Advent with an uppercut and sent her flying back with a kick to the face
-Hit Chaos Advent with an uppercut that sent her flying across the room
-Can lift pirates by the neck and knock them out with an uppercut
-Performed backbreakers on Sahagins
-Disarmed Bikke of his bomb by twisting his arm
-Made Bikke bleed with a headbutt, punched him in the chest, then knocked him back several feet
-Kneed Coeurls in the face and slammed them into the ground
-Grabbed the Griffon Queen by her wing, lifted her over his head, and slammed her into the ground
-Ripped off one of the metal spikes from Black Knight’s horse, then stabbed it in the eye
-Lifted the Black Knight and his horse while leaping through the air, then slammed them into the ground
-Hit the Black Knight with three knee strikes, then ripped off his helmet
-Ripped the Black Knight’s lance from his grip and stabbed him through the chest
-Can repeatedly slam harpies into the ground before killing them
-Pried open the Elemental Core’s armored casing
-Beat the Fused Elemental down with his bare hands, then finished it off by stomping on it
-Can lift Guardians into the air, slam them into the ground, and destroy them by stomping on their heads
-Harmed the Mad Ogre with his attacks
-Can impale Shadows on their own staves
-Stomped on the Chimera, made it bleed by kicking it in the face, then staggered it with an uppercut
-Can cut massive metal pillars in half
-Picked up one of Tiamat’s heads, threw her into the air, and delivered an uppercut that made her body explode
-Pulled apart the jaws of a Silver Lobo and destroyed it with a headbutt
-Can pull Marlboros by their tentacles and punch them so hard they explode
-Ripped off three of the Great Marlboro’s tentacles and punched it
-Grabbed the Great Marlboro’s tongue and began pulling it
-Clotheslined Marilith and stomped on her head three times
-Overpowered Marilith’s grip after she coiled him in her tail, which was rapidly catching fire
-Grabbed Marilith by the head, slammed her into the ground, then shattered her body by punching it
-Can topple stone pillars by slashing or punching them once
-Kicked the Zombie Dragon in the face, grabbed it by the tail, and ripped it off; tearing the dragon in half
-Ripped two spikes out of the Zombie Dragon’s back, then threw them into its body
-Can crush elementals under their own orbs
-Punched Lich hard enough to embed him in a wall
-Ripped off one of Lich’s scythe arms, sliced him across the face with it, then decapitated him with a second slash
-Can pick up robots, slam them into the ground, then crush their heads by stomping on them
-Stomped on Cray Claw’s armor hard enough to damage its core and later stomped on its mouth cannon twice
-Can gouge out the eyes of a Piscodaemon and break it in half with a knee strike
-Grabbed Kraken’s tentacles mid-strike and casually ripped them off
-Kneed Kraken had enough to make him bleed, slammed him into the ground with an axe kick, then killed him with six rapid punches
-Punched the Possessed hard enough to knock him back several feet, then sent him to the ground with a second punch
-Can snap Nightmare’s necks
-Can tear apart stone walls by hitting them with his weapons or his bare hands
-Ripped the Iron Giant’s massive sword from its grip, then swung the sword hard enough to bisect it
-Kicked the Iron Giant hard enough to send it back a few feet, then destroyed it by punching its core
-Can judo throw ogres over his shoulder
-Caught Behemoth mid-charge, ripped off one of its horns, and jammed it into its eye
-Swung the Ur-Dragon King around by its tail and slammed it into a wall hard enough to make it explode
-Can snap the necks of Roundworms, then lift them over his head and slam them into the ground
-Is able to crush a Mindflayer’s skull with his bare hands
-Can gouge out an Ahriman’s eye and crush its body by stomping on it
-Lifted Astos by the arm
-Overpowered Astos when their punches collided and sent him back several feet
-Knocked Sarah out by sucker-punching her in the stomach
-Could harm the other Warriors of Light with his strikes
-Grabbed Ash by the head and slammed him into the ground
-Grabbed Neon’s sword by the blade, held it back, then flipped her over and stabbed her through the chest with it
-Killed Jed by punching him in the stomach
-Caught one of Sophia’s fireballs, clotheslined her, then killed her with a palm strike with his still burning hand
-Punched the Lufenians’ extraction sphere hard enough that it burst open
-Destroyed the Dimensional Crystal Matrix
-Punched Darkness Manifest through the chest
-Swatted away Darkness Manifest’s attempts to grab him, knocked him to the ground by spin kicking his leg, then beat him to death with 4 punches
-Did the following as Garland:
-Knocked away several guards with a swing of his sword
-Stabbed a guard through the stomach
-Grabbed a guard by the head and threw him into the ceiling hard enough to kill him
-Casually sliced off a guard’s arms, cut down two others, impaled a fourth, and knocked aside three others
-Casually struck down an entire squad of guards with a single swing
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Agility:
-Rolled under an attack from Lich
-Recovered with a midair handspring after being thrown by Kraken
Speed:
-As a Pugilist, Duelist, and Assassin, he can leave afterimages when performing or evading attacks
-Dodged attacks from Chaos Advent, including her slashes and lightning magic
-Caught Bikke’s hand mid-strike
-Avoided attacks from the Griffon Queen
-Moved to the side before the Black Knight’s lance could impale him
-Ducked under a slash from the Chimera
-Dodged one of Tiamat’s heads lunging toward him
-Managed to block Marilith’s rapid slashes
-Slid under the Zombie Dragon and reached its tail while it was still recovering
-Moved in front of Sophia before the Zombie Dragon’s darkness could reach her
-Dodged a quick attack from Lich and conjured the Soul Shield in time to block a fire attack
-Pushed Sophia and Neon out of the way before a piece of rubble could crush them
-Leapt out of the way before Cray Claw’s tail could grab him
-Dodged a swipe from Kraken’s tentacles
-Dodged an overhead slash from the Possessed
-Avoided Astos’ magic attacks
-Blocked a kick from Astos
-Dodged Ultima Weapon’s lightning, darkness, claw attacks, Flare Star, and antimatter missiles
-Dodged attacks from the Warriors of Light
-Dodged several punches from Ash
-Grabbed Neon’s sword mid-slash
-Ducked under a sword swing from Jed
-As Garland, he blocked several lances by raising his sword
Durability:
-Universe+ Level by scaling to his strength
-Survived being stabbed through the chest by skeletons
-Was backhanded by Chaos Advent
-Shrugged off electrocution, being set on fire, and taking ice-infused slashes from Chaos Advent
-Was unharmed after a kid threw a rock at him
-Withstood claw strikes and being electrocuted by the Ravenous Coeur
-Survived being hit by explosive blasts from a ballista
-Got back up after being stabbed by the Black Knight and trampled by his horse
-Can survive being caught in tornados
-Withstood being slashed or impaled by lances
-Took hits and elemental attacks from Lahmu, Lahamu, and the Fused Elemental
-Survived being repeatedly slashed and hit by the Mad Ogre
-Has endured tackled and scratched by the Chimera, as well as its elemental attacks
-Has been bitten, poisoned, set on fire, and blasted with high-pressure water from the Chimera’s heads
-Survived being bitten, stomped on, crushed underfoot by Tiamat
-Got back up after taking Tiamat’s fire breath and being caught in her tornados
-Shrugged off knocked back and thrown to the ground by the Great Marlboro’s tentacles
-Was unharmed after the Great Marlboro bit down on him
-Can wade through lava for prolonged periods of time
-Took slashes from Marilith’s swords even when they’re set on fire
-Quickly recovered after being whipped by Marilith’s tail
-Endured Marilith tackling him and wrapping him in her tail, which was covered in magma and setting him on fire
-Shrugged off being slashed by the Zombie Dragon, crushed under its weight, caught in its poisonous sludge, and being impaled by its bone-like blades
-Got back up after being slammed into the ground by a Griffon
-Survived being caught in the epicenter of Lich’s Flare, Judgment, and Meteor
-Was unharmed after being crushed under a piece of rubble
-Got back up hit by massive lasers from sentries
-Withstood being crushed under Cray Claw’s pincers and claws, blasted by lasers, hit by its missiles, and being crushed by its fireballs
-Survived slashes, electrocution, rushing attacks, massive bursts of water, and bubble-based missiles from Kraken
-Withstood Bikke headbutting him and backhanding him hard enough to make him bleed
-Shrugged off being slashed, stabbed, electrocuted, and hit with various elemental attacks and missiles from the Iron Giant
-Survived being slashed, charged into, pelted with meteors, and struck by lightning from Behemoth
-Has been shot by the Ur-Dragon King’s crystals, stepped on, and caught in its Megaflare
-Tanked Ultima Weapon’s lightning, darkness, and claw attacks, being hit by its Flare Star, and getting bombarded by antimatter missiles
-Took a punch from Ash
-Took hits from the Warriors of Light
-Showed no signs of pain after his hand was set on fire
-Withstood punches, flame attacks, wind attacks, and discs of water from Darkness Manifest
-Tanked an explosion from a massive sphere that Darkness Manifest had fired
Skills:
Expert Marksmanship:
-Landed a killing blow on the Zombie Dragon by throwing its severed spikes into it
Expert Actor:
-Convinced the Lufenians that his exposure to darkness had corrupted him into a violent, world-destroying psychopath
Personality:
General:
-Likes fistbumping with other people, whether it’s as a way of celebrating or saying farewell
-He’ll do this even if what he’s celebrating is as simple as gaining a new party member
-Enjoys listening to nu metal
Pre-amnesia:
-Is caring, friendly, and had a sense of humor
-Likes fistbumping with other people
-Unlike the rest of the Strangers, he treats Astos as a person instead of a tool and wants to free him from the Lufenians’ control
-Was in love with Sarah and wanted to make sure she wouldn’t forget their relationship in the next cycle, even giving her his Dark Crystal to prevent that
-After growing disgusted with the other Lucefenians’ actions, he became dedicated to ridding Cornelia of their influence and helping the people choose their own paths
Post amnesia:
-Is more rude and single-minded, with a strong desire to kill Chaos, which he compares to a hunger or thirst
-Cares little for anything that isn’t related to killing Chaos, and will interrupt or dismiss others if he views their information as irrelevant to his goals
-He doesn’t even care about recovering his past memories, seeing them as unimportant compared to Chaos’ death
-Is extremely blunt when talking to others, and isn’t afraid to speak his mind
-This causes him to come across as abrasive toward others even when he doesn’t mean to. As he puts it, “I’m not mad, that’s just how I am.”
-Views monster hunting as a pain in the ass and only does it to progress in his goal
-When in combat, Jack is extremely brutal and takes great pleasure in fighting and destroying stronger opponents
-Despite the above, Jack still has a caring side deep down and has a deep attachment to his allies and comrades
Post regaining memories:
-Has lost his desire to kill Chaos due to the Dark Crystal’s storage being full
-This has caused him to want to find another target to kill, as he feels that otherwise he has no reason to live
-Has dedicated himself to honoring Astos’ dying wish by protecting Cornelia from the Lufenians
-After witnessing Sarah’s death and being forced to kill the other Warriors of Light, he becomes distraught and guilt-ridden, wanting nothing more than to forget his past again
-Upon becoming Chaos and resetting the timeline, he began deliberately acting like a villain in order to test the new Warriors of Light and see if they will also defy the Lufenians
Weapons and Equipment:
https://brendansversus.wordpress.com/2022/07/03/jack-garland-weapons-and-equipment/
Command Abilities:
Soul Burst:
-A finisher where Jack turns his opponent’s body into crystals and shatters them
-Enemies slain with Soul Burst will restore his MP and raise his max MP
Soul Shield:
-Jack holds his hand in front of himself, creating a magic ball that can block attacks
-Blocked attacks will stagger an enemy while also restoring his MP and increase his max MP
-If a block is successful, he can follow it by lunging forward and delivering a counter
-If Jack’s facing a particularly strong enemy, he’ll be able to temporarily copy their attacks after deflecting them
Lightbringer:
-An omnidirectional wave of magic that Jack fires out of his body
-Usable when Jack’s MP increases to 2 or more gauges
-Enemies caught by the wave become easier to soul burst
-Most useful when surrounded by enemies
-Uses 200 MP
-Lasts 20 seconds
Jobs:
https://brendansversus.wordpress.com/2022/07/03/jack-garland-jobs/
Weaknesses:
-Is a jack of all trades when it comes to combat
-If his defenses are worn down, he’ll enter a broken state that leaves him vulnerable for a few seconds
-Some of his classes and abilities (such as the White Mage) are meant for supporting teammates rather than one-on-one fights
-Needs MP if he wants to use his abilities
-Though if he runs out, he can regain it by Soul Bursting enemies, using powers he’s absorbed through Soul Shield, or by using Combo Abilities
(Darkness Manifest: “I am darkness manifest. The sum of the world’s fears. You stand before despair given form. You stand before Chaos!”
Jack: “Shut up. The mantle of Chaos is mine. I claim your darkness as my own.”
Darkness Manifest: “Ambition, good. Now show me that you are worthy. Bear your soul to me!”
Jack: “You asked for it. Just don’t flinch from what you see.”)
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