DI VALENCIA, Roy

ZENSHIN

<<NAME>>

Roy Di Valencia

<<AGE>>

24

<<GENDER>>

Male

<<NATIONALITY>>

Italian

<<APPEARANCE>>

Picture

<<PERSONALITY>>

Positive: Intelligent / Reliable / Adventurous / Bold / Charismatic

Negative: Cocky / Headstrong / Sarcastic / Spacy / Unethical

<<HISTORY>>

► CHILDHOOD:
Roy grew up in a small suburb just outside of Venice, Italy. His family wasn't the richest, in fact, the were fairly under the middle class. This didn't bother him though, because of two reasons mainly. One, his mother and father were "professional hustlers", so if they needed money, they would get it. Two, he excelled at academics and much to his classmates surprise, held the highest grades in his elementary school years

► TEENAGE YEARS:
As soon as Roy hit thirteen, his father began to teach him the, "tricks of the trade", such as sleight of hand, counting cards, and even how to spot other cheaters. One of the best parts about learning how to steal was that no one would ever think it's him, since he was the "nice guy" throughout middle school. He never got into any trouble, well, he was never caught anyways, and he didn't start any quarrels with the kids you would expect him to. No one really bothered him much, some classmates really liked him, some others, well, not so much. Some were even jealous of how "good" he was, despite him coming to school in the same clothes he always did.

By high school, he had stolen enough to meet the "social norm" at the time. At the age of eight teen, his parents told him about a massive heist they were going to pull off, and that he would play a big role in it. He had to stay in Italy and tell his friends and other relatives that his parents had died in an accident while at the beach. The story they told him to relay would kill any chance of doubt, and he asked them if they were ever going to come back. They said that they would return once the heat of the settled, as robbing one of the biggest economic entities wasn't a very humble job.

► ADULT YEARS:
Fast forward a few more years and Roy's twenty fourth birthday, and he is celebrating in the place any other con artist would, Las Vegas. He had only received five letters since he last saw his parents, one on each birthday, delivered by a seemingly random people. The heist was all over the news when it happened, a team of six, apparently, and they were never caught. Roy was a regular at a variety of casino's that littered Las Vegas, and he always won just enough to not get called out. At this point, he also had one friend that was above all the rest, Marcilene.

She was the daughter of another man and wife couple that had helped his own parents during the heist. He met her while playing at a local poker tournament. It was down to just them in the final round, and when they both showed their hands, it was they exact same, a pair of sevens. Neither could read the other, which was a rarity to him, since he had never met anyone he couldn't outsmart or out-hustle. Needless to say, they became best friends and became each other's spot whenever one of them was at a table.

After the celebrations were all over and he was back at his suite, a strange man dressed in a brown fedora and overcoat knocked three times on the door, placed a package down, and walked away. Roy didn't question it, he was used to things like this by this point. Inside was a bubble wrapped, spherical shaped object under a white envelope. When he opened and read what was inside, he took it to his night stand and put it on the top part. His parents loved using encrypted letters to communicate, so they had given him a cipher before they left, and even then, it was difficult.

After thirty minutes of de-coding, it read "Dear son, your mother and I have finally decided that it is safe for us to get back on the radar, under different names, of course. We will be in Las Vegas within the next day son, your wait will finally come to an end. Oh, and we left you a small present, as usual, it should keep you busy until we get there. Take care son. With love, your family"

Curious to see what was in the box, Roy removed the sphere, now realizing it was more of a helmet, and on it, were the words "Nervegear". Today was the release date of the highly anticipated video game, "Sword Art Online" or just "SAO" for short. He had almost forgotten about it, since he couldn't find a copy anywhere that wasn't sold out already, which was pretty strange with the connections he had. A smile crossed his face as he thought of the trouble they had to go through in order to get him this gift and letter inconspicuously. So, without further hesitation, he connected it to the computer on a mahogany desk to the right of his bed, and put it on, and finally, powered it up.

►SWORD ART ONLINE:
The first moments of the game were filled with shock and awe as he was overcome with surprise from the technology. It was amazing the things that the company who did this actually got it done, and so well. This was the most immersive video game he had ever played, and it was wonderful. All up until the point where everyone was teleported to the center of the Town of Beginnings. Kayaba, the game's creator, appeared and told everyone that they were trapped here, and if they died in the game, they would die in real life.

This was quite frustrating to Roy, seeing as how he had to meet his family for the first time in six years, but his only solution was to cheat, steal, and play his way to the end of the game as fast as he can. There was no way that he would let an obstacle like this stand in the way of his freedom.

SKILLS

<<CORE SKILLS>>	<<SUPPLEMENTARY SKILLS>>	<<EXTRA SKILLS>>
>>One Handed swords >>leather equipment >>Tailoring >>Weaponsmithing	>>n/a >>n/a >>n/a >>n/a	>>n/a >>n/a

SWORD ARTS

FINAL RUSH. one handed swords
3 Strikes, 0 Specials, 75% Speed, 75% Power

Zenshin tightens the grip around his sword tightly before planting his right foot firmly behind his left, signaling the activation. A red glow will envelope his sword before he rushes a short distance to meet his enemy. Then, he will jab three times at whatever part of the monster or opponent that he is able to, finishing the sword art.

TOP. one handed swords
2 Strikes, 0 Specials, 100% Speed, 100% Power

Zenshin flips his sword into the reverse grip position and plants his foot shoulder width from his left, only slightly behind it. He then dashes a short distance to his enemy before spinning once, while holding his sword out, and then once more, cutting any enemy in a close proximity.

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