Laguna Loire

LAGUNA LOIRE

Age: Forty four
Gender: Male
Sexuality: Male
World: Final Fantasy VIII
Job: Ex-President, Ex-Soldier, Ex-Monster Hunter, fulltime Vagabond
Alignment: Neutral

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APPEARANCE

HEIGHT: 5'11"
WEIGHT: 165 lbs
EYE COLOR: Green
HAIR LENGTH, STYLE & COLOR: Shoulder length straight brown hair.
ACCESSORIES: Dog tags and ring on necklace. 
ATTIRE:  Going back to his old days, Laguna has pulled out his dusty blue denim jacket that he used to wear during his time as a monster hunter for a dinky little town. He has a fresh pair of combat boots for his hard travel coming forward, black gloves to protect his hands, and a clean pair of slacks. Upon Over his shoulder he has a raggedy olive duffle bag stuffed with clothing, survival supplies, and other essentials he deemed important. 

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PERSONALITY

DESCRIPTION: 

Despite having been a soldier in Galadian Army, Laguna dislikes fighting. More times than not he would like to find a non-violent approach to deal with a situation that was anything other than a monster. He is always one for a quick smile and lend a hand where it is needed. He puts his faith in others far too easily and is known to be manipulated with very little effort from other people. He whines like a child when he's in pain; often getting hurt for his stupid mistakes, and then crying about it until someone helps him. He is mischievous and gung-ho when he has a chance to play games with children that act his age.

While he does tend to come off as a grown man refusing to grow up, when push comes to shove, he will lay down the law on people who harm those he cares about. He loves freely and he loves strongly but the problem is that he has always been unable to express his feelings without coming off as awkward. It's by some holy power above that he ever managed to actually get a date during his life. He rushes blindly into danger when a friend or loved one is in dangers and won't back down until he gets where he needs to be no matter what harm may befall him.

Sometimes he seems to have the devil's luck on his side. In desperate situations it seems like things just simply work for him in the most irrational ways. He puts up a bravado for his comrades but inside he simply refuses to allow others to know that he's truly a coward. 
LIKES:

Women
Classical music
Beer
Guns
Roaming
New boots
Clean hair
Family
DISLIKES:

Fighting
Leading others into traps
Being alone
Being in charge of navigation
Getting hurt
Being stuck in an office
Being lectured
FEARS:

Waking up one day to find out that everything has been a dream
Not being able to arrive in time to save someone he cares about
Never truly connecting with his son.

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RELATIONSHIPS & HISTORY

MARITAL STATUS: Widower | Single
FAMILY: Ellone: Adoptive daughter. Squal Leonhart: Son
FRIENDS: Kiros and Ward
LOVE INTEREST: None at the moment. Was married once but she passed away before he could return to her and being stuck in an office as a president makes getting back into the dating pool next to impossible. Not that he ever really thought about it.

History:

Laguna is said to hail from Deling City, though most of his childhood and early adulthood remain a mystery. During his twenties Laguna joins the Galbadian Army and participates in the effort to invade Timber. His dream is to become a traveling journalist, acquiring information about the world and writing about his experiences. In the army Laguna is best friends with Kiros Seagill and Ward Zabac and the three form a platoon where they share each other's dreams and ambitions.

Throughout their time and adventures together, the three frequently fall victim to Laguna's clumsy nature. Laguna falls in love with Deling City hotel's lounge pianist, Julia Heartilly, who feels the same way about him, but all of their interactions end awkwardly due to Laguna's nervousness.

One night, at the behest of Kiros and Ward, Laguna walks up to Julia's piano while she is playing, and though his leg cramps up and he is forced to retreat, Julia invites him up to her room to talk where the two share their life dreams before confessing they have always watched each other from afar. Their romance is cut short when Laguna, Kiros and Ward are called away to Centra and end up fighting for their lives against Esthar soldiers. Julia waits for his return but as Laguna never comes back, she writes the song "Eyes on Me" as dedication to their love.

Laguna and his friends are injured while fighting off hordes of enemy forces and with no other options left, Laguna tosses his friends off the side of a cliff into the ocean before following after himself. Laguna does not make the jump gracefully, plummeting to the waters. The three are separated and Laguna washes up on a shore where a woman named Raine finds him and together with her adopted daughter, Ellone, looks after him.

For the next six months Laguna is bed-ridden due to his injuries. Raine nurses him back to health and he forms a close bond with her and Ellone, who refers to him as "Uncle Laguna". The working men in the town of Winhill have been sent off to the Sorceress War and so Laguna becomes the self-appointed "Monster Hunter of Winhill". He declares Raine to be his commander and Ellone to be the assistant-commander, but never lets either go out with him on his hunting.

After another six months roll by, Kiros, who has been searching for Laguna ever since he recovered eleven months ago, finds him and tells him what has been going on with Ward and Julia. Ward has lost his voice and became a janitor at the D-District Prison (which Laguna has trouble believing) while Julia has become a famous singer/songwriter and married General Caraway from the Galbadian army after her "true love" never returned from war.

Laguna takes Kiros out on a monster hunting mission where he declares him his assistant, and the two talk about Laguna's plans of becoming a journalist. Upon arriving back at the house, the two eavesdrop on a conversation between Raine and Ellone about Raine marrying Laguna, to which Raine responds they are two entirely different people, and there are things about Laguna that are just too tentative. Kiros notes a change in Laguna's demeanor since they last saw each other.

Laguna and Raine fall in love and Laguna proposes to her in the middle of a field and the two marry. One day Sorceress Adel's forces kidnap Ellone to Esthar while Laguna is away with Kiros getting his first article published in the Timber Maniacs magazine. Laguna promises Raine he will bring Ellone back to Winhill, without knowing Raine is pregnant. Laguna and Kiros recruit their old friend Ward and the search for Ellone begins.

The three encounter many difficulties in finding Ellone and getting into Esthar. They participate in a movie deal to raise money for their travels where Laguna fights a Ruby Dragon with a gunblade, a weapon he hasn't used since his training at the military academy. At one point, Laguna meets with Edea Kramer in her orphanage and asks her to keep an eye out for Ellone, as well as Sorceress Adel, as she's looking for a successor for her sorceress power. Laguna becomes separated from Kiros and Ward and is injured, winding up in Shumi Village where he repays the Shumis' kindness and befriends the Moombas, attempting to teach them to speak. The Moombas learn only a single word, "Laguna", which they exclaim whenever they see him.

Laguna reunites with Kiros and Ward and they find a way into Esthar by walking across the Horizon Bridge, but are captured and imprisoned within the Lunatic Pandora Laboratory, where they join the resistance against Sorceress Adel. Laguna is appointed their leader after displaying his kindness to a Moomba, and stages a jailbreak. Laguna and the others find Ellone, who has been kept safe by Dr. Odine who wants to study her power to send a person's consciousness back in time.

To capture Sorceress Adel the resistance construct an armored cryo-capsule, placing it inside the Sorceress Memorial. They craft a simulacrum image of Ellone, whom Adel is searching to continue her reign of terror through her successor, and use it as a bait. Once Adel is informed Ellone is being held inside, the sorceress comes to see the fake Ellone, but before she can act, Laguna pushes her into a cryo-tomb (later known as Adel's Tomb) where she is trapped and flash-frozen.

Laguna is appointed the new president, replacing Adel's former reign. Laguna sends Ellone back to Winhill where she stays with Raine as she gives birth to Laguna's child. Raine dies soon after and Ellone and the child are sent to Edea's Orphanage on Centra. Laguna later hears Raine has died and Ellone has been taken to an orphanage, but never learns he has a son.

Laguna remains the president of Esthar for the next seventeen years, and because of his duties to uphold a policy of seclusion and neutrality for his nation he cannot get away to see Ellone, who has been hidden away from the world to protect her on the White SeeD Ship. Eventually, Ellone leaves the White SeeD Ship herself to come to Esthar to see him, and she is sent to the Lunar Base to reunite with him, where she presumably tells him about his son. Squall arrives on the base soon after with Rinoa, seeking Ellone's powers to revive her, and Laguna interacts with Squall and his friends with his space suit on, concealing his identity.

Laguna meets Squall and the forces of SeeD face-to-face when they are called to Esthar for a mission to defeat Sorceress Ultimecia. Laguna aids Squall's party in infiltrating Lunatic Pandora, a fortress-like structure excavated from the ruined civilization of Centra, where Adel, being possessed by Ultimecia, is being held after her tomb fell due to the recent Lunar Cry incident. When Ellone sends Ultimecia's consciousness back in time it triggers the time compression, which lets Squall and his friends travel to the future and defeat her once and for all.

Laguna finally returns to Winhill and visits Raine's grave in the nearby fields, the same place he had proposed to her 18 years ago. He is joined by Ellone, Kiros and Ward, while Balamb Garden soars overhead.

Though not directly confirmed, it is heavily implied Laguna's unknown son is Squall. When Laguna left Winhill Raine was pregnant, and both the baby and Ellone were taken to Edea's orphanage, which is where Squall grew up. Kiros remarks Squall resembles his mother and should be grateful he doesn't look like his father, implying he knows Squall's parents. Near the end of the game, Laguna mentions Ellone has "told him everything", and tells Squall that once Ultimecia is defeated the two of them have a lot to talk about. This would also explain several other connections between them, such as a Moomba recognizing Squall's blood as Laguna's in D-District Prison, as it is stated in the Information section of the menu that Moombas can recognize people after having tasted or smelled their blood. Squall's mind is the one always connected to Laguna's when Ellone uses her powers to send Squall back in time, and Laguna also possesses Squall's Triple Triad card.

(History located: finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Laguna_Loire)

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WEAPONS, ABILITIES & MAGIC

WEAPON(S): 

Machine Gun

ABILITIES: 

Grenades
Smoke Grenades: Creates a smokescreen on the field to mask his escape from a bad predicament. 
Flash Bang Grenade: Can temporarily blind and/or deafen opponents... as well as himself if he's clumsy. 
STRENGTHS:

Strong against Blizzard-type attacks
Endurance
Marksman
Immune to Zombie
WEAKNESSES:

Weak magical strength
Growing Old
MAGIC: 

Blizzard, Fira
SUMMONS: 

GF Shiva: Female. 
Laguna always was a ladies' man so of course his GF would resemble a scantly clad female figure. Shiva appears on the field and seductively spins, halting most men in their places as they are left to stare at her intoxicating figure. She follows this up by blowing a kiss of frosty air that covers the opponents field in a powerful ice attack that is stronger than Blizzaga. 

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IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU

NAME: Ducky
HOW DID YOU FOUND US: Wishing Cissnei a happy birthday 8 months late.
ROLEPLAY EXPERIENCE: It's all about the green
OTHER CHARACTERS: Apping Reno
OTHER NOTES: I'm the lord of all

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