Garland
| Garland | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Age | Unknown |
| Species | ...human? |
| Sex | Male |
| Height | 7 Feet |
| Weight | Unknown |
| Background | |
| Series | Final Fantasy 1 |
| Combat Styles | Nemesis |
| Hometown | Cornelia |
| Group | Shadow Lords |
| Occupation/Job | Nemesis |
| Force: | Forces of Ruin |
| Quote | |
| "I will grant you true and utter annihilation!" | |
| Recent Events | |
| Words With Fiends | |
Contents
The Name Of The King
Once upon a time, there was a hero greater than any other. A swordsman without peer, he was called the greatest of the Knights of Cornelia; without fail, he slaughtered countless enemies, defending the kingdom and the land from innumerable destructive forces. As he fought, he became enraptured by the battle; as the legend goes, the hero fell into the darkness, and gave his soul to Chaos. He was defeated by the Light Warriors, and peace reigned across the world, or so the story goes. But stories are always more complicated than they appear...especially where the villainous Garland is concerned. A warrior of Chaos through and through, Garland is one of the foremost champions of the Darkness; he has joined with the Heartless for the sake of spreading destruction throughout the land, undermining peace and happiness wherever he can.
The Power That Brings Ruin To The Worlds
He is called Garland, and his power is dark and terrible. An ageless, ancient master of sword and spell alike, the monstrous Garland bears many titles and many names: The Ironclad Nightmare, The Midnight Tyrant, The King Of Shadows, The Destruction Knight, The Champion of Chaos. Unfortunately, it is all too clear from the brief interactions that the people of the worlds have had with him that each and every one of these titles is well-earned and well-deserved; Garland is a self-serving force of absolute destruction, single-mindedly focused on something he refers to as the Samsara Of Battle - the continual flow of war and destruction. He holds no love, keeps no friends, and acknowledges only a terribly few as his equal. Unfortunately, so far, all those Garland considers his equal are his cohorts in the Shadow Lords.
The Champion of Chaos's arrogance is certainly not without reason. Garland is a master warrior; his skill at combat is so far unrivalled, earned and honed over the countless centuries of his life. Whether blade or fist or bow or gun, weapons find comfort in Garland's hands; the dark lord has long since mastered all of them, though his favored weapon continues to be the sword, harkening back to his ancient days as a knight of Corneria and the memories of honor that once he held. Garland only rarely wields a shield, preferring to let his natural durability and massive armor take blows both mystic and physical; he tends to sacrifice defense for attack, pushing through openings as opponents struggle to land truly meaningful blows on his person. Backing up his skill is, of course, his monstrous strength; Garland is more than capable of tearing a man to pieces with his bare hands; he tends to wield his greatsword in one hand, and has no problems moving fluidly despite the bulky armor that he wears. Whatever he lacks in power, he more than makes up for in experience.
Not that Garland lacks much in power. Even without his enormous physical strength, Garland is an impressive magus, specializing in brute-force magical applications. He is one of the few alive to know the forbidden spell NUKE, a mystical explosion of atomic forces capable of dealing enormous damage to the surrounding area - and, normally, the caster. It is a testament to Garland's ferocity that each spell he casts is not a simple burst of magic, but rather a physical demand on mystic forces to bend to Garland's will. Still, this mystical might comes from more than simply years of experience and practice; whatever fuels Garland, besides his pure and unrelenting fury, only Garland can truly say.
The most terrible of Garland's observed abilities, however, is his overwhelming and almighty darkness. Garland's Darkness is overwhelming enough to call pureblood Heartless to him with little more than a thought; when unleashed, it can snuff out even the most powerful lights of a world, consuming everything into the all-encompassing void that is Garland's black and terrible heart. Only a true Princess Of Heart's Light can equal and counter Garland's Darkness; all else is swallowed up into the shadows of the Ironclad Nightmare. Fortunately for the worlds, Garland finds the presence of a Princess of Heart toxic, and tends to avoid them whenever possible. It seems that Hearts of purest light are stronger than the Darkness, after all...
Relationships
PEOPLE WHO ARE NEITHER AMUSING NOR ANNOYING
| Name | Thoughts | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hades | Bros | Tight Beyond Tight |
| Maleficent | Secret Double Girlfriend | Secret Double Girlfriend |
| Angantyr Vespar | Adopted Son | The Violent One |
| Kuja | Oldest Daughter | The Pretty One |
| Zidane | Lost Child | The Dumb One |
| Mikoto | New Daughter | The Other One |
| Souji Murasame | New Son | The Rich One |
| Feige Abramson | Crazy Nice | The Crazy One |
AMUSING
| Name | Thoughts | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Other People | Quaint | Amusing |
ANNOYING
| Name | Thoughts | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kaze | Annoying | UNLIIIIMIIIITEEEEEEEED |
| Makenshi | Annoying | UNLIIIIMIIIITEEEEEEEED |
| ExDeath | Annoying | EXXXXXDEAAAAAAAAAAAAATH |
How Garland Feels About Your Pathetic Attempts To Stop Him
Logs
| Thirteen Children | April 1st, 2014 | Chita goes to Mysidia in search of information on the man called Garland. He finds more than he thought, and in the process, Garland deposits knowledge for the Viera to find, or destroy, in thirteen unlikely locations. |
| Keyblade! A Deal With The Conquering Chaos | March 11th, 2014 | Kaydin seeks out Garland in the Corridors of Darkness in order to learn more about Angantyr's Keyblade. He is offered a deal too good to pass up... |
| Lurking Shadows | March 11th, 2014 | Mere moments after Garland bestows his 'gift' upon the dark knight Kaydin, a shadow who had been eavesdropping decides to ask for a favor of her own. |
| Seven: The World Changes | February 8th, 2014 | A dark shadow looms over the Northern Continent. |
| Manhattan Revisited | October 8th, 2013 | Maleficent said she'd return to the city and she does in force. Two of the new keybladers rise with their companions to defend the city. However? Garland is waiting in the wings and their target is not the city but the defenders... |
| Baron Mind | October 6th, 2013 | Maleficent and Garland go out for a little trip to Baron, and encounter a few hitches. It seems some people have issues with their brand of fun! |
| Promotion | August 15th, 2013 | Helena is set upon a task to harness her powers to help Souji at all costs. The dark being Garland gives her a quest. What does she find at the end of her road? |
| A Starting Point | August 4th, 2013 | Helena tries to dig into her soul for something...her silent prayer is answered... |
| Villains Strawberry Social | July 6th, 2013 | Malicia hosts a nefarious gathering of villains that leads to casual socializing. That is, until Negaduck has a little too much to drink... |
| Paying For One's Sins | June 26th, 2013 | Morrighan returns to Murasame's flagship for her appointed checkup. It is then that the trap is sprung. And most of all, Garland finally metes out the retribution planned for so long. |
| A Vicious Trial by Fire, Love Chaos | June 13th, 2013 | Garland decides to up the ante. |
| A Researcher's Inquiry III | June 4th, 2013 | After failing to secure Angantyr's willing cooperation, Rhia decides to go higher. Plans are revealed and plots are set in motion. |
| Oblivion Calls | May 19th, 2013 | Two are drawn to Mirage Tower, where the Iron Nightmare makes an offer... |
| The Choice | May 13th, 2013 | Angantyr and Maira talk about the attack on Valk HQ, and the true nature behind it is revealed. Then Garland makes things worse, for everyone. |
| Complaints Department | May 4th, 2013 | Avira decides to take Souji to task for her comments to Maira. She finds out that Souji is a caring person who shares her concerns. One of these sentences is a lie. |
| Grendel Attacks | April 23rd, 2013 | VALKYRI's carefully planned party is rudely interrupted by an attacking monster. |
| Stages Of Mentorship | April 14th, 2013 | Garland has a conversation with Angantyr about Archadia. |
| Displeasure | April 13th, 2013 | Garland is not happy and nor does he forget. |
| Summoning of The Fiend: Earth | February 14th, 2013 | Morrighan, acting under her own machinations, sets about creating a network of magic draining glyphs, all leading to the Iifa Tree. With a little help from a magic artifact, she performs a ritual to summon a dark force to her side. Needless to say, many take issue with this notion. |
| The Garland Games | January 13th, 2013 | Garland makes good on his promises and ambushes Avira in the streets of Rabanastre. |
| Tense Negotiations | January 12th, 2013 | Faruja Senra, representing the Church of Glabados, negotiates and investigates the tensions arising between Cleyra and Burmecia. It proves more dire than anticipated. |
| The Wheels Are In Motion | January 9th, 2013 | Garland calls Shego and Makenshi in to join the Alexandria/Burmecian War...on opposing sides, for his benefit. But to what ends? |
| For the Cure | December 29th, 2012 | Garland holds the cure to the dark mutation cursed onto Avira. Can she, Mercade, Angantyr and Maira manage to secure it? |
| Despair! The Ironclad Nightmare | December 15th, 2012 | Mullonde becomes ground zero in a battle between Garland, the incarnation of Chaos, and Kaze, the Unlimited Man of the Magun. |
| Temple Of Fiends | December 14th, 2012 | The kidnapped Prince of Cornelia lies in the Temple of Fiends. A brave party enters to rescue him...but what awaits them inside these terrifying walls? |
| Wheelin' and Dealin' | December 12th, 2012 | Hades and Garland talk deals with Oriane Guado |
| No Good Deed | November 26th, 2012 | A charity event held by the Church turns chaotic thanks to the efforts of two particularly Dark individuals. |
| A Confluence Of Fate | November 24th, 2012 | Chaos erupts in Baron as a number of plots crash together in the halls of power with all of the grace of a freight train. |
| A Delightful Chat | November 23rd, 2012 | Garland is intrigued by his apprentice's friend Avira and tracks down the woman in order to have a nice...chat. |
| Advent | November 17th, 2012 | The Champion of Darkness Garland makes himself known, sending out a call across the Darkness to as many people as possible in order to encourage them to unify into a guild sinister. |
Cutscenes
| Meeting In The Park | March 22nd, 2014 | A meeting in the park between two terrible entities heralds something stirring in the shadows. |
| The Old Man's Declaration | April 19th, 2013 | The Old Man addresses the Cleyran assembly, urging them to war. |
| Shadow And Flesh | January 6th, 2013 | The Burmecians are made an offer that they can't refuse by a dark figure; is their salvation at hand? |
| Homecoming | December 10th, 2012 | After ten thousand years, Garland returns to his homeland. Things do not go as planned. |
