Crimm "The Explosive Artiste"

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Crimm "The Explosive Artiste" is one of the elite Falcons serving the Sumeragi Institute of Human Evolution and one of the antagonists of Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX, appearing as the boss of the mission Auto-fab Plant. Defeating him grants the EX Weapon Photon Detonator.
A self-proclaimed artist obsessed with explosions, he abuses his authority as a Falcon to indulge himself in an all-consuming pyromania. He is an Adept with an affinity for the Septima Detonation, which allows him to condense energy and release it as a devastating explosion.
==Website Description==
== Appearance ==
Crimm is a young man with red eyes and short, sandy blond hair. He wears a unique Falcon jacket in the form of a dark sleeveless long coat with orange accents, a grey shirt and a dark waistcoat, in addition to an orange scarf. His trousers are black with white accents and black straps around his calves, and raised to expose his shins, as well as brown boots. He also wears white arm-length gloves with black fingers and bracelets, and has a Falcon Quill pinned to his left breast.
In his Armed Phenomenon, Crimm's hair turns a bright orange, as do his irises and pupils, with his sclera turning black. His body is covered in a grey skin-tight suit layered with black and grey armor with orange accents, his legs in particular covered in large, stocky armor. He carries two large shields, each with a two-pronged fork, making them resemble crab claws. These are complimented by two large, orange armor pieces attached to his back.
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== Personality ==
Crimm, at his core, is little more than an obsessive arsonist. Nothing gives him greater pleasure than using his Septima as he pleases, seeing his destructive explosions as works of fine art to be admired. This makes him one of the few Falcons to genuinely enjoy his job, as his position has essentially given him free reign to cause as much devastation as he pleases. Despite this, he still shows no prejudice towards Minos, asking Copen if he is a fellow connoisseur, and is saddened to learn that he isn't. Nonetheless, he shows a zealous, almost carnal mentality in battle, filling the battlefield with gleeful quips and demented laughter.
Given the emphasis Crimm places on explosions caused by his own Septima, it's possible that his desires are rooted in some form of narcissism.
== History ==
===Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX===
====Auto-fab Plant====
After breaking into a seemingly abandoned auto-fab plant for EN packs, Copen comes across Crimm in the center, who, apparently unaware of his rampage, asks for Copen's intentions, disappointed to learn that he isn't here to marvel at his fine art, upon which he informs him that he intends to blow the entire building up in a glorious inferno. He imparts his arsonistic philosophy onto Copen, before transforming into his Armed Phenomenon, declaring the Luminous Avenger iX's death be his next masterpiece.
However, after an intense bout, Copen comes out on top, killing Crimm, who dies admiring even his own death as a work of art.
====Sumeragi Secret Bunker 2====
As Copen makes his way through Sumeragi's underground bunker, Demerzel creates holograms of the various Falcons he's fought and killed to stop him. One such hologram is Crimm, appearing before iX only to be swiftly slain.
== Powers and Abilities ==
As a human attuned to the Septimal stage of the Lifewave and chosen as a Falcon specifically for his powerful abilities, Crimm has access to the Detonation Septima, which allows him to compress energy into spheres, which he can use for a variety of purposes; most often simply detonating them to cause massive, destructive explosions. Using these explosions, he can also propel himself through the air.
After transforming, Crimm gains two large claw-like shields in either hand. As well as having offensive capabilities, they increase his defence exponentially, allowing him to summon an impenetrable barrier that not only protects him from his enemies, but also his own explosions. However, he is unable to fire any projectiles while this barrier is up, making him unable to defend and attack at the same time. In addition, should his shields be broken, Crimm will become unable to activate his barrier, leaving him far more vulnerable to attack in this state.
===Boss Battle Skills===
*The EX Weapon Photon Detonator and its explosion will intercept and prematurely trigger Crimm's own explosive spheres, allowing some of his attacks to be countered.
* Crimm will raise his shield whenever he moves or is within range of his own explosions. Doing so will cancel any tags.
** Using Orbital Edge will cause Crimm's claws to shatter, disabling his barrier and dramatically reducing his defense. However, this weakness does not apply to Crimm's EX variant.
** Once Crimm's claws are destroyed by Orbital Edge, he will start damaging himself with his own explosions by jumping around, throwing scatter shots, etc. Indeed, if the player does nothing but dodge Crimm's attacks after destroying his claws, Crimm will eventually be killed by his own power.
Skill 	Description
Blast Jump(ブラストジャンプ) 	Crimm uses a mid-air explosion to launch himself. He triggers explosions to his left and right when he lands.
The EX Boss will send explosions across the whole floor with this move.
Blast Rush(ブラストムーブ, Blast Move) 	Crimm launches himself with an explosion to rush down his enemies. He then buries his claw in the wall and detonates it.
The EX Boss will fly faster with this move.
Luminary Mine(ルミナリーマイン) 	Crimm fires up to two high-density balls of energy from his claw, which explode upon contact with the player or wall. If his armor is broken, Crimm will only fire one ball.
The EX Boss will fire horizontally and diagonally, increasing the coverage of the explosions.
"Rubble Fall" 	Crimm throws a cluster of energy balls at the ceiling, triggering a chain of explosions above the screen which drops rubble across the arena. He keeps his guard up throughout the attack. Intercepting the spheres will end the skill early, but if even one of them reaches the ceiling the entire sequence will still play out.
Discord Mine(ミダレマイン) 	Crimm leaps into a top corner before carpet bombing the floor and the opposing wall. He will make an explosion in front of him as he drops to the floor.
The EX Boss will send the explosion along the length of the floor when he drops.
Exquisite Artillery(カーニバデプステャージ, Carnival Depth Charge) 	Crimm's special attack. He causes a huge explosion in mid-air, then continuously bombs the surrounding area.
The EX Boss will make additional passes with the explosion waves which travel faster. Non-Prevasion contact with the central explosion also effectively becomes a one-hit-kill, with survival only being possible if Copen has very high HP and OD Guard Up is active.
==Boss Battle Voices==
Event 	Translated	Romaji 	Japanese
Transformation 	 	Kontorakuto! Shoutaimu! 	コントラクト! ショウタイム！
Blast Jump 	 	Taaa! 	たあっ!
Blast Rush 	 	Fuhahaa! 	フハハッ！
Luminary Mine 	 	Chire! 	散れ!
Discord Mine 	 	Bakudatsu daa! 	爆発だッ！
Rubble Fall 	 	Pureitaimu! Fantasutikku! 	プレイタイム！ファンタスティック!
Jumping 	 	Haaa! Funn! 	はあーっ！フンッ！
Exquisite Artillery	 	Omise shiyou!Kaanibaru depusu chaaji!Tairin no hana yo! Sakihokore!Fuhahahaa!!	お見せしよう！カーニバルデプスチャージ!大輪の花よ！咲き誇れ!フハハハハッ！！
Broken armor 	 	Nanii!? 	なにっ！？
1st Phase Down 	 	Shin no aato wo misete yaru! 	真のアートを見せてやる！
2nd Phase Down 	 	Kisama wa… utsushikunai…! 	貴様は…美しくない…！
Defeated 	 	Aato ni… chiru! 	アートに…散る！
==Special Skill Chants==
Exquisite Artillery:
==Musical Themes==
Title 	Context 	Composer 	Composer
The Evil Palace of Distorted Beauty(歪曲せし美の魔殿) 	The Auto-fab Plant background music, and Crimm's theme.	Hiroyuki Sato	
Sound master Ryo Kawakami's track notes:
*The Evil Palace of Distorted Beauty
The BGM of the Auto-Fab Plant, and Crimm’s theme. He’s a self-fascinated type of bomber so the track was made by adding a feeling of “danger” to it. The unpredictable progress of the chords, the suddenly appearing bright hooks, all is blasted away. The rhythmic added in, with the image of a factory’s pipes, is hard to decipher, assures that the listeners’ emotions will be shaken. The track’s maker, Hiroyuki Sato-san, once muttered “this track is so creepy,” and that left an impression on me.
== Trivia ==
*The Falcons are inspired by the Christian hierarchy of angels (known as Orders or Choirs), with their design based off the astrological signs of the western zodiac. Crimm is inspired by the fourth Choir, "Dominions/Lordships", and is based off the fourth zodiac, "Cancer".Inti Creates EN tweet
*The names of the Falcons are all derived from various films. "Crimm" is taken from Pacific Rim, a 2013 American monster film.
**The word "Crim" is also a British synonym for "criminal".
*If Crimm's armor is destroyed, his death silhouette will be missing his scissors.
*The Japanese name of Crimm's SP Skill Exquisite Artillery, Carnival Depth Charge, is a pun. In Japanese, the beginning of carnival is read identically to the word for crab, kani.
* Dealing 999 points of damage, the central explosion of EX Crimm's Exquisite Artillery is the strongest attack in the entire franchise (not counting insta-kill moves like Clamator Aethereus), dwarfing the previous record holder, Asimov's Voltaic Chains in Azure Striker Gunvolt, which dealt 350 damage.
** Unlike Voltaic Chains, Exquisite Artillery does not ignore Prevasion.
* Crimm saying "Art is an explosion!" comes from a famous saying by Japanese abstract artist Tarō Okamoto. Before Crimm, Deidara from Naruto Shippuden also famously quoted this saying.
* Crimm may pay homage to Armored Armadillo from Mega Man X; both have back armor and two hand shields that can be destroyed by specific weapons, and both curl into a ball to attack.
== References ==
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