Valentine Bardales

==QUOTES & PERSONALITY DESCRIPTION==
“Those who wish to interfere will fall by my hand just as quickly as they have risen to my opposition”
“Revolutions are the locomotives of society.”
“(pet name)”
Valentine is a soul-switcher who identifies as a leftist and a revolutionary. They will personally hold a grudge against those who exploit others for profit or their own gain, but will do their best to be able to change the minds of those around them who they feel are going down the wrong path. Always determined and loyal, Valentine will sacrifice anything and everything to protect a cause or a people. However, as morally cut and dry as they are when it comes to the big picture, Valentine usually
exists in a moral grey area when it comes to short term situations. When not attempting to overthrow a kingdom or a pantheon of gods, their entertainment, pleasure, and desire for chaos usually comes first. Confident and prideful to a fault, Valentine has a strong grip on their strengths and weaknesses and plays to these for their advantage whenever they can. However, due to their naturally versatile and effective combat capabilities and their charismatic demeanor, Valentine has a bit of a superiority complex. This is usually counteracted by their lack of desire for meaningless conflict (that won't entertain them), so they try to reel it in when it has an effect on other people. Valentine also tends to get ahead of themselves when they have set goals, and has a tendency to adopt a “the ends justify the means” attitude when Valentine views the end goal as beneficial to all. This is bolstered by their everlasting desire for optimization. All things considered, Valentine is well-intentioned and wishes for no real harm to come to those they are close to.
==EARLY LIFE==
Valentine was born to a widowed mother in a prosperous village-like commune. From a very early age, Valentine has been accumulating combat experience in order to hone their skills and properly make use of their natural abilities and strengths as a soul-switcher. With a passion for fighting and accustomed to death and strife, Valentine has been seeking out challenges and risks since their early teens. Despite their hard work and determined attitude however, Valentine has never had a proper permanent mentor to be able to guide them. Not only did they grow up without a father, but none of the experienced combatants in their community had the time or patience to train a fresh novice. This was due to the fact that their specific community of soul-switchers was gathering the resources and alliances necessary to be able to spearhead a revolution to help overthrow and exterminate an oppressive minor pantheon of gods. Eventually they succeeded, freeing the oppressed and leaving the minor gods lost and forgotten to time. However, once the fight had been fought, nearly all of the warriors from Valentine’s commune had been slain in battle, along with their mother and several others caught in the crossfire. Some also died due to wartime circumstances, but those left in the commune had not forgotten who they were or where they had come from and had vowed to keep going. Eventually, they repopulated and were thriving as they once were. Valentine has only ever known conflict and rarely ever relished in the joys of peace, comfort or family. For their life, the pain of struggle is a sign that peace will soon come.
== RECENT LIFE EVENTS ==
Valentine has been wandering for a while now, and recently came upon several new kingdoms in Interra Gloria. Xadia, Astos, and Okutoro, are among the most notable. Xadia especially, since there is a new potential to make new allies.
==PRESENT==
Enter present-day Valentine, who has now had 5 years of consistent combat training that they had acquired through not only observing warriors in action and the techniques of their people, but also their own battles in the wilderness and various tournaments across the land. With a developing style of fighting and a firm grasp on their abilities, Valentine is constantly searching for allies and a new challenge. Beholden to nothing and nobody (yet), they are ready for the next test of strength.
==FUN FACTS==
*Valentine puts a heart emblem on all of their belongings as a little calling card
*Usually they allow their closer friends to call them “Val” for short
*Valentine enjoys bitter, spicy, and sour foods (loves black coffee and sour fruits)
*Even though Valentine has a short temper, they usually only show it with an aggressive stare or sigh when they’re genuinely angry and not just playing it up to be dramatic
*Valentine cares a little too much about their appearance, with hygiene and the way that they dress and present themselves always being one of their main concerns
*Valentine is secretly very critical of everyone, ranking everyone they meet for trustworthiness, skill mastery, etc. They say it's for optimization purposes for missions and tasks but honestly they might just be a little bit of an ass.
*Valentine draws in their free time
*Valentine is the hopeless romantic type, with a very romantic and love-centric view on their world (i.e. ideas like “conversation is like a dance”)
*Is a cat person