Jack-O' Valentine

Aria Hale aka Jack-O' Valentine is a former antagonist from the Guilty Gear series, first appearing on Guilty Gear Xrd -Revelator- as a playable character.
==Personality==
Because of the fact that she was woke up in an incomplete state, before she could download half of her soul from the main body, her memories and personality data are fragmented and unstable. This instability has resulted in the side-effect of having a split "personality" of sorts: That of a cool adult woman, and a child-like one that is playful and cheerful, with the tone of her voice changing accordingly. The way she refers to others changes as well: her child voice using the honorifics and while her adult personality drops them entirely and uses a more neutral tone. Despite the changes, Jack-O' does not actually become a child on the inside.
Inside her remains the portion of Aria's soul that loved Frederick, and she possesses those memories as well. Although she doesn't necessarily have information on him or his name, she remembers a promise they made. As such, she has a complicated feeling of nostalgia towards Sol. Despite being "half-Aria", Jack-O' doesn't consider herself to be Aria, whom she has called the "original owner" of her body, usually speaking of her in the third person. Although she finds unsettling that "nothing" is all she has, she is nonetheless well aware of her destiny or purpose, and is willing to fulfill it despite what that may mean for her own existence.
Initially, right after her awakening, as she hasn't "established" herself in this plane of existence, she needs some candy as a supplement, or wear her mask. However, as the days pass, she is able to function without them, and use her "adult" voice much more consistently.
==Story==
===Background===
In 2073, Aria Hale underwent conversion into a Gear, "Justice", and was given the ability to control all other Gears so that she would be able stop the Gears' deployment as weapons of war by the [U.S. However, during her activation test in 2074, Justice's body and consciousness were compromised by the Universal Will. The entity attempted to take over Justice, but when that failed, it mutated the people of Japan in order to materialize from inside the Backyard.
To stop the entity, Asuka R. Kreutz ordered a manual override that transferred command of Justice's control systems over to himself and forced Justice to fire her Gamma Ray at Japan, destroying the island. Justice's mind was warped by the incident, and forgot who she was, and declared war on humanity. Intending to free Aria/Justice, Asuka created Jack-O' as a "half-Aria", or rather, a synthesis of Aria's fragmented memory designed to overwrite Justice's individual information sectors, like a physical patch. The final version of the Valentine series, Jack-O' is 100% compatible with Justice, the "main body" from whom she must download half her soul to revive Aria as a bonafide human. As a contigency, he also created another Jack-O', Happy Chaos.
=== Guilty Gear X ===
In Lightning the Argent, Jack-O' is seen alongside Asuka, Raven and I-No after Raven completes his assignment in London.
In Guilty Gear X Plus, she is briefly shown as a hooded shadow in one of Sol Badguy's ending alongside with Raven, I-No and Asuka. Presumably, she is then put to sleep until the time for Justice's revival.
=== Guilty Gear Xrd ===
On November 6, 2187, Jack-O' is awakened by I-No, but in a childish outburst, Jack-O' escapes to the outside world to have some fun. Among her encounters, Bedman injures her left leg. She also spends a short while with Jam Kuradoberi, whose advise lifts her spirits. On November 17, Sol, Sin Kiske and Ramlethal Valentine end up apprehending Jack-O', and Sol demands that she show her face. She shocks Sol with her incredible resemblance to Aria, explains her role, and apologizes for not remembering him. Jack-O' then teleports away with Raven to remain on standby until Asuka is able to free himself from Bedman's prison.
While they remotely keep an eye on Sol, Raven decides to treat her wound; curious, Jack-O' asks about the man's change of demeanor, and Raven laments that he has forgotten his last normal "human" conversation. Cordial, Jack-O' calls him a "softie". When Asuka returns following his escape with Chronus's help, he teleports himself and Jack-O' to Illyria Castle to make an uneasy truce with Sol, Ky Kiske, Dr. Paradigm and Leo Whitefang, revealing to them the full truth about Sol's conversion, Justice's purpose, Ariels' true identity as the Universal Will, and the Absolute World.
During the strategic session for their proceedings, Jack-O' smiles softly when Sol leaves his grudge aside and tells Asuka how to improve the Saint Oratorio they will use for the "download" procedure. After they locate Ariels, Elphelt Valentine and Justice, Jack-O', Sol, Ky and Sin board Johnny's Gullinkambi Dark to go. During the journey, Sin wonders if his mother may be related to Sol; Jack-O' says she is qualified to answer, but Sol nervously shuts the conversation down. Afterwards, Ky asks Jack-O' about her opinion on humanity's fate, to which she replies that people should have the freedom to choose.
While the others keep Ariels at bay, Jack-O' positions herself above Elphelt and prepares to absorb the energy to merge with Justice. After Raven and Ramlethal's intervention, Jack-O' receives the Saint Oratorio and partially fuses, while Elphelt is released. But the unconscious Justice/Aria resists the merge as she is too traumatized by her rampage to accept regaining her humanity. Jack-O' informs Sol that she needs more energy, and Sol decides to power-up a second Saint Oratorio with his Junkyard Dog. At that moment, Daryl's fleet appears with the intent of eradicating Justice while she is still incomplete. Only thanks to Axl Low's time compression, Jack-O' receives the energy, overrides Aria's consciousness, and forces the merge with Justice. Jack-O', who is asleep, and Sol are saved by the barrier of a barely conscious Ariels, who entrusts her daughters' safety to Sol. Jack-O's halo then disappears and her hair turns completely red, restoring Aria.
==Game Appearances==
===Project X Zone 3: Sacred Destinies===
Jack-O' appears as a Boss Unit.
Her story in the game is an alternate re-telling of her escape to the outside world and her encounter with Sol, Sin, Ramlethal, Raven and I-No.
She first appears in Chapter 5: Playerdimension Neptunia where in middle of her travel to have some fun, she encounters Reiji's group in The World (.Hack//Series), engaging in a battle that ends with her defeat and retreat.
She eventually faces Sol Badguy in the Fujisakura Altar (Super Robot Wars OG: Endless Frontier), where Sol and Ragna demands her to show her face, with her refusing to do so during her next appearances in the game.
Finally, after being defeated in Chapter 36: This is NOT my Final Fantasy!, Jack-O' promises Sol to reveal her face if he apprehend and fights her in their world once he is done with Ouma, finally returning to her world and leaving their promise at hands of Sol.
===Guilty Gear vs BlazBlue: Multiversal Cross Assault===
Jack-O' appears as a playable DLC character.
=== Super Smash Bros Accelerant ===
She appears as a dlc fighter from the fighter pass vol.2
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