Gale

"First rule of the backstreets, don't trust your eyes."

*"Cut it off, you've already lost
All that precious bravery is gonna get you hurt
In a world that feeds on the minority
May that self-centered belief lead you to peace
If you're gonna replace me
At least have the audacity to kill me thoroughly"*

-String Theocracy, Mili

Gale is a Wind starwarrior who relies on speed and overwhelming strategies to outplay his opponents. In life, he was a Grade 7 Fixer, who died when he was taken on a L.corp raid, and was shot by a rabbit squad, who left him for dead bleeding out on the ground.

Gale has the ability to create duplicates of himself, these duplicates being indistinguishable except for the fact that they give off a faint green glow, which in the midst of combat is hard to detect. Gale wields a sword known as Justicia, a black sword covered in bandages. this sword was Imbued by his own EGO reacting with the feathers of Lumi. the sword itself has one of Lumi's feathers imbued inside of it. Gale also has a sidearm pistol, but rarely if ever uses it.

Life in Polaris was hard for gale at first, as his PTSD from raiding lobotomy corp and seeing everyone he knew and loved killed by all kinds of monsters caused him to be a bit panicky at first. Gale also struggles to maintain connections with other starwarriors as he is acting like he did in life, severing all connections in order to make it hurt less if someone dies. however deep down he does care a lot about many of the other starwarriors, or at least more than he lets on.

## Abilities

### Decoy

Gale is available to make decoys of himself. these decoys are indistinguishable from the real Gale, except for the faint green glow they give off, and the fact that they don't cast a shadow. Gale uses them during combat to disorient his foes, confusing them into thinking he is in one spot when he is really in another spot, and stress them out to make them make bad decisions. depending on how smart/perceptive his opponent is, Gale will use more decoys, however making a lot of decoys puts strain on him, and uses up a lot of stardust. As a final gambit, Gale is able to fake his own death using his decoys, giving him a chance to heal up while his opponent thinks they have won, only to strike while they are distracted.

### E.G.O.

Gale is able to use L.Corps distortion, but only somewhat. Gale is able to harness his connection with other starwarriors to make certain weapons and apparel, however as of recently, doesn't seem to use it that much. maybe its because he needs to deeply connect with another warrior to use it, or maybe because he doesn't understand it all that well. currently Gale is able to use E.G.O. of Lumi and Tego. How Gale came to acquire this ability is still a mystery.

## Before Death

### Origin

Gale was a Grade 7 fixer in his world, originally named Cal. he was born in a loving family, however his father and mother were killed by the backstreet sweepers. On that day he decided to live a life of helping people and became a fixer. He was a rather good fixer as well. Not as good as those who had a higher grade, but none the less he got the job done most of the time. He always put the lives of others over himself, mainly because he thought others had more value than him. however it always seemed as though the ones he tried to save ended up saving him instead, sacrificing themselves so that he could live. Cal eventually saved up enough to buy fixer augmentations, which drastically improved his combat and movement speeds. Things were looking up, and there was even a fixer who managed to break her way into his cold heart. However, Good things never lasted, and he was forced to kill her after she turned into a monster. from that day forward, to make sure his heart was never broken again, Cal vowed to never grow attached to another fixer or anyone else for the rest of his days. that would prove to only be a month, as his office was tasked with aiding in a raid of L.Corp. Although he closed his heart to those around him, he was still terrified when he witnessed several of his coworkers killed, mangled, turned into trees, melted into puddles, and simply vanished from existence. His wits and augments allowed him to hold his own, but finally, while holding of an abnormality simply known as [CENSORED], he was shot 3 times in the chest by a sweeper team known as the Rabbit squad, R.Corps search and kill team. he was left to bleed out on the floor, finally, free from his torment. Or that's what he thought until he saw a certain fox and kitsune floating in front of him...

## Ascension

Gale was ascended without any troubles, and found a kind of second home on Polaris. he was a bit put off by some of the species of the other star warriors, but when you have seen the kind of monsters he has, well lets just say he would gladly take these guys over those monsters.

Gale's hair was actually green, a side effect left over by a monster who injected him with a drug known as Enkephalin, a drug that did all kinds of things to him. this drug was drained out of him however, and no other side effects seem to have been taken place. However some say that during the early stages, Gale was suffering from withdraw, and when no one was looking would be scratching his arms like a madman.

Also during this time, he found out about Halona. Halona was his childhood plush that he cared for more than anything else in the world. he would carry it with him on missions as a good luck charm. After seeing the living plushes on Polaris, Gale struck a deal with Shiro, and was able to bring Halona to life. Halona is very caring of gale, and is really the only thing that can stop him from panicking. Her ability is to stitch things together and fix them, however she hasn't tested how far this ability goes besides clothing. she is usually with gale after a rough match, fixing his clothing and telling him not to be so reckless and how he worries her, followed by a hug.

After being rescued after a failed wish attempt in L.Corp, Gale went AWOL, running away from Polaris for a few months. however, he eventually returned, slightly less fragile in his mind. where he went and what he did is mainly a mystery, and Gale isn't telling anyone. Halona is also staying silent, out of respect for Gale. She says he will say when he is ready.

## Present

### Personality

Gale's personality changes often. he goes from high to low a lot. serious one day, goofy the next. its kind of a mixed bag with him. he gives off an impression that he cares about people dearly, yet wishes he didn't. He doesn't want people to get hurt, or attach themselves to him in case he gets killed and they have to watch. Really he is just confused and lonely, but too scared to look for people to fill the void. but he is getting better, and has an eternity to improve.

### Hobbies

Gale actually reads a lot when no one is looking. mainly strategy books, but sometimes a good horror book here and there. He also runs his own shop where him and Halona make plushes of the various monsters kept in L.Corp. he seems to like writing the descriptions on the cards he puts in the boxes describing the monsters. he also writes notes on other starwarriors while they go about there day to day, and has a book with the descriptions of most warriors.

## Trivia

* Gale is a reference to the Project Moon titles Lobotomy Corporation and Library of Ruina.
* Halona is biased off the childhood plush of Gale irl.
* Gale has the following written descriptions of Ezmerelda, Anthrax, and Weaver:

"Ezmerelda: This fox seems to have lost her arm in some kind of shoot out. why anyone would waste bullets on a fox is beyond me. she seems to take a more pacifistic role while in combat, but is no pushover. out of all the captains i like her the most. ill have to ask more about her past sometime."

"Anthrax: A short, tiny, itsy bitsy mouse, who is really self con... self conci... embarrassed of his size. sometimes i don;t see him in the hallways and step on him, and he makes these ice spikes that rip through my shoe. Halona hates having to fix shoes, so I should watch where I'm going. One good thing about him is that he has amazing sword skills. probably the best swordsman on polaris. probably. I should make sure he never reads this."

"Weaver: This gal is weird. she supposedly died in the backstreets, but when I asked if it was the organ harvesting backstreet rats, she looked at me weirdly, like she was going to barf. I wonder if there are other worlds, and maybe she came from one that doesn't have organ harvesters and monsters? either way she is kinda weird. she keeps asking me to make a decoy that's smaller than myself so she can take a picture of me and it, says its a "meme" or something. doesn't seem that funny to me though."