V2

V2
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**Vincent Alanqa Wulfstan**, known best as **V2** or **Viro**, is the eponymous central protagonist of the V2 Chronicles series. He is the younger brother of the infamous terrorist Akasha - together, the two of them formed the Vincent Five (then known as the "Original Five"), a mercenary group whose initial purpose was to destroy the illusive Prophets. After Akasha's passing, V2 would go on to lead the group under the mask and name of **Viro**, a mantle he created for the purpose of protecting Akasha's legacy and identity, and would repurpose the Vincents into a vigilante force, one whose sworn goal is the enforcement of peace, law, and order in Central City.

He would later discover that he was the next Chosen One - the sworn protector of the Earth - and gained the power of Persona as a result of this, under the guidance of the Lunar Maria. He is also a student at the prestigious Amber Academy, and a member of their Student Council.

V2 is portrayed by none other than Emperor V2.

## Personality

V2 is a very casually confident person. There's a self-assuredness to the way he carries and dresses himself - he seems to be arguably completely comfortable in his own skin. V2 is an odd, yet compelling, mix between silly and serious, and this is demonstrated best in his interactions with his friends at school and the Vincent Five, his two closest groups - V2 has strange tastes in food, music, and fashion, fluctuates between making witty, deadpan jokes and silly slapstick antics, and he often likes to pretend to be more surprised or earnest than he actually is. When the situation calls for it, however, V2 is an effective leader and a reliably cool head in any tense situation - he acts relatively calm under pressure and easily issues orders and plans while still being flexible enough to listen to outside influences or opinions.

Above all else, however, V2 is a very secretive person at heart. He is evasive about truly personal questions, and keeps his past at a distance from everyone except from those he can absolutely trust, such as Jeremiah or Rolo... and even then, there are things that he keeps at arm's length from them. V2 fears nothing more than all of his and Akasha's secrets being uncovered - his lowest points all seem to center around his identity and Akasha's past, like when Prometheus revealed that V2 was the true identity behind Viro and the brother of Akasha to the world, or when he led a rampage against Lorenzo and Arcadia as a way of letting out his anger and sadness about not just Lorenzo's leaving, but the tragic circumstances surrounding the Vincent Five's blood-soaked history. V2's secretive nature pushes people like Saffron McCarthy and Roy Elliston away from him - while he managed to (mostly) patch things up with the former, his relationship with the latter remains ambiguous and distant.

This inherent secrecy is likely due to trauma and PTSD surrounding the tragic circumstances of the Original Five's dissolution, beginning with Jackie's death and ending with Akasha's. V2 has a good deal of abandonment issues stemming from Lorenzo's departure from the Vincent Five and Akasha's death that he hasn't fully overcome, which makes it difficult for him to let go of others.

## Quotes

### Part I

* *"Vincent Five - let's fly!"*
* *"Watch me fly!"*
* (To Rolo) *"No need... I found a ride."*
* *"Hemayyyyyyy."*
* (His surprised noise) *"Dowowowowowo!"*
* *"Ah, so we'll have an audience? Perfect!"*
* *"A glass of your finest waffle - on the rocks."*
* *"Scared to lose in front of your friends?"*
* (Internally, about Prometheus) *"The world... the world is not your plaything. The world isn’t yours. And it never will be. I’m going to completely destroy you, piece by piece. There won’t be a single place left for you or your walking targets left to run to. And when I finally have you in a corner, when I finally expose you for what you really are to the entire world… then my brother can finally finish his business with you. You will never see the summer again…!"*
* *"Well, good thing I'm only 4/27th human."*
* (To Leona) *"That is inSANiTY!!"*
* (Internal monologue) *"Looking back on it, I can’t name what it was that guided me towards that light. The light that would change my life forever. The moment I looked at it, my feet were moving before my mind could even tell them to move. At the time, it was an inexplicable, indescribable feeling."*
* *"So this is the world you're trying to create, Prometheus? I have to admit... it's much nicer than I expected."*
* (To Canis and Naomi) *"Here's to us - the Ramona Three!"*
* *"And I have been waiting for the world, Jeremiah. Thank you for all your service… and here’s to us, and all the great things we’re going to do."*
* (To Candy and Saffron after they see his face for the first time) *"So... close to what you expected?"*
* *"Hard to stay dry when there's wetwork to be done."*
* *"City of Angels, City of Devils... our home. you haven't changed at all, Central City."*
* (Before Operation Candlelight) *"Let's fly, Vincent Five. Let's put out this damn fire once and for all."*
* *"Be the hurricane, Vincent Five!"*
* (After Mercer's death) *"Rest easy, old friend. You've earned it."*
* (After his unmasking) *"It’s clear that I’m not fit to lead the Vincent Five anymore. The rest of you don’t need to be dragged down by my dark record anymore than you already have. I was wrong for keeping all of these secrets from you… perhaps, if I had been better with amending the past, then Mercer would still be alive. I do want you all to know this much… I’m proud of you. You’ve become warriors unlike any other I’ve seen before. Far better than me. And… for what it’s worth? I only had Central City’s best interests in mind at all times. [...] It’s alright, Vincent Five. It’s your time to fly without me."*
* (To Jeremiah, in the past) *"Forget about everything that led you here… and focus on everything you’re about to become. We can change the world together, Jeremiah. Let’s make Central City the paradise you and I know it can be."*
* *"We wiil rise above this. It's our destiny - nothing more and nothing less."*
* *"Show the world what the power of the people can do!"*
* *"This is it - the jackpot! Be proud of yourselves... it was your strength that brought you all here. We're going... we're going to save the world! Are you ready?!"*
* (To himself, as he kills Prometheus) *"Goodbye, winter... hello, summer."*
* *"We did it, Jeremiah. Us… and the Vincent Five… and the people of this world. We did it. Together."*
* *"Who cares? Movie's over! Let's dance!"*

### Part II

* (To Kid) *"Checkmate, kid."*
* *"Oh, buck up. At least you got to meet a celebrity before the end."*
* *"Ruins become legends anyway."*
* *"Damn - it's good to be back!"*
* *"Stay frosty, Vincent Five."*
* (To Roy) *"Hell of a first mission, huh, rookie?"*
* (To *Rolo*) *"We've got a lot to talk about tomorrow... like the end of the world."*
* (To a GUN soldier) *"Tell me... do you have a three-letter word for 'pest'?"*
* *"It's in our best interests not to bully you."*
* *"Apologies - I'll be more eloquent now. I implore you to forge ahead with your inquiries."*
* *"Come forth! Garuda!"*
* (To Yuri and Canis) *"Just come back when you're done. I expect good things, okay?"*
* (About Ristar) *"I'm afraid it's no use, miss! Once he's made up his mind, it's set in stone."*
* *"Seems I still have a lot to learn, Akasha."*
* *"Guide me, Akasha. I'll need your strength."*
* *"The mountains are still the same as they always were."*
* (To Lorenzo) *"I will not let you destroy my brother's legacy any further! The world has already done plenty of that! I should kill you where you stand!"*
* (To Serena, about Stella) *"I miss him... greatly. I know what it's like. I'll bring her home, I promise."*
* *"They'll pick themselves back up again... they always do. We always do."*
* (To Jackie, in the past) *"Absolutely. The world deserves our justice... so we can stop places like this from happening ever again."*
* (About Akasha) *"I wasn’t sure what to believe. But I put my faith in him, believing that it would all work out… he was the best, Saffron. He truly was… he doesn’t deserve the hatred he gets today. By the time I realized the Prophets were very real… I guess I just… didn’t know what to say, how to say it. I didn’t want to lose anyone else to their evil. I didn’t want something like Jackie to happen again."*
* *"Just like old times."*
* *"Lorenzo! Stop hiding behind doors like a coward! Face your punishment! Face what's come for you!"*
* *"Roy was right. We can't just sit by while the world falls apart all around us."*