Frans Spark

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> "***After they took the life of a man who deserved nothing but happiness I couldn’t sit still. These people are going to pay. I’m not going to sit around and wait anymore; I’m going to do this myself.***"
> ― To Aaron
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>

## Frans Spark

### Alias

* Shaman of the South
* Frans the Unbeaten

## Personal data

### Age

* 49 (2014)
* 57 (Book 1)
* 58 (Book 2)

### Hair color

* Dark brown (Original color)
* Gray (Partially due to aging)

## Statistics

### Country

* United States (Birthplace)
* Neo Unifica (Citizenship)

### Occupation

* Founder
* Officer
* General

## OOU information

### Novel debut

Book 1 Chapter 1

**Frans Spark** (*フランスパーク, Furansupāku*) is a major supporting character and later a main character in the Republic Zero series. He is introduced in Arc 1.

He is a former Dawn Eagle and one of the five founders of the UNIA, as well as one of the White ribbons.

## Appearance

Frans is a tall and well built older man. He is a purebred Emerald with both short dark brown hair which has partially grayed out and emerald green eyes. He also has a grey beard.

He usually wears a pair of dark jeans, a white shirt with a black leather jeacket ontop, as well as a black bowler hat.

## Personality

Frans is an extremely optimistic person, he sees the bright side in everything and tries to keep the room in a good mood, but he is also quite strict and even ruthless when it comes to his use of authority. Frans is also quite the jokester as he likes to goof around and make jokes about what is happening around him.

But under all of this, Frans is quite depressed and holds onto a great deal of pain, from his prior actions as the Shaman of the south as well as the great responsibility his best friend Benjamin Carter left behind for him after his death.

## Background

Frans was born on February 24th 1964 SSY/472 NWY in Mobile Alabama. Not much is known about his early years except for the fact that his brother Franklin Spark was born sometime after.

He probably served in the US military for a few years, and eventually he was chosen to be a Dawn Eagle by then president Johnston Wraith in 1990, along with the man who would become his rival, Gael Frostmeier. Frans served as a member of the Eastern Sect, gaining the name Frans the Unbeaten for his seemingly impossible winning streak which was enabled by his race ability. He supposedly fought in the Chasseur war during this time.

In 1995, after five years of service, Frans was appointed the position of Southern Emperor and he gained the title of "Shaman of the South". He continued to fight for the United States after that, now leading his own Sect of Eagles.

In 2004, Frans fought in the Richet war along with the now Northern Emperor Gael Frostmeier. There he supposedly engaged and bested a young Éloi Victor in battle.

Frans continued to serve as a Dawn Eagle until 2013, when then president Jeremiah Gilmore appointed him retirement as well as the title of Governor of Alabama.

Later in 2014, while attending a gathering in Baltimore, Frans met the former Vice President Benjamin Carter while on a trip to the grocery store, the two exchanged contact info after a little bickering and went their separate ways.

Benjamin eventually reached out to Frans a month later, ordering him to come help him search for some documents that the former vice president was planning to use against president Alfred Gold. The two met up in Blandtown Atlanta, where they proceeded to infiltrate an FRA facility and steal Benjamin's documents.

With Benjamin's suggestion, Frans later joined up with the UNIA, an orginization which wished to bring peace and unity to the world.

## Abilities

### Combat skills

#### **Martial arts**

Just like most other soldiers, Frans is skilled in a variety of martial arts, but he is shown to be especially skilled at Judo as he is often shown using some of the moves.

### Race powers

#### **Emerald - Battle foresight: Constant**

With the race ability of the Emerald, battle foresight, Frans is able to foresee incoming attacks within a window of 2-8 seconds from the present moment, not any sooner or later. Normally, Emeralds can only use this ability in combat while their awareness is heightened, Frans has come up with a loophole to this by constantly keeping himself in a state of heightened awareness, allowing to him to foresee even surprise attacks, soemthing a normal emerald would be unable to do.

### Zeta

Frans has learned to use Zeta quite well, fitting his ranking as a white ribbon. His aura is that of a bright Green color, which means optimism. He has a fairly high potential and has come up with an extremely unique way of using Zeta.

#### **Tool assisted technique - Gambler's hand**

Frans's unique adaptation of Zete, Gambler's hand, allows him to use the inspiration of aspect of Zeta to forcibly create a new technique for a situation. By using the 53 different cards of standardized deck of playing cards as a catalyst, Frans can assign a technique to each card and store it there for later use. Everytime he creates a new technique, he perminently seals a part of his potential into the card, weakening his personal aura but strengthening his overall arsenal. Once sealed, the cards can regenerate Zeta by themselves, so each technique can be used how ever many times Frans wants to with a slight cooldown in between each use. The cards he has available for use so far are:

* **Ace of Spades:** A form of Advanced Amplification, the Zeta stored within the card manifests into the shape of an elongated arm and fist which shoots out of the card and hits the desired target, the Technique is shown to be quite powerful, being able to thrown both Killian Diehard and Éloi Victor a considerable distance, and knocking the latter unconcious in one blow.
* **Ace of Diamonds:** A form of Advanced Deflection. the Zeta within the card manifests into the form of a diamond shaped shield. The shield is soldid, able to block both Zeta attacks as well as physical ones, it can also be used to block pathways temporarily, such as when Frans did so against Éloi Victor's army of clones.
* **Ace of Clubs:** A form of Advanced Enhancement, the Zeta stored within the card temporarily re-enters Frans's body, boosting his physical strength and enfurance greatly. When using this card in Arc 8, Frans became strong enough to rip a sliding cabin door off of it rails and hurl it at the enemy.
* **Ace of Hearts:** A form of Advanced Detection.
* **Two of Hearts:** The Zeta within the card manifests into the shape of a small fairy. This fairy will then seek out Zeta users nearby and sit on their heads and glow brightly, pinpointing their location. While active, the Fairy is virtually indestructible.
* **Joker:** It is not known what this card's ability is, but according to Frans, it was the first card he created and his final trump card against an opponent. He has yet to use the card in combat.

## Battles

Frans Spark Battles

**A gun for hire**

* Aaron, Jonas, Frans and Benjamin vs USFIU

**Overseas Obligation**

* Aaron Liares vs Frans Spark

**The Prowling Eagle**

* Frans Spark vs FRA troops (Epilogue=)

**Laying down the claim**

* Aaron Liares and Frans Spark vs Nemesis O'Brien
* Aaron Liares and Frans Spark vs Lyza Sternhart
* Frans Spark vs Celeste Azimuth part 1
* Frans Spark vs Celeste Azimuth part 2

**Foreboding Fantasy**

* Frans Spark vs Killian Diehard

**Race down the Railway!**

* Aaron, Reiner, Gabby and Frans vs the Black Whisperer
* Frans Spark and Reiner Stuart vs Éloi Victor