Gunvolt

* Present
* Past

**Gunvolt** is an Adept who was trying to live a peaceful life after a battle against a supremacist organization known as Eden, only to be pulled into a different timeline where the Sumeragi Institute rules over the population.

## Appearance

Gunvolt is a young boy with spiky, blond hair, part of which is tied into a thin, long ponytail with a hairclip. Gunvolt also wears dark blue coat that exposes his midriff, along with dark blue leggings. Parts of these clothes are black with blue highlights, including his boots.

## Personality

Gunvolt, despite his serious demeanor, is still very kind, and wishes for Minos and Adepts to coexist. He is wondering why Copen hates Adepts so much.

## History

### Background

Gunvolt was once an ordinary boy. However, he was forced to be used as a test subject for Project Gunvolt, an experiment conducted by the Sumeragi Group. This experiment was meant to test if non-Adepts were compatible with Azure Striker. Gunvolt was the only successful subject and was promptly turned into an Adept.

Gunvolt was soon rescued by Asimov, who led an anti-Sumeragi organization known as QUILL. Gunvolt joined QUILL, where he got his code name, which was meant to reference that he was a Project Gunvolt test subject. However, he was one day given a mission to destroy the Muse, a virtual idol made by Sumeragi that could track Adepts by singing. When he finally located the Muse, he discovered that it wasn't a program, but instead the manifestation of the Septima of a young girl, Joule. Gunvolt wanted to rescue Joule instead of killing her, but Asimov disagreed with him and insisted that Joule should be killed. Not wanting to follow through with the order he was given, Gunvolt chose to retire from QUILL to rescue Joule, leaving the two as wanted criminals. The two moved into an apartment, with Gunvolt becoming a freelancer to make money. Despite not truly working for them, Gunvolt was willing to take up missions done by QUILL due to them offering high-paying jobs.

One night, Gunvolt received an emergency message from QUILL. Upon answering, he learned one of Sumeragi's Adepts, Zonda, was currently in his neighborhood. However, while chasing Zonda, Gunvolt doesn't get a chance to confront Zonda, who is seemingly killed by Copen. Once Copen reveals to Gunvolt that he is enemies of both QUILL and Sumeragi, the two fight, leading to Copen retreating.

After finishing a few more tasks at QUILL's request, Gunvolt returned home one day, only for Merak, a Sumeragi Adept, to arrive and capture Joule to use her Septima for Project Muse, which would control all Adepts using the Muse's singing. Gunvolt infiltrated Sumeragi's orbital station Firmament to stop them, fighting Copen, who had the same goal, along the way.

Once Gunvolt arrived at the top, he confronted the Adept behind Project Muse, Nova Tsukuyomi. After killing Nova, Gunvolt rescued Joule. The two began leaving Firmament, but on their way out, they ran into Asimov. Upon doing so, Asimov revealed that he had been planning to take over Sumeragi to wipe out non-Adepts. Wanting no part in this plan, Gunvolt attempted to stop Asimov, only to be fatally wounded. Asimov promptly killed Joule, too.

Due to Joule's death, with no body, she and Lumen merged with each other, and merged her newfound consciousness with Gunvolt, saving him. Once Gunvolt regained consciousness, he realized what happened, only to be reassured by Joule that she's still alive. Upon figuring out what happened to Joule, Gunvolt gained a desire for revenge and went after Asimov.

The two confronted each other on their descent down Firmament's elevator, where Asimov revealed he was also an Azure Striker Adept. As the two fought, Asimov explained to Gunvolt his origin, and how he was also a test subject used for Project Gunvolt. Ultimately, Gunvolt managed to kill Asimov and stop his plans. Once Gunvolt made it back to Earth, he parted ways with the QUILL operatives he used to work with.

Gunvolt later met Xiao Wu, who arrived from overseas to warn him about an upcoming threat, that being the Adept supremacist organization known as Eden. Around this time, he also met Quinn, who he saved from a pair of drugged Adepts while she was out shopping. Quinn offered Gunvolt a place to stay, which he accepted. Xiao also moved in with them.

One day, Gunvolt was infiltrating an out-of-control Sumeragi airship known as the Seraph. While doing so, he came across a young girl. With the Seraph about to crash into the ground, Gunvolt jumped out of it and attempted to use Azure Striker to stop the airship, but found himself unable to do so, even with Joule's power. However, Copen and Lola happened to be close by, took note of Gunvolt's presence, and attempted to kill him, only to miss when Lola fired the Heartblazer, which weakened the Seraph enough for Gunvolt to let it descend safely and rescue the girl.

Once Gunvolt brought the girl with him, Copen immediately ordered for him to hand it over, revealing the girl was his sister, Mytyl Kamizono. However, before anything could happen, the two were attacked by an Adept, Tenjian. Tenjian revealed he used Mytyl as bait to lure both Gunvolt and Copen to the same area, with Zonda soon reappearing beside him and revealing he's still alive. Zonda imprisoned Joule, while Tenjian shattered her into multiple mirror shards.

With no need to keep up his disguise, Zonda revealed that he's actually a girl, a spy who infiltrated Sumeragi, and Eden's leader. At Tenjian's request, Zonda left shortly after, while Gunvolt fought and defeated Tenjian, who retreated with eight of Joule's mirror shards after Copen and Lola stole one of them during the battle. Gunvolt then heard Joule's voice, and discovered that her consciousness was still with him. With this in mind, Gunvolt set out to defeat Eden, whose high-ranking Adepts, known as the Seven, possessed mirror shards, and also captured Mytyl for their plans.

Eventually, Xiao managed to locate Eden's headquarters, the Garden, which Gunvolt and, coincidentally, Copen and Lola, broke into. The three confronted Zonda, who promptly tore Joule out of Gunvolt, fusing Joule, herself, and Mytyl to become Reverie Zonda. Despite this, Zonda was still killed. However, doing so also led to Mytyl's death.

Filled with anger and vengeance, Copen immediately attempted to kill Gunvolt, but as the two fought, Mytyl came back to life, having fused with Joule, who was her Septima the entire time. Due to this, Mytyl lost all of her memories. Gunvolt ultimately decided to leave Joule, now Mytyl, behind.

Following what happened in the Garden, Gunvolt began living a more normal life with Quinn and Xiao. While doing so, he began to wonder when he'd see Copen again.

### Another Timeline

One day, Gunvolt decided to go for a walk, but unlike with before, wore his New Model Protect Armor and other equipment with him, despite having never put it on due to Sumeragi being overrun and Eden's downfall, something that Quinn and Xiao questioned. Gunvolt explained how he felt about Copen, so Xiao quickly pointed out that Copen had moved out of town. Quinn asked where Xiao got this information, but Gunvolt quickly came to his defense, believing it was from QUILL. When Xiao confirmed this, Gunvolt finally set out to leave his house.

While Gunvolt was walking through his neighborhood, a wormhole appeared and pulled Gunvolt into it, bringing him into an alternate timeline. Gunvolt reemerged from the wormhole and ended up in a house he didn't recognize, so he began exploring, unknowingly being spotted by Kohaku, who lived there and mistook Gunvolt for an alternate timeline counterpart of Blade.

Gunvolt discovered that he was underground, and went up to the surface, where he saw that the neighborhood was ruined. He quickly came to the conclusion that an Adept was responsible. However, before he could do anything, he encountered a group of soldiers who were working for Sumeragi. The soldiers mistook Gunvolt for a Mino and thought he would reveal the location of a man known as iX, the Minos' savior. Gunvolt, however, didn't know where iX is, nor what a Mino was, and brought up that he was an Adept, much to the soldiers' shock. The soldier then ask why Gunvolt isn't working for Sumeragi, due to how well he'd be treated there. Gunvolt saw no reason to work for Sumeragi, so the soldiers tried to kill him. However, they were no match for Gunvolt.

The ensuing battle attracted Kohaku, who thought iX had arrived at her house. Once Kohaku made eye contact with Gunvolt, she tried to kill him, only to fail. The two argued about if Gunvolt was trying to subjugate Minos, who Gunvolt learned were non-Adepts. However, when Kohaku brings up the concept of an alternate timeline and a man known as the Luminous Avenger iX, Gunvolt is left confused, making Kohaku realize something is off and stop attacking him. Kohaku realized iX didn't exist in Gunvolt's timeline and apologized, telling him about how she always thought all Adepts were bad, but Gunvolt forgives her.

Kohaku brought Gunvolt to her underground hideout, where she explained to him that there were two timelines. She told him about the Razor Wheel, which she used to open a wormhole that pulled Gunvolt into this timeline, as well as how she obtained the Razor Wheel. Kohaku also told Gunvolt about how Blade resembled him, having the similar clothes, the same hair color, and even having the same Septima. In return, Gunvolt told Kohaku about Project Muse, and how he was trying to live a normal life before he was pulled into this timeline. The two then talked about this timeline's events after Project Muse, and the origins of Demerzel, as well as how Kohaku's neighborhood was destroyed by an Adept with an explosion-based Septima, as well as how she's surviving thanks to iX, who came across her while looking for something known as the Butterfly Effect. The two then came to the conclusion that Gunvolt's timeline is 100 years behind Kohaku's timeline. Gunvolt tells Kohaku about Xiao being a QUILL operative, shocking her. When Gunvolt asked what was wrong, Kohaku didn't get a chance to explain before the two are interrupted by something.

Gunvolt, after telling Kohaku to stay inside, went outside to check out what it is and saw Sumeragi's latest weapon, the Giant Lola. Gunvolt destroyed the Giant Lola, before being confronted by Blade. After a short conversation on Sumeragi's purpose, Blade revealed she was looking for somebody, but refused Gunvolt's offer for help. The two fought, with Gunvolt receiving a wound he figured he could patch up later, before using Luxcalibur to push Blade away and make a retreat.

Gunvolt went back to Kohaku's hideout, only to notice somebody coming in his direction in the distance, telling Kohaku to hide as he left to confront whoever it was, only to have a run-in with Copen, now known as the Luminous Avenger iX, and Lola. Gunvolt fought Copen and Lola, but his Septima was neutralized by Copen's Greed Snatcher. Copen wanted Gunvolt to tell him what happened to Kohaku, but no matter how much Gunvolt insisted she was fine, Copen didn't believe him.

Fortunately for Gunvolt, he was saved when Kohaku arrived and told Copen not to hurt him. Being pressured by Kohaku and now Lola, Copen complied. The four headed back to the hideout, where Gunvolt and Kohaku filled Copen in on what had been happening. Gunvolt then asked Kohaku what she was going to say about QUILL, so Kohaku and Copen explained to Gunvolt that in this timeline, after Project Muse, Asimov's death left QUILL without a leader, and a mob boss took over, turning it into little more than a group of terrorists.

Kohaku used the Razor Wheel to send Gunvolt back home, where he reunited with Quinn and Xiao, explaining everything that happened to him. He planned to head back to the alternate timeline tomorrow, but before he did, he asked Xiao what his Septima was. Xiao explained to Gunvolt that his Septima was Hack the Planet, but he wasn't very good at using it.

Gunvolt returned to the other timeline the next day, where he learned the energy pack in Kohaku's house was failing. After being informed his Septima wasn't strong enough to generate power, Kohaku suggested going to an abandoned auto-fabrication plant where Copen found the energy packs they had been using. Lola suggests that Gunvolt should bring Copen with him. While Copen was initially against the idea, he reluctantly agreed to go.

As the two travelled to the auto-fabrication plant, Copen began asking Gunvolt some seemingly-random questions such as if the latter liked coffee. Gunvolt asked Copen what gave him the idea of asking these questions, so Copen explained that he told Lola he'd get to know Gunvolt better.

Eventually, the two came across boxes of energy packs and prepared to leave with them, but Gunvolt was informed by Copen that there was someone else inside the auto-fabrication plant, before being attacked by Crimm. As Crimm fought, Gunvolt realized Crimm was the one who destroyed Kohaku's neighborhood.

Soon, Gunvolt and Copen found themselves injured, with Crimm attempting to blow them up with Detonation blasts. In order to protect himself, Gunvolt summoned his Flashfield and blocked the blasts. However, while doing so, he accidentally electrocuted Copen. Gunvolt attempted to apologize, but Copen stopped him and hit him, claiming that Gunvolt was simply following a desire. After thinking about himself, Gunvolt started to wonder if he really was following some sort of desire he was unaware of, or if something happened that caused Copen to think that way. Gunvolt asked Copen why the latter hated Adepts so much, but Copen didn't know how to respond.

As the two stopped fighting, Crimm tried to kill them, but was interrupted when Blade arrived. Because Crimm had expected Blade, he revealed that he had set up a trap, using Detonation to destroy the auto-fabrication plant's roof and causing the building to collapse as he escaped. Gunvolt and Copen grabbed boxes of energy packs as they ran away, but Copen was followed by Blade and was injured by falling debris.

To save Copen, Gunvolt fought against Blade, pushing her away from Copen and behind some falling debris. After helping Copen up, Gunvolt left the auto-fabrication plant and returned to Kohaku's house with Copen, who was carrying a box of energy packs with him.

Once the two return to Kohaku's house, they began arguing, with Copen eventually giving up and leaving to bring back a file, which he handed to Gunvolt. Gunvolt read the file with Kohaku and Lola, discovering the research of Copen's late father, Dr. Kamizono. After reading the file, Gunvolt went to Copen's bedroom before talking to Copen. The two discuss Copen's views, before Copen decides to continue working with Gunvolt.

## Skills

### Azure Striker

**Azure Striker** is Gunvolt's Septima. It allows him to manipulate energy to create blue lightning. With this lightning, Gunvolt is able to boost his speed, amplify the power of his physical strikes, and run up walls.

Gunvolt can create an electric barrier known as the **Flashfield** to block attacks. This barrier is capable of blocking the Giant Lola's missiles and blasts from Crimm's Septima, Detonation. Additionally, when Gunvolt tags someone with his Dart Leader, he can use the Flashfield to fire homing lightning bolts at them. However, the Flashfield can only last for a certain period of time, based on how much EP Gunvolt has, and can't block bullets. However, Gunvolt's strongest attack is **Astrasphere**, where he thrusts his hand out and creates a massive burst of lightning, surrounded by three rotating electric spheres. This attack was strong enough to destroy the Giant Lola.

### Dart Leader

The **Dart Leader** is a gray pistol with a brown grip and white barrel. It was designed by QUILL and serves as Gunvolt's main weapon. It fires darts made from a combination of metal and Gunvolt's hair. When these darts hit someone, they become tagged for a certain period of time, and Gunvolt can follow up by using his Flashfield to fire homing lightning bolts at them.

### Misc.

Gunvolt carries a pendant known as the **Prevasion Chain**. This allows him to **Prevade** attacks to nullify them, causing him to glow blue. However, if he runs out of EP, he won't be able to Prevade. Electricity can't be Prevaded, and neither can the act of being grabbed.

Gunvolt wears the **New Model Protect Armor**, which was designed by Xiao Wu for Gunvolt to use. It was designed to provide some resistance against Copen's Greed Snatcher. The New Model Protect Armor also makes Gunvolt a bit more durable, as he was able to withstand an explosion that was created from the combination of Azure Striker and Crimm's Detonation.

Gunvolt is very fast, being able to react to several bullets and missiles fired by the Giant Lola. He was also able to dodge slashes from Blade, who is roughly as fast as him.

## References

1. ↑ Canon age.
2. ↑ Azure Striker Gunvolt: The Anime (Canon)
3. ↑ It is never specified which of Azure Striker Gunvolt 2's routes is more canon than the other, but the story doesn't change regardless of who fights Zonda.
4. ↑ Discoveries
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Encounters
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Judgement
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Bonding
8. ↑ Azure Striker Gunvolt (Canon)