Albert Régalien

> I dunno... I just really wanted to be like my dad. I thought he was invincible... But after what happened to him, it just told me that even hunters aren't unstoppable.
>
> Albert Régalien

## Albert Régalien

* Mistral
* Illyria

### Nickname

AlBert

Bertie

Haven's Golden Boy (By Mai)

Haven's Boy Next Door (By Port)

## Professional Status

### Previous Affiliation

Haven Academy Beacon Academy

Atlas Jets

## Personal Status

### Relatives

Odell Régalien (Father)Azure Régalien (Mother)

Ursula Régalien (Elder Sister)

Bonnet 'Bonnie' Regalien (Younger Sister)

## Media

### Music Theme

Tank! (Luke Vibert Remix)

Albert Regalien is a main character of Team OPRA's story. He is a student at Haven Academy and a member of Team OPRA. His weapons are a pair of stereo-gaunlets named Funny Valentines.

## Appearance

### Physical

Albert is 6'4ft and has a muscular body shape. He has medium brown skin, brown eyes and dark brown hair that is shaven into a sponge-cut with the top matted into micro-dreadlocks. He has a rectangular head shape.

### Attire

Albert's original attire consists of a Royal Blue tank top with a Y-shaped strip from his collar down to the bottom of his shirt that is dark grey. Under neath that he wears a dark grey muscle shirt with long sleeves for protection against chaffing in Funny Valentines. On his legs he wears a pair of dark grey jeans and then a pair of light blue Sky Gordon sneakers with white, dark blue and grey details. Albert also wears a pair of square blue-framed glasses.

### Haven Academy Uniform

During his time at Haven Academy, Albert wore the standard male uniform. Haven's school uniform consists of a black jacket with a light gray outline around the edges, a white undershirt and a white band around the student's left arm. Male and some Female students wear a pair of black slacks. On his feet, Albert wore his Sky Gordon sneakers.

### Alternate Attire - LHRV

During their investigation into the Vedova Syndicate while in Vale, Albert goes undercover and wears a new outfit nicknamed "LHRV". wearing a navy blue button down shirt with sky blue details and a dark grey patch on the left half. On his lower half, Albert wears a pair of faded dark blue chinos and a pair of grey and blue sneakers. On his head, Albert wears a dark grey knitted beanie. Albert parts from his glasses and wears contacts.

### Post Time Skip Attire - Blue Moods

After relocating to Illyria and joining its army, Albert crafts a new outfit for himself. Albert wears a dark grey muscle shirt with a blue and red vest over the top. On his legs, Albert wears grey trousers with knee pads and a pair of blue sneakers. On his pants he also wears a brown belt with a silver buckle and two leather straps tied to the right side of it via a silver loop. Albert de-locks his hair and grows it out, opting to pull it back into a man bun on the top-back of his head.

## Personality

Albert is shown to be an incredibly outgoing, friendly and passionate young man. He is seen as an overall fun and easy-going individual. Albert is also shown to be incredibly hardworking, especially in fighting, as shown by how he constantly hones his skills in hand to hand combat. He is deeply compassionate and cares about his friends, as evident in how he teaches Ophelia hand to hand to make sure that she can defend herself.

Because of his background in weapon design, Albert is shown to be a self described 'fanatic' for weapons, as evident in how he fawns over Rhea's sniper rifle and helps upgrade the weapons for his team. He also has a deep fondness for music, particularly the jazz music of Chai Barker.

Albert is also shown to be someone who is rather open with the traumas of his past, as evident in how he talks about his Dad's near-death experience. Because of this he is shown to be scared of losing the people he is close to, which almost happened again with Ophelia's near-death at the Battle of Beacon Academy.

During the 40th Vytal Festival, Albert reveals that he usually doesn't go into a fight with a plan, showing that he is a fast thinker and quick to adapt. He is extremely confident in his abilities and isn't afraid to back down from a fight.

The Fall of Beacon Academy left Albert deeply affected, as evident in how he becomes more nervous and cautious in certain environments. Out of the rest of OPRA, Albert is shown to be forced to side alongside Pierre and Rhea because of Ophelia's indecisiveness. When told about her suicide attempt, Albert immediately jumps to apologise and call out Pierre and Rhea on their actions, showing he deeply cares about what has happened.

## Background

Born in the suburbs of Atlas, Albert Régalien grew up a modest and comfortable life style as the middle child of three. The son of Ace Ops member Odell Régalien and Ex-WSC member Azure Régalien, Albert was not only inspired by the ways of his parents occupations, but also of the jazz-playing Team CHAI and its leader Chai Barker. However, at the age of six, Albert’s father Odell would face a life-threatening injury while on a mission, causing him to have his right lung and kidney replaced due to the damage. What exactly happened is something Albert never had gotten explained to him.

While this event would leave a lasting impact on not only Albert, but also his family, the young boy would become further motivated to become a hunter so he could protect those close to him. Through the next few years Albert would begin his training, taking karate lessons. At first Albert struggled to be at the same level of his peers, and often doubted if he should even try to follow in his Dad's footsteps. But it's the memories of almost losing him that pushed Albert to get better at his craft. People eventually began to take note of Albert's rapid improvement, the young man branching off into other forms of hand to hand combat to hone his craft. Little did they all know this was all part of Albert's determination to protect. Alongside his lessons in martial arts, Albert began to play the trumpet.

In the streets of Atlas, you always have to keep your friends close. And for Albert, it was his friends Riff, Diesel, Snowboy, Asher, G-Tar and Baby J. The group of boys were inseparable and the closest of friends, going under the group name of *The Atlas Jets*. However, when the time came for Albert to leave to go to Sanctum Academy, their farewell was ridden with tension, Albert sensing that Riff was not happy with the life that Albert chose to take.

During his time at Sanctum, Albert rose to prominence as a bright young student with budding talent. He strived to succeed in all fields of student at the combat school, devoting himself to be the best he could be. This gave Albert a sense of popularity among his peers, who were in awe of his talent. While at Sanctum, Albert worked tirelessly to create his weapons, a pair of gauntlets that combined his passion for hand to hand with his love of music. He would name them Funny Valentines, after his favourite Chai Barker album. When Albert was 16, his dad finally decided to retire from Ace Ops, feeling that after 30 long years of serving the military, he is ready to settle down. Because of that Albert felt he was finally ready to continue his dad's legacy. He eventually finished his training at Sanctum and graduated as one of the salutatorians.

Despite graduating as one of the top of his class however, Albert’s efforts would just fall short of getting him into Atlas. Though deep down, Albert felt glad he did not get into Atlas, for he had always been turned away by the lack of individuality that the academy had bared down on its students. But when one door closes, another opens. Albert is offered to Haven academy by Leonardo Lionheart himself, particularly impressed with Albert's academic results and his spectacular combat abilities. While not as prestigious as Atlas, Albert felt that he would fit in much better there while being able to hone in on his skills and remain close to home, he gladly accepted the offer from Leonardo Lionheart. With Haven Academy in the horizon, Albert swears to protect everyone the best he's able to and will never let anyone he loves get hurt ever again.

## Abilities and Powers

Albert is an extremely talented combatant in hand to hand combat. By utilizing various styles of martial arts along with his gauntlets, Albert can excel in taking out opponents quickly at close range. He can deliver swift and quick punches and take downs of his enemies, as well as martial arts teaching him to recognise patterns in opponents attacks. Along with being able to recognise patterns in attacks, Albert also uses the method of sudden interception in attacks to catch his opponents off guard. Through use of gravity dust, Albert is able to enhance the speed and weight of his attacks as well as augment his own strength, such as catching a stone pillar during the Haven Initiation.

### Weakness

Despite his prodigy-level of understanding in hand to hand, what Albert struggles in is distance-based combat. Opponents who fight from longer ranges such as snipers or archers, can cause trouble for Albert in combat. Even if he has solved this solution in volume 4 with the addition of a firearm and grappling hook, Albert is shown to still struggle against combatants who can pin him down from long ranges.

### Weapon

Albert’s weapons are called *Funny Valentines*. They are the *Dust Enhanced Boombox Gauntlets (DEBG).* Funny Valentines are a pair of black arm length mechanical boombox arms that Albert has on his arms. There are two sets speakers embedded into the armour of Funny Valentines, one at the top of the hand, just below the shoulder and one on top of the back of the hands. Funny Valentines mainly utilise gravity dust, which are cut into special disks that Albert inserts into the upper arm ‘players’ on his gauntlets. Through the use of gravity dust, Albert can form various heightened punches and attacks. Funny Valentines also has a bluetooth function on its right gauntlet, allowing Albert to play his music.

Alongside his team mate's weapons, Albert upgrades his own gauntlets to aid in things that would be detrimental to him in combat. The first upgrade that Funny Valentines receive is that of a fire arm function. Seeing the idea of a shotgun gauntlet during the Vytal Festival inspired Albert to incorporate one into his left gauntlet. The ammunition is individually fed into the plating of his left gauntlet's fore arm, and is fired through a barrel below the wrist plate. The other function that Albert adds onto Funny Valentines is a grappling hook. On his right gauntlet Albert has a small but durable grappling hook to traverse distances and sometimes pull enemies towards him. Through these upgrades Albert can better bypass the weaknesses in his fighting style.

### Semblance

Albert’s semblance is called *Bass Line.* Bass Line allows Albert to channel is aura into his feet or hands and create a shockwave stomp/clap that pushes his opponents back. Albert can also propel himself variable distances. A drawback to using Bass Line is that prolonged use can cause a kind of stinging sensation in Albert's hands and feet, akin to when you high five someone way too hard. The aura that is drawn to his hands and feet is also used, and the strength of the stomp or clap can vary the amount of aura used.

## Relationships

### Team OPRA

* Ophelia Demoiselle: Despite their awkward first meeting, Albert and Ophelia quickly grew close to each other as friends. Albert sees Ophelia as a younger sister of sorts. Seeing that she struggles to be a good leader, Albert takes her under his wing, helping her build her confidence as well as help her in her frankly abysmal hand to hand capabilities. Through this Albert begins to grow attached to Ophelia, which makes her getting hurt all the more harder to bear. Despite that the two have an amazing energy to witness, both in and out of combat. More importantly the two have silently vowed to protect one another.
* Pierre Navarro: At first Albert was unsure what to exactly make of Pierre. He was mysterious and moody and showed a particular distain towards the Hyacinth family for no particular reason. However during their first year at Haven Academy the two young men began to form a strong brotherly friendship. When Pierre would reveal his crimes from his past, at first Albert was shocked to learn someone like him would commit a deed as such. After Pierre assures Albert he will not commit these acts again, the two's friendship had only deepened.
* Rhea La Roja: Rhea is certainly an interesting character in Albert's eyes. Albert was surprised with Rhea's understanding of tactics and her keen gun knowledge. Eventually the two would learn to respect each other, but deep down Albert believes that Rhea is hiding something from him and her team. Despite this however Albert knows not to pry things people don't want to reveal. In combat Albert feels comforted knowing that Rhea has his back and is constantly in awe of her abilities as a markswoman.

### Team CRTN

* Edwin Cobalt: Albert has genuinely good views of Edwin. He thinks he is a kind and respectful person as well as a good fighter. He believes that if Edwin extended his confidence to his leadership then he could be a great hunter.
* Rosi Aimé: Growing up in Atlas, Albert wasn't immune to the prejudices ingrained into its society. Despite that Albert has taken the steps to unlearn the systemic prejudice against Faunus. To him Rosi is a close friend who's experiences as a faunus woman are some that Albert takes into consideration. In the aftermath of the Fall of Beacon, Albert has developed a deep gratitude to Rosi for saving Ophelia's life when she was attacked.
* Tanner Ackerman: Because of his dad's former occupation as leader of the Ace-Ops, Albert has heard about General Ackerman here and there in conversation between his Dad and Mom as a brutish and old-fashioned man. When he met Tanner, Albert didn't realise he had a son at first and had a negative opinion on him because of his blunt nature and inability to let go and be more flexible both in and out of battle. After the events of the fall, Albert begins to feel pity for Tanner for his mistake of falling for Mai's lies like he did.
* Conrad 'Birdie' Nigellus: Despite their difference in Class, Albert and Birdie have a strong friendship. The two particularly become a duo when it comes to their constantly failing romantic-pursuing hijinks. The two also share a bond between their move of music, and Albert thinks that Birdie's goal to unite Remnant with music is noble and entirely possible.

### Others

* Odell Régalien: Albert shows nothing but love and admiration for his father. The man was the reason why he wanted to become a hunter. To Albert, Odell was a paragon of bravery and strength. But when his injury happened, it's as if that belief had shattered in front of his eyes. Despite that Albert continued to respect and admire his Dad as he pushed past his injuries and continued his duties as Ace Ops leader well until his retirement. Deep down however there's a desire for Albert to find out what happened to his dad that fateful night from when he was six. Maybe for him, it could provide some much needed/wanted closure...
* Azure Régalien: Albert dotes on his mother constantly and is an unashamed mother's boy since he was a young child. Like with his father, Azure's experience as a skilled airforce pilot inspired Albert to become a hunter. He also particularly shows a strong fondness for her cooking, especially her home made mint and chocolate chip ice cream.
* Ursula Régalien: Albert's Older sister is an example of the path that Albert wish he took. A member for the elite Medical-Ops for Atlas, Ursula gets to experience the life of one of Atlas' top roles and help others. Similarly to his parents Albert has huge amounts of admiration and respect for her, but deep down hates the fact that she views her job more importantly than family, which has caused her to miss out on family events. Despite this Albert still loves Ursula as an older sister, but wishes she could just slow down for a moment.
* Bonnie Régalien: His relationship with Bonnie is like any relationship one would have with their younger sibling. Albert and Bonnie bicker and have their sibling bouts, the latter often getting on Albert's nerves with relative ease. However Albert and Bonnie still love each other as an older and younger sibling do and Albert couldn't be anymore prouder at his baby sister attending Atlas. He is excited to see how Bonnie will handle the academy and what kind of impact she'll make within it.

## Trivia

### Alusion

* Albert is alludes to both *Tony* from *West Side Story* and *Haled* from *The Band's Visit.*
	+ Both Albert and Haled are skilled trumpet players.
	+ Both Albert and Tony were part of gangs in their youths.
	+ Albert's signature colour is blue, which is the same colour designated to Tony and the Jets in the 1961 film of West Side Story. In the musical adaption of *The Band's Visit,* Haled's uniform is blue.

### Colour Naming Rule

* In German, Albert translates to *Noble, Bright* which brings to mind the colours with a bright saturation such as yellow or white.
* Régalien means *Royal* in French, relating to colours of nobility such as purple and gold.

### Miscellaneous

* Albert’s weapons *Funny Valentines* are named after *My Funny Valentine*, a Chet Baker song which is a cover of the Frank Sinatra song of the same name.
* Albert's style of fighting draws heavy inspiration from Wing Chun, Boxing, and Jeet Kun Do, the latter of which is the fighting style and philosophy of actor and martial artist Bruce Lee, as well as the fighting style of fictional character Spike Spiegel from Cowboy Bebop.
* Albert's star sign is Cancer.