Cedric Gordon

**Cedric Gordon** is a character from the *XP4* Series of Fanfics.

Cedric is a former Royal Marine, a former Kingsman Agent Candidate and a butler to the Campbell Household.

In the XP4 Fics, Cedric debuted in the XP4 Heroes Coalition - Mission Chronicles.

## **Background**

Cedric was born to the Gordon family, a family who were known for two career specialties. One career was that of Marines and the other was that of butlers and maids who served specifically the Major Noble families the Alisters, Becketts, Campbells and Darwins for generations. There were some cases where Butlers and Maids from the Gordon family were also retired Marines. When Cedric was 18, he joined the Royal Marines and he became a well-trained Marine and he did his duties and served his country well. When Cedric became 23 years old, he met Alexander "Alex" Campbell, CEO of Campbell Incorporated and he offered something that took Cedric by surprise. Apparently, Alex, his family and the other three noble rich families (except their children) were a part of a secret intelligence organization called the Kingsman with Alex taking the codename Galahad and he chose Cedric as a candidate to become a member of the Kingsman under the codename "Bedivere". Cedric accepted and so, he along with other candidates trained and Cedric managed to make it until the end. But when it came to the final test, he was tasked with shooting the dog he trained and bonded with but due to his lack of ever shooting anyone, he hesitated until it was too late and thus he failed in his chance to join the Kingsman as the new Bedivere. After vowing to keep the Kingsman a secret, Cedric returned to the Royal Marines where he continued his duties as a Royal Marine. But when he was 26, when he was with his squad, He ended up in an incident that left him and a couple of his squad mates heavily injured while the rest were killed. He and the remainder of his squad managed to survive but it left Cedric with mental trauma and so, he was forced to be discharged from the Royal Marines. Awhile after recuperating, Cedric then decided to become a butler so that he could overcome his mental trauma. He attended butler school where he trained to become a fine butler. Upon graduating from Butler school, Cedric was offered a job from none other than the Campbells, from Alex himself which he happily accepted. He then became well acquainted with the staff of the Campbell Household and he even befriended the Campbell children Claudia and Xander and he became their personal tutor when helping them with their school work. In the passing years, Cedric overcame his trauma and the Campbell household became like a second family to him and he became like an elder brother figure towards Xander and Claudia and he couldn't be any happier to continue to serve the Campbell household. Awhile after Xander joined the Heroes Coalition, Cedric continued to serve his masters and then one day, Claudia discovered her powers and so, the Coalition returned to pick her up and after an alliance between the Heroes Coalition and the Kingsman was formed, Cedric was given a task to watch over Claudia and Xander as their personal butler and he accepted it. He was given equipment that he might need in the Coalition and after that, Cedric set off to the Heroes Coalition and it was there he met Cecilia Alcott, a girl that his young master Xander would often mention on the messages he sent and similar to Claudia, he immediately accepted Cecilia as his future young mistress much to both Xander and Cecilia's embarrassment. Currently in the Heroes Coalitions, Cedric often spends his time serving and assisting his young masters and when not serving, he'd spend his spare time reading in the lounging area.

## **Appearance**

A tall young man in his mid-30s with short combed brown hair, slim and average build, fair skin, a short boxed brown beard and brown eyes. He's clad in a modern butler outfit composed of a white button up shirt with buttoned cuffs and a black necktie with the Campbell family emblem on it under a light gray vest and a black blazer with a white handkerchief on the left pectoral pocket and a pocket watch on the right side pocket, a pair of black trousers with a belt, a pair of black dress shoes, a pair of white gloves worn on his hands and a pair of black square framed glasses worn over his eyes. When on missions, he'd sometimes wear a black overcoat, a black bowler hat and would often carry a black umbrella.

## **Personality**

Cedric is patient, polite, well-mannered and a gentleman. He's also kind, calm, cool and collected, selfless and always ready to help his masters when needed. Cedric's also well prepared whenever something unexpected happens and he'd have the proper necessities for just about any situation and no matter how dire a situation gets, Cedric always keeps a calm composure even when his masters are distressed, frustrated or feeling down. Cedric has this charm about him that allows him to inspire his masters and companions and motivate them and even give them a morale boost, allowing them to have confidence in themselves and put aside their fears and doubts. Cedric has this tendency to tease his young masters Xander and Claudia Campbell sometimes and it's mostly stuff that reminds them of some mistakes they did in the past and as well as things that got them embarrassed. Cedric's also a very powerful fighter, whenever he faces his opponents, Cedric's difficult to touch because whenever his opponents such as grunts would attempt to hit him, he'd fluently dodge them without even breaking a sweat and he still maintains his calm demeanor even against powerful hand to hand combat opponents and he's able to knock out his opponents with one strike and he's even able to stop a fight before it even starts or even progresses further, and that can make him scary sometimes. Cedric's also a very good tutor on almost any academic and other things and he can be strict sometimes while maintaining a cool and gentle personality when in "Teacher Mode". Cedric speaks with a British accent and he'd often talk with a bit of British slang and whenever something bad happens during times of urgency, he'd silently say "B\*\*\*".

## **XP4 Fanfics**

Cedric is a member of the Heroes Coalitions as a trainee. He also attends the Vanguard Academy as a student.

### **XP4 Heroes Coalition - Mission Chronicles**

In Chapter 32, Cedric met up with Dan Gotanda and Yosuke Hanamura at the gates of the Campbell Manor and then leading them to a Gazebo where Alexander "Alex" Campbell I, Angela Balashov Campbell and Claudia Campbell are expecting them and afterwards, Cedric helped Claudia in packing up her belongings. Later that day when Claudia is about to leave, Cedric revealed that he will be joining the Heroes Coalitions as well to which Dan and Yosuke doesn't mind.

### **XP4 Heroes Coalition: Neo-City Diaries**

In Chapter 99, Cedric, alongside Claudia Campbell, arrives at the Training Camp in Neo-City where they are reunited with Alexander "Xander" Campbell II and later met up Cecilia Alcott, they then proceeds to tour around the facility afterwards.

In Chapter 107, Cedric took part of greeting everyone back in the main hangar at the Training Camp in Neo-City where he, alongside Alexander "Xander" Campbell II, Claudia Campbell, Luluco, Nephren Ruq Insania and Willem Kmetsch greeted the Mississippi Four before being introduced to Aleksandra "Sasha" Ivanovna Pokryshkin, Hikari Karibuchi, Naoe "Nao" Kanno and Nikka "Nipa" Edvardine Katajainen.

In Chapter 114, Cedric is seen overseeing the sparring match between Claudia Campbell and Cecilia Alcott.

### **XP4 Heroes Coalition - Brave Witches**

In Chapter 1, Cedric, alongside Claudia Campbell and Alexander "Xander" Campbell II, rushed to Luluco's aid in a park somewhere in Neo-City after the giant blue hand abducted the Mississippi Four.

## **Abilities**

Cedric's well-trained in Martial Arts such as Karate, Judo, Aikido, Taekwondo and Kyusho Jutsu. He's also a well-trained soldier as he knows CQC, SOCP, an Expert Sniper, Expert Knife Thrower and an Expert in Military Strategy and Tactics and an Expert Driver and Pilot. He's also an Expert Free Runner, an Expert in Parkour and an Expert in Computers.

### **Equipment**

* **Kingsman Umbrella** – Cedric's main weapon. It has a built in heavy pistol that can be set on either stun or attack mode and he can shoot whether if the umbrella is open or closed. When in stun mode, it can fire blank rounds that can knock out the enemy and it can also launch tangle ropes of either long or short with hooks that can tangle enemies on either their hands or whole body and it can release electricity after entangling the enemy, stunning them. When opened, the umbrella acts as a bullet proof shield and from the inside part, it views a see through screen of the outside of the shield, allowing Cedric to see the enemies and he can shoot the enemies while being protected at the same time but the only thing that can penetrate the umbrella are armor piercing rounds from anti-tank rifles or sniper rifles capable of using armor piercing rounds. The curved handle of the umbrella also acts as a grappling hook that can be launched with a push of a button and the umbrella when opened can extend itself, making it act as a makeshift pile-bunker that can ram enemies and send them flying. He often carries it with him on missions.
* **Kingsman Pistol** – Cedric's side-arm weapon. It looks like a Tokarev TT-40 pistol with an added shotgun barrel allowing it to also shoot shotgun rounds. He keeps it holstered within his coat.
* **Throwing Knives** – Cedric's other ranged weapons. He keeps then within the pockets inside his blazer.
* **Kingsman Pocket Watch** – A special gadget exclusively made for Cedric. It's a silver pocket watch with a built in dart gun that holds paralyzing darts, amnesia darts and knockout darts and a flash that can stun enemies and it also includes advanced software that can hack into almost any computer terminal. Cedric keeps it within his coat's right pocket.
* **Kingsman Lighters** – Gold lighters that are hand grenades in disguise.
* **Kingsman Fountain Pen** – A fountain pen that contains a poison and it can be added into someone's drink. When ingested, it's harmless but when activated, it becomes lethal and can eliminate its target. This is a weapon that Cedric rarely uses. He mostly uses it for scare tactics during interrogations by pretending to actually add the poison and then threatening the victim to get information.
* **Kingsman Shoes** – A pair of black formal dress shoes worn on Cedric's feet. When the heels are tapped together, a blade extends out of the right shoe. It contains a fast-acting neurotoxin that can kill a target in a matter of seconds.
* **Custom Kingsman Glasses** – A pair of square-framed glasses that's also a video communication device, a recording device and a computer vision device and it also has scope vision, also allowing it to act as binoculars. Cedric wears this over his eyes.
* **Signature Stance** – CQC Stance

## **Trivia**

* Cedric is 39-years old.
* According to AuraBolter, his ideal voice actors for Cedric are J. Michael Tatum and Daisuke Ono (both voiced Sebastian Michaelis from Black Butler).