Timothy Duckard

The Sun King of the Solar Road, Timothy Duckard is a very petty yet intelligent man and borderline sociopath. Although not directly sadistic, he does enjoy tormenting those who he views as having harmed him in some way, making him have a deep seated hatred towards the Shadow King Sebastian Fateburn... But one he is too smart to act upon as he's witnessed firsthand just what the best Rider alive is capable of.

Having a degree in engineering, Timothy Duckard actually designed the plans and blueprints for his own ATs and Regalia, but as he is incompatible with the Ring Road, he had to get a Link-Tuner to reproduce his specifications.

He tends to only ride during the daytime and almost never during the night, especially true to riding in closed off dark places, having the advantage in the sunlight and always ensuring he only takes on fights in which that advantage remains true... In fact, Timothy never accepts a battle unless he's already firmly convinced he will win it, leaving him with a spotless win-to-lose ratio.

## Appearance

Even in the warm weather or tropical settings, Timothy has a tendency to overdress for even the most casual of situations, always adorning himself a suit and even a necktie or bow-tie. He wears glasses because he actually does need them to see, but as he is decently wealthy, he could have afforded to have the optical surgery a long time ago, yet didn't mainly for two reasons: his distrust of others, and the fact that the glasses make him appear smarter to others. He almost always wears gloves, as it protects his soft and immaculate hands.

## Personality

A hypocrite through and through, Timothy will welcome and greet any fans who approach them, handing out autographs and taking selfies with them in public, but quickly cursing and looking down on them when not in public, because at the end of the day, the truth remains that Timothy hates other people, everyone.

He is a coward in the sense that he will only accept battles he believes he will absolutely win, even a 5% chance of defeat is unacceptable and not worth the risk for him, never challenging himself physically, only mentally. Though he would run away from a stronger opponent, he wouldn't ever allow a weaker one to run away from him, chasing after them to hunt them down until the defeat was completely obvious, but unlike a typical Bloody Road rider, he does not get off on the thrill of the hunt.

His ego is easily bruised and he can hold a grudge eternally, so even a minor offense towards him can be the same as having murdered his entire family, taking petty to a whole other league. Defeat him publicly, and he will devote his life to destroying yours, not just by winning in a race but by sabotaging every aspect of it.

Notions like honor and fair play mean nothing to him, results are all that matter. He never accepts responsibility for his own actions, and if he ever says he does, it's an act he doesn't believe in, just a lie to deceive someone for some specific reason to him.

## Solar Road

The Solar Road expands upon the idea of utilizing the vastly untapped energy of the Sun itself in order to empower its Riders. To pull off this Road, the use of highly specific and specialized parts is required, needing the inclusion of solar cells to capture the wasted energy not just from the sun itself but also from surrounding heat. Another important factor needed to fully utilize this Road are mirrors and other reflective surfaces, using both the reflection of the rider to mimic the mirages of the Flame Road, but also and more importantly, to bounce light rays off of. The main offensive tool of this Road is done by mimicking the concept at work when someone uses a magnifying glass combined with sunlight to create a miniature weak light ray, but the Solar Road not only makes the ray more powerful (by making the light more condensed, thus thinner ray but also one that cuts and burns at the same time), but also redirects it to any direction via the use of reflection and refraction.

The Sun Regalia of the Solar Road has the core named "Magnus Lux", a highly reflective prism which centers itself into the inside of the AT wheels, allowing for the light rays to be fired off of any direction so long as there is sunlight being shone on the ATs. The Regalia itself, designed by Timothy Duckard himself, also includes many thermal vacuums which suck out the surrounding heat, mostly heat caused by the Sun (making it that much more efficient during the Summer in daylight), but also capable of sucking the heat produced by the 'run' of Riders, even others, being especially useful against the Flame Road. Heatwave's Regalia also comes equipped with millions of tiny mirror shards which can be shot out from the front shoe part of his AT at will, via kicking motions, and in doing so, allows Timothy to pull off light rays with greater efficiency and more frequently.

As a Regalia, it possesses two different Infinity Atmospheres, both of which Timothy is fully capable of using. The first is called "Sun Eater", where the Sun King quite literally sucks out all of the heat of the surrounding area into the inside of his ATs, to the point where the temperature in the area drops quite suddenly because of it, and in turn allows the Sun King to enter a highly powered up state while all that heat is being used as energy to push his ATs into a much greater level than normal... But as it is heating up by so much, even the Sun King's feet and legs are experiences the high temperatures within, and so it is a state that cannot be maintained for long nor used repeatedly, lest the Sun King roast and boil his own legs while melting his own AT parts. Of course this is especially useful to do against the Flame Road, but just as dangerous to use.

The second is called "Brilliant Trap", where the Sun King shoots off several thousands of tiny mirror shards at once and hits one with a light ray. As all mirror shards fall in the right angles, the light bounces back and forth among them, creating an actual laser field that will burn and cut any who touches it. This Infinity Atmosphere shares resemblances with the Fang Regalia's "Cage of Fangs", but there are some distinct differences between the two. Whereas Cage of Fangs allows those(as in multiple people) inside of it to still move around in the much smaller space and even holds the Fang King/Queen himself within it, the Brilliant Trap is only big enough for one person to be inside of it at any given time. Another major difference is that the Fang King/Queen can still move while the Cage of Fangs is in effect, while the Sun King has to remain immobile to keep the prison in place as it needs to be constantly fed that light ray from the Regalia... But in contrast, those caught in the Brilliant Trap can barely move a muscle, because in doing so, they will be cut and burnt by the lasers.

## Trivia

* Though smart enough to be a brilliant scholar, Timothy much rather be a Storm Rider as that provides him with more fame and admiration than what any of his studies could bring him.
* Despite his brilliant mind and vastly impressive Road and Regalia combo, his physique is very lacking outside of regular Riding, he would be completely useless in a fight if he didn't have any ATs on his feet, having never even taken a punch nor given one before taking up Storm Riding, and even now he has never truly taken a strong physical hit.