Van "Spriggan" Arkride

Van Arkride

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Van Arkride (ヴァン・アークライド)

Age: 24(Daybreak), 25(Daybreak II)
Birthday: S.1184
Height: 180cm (5'11")
Hobbies: Car Customization
Likes: Sweets, Saunas, Cars (Ingert), Mainstream Films
Occupation: Spriggan (Arkride Solutions Office)
Weapon: Stun Caliber

A young man with deep blue eyes and dark-colored hair styled into a spiky, swept-back style with a long fringe. He wears in the fall and winter a long cobalt jacket with a fleece lined collar, two front pockets and leather patches on the shoulder. The jacket's sleeves are partly rolled up, revealing a single unique red band worn on the left wrist. Van also wears a red shirt under a grey vest with a shorten centered zipper. He wears black dark trousers, two belts and blue-grey loafers. Around his neck, Van wears a dog tag along a cord and leather strap. On his right ear, a small ear ring can be seen. At his waist, he wears a two-part leather sword belt for his weapon. The belt consists of a main grey part at the waist and a left side hanging brown part for his weapon.

In the warmer seasons, Van replaces his jacket and most of his attire, but keeps the same style (ear ring, thin jacket, red inner shirt, light color top, light-grey trousers, brown loafers and a brown sword belt). He also wears a dark leather glove on his right hand and a metal bangle on his left, replacing his red band on his wrist. His dog tag necklace was replaced for an unknown reason.

Van is armed since S.1205 with a Stun Caliber, a long-blunt weapon resembling a Chinese jian sword breaker, but with a trigger three-hand hilt and no sharp edges. The blade portion of the stun caliber is the main module partitioned into segments, and there is a blue gem in the sub module installed into its pommel. This gem is part of its orbal energy function and the blade is durable enough to resist a physical blow from Kasim Al-Fayed's Buster Lancer. The Stun Caliber is a provided by M.T.S.C. to Van on a tester contract with instructor guidance by Kasim Al-Fayed and customer service by Risette Twinings.



He'll sometimes come across as being dry, and even a bit cynical, but he's level-headed and surprisingly attentive to others. Because of his job, he has a wide network of contacts across a number of different industries. Despite all these friendly acquaintances, it sometimes seems as though he's reluctant to let anyone see the deepest parts of his heart. This extends to having a wide range of personal connections.

He may have stumbled into his line of work almost by accident, but he seems satisfied with his way of life. Even when he gets crummy jobs, he might complain, but he completes them without fail. Van maintains a strong code of ethics, refusing to take jobs from those he deems too corrupt or acting in bad faith, and willing to compromise for those in sincere need.

Van was very reluctant to take on part-timers as he mainly prefer working alone, expressing anxiety and displeasure over costs and the threat to his lifestyle. He gets annoyed whenever he is forced to take them under his wing, until he ultimately accepts it.

Van is an avid connoisseur of all things relating to sweets, and few can match his expertise and passion for it. He has a rather sweet tooth and easily expresses joy when eating sweets. His love for sweets is so great that some customers who have hired Van would use rare delicacies of sweets as a form of payment, although Van would try to deny that he doesn't accept the request just because he was given sweets.

Another great passion of his lies in the world of cars, where Van enthusiastically makes modifications and upgrades to his own vehicle, preferring the Ingert brand. His car modification passion makes him participate in illegal fighting rings to fund it. He is also very fond of baths and saunas. He even watches mainstream films in his rare open free times, mostly featured films.

(Source: Kiseki Wiki, official The Legend of Heroes website)

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