Nero {Keep Your Pride}

[Nero]

{N E R O}

{N E R O}

Name: Nero (Last Name Unknown)
Nickname: Prideful Wolf
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Class: SOLDIER
Specialty: Swords

{APPEARANCE}

Face-Claim: Zack Fair
Appearance: Nero is tall, dark, and handsome, so naturally, the girls can't keep their hands off of him. His signature black hair is pulled back with one single bang coming across his face, mysterious and yet...charming. Since he's a SOLDIER, he almost always wears his purple suit and black armor. However, he declines the helmet saying that he doesn't like helmet hair, and as a First Class SOLDIER he shouldn't have to deal with it. Like all SOLDIERS, his eyes are filled with mako, allowing them to appear like the sky.
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{PERSONAL}

Personality: He's a joking guy, always seems to be in a light mood. He's constantly flirting or joking with some girl, thus some fellow SOLDIERS have called him a player on several times. Just because Nero has a joking side, he also has a serious side. When in fights he quickly turns serious, focusing hard on the current mission. As a First Class SOLDIER it is his duty to watch over his subordinates, making sure that they all come back from the missions alive. The two things that he care about most are his dreams, and his pride. If you lose one, you lose the other. If you lose them, you are nothing, a being without a purpose in the world.

History: Born on one of the few farms left in the world, Nero had nothing to do but daydream about the future. He always wanted to be a SOLDIER, to be a hero. To him SOLDIERS were the guardians of justice, doing what was right in order to protect the people. He even joined some fanclubs of the first class SOLDIERS. However, in his free time he still helped his dad out on the farm, doing his best to keep his family going. His mom had disappeared several years ago. She'd originally been working with Shinra, but after one of her more stressful projects she had just plain disappeared. Not even Nero's dad was able to figure out where she'd went.

After years of working with his dad, Nero's father finally told Nero to follow his dreams and become a great SOLDIER. The only reason why Nero was still around was because he was afraid his father wouldn't be able to keep going as he had, that the farm would have to be sold and that it would be all Nero's fault. But with his dad's insistence, Nero finally gave in and joined SOLDIER. Although he was only a third class SOLDIER, Nero gave it his all, desiring more than anything to become a hero.

During one of his earlier missions, Nero made one of his best friends in his life. Alex Rennings, a second class SOLDIER, was teamed up with Nero to take out a group of rebels hiding in the Sleeping Forest. While on the mission, Nero and Alex bonded, realizing that they wanted the same thing: to be a hero. With that thought in mind, the both of them did so well that Shinra began assigning them more and more missions together. Before long, Nero was promoted to Second Class, and Alex was being considered for first class.

Around this time, Nero and Alex were given one of their toughest missions. A first class SOLDIER had betrayed them and was now working with AVALANCHE. Nero, Alex, and three other second class SOLDIERS were sent out to take him out before he leaked all of their secrets. They had eventually found him, just in time too. He was returning from a job to AVALANCHE where he had been planning on leaking Shinra's secrets to them. Quickly, the group of SOLDIERS had attacked him, but it was futile. There was a big gap between first class and second class. In the end, only Nero and Alex were left, and the enemy was cornered. Just as Nero and Alex felt that they were going to win, the enemy started using his full power and easily killed Alex and wounded Nero.

With this failed mission, Nero was reprimanded greatly, but under the circumstances, he was not demoted. The loss of Alex struck greatly at him, and for a while he had begun wondering what the fate of all SOLDIERS was. During his many missions he'd watched his comrades die. With Alex's death, he was completely alone. All of his previous comrades were gone, and he had no one left. Deciding he needed a break, Nero returned back to his home to help out his father.

It turned out that his father had managed very well. The farm had tripled in size, and he had several people working for him now. This farm was the source of Midgar's food, a duty that was very hard to fulfill. Reminiscing with his father some, Nero was eventually ordered back to SOLDIER. It seemed that AVALANCHE was at it again. This time they were targeting Midgar's mako reactors. All of SOLDIER was on it, but it seemed as if a lot of AVALANCHE members were too.

When Nero arrived there, two of the mako reactors were destroyed, and another was in bad shape. Fighting his way through many AVALANCHE members, Nero eventually discovered why things were so bad. It seemed as if half of the SOLDIERS had deserted and were now with AVALANCHE. Bothered by this, Nero wondered what could possibly make them all leave. He never did get his answer. After hours of fighting, Nero and the remaining SOLDIERS managed to force AVALANCHE out.

Upon returning to work, Nero was promoted to first class due to his great deeds during combat. He was finally reaching the top of the pyramid. Soon he would be a hero...be the hero that Alex would never have the chance to be. He vowed to one day be a hero, and also to ensure peace in the world. He vowed to keep his pride as a SOLDIER, and to kill the Ex-SOLDIER who had killed Alex.