Lin

Lin, the Third-party Devil Hunter is a nephillim who serves as one of the newer recruits to the Devil Hunters. He serves as the protagonist of ULTIMATE, coming from a broken family that he’s struggling to piece back together. All while constantly on the run from members of the Revolt Tyrants that are actively pursuing him.

– Personality –

Lin has a fairly double-sided mindset, balancing confidence and self-consciousness. Knowing how to express himself very naturally but is aware of his own limitations. He enjoys finding joy in the little things that lead to bigger results. He has a generous heart, but he can also be serious and assertive when he needs to be. He likes to challenge himself and try new things, but he also values his comfort and stability. He is not afraid to speak his mind, but he also cares about how others perceive him. He values honesty, loyalty, and creativity, and he strives to live up to his own standards.

Lin tends to act on his impulses rather than his logic, unlike Elpis who is more cautious. This makes him unpredictable and hard to deal with. However, he also has a high level of focus that helps him keep his cool and use his flexibility and aesthetic sensitivity to come up with unique solutions. He does what he feels is right, rather than what others think is right. He may want to allow someone to think for him, but his natural obligations prevent him from allowing that as part of his insecurities. These insecurities are deeply connected to the people most important to Lin, such as his family.

Lin wants to protect those he considers his family from any harm. He has a strong bond with his sister Yu Mei, even though they are not very close. He admires his father’s determination, and sees him as the ultimate role model. He also feels a sense of rivalry with Yu Mei, as they both aspire to be like their father. He wonders who has the right to claim that title, and who has the power to make a difference in the legacy of his family. He feels lost and confused when he doesn’t know where his father is during the time of his village being attacked, and he sees his mother’s eyes fade away.

Lin used to be involved in a gang lifestyle through the Patriarch, who was like a second father to him. He would get into fights with clan members as if it were nothing, until the Patriarch was killed by a deadly monk. This drives Lin to pursue revenge, as he feels responsible for his mother’s death and fears losing anyone else close to him. He isolates himself from others, preferring to work alone and avoid attachments. He still cares for his allies, but he kept them at a distance, fearing that he might lose them too. He only showed his softer side when he thought no one was watching, secretly protecting and helping those in need.

– Relationships – (TBA)

– History – Past –

Lin was born as a hybrid destined to be the inheritor of his family’s legacy, after his father inherited the blood of the demon that fought against it’s kind for order. Lin’s father would always attempt to persuade him into this direction through stories of the Legendary Dark Knight and how he encountered him when he was little. His mother was in contact with angelic beings that were part of the Lux Order’s hierarchy as a result of a forbidden pact between humans and angels that led to abominable results. After those results, Lin’s mother was amongst many that were guided to simply slay demonic beings after she conducted the mana of angelic beings from her birth. She wasn’t very well treated by Lin’s father, who was often dismissive if she got in the way of how he was raising their child. Thus she interacted more with his brother, Levita. Who was more vocal about how he felt with the methods of Lin’s father.

Levita had always resented his brother for forcing Lin to follow his footsteps. He believed that Lin deserved a better life, one that was free from the accursed cycle. Levita secretly contacted those from above, and offered them a deal involving their plan of great re-enlightenment. He would help them infiltrate and destroy his brother’s village, in exchange for a safe place for him and Lin’s mother. He hoped that by doing this, he could save Lin from his father’s influence and give him a chance to choose his own destiny. He did not care about the consequences of betraying his own kind, as he saw them as corrupted and doomed by their demonic heritage. He waited for the right moment to strike, when his brother was away on a mission and Lin was left alone in the village. He led a group of blessed agents to the village gate, pretending to be a friendly visitor. He then signaled them to attack, unleashing a massacre on the unsuspecting villagers. Lin was abruptly awoken from his sleep by his mother, who urgently attempted to escort him away from the village for his safety. While a fight breaks out from the back, eventually going to the extreme which causes debris to fall over Lin’s mother. Lin’s confidence sank when he tried to help his mother to get back on her feet. Until he was told by her to simply run away and never look back before she is eventually caught in a devastating blast that pushes Lin away while he runs with tears across his eyes.

After witnessing his father’s village being destroyed, Lin was filled with rage and confusion. He had always been taught to fight against demonic beings, but now it seemed like the angelic beings were just as monstrous. With nowhere else to turn, Lin sought refuge with a group of orphans who had banded together for the sake of survival. They were led by a man known as Patriarch, who had taken in the children and trained them to become skilled thieves and con artists. Eventually giving them access to stolen technology of Bio-Armed Metagallions to make them become Armigers. Lin quickly proved himself to be a valuable member of the group, using his cursed blood to enhance his abilities and his cunning mind to come up with elaborate plans. However, he couldn’t shake off his past and the guilt of not being able to protect his village. This guilt manifested in his constant desire for revenge.

Patriarch saw potential in Lin and decided to train him further in combat, teaching him how to wield weapons and hone his demon powers to their fullest potential. Through his training, Lin discovered that his hybrid abilities. He vowed to use this power to take down the Lux Order and avenge his fallen village. As he grew older, Lin became more and more involved with the criminal underworld, rising through the ranks within Patriarch’s gang. He also began to learn more about the world of demon hunters and their struggle against otherworldly mutants. He saw this as an opportunity to fulfill his desire for revenge and work towards a greater cause.

But as he delved deeper into the world of Devil Hunters, he found himself torn between his loyalty to Patriarch and his newfound loyalty to his fellow hunters. He constantly struggled with his demon blood, which made him powerful but also fueled his anger and thirst for vengeance. It was a constant battle within himself, but Lin knew that he had to find a way to control it if he wanted to succeed in his mission. But yet, during the events of World War X. Lin slipped into a dimensional crack of a leyline and was converged toward a “parallel time” Inhabited with life that had similar genetic structure to him yet completely different anatomy that seemed impure. Living on the anchor point known as Itea Eroemil, where Lin finds the crusader that will rid the world of it’s illness.

– “Neo-Gen” and Abilities –

Lin is able to use the ability of combustion through the usage of the metal Plutonium. Utilizing a molecular aura that’s shifted depending on what weapon he’s using, his Liberty being the most balanced for his aura. The chains on Liberty are sharp enough to shred through almost anything, having an impressive reach. Though Lin once scratched his hand when going overboard, now wearing gloves to prevent his hand from getting any more scars. Lin uses combustion via increasing the kinetics of molecules, utilizing it to fission either spontaneously or inducingly. Rendering his targets more destructible in general through bending or breaking. Induced combustion requires Lin to augment his aura, while spontaneous can simply be used to set off a chain reaction. Lin cannot use his abilities without an external source of metal, risking potentially spreading radiation like a plague. Once scratching his hand when going overboard with Liberty, thus now wears gloves to prevent his hand getting any more scars. When using Ex Arms, Lin links his aura to the weapon biologically so it can affect him molecularly. Giving small mutations through his Ultimatrigger. His angelic weapons focus on his induced combustion and converting organisms with energy through transferrence. Providing energy for weaponry or equipment such as electric items. While his demonic weapons focus on chain reactions and turning energy into constructs through transduction of his mana’s frequency. Lin cannot use his abilities without focusing on objects that contain metal, otherwise it spreads radiation like a plague. And he does not rely exclusively on defense, only preferring to stay in the enemy’s face to search for an opening.

– Gameplay and Moveset Plan –

• Lin’s playstyle is mainly balanced through his moderate speed and strength. His guns provide decent potential to juggle around enemies and have a high firing speed allowing them to shoot consistently. While he can use different finishing moves at the end of a normal combo. His demonic weapons have average speed and a non-extensive moveset but incredible damage to compensate along with being reliable for parrying. While his angelic weapons are quicker and work well with the middle of combos or mid-air attacks. The downside of Lin’s playstyle is that he cannot properly combo or gain energy with one singular weapon, emphasizing on using multiple weapons at once for effectiveness.
• Lin’s running speed can be increased through a singular dash, more notably when he rushes towards enemies.
• Lin can use a hook to pull enemies or objects to himself and a whip to push Lin towards the enemy. Lin’s hook can also be used as a sling to get across areas and serve as his dashes for mid-air. However, his hook must hit a destination for it to work. Lin can cancel his pulls with a jump to get over an enemy
• Lin has side-rolls and an average jump. His jump can be doubled when he jumps once more off an enemy. Though he doesn’t have any attacks when jumping. In order to jump over an enemy to dodge then, Lin must jump in the middle of a hook pull.
• When Lin is on a wall, he can go from wall to wall stabbing Liberty into the wall’s surface or climb up

Liberty: Lin’s primary sword, which has a chainsaw-like edge that can slice through anything with its energy-coated teeth. The sword vibrates at high frequencies, creating powerful impacts and cuts that can split enemies apart. Liberty is a well-rounded weapon that suits Lin’s style, especially when he activates his special move, Hype-fryer. Hype-fryer boosts the elemental damage of Lin’s slashes after a short delay and grants him extra attacks that are essential for Liberty’s combos and multiplies points that Lin gains on the Flow Chain. With angelic weapons, Hype-fryer boosts stun and speed while demonic weapons have boosted knockback and damage. The only drawback is that the chainsaw takes some time to rev up. Lin can use Liberty to slash enemies in the air or on the ground, and perform different moves to launch, smash or pierce them.

• Basic Combos: Has 2 different 4-slash combos. With the last 2 in these combos tending to reach outward. Lin’s second 4-slash combo is heavier. Aerial combos do half damage but cause consistent multi-hits.
• When in mid-air, Lin has 3 revving slash attacks that increase in knockback. Doing them consecutively causes Lin to elevate higher.
• Salamander: Back-dashes before slashing forward with a revolving flip cut
• Upon landing from mid-air, Lin does a flipping slam.
• Slashing during a dash causes Lin to perform a heavy slash where he flips. When slashing after a dash jump, the slash is lighter but is good for interrupting enemies.
• Vacant Daze: To launch enemies up into the air, Lin has a rising slash that can send enemies flying as he flips upward with 3 turning slashes that can be held to extend out heatwaves.
• Hard Load: Slashing downward causes medium knockback that can allow Lin to smash enemies, slashing 3 times before doing a chargeable throw that sends Liberty hurling towards enemies and causing a shockwave. This can be done in mid-air for Lin to fall quickly. Upon descending from mid-air, Lin can perform a quick combo with Hype-fryer.
• If Lin fires a charged shot during the middle of a combo, it causes the projectile to become a saw that does multi-damage on the enemy. If Lin were to attack on time with this projectile, he flips toward the enemy with a heavy slash causing it to explode.
• Air Taunt: Lin backflips, launching an enemy higher into the air
• Hype-fryer: Holds down an attack during a combo to emerge the chainsaw rails on Lin’s sword, draining some energy in it’s delay that will charge back. Allows Lin to hold his attacks during basic combos.
• Hype-fryer Buffed Attacks:
• Bushwhack Ripper: Rushing attack where he does a series of consecutive crossing slashes before a charged slam, altering his dash jump. Lin can hold one of these crossing slashes then release for a bursting cut that varies based on how long Lin held the attack, being usable at the end of another attack.
• Heating Drill: Thrusting stab that can be charged for high damage and reach where Lin swirls Liberty like a drill. This can be used to transition to Lin’s upper slash or done 3 times in a row before being held for a finishing explosive piledriver attack. During a combo, Heating Drill can be used to boost chip damage and bypass defenses.
• Revenge: When recovering from being knocked down, Lin can hold down to recover and prepare to attack with a sawing flip.
• Matrix Evade: When timing his dodges, Lin's speed and damage increases when held. Causing him to engage into a temporary sprint mode.
• Boost: An air dash and double jump for Lin that causes damage to enemies by contact.
• Mid-air chargeable slash that can be done to knock the enemy away as a finisher, stabbing downward.
• Downward rolling slash that causes Lin to saw into the ground, launching a saw-shaped wave to the ground that shakes enemies and can be held for the saw to return to him with a burning shockwave, gaining more energy. This can also be done in mid-air for Lin to fall quickly or go forward.
• Fervent Sawblader: Revolving attack that hits enemies around Lin in a circular motion. This can be held to be used mid-combo as a defensive move sweeping them in while deflecting any close-ranged attacks by rapidly slashing, sending heatwave saws.
• A timed finisher that has a series of AoEs and Hype-fryer moves that vary based on what weapons Lin is using. With angelic weapons, Lin boosts with a sweeping propeller slash that hits with trails of light then creates an electric pillar. With demonic weapons, Lin creates a series of wind explosions that throw out crystals. And with guns, Lin unloads charged shots that stack upon each other.
• Sun-chasing Dragon of Dusk: Lin’s default spell card has him leap into an enemy with a knee kick, flipping them upwards and leads to him doing a rapid Hype-fryer claw slash onto them that sends split heatwaves which can be sent further with each continuous input. This spell card requires to hit an enemy close enough or could work as a counter to restore health and Climax energy. Works during dashes and mid-air combos.