Lin

– 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, after 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 damage of Lin’s slashes after a short delay and grants him extra attacks that are essential for Liberty’s combos. 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 can remain consistent.
• Upper slash has average knockback but serves as both a great anti-air and a decent attack to use after a parry.
• When in mid-air, Lin has 3 revving slash attacks that increase in knockback. Doing them consecutively causes Lin to elevate higher.
• Slashing during a dash causes Lin to perform a heavy slash. When slashing after a dash jump, the slash is lighter but is good for interrupting enemies.
• Hard Load: Slashing downward causes medium knockback that can allow Lin to smash enemies. 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.
• 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 slashes, altering his dash jump.
• To launch enemies up into the air, Lin has a rising slash that can send enemies flying as he flips upward
• 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.
• When recovering from being knocked down, Lin can hold down to recover and prepare to attack
• Mid-air slash that can be done to knock the enemy away as a finisher
• Downwards 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, gaining more energy. This can also be done in mid-air for Lin to fall quickly.
• Fervent Sawblader: Revolving attack that hits enemies around Lin in a circular motion
• Smiler: Lin has a spell card of Rammy to raise his combo meter, along with adding to his vitality and energy gauge
• 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 slash onto them that sends heatwaves if the enemy’s far. This spell card requires to hit an enemy close enough or could work as a counter. Heatwave slash can be sent further. Works during dashes and mid-air combos.