Zagan the Gravebringer

This is an article about Zagan the Gravebringer a character created by CrimsonFlame2K on 06/27/2014.

Don't fuck with this bounty hunter! Zagan will end you if you do, he can promise you that. He is the main protagonist of the upcoming and tentatively-titled Project Warriors series. His role in the story beyond that is unknown as of yet, however.

Appearance
Zagan stands at five feet, five inches and sports bright red fur around much of his rather muscular body, while his muzzle, chest, and inner ears have greyish-white fur. His ears also take on an outward curved shape, making it seem suspiciously similar to tiny demon horns, and eyes bear a dark shade of orange that glow brighter when feeling extreme emotions much like the runes of his brethren.

He also sports hairdo that is rather spiky, black in color, and held up by a black headband that covers his forehead. In addition, he dons a ponytail that goes down to his legs at the back of his head, indicating that his hair is incredibly long, and a black long nose as well as four smull tufts of greyish-white fur can be respectively seen at center and each side of his muzzle.

Zagan's outfit consists of a grey skin-tight tank top with the upper half covered by a black open long-sleeved jacket with slightly-darker red cuffs, inner linings, and trims as well as a black three-tailed cloth sporting the same red trims that reaches his knees and a pair of grey straight-cut jeans, the latter two of which are held up by a deep red belt with a silver horned skull with the horns pointing downward as its buckle with a sheath for his sword hanging on its back.

He also sports a pair of black fingerless gloves with two strips covered in metallic studs on their backs and red shoes with metallic grey accents and outsoles. A headband sporting the same shade of red as the accents of his clothes can also be seen covering his forehead, but it is fairly obscured by his bangs.

Personality
Simply put, Zagan isn't known for being a very sociable person and is a lot more blunt and aggressive in addition to being a lot more vulgar with his language much of the time. This is accompanied with an ironically-cold and seemingly-remorseless demeanor for much of his debut appearance in the series.

Despite his aggressive persona, Zagan has also shown a more jaded and somewhat-defeated side to him, particularly shown when his mind wanders back to the people he's lost throughout the years. That said, he does not show this side to him very often as he sees himself at his weakest like this, which isn't entirely false.

One small bit about Zagan is that he seems to be picky with his food, as he usually prefers meat, usually poultry or beef. Good thing he swings his sword a lot, huh? Also, he's a little bit of an arachnophobic, though the fact that he rarely comes across spiders anyway means that this isn't brought up very often. Another strange thing about him is that he absolutely hates it whenever someone tries to mess with his hair, especially if it's to make it shorter and/or neater.

Powers and Abilities
Zagan possesses the power to generate and take control of the destructive power of dark fire, which he makes good use of in terms of raw offense. His main method of using this power is through unleashing a variety of devastating attacks, most of which involve wild punches and rather unpolished sword swings. That said, he does possess a projectile move, though it is notably slower than most projectiles and has a fairly short range, making it usually unreliable as an actual zoning tool.

One of his most useful abilties in Zagan's skillset is his signature ability, the Reaper's Edge, which allows him to essentially steal a foe's life force whenever they are hit with an attack that makes use of his dark pyrokinesis, recovering his vitality by a small amount and thus allowing him to stay in the fight for just a little longer. This can further extend to absorbing the soul of a recently-deceased foe he may have just cut down, if need be.

All that aside, Zagan possesses an impressive level of strength, meaning he is normally able to deal a great amount of damage in just a few solid and well-executed combos and, while he is nowhere near as fast as our favorite blue hedgehog, he is fairly quick on his feet and reflexes.

In addition, while it is rather rough and unpolished, Zagan's skill with the sword is not to be trifled with and, while having a preference for larger swords, is perfectly comfortable with any weapon that requires a lot of strength to effectively wield. Combined with his already-powerful infernokinesis, Zagan makes for a powerful force of nature in the battlefield that only becomes more powerful when sufficiently pissed off.

Equipment

 * Crimson Dragoon - Zagan's weapon of choice. It's nothing more than a massive slab of metal shaped into a sword. While it may be a weapon thats rough around the edges, both figuratively and literally, it seems to serve Zagan well in his battles.

Statistics
Attack: 9 - Zagan can deal powerful blows with his blade while matching them with good speed.
 * Stats are based from 1-10. 1 being the lowest and 10 being the highest.

Defense: 5 - Being an offense-oriented fighter, Zagan's defenses are pretty weak compared to others.

Speed: 7 - Zagan is no slouch when it comes to covering distance, and a good number of his attacks come out fairly quickly too.

Magic: 7 - While he does have mastery over his infernokinesis and is even able to heal himself by stealing a small amount of life energy from others, Zagan's control over Void Energy pales in comparison to other Dark/Hell Creatures.

Evasion: 6 - Zagan is also capable of dodging some blows, but he can be rather reckless and get himself hit.

Intelligence: 6 - Zagan is very simple-minded in battle, preferring to smash first without a much of plan. However, he will stand down if the situation calls for it and has even shown himself to be rather perceptive at times.

Skills: 8 - Being a formidable fighter means that Zagan is definitely skilled in using his blade and powers in battle.

Accuracy: 7 - While wild and rough, Zagan's attacks usually seem to make their mark.

Stamina: 8 - Zagan's biology as a Hell Creature means he has more stamina and endurance than others, and his life-steal ability can allow him to fight for a slightly longer time.

Tolerance: 8 - Being a Hell Creature, Zagan has heightened tolerance for pain despite his low defenses.

Overall: 71%

Weaknesses
Being a close-range fighter, projectiles and ranged attacks in general can sometimes prove to be a problem for him, especially if he can't block or dodge them. His direct approach can sometimes lead him to some very dire situations, though he manages to get out of most of them. In addition, his over-reliance on raw offense means that he is actually not too tough to beat once what little he has for defenses are broken.

Aside from all that, Zagan is also incredibly prone to violent fits of rage and may lose all sense of self-restraint and any form of rationality in favor of wildly attacking whatever is in front of him with all the fury and might he can muster, all without any semblance of a plan. Indeed, this one jarring issue has proven to be the main reason for Zagan's most humiliating losses.

Misc.
"Hah! You never had a chance."

- Getting an S-Rank

"Heh. Just like that."

- Getting an A-Rank

"I'm fine with this."

- Getting a B-Rank

"Hmph. Guess that'll do."

- Getting a C-Rank

"The hell!? Ugh..."

- Getting a D-Rank

"Goddammit!!"

- Getting an E-Rank

Trivia

 * Except for his first theme, every single one of Zagan's themes are by Megadeth.
 * Megadeth seems to be his signature band as well, much like Blitz with Motorhead.
 * His public identity, David Burnley, is a reference to Megadeth's two current members, Dave Mustaine and David Ellefson, and the lead vocalist of Breaking Benjamin, Benjamin Burnley.
 * Breaking Benjamin is one of Crimson's favorite bands.
 * Uses a weapon with a blunt edge? Wields fire? Fights with a rough and unpolished fighting style? Tell me Zagan isn't Sol Badguy turned into a Mobian and I will fry you.
 * On that note, Zagan has traits similar to Ragna the Bloodedge from the BlazBlue series, even sharing his voice actor, Patrick Seitz.
 * And then I realized that Patrick Seitz also voiced Mortal Kombat's Scorpion, another hellfire user.
 * In addition, Zagan's outfit is primarily based on Sol's in most of his appearances in the Guilty Gear series, particularly his appearance in Xrd -SIGN-'s story mode, only colored black.