Story:Kings of Strife/Crono

Singun Crono Silverius is the main protagonist of Final Fantasy: Kings of Strife. A man left without his family or any possessions to his name, he set out into the world doing any job for money and focusing on surviving until his way of life is changed by a simple magical artifact and a girl he decides to save on a whim.

Personality
Crono starts out as a practical and focused young man who is outwardly stoic and aloof to others. He makes it a point amongst himself to push away others who could become his friends, not even giving himself a chance to get close to many people. Although he comes off as being harsh and uncaring with this attitude, in truth he is quite caring and finds it difficult to ignore others. In his mind, however, this is the worst thing he can do to someone.

Events in his past have caused Crono to connect himself with inevitable disaster that plagues anyone close to him. The death of his family and all those he knew definitely helped form this opinion for him, and so he acts like he does in order to protect others from himself. But he still can't completely suppress his caring instincts (as can be seen when he rescues one Maria Zorphan). This is a part of himself that he despises and one that he actively tries to change, with little results.

Even without his facade, Crono does not makes friends easily and generally shows an outward personality of selfishness and impatience. He hates to rely on others and shows this even when fighting, in which he is quite independent and self-sufficient. He is loyal only to money and only when it pays off for him, and will try his hardest not to interfere with matters not his own (however, as earlier discussed, this doesn't usually work out too well).

Worth noting is Crono's powerful greed for money; most of his early choices are justified (to him) solely because of their payoff. In addition, he lived most of his adult/adolescent life as a mercenary who fought and acted for money - surely there were other salary options for one with his skills, but his denture in the position shines a light on just how he relies on making his constant supply of gold.

Appearance
Crono is a relatively tall young man with a lean build. He has short, jet black hair with two sets of bangs that frame his face, and another, shorter set that falls down towards his nose. Crono has dark brown eyes that tend to blend in with his hair, and a somewhat tan complexion. His face is usually formed into a nonchalant, aloof expression, and his eyes are almost always half-closed, giving off an air of no concerns or even drowsiness.

Crono's primary and most noticeable attire is his long, dark grey, long sleeved coat/cloak accentuated by a white stripe that goes down the length of the zipper and branches out on the torso. The coat has a white lining, and has an abnormally long hood that Crono almost never wears. Two belts cross at Crono's waist on top of the cloak, holding up the scabbard to his gunblade. The light coat usually remains zipped down to the waist, where it opens to reveal the light grey cargo pants Crono wears underneath, and continues to about ankle level before stopping. Crono wears black gloves on each hand, and on his right hand, he wears a long black bandage-like strip the entire length of his arm. On his feet, Crono wears black boots that his pants tuck into.

On occasion, Crono will remove his coat and throw it over his shoulders, much like a cape. When this happens, it reveals a small silver shoulder pad that he wears on his left shoulder. The pauldron is held by a strap that crosses his chest. He still wears his grey pants and black boots, and in addition to a belt that holds up his pants, the two belts usually found on the waist of his coat simply cross on his pants. It is revealed that he wears a blue shirt with silver buckle-like objects woven into the shirt. A white strip also falls down the length of the shirt. Crono still wears his black bandage on his right arm, and on his left arm he wears a white cloth strip held on by two tight straps. His left hand also sports a grey glove that is much stronger than the one on his right hand.

Origins
Crono Silverius was born to a couple of hard-working, yet poor farmers in the Shorican Wilds. His mother was a weaver who made clothes for requests at the village nearby, and his father was a farmer. They lived happily together for many years until they decided to have a child. Soon enough, Crono was conceived and born nine months later. Tragically, the village doctor and midwife was away on a house call many miles away, and so Crono's mother gave birth without assistance or proper care. She suffered from severe bleeding and died of an infection mere days after Crono's birth.

Crono's father, shocked, depressed, and overwhelmed with his new son, knew he wouldn't be able to support himself and a child on his small farmer's income alone. The small family moved to the closest village, many miles into the deep forest. Crono's father became a blacksmith and the town's many women helped bring Crono up and raise him normally, but his father never truly recovered from the sudden death of his wife.

Around 14 years after Crono and his father moved to the town, his father's sanity fell to an all time low. He disappeared for a week, and when he returned, he carried with him the bones of his dead wife. Crono was horrified and scared, but his father paid him no mind. For two days straight, Crono's father embraced the bones, until Crono could take it no longer and moved into a local widow's house. He went to school the next day, shaken but otherwise normal. Back at home, Crono's father finally broke his stare, and attempted making intercourse with his wife's remains. He couldn't achieve the feat, and flew into a rampage. He armed himself with his weapons and burned down his house, the remains of his wife inside.

Whilst Crono was in school, his father went about mercilessly killing every single member of the town. When he finally advanced on his son's school, the last refuge for living villagers, he assaulted the facility and single-handedly murdered every single person except his son. He was horribly wounded and could hardly lift his blades anymore by the time he shuffled to his son. Crono, in physical shock and unable to move, simply stared at his father's lifeless eyes. Moments before attacking Crono, his father fell to the ground, dead. He died with a grin on his face, elated that he could finally join his wife once again.

When the sun rose the next day, Crono awoke. Finding every other villager dead, he ate from their stores until he was full, and packed up what he could in his school backpack. Taking his father's only recovered weapon, a gunblade named Slaughter, he left the town and never looked back.

He trekked southeast, until he reached Phenicks City, the capital of Shorica. His supplies would last him for a while, and he was able to acquire a small, stable home in the slums of the city. For the next two years, he was a common thief, stealing money and food and working odd jobs (mostly ones that involved battle, which slowly but surely increased his skill with the gunblade). When he was 16, he was drafted into service in the Shorican military, and worked as a scout. He specialized in recon and assassination missions.

During his service, Crono was always rivaled by another soldier in his squad. After a while they challenged each other to a(n illegal) duel, and Crono ended up losing his temper and accidentally killing the man. He was apprehended and sent on trial for his heinous crimes of both dueling and killing an ally. He was sentenced to exile from the country. His record was thus ruined, and basically prevented him from getting a legitimate job anywhere else in the world. He resorted to traveling the world and taking bounties whenever he could to survive.

Kings of Strife

 * Main article: Story

Abilities
Silverius is a somewhat strong individual who takes advantage of his above-average speed and agility to ravage his foes while dodging or parrying their attacks. His specialty in battle stems from his dexterity and agility, and the extended range of his gunblade, named "Slaughter". It is capable of shooting rifle rounds from a distance as well as performing the basic functions of a sword.

Most of his fighting style revolves around shooting enemies from far or mid-range. This allows him to weaken or even finish off enemies before getting up close and personal and defeating them swiftly with the blade. When facing a crowd, Crono switches between shooting multiple foes and attacking those close to him. He usually doesn't stop moving in a fight until he is the victor, always rocking or dodging or moving to vantage points to outpace his foes and avoid injury. 'The following sections contain non-canon information. It does not necessarily happen or is referenced in "Kings of Strife".' Crono also has sparse magic abilities; most of them revolve around manipulating time to aid himself and his allies in battle.

Dissidia Calamitas Infinita
Ragnarok and Eris, two ancient warriors tricked by the gods to be locked in an endless cycle of war on a dead planet, have summoned various heroes and villains to their doomed world in order to wage their conflict for them. Crono is the main hero chosen from Kings of Strife, alongside Maria and Vik and opposing Gin and Vainia.

During the conflict, Crono attempts to protect Maria and work together with his comrades to find a way back to his own world, but comes in contact with Gin and the two become fierce rivals. Eventually, Crono is defeated, and disappears from the cycle. When he is reborn at the beginning of the next conflict, Gin and Maria are gone, and he is left solemnly alone.

For the final cycle, all other allies from Kings of Strife have vanished, and Crono is once again left alone with Gin Taoris. Now Gin is even more obsessed with him than before, but Crono has learned his lesson and elusively dodges the man's pursuits until he can confront another antagonist and retrieve his Wind Crystal. Gin does manage to steal it from Crono and await him at the end of his journey, but thanks to encouragement from his friends and his will to avenge his fallen or missing comrades, Crono realizes his true strength and defeats Gin without relying on the power of the Crystal. 'Non-canon information has ended. The following sections are completely canon with "Kings of Strife".'

Music

 * ''Main Theme: Forever, Revolution - originally Lenient Death
 * ''World Map Theme: Boundless Strife - originally Boundless Ocean Remix
 * ''Dungeon Theme: Illuminated Paths - originally A Light Illuminating the Depths


 * ''Normal Battle: Crono - Wealth's Champion - originally Rockn' Rocks
 * ''Boss Battle: Crono - Rattle Uplift - originally Silver Will ZANMAI Ver.
 * ''Final Boss Battle: Innovation's Reckoning - originally Arrival Existence

Gallery

 * Color version by ErryK