Proto Man

[Proto Man]

Factions
Loved - Liked - Neutral - Disliked - Hated - Feared

Empire - "People with power are often terrible" - Proto Man was used by the Empire to lead them to starving dissidents.  Since that moment, he's hated the Imperial establishment.  They're cruel people who shouldn't be in power.

Coruscant - "The strongest are those who suffer the greatest" - Proto Man lives on Tier 6 of Coruscant with his family at the Community Center, the last bastion of organized governance.  While he doesn't support the established government of Coruscant (the Empire), Proto Man cares deeply for the citizens, especially of the lower tiers, where he has spent most of his time.

Kingdom - "Seem like nice people?  I should visit sometime" - Proto Man has never been to Minas Tirith, but he's spent some time in Camelot, like when he helped hunt down the Rathalos and Rathian.  He's heard conflicted account about the Kingdom (Mireya isn't a fan and Mickey seemed ambivalent) but hasn't made a real opinion for himself.

Ambrosia - "I think those bricks are pink!" - Proto Man enjoyed the growing town in the Tangled Green, with its wacky assortment of citizens and its strange princess.  With Mickey and Minnie citizens and Mireya likewise staying in the area, the robot imagines he'll be back to the place often in the future.

Darkshire - "I'm a robot and even all this darkness gets to me!" - Proto Man is ambivalent to the town of Darkshire.  It's gloom was juxtaposed by the character of its citizens, but those in charge essentially forced him out of town after he helped to end one just one but two threats to the entire verse.  

Yggdrasil - "They make trees this big?  Man, that's cool." - Proto Man thought the queen (was she a queen?) was a very nice lady, and despite Mireya's attitude, he didn't feel weird.

Syntech - "Who does that?" - Proto Man, while not a contestant in Dante's Abyss, thought the entire concept was deplorable.  In his mind, he can't really understand what would motivate people to want to host something like that.

TWNN - "Did someone steal this from an old movie" - Proto Man didn't have much time in the Town with No Name, but it seemed like a lot hard-working people.  

Nippur - "Blood, sweat, and tears" - While not a fan of Gilgamesh, Proto Man respect the men and women who live in the city, even if he thinks that they deserve much better.

Individuals
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Mireya Vasquez: - "A little rough around the edges but probably the best native this place has to offer"
Half night elf (and half human), Mireya came into the Omniverse with a night elf mother and no father.  A secondary created along with an expanding elven holding in outer Camelot, Mireya was immediately shunned from a society made up of humans and various elven subspecies.  She grew up in a somewhat hostile environment, and when she came of age, she decided to leave for the Tangled Green.  She came to Yggdrasil, where she hoped that the night elves would be more welcoming to her.  Although she found a role in the Sentinels, there wasn't an end to her role as a pariah.  Her lighter complexion and goofy accent littered with strange turns of phrase made her an outcast even in night elf society.  Although she earned some respect due to her excellent tracking, hunting, and spear skills, this couldn't overcome or mitigate her status as 'the other.'  It only made matters worse that she didn't worship the same gods and goddess as the night elves.  She made very little friends and only grew increasingly disillusioned with this and all societies.

Eventually she decided she was better off alone, and she walked away from the Sentinels to live alone in the Tangled Green.  The time she was alone was neither pleasant nor enlightening, and she was nearly on the verge of leaving for a new verse when she stumbled across a strange sight:  A boy with a cannon on his hand blasting free of the Animus River.  It was there that hers and Proto Man's paths became intertwined.

Mickey Mouse - "A grade-A fellow!"
Proto Man saw Mickey Mouse when he was a contestant on Dante's Abyss, but it wasn't until Proto Man was cutting back across the Tangled Green that he met the former king.  Bonding over shared friends and experiences, they traveled together to Yggdrasil and then Ambrosia, stopping over at Mickey's home to meet his wife Minnie before another emotional farewell.  The pair headed toward the Nexus and were forced to detour into the Endless Dunes to escape Empire patrols (Mickey is a fugitive!)

Minnie Mouse - "Makes very nice tea and keeps a very nice home!"
While Proto Man hasn't spent a whole lot of time with his buddy's missus, he could tell from their first meeting that she was a genuinely loving and caring individual.  A queen in her last home, Minnie had been living the Clubhouse that she and her husband shared long ago in their old world, before they were monarchs.  Proto Man vowed to watch out for her husband before they left on another adventure.

Whirda - "There's a fine line between hero and lunatic.  I'm still not sure what she is or was"
Proto Man met Whirda when she was exiled from Darkshire.  After losing a year combating a vile shade, the woman contracted a disease of some sort and was turned from the gates of the city she had defended.  Proto Man sought her out, and while he was wary of her, he shared his information about the Blight with her.  The two set out to track the source of the Blight, but en route were stymied by assaults from drow.  Together, they helped to defeat the Tarrasque, and the monster's essence chose her as its receptacle.  They returned to Darkshire to tend to their wounds and recuperate, and while Proto Man was certain the woman left to join Dante's Abyss, he traveled to the facility to find her missing.  Even though he returned to Darkshire, he couldn't find her.  

Roll - "The best sister a robot boy could ask for"
Proto Man only ever saw his sister Roll through the windows and vents of Dr. Light's laboratory.  What he saw was a caring young woman who showed a true heart despite being a machine.  More than anything else, Proto Man wanted to meet here, but he avoided interfering in her life for fear of rejection.  After his arrival in the Omniverse, Proto Man learned that Roll had arrived there as well and set up shop with her brothers in the Tier 5 Community Center.  While her brothers were initially distrustful, Roll warmed to 'Blues' immediately and greeted him with kindness and open arms.

Belle - "Great friend."
Belle was a girl that Mickey Mouse met on the island in the 'Graveyardverse.'  When Proto Man and Mickey found one another, Belle became an integral part of their group.  The trio endured many hardships and fights during their five days on the island.  At one point, they nearly lost Belle to a vicious assault from a group of villains.  The girl pulled through, and they were able to endure additional villainy on their way to successfully completing the Spirit's set of relics.

Dobson - "Nice man in a terrible situation"
The man who leads the garrison/town guard of Darkshire in lieu of his incapacitated father.  Dobson had old eyes and a young face.  It was Dobson who met Proto Man at the gates of town and then later asked him to track down Whirda Windstrom.  When Proto Man returned after the defeat of Scylla, he was unable to get a hold of Dobson, who had become 'holed up' in town hall dealing with some political issues.  Proto Man left Darkshire before he could find the man.

Dredd - "Everything that is wrong with Coruscant"
Judge Dredd is the law in Coruscant--he controls the legions of stormtroopers and the elite space marines.  He is at the center of a corrupt web of surveillance and subterfuge that would make a normal person's head spin.  Despite this, Dredd is still a rather unmoved person.  He doesn't seem to detest or enjoy his work--he simply sees it as his job to execute the law, however corrupt it may be.  On one such instance, Dredd bugged Proto Man and waited until the android had located the Copper Eye.  Dredd then launched an attack and murdered the poor, destitute 'terrorists.'  Because of this, Proto Man deeply despises the Judge, and he hates him even more because he knows he can do nothing to stop him... at least at this point.

Samus Aran - "I'm sure there's a heart beneath all that steel"
The woman in the suit is a Prime who arrived at the same time as Proto Man.  The two crossed paths following their arrival in the Omniverse and then again on the streets of Coruscant's top tier.  They then worked together to investigate an incident in the Dataverse that ultimately culminated in Dredd's using Proto Man's naivety to track down and wholesale slaughter the Copper Eye 'terrorists.'  The two amicably parted ways after the event, Proto Man sickened by what he'd seen and Samus determined more than ever to wholly understand the state of affairs.  They passed paths once again in Camelot to battle a dragon.  Fighting side-by-side, Proto Man watched in horror when the woman was double-crossed by Cindy.  After defending her, he helped transport her to safety before departing for the Ashen Plains.

Gilgamesh - "Grade A jerk"
Proto Man never met Gilgamesh personally until the siege of Nippur, but he watched Dante's Abyss.  He watched the armored egotist strive to manipulate the situation, acquiring and turning on allies.  Through conversations with Mickey, he learned that the man killed one of the mouse's good friends, and Proto Man also watched as Gilgamesh hurt Samus and Harry.  Those actions alone didn't paint a nice picture of the man for the Robot Master, and when he actually did 'meet' Gilgamesh for the first time (while fused with Mickey Mouse), it was in a vicious brawl in the streets of Nippur.  Proto Man/Mouse had no qualms banishing the king to the Underverse when the latter called his own people property and generally acted like a dictator.

Sasuke Uchiha - "Grade A (ninja) jerk"
Gilgamesh's second-in-command, Sasuke Uchiha was absent from the Battle of Nippur.  During the event known as the 'Heroes' Graveyard,' Sasuke and his cronies tried to attack Proto Man, Mickey Mouse, and Belle on several occasions.  After several failed attempts at defeating Proto Mouse and Belle Mouse, the ninja and his ilk stood down, allowing the trio to complete the Spirit's set of relics.

Ganondorf - "Has given me zero reason to trust him."
Fellow member of the 'Scrambled,' Ganondorf has a weird vibe that makes Proto Man feel a bit uneasy.  Harry illustrated that the tall, dark-skinned man was using 'black magics' against the dragons.  Had it not been for Cindy's betrayal, Proto Man may have contested Ganondorf walking away with the second egg.  During Dante's Abyss, Ganondorf did little to shake the robot's impressions of the man as an opportunist and charmer.

Cindy - "Everything that's wrong with people"
Cindy, a bounty hunter much like Samus Aran, encountered Proto Man as part of a group trying to take down the Rathalos as it stormed across Coruscant.  When the beast was defeated, Cindy turned on them all over an artefact.  She nearly killed Samus before taking flight, vanishing for several months until she popped up on a news story in the Dante Verse.  Proto Man, Harry, and Samus pursued her, but were apprehended by the Syntech authorities.  The former was thrown out and the latter were taken to the competition.  Cindy was taken down, but she remains at large.

Ruby Rose and Weiss - "Should give them a compass if I meet them again..."
Although initially adversaries, the Proto-Belle-Mouse trio aligned with this pair of friends (more then friends?) to defeat one of the Warlock's minions.  After that fight, they quickly went their separate ways, and the last Proto Man knew, the pair had been lost to the void.

Link - "Hero of Many Personalities?"
Link is someone that Proto Man has seen on several occasions.  They were both at the Scramble, and then later Link helped them fight against the Rathalos and the Rathian.  During that fight, Link fought with Ganondorf, the gerudo king.  The gerudo defeated the hero and left with one of the dragon eggs.  Oddly, Link and Ganondorf joined forces during Dante's Abyss, much to Proto Man's confusion.  When Proto Man encountered Link during the Heroes' Graveyard, Link fought with a group of cut-throats.  Later, Link left that group and helped Proto Man, Belle, and Mickey to defeat his old group and go on to unify the Spirit's relics.

Jupiter - "Gets points for never giving up!"
One of the less-than-savory members of the Spirit's team of mercenaries, Jupiter jumped Proto Man early on in his travels.  The blonde later resurfaced to take on Proto Man and his two teammates, but the results were much the same.  Unlike many of the other more violent opponents he faced in the graveyardverse, Proto Man doesn't harbor a lot of resentment toward Jupiter.

Magus - "Sinister"
A magician of some sort, Proto Man recalled Magus from his arrival in the Omniverse.  The wizard had an unsettling aura about himself back then, and when they encountered each other on the island, there was no pleasantries.  Magus and his group maliciously attacked the trio of do-gooders, and although they were thwarted, they nearly killed Belle.

Kopaka - "No Business Being on that Island"
A metal creature called a Toe or something.  Kopaka was hunting for Mickey Mouse on the island as a representative of the Empire.  The fact that the Spirit would let such a cut-throat come to the island under the pretense of doing good incensed Proto Man.  The creature attacked their group savagely on multiple occasions but was beaten back and finally defeated once one of his teammates (Link) turned against him.  Good riddance.

AJ Crowley - "Killer"
On the Spirit's little island, Proto Man, Mickey Mouse, and Belle were forced to deal with many villains.  One of them was AJ Crowley, a suave-looking demon who dealt an almost fatal blow to Belle during an attack.  Although Proto Man was able to revive the girl, he didn't forget Crowley's face, even after the demon was willing to stand down to allow the trio to complete the set of relics.

Cell Delta - "Monster"
An unstable prime from a dystopian world, Cell Delta manipulated some of the other Robot Masters en route to a confrontation with Proto Man and Heat Man that led to the latter's death.  Cell Delta later resurfaced in the Endless Dunes as the leader of gang of nomadic ruffians.  It was only through the fusion of Mickey and Proto Man that they beat him down, although the 'Tsartan' continues to plague the city of Nippur.

Heat Man (Deceased) - "No one's heart burned brighter or stronger"
Proto Man was tracking down Heat Man believing that the Robot Master was some type of serial killer.  What he found was a shocking truth:  That the Omniverse had allowed the vast majority of Robot Masters to come to terms with new-found individuality and independence.  For Heat Man, that meant exploring and pursing scientific discoveries in the Ashen Steppes.  Any sort of partnership ended when Cell Delta attacked, and it was only through Heat Man's sacrifice that the villain was repulsed.

Wood Man (Deceased) - "We will always remember how brave you were"
Wood Man came to the Tangled Green to catalog its various flora and fauna.  In the process of pursuing his curiosity, he was infected by the Blight, and as he rushed to learn as much as he could (information squirreled away in caches), he degraded physically and mentally.  Proto Man followed the trail of bread crumbs and discovered that the Blight was an infectious disease originating with a prime in the Pale Moors.  Unfortunately, Wood Man was long dead, having been consumed by the Blight, and when they found the sylvan Robot Master's Blight-addled shell, Proto Man and his friends purged it, laying the machine to peace.

Snake Man (Deceased) - "Snakes were never this brave"
Snake Man was investigating Wood Man's disappearance when he ran into Proto Man.  The two didn't quite hit it off (Proto Man wasn't in a trusting mood), but they later joined up to locate the last of Wood Man's hidden messages.  Working with Mireya, they put Wood Man to rest and journeyed to the Pale Moors, where they found a demon recruited by the Archdemon.  After getting a name and a location, the group was rocked when Snake Man perished at the hands of the demon.

Honorable Mentions
[spoiler]Abigail Reckner - "One of Darkshire's finest" - Abigail was a member of Proto Man's barracks during his last few weeks in Darkshire.  A woman with no recollection of why she'd been brought the Omniverse, Abigail had taken to Darkshire and its defense.  She was one of the few soldiers left in the barracks when the rest were reassigned to duties outside the town.

Harry Dresden - "Chicago's Finest is a gruff wizard"
A wizard who arrived in the Omniverse months after Proto Man.  The two fought the dragons together and shared drinks to help Harry acclimate to his new surroundings.  While a bit strange, Harry seems like a decent guy and is someone Proto Man would work with again.

Mayor Boone - "Too many secrets"  - A mysterious figure with some obvious secrets, Proto Man met the mayor shortly after arriving in Darkshire.  It was Boone who directed Proto Man outside the town walls to investigate the surrounding area.  Those investigations eventually led Proto Man to the location of a demon-run forge and eventually to Scylla.  When Proto Man returned after the defeat of the Blight, he failed to get an audience with the mayor, who was preoccupied in town hall.

Alain - "Opportunistic Thieves are the worst" - Alain fought alongside Proto Man against the Tarrasque but turned on them the moment the prize was shown, displaying some very Cindy-like qualities.  Proto Man fought back, and Alain retreated rather than suffer death or mortal injuries.

Demetri - "Seems kind of two-faced..." - Demetri was the man who Proto Man interacted with after his return from the interior of the Moors.  Darkshire was in a state of tension, and Dobson was 'indisposed' dealing with situations at Town Hall.  Proto Man worked through Demetri, who quickly displayed some under-handed things in reassigning guardsman who witnessed an attack on the walls, and even though Proto Man served out his tenure, the man made it clear that he wanted the robot out of town.  Proto Man was all-to happy to leave the town to its own devices after burying two brothers in a quest to make it safer.

Shang Tsung - "Seems like a nice guy" - Proto Man met Shang Tsung twice in the Pale Moors and once in the Tangled Green.  The man seemed to be an all right fellow, and they had some interesting conversations before going their separate ways.  Shang was, in most of those meetings, accompanied by Atelos, the Spartan.

Atelos - "Anger issues?" - Atelos fought alongside Proto Man, Whirda, and others against the Tarrasque.  When the beast was defeated and offered a part of its essence as a prize, Atelos and a few others tried to claim it for themselves.  Atelos displayed a much more vile persona, but he was ultimately defeated by Proto Man and Whirda.  Given the man's demeanor during the fight and previous meetings, Proto Man doesn't quite understand the Spartan's complex personality.

Nanoha - "Where'd you go?" - An older woman (by Proto Man's standards) who arrived in the Omniverse with him during the event often referred to as 'the Scramble.'  Proto Man instantly took to Nanoha, who he saw as a caring yet capable woman.  The woman seemed to fill some void he had in regards to maternal interaction.  The two parted when Nanoha left ahead of the other Primes to Coruscant, although they were briefly reunited during the Emperor's Jubilee, before Proto Man had to leave her behind at the library to go confront the Copper Eye.[/spoiler]

Dr. Light (Pre-Omniverse) - "At least Wily never lied to me."
[spoiler]One of Proto Man's co-creators.  Proto Man deeply hates Light, but despite Wily's efforts, Proto Man could not bring himself to harm the scientist, even when he realized he had been replaced by a new series of machines.  While he hates Dr. Light, Proto Man didn't harbor avarice toward his successors, and when he spied on Light for Wily, Proto Man spent most of that time watching his younger brother and sister.[/spoiler]

Dr. Wily (Pre-Omniverse) - "At least he was an honest sociopath."
[spoiler]Proto Man's other co-creator.  Wily was the one who found the robot on the verge of death after a few years of wandering the planet.  Having grown somewhat unstable after years of disrespect and then failed attempts to conquer Monsteropolis, Wily repaired Proto Man's faults and weaponized the prototype Robot Master.  He then attempted to use Proto Man against Dr. Light and Mega Man, but Proto Man refused to hurt the doctor or his siblings.  When Wily became violent and threatening, Proto Man knocked him unconscious and watched as his younger brother Rock destroyed much of Wily's infrastructure.[/spoiler]

Rock/Mega Man (Pre-Omniverse) - "Being replaced is such a strange feeling..."
[spoiler]Proto Man met his brother while 'working' for Dr. Wily under the guise of a mindless robot.  Proto Man fought his brother on several occasions while the later was fighting Wily's Robot Masters, and when Mega Man returned home, Proto Man would often follow him to watch him and their sister at home.  In the final battle, Proto Man incapacitated Dr. Wily, letting Mega Man destroy much of the doctor's lab before Wily regained his senses and fought back.  Proto Man saved his brother from the collapse of the castle, but before he could properly present himself to Mega Man, he was drawn into the Omniverse.[/spoiler]