Biography

While his exploits during the Crystal War were well known, little of Cecil's origins are well known to many people, including himself. He has been an orphan for as long as anyone can remember, coming to Baron with an expedition of soldiers. Though he had no family or noble standing, he was well-loved amongst the castle population, with Cid Pollendina, Weaponsmaster Drake, and even the King of Baron serving as parental figures.

His love for airships and flying was cultivated serving as a page to Cid Pollendina's Baronian Shipworks. It was quickly found that he had an aptitude for piloting, winning his first race before adulthood. He looked up to the newly formed Red Wings of Baron, and knew his dream would be to spend most of his life in the skies. However, the path to the Red Wings would be difficult; without the proper bloodline to become a ranking officer, he would have to work his way up through the ranks.

Hoping to prove himself, Cecil first joined the Baronian Regulars, starting his training with the Weaponsmaster Drake. With his keen mind for strategy and his exceptional skill with the blade, Cecil quickly moved his way up in the ranks, leading several successful offensives to battle rogue mercenaries and terrifying dragons along the borders. With his successes in hand, and the extreme popularity amongst the people of Baron, the King of Baron elevated Cecil to the command of the Red Wings. Along with this, Cecil was asked to take up the Dark Sword, and become the lead Dark Knight of Baron. Not long after, the events that would precipitate the Crystal Wars would begin.

At the end of the wars, Cecil would find himself taking the throne of Baron, reluctantly taking the position, marrying his childhood sweetheart Rosa. When he saw the Lunar moon disappear, he thought that it would be the last he would have to deal with the Lunarian people and the remainder of his family…

Personality

Cecil is a serious, focused leader, putting the welfare of his people before himself. He tends to be congenial, though a bit formal - except for around those that know him very well. He lives by the code of the Paladin, protecting and defending the weak, and slaying dark creatures at any cost. He is an extremely skilled tactician, and tends to be rational and calm even under extreme pressure. Although he is capable of using healing magics, he is distrustful of magic and "hand-wavers," - and has even less confidence if the wizard is skilled in dark magic. At times, he struggles with bouts of overseriousness and tends to be extremely around 'reformed' individuals. Somewhat xenophobic, he chooses to shy away from his Lunar and Mysidian heritage, struggling to maintain the normalcy of a Baronian human existance.

Skills and Abilities

"Not a Handwaver!": Cecil is a world-class swordsman, easily capable of besting champions of other nations with ease. He also has moderate skill with an assortment of hand to hand weapons, and has basic skills with archery. He is also skilled at riding chocobos and other animals, and is capable of fighting well while mounted on choco-back.

Piloting: Cecil is one of the best pilots in the known world, capable of flying most Blue Planet craft with ease. He is also capable of flying the Big-Whale, which uses a direct neural interface to fly. It is unknown whether he is capable of flying other Lunar craft.

Magic: As a Paladin, Cecil has minor skill in healing and restorative magics - which allows him to stablize and heal minor wounds. He is nowhere as skilled as a good White Mage. Part of this may be due to his attitude about magic more than his raw potential.

Lunar/Paladin Agility/Timing: Cecil has what is considered to be superhuman agility and reflexes, allowing him to unleash blazingly fast attacks on opponents. Much of this power was gained through a direct infusion of energy as he became a Paladin.

Ruler Kingdom of Baron: As the King of Baron, Cecil is the direct commander of the Red Wings, and has the resources of the military and economic might of Baron at his disposal. The downside to this is that he has the responsibility and endless paperwork of running the day to day affairs of the kingdom.

Special Items

Legendary Crystal Sword: A sword originally crafted by his father, KluYa. During the Crystal Wars, the Sword was modified and reforged with an adamantium edge. The sword is imbued with the the power of Light, causing devasting damage to both undead and shadow element monsters.

Crystal Armor and Equipment: Hardened, but flexible and lightweight armor found on the Lunarian Moon. When facing enemies, Cecil wears this armor into battle.

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When Cecil was approximately two years old, his home in Mysidia fell under attack. Knowing that both herself and Cecil would be hunted down, Miran entrusted Cecil to Drake's care while sacrificing herself to misdirect forces away from her son. Although Golbez had returned to Mysidia at that time, even he believed that his brother and all his family was exterminated, as did Zemus, who was telepathically connected to him at the time.

One of the consequences of having been raised around Drake is that Cecil has grown to have an extreme distaste for dragons. Fuzzy early memories of dragons coupled with Drake's rumor that dragons killed his family have led to Cecil's hunt for the White Dragon. When he first encountered Zemi, Cecil drew his sword with the intention to slay him. Even though this rumor has been dispelled, and Cecil has found that there are both good and evil dragons - he still has a bit of prejudice for them. However, he has grown to be fond of Zemi Dreigiau, his grandfather - though he is still undecided about his father and the other dragons around him.

Concerning Golbez - Cecil found out that his brother Golbez (Zeb) had returned to the Blue Planet after the Red Moon had long departed. Although Zeb tends to be reserved and better behaved while around his brother, Cecil still has a hard time developing any form of trust for Golbez. Recently, he has gotten a little better with this; He has allowed Zeb to live within Baron (though he feels better about keeping him close to keep an eye on him) and even interacts with him, as Zeb has joined the Baronian City Guard. He likes the idea that TsuYaTai keeps an eye on his brother at all times.

Cecil may have been responsible for the death of Drake's son, Job. Job was amongst the guards that confronted Cecil when he was in the Desert with Rydia in Kaipo. Job retreated into the night after he was severely wounded and was never seen again. While Drake does know about this, both Drake and Cecil refuse to confront the issue directly. Cecil does feel a pang of guilt for this happening, and elevated Junior to his personal guard because of this.

Important Note: In the Bluestar world, it is believed that Golbez perished during the battle on the giant. More importantly, people believe that Cecil was the one to confront him; many tales have spawned about Cecil sticking a sword straight in Golbez's midsection. Very few people (other than the few that were involved in Zeromus' defeat) know anything about Lunars, people on the moon, Golbez being Cecil's brother, etc. Cecil would rather keep it this way for obvious reasons.