User:Trocyte V./Arven

Arven is an NPC appearing in Plants vs. Zombies: Infinite Generation, and the main deuteragonist of Echoes of a Shattered Youth. The leader of a tiny resistance of children in the ruined World of Desolation, Arven pilots the AGE-II Magnum, an Infinite Robot designed and produced by the AGE System, in hopes of properly laying the planet to rest, while also seeking out any other potential survivors of his home.

After the S.A. Legion's leadership falls, Arven is placed into protective custody by LEAF-Prime with the rest of the B.K. Resistance. When PHASMA attacks the multiverse, he pilots the AGE-II once more to challenge his counterpart, the dark rogue Lupin.

Origins
Arven's name is a corruption of the species name arvense.

Personality
According to scattered journal pages in the World of Desolation, Arven was once a cheery young boy about to come of age. He was known to be very enthusiastic about everything, and sociable enough to the point of having countless friends and a very doting romantic relationship with Alpina.

However, the destruction of his homeland and the three years following it have radically changed Arven's personality. Much of his enthusiasm is now gone out of necessity, though he still has room for dry humor. Moreover, Arven's sociability is something he is much more desperate to make use of, as the situation in the World of Desolation has left him almost completely alone, especially with Alpina missing and Archer's declining mental health.

Most prominently, however, is Arven's impulsive desire to "kill the past," expressing disinterest in restoring the World of Desolation and refusing to spend time digging through the ruins of his hometown. Reb theorizes that this is a detrimental coping mechanism, and indeed Alpina has tried multiple times to convince Arven to drop the act, to no avail.

AGE-II Magnum
Arven uses a steel-blue, modified AGE-2 in combat. Though armed with the standard DODS Rifle and saber, the most important parts of the Magnum's arsenal are a set of bladed C-Funnels that can be telepathically controlled to slice through enemies and block attacks. They can also merge with the DODS Rifle to create a massive saber known as the Excalibur.

On the person of the AGE-II Magnum is a card that appears to be made of pure data given solid form, which Zecon notes is similar to the Kamen/KaijinRide cards he keeps on him. The Magnum's card, however, is greyed out and does not appear to belong to Zecon's deck or any other system recognized by LEAF or GRAVES; indeed, inserting it into the Vali-X causes it to beep with an error tone and spit out the card. The Magnum also has its own reader installed into its left forearm, though inserting the card seemingly does nothing.

Figuring out the card and the reader's purposes is one of Arven's secondary goals, having no knowledge of why or how they were created, and unable to directly consult whatever database the AGE System draws from.

After the AGE-FX is deployed, the AGE System develops schematics for the SV equipment, which reinforces the Magnum's armor, upgrades the C-Funnel system, and most importantly enables Arven to use the FX Burst alongside Reb.

Gameplay
Arven is most often found brooding in front of a desk in the Resistance Base, but sometimes leaves this position for story events. He is always found piloting the Magnum regardless of circumstance until "No Such Luck" is completed, after which he will deactivate the IR while in the base.

Arven's vendor inventory contains armor sets and weapons based on his and other B.K. Resistance members' equipment, along with destination bounties.

Since a raid exists in the World of Desolation, Arven also sells Raid Banners, which restore ability energy and ammo to full once placed before an encounter.