Zero

Full name: Zero

Aliases: Crimson Hunter, Red Ripper

Species: Reploid

Gender: Male

Age: Adult

Role: Maverick Hunter

Appearance: Zero is a fairly built and muscular Reploid who wears armor with a distinct red color with white and yellow accents. His joints, such as his knees, have silver tabs on them. His helmet is red with face guards around his cheeks and curved ridges on the top resembling horns, with the middle of the helmet being white. A blue triangular gem rests on his forehead. He wears shoulder pads, and a "Z" insignia is printed on his left shoulder pad. He possesses two green lenses on his chest plate, arm guards on his wrists, and blond hair flowing from the back of his helmet in a ponytail. He wears a black bodysuit under his armor. A "backpack" device is attached to the back of his chest plate which acts as both a storage and recharging device for his main weapon, the Z-Saber. The ear cones on his helmet are white around the edges with red lenses within. His eyes are an icy blue, and he is taller than X, standing at 5'9".

Backstory: Zero was originally created by Dr. Light’s former colleague, Dr. Wily, to be the most powerful robot. However, he was too violent to control and was sealed in a capsule. Many years later, he was discovered by the Maverick Hunters, where he went on a rampage. Sigma, leader of the Maverick Hunters at the time, challenged Zero personally to a duel, which ended in Zero being damaged, causing the Maverick Virus in his body to leak out and infect Sigma. After Sigma managed to subdue him, Zero would be brought to the Maverick Hunters and repaired by Dr. Cain, where he subsequently became a member of the organization and met X, and the two gradually became friends. The two fight alongside each other, protecting the innocent and the world from Mavericks.

Personality: Outwardly, Zero is a somewhat cold and reserved individual. He tends to keep his cool even in times of crisis. He is very straightforward and down-to-earth. He is ruthless in battle, especially towards Mavericks. He has a deep hatred for Mavericks, often snapping back sarcastically at their unpleasantries and often not caring about their philosophies or taunts. Beneath his reserved and ruthless demeanor, however, Zero is very protective of and loyal to his allies, particularly his friend, X, going to great lengths to ensure their safety, and even has a playful side he only shows to those he trusts. He has a distaste for the deaths of innocents. He will even disregard his own safety, sacrificing himself to save others. However, his care for others was detrimental during the Great Repliforce War, where he was forced to face his friends, Iris and Colonel, and their deaths at his hands caused him great emotional turmoil. Despite his heroic deeds, he doesn't consider himself a hero, and only fights for what he believes in. Even though he doesn't openly show it, Zero longs for peace between humans and Reploids. However, he doesn't have any problems fighting, unlike his more pacifistic friend, X. Zero is somewhat of a mentor to X, understanding his latent potential and even helping him unleash it. As X grew stronger, Zero gained more respect for him, seeing him as an even greater Maverick Hunter than himself. Even then, he still remains a voice of reason who helps ground X and overcome his doubts. He is also a mentor of sorts to Axl upon meeting him. Though their relationship was tenuous at first due to Zero being exasperated by Axl's enthusiasm and criminal background, he came to respect him, even playfully teasing him on occasion. Created by Dr. Wily, Zero's original persona was much different compared to what it is now. When he was first awakened, Zero was a violent and uncontrollable Maverick. He often made feral screams and laughed psychotically, and took pleasure in tearing apart the former commander of the Maverick Hunters, Sigma, and his comrades.

Abilities: Zero is a very adept combatant on the battlefield. Originally, his power far exceeded X's (until X himself grew in power). His power as a robot from a past age is considerably exceptional in the Maverick Wars. Zero wields a melee weapon known as the Z-Saber, a sword with a blade composed of pure destructive energy. For long-range attacks, he wields his own specialized arm cannon, the Zero Buster, which can fire shots of energy. Unlike X, however, these shots cannot be charged. His physical blows are also powerful enough that a well-timed punch is capable of easily amputating a foe upon contact, which is best demonstrated with his initial fight with Sigma back when the latter was still the commander of the Maverick Hunters. Unlike X and Axl, Zero does not copy the powers/weapons of defeated Mavericks, instead he can acquire special attacks known as Techniques, which do not require the use of a buster weapon as the attacks often utilize his hands or enhance his Z-Saber power by empowering the blade with elemental properties. Unlike X, Zero cannot obtain performance-enhancing armors. This is due to the fact that during the time Zero was created, Dr. Wily could not prepare any future armor enhancing upgrades for him like Light had done for X, thus Zero's durability stayed consistent, making him a glass cannon. Zero's power source is solar energy. His body material is comprised of a Titanium Z alloy, and is equipped with peculiar mechanisms called the Z-Brain (the head lens) and the Z-Heart (the chest lens), which conceal an unknown power.