BHT (Heartless Bracket - Round One)

[Agent Proto]

Heartless Bracket

1. Sora (Kingdom Hearts series)
1. Elphraim (Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones)
2. Cid Highwind (Final Fantasy VII)
2. Yoshi (Yoshi's Island series)
3. Jak (Jak and Daxter)
3. Lennett Valkyrie (Valkyrie Profile)
4. Ken Masters (Street Fighter II series)
4. Shion (XenoSaga series)
5. Vincent Valentine (Final Fantasy VII)
5. Isaac (Golden Sun)
6. Chris Redfield (Resident Evil series)
6. Frog (Chrono Trigger)
7. Arthur (Ghosts 'N Goblins series)
7. Sly Cooper (Sly Cooper)
8. Gordon Freeman (Half-Life 2)
8. Jude (Wild ARMS 4)

You are free to discuss about the Heartless Bracket in this thread. Please vote for your favorite characters in each numbered pair.

[Zeromus_X]

Sora: I don't really understand how he kills things with that Keyblade, but he sure is good at it.

Cid Highwind: "Sit down and %^$#*& vote for me!"

Lenneth Valkyrie: 'It will be engraved upon your soul! Vote for me!"

Shion: Yep.

Vincent Valentine: Delicious backstory, anyone?

Frog: Another no-brainer. And his theme is awesome.

Arthur: If only his games weren't so damn difficult...

Jude: Never played any Wild Arms games. I know Amano did artwork for one of 'em, though...

[Roto13]

Just a heads up. I'm going to vote for any Golden Sun character nominated.

[LunarWeaver]

Shion definitely needs to win. Look at my profile picture and view her extreme sexy. You will have no choice but to vote for her folks.

[Black Mage]

Seriously, as long as Lenneth makes it past the first round, I'm happy. The rest are negligible.

EDIT:
I cannot believe what my eyes are showing me.

[Medi]

Sora, Cid, Vincent, and Sir Frog.

[Zeromus_X]

wth? Why is Lenneth losing? And who the hell is this 'Jak'?

[DeathKnight]

There's no better choice.

[NorthernChaosGod]

1. Sora
2. Cid Highwind
3. Jak
4. Shion
5. Vincent Valentine
6. Frog
7. Arthur
8. Gordon Freeman

[Black Mage]

wth? Why is Lenneth losing? And who the hell is this 'Jak'?

I can't say I didn't expect it, but it's still a travesty.

[KentaRawr!]

There's no better choice.

[Agent Proto]

And now a fiight for the Heartless Bracket!

Sora vs. Ephraim
Written by Behold the Void

A young man with short blue hair and a decidedly regal bearing leaned against one of the large white columns of the coliseum, his eyes closed. He wore a dark blue cloak with a light blue tunic and white trousers underneath. Leaning against his shoulder was a long spear that seemed to hum with ancient and powerful magic.
“Whatcha doin?”
The young man looked up to find himself face-to-face with a fifteen-year-old boy wearing a black jacket and baggy black pants. His undershirt was blue around the chest area and red in the stomach area, and he wore black gloves and large black shoes.
“Oh,” the first man said. “I was asked to come here. Something about a tournament.”
“Are you the new challenger!?” the boy asked excitedly. “Hi, I’m Sora! Nice to meet you!”
He shook the young man’s hand vigorously, who regarded him with an expression of surprise and amusement.
“Pleased to meet you, Sora,” the man said. “I am Ephraim.”
“Wanna practice?” Sora asked.
Ephraim rose to his feet, hefting his spear. “I don’t know,” he said. “I wouldn’t want you to get hurt.”
Sora laughed. “I’ll be OK. I happen to be one of the champions of this here coliseum.”
“Really?” Ephraim asked. “Well then, I suppose we can spar.”
Ephraim hefted his spear and brought it to a ready battle stance.
Sora walked over to the other end of the coliseum, his hands still empty.
“Are you ready?” he shouted.
“Don’t you need a weapon?” Ephraim shouted back.
“I’m fine! Are you ready!?”
“All right, let’s go!” Ephraim said, charging forward with his spear.
A large silver key-like sword appeared in Sora’s hand and he jumped high into the air, pushing off in midair and sending himself even higher. Extending his arms, he began to glide over and around Ephraim, who regarded him with a considerable amount of surprise but kept his guard up.
Sora glided towards Ephraim and hacked at him with his keyblade, only to have Ephraim catch the strike on the haft of his spear. Turning it upward, Ephraim brought the butt of the spear out and smacked Sora in the ribs, sending him tumbling backward.
Quickly recovering, Sora raised his keyblade to the sky.
“Thunder!” he yelled.
Lightning bolts converged around Ephraim, shocking him and knocking him to the ground. Sora dashed forward, ice gathering at its tip. Ephraim quickly rose to his feet and twirled his spear expertly, thrusting it at Sora.
Quickly, Sora dodged to the side and twirled, thrusting his keyblade forward.
“Blizzard!” he shouted.
Ice spread from the keyblade’s tip, slamming into Ephraim and knocking him backward.
Ephraim hit the ground hard, and lay there, groaning.
Sora twirled his keyblade, a broad grin on his face.

[KentaRawr!]

Fanfics rock.

[Dell]

Cid and Vincent and Yoshi.

[Dreddz]

There's no better choice.

Agreed.