Original Fan-Made Legend Concept By William Will Ch: Ghoul
(This post will be updated if I have any changes for Ghoul)
Planned: Gameplay trailer concept
Lore:
Zora Yoshizawa, Nickname Ghoul, is an ex-captain from The 6-4's "Blackbird", now wanted alive by the Frontier Militia and dead by the IMC.
Ghoul and his unit were originally in pursuit of the IMS Draconis that is carrying the Ark. Unfortunately he and his unit were struck down by an unidentified bogey at 11 o'clock and Zora was the only person that survived the crash.
Luckily he found a downed customized Northstar. He salvaged the survival kit from the Northstar and found out that the communication system still works in the titan, but he didn't call for search and rescue. After joining the war out of passion because his father was killed by the IMC, he found out he wasn't meant for gunfires and smoke just because of some conflicts. So he decided to survive off the grid by only using the smart pistol, data knife and the titan's core from the Northstar so he can cool off.
Later he was found by Blisk via titan core tracking but Blisk didn't kill him. Blisk sees him as a young man with infinite possibilities, Blisk then decided to train him personally from time to time. Zora thought he hated gunfires and smoke. After a while, he found out he just didn't like conflicts and he enjoys doing pilot training with Blisk. The remains of Frontier Militia eventually found out about "Blisk's Apprentice" and see him as betraying the Frontier's cause. Meanwhile, the IMC found out there is a Militia soldier who survived with vital parts of a customised Northstar from the Apex Predators, fear that the soldier might leak info and data, they also start searching for him. Blisk noticed and made up his mind of keeping Zora's identity as a secret and stopped training with him to keep him safe from harm.
Zora sees Blisk as his own father throughout the years, wondering why Blisk suddenly stopped training him, Zora seeks his attention by joining the Apex Game from the bottom up, proving his worth and strength by obtaining the title of a champion, hoping one-day Blisk will take him in again without knowing the threat he faces.
EX Lore:
Zora/Ghoul's units can be seen being shot down by Viper during the mission/episode "The Ark" in Titianfall 2 Singleplayer.
Ghoul is one of the unnamed captains within The 6-4 faction in Titanfall 2.
Valkyrie never mentioned anything about a titan core or data knife within the titan even though they should be the most important part of the titan in the trailer. She also said, "try adding another 0 to that?" in the trailer, meaning there is a chance Blisk knows the value of the titan more than Valkyrie.
Northstar's titan core suddenly starts working again due to it being close to the remains of Northstar, which is what Valkyrie's suit is made of, and Viper's titan is also neutral-linked to Valkyrie since she can use Viper's titan.
Valkyrie eventually found out Ghoul is using his father's gear. Although Ghoul did not give her the data knife and the titan core, he did give her his father's smart pistol after linking a new smart pistol using the titan core with Valkyrie's permission.
The smart pistol must be linked to an AI like a titan core to be used, explained how Ghoul can't use the smart pistol aiming ability before joining the Apex Game.
Ghoul must be within a certain range with Valkyrie's suit for the titan core to work, which makes his smart pistol works.
The naming of the ult "The Last Resort" is taken directly from the faction led by Davis and Droz, former 6-4 captains and mercenaries of the Frontier
The Carrier Drone has Viper's data knife stuck onto it at all times for Ghoul to take control of the drone since it is originally the IMC's Arc Drone.
Ghoul is actively trying to get Crypto to hack the drones for him instead of Viper's data knife, Crypto is now developing an automatic program for Ghoul.
Passive Ability - Captain's Recon:
Using his experience as an ex-captain and the military tactical headset NEU-32, He is able to point out where gunshots and footsteps are from, giving him and his team a tactical advantage.
Two oval shape outline that is barely visible and overlapping will be on the screen when you are not holding a firearm or grenade (excluding the ultimate ability), The outline will change its curves when there are noises nearby such as running and shooting (Any sound but abient). Noises that are made by a non-friendly unit will affect the red outline and noises from a friendly unit will affect the blue outline. The outline will vaguely point out the direction of where are the noises coming from, the more noises there are nearby, the more unstable and unreadable the curves are, but the louder the sound is, the more the curves with point out where the sound is coming from.
If Ghoul heard a gunshot from 135m away from him, he can roughly ping where are the shots coming from via the map by pressing "F1" (or whatever key you have as same as the one to use Marvin's arm), then a 200m radius of where the sound is from will be highlighted on the map. (It's randomised and the gunshot does not have to be coming from the center of the highlighted area but came from within the highlighted area itself) You can only ping 1 area at the same time.
Tactical Ability - Carrier Drone:
Using Viper's data knife, Zora hacked into countless Arc Drones during his days of survival, turning them into servants bound to his will. And the Carrier Drone is just one of his creations, replacing the gun turret with a strong electric magnet unit of an Arc Drone.
Carrier Drone has a 4sec cooldown when retrieved safely and a 30sec cooldown when destroyed, when destroyed it deals 15dmg and slows everyone that is in the small radius (2.75m) of the blast including self, excluding teammates where they only get slowed.
When the ability is available to use, any item on the floor that is within 75m from self can be highlighted by putting your crosshair on it and it will tell you what item it is, when the ability button is pressed (Q for me), a Carrier Drone will be sent out and the item will be pinged/kept on highlight. When you press Q when the drone is on its way to pick up an item it will be cancelled and head back toward you to be retrieved, when it has an item picked up already it will release the item and head back towards you. Pressing Q on another item when it is heading back will change its course to pick up the item instantly, if it already has an item, it will release the item and go for the newly pinged item. Ammo comes in stacks, healing items come in 1 by 1, and Guns can also be picked up. If the necessary slot needed for the item to go into your inventory does not exist, the drone will drop the item on the floor before it is retrieved. If the drone is destroyed while holding an item, it will be dropped. The drone will still work after being farther than the owner more than 75m, but it will not speed up its process of going back to you. (unless it is farther than 150m, where it will instantly self-destruct)
Pressing the secondary tactical ability button (prob H for you and F for me) will instantly self-destruct the drone (counts as destroyed), if the drone was carrying a grenade, it will detonate with the drone. (If the drone has a thermite grenade while airborne, it will drop it onto any floor that is below it as if a player threw it downwards) The dmg that is dealt by the drone and the grenade itself can be stacked if it is within the radius.
Ultimate Ability - The Last Resort:
Losing everything from the crash, taking Northstar's SERE Kit was his only hope of him surviving all the enemy units on the ground. He took the kit into the Apex Game and found out the titan's core from the Northstar suddenly starts working again after recharging, enabling him to use the full power (NOT) of the smart pistol.
Ghoul's walk speed is increased by 30% and sprint speed by 40% for 30sec, during this period Ghoul can sprint on walls and decrease the effect of gravity slightly using the jump jet (no double jump) until the timer runs out.
Upon using the ult, Ghoul's melee will be replaced by Smart Pistol MK7 (instantly equipped after the ult), aiming down the smart pistol does not slow you down and only force your character to walk if running. Aiming down sight will scan any enemy units within 75m range with the center of your screen, scanning takes 0.75 sec and can scan multiple enemy units at once, if enemy units leave the sightline during the scan, he has to be scanned again from top to bottom. The enemy unit does not know if they are being scanned or not until they can be locked on by the pistol, which shows "Locked on by Ghoul" on their screen. Locked-on targets will be highlighted in red through walls and their health bar is shown until Ghoul's ult timer runs out (info and highlight of enemies are shown to teammates as well). A locked target that appears on Ghoul's screen can be shot by Ghoul using the smart pistol without aiming within a range of 90m.
Smart Pistol MK7 is a semi-automatic pistol that has a Damage Per Mag of 210, a magazine of 15 bullets, reload time of 1.25/1.5 and comes with 30 extra bullets every time the ult is activated (does not have a headshot multiplier, automatically hit locked on enemy unit's chest, ammo does not stack from ult to ult). Try firing the smart pistol with no ammo available will result in Ghoul using the smart pistol body to do a melee attack but you can still scan people via aiming before the timer runs out.
Special Dialogue:
Valkyrie - Hey thanks! Btw when are you going to give me that knife?
Ghoul - Until I can find another way to control my drone? Nope.
Valkyrie - Get up, you still owe me something.
Ghoul - Thank you. Well, now I just owed you more...
Valkyrie - Buy me a drink, maybe I'll consider forgetting bout it.
Ghoul - Get back up. I'll find a way to repay you...with the rest.
Crypto - Thank you. Still working on your drones.
Ghoul - Can you add EMP to the list while you're at it?
Crypto - You still need that project or what?
Ghoul - Thanks. How's the project?
Crypto - Still working and please stop asking.
Ghoul - My drones need you, don't die on me!
Lifeline - Thank you! Cool drone btw!
Ghoul - Hey thanks, I stole them!
Lifeline - Thank a lot! I see you have a cute little helper huh?
Ghoul - Very cute, first time meeting this little guy he shot me.
Lifeline - Time to shine DOC
Bangalore - Hey thanks, also Valkyrie said she is looking for you.
Ghoul - Great, she's making me buy her drinks again.
Bangalore - Still relying on auto-aim?
Loba - Thank you, Miss Kairi wants to talk with you after the match, someone is getting awfully a lot of attention.
Ghoul - From the wrong person.
Trailer:
Animation Trailer
Scene 1:
Shows Jack Cooper's POV in the mission "The Ark" when Blackbird Actual was hit and downed by Viper
Scene 2:
Shows Ghoul crawling out of the crashed dropship and barely holding on to his conscious
Scene 3:
Ghoul moves a bush out of the way by hand to reveal a crashed Northstar owned by Viper
Hatch opens up with Viper's body
Ghoul checks his pulse, nothing
Scene 4:
Ghoul found a piece of scrap metal and brought it back to Northstar's crash site
Force opened the SERE Kit Container and took the core while sitting down exhausted
Scene 5:
Cuts to Ghoul holding the core with the same sitting position on a dropship
Dropship announces drop zone arrival of the Apex Game Semi-Final
Ghoul walks off from the seat
Scene 6:
Cuts to Ghoul jumping down into the battle zone
Ghoul makes a determined face
Scene 7:
Cuts to Ghoul sneaking up on some IMC troops back on the crash site
Ghoul stabbed the first IMC troop with the data knife he found in the SERE Kit
Ghoul shot the second IMC troop in the head with a deactivated smart pistol
Scene 8:
Cuts to Ghoul shot a contestant in the Apex match
Ghoul looks at the same smart pistol he is using now
Ghoul puts the smart pistol into the holster
Ghoul heard some sound outside
Contestant outside of the building Ghoul's in
Ghoul walks down some stairs
Scene 9:
Cuts to Ghoul near crash site with troops coming back for reinforcement
Enemy reinforcement brought Arc Drones with them
Ghoul sneaks up on Arc Drones and stabbed it with the data knife
Ghoul is spotted
The Arc Drone he stabbed starts shooting Ghoul
Stabbed Arc Drone turned and starts shooting the troops
Troops take cover
Scene 10:
Cuts to contestants take cover from Ghoul's fire
Contestant dropped R-301 because of panicking
Ghoul threw the same Arc Drone that got stabbed out from his back
The thrown drone has a magnet attached to it
Magnet sucks up R-301
Drone retrieves R-301 to Ghoul
Ghoul starts firing R-301 towards other contestants with a burst fire motion
Scene 11:
Cuts to Ghoul shooting IMC troops with the same burst fire motion with an R-201
The stabbed drone flying next to him with the same knife position as the magnet drone
Troops drop dead as Ghoul advance through the crash site
Ghoul shot dead the last IMC troop
Ghoul's R-201 runs out of bullets and clicks
Scene 12:
Cuts to Ghoul's R-301 runs out of bullets and clicks
Contestants are shown dead behind the cover
Ghoul threw R-301 onto the floor
Ghoul walks into a dropship
A person with Silva Pharmaceuticals Logo on his suit approach Ghoul
The Person gives an Apex Game Card to him
Scene 13:
Ghoul enters his room
Ghoul put down his gear including the card
Titan core and smart pistol gets activated
Titan core and smart pistol turn on and light up
Scene 14:
Apex Logo with its theme song
Scene 15:
Valkyrie about to take a sip from beer bottle
Stopped and shocked looking at the Apex news via TV at a bar
Scene 16:
Last note of the Apex Legends motif plays with respawn's logo and TOS
Quips:
-Come on, I didn't even need to use the auto-aim to take you down
-Back from the dead to cause death, woooo~
-He saw it, right?
-Wasn't even aiming at you, the gun just went for it.
-Show me your experience, and I'll show you mine.
-What happened? I uuhhh blinked.
-Did you check 6? Probably didn't right?
-Fight until you die!
-If your eyes can be opened, keep fighting.
-Rushing in like a prowler is not very wise now, is it?
-Mata ne!
-Was the camera on me? Crap gotta that again.
-Found you! Now you're gone.
-Pilot...that word used to mean something...
-Been chased by more than 50 troops before, and there's only one of you.
-Power is power, mines triumph yours.
-Still searching for yourself? Or you're just weak?
-Fancy moves! Tactical is still better though.
Epic Rarity Poses:
Always Checks 6
Ghoul approach an armed Marvin from the back tactically, disappointed by the fact that the Marvin doesn't check 6, he stabs him with Viper's data knife.
Retake
A Carrier Drone goes rouge towards Ghoul, Ghoul dodges the drone multiple times and then stabs it with Viper's data knife to retake control of the drone.
Expedited Delivery
Carrier Drone carrying a P2020 with speed, stops to drop the gun on a hand, the camera turns to Ghoul holding you at gunpoint with the P2020.
No Looking
Ghoul in a cowboy gunslinger pose facing 3 beer bottles, shows smart pistol locking on them, Ghoul turns over with the smart pistol aiming backwards, shooting all 3 bottles.
Another Day
Shows a dropship crash site, Ghoul kicks open the crashed dropship door from within, the camera zooms in on Ghoul's face while he is walking out of the dropship.
Legendary Skin Design:
Blackbird
Classic Blackbird Squadron captain uniform design that can be seen from Titanfall 2 campaign mission, the helmet's visor is not equipped
Messenger
Classic Blackbird Squadron captain uniform design that can be seen from Titanfall 2 campaign mission, but the uniform is in white with red strokes highlighting the connecting part of the uniform, symbolising a white pigeon.
War Hero
A WW1 general's uniform design with a dark green cape, red cloth warped around Ghoul with badges on it, WW1 officer's hat and has an old school pistol holster for the smart pistol. Clothing like the hat and the red cloth all have golden finishes on them.
Finisher:
Crushed Dreams
Approach the downed enemy with a carrier drone and a P2020, putting the downed enemy's head between the drone's magnet and pistol, activating the drone's magnet, causing the pistol to slam into the enemy's head.
Get To The Point
Similar to the original execution from Titanfall2, Ghoul instead release his Carrier Drone to trip the enemy making them lose their balance and fall, after that Ghoul holds the enemy and stabs him in the face with Viper's data knife.
What I want to say:
Hello everyone, I'm not really a hugeeeee fan of Titanfall so I hope I didn't make an oopsie (I did play Titanfall2 but I only have 400hrs). I wish I can make a character for Apex but I have no idea how to do programming so I'm here trying my best by using my writing skills and trying to add some plots for Apex.
Yes, I did come up with this all by myself and I do claim the copyright of this article. You can repost this but plz make sure to credit me.
"so you did this to gain attention?", yes I did this to gain attention to achieve what I want to achieve as a content creator and as a person that wants to make a character in a game that he plays, I see nothing wrong with this.
I have tried my best to come up with the best character that can be put inside the game, no matter is lore-wise or gameplay-wise. Especially lore-wise, I've spent hours trying to do fact checks, actually when I was writing Zora I didn't even know smart pistol needs a titan core to even work and that titan core needs to be connected to its owner, not anyone that finds it and I have to rewrite the entire thing.
All the abilities that Ghoul has are prob not balanced(?) and I've tried my best, but you are welcome to try to change them until they are.
I'm bad at western naming so I gave the guy a Japanese name since I came from an Asian background, this you can't judge. But go ham on the ability if you want to, have mercy on the lore though.
Finally, thanks for reading this, please share this post, I won't put my youtube channel or any social media here or anywhere near this post even though I want attention from this, so any social media links you see should not be mine. If you made changes, please tell me and credit me if you made a post about it.
