arte list

All his artes. Mostly for my own personal reference to help write the tags.

note on abilities
Alvin is a tank. He is strong as well as dexterous. In fact he's ambidextrous as he wields a gun in his left hand (main hand) and a large broadsword in his right. Since he packs a punch, he's great for going through tough guards. He also has a special skill called "Charge." He'll combine his weapons and basically amp their power. This will alter his attack to a more powerful one. He can continually stack these charges. He also can perform Linked Artes with the rest of the Xillia team...but I'm not going to list those unless I actually have a cast (and I'll probably put them down in the comments).

( SPOILER ALERT )

( martial arte list )

( linked arte list )

skit compilation

All of the skits I thought pertinent to Alvin. This isn't a dialogue transcript and more of a summary, but they come pretty close. Needless to say, spoilers.

( Skits )

subevent compilation

These are referenced in the background history, but I decided to take these specific subevents out for easier reference. Note: These are the extra subevents, not the main ones.

( Subevents )

background history

EVERYTHING I CAN FIND ABOUT ALVIN VIA IN-GAME with some little bits I was told about in regards to his backstory. But when I say everything I mean everything. This is basically a giant walkthrough since Alvin had his hands in everything. Spoilers contained below, particularly from Chapter 2 on toward the end.

Disclaimer: To anyone reading this, the only reason why I'm going into such detail (probably more than someone who was apping even Jude or Milla, the actual main characters of the game) is because Alvin is so involved in the story. Things are hinted at early on, but it's clear toward the latter half of the game that everything he does has a double meaning. And unfortunately, for Alvin the devil is in the details. Things that I could normally easily brush over have to actually be specifically mentioned for all the context to be made clear. He is also very well informed, so having all this down helps me as the player to ensure that I have a good solid reference to go back to.

(!) are cue markers indicating parts that are later explained. ie, there's more to this point than meets the eye. Most of these are found in Chapters 1 and the first part of Chapter 2, with the latter half of 2, 3, 4, and the extra section explaining them.

prologue
( prologue )

chapter one
( chapter one )

chapter two
( chapter two )

chapter three
( chapter three )

chapter four
( chapter four )

backstory expanded
( backstory expanded )