Joachim Valentine

 Joachim Valentine

Joachim Valentine
Game
Kana	ヨアヒム・ヴァレンティーナ
Romaji	Yoahimu Varentīna
Voice actor(s)	Tomohiro Nishimura
Voice actor(s)	Paul St. Peter*
Age	Over 400 years
Eye color	Blue
Hair color	Blond
Home	Blue Castle
Weapon(s)	Whatever he can find...
Special Arts	Muscle Arts, Joachythms
Element	Earth

After briefly appearing in Shadow Hearts taunting his brother Keith, in Shadow Hearts: Covenant you find Joachim as the protector of the French town of Le Havre. Joachim is both a vampire and a trained wrestler who joins the party when he succeeds in defeating the mayor, who has been pestering Granny Lot for her tavern, the Seagull. A while after saving the inn, you meet Joachim's younger sister, Hilda, in her Peach Bat form.

Library Entry

Shadow Hearts: Covenant

NPC Library Entries

• Grand Papillon
• Golden Bat

"The Bandit of Le Havre. He only harasses the vigilante group. He rampages all night long, and only comes home, like a child, when he gets hungry."

"The bat form of Grand Papillon. Although Yuri has come across the bat before, he seems to have no memory of this meeting."

Playable Character Entries

• Normal
• Golden Bat
• Invisible
• Grand Papillon
• Great Question

"Trained as a pro-wrestler, this vampire is devoted to justice and has dedicated himself to aiding the weak and defenseless in society."

"When Joachim wants to relax, or be alone, or go on an errand, he often transforms into his Golden Bat form (which cannot perform Special Attacks)."

"Joachim in his invisible form. As long as he doesn't make overly large movements, Joachim cannot be targeted by enemies while invisible"

"When Joachim wears his butterfly mask, he is transformed into this power champion of Truth and Justice, but it still doesn't help with his major "dysfunction"."

"Second generation Great Question, he earned the title by defeating his opponent in a harrowing battle and facing his greatest fear as a man."

Shadow Hearts: FtNW

Q The Great
In reality he is Hilda's brother, despite the mask. Once took part in an adventure to save the world. A lonely hero who struggles valiantly against massive debts.

Bio

Joachim is from a vampire family that lives in Blue Castle near Bistriz, Romania. He has a younger brother(Keith) and sister(Hilda) and a grandfather is the grey bat in the third game.

Shadow Hearts: From The New World

Joachim makes an appearance as an optional boss where he fights his sister Hildegard one-on-one.

In this fight he wears the "Great Question" mask he inherited from his master. Upon losing he gives this mask to his sister as proof of her victory, which she wears in battle whenever she is in "Curvy form."

Personality

Joachim is more the "superhero-type" since he looks heroic and more super-heroic while grand papillon.

Fighting Style

Using powerful bludgeons and his mighty Muscle Arts, Joachim is capable of inflicting massive amounts of damage on his enemies, as well as draining their health to replenish his own.

With an attack boost he is able to equip up to five Hit Areas, along him to deal even more devastating amounts of damage.

One Attack Area

Two Attack Areas

Three Attack Areas

Four Attack Areas

Five Attack Areas

Joachythms

Main article: Joachim Valentine/Joachythms

He uses several forms to fight in battle, which change depending on his Joachythms.

His regular form is most frequently seen;

• Golden Bat doubles his physical strength, but halves his max HP, and he is unable to use magic abilities or muscle arts.
• Invisible Form lowers his chance of being targeted, and increases his chance of evading an attack.
• Grand Papillon (Fr. "Great Butterfly") is a powered-up version of his regular form, massively boosting his stats. On the completion of the Man Festival sidequest, this form is replaced by the Great Question, which further boosts his stats.

Abilities

Muscle Arts
Name	MP Cost	Description	Image	Ring
Drain Touch	20 MP	Using his innate vampiric abilities, Joachim is able to siphon off life from the enemy to himself.
Grand Slam	36 MP	Joachim bludgeons the opponent with his weapon and then knocks them out of the arena with a charged finisher. Single target, 4 hit, hard hit, chance of instant death (light weight enemies)
Deathtron Hammer	72 MP	Joachim temporarily discards his weapon and becomes enveloped in a reddish aura. He then charges into the enemy shoulder first, repeatedly barraging them. Single target, 15 hit, hard hit.
Artem Buster	88 MP	Joachim leaps up and lands on a wrestling pole, amidst fanfare and wearing a wrestler's cape. He rips off the cape and performs a 450 degree Splash onto his opponent, cratering the arena and resulting in massive Earth damage. Large AOE, 1 hit, anti-ground, Hard hit.

Quotes

"Master... A man's road is a hard one."

"I want to drink your blood! Hah ha! Just Kidding!"

"A true hero never loses."

"In next week's episode: Grand Papillon goes shopping!"

"You want to see me? Face me in the ring!"

"When the forces of darkness descend, in the name of justice, this fist! In the name of truth, these muscles! In the name of honor, this blood! Ha ha! Champion of truth and justice, Grand Papillon! Ready to fight all evil-doers!"

Appearances outside Shadow Hearts

Joachim has also appeared in Chaos Wars as one on the many cross-over characters from the Shadow Hearts series.

His ultimate skill is "Artem Buster", the same as in Shadow Hearts: Covenant, even donning a tiger-print cape.

He also wields his Clay Idol weapon.

Artem Buster