Quinton

Quinton (クイントン) is a swordsman who participated multiple Bushin Festival tournaments.

Appearance
At first glance, Quinton looks like a rude pro wrestler as he wears a large great sword on his back and multiple battle scars etched across his face with an eyepatch on his right eye assumable being half blind. This makes him seem more like a grizzled warrior with the atmosphere of a ‘veteran of battlefields’ aura.

Personality
Quinton is a blunt and brutish man who resorts to violence if he were to be wronged in the slightest. Quinton himself also dislikes weak people participating in tournaments when he demonstrated by harassed Jimina upon hearing him ignore Annerose's warning about competing and assaulting him when the unassuming man talked back at the veteran.

Background
A veteran of the Bushin Festival competition. Although records of his participation is sparse, he has had some success as he boasts about his participation in past iterations of the tournament.

Bushin Festival Tournament
Quinton travelled to Midgar and participated in the country's Bushin Festival. Quinton saw a weak person who Annerose Nichtsehen tried warning but ignored when he stopped him to explain that he fought several times at the competition and each of them had weaklings like him so it was better off that he took the advice to heart and not participate. Instead of taking the advice, the unassuming man replied that he is at least stronger than the veteran which angered him. In response to the insult, he picked him up and pummeled him into an alley and tried forcing him to apologies. The man stated that he is still weak, further enraging the veteran into pummeling him even further until Annerose stopped him warning the veteran that she'll be his opponent if he continues. Quinton also witnessed the match between his friend Gonzales Machom against Jimina Senen, the man he beat before on the qualifying thirds round and was surprised that Jimina won the fight as he was sure that Jimina was using an artifact.

Curious about this dark horse, he, along with Annerose watched to analyze Jimina's match against Goldoh Kinmeki on the qualifying fourth round. To their surprise and the shock of the entire audience, Jimina easily won. While everyone and Quinton pondered to how this had happened, the Velgaltan swordswoman explained that she did noticed the methods Jimina did that allowed him to win his match. Unfortunately, this is met with laughter by the veteran as he found them to be unrealistic and chose not to believe in Annerose's analysis and left stating that if Jimina keeps winning, he will eventually face him and show him what he is made of. Eventually, Quinton's match against Jimina began on the qualifying final round the veteran being easily defeated.

In the anime, after the Bushin Festival, Quinton followed Goldoh to the train station and calls out to him when he thought that he was running away.

From Dark Knight to Slave
Quinton teamed up with Goldoh and traveled to the Lawless City in order to face the Blood Queen of the Red Tower. When they arrived at the building, they encountered the tower's watchdog. The two arrogantly fought the man to no avail as Quinton was cut down by the watchdog's blade to which Goldoh realizing that the watchdog was the White Demon. Goldoh immediately fled, abandoning his friend but alas, he did not get as far when the residents of the Lawless City started attacking him.

Captured and brutalized, Quinton alongside alongside Goldoh was enslaved. When Cid Kagenō and Claire Kagenō were passing by, they tried begging for their help but ultimately and miserably failed. After the siblings left, someone brought the pair to much to their horror.

Powers & Abilities
Quinton is a relatively strong swordsman complimented by his frequent tournament participations and held high estimations on any matches. Even if his opponent has an weak artifact, Quinton states that they cannot win against him.

Hand-to-Hand Combat
Quinton relies on brute strength without any techniques in his blows.

Magic
Using magic, he can increase his general vision allowing his to see things much faster than a normal human.

Equipment
Quinton wields a huge single-edged sword like a buster sword that hung on his waist.

Mundane Mann / Shadow
When the two met, Quinton viewed Mundane as a weakling. However, he was shocked that Mundane proceeded to easily progress through the tournament. Refusing to admit that Mundane was strong, Quinton was eager to face him to prove that he was a fraud only to be knocked down instantly. Quinton later learned that Mundane was the infamous Shadow.

Annerose Nichtsehen
Their interactions are limited though expansive enough to elaborate. The Bushin Festival veteran seemed to have recognized her abilities when she stepped in stop his onslaught on Jimina. During Jimina's bout with Goldoh, the two tried analyzing his movements with the swordswoman being barely able to see them. Alas unlike the Veteran, she would overanalyze them and embarrassed herself when she tried replicating them.

Goldoh Kinmeki
Despite having to know each other for a short time, the two bonded and quickly became friends. When the former veteran was defeated by the hands of the White Demon, the formerly known "Undefeated Legend" tried escaping the Lawless City effectively abandoning him. Alas, he too would ultimately be taken down the anarchic nature of the town and became a slave alongside his friend.

White Demon
Unaware of his infamy, the veteran underestimated the psychotic gatekeeper and was ultimately defeated. This defeat resulted in both he and Goldoh's enslavement during the Red Moon incident.

Trivia

 * Quinton's name apparently comes from the coming from Old English, it means "king". Variants: Quinntan, Quonnten, Quintain, Quintyn. as far as is known.
 * Despite being a regular participant of the Bushin festival, it is unknown whether at one point he has fought Iris Midgar.
 * Like Lambda (apparently) and Kai, Quinton has an injured right eye, although this is just a coincidence.