My OCs? Having moments of triumph? Lol good one Ethan

Crux: Two of his most crucial moments in life both involve him being injured in some significant aspect. The first was after he regained his memories of what he was like before his coma, and the revelation nearly broke him. But, what sealed the deal was a discussion with W that HE arranged himself, to apologize and try to move forward from the past. That encounter led to Crux being poisoned with an advanced neurotoxin, and his index finger being sliced off.

The second moment in Crux's life was decades later, as he and his son Valerian had been blackmailed out to Kazdel by W, on the grounds that if Crux and Valerian did not show up, W would reveal everything about Crux's horrible past to his son. When they arrived, W revealed that information regardless, driving a wedge between the father and son. After this information was revealed, W took the liberty of firing a grenade directly at Valerian, with an intent to kill. Crux dived in front of the explosive, getting hit by a blast that realistically should have killed him. But, he had planned ahead and worn a fairly sturdy set of armor under his outfit, though the blast hitting him point blank left Crux effectively crippled, one of his legs was completely unusable without the assistance of an extensive bionic prosthetic.

Valerian's I haven't put too much thought into yet, but I think it comes when he's reached his later 20s early 30s. Valerian had been helping his close friend Mercy with any of her medical problems over the years, and most of the time he was able to patch her up decently enough. But he started to notice her slowing down, coughing up more blood than usual, things just started to take heavier tolls. He knew that off in Columbia, Rhine Labs was a highly advanced laboratory, and someplace where experimental science was constantly being done, whether it was ethical or not. Running out of options, Valerian did the only thing he thought he could: He grabbed his medical equipment and left a note saying he'd taken a position with a hospital in Columbia and that he would visit when he could. He didn't want his family and friends to worry, but he knew that if he was going to get a chance to see what Rhine Labs was working on behind their walls, he was going to need leverage. As he was packing up his equipment, he took a vial containing the blood of Ifrit, and made his way off to Columbia. He was prepared to do whatever it took to get the answers he was after. Anything for a friend.