| Van
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| Van
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| Japanese name
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{{{Japanese}}}
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| Career
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{{{Career}}}
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| Age
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14
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| Gender
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Male
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| Origin
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Termina
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| World
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Home World
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| Height
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4'11"
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| Weight
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88 lbs
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| Build
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Smallish
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| Laterality
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Left-handed
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| Weapon
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Boomerang
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| Innate Element
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Green
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Van (バンクリフ, Bancliff) experiences inconsistency amongst his two personas; this is likely done to emphasize the differences between the two dimensions. In Another World, he and his family are rich and live in a mansion in Termina. In the Home World, however, his family is poor and they live in a small house occupying the exact same spot as the mansion. To make things worse, Van's father is under threat of eviction. The Van from the Home World joins forces with Serge after hearing that he is searching for the Frozen Flame. Van and his father, Gogh, are named after the famous Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh. Like the real-life painter, Van and his father possess artistic talent and have unhappy lives. Van's alternate personas are just one of the examples of how particular aspects of the game differ drastically, while the world stays roughly the same as a whole. While the circumstances are different, Van is not happy either way. In Another World, Van's father is too occupied with acquiring more wealth to pay attention to his son. In the Homeworld, Van and his father struggle to make ends meet.
