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Warning: incoming text wall. with a post this long there's gonna be a hell of a lot of formatting issues i need to sort out, so if the thing is all fucked up, give me an hour (or 3)

Core Info 1)Basic info

-Name: Argus Grau

-CNR explanation: Argus, meaning shining in Greek; while Grau is German, meaning grey.

-Species: Faunus (komodo dragon)

-Age: 18

-Gender: Male

-Symbol: Komodo dragon silhouette

-Handedness: Ambidextrous

-Physical traits: Komodo dragon teeth, komodo dragon tattoo coiling around his right bicep

-Misc traits: Dietary preference for raw meat

-Nicknames: None

-Occupation: Student

-Team Acronym: GGRN

2)Appearance

-Aura Colour: Sangria red

-Aura Effects: (i spent a week trying to think of one, open to suggestions)

-Height: 6’5”

-Weight: 190 lbs

-Eyes: Steel grey

-Skin color: Deeply tanned

-Face: Triangular, somewhat feral features

-Hair: Blood red, neck length dreadlock ponytail

-Physique: Highly athletic

-Outfit: Black leather jacket worn open with symbol patch on left shoulder, sanguine brown fitted muscle shirt, dark grey cargo pants with silver wallet chain and black belt with king taijitu mask buckle. Black combat boots with sanguine brown laces and dark grey treads

-Gadgets (if any): None

3)Characteristics

-Background:

Back home in the village, Argus was often told he takes after his father; however this was not always a point of pride. When Argus was 4, his father Stein unwittingly wounded his mother Bianca. That was the day his father left home and never returned, entering self imposed exile as punishment for what he had done.

After Stein left, Argus and Bianca were both strongly affected; Argus had no father to guide him and Bianca left to care for their son alone. Fortunately, Bianca’s sister Sylvia and her husband Grey stepped in to help; with Sylvia helping Bianca as Grey acted in a fatherly role to Arrus, in addition to his own son Garen.

As children, Garen and Argus were more than just cousins; they were brothers and best friends. While the boys were close to their other cousins, the siblings Brock and Nyx, they had a stronger connection as a result of Grey helping to raise Argus. As the cousins grew older, the two grew apart; Argus coming into an independent streak as they began combat training, while Garen had to devote much of his free time to helping with his own younger siblings.

As is customary, at the age of 10 all children in the village begin training; be it as a healer, a warrior, a blacksmith, or a farmer. Naturally, being the son of one of the strongest warriors to come from the village, Argus began to train to fight. Early on he showed an aptitude for simple swords, however his rather careless technique meant he was often easily disarmed; so a compromise was found. Rather than using a traditional longsword, the village smith forged a pair of gauntlet swords; blades which could not be removed from his hands. With these tools in hand, he began to excel allowing his natural fury to become an integral part of his technique.

After a few years of training, Argus and his three similarly-aged cousins travelled to Vale from their isolated village, accompanied by his Aunt Sylvia, Uncle Grey, and two younger cousins;  the twins Rost and Lila. In Vale Argus applied to Beacon Academy alongside Garen, Brock and Nyx; they made it through initiation with some degree of difficulty after facing down a Chimera.

After their initiation, the four were made into team Gagarin under the leadership of Garen, with Argus acting as his partner. They spent part of the school year studying as normal, until Garen was targeted by an agent of an organization calling themselves World Tree (a result of his inadvertently killing one of their members shortly after arriving in Vale).

With one of their own a target, GGRN did what came natural to the; they hunted and fought, defeating several lesser agents of the group and discovering its nature- a more violent splinter faction of the White Fang, seeking total extinction of humans rather than equality.

Around a month before completing their first year at Beacon Academy, the four students came face to face with the leaders of World Tree including -by some twist of fate- Stein Grau, who had lost his way and been tricked into joining. A moment of realization lead to Stein killing the organization’s leader and turning himself over to the authorities rather than fighting his son.

Since the events of that first year, Argus has matured somewhat, gaining patience as he dedicated less time to fighting and more time to enjoying his life, occasionally spending time exploring the city with his younger cousins.

In the months leading up to the Vytal Festival during his second year at Beacon, Argus considered signing up for the tournament, but his team as a unit decided instead to relax and enjoy the tournament as spectators. i\It was during that span of time, as students from the other three academies began to arrive at Beacon, that Agrus met a first year student from Vacuo; a girl named Kanika Rutto, member of team LZRT.

Kanika was an odd one, half his size but just as strong and with a ferocity in combat that matched his own. They sparred almost daily as her team waited for the tournament to arrive, allowing their acquaintance to grow from curiosity, to rivalry, and eventually friendship.

Life followed that pattern up until the beginning tournament, where Argus sat and watched through Kanika’s first match. Unfortunately they were defeated in the first round, having been made to face the third year Haven team known as VLCN. After that first match, Kanika and Argus resumed their routine- daily sparring followed by watching the tournament- until the final round. With one student having been crippled, another arrested, and a third dead. As Vale began to fall, GGRN, LZRT, and VLCN joined forces, making their way from the arena down to the city along with other students where they helped to secure the market district under siege from grimm and rogue Atlesian forces.

Kanika and Argus, due to their constant sparring, discovered how well they fought together, and kept this in mind as the dust began to settle. Team GGRN parted ways temporarily in the aftermath of the Battle of Beacon, electing to go out on their own and train before meeting up in Vacuo the next year, which would allow them to grow on their own as they had not done in many years.

Naturally, Argus travelled with Kanika to Vacuo, where he is currently living with her family’s trade caravan, training alongside her and her mother. His weapons, badly damaged during the Battle for Vale, were destroyed early in the training process, leading to his creation of the much more powerful Gefrierbrand.

-Personality: Argus is many things; strong, passionate, angry, these are just a few of his more obvious traits. Although he has matured considerably in the past two years, his nature is very aggressive, his first thought on how to resolve a situation is almost always to fight, and he carries his weapons at all times in case he needs to hand someone their teeth. A rather unexpected trait is that he does carry a great deal of respect for authority; however he is quick to question when that authority is being abused, and will not hesitate to fight back if his suspicions are correct.

-Likes: raw meat, sparring, vigorous exercise

-Dislikes: produce, sweets,

4) Trivia:

-Notable relationships:

--Grey and Sylvia Waldgrun: The aunt and uncle who helped raise him when his father left the village

--Garen Waldgrun: One of his cousins and childhood best friend, they were like brothers when they were younger. Despite having grown apart with age, the two still have a strong brotherly bond and Argus greatly respects his leadership.

--Brock Rotguss: Brock is the oldest member of team GGRN and one of Argus’ cousins. Coming from a family of blacksmiths, he is the one who built Argus’ first weapons -Frieran and Brennan.

--Nyx Rotguss: the youngest member of team GGRN and older of his two female cousins; compared to Garen and Brock he is not particularly close to Nyx, although having grown up together they do share a respect and kinship.

--Kanika Rutto: Best friend, sparring partner, rival. Kanika is a very influential figure in Argus’ life, despite the short time she has been in it, and every day he spends living with her family, training alongside her, their friendship deepens.

--Lalli Rutto: Kanika’s mother and his current mentor. A huntress originally from Vale who specializes in hand-to-hand combat.

--Bianca Grau: Mother, currently at home in the village far away from Vale.

--Stein Grau: Father, last seen in protective custody in Vale. Dissapeared from jail after the Atlesian robots went rogue.

-Notes: I just spent three hours in a trance writing this backstory and i have no idea how good or bad it is.

Huntsman Extension

I) Weapons

-Name: Gefrierbrand

-Type: Dual Dust Gauntlet Swords (DDGS)

-Short Description: A pair of somewhat ornate bracers which extend into 3’ long Pata

II) Semblance

-Name: Slow Burn

-Short Description: User has a meter which can be activated to grant him a moderate boost to all of his physical abilities for a limited time

-Activation Cue: hissing steam, the komodo dragon tattoo on his bicep glows from head to tail

-Reflection of Character: Argus is incredibly impulsive and a warrior by his nature; as such his Semblance is a simple, direct amplification to the already notable physical prowess of Huntsmen.

III) Combat Info

-Class/Position: berzerker

-Landing strategy: wing it

-Fighting Style: Goes in swinging, doesn’t stop until either the target dies or he starts to run out of aura.