User blog:Zathronas/Analysis by an author-Hiatus Edition: Mercury Black

 Welcome to the author analysis.

 He’s one of two intriguing new characters to come out of volume 2. He came onto the show with a very loud bang by doing something no one else has done yet. Let’s analyze Mercury Black

 Personality 

 There is no other way to say this: Mercury is a psychopath, he shows the classic signs. Here is a description from psychology today magazine:

A disregard for laws and social mores

A disregard for the rights of others

A failure to feel remorse or guilt

A tendency to display violent behavior

''Psychopaths are unable to form emotional attachments or feel real empathy with others, although they often have disarming or even charming personalities. Psychopaths are very manipulative and can easily gain people’s trust.''

 This describes Mercury to a tee and makes him extremely dangerous. If you doubt my analysis here, simply look at episode 1 “Best Day Ever” He kills Tukson then leaves the library with a book because he likes the pictures as if nothing special happened. Now read the description above again and tell me he isn’t a psychopath.

 Fighting Abilities 

 Mercury mainly uses his legs for attack and defense, this enables him to keep his opponent at bay and use his greaves to finish them off.

 There are 2 weaknesses to this approach, if someone can get inside his defense then he’s done for. The other is the angle of attack, if you can attack from above, it makes it very difficult for him to block.

 Notable appearances 

 Episode 1 – Best Day Ever 

 Mercury is introduced and promptly becomes the first cold blooded murderer in RWBY. (Even before the Grimm)

<p class="MsoNormal"> Episode 2 – Welcome to Beacon 

<p class="MsoNormal"> Cinder, Mercury and Emerald are visiting “students” for the festival.

<p class="MsoNormal"> Episode 5 – Extracurricular 

<p class="MsoNormal"> Mercury spars with Pyrrha and discovers her fighting secret.

<p class="MsoNormal"> Episode 12 – Breach 

<p class="MsoNormal"> Mercury and Emerald helps the others to push back the Grimm from Vale.

<p class="MsoNormal"> Plot 

<p class="MsoNormal"> Volume 2 was an introduction to Mercury and boy! Did he not disappoint. By killing Tukson and learning Pyrrha’s use of her abilities simply by fighting for a few seconds with her, He may be the second most fearsome character if we judge just by actions we’ve seen in the series. Right after his boss Cinder and that is just because breach was her idea and it may have killed several of Vales residents. We just don’t know at this junction.