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1)Basic info 2)Appearance 3)Characteristics 4) Trivia: I) Weapons II) Semblance III) Combat Info IV) Statistics
 * Name: Terry Cotter
 * CNR explanation: A play on the word terracotta, which is a reddish clay
 * Species: Human
 * Age: 17
 * Gender: Male
 * Symbol: A tribal cats face in gold
 * Handedness: Ambidextrous (right dominant)
 * Physical traits: A cowlick in his fringe above his right eye
 * Misc traits: A single piercing in his left ear, wears a simple gold stud
 * Nicknames:Crazy Cat Kid (by kids at the foster care home)
 * Occupation: Member of Team MLCT, First year student at Atlas
 * Aura/Effects: Golden, aura curls in the air like smoke
 * Height: 5’11” 181cm
 * Weight: 139lbs 63kg
 * Eyes: Hazel
 * Skin color: reddish-brown
 * Face: oval shaped with a straight nose
 * Hair: Black, jaw length and messily cut with a jagged fringe, tucked behind his ears to keep it out of his face. His cowlick makes his fringe stick up slightly
 * Physique: Lithe and flexible, focused on speed
 * Combat Outfit: Skintight white long sleeved shirt with flexible, reinforced, non-reflective mid-grey armouring attached to the shirt over key parts of his body (the shoulders, the upper torso, the upper back). Black cargo pants with the same armouring attached to the front and sides of his thighs, held up by a clay-red belt. Pants are tucked into dark red hiking boots, and he wears a pair of clay-red gloves.
 * Background: Terry was born as an only child to the owners of a greenhouse farm on the outskirts of Atlas. The farm was nestled in the shadows of a mountain, utilising the natural barrier as a wall against Grimm so as to ease the amount of protection the Cotter’s had to hire to protect them from attack. His early years were fairly happy, living with his parents, exploring the farm (and sometimes the mountain just beyond, though he never went too far from the safety of his parent’s land) and occasionally spending time with the men stationed around his home to guard against Grimm. When he was nine, however, that all changed.
 * An avalanche, brought on by the heavy snows winter had left behind on the mountains that Terry called home, swallowed his home. His mother and father had been out inspecting one of the greenhouses when they heard the noise, while Terry had been playing inside the house with his kitten. Terry’s mother called the house, telling Terry to get to the basement, which had been set up for emergencies such as this, and that his parents would join him soon. Terry did as he was told, years of having the routine drilled into his head ‘just in case’ kicking in as he took his kitten with him.
 * His parents never joined him however, and he spent four days alone in the basement with just his cat to talk to. He was physically safe, warm and well-fed by the supplies and emergency power generators his parents had kept stocked and ready for use, though his emotional state was low due to his loneliness and fear. He was finally dug out by the Atlas Rescue Operators, who had been dispatched as soon as the snow had settled over Terry’s home. His mother and father were lost to the snow, though a few of the hired guards had been rescued as well due to being protected by their work stations and training.
 * Terry’s inheritance was liquidated, all bills paid and put into a bank account by the Atlas Government, and he was entered into a foster care home in the aftermath. Though the adults were pleasant and tried to do their best for Terry, the children were not so nice. Due to Terry’s own grief and the way he spoke only to his kitten for the first couple of weeks, he was labelled ‘The Crazy Cat Kid’ by most of the other residents and avoided. He soon took to exploring the streets of Atlas instead due to the lack of belonging he felt when surrounded by the other kids, though he always returned at night so as not to worry the adults too much, who he quite liked.
 * This was his life for the next few years, until he was eleven. Another winter blew in, bringing with it snow and hail. Most days were fine and the snow levels weren’t too high. One afternoon however, a blizzard blew in and quickly enveloped Atlas in white-out conditions. Terry was caught outside in the snow and quickly got lost as he tried to find his way home. He eventually hunkered down in the small amount of shelter he could find in a bus terminal, wrapping both himself and his cat up in his winter jacket to try to stay warm.
 * He was found not much later, a bit on the hypothermic side but not so far that he required urgent medical attention, by one of the Huntsmen that had been dispatched to try to help people stuck in the blizzard to find shelter. Bhalu was a bear of a man with a gentle and friendly demeanor, who took him back to an emergency shelter that had been set up nearby. While in the shelter he was fleetingly introduced to many of the Huntsmen who were working with the government to help out with the white-out and found himself enamoured with the strong and capable men and women.
 * After the storm was over and Terry had been shipped back to the foster care home, he determined he wanted to be a Huntsman. The carers helped him enrol in the closest combat school, where he applied himself to learning how to fight. When he heard about some Huntsmen having animals that were trained to fight alongside him, Terry determined that he would train Katze to do the same so his best friend would always be with him. The training was only made easier with the discovery of his semblance, and he graduated with high grades once the instructors took his skill with training attack animals into consideration. Terry soon entered into Atlas Academy and was placed on Team MLCT.
 * Personality: Quiet, he has a tendency to go off exploring on his own rather than staying in one place for too long. Introverted and quite happy to sit in silence or talk to his cat rather than speak to people. His social skills with other people his age are lacking due to spending so much time with just his cat, though he can interact with adults who are much older than him just fine. His attention span sometimes slips, especially when he meets a new animal. He sometimes worries that his semblance forces the animals he speaks to to obey him, instead of just being a semblance that allows understanding between himself and the animal.
 * Likes: animals, exploring
 * Dislikes: large crowds of people
 * Notable relationships:
 * Katze: His cat, his best friend, loves him deeply and trained him to assist Terry in combat
 * His mother and father: Loved them, misses them dearly
 * Bhalu Gairika: Very grateful to the man for saving his life and setting him on the way to becoming a Huntsman
 * Foster Care Home: Not a great fan of the kids due to the nickname they gave him when he first came, but loves the adults running the place like his aunts and uncles.
 * MLC: Marina; team leader, gets along alright with her though thinks she could do with a bit more confidence in her strength and is a little too uptight about the rules. Ciardha; thinks she's crazy because of her manic personality, tries to stay out of her way. Lumanita; thinks she's pretty badass because of her weapon but is often overrun by her loud personality.
 * Notes: Inspired by Mowgli from the Jungle Book; his aura curls like smoke and his preferred dust usage is because of Mowgli’s use of fire to defeat Shere Khan, Katze is a reference to Bhageera and Bhalu is a reference to Baloo. His habit of exploring the mountains and the city is a reference to Mowgli’s life in the jungle, free from human restrictions and rules.
 * Name: Skadi
 * Type: Dust Shot Ice Axe (DSIA)
 * Short Description: A pair of ice axes that shoot dust shots through the shaft when the head is rotated 90 degrees, and charge the pick and adze with dust when in standard form.
 * Name: Zoolingualism
 * Short description: The user is able to understand animal speech, and be understood by animals, even those untrained.
 * Visual effect: Glowing aural tattoos focused on his face, imitating whatever animal he is focusing on. In the case of multiple types of animals, it imitates all of them at once, making strange hybrids.
 * Position/Class: Striker/Ranger
 * Landing strategy: Hook Skadi into his surroundings to slow his fall and redirect his momentum
 * Fighting style: Fast paced and brutal melee attacks, using the pick to pull enemies or himself around to more advantageous positions, and the adze to cut important body parts or seriously injure enemies. Ranged fighting is used as a distraction, to allow Terry to get in close or to seriously hamper the enemy's movements.
 * He has a pet cat trained to attack alongside him. Katze focuses on tripping human opponents and distracting Grimm with well placed attacks and sneak attacks that interfere with their vision (mostly by leaping on the Grimm and clawing at it’s eyes for a few seconds before leaping away) and turn their attention away from the human attacking them for a split second.

@) Physical Statistics &) Aural Statistics $) Technical Statistics Pets
 * Strength: 2
 * Speed: 3
 * Agility: 4
 * Stamina: 3
 * Aura Reserve: 3
 * Aura Manipulation: 2
 * Semblance Manipulation: 3
 * Dust Manipulation: 3
 * Dust use: 2
 * Weapon Skill (Primary): 5
 * Weapon Skill (Unarmed): 1
 * Weapon Skill (Close Combat): 4
 * Weapon Skill (Mid Range Combat): 0
 * Weapon Skill (Ranged Combat): 4
 * Name: Katze
 * Species: Domestic Housecat
 * Appearance: Slightly larger than average, muscular, black with yellow eyes, male
 * Accessories: A red collar
 * Behavior: Loyal and loving, good at listening and following others, always sticks by Terry’s side and helps him however he can
 * Likes: Exploring, Terry, being brushed
 * Dislikes: Being alone, people rubbing his belly
 * Attack(s): Tripping and getting underfoot of humans and smaller Grimm, pouncing on top of people and Grimm and scratching or clawing at eyes and biting smaller limbs, distracting enemies so Terry can get in close and finish them off.
 * Additional notes: Based on Bhageera from the Jungle Book. Is ambivalent about swimming due to the many times he’s gotten wet following after Terry.