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Phantomlink959 wrote: One of the characters associated with the aquatic-focused hunter academy I created for my AU Oh, aquatic? Mmm...let me try posting one of my previous ideas.

1)Basic Info

Name: Przewalski Equino (Fancy way of saying Przewalski Horse).

Team/Occupation: Diver, Fisher.

Race: Faunus (Horse, 90cm-long tail).

Age: 28

Sex: Male

Handedness: Ambidextrous (favors the left)

Aura: Doesn't have.

Symbol: A horse's head with algae-like mane and red eyes.

Traits: Slightly smaller-than-usual pupils.

2)Appearance:

Height: 1.86m.

Weight: 85kg.

Face: Somewhat oval, sticking slightly more to the front. Rather handsome, but has big teeth.

Hair: A tomahawk mane. Dyed Green. A bit....eh, "scraggly", can look a bit like algae and probably has some real algae somewhere.

Physique: Good build, balanced (neither fat nor skinny), pretty muscular.

Casual Outfit: Beige-Brown shorts reaching under his knees, somewhat-tight T-Shirt with a fish at the center. Brown fisherman boots. A water-resistant watch near his left hand.

Diving Outfit: Beige starting at the back, shade lowers progressively and eventually becomes brown at the front.

3)Characteristics:

Background: He had a rather harsh childhood. His father (horse) constantly insulted him, especially when drunk (which was at least 4 times a week). His mother (Seal) was nicer to him but his father subjected her to constant abuse. She would have tried to divorce him but couldn't, as she alone didn't gain enough money to sustain herself and Walski, she needed his income, even if he himself was an utter asshole. This didn't bare well in Walski's psyche.

Sometimes when his father got really drunk, he raped his mother and sometimes Walski too. Although he undeniably hated it, part of him also liked it, which caused a confliction of pleasure and torment for him, and despite him despising his father a lot, those were some of the few times he honestly felt happy (yeah, in a sick way, but still happy) during his childhood.

He constantly ran away from home when his father was passed out. Went towards the nearest river or lake he found and started swimming. He felt a sense of freedom whenever he did, like every problem, every issue dissapeared. Just him and the water. Eventually, this made him a great swimmer. He has also learned to hold his breath for long periods of time, reaching 2 minutes on average.

One day, his mother collapsed. Walski took her to the closest Faunus-accepting hospital against his father's orders ("she's just tired, leave her alone!"). There she was taken to ER, with Walski waiting patiently until falling asleep. The very next day, he was told that she had a heart attack. She was dead. Heartbroken, Walski headed home to tell the news to his dad. However, upon hearing them, he basically shrugged it off. This was the last straw for Walski, leading to their first and final fight.

At first his father easily pwned Walski, though he was still able to run outside his house. His father followed him, not finished with him. He was able to hit Walski a few more times, though in a struck of luck he missed the last hit, falling into a nearby river. Walski took this oportunity and dived in. Having better swimming skill, Walski was able to pwn his father before finally choking him to death. He felt euphoric, cathartic....until he heard a certain sound. Turning back he saw some VPD officers who had seen what happened.

Not knowing what to do, Walski just kept swimming, for hours. He was still swimming by the time night arrived, until he saw a pair of lights. It was a fishboat. Though the fishermen first thought he was a nice fish, they eventually realized what he was, and brought him aboard. After being given a towel, they asked him what happened, moment in which Walski told them. Some didn't know whether to believe it or not, but they were all impressed by the fact he had apparently been swimming for so long. They asked for some help with their fishing and after seeing he wasn't saying BS, they hired him. Walski's been living in Vale's docks since then, with one of the fishermen.

Personality: Very introverted and quiet, to the point where he can be hard to notice sometimes, though he's pretty non-chalant about it. He can be often seen staring blankly, unblinkingly at the distance, which creeps some people out until he realizes what he's doing. Although normally quiet, he does become more active when swimming is involved, and trying to bring up his past tends to get him stressed.

Likes: Swimming, his mother (non-romantic way, get your head out of the gutter).

Dislikes: His past, his father.

4)Combat info: He's not a fighter at all, so this section will be empty. No, he doesn't have a Semblance either, not even Aura. If he sees himself involved in a fight he tends to fight in a very unprofesional, improvised manner.

5)Trivia:

-Based on the Kelpie, supernatural, black-maned aquatic horses from Celtic folklore. Swimmed by the rivers and lakes, and often tried to convince children of getting on their backs. Once they did, they started swimming...and diving. Their (cold-as-death) skin becomes then extremely sticky, and the children ends up drowning. Then the Kelpie eats it.

I didn't go so far with the allusion because I felt that would have been too mature for Remnant.

-The original idea had him being a pedophile who grabbed children, brought them to the sea, raped them and then drowned them. But I got standards so I changed it.