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 * Name: Gauthak Fulgur Valun
 * Team/occupation:Student, team VLCN(leader)
 * Position/Class: Tank/Striker (originally a warden in DnD 4e)
 * Species:Human
 * Traits: Gigantism. Previously had a tumor on his pituitary gland that caused his excessive growth, ahd it removed prior to entering beacon. as a result of the surgery, he has a large scar across the back of his neck and up the side of his head
 * Other:  None
 * Age:18
 * Sex:Male
 * Handedness:Ambidextrous(right)
 * Height:9'
 * Weight:360lbs
 * Eyes:Dark Brown, almost black
 * Hair:Dark brown with streaks of grey. neck length, straight.
 * Physique:Built like an olympian
 * Combat Outfit:jeans reinforced with hardened leather patches, combat boots,leather tunic, bandages wrapped around his forearms
 * Casual Outfit:Slacks, black dress shoes, white long sleeved shirt and a stainless steel watch.
 * Personality: Stubborn, and easily frustrated, but also peaceful and goodhearted. Gauthak is very sympathetic to the Faunus in general, but dislikes the white fang for resorting to violence in order to be treated equally. Having faced discrimination himself, he tries to be kind to everyone unless they wrong him personally. Due to his large size, he often has trouble with doors and furniture, leading to the occasional violent outburst and destruction of property, this is never directed towards another person, however, and he usually apologizes and offers to pay for the damage as soon as he calms down.
 * Landing strategy: Braces for impact, due to his bulk he can take quite a bit  of  punishment. in the event of rocky protrusions he will use is semblane to create a safe platform to impact.
 * Aura/Effects: Fiery red, flying sparks effect
 * Semblance: Scutarii (shield-bearer) Projects a massive shield up to five feet in any direction from himself. the shield forms from a low, central point before arcing up and out to the edges (think halo deploy able cover, but a lot bigger) the shield can cut through stone, foliage, and Grimm that block its path but will not cause damage to living tissue. Blocking incoming objects and growing through matter cause a significant drain on aura.
 * Weapon:  Minos(double ended shot axe) A two ended Great-Axe, measuring 8' long with semicircle blades spanning 1' apiece. The axe has a custom high caliber shotgun built into each end, with barrels 2 inches in diameter. The shells used are roughly the size of a fist and filled with dust infused 000 buckshot. The guns are simultaneously cycled and fired by cocking a sliding section on either end of the shaft. For ease of use, the axe also separates into two smaller shot-axes by breaking at the exact middle. When the ends separate, the first 5” of each folds downward and releases a standard trigger mechanism. When in dual axe mode, the shotguns fire in semi auto.
 * Fighting style: Berserker, tackles any size of enemy head first, carefull only to avoid injuring any allies in the vicinity.
 * Symbol: A crossed blacksmiths hammer and double bitted axe. the hammer is the symbol of his family.
 * Background: Gauthak was born into a moderately wealthy family in Vale. The Valun family owns a large construction company that was partially responsible for the conceptualization of Mountain Glen, and still feels the weight of the many deaths that occurred there. His condition was discovered when he was 6 months old and already the size of a two-year-old child. Unfortunately, he was too young to operate on and remove the tumor, so it remained until he was a teenager. Due to the growth on his pituitary gland, he grew uncontrollably throughout his life, reaching the size of a full grown man by the time he was 13. Due to his unusual stature, he was ostracized and harassed by other students when they realized he was too docile to fight back. Eventually, he met Alivia, a fellow student at Signal, and became friends with her. Even though their friendship was based on almost entirely mutual exclusion by others, they developed a close bond, which was solidified when he, as a birthday present, gave her an advanced prosthesis, replacing the crutches she had relied on since she started walking. By the time they graduated combat school, Gauthak and Alivia had entered into a far less platonic relationship.
 * Notes: Loosely inspired by the greek/roman god hephaestus/vulcan. Due to his size he cannot sleep in a standard bed and prefers to sleep on his stomach. he sleeps on a mat in the floor while his  girlfriend/partner, Alivia, sleeps lying on his back.