Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25857155-20150213020036/@comment-25857155-20150217015216

Ok, anyway - here's the repost with improved detail and formatting of my OC team's leader. I apologize for the textwall.


 * Name: Aurum Segen
 * Team/Occupation: Team ACCA, Student
 * Position/Class: Team Leader; Tactician, Myrmidon
 * Species: Faunus
 * Traits: Floppy golden retriever ears.
 * Other: Criss-crossing scars on his left arm.
 * Age: 17
 * Sex:  Male
 * Handedness: Ambidextrous; left-handed with his sword.
 * Height: 70 in
 * Weight: 180 lb
 * Eyes: Brown
 * Hair: Blond; shaggy mid-length
 * Physique: well-cut musculature, just above lean.
 * Combat Outfit: Worn blue jeans with light armoring on thighs and shins, sneakers with metal plating, blue short-sleeved button-down shirt with metal chest-and shoulder-plates bearing his emblem on the left shoulder.  Also, a single bracer on his right arm, also bearing his emblem.
 * Casual Outfit: Worn blue jeans and sneakers, with a loose blue button-down short-sleeved shirt, frequently unbuttoned.  Alternately, a pair of board-shorts with an unbuttoned white shirt similar to Sun’s.
 * Personality: Cheerful and quite outgoing; seems irresponsible, but is highly protective of those he cares for.  Slow to anger and unbreakably loyal.  Aurum seems to be a poor planner, but when he is able to focus, he has been proven to be an excellent tactician, and is able to come up with good plans on-the-fly.  He enjoys ‘verbal sparring,’ and likes to flirt with just about anyone, though neither as frequently nor to the same level as his partner and longtime friend, Celeste.  He is likely to doze off anytime he is not busy actively doing something including during class lectures.  Aurum seems to be in some sort of romantic relationship with Celeste, but neither of them are forthcoming about the subject.  Also a surprisingly good cook.  Due to his having grown up in a poorly funded orphanage, he has sympathy for those who steal from necessity, but not toward those who take more than what they need.
 * Landing strategy: Find something relatively soft and hope it breaks his fall.
 * Aura/Effects: Gold; his eyes glow gold when his semblance activates.
 * Semblance: Aura Reading.  Aurum can use his semblance to clearly see other people’s Aura and gauge their strength, even discerning their Semblance when he focuses on them long enough.  Advancement in skill allows him to detect nearby Grimm with his own Aura, and to passively detect the intent of nearby Aura users.  Mastery will allow Aurum to see perfectly in any lighting.
 * Weapons: In his left hand, Aurum wields a bastard sword with a basic cross-guard, which he has named Faithkeeper.  When not in hand, it stays sheathed on his right hip.  In his right hand, he wields a large .500 magnum revolver with a 7-round magazine and 8 3/8 inch barrel very similar to the Smith and Wesson .500 Magnum, modified to be useful even at long range, which he has named Fatebreaker.  When not in hand, Fatebreaker stays holstered at the small of his back.  Later on, Aurum will be forced to replace his Fatebreaker when it is broken in a fight with a certain swordsman, and he will obtain assistance from his partner, Ash, and from Ruby in building a new off-hand weapon.
 * Fighting style: Acts as a tank for the team, with focus on constant movement to avoid being hit, using his Fatebreaker hand cannon to keep distant targets’ attention on him.  He prefers to keep close to his enemies, and is always willing to make the first move to force them into a response, despite being unskilled at landing the first hit.  He fights best when his enemy is forced to make a move, and excels at parry-and-riposte.
 * Symbol: An open book with black runes on white pages and gold binding, sometimes displayed on a black background.
 * Background: Aurum never knew his family, and was raised in an orphanage on the outskirts of Vacuo city.  He met Celeste Burne there, and they grew close at a young age.  From when they were young, the two always planned to move elsewhere to rise above the squalor of the orphanage.  They had planned to move to Vale and eventual try to get accepted into Beacon to become Huntsmen, but at the age of 13 Aurum gained some knowledge of his parents, along with what was left of his inheritance.  With that money, Aurum was able to pay for a certain medical procedure Celeste had needed, and was able to buy their weapons, with which they began to earn their living and eventually earn access to a local small-time combat school.  Through hard work and careful management, the two saved up enough money by the time of their graduation to move to Vale and apply to Beacon Academy, furthering their goal of becoming huntsmen to rise above their misfortune and prove, in his words, “no matter where you’re from, or how low you sink, you can still do some good in this world.”  They show no inclination of distancing themselves from one another anytime soon.  The scars on his arm are from a somewhat embarrassing incident involving a window.
 * Notes: Team partners with “Ash” Jay Westwind.  Apparently bisexual, but prefers women.  Named after the Latin word for gold.  His last name comes from the Old English term for storyteller.