Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-3965075-20150620202833/@comment-25555436-20150715202906

Alright, got bored (thank you Hiatus), so I thought of posting at least part of my original choice for the past OC competition. I would have used him, but Bolívar was from the late XVIII-early XIX (died 1830) so I couldn't use him.

1) Basic info: 

Name: Aurum Aquas Sanguis      (Gold, Water(s), Blood).

Team/occupation: Hunter, "Liberator".

'' Species: Human. ''

''Age: 47 (dead)    ''

Sex: Male

 Handedness: Right-handed

Aura/Effects: White, with very slight yellow, blue and red borders (or just white, if you don't like tri-colored Auras).

Symbol: A white, armored horse

'' Physical traits: Had a snub nose.    ''

''Misc traits: Often described as looking slightly younger than he is. ''

''Nickname(s): Liberator. Fur-Hugger.''

2) Appearance: 

''Height: 1.93m ''

''Weight: 78Kg. ''

Eyes: Dark Brown.

 Face: Somewhat square, with a more triangular chin.

'' Hair: Black, very short. ''

''Physique: Slim, but still has some noticeable amount of muscle. ''

''Combat Outfit: An Atlesian Commander's uniform, but painted in yellow, blue and red. ''

Casual Outfit: A jacket-less suit.

3) Characteristics:

''Background: Aurum was born before the Faunus Rights Revolution, in Atlas. Son of a rich family with a Noble mentality, he was trained since young to reach among the best, receiving Hunter Combat Training including the use of Aura (although he only learned to control it effectively much later), along with the best teachers money could buy, just like they did with his older brother and sister, whom lived outside Atlas and which he rarely saw throughout his life.''

''As a child (around 7 years old), his parents were almost always busy, and even when not they often neglected him. Instead they decided to buy Faunus slaves, taken straight from Menagerie, to take care of the boy instead outside of his classes. These slaves were a 37 years old Leopard woman and her 10 years old daughter, whose father had apparently been sold to another family. They did their job as told, taking care of Aurum, and it was his interactions with them what would shape his future views. The 2 Faunus were later sold to someone once Aurum became 13 and started his Hunter classes at official Hunter academies. He never found out to who they were sold.''

Aurum, thanks to the teachings and training he received years before, ''easily reached among the top 5 of his class, and graduated with honors, becoming an official Hunter at 20. He proceded to do the usual stuff Hunters did; kill Grimm, rescue people, and more rarely other objectives. ''

''Some years later, the roots of the incoming revolution were starting to grow; the racial hate between both humans and faunus steadily grew and became more noticeable every day. The Faunus were becoming more agitated and the measures and discrimination against them was becoming harsher. Aurum even noticed a few Hunters refusing to take jobs requested by Faunus. ''

''Some time after, when he was 26, he was resting up at home, taking a small vacation. Whenever he went out of his house, everywhere he watched he saw more and more discrimination. Faunus were now even quicked on the streets, some even murdered when they tried to fight back. It wretched his guts, and diminished his patience.''

Eventually, some months later, he watched a mob of Faunus loudly protesting'' on the streets, mostly for the lack of food and water more than outright asking for liberty. The protest went on for a while, until eventually the authorities responded, and badly; a large number of Atlesian Soldiers and Knights were sent into the area, and soon after arriving, started to massacre the mob. Most of the remaining Faunus tried to run away, crashing into each other, as the Atlesian soldiers kept firing. Some tried to fight back, but most didn't last. For Aurum, this was the last straw.''

''He inmediately ran towards the Atlesian soldiers, and started to kill them. Most responded in kind, but normal soldiers can barely put a fight with a profesional Hunter, plus some Faunus took advantage of the situation and attacked them, distracting them from the real danger. In barely an hour, all the Atlesian soldiers and robots were defeated or worse, like most of the remaining Faunus. Aurum inmediately catched the remaining Faunus's attention, and rallied them. He convinced them to, long speech short, start the revolution. ''

''Obviously, most didn't believe him, but actions speak louder than words, and over the following months he proved that he was fighting with the Faunus during the FRR. He gained a small, but growing following, and procedeed to turn the tides in multiple areas of Atlas, winning multiple battles in the meantime.''

''However, it didn't last for long. About a decade after the Faunus Rights Revolution began, he participated in a battle around the south-west section of the kingdom. The Atlesian government countered his attack by sneaking a pair of Spider Droids, which ambushed Aurum's army and took down a great deal of his fighters. He still was able to win the fight at the end, but used up all his Aura in the process and as a result suffered an injury on his right lung along with a broken leg. His Aura eased up the pain, but the damage forced him to retire from the war.''

''He spent the following years resting in his house, alone, where he wrote his biography (all this bunch of text was taken from his own words). 6 months later after that, at the age of 47, he finally died due to a disease, although some believe he was assassinated instead. The revolution kept going, and most Faunus forgot about him by the time it ended.''

''Many Faunus, both from back then and in present time, speak of Aurum in a negative way, calling him a liar, deceiver, and manipulator who only stirred up the revolution to take the power and maintain his status without having to worry about the Faunus. However, due to the circumstances, it's unknown if their thoughts are honest and true, or just biased.''

'' Personality: Aurum was a fair man with a strong sense of justice, although he could be quite hard with it. He was a good strategist, and an inspirational leader, capable of keeping his people together even in harsh moments. Despite his social status, his interactions with the 2 Faunus slaves buyed to take care of him in his childhood led him to become an equalist, striving for the unity of both humans and Faunus. ''

''He was, however, a man of ambiguous morals; He was perfectly willing to use many cruel methods to achieve his goals and victory, some even crueler than what the Faunus were receiving at the time, from a certain point of view. The most common ones included torture, public execution of Atlesian soldiers, and contaminating food with Dust (imagine eating a simple salad and then your tongue burning into flames because of the Dust. More motivation for Atlas to use more Robots). Some think all he wanted was attention and power, and that he tried to keep the war raging on just to get more.''

''Likes: Equality, justice. ''

Dislikes: Discrimination, slavery.

4) Combat info: 

 Position/Class: Swashbuckler

'' Landing strategy: Doesn't have a particular one, as he rarely saw himself in situations that would require it. As such, in most cases he just tries to grab the nearest object to stop his fall, if not just test his luck.''

Weapon: Principality, a Rifle-Cutlass (basically, imagine a flintlock rifle with a cutlass-like blade coming out of it, and with the cannon extending from a cutlass-like hilt with a small, curved handguard).

''It's relatively light, being capable of being wielded with one hand with relative ease. The rifle part uses entire Dust crystals as ammo, with an internal mechanism slicing a small shard from it before firing it forward with average accuracy. Due to the technological limitations of the time, it had a relatively-slow rate of fire (1-shotx1.20Seconds), and is only able to carry 1 Dust Crystal at a time.''

The shards fired break on impact, causing small explosions and releasing their energy. ''The explosions are about the size of an adult's hand (or a 2-years old baby's head). Because of how they work, only shards of Earth Dust have any penetrative capabilities.''

Semblance: Amalgam

 Fighting style: ''He likes to start fights by heading straight towards the oponent, making sure to land the first strike. After that, he changes to a slower, more controlled and calm style, giving more precise strikes and focusing on precision over speed, alternating between shots and slashes and keeping his mind focused on the target to make sure to be ready to evade if it attacks.''

''Due to the weapon's limitations, he lacked natural versatility in his attacks, and as such depended on his Semblance to gain that advantage. Against multiple oponents he prefers to take them down one-by-one, paying more attention to 1-2 oponents than dividing it among all of them.''

5) Trivia: 

''Relationships: -He barely knew his brother and sister, as he barely saw them and they lived outside Atlas. The most he knew about them was that his brother studied abroad and his sister was currently in Mistral.''

-Due to his methods and actions, most humans, especially in Atlas, both back then and in modern times, see Aurum as a terrorist.

'' Notes: -Based on the south american Liberator (who is arguably more badass than George Washington), Simón Bolívar, who, inspired by the American and French revolutions, made his own revolution against the Spanish and ending the slavery here, despite 1) being technically a spanish noble himself, and 2)coming from a slaveholder family. ''

''-He gained the title "The Liberator" as he fought on the FRR from the Faunus he saved. When he died, while some still rememberd the title, most didn't remember the man behind it.''

Tropes: -Grey and Grey Morality.

-The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized.

-War is Hell.

-Red Baron

-Your Terrorist Is Our Freedom Fighter