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Well, he's finally done! Allow me to introduce you to Azeiv Tafal! Overall, not my best work, but I think he's pretty good.

1) Basic info

-Name: Azeiv Tafal

-CNR Explanation: Tafal means "Clay" in Maltese

-Character Basis: The inverted Tower Card

-Age: 19

-Race: Human

-Gender: Male

-Symbol: An inverted obelisk cut out of a Sienna-colored Shield, with the tip of the obelist at about the center of the shield.

-Handedness: Right

-Phys. traits: Heavily Callused hands

-Misc. Traits: Prefers to wear shades of brown, but usually doesn't notice or care.

-Nicknames: Taff

-Current Occupation: Student at Shade, 3rd year, Member of team CTRN (Citrine) under the leadership of Celeste Patare

2) Appearance:

-Aura Color: Sienna.

-Aura effects: A glow with a defined outline

-Height: 6'2"

-Weight: 223

-Eyes: Brown

-Skin Color: Copper

-Face: Oval face shape

-Hair: Black hair, cropped short and kind of messy

-Physique: Heavily Muscled.

-Outfit (Informal): Brown cargo shorts with a typically white or grey short-sleeve shirt. He also wears light brown steel-toed shoes with white socks that reach about mid-calf and a black leather belt with a bronze buckle.

-Outfit (Combat): Faded Brown pants with the same brown shoes. A leather brigandine houses the sheath for Citadel, his Kanabo, and a steel cuirass covers his chest. One steel Vambraces is worn on each forearm. A leather pouch with two compartments hangs around his waist, one compartment holds Dust (mostly Gravity Dust) and one holds a limited number of explosive charges for Citadel's Bazooka form. -Outfit (Formal): Black dress slacks, a white button-up shirt with sleeves rolled up to the elbows and a black vest. Black dress shoes and socks cover his feet, a silver watch sits on his wrist, and a dark brown necktie stretches down into the vest. 3) Characteristics:

-Background:

Azeiv was born in Vacuo to parents who were all too happy to lay out his entire life for him before the age of two. His Father had been a Huntsman before settling down to raise a family, and he decided that he would live his old life out through his son. Aziev's mother felt guilty at forcing his father to forfeit his dreams, so she just followed along. Azeiv's social life was smothered as much as possible. His father taught him that friends couldn't be a part of his life; the only thing that mattered was his studies. Azeiv was accepted into Vacuo's trainee academy and dove headlong into his schoolwork. He graduated top of his class, and was accepted into Shade academy, where he was put into team CTRN.

Being part of a team was life-changing for Azeiv. He still trusted his parents, refusing to let go of the doctrine that had governed his life, so he spent as little time as he could get away with in the company of his team, but it was painful for him. He knew them, especially the team leader Celeste, and he wanted to get to know them more. He was torn in half for weeks, torn between what his parents told him and what he felt was right, but he believed in his parents, so he kept his distance from his team. This went on for a few weeks until Celeste pulled him aside wondering what was wrong, concerned about him. Touched and disillusioned by her concern, the floodgates broke. He told her everything, his parent's teachings and doctrines, his need for companionship, and the turmoil he'd felt since being placed in CTRN. She listened silently and, nearly reduced to tears by the story, told him about all the things she had done, including entering Shade, that would have been impossible without the help of her friends. All he could do was listen, stunned, as she bared her soul to him. He felt the need to comfort, to support. If that was friendship, he reasoned, it couldn't be pointless; it felt better than anything he'd experienced before.

The fog was lifted. Azeiv realized it was time for him to forge his own path and do what he wanted. And he wanted friends. He reigned in his schedule, making ample time to spend with his teammates. CTRN went on quite a few out-of-city missions, mostly Grimm extermination, seek-and-destroy missions. Through all those missions, Azeiv grew closer to his team. He trusted his team with his life. There was no one he was closer to, and as their relationship grew, he realized how much he loved Celeste. He loved the mix of kindness and strength she had. He was slow to ask her (Funny how asking out a girl can be so much harder than fighting hordes of monsters), but they started dating during the first semester of their second year.

-Personality: Though proud and driven, Azeiv isn't above joking around with his team. He's a bit of a social oddball, since he didn't get much practice until the age of 17, but loves to be in his friend's company. He finds it hard to make new friends, sometimes practical jokes go over his head, and he enjoys honing his skills when he's not with CTRN. Very protective of his team, he wants to spare the best people in his life from harm as much as possible; sometimes he's even a bit mothering, butting in to try to guard his friends when his help isn't wanted, but his intentions are good.

-Likes: Spending time with his friends, spoiling Celeste, Training, protecting others.

-Dislikes: His own awkwardness around others, Feeling useless, isolation, manipulation.

4) Trivia:

-Notable Relationships: Celeste Patare (Girlfriend, teammate, team leader), Shino Rovell (Friend, Teammate, Partner), Narand Amandla (Teammate, Friend)

-Notes: His first name, Aziev, is an inverted form of the Belarusian word for "Tower", Vieza, so his first name is literally an 'inverted tower'.

5) Hunter Extension:

A) Weapon:

-Name: Citadel

-Wielder: Azeiv Tafal

-Maker: Azeiv Tafal

-Type: KSRL; Kanabo Shield Rocket Launcher

-Weapon Derivation: Kanabo club, Tower Shield, Bazooka.

-Design: Most of the club portion of the Kanabo is the color of burnt clay or brick with black and yellow designs, while the handle is red and has sharp yellow designs. There's a large disc at the base of the handle with an iron ring attached to the bottom of that, each about as big around as an orange. The entire striking portion of the club is covered with Brass-colored studs about half an inch tall and an inch in diameter.

-Holstered/Sheathed Form: When sheathed, the weapon looks like a stout club. The striking portion of the club telescopes once into itself, leaving just the handle and the top half of the striking portion of the club strapped to Azeiv's back.

-Active Form 1, Kanabo: The entire club is about 5'9" tall and almost entirely steel covered with brass-colored retractable studs, slightly tapering as you get closer to the handle. The handle is 2/5ths of the total length, about 27 inches.

-Active Form 2, Tower Shield: The Kanabo 'unwraps', and folds out into an arc. The edges telescope outwards, extending the width overall to 2 feet. The handle splits in half and the handle portions fold outwards 180 degrees to rest on the rest of the shield, before telescoping upwards a bit. The handle and strap fold out of the middle of the shield.

-Active Form 3, Bazooka: This form is rarely used because it's single-shot, hard to reload, and has little ammo (He can only carry so many grenades at a time).

-Features: Studs covering the striking surface can be retracted.

-Ammunition: 45mm Grenades, single shot

-Dust Capacity: Uses Gravity Dust Crystals in the handle to reduce weight. Sometimes uses Fire and Lightning Crystals for offense.

-Usage: The purpose of this large studded club is to crush anything that it comes up against, Armor, Spikes, Bones, anything. The large and durable striking surface of the club form can also be used to block strikes; the shield is usually to form a defense for his allies. If he HAS to use the Bazooka form, he will, but he doesn't prefer it.

-Planned Upgrades: improved Ammunition capacity or reloading ability

-Notes: If it wasn't obvious by the fact that it's named for a type of tower, is painted to resemble a baked-clay tower, and has red and yellow patterns on the handle to represent the Fire and Lightning of the 'Lightning-Struck Tower', Citadel is aesthetically based on the Tower of Babel, another name for the Tower card.

B) Semblance:

-Name: Stronghold

-Type: Aural

-Purpose: Defensive

-Description: As the user is hit, the damaged limb gains an armor coating. If the armor is hit, the damage to the Aura is lessened and the armor thickens.

-Activation Cue: A translucent armor surrounds the user

-Range: Personal

-General limitations: The armor slightly limits his mobility, he has to get hit for the area to gain armor, armor can be broken, More armor means more weight. Armor growth proportional to the amount of damage sustained, could cause alter User's balance.

-Passive ability: Armor forms around the user when they're hit.

-Reflection of Personality: At first, Aziev thought that this meant that every time someone got close to him, he had to put up more armor, build a bigger wall between them. Now he knows that the Semblance is a reference to his desire to protect his friends; If he gets beaten down his defenses grow, allowing him to continue to protect those closest to him.

C) Combat Info:

-Class/Position: Tank/Bruiser

-Landing Strategy: Open Citadel's shield form, smash through anything in his way (slowing down with each thing hit), and land relatively safely.

-Fighting Style: Aziev typically loads the Kanabo with Gravity Dust to lighten it (He's strong enough to lift it anyway, but it helps him if he misses a strike) and dives in with as many strikes as possible. When someone (either his friends or civilians) is in trouble, he'll try to protect them, standing over them and deflecting shots with his club or shield.

Civilian Extension (Optional)

-Expanded Occupation/Business Details: Father was a huntsman, now runs a banking firm, Bastion Banking. Moderately successful, main customers are upper-middle-class citizens.

-Skills: Fighting, training, Pottery.

-Certifications: Proof of graduation from Vacuo's trainee school