Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-27082610-20170424154014/@comment-27941281-20170523232704

COMMENT: Before you all read this, understand that a lot of this might go into personality, but that is just the way I write, and I'm not gonna change it. But I will add all personality traits that I write into the personality part as well. Before Signal: Ray was born in the commercial part of Vale. His Parents own a dust shop in the commercial district. His mother and father put a lot of work into that place "A Dusty Life". Ever since Ray was young he has wanted to make a change in peoples life, inspire them. So when Ray was in school (not Signal) he took up writing and joined debate teams. It was around this time that Ray discovered his semblance. When Ray got older his will to inspire never dimmed but another passion burned that would help him to achieve his desire to inspire. To become a Hunter. Ray had realized that a great way to inspire and help people is be a savior/hunter. This happened as he got more involved in his parents dust shop. Although not a famous dust shop his dad has a lot of huntsman friends who are in constant demand. This brought in huntsman, many with stories to tell about their grand adventures and their ability to help and protect. And that is when Ray started to train in Swordplay and a few years later he went into Signal Academy.

Time at Signal: His first year at Signal he was instructed to make a weapon that he would use to fight Grimm with. Knowing little about how to make a weapon, Ray went to his parents who had him talk to an old friend from who worked at a place called "The Lady of The Lake Forgery". There he worked with a bird Faunus named Merlin. Together they made his weapon XXXXXXXXX. Ray has always been good with words and always knows how to get a crowd riled up. While on the debate team they were tasked with tackling the Faunus' rights and treatments. Before this he never really cared about Faunus, not in a bad way, he just never realized it was an issue. But now he is in full support of equal treatment of Faunus. Ray attended Signal academy and graduated when he was 16 and accepted into Beacon when he was 17.

Time at Beacon: During his initiation he was partnered with his, now team, (to be determined but probably famous medieval warriors). During his time at Beacon Ray tried to keep up with his speeches and debates but he kept getting absorbed in his studies and sparring. There really isn't a lot more to say here.

Battle of Beacon: Ray was 19 and in his second year at Beacon when Cinder's announcement at the vytal festival began. Ray and his team was near his parents dust shop when the fighting all began. They quickly ran over and tried to get his parents to evacuate but his parents told them that "Koura's fight for what's theirs". And hearing this made Ray want to go fight for his school, so after making sure his parents were secure inside their shop, Ray and his team took the next aircraft to beacon to go fight for their school. When they arrived things were bad, very bad. Grimm everywhere but they didn't leave, they stayed and fought many of their friends died that day and even Ray and his team were injured. Ray was left with a big scar across his chest and back from where a Griffon picked him up and flew into the air, he managed to get free but he ended up falling down the side of beacon tower and ripping his arm open as well as breaking his femur. If it wasn't for his aura his injuries would have been far worse. His team found him shortly after unconscious. Luckily Atlas infantry was able to get them out of beacon before things got worse.

The Aftermath: Ray spent a month in a coma and when he woke up he brought to the terrible news that his mother was killed by Atlas sentinels. Ray also lost his forearm because the damage was too extensive. He later learned that Atlas sentinels had been hacked and ordered to kill civilians. Because of this Ray has developed a severe distrust for Atlas tech and sentinels. He also has developed the idea that a group needs to be formed that can protect the people when the military and police can't. After getting out of the hospital Ray set out to help as many people as possible and to do this he decided that he should rally former students and have them work towards rebuilding and making Vale safer. ( anything else I add would be too big of a change in Vale so I'm gonna stop here)