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TheCipherNine wrote: Ugh... no offense Live, but I think Sayten is very rejectable character. First, is he some kind of dective by night and hunter by day or just have skills from both profession? Second, why does he hate faunus? Racism isn't just something you wake up one day and have; it's taught. And from what I've readed, Sayten's family do not condoned it, hell they out right sanction him for it. Third, the parts about dust accident, his skin and eyes turning colors....yeah for me that when he stop being a RWBY OC and started to be OC for Mavel or DC. Fourth, his semblance, no matter what limits you put on it, is a jedi mind trick aka mental manipulation, which is rejectable. Finally, how does Sayten (I'll amend this after a quick google search) fulfill the CNR? -I did say I realized I made a superhero by the end...guess I made a possible supervillain too. How nice....

-He's part of the SHD (Secret Hunter Detectives...not that anyone not part of one of the families that are part of it know what the initials mean). They work like a normal detective agency. Only that they are Hunters (or at least have Hunter training), and use their skills for a more...obscure way of solving their cases, not necesarily following all the "rules of the law". They keep it a secret to avoid unnecesary attention, and because many of their members would be persecuted by the APD (Atlasian Police Department) should their existence be known.

As such, most have a...more secret identity. Sayten's is of a professor at a Hunter School.

-Still working on the why of the racism. Probably a less...open view towards Faunus ("Thieves, murderers, criminals, and even if they weren't they would quickly become one if things get even somewhat hard for them".). Then again, you have to remember, not all racist people have some good justification for their racism.

Also, let me change some things regarding it: The Cielo family dislikes Faunus, some members more than others. However, not all members of SHD are like that. Most members either don't care about the Faunus or considers them equals. There's even some in SHD. But the majority of the Cielo family still dislikes them (I say majority because there are always exceptions).

EDIT: Just got an idea. Maybe make a loved member of the Cielo family be killed by a Faunus decades ago, and since then the family has hated Faunus and "teached" each of their descendants about what "Faunus truly are". And/or maybe make the victim, a member of the Cielo family...oh yeah! Make her Sayten's sister. That would give him a more personal reason to dislike Faunus.

-It feels powerful. But that's why I added the tons of limitations. Think about it, in 2vs1 he could turn it into a 1vs2, but since he loses all protection granted by Aura while using it, if that 1 got to hit him somehow, it would be guaranteed to hurt and cause real damage. And given the strength of some characters, that would easily make Sayten a borderline 1-hit point wonder against, say, a group of Hunters.

And that's agaisnt 2. Imagine if he went against 4, the number of members Hunter Teams have. Not to mention how the target can just break out of the effect, disorienting Sayten (while disoriented like this his Aura doesn't grant him the protective effects). And how anything that either has no soul or no mind, or is not even organic, doesn't even know how to/can't carry out the "order", is completely immune to it (or in the last's case, to that specific order).

It only looks powerful on paper. It's actually very darn impractical to use. At least, combat-wise, out of combat it is like a jedi mind trick, except for the part that they are aware of what they're doing. Useful for a detective. Mind Manipulation on it's own, is rejectable. But anything can become accepted through being toned-down sufficiently in one way or another.

-...Did you seriously ignore the Cielo part? Cielo=Sky. Though Satan is normally represented in red or black. Sad, I like him in blue more.