Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-26397825-20161205132101/@comment-30473431-20170108070633

Here is the D in Team BSDN, Hunter Dartmouth, and he'd love to put the D in...I won't finish that sentence even though it fits his character.

1) Basic Info

Name: Hunter Dartmouth

CNR explanation: Hunter and Dartmouth are both shades of green

Species: Faunus

Age: 20

Gender: Male

Symbol: Bat with a guitar neck coming out of the head

Handedness: Left

Nicknames: Blind Bassist, Lover Boy, Bard

Occupation: Student, bassist bard

2) Appearance:

Aura Colour: Aquamarine

Height: 5'9

Weight: 173 lbs

Eyes: Green

Skin Colour: Brown

Face Shape: Square

Hair: Black

Physical Traits: Bat ears on his head. Claw mark scars over his eyes.

Outfit: Dark green long sleeved shirt with his symbol in aqua green on the front, brown short sleeved vest tied together with three bands, brown fingerless gauntlets with aqua green accents, a black belt strapped around the vest, black pants and brown cuffed boots. Wears a green Robin Hood-like cap. Has a maroon cloak as well as a black harness to hold his bass and quiver.

Accessories: Always wears a pair of shades because of his blindness (and because he thinks it makes him look cool.)

Gadgets: A quiver of bolts for the crossbow form of Rhythmic Thunder. Carries a bat-shaped gas mask with a visor eye screen made because of Melanie.

3) Characteristics:

Background: Born an orphan and a Faunus, Hunter had a rough childhood. He begged and stole on the streets of a society in Vacuo. This was until he discovered a band of Faunus playing music in the center of the society. They had people surrounding them, giving them goods and lien for their performance. Hunter approached them, entranced by the music they were playing. Seeing that he was a Faunus and that he enjoyed their music, they offered him a chance to join their group, calling themselves the Traveling Musicians of Remnant. The band was made up of many Faunus who were abandoned or mistreated, trying to find a purpose and survive. Through traveling around Sonas and spreading their music, the citizens loved it and gifted them, allowing them to survive happily. This was perfect for Hunter, so he accepted and they got him an outfit and started to teach him their art. He liked the string instruments the most and decided to pick up the guitar, and then, the bass guitar.

After a few months of practice and travel, Hunter found out that the band of Faunus were experienced in fighting off bandits and Grimm, forming their instruments into weapons to defend themselves. They soon granted Hunter his own instrument/weapon when he was old enough and well seasoned in music and battle, a bass that could transform into a shield or a crossbow. This gift was the final thing that told Hunter that this was his family. Unfortunately, a few years later, in a town they travelled to in Vacuo, a troop of bandits came through and, soon after, the Grimm started to invade. The combination wiped out the small town as well as the majority of the Musicians of Remnant. The lone survivor was Hunter but he didn't walk away unscathed. A Beowulf's claw slashed across his face in the fray, causing him to go blind.

He hid and sobbed, mourning the deaths of the people who raised him. The Grimm had been taken out and the rogues had been long gone. Hunter later decided that he had to move on, blindly wandering, literally. He used a walking stick that he found in the ruins of the town to find his way around as he travelled. Over time, Hunter began to focus on his other senses due to his blindness. He used his Faunus hearing and touch to sense sounds and vibrations. Using this and his weapon, Hunter learned how to perform echolocation like bats, allowing him to "see" the world around him in a sonar fashion. In addition to his other four senses, his sense of others' aura was also improved, allowing him to envision colors, effects and levels of the aura around him. With this new look on the world, Hunter travelled the world alone, playing music and killing Grimm, until he met Ossian Dartmouth, a self-proclaimed heroic huntsman who recruited him as a bard and potential ally.

During his adventures with Ossian, Hunter picked up a lot of traits from his personality and fighting style, including flirting with ladies, his cockiness and standing his ground during battle, defeating enemies without even moving from one's position. After traveling with Dartmouth for almost a year, Hunter woke up to find that the huntsman was gone, nowhere to be found. Hunter wasn't sure why the huntsman left him but promised himself to continue on his own legacy instead of following others. With this, he traveled around Sonas, especially the rough towns in Vacuo, fighting off Grimm and rogues wherever they were unwanted like a hero. Somewhere along the line, Hunter traveled to Mistral, deciding that he wanted to learn more about being an official huntsman and graduate in the school of Haven where Ossian said he went as a young trainee. After smooth talking with the headmaster, Hunter Dartmouth, picking up the hero's surname, became enrolled in Haven Academy where he'd become the tank and supporter of Team BSDN, currently going through their second year.

Personality: Hunter developed a lot of his current personality through those he was close to in his past. From the Traveling Musicians of Remnant, he picked up a love to perform and a need to protect those he loves. Hunter picked up many traits from the huntsman, Ossian Dartmouth, who he traveled with for nearly a year. Being flirtatious with females, treating battles like games and sometimes being a bit cocky. Hunter is proud of his Faunus heritage. From the family that raised him to his methods of getting over his blindness, he views it as a gift from the gods. Hunter also is a bit more jaded towards bad situations such as abandonment, managing to stay in good spirits. He believes that if you dwell on sadness too much that it is bad for your aura (and he knows that the Grimm will be attracted to you.)

Misc Traits: Has a slight Scottish Gaelic accent.

Likes: Music, his Faunus heritage, ladies, playing his bass, fruit, relaxing, performing

Dislikes: Flying, people against Faunus, television

4) Trivia

Notable Relationships: Traveling Musicians of Remnant (adoptive family), Ossian Dartmouth (leader, idol figure), Melanie Nochromo (partner, teammate, friend), Blausten Marc (teammate, friend), Scarlata Icaria (teammate, friend)

Skills: Expert at guitar playing (especially bass), singing, writing poetry, echolocation (uses his bass music or specific clicking noises and his bat Faunus hearing as a form of echolocation), aura sensory (has an enhanced sense of other auras because of his blindness, allowing him to "see" auras)

Allusion: Mostly Celtic bards and blind bards of mythology. Also takes inspiration from Daredevil and the phrase "blind as a bat"

Notes: While Hunter is warm towards his own small group of friends, he doesn't actively go out to make friends. This is a subconscious defense against losing more loved ones.

Hunter Extension

A) Weapon

Name: Rhythmic Thunder

Classification: Vibratory Crossbow Shield Bass (VCSB)

Short Description: A large lyre-shaped electric bass powered by lightning dust. It can shift into a shield or a crossbow that fires bolts charged by the vibrations through the guitar strings.

B) Semblance

Name: Resonate

Short Description: Allows the user to turn sound waves into aura, used to regenerate aura of himself or others.

Activation Cue: When playing his bass, aquamarine aura waves are generated from it as he plays.

Reflection of Character: Hunter puts his heart and soul into his music. It also stems from his heroic traits.

C) Combat Info

Preferred Range: Close/Long

Landing Strategy: Strums his bass a bit, detecting his surroundings, then he leaps accordingly towards stable surfaces, tanking any damage he might take.

Fighting Style: Hunter prefers to stay in the back and support the team by detecting stealthy enemies with his sonar, restoring their aura and picking off enemies with vibration bolts. If enemies get close, he blocks their attacks with the shield form and sends them back. In some formations, he will go to the front lines and tank attacks with his shield, protecting his allies. Hunter is also a bit of a show off in battle, almost like he's performing.

Civilian Extension

A) Day to Day Life

Expanded Occupation: Secretly goes out to clubs in Mistral to perform his music.

Optional Statistics:

Levels are from 0 to 5, with 0 being nonexistent, 1 being low, 2 being below average, 3 being average, 4 being above average and 5 being high.

First year students should not have more than 3 stats at level 5, and no more than 45 points spread over the statistics.

@) Physical Statistics

Strength: 3

Speed: 3 (has better reaction time because of his enhanced senses)

Agility: 4

Stamina: 5

&) Aural Statistics

Aura Reserve: 5

Aura Manipulation: 3

Semblance Manipulation: 3

Dust Manipulation: 1

$) Technical Statistics

Dust use: 2. Dust channeling weapons (3)

Weapon Skill (Primary): 5

Weapon Skill (Unarmed): 0

Weapon Skill (Close Combat): 4

Weapon Skill (Mid Range Combat): 0

Weapon Skill (Ranged Combat): 4

Total: 43