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1) Basic info: 2) Appearance: 3) Characteristics: River’s childhood was spent in Mistral, where his rather short fuse made it so his parents always kept an eye on him so he wouldn’t get in fights. His mother, Virginiana, emphasized the importance of not giving humans more reason to wish him harm than the extra set of ears on his head, while his father, Vine, tried to steer him away from combat and teached him the basics of society by having him do chores in exchange for some pocket money. Her mother’s concern for their son's safety grew until she convinced her husband to send River to a junior academy, where he could learn the basics of hand to hand combat.
 * Name: River Bower
 * Name Meaning: River means...that thing that forms out of a spring, which tends to be associated with blue; Bower comes from Virgin's Bower, more commonly known as Clematis Virginiana, which are a dull white;
 * Species: Faunus (Lynx)
 * Age: 25;
 * Gender: Male
 * Symbol: A piece of a blue star that makes it look like a mountain;
 * Handedness: Right handed;
 * Physical traits: Feline ears with tufts of black hair at the tips; a white stubbled beard;
 * Misc traits: Carries with him a white handkerchief with a black corner;
 * Nicknames: Riv;
 * Team/Occupation: (Formerly) member of team STRM/ (Currently)Hired gun;
 * Aura/Effects: Yellow/ Red at the edges;
 * Height: 5’1’’(178 m)
 * Weight: 195 lbs (84 kg)
 * Eyes: Blue
 * Skin color: White;
 * Face: Round;
 * Hair: Yellow;
 * Physique: Mesomorh/Athletic build;
 * Combat Outfit: Blue shirt and matching Shorts underneath an open Brown Bushfire Jacket and Overtrousers. The overtrousers are secured by a stylized belt with a detachable pocket. For footwear he uses a pair of black running shoes.
 * Casual Outfit: Blue jeans secured with a leather belt, with a blue shirt. Has a jaket in case of cold weather and black running shoes as footwear.
 * Background:

It wasn’t long until he got himself into a couple of fistfights now that both his parents couldn’t keep an eye on him, and although he enjoyed the feeling he got from fighting that joy only lasted till he saw her mother's reaction when she found out. The rest of his time spent at Sanctum was relatively uneventful, as the image of her mother’s disappointed face continued to haunt him for the better part of his life. Whenever there was a chance to start a fight with another human, he wouldn’t take it, and would either run or bring it up with a teacher.

Once Sanctum was done, River decided not to halfass the effort his parents put into getting him there and registered at Haven, becoming a member of team STRM. His unwillingness to fight anything that wasn’t a grimm has gotten him in multiple arguments with Storm, his leader, as well as Melon, his partner and fellow faunus, but they eventually reached some form of an understanding by their second year and things remained relatively peaceful up until their final year.

During their final year, one of their routine cleanup missions went haywire as the Nevermore nest they were sent to scour was located next to to a White Fang camp. The White Fang mistook their mission for an attack when Storm launched a lightning bolt over the top of their heads while trying to hit one of the Grimm, and retaliated. During the chaos that followed the White fang managed to captured Storm, but ended up losing Clement, one of their operatives, who got caught by the TRM of STRM. River urged his teammates to scout out for the WF base while he kept an eye on Clement. When he was sure they left, River tried to beat the information out of Clement, even using his semblance to give her heat strokes; he succeeded, but not before realising he was enjoying himself. Although they managed to rescue Storm, the event left River shell shocked, not helped by the fact they couldn’t get Clement to a hospital in time to treat the wounds he gave her. He left Haven without saying a word, and his teammates were too distraught to realise he was leaving. Thinking hard on what to do with his life, River decided he couldn’t be a proper hunter if he enjoyed causing pain to the people he was assigned to protect. With that thought settled he ended up becoming a mercenary, occasionally picking up hit missions to quench his more questionable tastes, while not becoming a criminal. That thought did little to convince him to contact his parents. 4) Trivia:
 * Personality: Reactive. Won’t actively engage in a conversation but will reply to virtually any question he’s asked, even if he doesn’t have a good answer. Doesn’t react well to taunts, not because he get’s insulte easily, but because he enjoys fighting just a little too much. Believes that as long as what you do makes you happy, you shouldn’t be ashamed of it...just don’t point out he never went to talk to his parents since his last mission as a hunter.
 * Likes: Dreams, Honest work, Cats, Pain.
 * Dislikes: Gamblers, Hecklers, Frozen food
 * Relationships :
 * Team STRM: strained, but they do keep in touch
 * Storm is mad at what River did to save him, but grudgingly admits it saved him his life. Is the most active in trying to get the 4 of them to meat as a group;
 * Thunder: accepts River’s new road in life and actively encourages him to seek out and talk to Melon and his parents, much to River’s dismay. Riven’s handkerchief is a gift from Thunder.
 * Melon: Bear faunus and partner, she feels guilty she encouraged him to fight back and rarely if ever seeks him out alone;
 * Virginiana and Vine Bower: Unsure how they feel about the whole thing, but very sure they want to see their son again;
 * Notes :
 * The natural disaster chosen by me are solar flares;
 * 1) His first name rhymes with richter...that’s an artefact back when I wanted to base him off an earthquake;
 * 2) His aura colors, hair and eyes and skin color are shared with the stars that generate solar flares;
 * 3) His semblance is a solar flare generator, and can be utilized to give people heat strokes or burns.
 * 4) His symbol is a star shard
 * His design has multiple nods to the eurasian lynx:
 * 1) His ears;
 * 2) His white facial hair;
 * 3) His handkerchief which is a nod to a Lynx’s tail;

I)Weapon II) Semblance Name: Flare; Type: Conversion; III) Combat info:
 * Name: Frozen Flow
 * Maker/Smith: Himself;
 * Type: Titanium Axe Fire Spitter;
 * Weapon Derivation: Fire Fighters;
 * Holstered/Sheathed Appearance: A fire axe with a hole on it’s top. The ace is red at the blade.The handle is blue and contains an indicator located near the space where it enters the blade;
 * Features/Capabilities: By turning the handle much like a hose, fire dust gets continuously released as a stream of fire of varying intensity from a hole that opens on on top of the axe component, multiple dust types can be used;
 * Previous Version: Utilized Ice dust instead of Fire dust to put out the fires he would inadvertently create;
 * Purpose: Offensive;
 * Short description: Users can generate solar flares;
 * Visual effect: The waves generated change color based on the level of heat;
 * Range: Short range;
 * General limitations: Exponentially loses energy with distance;
 * Passive ability: High resistance to heat based attacks;
 * Active ability(Tier 1): Generates a heat wave within one's aura that is strong enough to roast unprotected flesh;
 * Active ability(Tier 2): Generates solar flares outside one's aura; can be used to create short range lasers to slice through most things;
 * Dust interaction (fire): Gives the lasers the ability to traverse longer distances;
 * Position/Class: Anti-tank;
 * Landing strategy: use the fire stream to slow his descent and the hook side of his axe to grab whatever is available;
 * Fighting style: Cooks alive if his axe isn’t strong enough to punch through their plates. When fighting humans he uses the axe to block strikes and his semblance as his main offensive tool. When he was on team STRM he would utilize ice dust to immobilize enemies and let his teammates go to town.