Shay D. Mann, also known as the Shady Man, is a bandit from the Branwen Tribe who encounters Yang Xiao Long in "Welcome to Haven".
Appearance[]
Shay is a skinny man with long dirty blond hair and gray eyes. He has a stubble around his mouth and is missing an upper left tooth after getting punched by Yang. He wears a dark blue and gray jacket with torn sleeves over a long sleeved shirt He wears a bandana around his neck and has a shoulder pad on his right shoulder. He wears brown leather fingerless gloves with straps and brown pants with boots.
Personality[]
Shay is a lecherous, smug, and petty bandit who oversteps his boundaries. In his first appearance, he makes unwanted advances at Yang Xiao Long despite her lack of interest of him and even touches her hair, resulting in Yang punching him away. Whenever he is in a bad mood, Shay takes his aggression out on the person who humiliated him or others unrelated to his problems, displaying a lack of responsibility for his actions.
Shay is also deceitful, as he lures Yang near the Branwen Tribe's hideout for his fellow bandits to ambush her. However, he becomes careless when he seemingly has the upper hand, such as when he revealed the location of the hideout after ambushing Yang, and overestimates himself against opponents stronger than him. When back to a corner, Shay immediately cowers and complies with the opponent's demands.
History[]
RWBY[]
Yang first encounters Shay D. Mann as a drunk customer at the Just Rite fuel station. Shay is a touch lascivious, verbally appraising Yang's body. He persists in hitting on Yang despite her refusal, even going so far as to attempt to touch her hair, resulting in her knocking his tooth out and ejecting him from the building in the process. When Yang prepares to leave, Shay offers to help her find his tribe's leader, only to lure her into a forest for his fellow bandits to ambush her. Demanding compensation for his lost tooth, Shay draws his weapon at Yang, only for her to easily defeat him and all of the other bandits. Shay angrily threatens Yang with Raven's presence, only to faint in shock and disbelief when Yang reveals that she is Raven's daughter.
Later on, while standing guard, he is approached by Cinder Fall, Emerald Sustrai, Mercury Black, and Arthur Watts. When questioned about Raven's presence in the camp, he refuses to answer and decides to take his aggression out on the group instead. With Cinder's permission, Emerald draws Thief's Respite and prepares to fight Shay and the guards. It is unknown what becomes of him after this.
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Powers and Abilities[]
Shay is a Branwen bandit, but is shown to not be strong, getting easily beaten by Yang twice, though he was able to remain conscious after taking one of Yang's Semblance enhanced punches and repeatedly slamming into hard surfaces.
Weapon[]
Shay wields a crude revolver-like pistol with knuckles and a blade attached to the handle. It was introduced in "Lighting the Fire".
The pistol has a tendency to jam, which happened when he attacked Yang with some other bandits.
Trivia[]
Color Naming Rule[]
- Shady can refer to "suspicious", but also means "dark" and "shadowy", bringing to mind colors like black, indigo, and navy blue.
Character&Design[]
- Shay was first credited as Shady Man, but later as Shay D. Mann.