CHARACTER
Name: Gray Saggio
Age: 17. Born Amare second
Gender and Species: Male wolf faunas
Symbol: A black quiver set against a crescent moon shape in grey
Occupation: 1st year beacon student. Huntsman in training
Appearance: Gray is a slightly short, thin and pale skinned boy with long black hair that runs down to his waist which he either ties up (similar to the way renn ties his) or lets it flow down his back. He always uses his hair to cover his left eye which has a scar beneath it. His eyes are a pale shade of purple in colour. His similarities to a wolf are his canine teeth, wolf ears and wolf tail all of which are grey in colour. His usual attire is a grey collared shirt with the sleeves cut off at the seams and two small strands of black cloth tied at the bottom, A quiver, slightly ripped up jeans, black boots and torn up finger-less gloves. While not always worn he usually also wears a long black coat that is torn up and frayed at the bottom. This coat has a strap that goes across his chest that contains hidden pouches, He also has a Grimm mask that has cracks branching out from a place just underneath the left eye. It is attached to the left shoulder of his coat making it seem like the strap on the coat is coming from the Grimm mask.
History: Gray was pretty much born into the White Fang with all of his family being members though he never took part in their activities until after they had already become violent as his parents had spent most of his early life trying to shield him from the Discrimination that the Faunas faced. As a result of this he spent a great deal of his childhood alone which lead to him discovering the discrimination the Faunas faced on his own when he would sneak out and spend time in vale with his friend Ebon. After an unfortunate run in he and Ebon had with a Racist police officer that lead to Ebon's death Gray Joined his parents in the White Fang hoping to prevent anyone else having to deal with what happened to him and Ebon. After a few years in the White Fang Gray had forged his own weapon and learned his semblance and spent most of his time hijacking dust transports and vandalizing shops that refused to serve Faunas. On a transport hijacking he was ordered by his partner to kill all of the crew members which had already surrendered to them. When Gray refused, his partner attacked him putting a sword through Gray's mask just under the eye. while Gray was wearing it. After escaping with his life Gray went back to his home where he was promptly kicked out by his parents. After spending some time homeless he met a Huntress named Sapphire who took him in and gave him a new home. Despite Sapphire often having to leave him alone when she was on missions Gray felt she was much more like a mother than his real one. When not out on missions Sapphire trained him not only in combat but also taught him to read and write, after learning about his time in the white fang Sapphire recommended he apply to beacon. Gray took her advice and applied as soon as he was able promising sapphire that he would become a great hunter just like she is.
Personality(pre-trauma): Gray is usually a happy individual who while hating crowds also hates being alone and is very protective of his friends. However he is very shy and awkward around new people .While being mostly optimistic he has an explosive temper and various triggers for it, Often relying on his friends or the mask he wears on his shoulder to calm himself down. An event that he regularly experiences is getting worked up, storming off, looking at the mask and realizing he has just isolated himself and then coming back feeling incredibly stupid. Despite these aggressive tendencies when not angered he is actually very laid back most of the time. Due to what happened to him and Ebon he is very distrustful of humans and seeing a racist will often cause him to suddenly become very outgoing, trying to prove the worth of himself and the faunas as a whole. Due to Gray's education being primarily in the White Fang or learned from a friend who lived on the street he can often appear to be stupid in the classroom, if it weren't for Sapphire he wouldn't even be capable of reading . However he is a good tactician on the battlefield able to think on his feet and see openings when they are created and capitalize on them.
Personality(post-trauma): After being caught in the bombing of a Faunas district in Vale Gray's personality has become noticeably different. He has become a lot more quiet and overall appears far more restrained than normal. Despite initial appearances his outbursts of anger have become far more frequent and violent sometimes even approaching the point where he might harm his friends. He has also lost his dislike of solitude, often sneaking away from his room in the middle of the night and going to the training room to exert himself until he almost collapses. This trend also extends to his schooling and free time. Anything that could be considered a method of self improvement Gray pursues with self-destructive vigor.
Aura and semblance: Gray's Aura is a deep red in colour and functions normally however most wounds healed by his aura leave a scar. Gray seems to think this is his own soul telling him to reflect on his mistakes.
Gray's semblance allows him to supercharge his body giving a 100% boost to his strength, speed and agility. He will also fight as though he were at full stamina for the duration of the semblance .The cost of this enormous boost to offensive power is that his aura will cease acting as a shield as it takes so much energy to maintain the boost. Gray will always become exhausted from using his semblance for any time at all once the semblance De-activates. However if he uses it for over 1 minute he will run out of energy his semblance will dissipate and he will collapse from exhaustion.His opponents can also tell when his semblance is activated as his aura will glow and then it will appear to solidify then shatter. When his semblance De-activates his aura will glow for a couple of seconds.
Combat Behavior (pre-injury): Gray fights in a very aggressive way, using his dust arrows to force his opponents guard down then rushing in and using either his fists or his weapons to trap the enemy in a barrage of strikes using his overwhelming strength and speed to keep as much pressure on his enemy as he can using his speed to evade most attacks they can throw at him. Despite his overwhelming offensive power his defense is pretty much nonexistent and he expends a lot of energy keeping his onslaught of attacks going which means any enemy who can outlast him will have an easy time with him. He also is completely oblivious to his low stamina and will often overuse his semblance and knock himself out, meaning his allies have to save him.
Combat Behavior (post-injury): After Gray was shot by Nathan Eau during the Vytal tournament he has been weak in his left arm and as a result has had to modify his combat behavior. He is still a completely untrained fighter and as a result still fights in a wild and erratic manner and overwhelms his opponent with high speed and strength but he is now completely incapable with accuracy with Lamnia's bow form due to his arm beginning to shake when he draws it. He can still however use the bow as a good distraction and his arrow types having an area of effect around them means that he can get away with the lack of precision. His newfound weakness has however lead to some positive changes as well. While before Gray used his twin swords so that he could throw out more attacks than he would be able to with a single blade there is now a distinct difference between the blades and the way they are used. Gray has reduced the size and weight slightly of the sword he wields in his left hand and slightly increased the size and weight of the sword in his right hand. With this change his melee fighting style could be considered as having improved due to his injury as he now has his left blade entirely devoted to speed making quick slashes and stabs with it and hopefully forcing his opponent to keep parrying or risk taking damage from the multiple swings while with his right blade he can deliver crushing blows while his opponent is focused on deflecting the quick ones.
WEAPON
Name:lamnia
Primary Form: A long bow made from two long-swords joined at the hilt. ring shapes on the hilts of the swords form a holding that the arrow fits in and keeps it steady.
Secondary Form: the drawstring of the bow retracts inside one of the swords and the two swords separate from each other allowing the swords to be used. one sword has the drawstring in it which can be extended at the press of a button and is used to trip up an opponent. the other blade contains multiple phials of dust and can use a button to open and release the dust within into the air though this trick is rarely used in this form. both swords have a ring in the hilt which the index finger is inserted through allowing the blades to be spun on the finger.
Tertiary Form: the two swords join together again and the hilts extend to the length of a staff the blade of the dust releasing sword is flicked inwards and the dust cartridges become more exposed creating a blunt end that can disperse dust and the other blade remains out forming a glaive with rings at the center which allows the user to spin the glaive on an outstretched index finger.
Dust Functions: Lamnia uses dust in two ways depending on if it is in it's ranged or one of it's melee forms. In it's bow form it cannot use it's built in dust however Gray uses dust arrows which he carries 12 of in his quiver. He purchases the dust as he cannot make or infuse it himself. These arrows have effects based on the type of dust used.
Fire: causes an explosion at the point of impact.
Ice: freezes an area around the point of impact
Lightining: creates an electric charge that arcs between multiple targets.
He also has six small phials of dust in one of his swords. this is fire type dust and all he does is release it into the air for him to explode with a spark or for an ally to manipulate.
History: Gray forged the weapon when he was a member of the White Fang and the reason he made it into a bow was that he was completely useless with guns. He named in Lamnia as all forms had the potential to be used as a slashing weapon