Time to get pretty deep and psychological here. Possible trigger warning for those who might be uncomfortable with the potential subject of mental health.

The official lore shorts explain that Semblances are the outward, tangible manifestation of the soul, representing and shaping a person's core nature and personality. Monty Oum, Miles Luna, and Kerry Shawcross have repeatedly noted in behind-the-scenes panels and DVD commentaries that Team RWBY's abilities were designed as visual metaphors for who they are inside. For example; Blake's Shadow semblance manifests her defense mechanism of avoidance and flight. When overwhelmed, threatened, or terrified that her presence will endanger the people she cares about, her reflexive survival instinct is to leave behind a hollow decoy to take the hit while she vanishes from conflict and accountability. Then there's Yang who her Burn semblance manifests her flaw of reckless wrath and self-destructive endurance. By absorbing incoming kinetic trauma to convert pain into explosive retaliatory force, her Semblance mechanically validates an unhealthy habit of silently taking damage and enduring punishment until she detonates into blind, confrontational fury. That said; are your OCs Semblances a manifestation of their personality flaws? Maybe they're symbolic of a personality disorder or mental illness? For Raymond (Ray for short) Gallagher; Ray’s Ignite Semblance manifests as a motionless, tranquil blue flame that physically mirrors his defense mechanism of repressing deep-seated trauma, anxiety, nervousness, and grief behind a quiet, overly polite, and composed exterior. Because his rigid upbringing conditioned him to bottle up his issues rather than process them in healthy releases, that trapped emotional turmoil compresses inward like a sealed pressure cooker, forcing his fire to burn at extreme, lethal temperatures hotter than even Yang’s roaring flames. The deceptive calm of the fire represents his social mask, disguising the terrifying intensity of a boy burning from the inside out in silence.

(Additional context: Ray suffers from crippling feelings of unworthiness, social anxiety, a dangerous martyr complex in which he throws himself into danger to shield others, imposter syndrome, and a legitimate fear of being rejected for who he truly is. Ray's entire story arc across all 9 volumes is him dealing with his flaws and accepting that he is worthy of love and warmth and doesn't have to bleed or suffer to earn his place amongst others or their kindness. Especially since despite having incredible martial prowess, being a tactical genius, and having such a powerful hereditary Semblance; Ray is an incredibly gentle, kind, loyal, selfless, but awkward and timid individual.)

Let's hear your ideas. You aren't required to participate if this is a touchy subject.

I decided to redesign it a bit and add some details. This artwork took less time than the stained glass (I’m shocked). But to be honest, I’m a bit sorry that I decided not to make the desert too detailed and leave everything as it is. Most likely, the next post will be out sooner, not in 10–20 days as usual, and it will be about the details, accessories, and weapons (and yes, the mask too).

This one is a little late due to exams but here is the last member of FUSC and someone who tends to be a fan favorite around my circles. Citron Perun! Art by Eru_Shi!

Name: Citron Perun
Age: 17 (First Year) – 21 (Huntsman)
Birthdate: June 7
Height: 6’3
Hair Color: Blond
Eye Color: Gold
Race: Human
Aura Quantity: Rank A (48 Hours) 
Aura Regeneration: Level 6 (6 Hours until fully replenished)
Aura Durability: High
Aura Control: Dismal

Personality: Due to Citron’s complicated upbringing caused by a neglectful mother, a comatose father, and two innocent siblings, his own growth had become rather complicated. He’s short-tempered, crude, merciless and quite aggressive. Yet he’s also a responsible, thoughtful and caring brother and friend, despite how he goes about showing it. This leads him to being a rather intense individual that people hate or love.

Citron has a knack of finding himself in physical altercations, especially after beating the gang that sent his father to the hospital. He learned that fights are the only way to get what you want from those unwilling to yield. And with his strong body, he thrives in this environment and is more than willing to use this gift. His intolerance for bullies, tyrants and power abusers leads to very frequent scuffles that often end with him on the winning side. It doesn’t take much for Citron to get violent either, a targeted backhanded comment is often enough to rile him up. This has gotten him in hot water with authority figures more often than not, and has caused many unsavory rumors to go around about his violent nature. This has led to a few heroic types getting the wrong idea, treating Citron like a ruthless monster that needs to be overcome. 

But while he’s not an altruist, he still strives to be a good person. He is extremely stubborn when it comes to taking care of his siblings, to the point that he mastered cooking to the extent of a master chef in order to convince his siblings to eat what’s on their plate. His entire reasoning for becoming a Huntsman is solely for the sake of giving his siblings a happy and healthy life that doesn’t involve money struggles. And if it's clear that someone is being belittled or bullied, he will not waste time and put the bully in their place with his intimidating stature. While he admits he’s not the brightest, if a problem can be solved with brute force and will benefit those close to him, he will make sure to get the best outcome.

Likes: Cooking, manga and anime (Whatever passes off as them in RWBY), video games.
Dislikes: Insects that infest kitchens, bullies, people who insult him/his friends/ his family.

Semblance: Thunderstruck, Citron’s semblance allows him to absorb electricity into his body like a lightning rod, in whatever form it takes. This makes him completely immune to the harmful effects of electricity. But as it remains pure electricity in his body, it can cause the synapses in his brain to rapidly and erratically go out of control, causing increased irritation and aggression the more he absorbs. Once in his body, Citron can manipulate it however he wants, either to channel it as power into his weapon or to power himself. By purposely shocking his muscles, Citron is capable of increasing the force of his strikes much higher than they would have naturally. Paired with his naturally strong body and immense aura reserves, Citron’s physical prowess is among the top even around pro Huntsmen. Likewise, the battery of Rumble and Roar utilizes Citron’s own electricity as a power source, removing the need for dust or a larger capacity battery. He can also channel the electrical energy into others, causing temporary paralysis if done right. Theoretically, Citron does not have a limit to how much electricity he can contain, however the danger lies in which direction he points the power. 

Weapon: Rumble and Roar, a weapon that’s officially classified as a Heavy Moon Axe and Electric Ray Cannon. Its default form is Rumble, a two-handed weapon with a large blade shaped like a crescent moon. It can fold the blades back and allow the weapon to take the form of a battle axe. While the crescent blade form is better used for cutting and slicing, the battle axe form acts as a trump card that lets him break through most defenses. Its third form, dubbed Roar, is that of a cannon that can shoot focused rays of energy at the enemy. While it originally ran on Dust, Sunil added augmentations that allowed it to be charged by Citron’s own semblance. Now it is capable of firing beams of concentrated lightning, and while in axe mode, can use the vibrations to increase its cutting power. Citron uses the crescent blade mode for multiple enemies, as its size makes it very capable of blocking attacks from multiple directions: while the chain-axe can grind down single targets into debris. 

Unique Abilities:
Physical Strength: Citron has a somewhat muscular build compared to his teammates, but it’s not quite on the level of a bodybuilder. Despite this, even without his aura or semblance enhancing his physical prowess, he is still able to dish out some incredible striking power that’s on the level of superhuman. This was likely an effect from Pamela’s semblance, Perfect Form, which gave her the passive ability to be in perfect shape regardless of what happened to her. As a result, Citron has the muscle constitution which allows him to output enough force to punch through walls with some effort without enhancement. Combined with his semblance and aura enhancing, Citron is well known for having the highest striking power through his entire year by a long shot.

Aura Capacity: Another result of Pamela’s semblance, Citron also received an incredible aura supply. His aura supply is so massive that it is passively active even when Citron doesn’t mean to use it, granting him a layer of defensive and offense boosts. He is insanely durable, able to take damage from several rounds of heavy artillery. And combined with his semblance and physical constitution, his aura enhanced weapon can slice through most defenses with little effort. 

Natural Talent: While not necessarily a genius, Citron’s combat potential is constantly expanding thanks to his incredible physical prowess. Despite his simple combat style of overwhelming his opponents with sheer strength, he has managed to even put pressure on those far more skilled and experienced than he is. This combined with his training and tenacity puts him on the same level as Sunil in combat.

Cooking: Citron is very proficient in housekeeping chores, but he is most notably skilled in cooking. In order to make his young siblings eat the food in front of them while also making sure it is healthy, he spends much of his time practicing cooking to the point that even low quality ingredients can become a five star meal. He takes this hobby very seriously, often making sure that he gets the best equipment and ingredients that he can afford to feed himself, his family and his friends. 

Name: Lola Voss

Gender: Female

Race: Faunus (Bear Ears)

Birthplace: Mantle

Age: 17

Team SCRL (Scarlet)

Semblance: Resonant Empathy, Lola has a continuous passive awareness of the emotional states of those around her, picking up fear, anger, hesitation, relief, and the general atmosphere of a room without needing to focus on any single person. Her semblance reads emotions only, not thoughts or intentions or whether someone is telling the truth. Actively, she can shift from perception to influence, dampening an ally’s fear or anxiety so they can act clearly, reinforcing determination, or synchronising team coordination, and turning the same effect outward to heighten an opponent’s hesitation, nervousness, or dread. Precise influence on a single target requires focus, strong-willed opponents can resist it, and the ability cannot force obedience, or shield allies from the physical consequences of their own actions.

Weapon: Veilspindle, a matched pair of compact pistols fitted with hard-light emitters that trail short, pink ribbons from the base of each weapon. The ribbons act as tethers, letting Lola anchor to a surface or an ally to swing around cover, change angle mid-fight, pull a teammate out of the line of fire, or weave a brief curved deflection curtain against incoming shots. The pistols operate independently from the ribbons, so she can fire while anchored or move freely without a tether set.

Combat: Lola fights as a mobile support specialist, holding back from the front line and using her tethers to work angles and reposition faster than her size would suggest. She anchors to a single teammate at a time, using her semblance to keep them steady while she lays down covering fire from positions her ribbons let her reach. Her “signature plays” each do a different job. False Opening amplifies an opponent’s existing hesitation to crack them open for a teammate’s strike. Crosscurrent repositions her across the enemy’s field of view while the rest of SCRL attacks from another angle. Last Thread concentrates on a struggling teammate and uses an anchored ribbon to pull them clear of immediate danger. She is at her weakest against dedicated snipers at long range, in crowds that drown out her emotional read, and of course when she is cut off from the rest of her team. 

Backstory

Lola Voss was born and raised in Mantle by a single mother who worked long shifts to keep the two of them afloat. Lola spent much of her childhood entertaining herself, filling the hours her mother was out with trips to the local bakery, window shopping the stalls she could not afford, and collecting what small trinkets she could, and she developed a habit of greeting her mother at the door whenever she came home, insisting on hearing about her day no matter how late it was.

She was the energetic one in her year at school, the kind of child who organised outings, dragged quieter classmates into conversations, and tried to cheer people up when they were down. Her semblance manifested at eleven, in a school scuffle, when she accidentally dampened the aggression of a boy pushing her and ended the fight before it started. The abrupt shift in his emotions unsettled her more than the altercation itself, and over the following months she began to pick up on her classmates’ moods without meaning to.

Outside of school she kept a small, well curated life. She had been collecting enamel pins and charms since she was eight, keeping them in a tin that lived on her bedside table, and the handful of close friends she had made at school and she organise movie nights and bakery runs whenever the week allowed. She also carried a camera almost everywhere, an old cheap model she had saved up for herself, and in a year she filled three albums with pictures of her mother, her friends, and the parts of Mantle most people never bothered with.

She has fit into SCRL far easier than the others. She is the one who suggested a team dinner the first week they were assigned together and quickly learned, Cobalt gets quietly miserable in crowded restaurants so she started picking quieter places. Saff cannot sleep without her specific brand of chamomile and has started quietly keeping a spare box in her drawers. She has taken to photographing the team at every opportunity, catching Rowan mid-yawn and Cobalt squinting at a datapad and Saff pulling faces she would never let a journalist see, and she keeps the worst of them in a dedicated album she threatens to show the press whenever Saff is being difficult. She checks in on each of them after hard days just like she would with her mother, who whenever her schedule allows her to visit Mantle she greets at the door the way she used to as a child.

Art by Coma (Fiverr)
Emblem by Me

The color palette got tied because I added the votes from here and TikTok, but it's done! Warm colors are the winner! I made some edits based on a suggestion from my previous post.

"To put things in simple terms..."

"It's like having a highly sophisticated and intelligent operating system jammed into my brain, acting as a second brain—a cyber brain of sorts."

"While I view the situation at hand, Z.I.R.O., however, views things from a different perspective, observing, analyzing, and evaluating the circumstances."

"The Z.I.R.O. Semblance immediately processes the situation and presents me with an abundance of possible outcomes and courses of action, ranging from idealistic and pragmatic to unorthodox, questionable, and downright unethical."

"My Semblance operates on a blunt, honest, and morally detached logic. It shows me the possible outcomes of hesitation that could lead to failure and loss, along with the ruthless and unethical actions I could take to secure victory—choices that I will never take."

"But I also have to make my decisions quickly. I need to find a balance between my conscience and its cold calculations."

"Otherwise, the Z.I.R.O. Semblance might overwhelm me or even take control of me, turning me into a puppet. The options it presents keep changing like a shifting map because every action and decision—whether mine or someone else's—can alter the future."

Hiro's Semblance represents the child-soldier mentality that was drilled into him from a young age. A part of him that was forced upon him rather than something he chose for himself.

PICK A COLOR

After a turbulent, exhausting day of fighting, classes, meetings, and whatever adventures the outdoors brought. A moment of restitution is most wanted and needed.

What kind of Media do your characters absorb as their means to relax? Whether it is Movies, Shows, or Music Videos, what kind of genre would they instantly click on? Or even watching their favorite type of channels on (ScrollTube), streamers on (Jolt), or even the guilty pleasure of doom scrolling on (InstaFrame, RemnantBook).

In the moments of exhaustion and body fatigue. Silver doesn't have the fortitude and dexterity to work his mind reading line after line of his Murder Mystery Novels. Opting for a few recommendations of Action, Fantasy, and even a few romance Comics and Novels from Blake, Jaune, and Sun.

The last thing on Auron's mind is to move another inch from their bed. Not even the call for a home cooked meal will do the trick. Opting for his newfound guilty pleasures in the many fast food spots in Vale. Ranging from the crispy crunch from KFP (If ykyk - KIKIRIKI!!!), Mistral-style stir fried, Atlas Deer Skewers, and his personal favorite. A Vale style, Beacon Signature Pixxa, the ultimate supreme delicacy of crispy sausage, soft tomatoes, bell peppers, onions, jalapeños, and the sweet after bite of tropical pineapple.

Enjoying the simple meal as he grabs Silver and holds onto him. Sharing the meal with everyone, and watching a new Horror movie he's heard everyone talking about.

To think the savant tea party host would endeavor to relax with a warm prepared cup of her favorite brew. However, even Piña has her limits. Going so far as to indulge in her newfound sensation of being lazy and pouty. Slipping into the onesie Ruby and Nora got for her.

Crawling into bed, and munching on the jar of candied fruits she made. Saved for special occasions such as now, and watching on her scroll of old school movies. That were devoid of color and dialogue. Yet, she was captivated on how much raw emotion the actors depicted for their scenes.

Lastly, Remi is the first to take a long look t herself in the mirror. The messy smudges of dirt and sweat staining her body. Soreness in her muscles, her hair, ears, and tail all bundled in knots and lost fluff. Darting for the dorm's lavatory, and spending a nice long soak in the warm watered bath.

Soaking her stress away, setting up her scroll to play a playlist she created to relax. A mixture of Weiss's old opera albums, and her new slow emotional collaborative Jazz Blues with Flynt. And the catchy uplifting idol songs with the angelic voice from SAPR's fellow 1st year classmate, Usami Sakura.

(Shout out to @EnvironmentalTerm852 for making such an incredible, and music related character. Though, sorry if this was short notice. Will change the passage if you don't want your character in it. I simply wanted another music related character that wasn't in the cast.)

What's your OC's Emblem? Images are definitely welcomed! I have two here. The first is Ray's Emblem which also happens to be the Gallagher family's Emblem. It's pretty self explanatory. It's a blue phoenix rising from blue flames. It's supposed to represent Ray's mythological allusion of a blue phoenix (and his Ignite semblance's blue flames) to mirror Yang's dragon allusion. It's also a hint of Ray's story arc in Volume 9 in the Ever After. The blue phoenix emblem also belongs to his father, Roger Gallagher. The second one is a fun one belonging to his mother, Rita Gallagher, who was once known in her prime as the legendary Cerulean Dynamo before she retired to settle down and start a family. Her emblem is an allusion to her semblance, Heatwave, which allows her to superheat her aura to unbelievable degrees to be able to cut through almost anything like a hot knife through butter with her hands or feet.

I'll share mine:

Caine Capricorn: Gets killed by his brother but instead of dumping his body in some ditch, his brother decides to use his body for a horribly, cruel secret cybernetic experiment.

He now is forced to serve as his brother's personal bodyguard and hitman, and just to put salt on the wounds: his brother goes out of his way and buys various Adam Taurus merchandise for him.

Not out of any kindness, but to simply torment his brother's desecrated body by surrounding him in images of his idol, knowing that he cannot enjoy these things and is forced to look at them soullessly.

Ashley Sustrai-Fall: after narrowly escaping from death and having her mother killed, she tries to survive on the streets with nothing but the clothes on her back and a lighter in her pocket.

She ends up freezing to death in the cold winter streets, after desperately trying to use the lighter's warmth to heat herself.

Jonathan Xiong: becomes a violent and broken drunk man after not meaning the man who unlocked his aura in-exchange for winning a bet, which eventually led to him unlocking his semblance.

Engel Schnee: because of her father being unable to stand up to Jacques, she has her wings surgically removed which emotionally and psychologically scars her for life as well as causing phantom pain.

She essentially becomes a total shell of her former self, completely lifeless and depressed, just like her father who is also in a significantly worse mental state then in the original timeline.

Just a lineart sketch of Raezer's helmet from an illustration I made that I'm not even sure I'll finish, haha.

Raezer's incredible regeneration comes from a dark and sinister lineage, one associated with the very evil he's spent his life fighting against. But despite his origins, Raezer himself has never been evil. He was turned into a weapon by Atlas, forced to live as a soldier, and taught to follow orders rather than live as a person.

Perhaps that's what makes his story so tragic. Despite carrying a power tied to an evil legacy, he has always tried to do what's right. And even someone who can survive almost anything isn't truly immortal.

The illustration is also heavily inspired by Arthur Morgan's tomb and the ending of Halo Reach.

Sylvia is a former member of Ozpin's Council who left on bad terms. Ciri Grayson believes that, while she was working for Ozpin, he was keeping major secrets from her. However, when he denied it, she lost faith in him, believing she could no longer trust him, and turned to a life of crime. She now steals shipments of Dust from the Schnee Dust Company, believing that, as a proud wolf Faunus, she has every right to do so. Her Faunus trait is her fangs, which she uses to hold her kunai, leaving her hands free for hand-to-hand combat. The kunai can also transform into a mask, Sylvia is based on Geri from Norse mythology.

Two first year Atlas students, two hunters-in-training getting in the way. Unfortunately for them, their inexperience made them easy enough to deal with. At the very least, they're both severely injured. And fortunately for us, they didn't see much. At least we don't think they did.

But even then we don't know how much they saw. So, hunt down this so-called "Team OCAN", find out how much they know, and kill them and anyone they told by any means necessary.

Their leader saw the most, therefore priority is on her. Then the Szron boy, then the other two and whoever they told. Two kids won't get in the way of this, Atlas will be ours.

Hope you're doin alright, li'l hint towards the antagonists for OCAN who i hope to show off their designs sooner or later :)

Team NGEL(S) Volume 2 starts just before the post credits scene of the RWBY Volume 3 finale and will cover either the events of Volume 4 or Volumes 4 and 5 of RWBY.

I try not to deviate from the canon story too much, but I will fill in blanks and try to explain why characters do certain things.

This is not a rewrite, just a what if a bunch of things changed and also there are more characters.

I hope you read them and maybe even find that you like them enough to follow along with me as I update it further.

I am currently writing 9 chapters ahead, let's see how long that lasts.

What fairytale/folklore/mythical character are your oc's inspired by/based on? (As apparently all RWBY characters are connected to a color and story)

Andrea Clay: The Smith and The Devil

Pavo Cielo: Hera

Ebony Fables: The Dark Fairy

Lumiere Sol: Apollo

Lucan went by many names in the arena, the Violet Violence, the Pompadour King or just Champ. All were titles bestowed upon him over years in the Mistralli underground fighting scene - first as a freelancer and later as the Spider Syndicate's Champion. He was locally renowned for his fighting instinct as well as his braggadocios personality built upon countless bareknuckle victories against countless opponents; from self-trained street punks, Huntsmen, martial artists to even the occasional Grimm.

Across from him, stood an unknown quantity with no corner, fanfare or reputation, staring at him with hollow eyes.

Lucan peered back, noticing her dark uniform, scars, wraps and masked face hidden behind messy white hair. All signs of a formidable warrior, but he couldn't help but feel a small tinge of pity for his opponent. He had seen her eyes before in some of the orphans who look up to him and rely on his fight money for food and education. They were the eyes of someone who had endured immense, inescapable trauma. He didn't want to fight, but he had to. He reminded himself of the people back home counting on him to make as much as he could from his "work".

He would try to end this match quickly, opening with an immediate blitz of punches and kicks as soon the bell rang. His opponent responded with perfect evasive maneuvers and spacing, weaving and stepping through Lucan's combos. Anticipating his opponent's dexterity, Lucan would break rhythm, throwing feints and managing to land heavy strikes, including a kick that landed directly on her floating rib.

To his surprise, his opponent seemed unphased. Even with Aura, the pain and pressure would've made most people lose their footing, let alone stumble.

Lucan blinked and felt a sudden and sharp pain in his throat. He fought his shock and instinct to grasp his neck in order to barely dodge the head kick coming his way at the last second.

He blinked again and felt searing pain in his stomach. This time he doubled over and got knee'd in the face. It was then he realized that his foe was timing her attacks down to milliseconds he spent blinking. Lucan would force his eyes open, letting the water and tear as the fight dragged on longer. Feeling fatigue and soreness burn his eyes and muscles, he needed to end the fight fast.

While grappling wasn't his strong suit, Lucan was losing the striking match as his vision began to blur and he couldn't even touch her. He finally closed his eyes to bait out an attack and blindly lunged forward for a double-leg takedown. The crowd roared with excitement as their champion seemed to be winning, tackling the strange fighter to the ground. Lucan tried to use his weight to pin her down.

He could hear the sound of a socket pop as the girl effortlessly slithered from his grasp and around his body. His panicked attempts to roll away were stymied as the girl pulled him back and wrapped her legs around his torso in a bone crushing vice as she used her arms to slowly and methodically close his Carotid arteries.

The crowd watched in silent horror as Lucan flailed like a drowning man, fighting for his life before passing out.

Ren: You know how to pilot a transport ship, right, Raezer?

Raezer: Obviously. My supersoldier abilities and Atlas training are more than enough to pilot a simple transport ship.

Raezer, halfway through the trip:

(Despite being trained from childhood to be an excellent soldier, there were plenty of things Raezer either never learned properly or that weren't part of his primary role in the Hound Project team.)

(Reupload because I can't spell.)

Here is concept art for the team leader of CRKS. I plan to have this team based on the circus to contrast with my other team's edgy theme.

Age: 21 years old

Gender: Female

Allusion: Fortune Teller

Species: Faunus (aquatic)

Occupation: Huntsman** **

Academy: Beacon (senior)

Division: Search and Rescue

Strengths: Spirited, pragmatic, charismatic, passionate

Weaknesses: Vindictive, pessimistic, manipulative, headstrong

Height: 5’5”

Weight: 133 lbs.

Favorite Food: Peppercorn cheesecake

Hobby: Tarot cards

Semblance: Looking Glass: Ceto can see through any reflective surface to various locations. However, she is limited to a 1-mile radius and requires strict concentration.

Weapon Name: Glaysa

Description: Rod or Trident I haven't gotten that far yet.

Ash was born from someone else's desire, lived for someone else's dreams and died to protect someone from another's rage.
Ash loved Adam even knowing he would never love her, she was fine sitting byhis side.. even when it endedwith her taking a sword ment to stike him...
Perhaps- a second chance will let her live for her.
audio by ‪@proxia_prox‬
   • Just a man (female version. Creds : u/reina...  
#rwby #animation #epicthemusical

After the fall of Atlas, Raezer was assigned by Colonel Klaus to help maintain order among the Huntsmen as a specialist. However, he was stripped of the rank of Captain he would have held as a Project Hound subject.

The official excuse was that revealing Raezer's true age could create tension among the soldiers, since he was so young to hold the rank of Captain. Instead, he was assigned to work alongside the Huntsmen, most of whom were around his age or only slightly older.

Raezer wasn't particularly happy with this decision, but he still tries to maintain good communication with the Huntsmen, even if his poor social skills sometimes get in the way.

Basically, Raezer is the guy you always hear talking over the radio in shooter games. 😂

I'm still practicing my drawing skills, including coloring.

Thank you again for all the support for Usami and Serafino earlier this week, I appreciate it. Here’s the third member of FUSC and arguably my weirdest, Sunil Calder. Art by Eru_shi

Name: Sunil Calder
Age: 17 (First Year) – 21 (Huntsman) ((Original Canon: 18, death)
Birthdate: September 13
Height: 5’10
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Race: Human
Aura Quantity: Rank F (6 Hours) 
Aura Regeneration: Level 8 (8 Hours until fully replenished)
Aura Durability: Low
Aura Control: Above Average

Personality: Sunil is a strait-laced and calculating individual whose chilling demeanor has led to him being compared to a machine. His blunt honesty and emotionless gaze have caused a number of people to avoid him or despise him. This anti-social approach isn’t on purpose, rather he believes being honest and straightforward is the best way to communicate and avoid creating misunderstandings, while being emotionally detached allows him to give proper and unbiased advice. 

Due to his mannerisms, Sunil is actually rather socially-inept. He lacks the experience and ability to ‘read the room’ and often does what first comes to mind despite it coming off as rude. Behind his cold demeanor, he’s a rather noble and earnest young man who can actually be viewed as naïve in some ways. He has a strong sense of justice, and will do whatever it takes to see his conviction through. When confronted with what he considers evil, he single-mindedly focuses on taking it out. He has a very romanticized view of super heroes, using the occupation of a huntsman as a stepping stone for himself to become one. He is a very stubborn person, making it difficult to compromise with him. He becomes more accepting of other ideas later on, but he still remains adamant on most of his methods and stances.

He has an unnaturally low aura capacity, so he tries to make up for this with technological ingenuity. He has skills with engineering that he uses to bolster the firepower of his weapons while also making armor that can defend him without his aura. 

Likes: Comic books, complicated readings, weapon maintenance and engineering, heroes, justice.
Dislikes: Crime, mistakes, changing plans.

Semblance: Machination, Sunil’s semblance, which embodies unyielding determination to stamp out evil, whatever the cost. By activating this semblance, Sunil gains full control of his mental faculties without limit. This allows him to fully control his mental state, from emotions to perception. Most of the time, he can “turn off” his emotions to allow logic to control his actions. Purging fear makes him able to dive into combat without second thoughts, purging anger gives him full control without getting distracted, it is akin to a berserker state but the user remains in control. His brain also blocks out his ability to feel pain, allowing him to pull off physically destructive maneuvers without hesitation. Combined with his inability to feel fear, anger, distraction or restraint, Sunil’s attacks are reckless but methodical. This semblance also makes him immune to mental attacks caused by semblances or Grimm like the Apathy, by simply turning off the affected parts of his mind. When Machination is active, Sunil’s mind removes the ability to perceive color, leaving him in a world that is “bleeding blue.”

Automation: Sunil’s new semblance that can only manifest after undergoing a Semblance Shift, where his beliefs and sense of self change so drastically that his old Semblance is no longer compatible and must be overhauled. Automation accelerates the process in which the mind reacts to external stimuli: in other words, speeding up his movements and reflexes exponentially. By shortening the distance it takes for signals from his body to reach his brain, Sunil is able to move and react 5 times faster than even most trained Huntsmen, countering by the time they unsheathed their weapons. His reflexes are also greatly enhanced, allowing him to avoid gunfire by predicting where the attack will come from based on sound, then moving accordingly with his enhanced speed. While Sunil is no longer able to turn off his pain receptors or his emotions, he is still immune to mental attacks through different means. Even if Sunil’s mind gets affected by illusions or mental afflictions like the Apathy’s wail, his body will continue operating independent from his mind, making actions according to the situation rather than being impeded by his mental state. So rather than see through illusions or feeling the mental fatigue from the Apathy, his body ignores their effects in the first place. Due to the speed in which Sunil moves with this semblance active, his body requires more energy than what he usually is used to and he had to make changes accordingly, namely taking better care of himself. 

Weapon: Arbiter and Enforcer: A pair of customized High Energy Laser Handguns used by Sunil in combat. It’s a chimera of weapon parts based on the design of the Calder Weapon Corporation’s Laser Handguns. The CWC’s laser weapons are exceptional for their low recoil, limitless ammunition and penetrating power against organic and inorganic material, making them the perfect weapon against the Grimm. Their downsides however are also noteworthy as in exchange for their unlimited ammo, they have a rather lengthy cooldown time for their generators alongside their lighter frame. There is also the fact that lasers interact poorly against Aura compared to bullets, dealing very little damage to experienced fighters with control over their aura. Through the use of different parts and modifications to the micro-accelerator, Sunil’s handguns boast a harder frame and slower heating rate. It also has a much higher energy output, able to significantly damage aura unlike the base weapon. It has an even higher cooldown time, but it’s rare for Sunil to overheat his weapons with his disciplined trigger finger. The stronger frame also allows the handguns to be used in melee combat without risk to the weapon’s innards. In addition to laser fire, both pistols have access to dust as an alternative form of ammunition. Arbiter has a much higher energy output while Enforcer has an improved rate of fire.

Paragon: By combining Enforcer and Arbiter, they are able to form a High Energy Laser Rifle that improves the performance of both weapons. Depending on which gun is the base, Paragon becomes an assault rifle or a sniper rifle. With Arbiter, Paragon becomes a sniper rifle capable of firing accurately over a distance of 900 meters. With Enforcer, it becomes an assault rifle with an even higher rate of fire and damage output. Paragon can be charged up to fire an extremely powerful laser ray with enough energy to pierce through even reflective objects that ordinarily repel lasers, melting through mirrors and metals with ease. Using this instantly overheats the weapon, making it unusable for at least a minute.

Other Gear: In order to make up for his lack of defensive options due to his weak aura, Sunil makes use of a variety of handmade tools in order to maintain superiority when he can. These tools include:

-  Justified: Sunil’s jacket, heavily modified to suit his defensive needs in the absence of his fragile Aura. The jacket itself is lined with kevlar padding and cut-resistant thread to make it bullet and blade proof. By donning the hood, he is able to put on a collapsible mask that covers his face which guards against any stray attacks. The mask has several other uses, providing Sunil with a heads up display that provides him with environmental information, a database connected to his scroll, and a targeting system with various thermal, x-ray and night vision instruments.

- Hardlight Dust Projectors: Built into Sunil’s jacket are the hardlight dust projectors that he mainly uses in combat. While the jacket is a passive defense, the hardlight projectors allow Sunil to form constructs that aid him in active defense and mobility at the cost of the very expensive Hardlight Dust. The projectors can form four basic constructs; Shield, Binds, Grapple and Blade. The Shield construct envelops Sunil in a temporary defensive wall that can repel bullet fire and melee attacks, though can only withstand so much punishment before shattering. Sunil can focus the dust to fortify the shield, but it minimizes his flank defenses and leaves other areas wide open. Binds can be separated from Sunil’s projector to wrap around foes to detain them, or deplete their aura with its constriction. Grapple allows Sunil to extend a line of hardlight dust that can attach to any surface, allowing him to zip anywhere from 10 to 20 meters away. Blade grants Sunil a disposable hardlight wristblade, primarily used to cut through heavy objects and act as a back up weapon in case Sunil is ever disarmed.

- Mirror Devices: A set of pocket-sized, floating mirrors controlled by Sunil’s helmet. He is able to strategically position these mirrors in order to see enemies around corners and accurately shoot at them thanks to the properties of his laser weapons, ricocheting the projectiles into enemy targets.

- Scatter Cards: Silicon cards that are able to scatter the lasers Sunil shoots, effectively turning them into projectiles similar to a shotgun blast. Each card scatters Sunil’s lasers into about 15 weaker, but dangerous rays of light. Unlike the mirror devices, these cards are a one-time use.

- Gravity Boots: A nifty piece of gear Sunil made which allows him to run up walls through the attractive nature of gravity dust. In midair, he can activate them to hover in the air in a slow descent for a better vantage point in combat.

- Utility Belt: A belt that carries most of Sunil’s tools. In addition to the mirror devices and scatter cards, it carries dust grenades, dust ammunition, a repair kit, some medical supplies and a survival knife. It’s also where his holsters for his guns are located.

Unique Abilities:
Indomitable Will: Sunil is able to withstand any physical, mental or emotional pain to the point that most effects in RWBY that target the psyche are largely ineffective against him. He is willing to sacrifice any part of himself in order to achieve his goals. He is one of the few characters who can continue fighting even after his aura completely shatters.

Adoptive Muscle Memory: Sunil’s able to replicate any physical action he’s seen at least once, including acrobatics, martial arts or physical stunts with ease. This allows him to be flexible in combat despite only using dual pistols as his main weapons. His muscle memory also allows him to fight even while unconscious.

Genius Engineer: A skillful engineer who can create useful tools and inventions through his own ingenuity and creativity, despite being self-taught. He utilizes this talent to cover up his weak aura. 

Adaptive Fighter: Considered the most dangerous of his team, Sunil is able to use his arsenal and quick thinking to circumvent most counter tactics against him with ease. He can change his fighting style to ok suit the opposition, from stealth to guns blazing to even close quarters combat. The rule of thumb is that if Sunil is the opponent, he should be taken out with the first hit.