[hider=team VuLCaN (3rd year)] [hider=Gauthak Fulgur Valun] 1)Basic info Name: Gauthak Fulgur Valun Species: Human Age: 19 Gender Male: Symbol: shield emblem with a hammer and axe crossed over it Handedness: ambidextrous, right dominant Physical traits: gigantism, large scar across his neck and forehead Misc traits: simple gold ring with two garnet stones and one amethyst worn on his left hand Occupation: student (leader, team VLCN) 2)Appearance Aura/Effects: fiery red, fire sparks Height: 9’ Weight: 460lbs Eyes: chocolate brown Skin color: olive tan Face: square and firm Hair: dark brown, neck length, straight Physique: broad and muscular Combat Outfit: leather cuirass reinforced with metal plates, black jeans, combat boots, belt with storage pouches for extra ammo Casual Outfit: slacks, black formal shoes, white long-sleeved shirt, silver wrist-watch Formal Outfit: black tux with matching bowtie and shoes 3)Characteristics Background: The sole heir to a large fabrication company based in Vale, Gauthak has always been taught that his place in the world is his choice to make, as such he was never spoiled and given choices throughout his life, being made to live with the consequences. Despite their primary status as a manufacturing company, the Valun family have a legacy of huntsman and warriors dating back to before the great war, with most heads of the family undergoing training to become huntsman. In keeping with the family legacy, Gauthak enrolled at Signal Academy at the age of 13, specializing in combat while maintaining average academic scores, he quickly began to favor heavier weapons, allowing him to take advantage of his naturally superior stature. Not long after enrolling in the academy, he met Alivia, a girl who had lost a leg in a grimm attack as a small child. Innocently enough he had a prosthetic made by the family company designed specifically for combat use, however the simple gesture of kindness has since led to a much deeper relationship between the two. At the age of 17, after graduating from Signal alongside his now girlfriend Alivia, he applied for Beacon Academy, easily completing the combat trials and acquiring consistently above-average academic scores. At initiation he manage to ensure he was partnered with Alivia and they were placed on a team with Argento Caden and Naeva Tacitus, with himself being appointed leader. Personality: A very friendly young man, Gauthak does his best to avoid physical confrontation as his size and strength put him at what he considers an unfair advantage. Still, he will not hold back in a fight and will not hesitate to utilize his full physical might. Very protective of his team and particularly Alivia, he will at times step a bit out of line in a misplaced attempt to defend her when she is fully capable of guarding herself. As he was raised on a legacy of being a protector, he takes his duty as a huntsman in training very seriously and will put his al into achieving his goals, whatever they may be, though he will put priority on protecting others if needed. Likes: Alivia, Argento, Naeva Dislikes: property damage 4) Trivia: Notable relationships: Alivia: Best friend, fiance, futur wife Notes: Loosely inspired by Hephaestus/Vulcan a) Weapons Name: Vulcanus Wielder: Gauthak Fulgur Valun Type: Dust Pump Shot Axe (DPSA) Short Description: Pump-action shotgun roughly the diameter of a telephone pole, loaded with shells the size of an ordinary man’s fist and carrying a large axe blade below the barrel. Form 1: A massive pump-action shotgun, measuring 2 yards long with a 3 inch diameter barrel. mounted on the barrel ais a alrge, rounded axe blade. features a 10 round tube magazine which can be ejected manually and replaced, or reloaded through the breach. standard load is .60 inch steel shot in a 3 inch by 4 inch shell Holstered/Sheathed Appearance: simplicity of the design means it does not need to collapse and is stored on a magnetic strip on his back Features/Capabilities: wide variety of shells ranging a full spectrum of tactical uses. extremely heavy materials used in construction as well as numerous recoil compensation technologies Usage: shoots or axes anything that gets within range. Planned/Possible Upgrades: none Notes: Vulcanus is a variant of Vulcan, which is a roman god and the teams namesake b) Semblance Name: Shieldbearer User: Gauthak Fulgur Valun Short Description: creates a large barrier from aura Visual effect: glyphs spread out and mark the base of the barrier befor it forms Type: Glyph Purpose: Defensive Range: medium Other limitations: maximum perimeter of 60 feet, maximum height of 10 feet Active ability(s) (if any): User can channel their aura to form a closed-sided wall of aural shields from individual rectangular tiles. Dust interaction (any): shield tiles take on properties of an element Notes: none c) Combat Info Class/Position: tank/warden Landing: Strategy: tank fall with massive aura reserve and natural resilience Fighting Style: d) Statistics Agility: 1 (3 for running speed) Aura reserve: 3 Aura manipulation: 2 Dust Manipulation: 1 Dust use: 1 Weapon Skill (Primary): 3 Weapon Skill (General): 1 [/hider] [hider=Alivia Lyn Vitrum] 1)Basic info Name: Alivia Lyn Vitrum Species: Human Age: 19 Gender: female Symbol: A mirror shaped like a sunflower Handedness: right Physical traits: missing majority of her right leg, remaining portion has been surgically fitted with connector port for her prosthetic. Misc traits: combat grade prosthetic leg (fairly normal looking with copper alloy shell), simple gold ring with several garnet and amethyst stones in a row, flush with the metal. Occupation: student (team VLCN) 2)Appearance Aura/Effects: metallic copper Height: 5’10” Weight: 145 lbs Eyes: bronze-orange Skin color: pink with an olive tinge Face: round-ish Hair: coppery brown, straight and at her mid back. Physique: extremely athletic Combat Outfit: black denim pants with the right leg cut off. On lower part of left leg is a sunflower design made of reflective beading. Leather belt to hold satchels for storage of small items, pale orange v-neck t-shirt, and a white jogger shoe with white laces on her left foot. Casual Outfit: bright orange tank top with her symbol printed on the front, ankle length white skirt with sunflowers and vines embroidered around the bottom. Simple brown flip flops 3)Characteristics Background: Alivia’s parents are farmers, living at the southern edge of Vale. When she was 3, the settlement they lived in just outside the wall was overrun by Grimm, during the incursion she was trampled by a charging boarbatusk, the damage mostly concentrated on her right leg causing the limb to be irreparably damaged. Her aura was unlocked to help the wound stabilize during the flight to the nearest hospital. As a result she has an abnormal level of experience with utilizing her aura and semblance. In order to help her control her aura Alivia has been tutored in basic techniques since she was a small child by one of the huntresses who helped secure the fallen village. At the age of 13, she enrolled in Signal academy to begin formal training, unfortunately her parents were unable to afford the grade of prosthesis needed for a huntress so she struggled for her first few months before meeting Gauthak Valun, the heir to a large fabrication company, who took to her immediately, surprising her on her 14th birthday with a custom built prosthetic designed for combat application. After 3 more years at Signal Alivia graduated and applied for Beacon, passing the written test effortlessly and completing combat trials with some difficulty. At initiation she was paired with Gauthak by blindfolding herself to ensure she made eye contact with him and the two were placed on team VLCN alongside Naeva Tacitus and Argento Caden. Personality: A very kind soul, Alivia is rarely without a small and enjoys socializing, often playing the hyperactive and bubbly one, although she is actually more relaxed than she lets on. Despite her upbeat attitude, she does have some insecurities, specifically a fear of making a mistake during an encounter and causing someone else to come to harm, though this concern is as of yet unfounded. When in private with her friends she tends to return to her normal calm but happy attitude, talking and playing games. Alivia is very serious about her path towards becoming a huntress and as such studies regularly, preparing thoroughly for any given mission or assignment. When bored she will often hang from Gauthak’s back with her arms around his neck, although it is not unheard of for him to ride on his shoulder. Likes: spending time with family and friends Dislikes: cherries 4) Trivia: Notable relationships: Parents: supported her becoming a huntress from a young age Gauthak: best friend, fiance, and future husband Notes: a) Weapons Name: Lumen Ostende Wielder: Alivia Lyn Vitrum Type: Broad Bladed Plasma Caster Short Description: portable plasma generator with electromagnetic accelerator and large frontal blade, equipped to fire elementally charged bolts via internal dust storage tanks. Form 1: a plasma based projectile weapon with dimensions similar to an assault rifle, equipped with a blade that spans from in front of the trigger guard to below the forward projector. Holstered/Sheathed Appearance: rests on a plate on her belt Features/Capabilities: carries the four basic dust types for elemental effects Usage: short-mid range combat, will use the blade if they get in too close, conjures mirrors with her semblance for trick shots Planned/Possible Upgrades: find a way to convert it from plasma to a concentrated energy stream Notes: Lumen Ostende rouhly translates to Light Show in Latin. b) Semblance Name: Reflection User: Alivia Lyn Vitrum Short Description: Create glyphs that reflect non-kinetic energy and objects carrying these forms of energy Visual effect: glyph resembling a sunflower with mirror-like center Type: Glyph Purpose: Defensive Range: long Other limitations: glyphs expire after 30 seconds, shatter after reflecting solid objects Active ability(s) (if any): can create up to 10 glyphs within her immediate line of sight c) Combat Info Class/Position: striker/ranger Landing Strategy: wind burst from dust charged shot to create a cushion of air Fighting Style: combines semblance enabled trick-shots with dismembering strikes and high damage kicks from her prosthetic. d) Statistics Strength: 2 Agility: 2 Aura reserve: 3 Aura manipulation: 3 Dust Manipulation: 0 Dust use: 2 Weapon Skill (Primary): 3 Weapon Skill (General): 1 [/hider] [hider=Argento Caden] 1)Basic info Name: Argento Caden Species: Human Age: 19 Gender male: Symbol: A pair of inverted overlapping triangles Handedness: left Physical traits: dust infused skeleton, cybernetic ports along his back to serve as mounts for a support exoskeleton Misc traits: powered exoskeleton called Fictus Corpus, equipped with a dust-powered mobility boosting propulsion system. Occupation: student (team VLCN) 2)Appearance Aura/Effects: white-ish silver Height: 5’11” Weight: 170 lbs Eyes: teal Skin color: pinkish white with a light tan Face:diamond, friendly looking Hair: neck length, pale silver with streaks of darker blonde Physique: moderately athletic Combat Outfit: Black sneakers. Light blue jeans, a belt slung around his hips. Dark grey polo shirt with symbol on the back in dark blue. Shirt is made of reinforced cloth. Reinforced leather forearm bracers. Casual Outfit: midnight blue slacks, casual black leather shoes, dark grey long sleeved button-down shirt 3)Characteristics Background: Argento was born in Atlas, the son of computer technicians working at the CCT main hub. By poor luck, he was born with type-1 Osteogenesis Imperfecta (commonly known as brittle bone disease) however his parents connections and moderate financial standing were sufficient to ensure he was well cared for medically throughout his life, up until the age of 13 when he was outfitted with an exoskeletal support system, and upon his insistence they allowed him to travel abroad to Mistral where he attended Haven Academy for four years in preparation for a career as a huntsman. While there, he augmented his simple medical brace into a much more rugged combat-friendly model with improved ability to absorb impacts, developing the newly christened Fictus Corpus alongside a portable railgun by the name of Ballistarium, these weapons followed him through until he moved to Vale following graduation from Sanctum. After moving to Vale, Argento enrolled in Beacon Academy, passing the theoretical exam with flying colors and skimming by the combat tests by luck and quick thinking. During initiation, he was pared with Naeva Tacitus and placed on team VuLCaN alongside Gauthak Fulgure Valun and Alivia Lyn Vitrum. During his second year at Beacon his team lead a mission to clear out the tunnels beneath Mountain Glenn and seal them off permanently, during which he was severely injured. As a result of his injury, he underwent extensive surgery to reinforce his skeleton, namely by infusion of stone attribute dust to harden the bones. While he no longer needs the brace to function in combat, he still wears it as it further augments his physical abilities, and has removed some of the damage absorbing features in favor of a dust-powered propulsion system to improve mobility Personality: A very forward but polite individual, Argento tends to speak in a friendly manner, very much enjoying conversation and the avoidance of conflict, this has lead to him being fairly good with using his words. Argento is quite likable and does his best to avoid objectionable behavior, though he has a nasty habit of opening most conversations by hitting on the recipient, he will quickly back away from this if it is unwanted or he does not receive a response. Argento is the most intelligent member of his team and favors strategy games, often taking the role of battle planner for team VLCN while allowing Gauthak to issue commands in the field. Likes: target shooting, strategy games, tabletop games Dislikes: physical confrontation 4) Trivia: Notable relationships: Parents: They have been fairly supportive of his desire to become a huntsman in spite of his disability. Notes: a) Weapons Name: Ballistarium Wielder: Argento Caden Type: Multi-Action Rail Sniper Short Description: Large portable railgun, designed to maximize impact and range with minimal reload time and recoil. comes equipped with 12 round cylinder and 10X optical zoom Form 1: a portable railgun measuring 4’ in length and weighing around 45 pounds, is equipped with a 12 round revolving cylinder and holds 3 each of high density slugs, incendiary grenades, cryogenic grenades, and fragmentation grenades. Holstered/Sheathed Appearance: mount worn on his back that clamps onto the weapon for storage Features/Capabilities: can manually load alternate ammunition types not pre-loaded to the cylinder. Usage: Dedicated sniping weapon, careful planning and lots of practice mean he rarely needs to use close combat. Planned/Possible Upgrades: unknown Notes: Name is latin for missile b) Semblance Name: Silvertongue User: Argento Caden Short Description: User is more easily able to persuade others by spoken word Visual effect: none Type:Psychic Purpose: Utility Range: short Other limitations: cannot force someone to do something they would not normally do Active ability(s) (if any): users aura provides a pleasant undertone to their voice that makes their words more agreeable Notes: In DnD terms, would serve as a +10 to diplomacy, bluff, and intimidate. c) Combat Info Class/Position: sniper Landing: Strategy: uses his exoskeletons propulsion system to slow falls into a safe velocity for a tuck-and-roll landing. Fighting Style: Not very proficient in hand to hand combat, so he stays at a range and focuses on sniping larger foes or dealing with mall ones by grenade shots. focuses on defensive aura techniques when forced into close quarters d) Statistics Strength:2 Agility: 3 Aura reserve: 3 Aura manipulation: 2 Dust Manipulation: 0 Dust use: 1 Weapon Skill (Primary): 3 Weapon Skill (General): 1 [/hider] [hider=Naeva Tacitus] 1)Basic info Name: Naeva Tacitus (French, born at night. Latin, silence) Species: Human Age: 19 Gender: female Symbol: grinning crescent moon Handedness: ambidextrous Physical traits: small light on her throat from a synthetic voice box, changes colors when she speaks Misc traits:(A distinct item or clothing the character carries on them and in what context, a preference to a color on their outfits, a verbal tick, basically something distinctive not located on their body) Occupation: 2)Appearance Aura/Effects: midnight blue shimmer Height: 5’4” Weight: 115lbs Eyes: blue with silver flecks Skin color: pale white Face: oval Hair:extremely dark blue, almost black. Physique: very lithe, petite build Combat Outfit: Dark grey box pleated combat skirt and black leggings. Midnight blue long sleeved simple blouse with black collar and cuffs. Black combat boots. Formal Outfit: black A-line dress with elbow length midnight blue gloves, and black velvet choker carrying her symbol in silver stitching. 3)Characteristics Background: Naeva is the only daughter of two hunters-turned-celebrities, her mother is a best-selling author of adventure stories based around her own time as a huntress, while her father acts as editor and is well known in artistic communites for his work with sculpture. Due to her parents high-profile status was raised in relative isolation due to their desire for privacy. Being born mute, she was further kept separate from other children out of the desire to keep her safe, so she spent most of her life alone with her parents and the household staff, she took to artistic endeavours to occupy the time when she was a child, favoring sculpting clay by hand. As she grew older, she developed an interest in her parents early work as hunters, and so they began to tutor her in the academics expected of huntresses. at the age of 13, her parents moved from Mistral to Vale so she could attend Signal Academy, equipping her with a simple external voice box to compensate her inability to speak. Despite having no previous exposure to other children, she took to school easily enough, being bright enough to get by on reasonable grades and getting along well with her fellow students. Her early training for combat came into play as she began to favor close quarters weapons, taking after her father’s staff techniques. When her aura was unlocked she continued to train in use of melee weapons, implementing a simple dust release system into her weapon to utilize in combination with her semblance. After four years at Signal, she enrolled in Beacon Academy, having a permanent synthetic voicebox surgically implanted shortly before the entrance exam where she excelled in combat tests, passing written exams with above average scores. During initiation she landed a few feet from Argento Caden who had broken a leg due to a poorly timed landing maneuver. The two of them were placed on team Vulcan alongside Gauthak Fulgur Valun and Alivia Lyn Vitrum. Personality: A very friendly and creative girl, Naeva is artistic by nature, oftentimes using her semblance for the purpose of sculpting during downtime. Polite but not exactly proper, she does have a powerful imagination, some passive-aggressive tendencies, and is a bit dirty-minded at times. Will openly flirt with others but tends not to initiate. Has a preference for males but is not averse to her own gender. Occasionally has a moment where she thinks out loud as a result of a lifetime of not needing to separate thought from speech, when this happens she will usually become flustered for a few moments before composing herself. Likes: playing with clay, sculpting, spending time with people Dislikes: 4) Trivia: Notable relationships: parents: A lesser celebrity couple and both former hunters, encouraged her to become a huntress. Notes: a) Weapons Name: Media Nocte Wielder: Naeva Tacitus Type: Dust Augmenting Combat staff Short Description: heavy quarterstaff equipped with a mechanism to release dust on impact, can also be used as a three parts pole by unlocking the end sections, which are tethers by thick, flexible cable. Form 1: a 5’ quarterstaff, weighted at the ends for impact. By slaming one end into a target, a small puff of dust is released that can be detonated by aura or used in conjunction with her semblance Form 2: 2 feet on each end of the staff detach and are allowed to swing freely by a foot and a half of steel cable Holstered/Sheathed Appearance: fold in half while most of the mid-section of the staff retracts over the end segments Features/Capabilities: carries the four basic dust type, can be switched by rotating a band on either end segment. has shock absorbing system inside the shaft for use in landings Usage: heavy impact style, trained in bojutsu and a variety of stuff fighting that uses the weapon in a capacity similar to a spear by creating a blade of aura on the end of the shaft. Planned/Possible Upgrades: unknown Notes: Media Nocte roughly translate to Midnight in Latin b) Semblance Name: Sculpt User: Naeva Tacitus Short Description: temporarily soften non-living material to a clay like consistency, allowing it to be easily re-shaped Visual effect: polygonal net appears over the surface of the material while it is under her influence Type: Aural Purpose: Utility Range: short Other limitations: requires direct contact, harder and denser materials drain more aura Passive ability(s) (if any): can determine approximate density and hardness of materials by touch Active ability(s) (if any): While touching a non-living material, she can inject her aura into it to render it a soft, clay-like texture, allowing her to mold it. The greater the degree of change to consistency alters amount of needed aura to maintain the shift. Dust interaction (any): imbues elemental dust properties into material upon deactivation of semblance Notes: she likes to sculpt with clay c) Combat Info Class/Position: striker/warrior Landing: Strategy: uses her staff to absorb the shock of the fall and rolls to her feet Fighting Style: uses standard bojutsu techniques, combined with aspects of her father’s unique style, utilizing aura to create piercing and cutting edges on her staff for strikes, combined with the weight behind it, as well as elemental strikes with dust. Utilizes the three parts mode of Media Nocte in conjunction with her aura blade technique for whirlwind strikes d) Statistics Strength: 2 Agility:2 Aura reserve: 3 Aura manipulation: 3 Dust Manipulation: 1 Dust use: 2 Weapon Skill (Primary): 3 Weapon Skill (General): 1 [/hider] [/hider] [url=https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1IloyRGQK9I6o1G9n2uBZlHzzUCTbHVro2AQQGtI8cs8/edit?usp=sharing]VLCN dorm blueprint[/url]