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[color=#43b3ae]Name[/color]: Orrin “Obi” Braith

[color=#43b3ae]Age[/color]: 18

[color=#43b3ae]Gender[/color]: Male

[color=#43b3ae]Race[/color]: Human

[color=#43b3ae]Weapon[/color]:
	[i]Tesserine “Tessie” Rampart[/i]: Tesserine Rampart is a massive, metallic shield. Even in its inactive state, it is almost as tall as Obi. While not as heavy as one might expect, it is still far too heavy to be used as a typical off-handed shield for any useful length of time. The shield’s power comes in its ability to deploy. It extends from the bottom, to match Orrin’s height. It uses powerful hydraulic spikes to anchor itself to whatever surface it’s placed on. Tessie has a slot, specially designed for Tandem, but that can be used for any ranged weapon of a reasonable size and shape. The shield, in its inactive form, can be somewhat comfortably be carried on the back.

	[i]Tandem[/i]: Tandem is a fairly compact, bullpup rifle/shotgun combo. It has two barrels, stacked vertically, that can be manually rotated to switch between rifle-mode and shotgun-mode. Ammunition is loaded in the rear of the gun, and it loads two clips at once, side by side. One clip contains shotgun shells, the other contains rifle bullets. In rifle mode, the gun can be fired semi-automatically or fully-automatically. The shotgun can only be fired semi-automatically. Should melee combat be necessary, the inactive barrel can be disengaged from the weapon, at which point several spikes spring out from it. It can then be wielded like a club. Tandem is compatible with dust ammunition. While the barrel-club cannot be directly charged with dust, if dust ammunition was recently fired through it, it will retain the dust effects for a strike or two.  

[color=#43b3ae]Specialty[/color]: Tanky-Gunslinging
	Obi likes to hunker down behind cover and draw attention, whether behind his shield or not. His specialty is using his rifle to take down weaker targets before they can even approach, and whittling down stronger targets before they get close so that they can be dispatched using Tandem’s shotgun mode. Though he can use his barrel-club to fend off opponents who get [i]way[/i] too close for comfort, he’d prefer to handle it before it got to that point.

[color=#43b3ae]Semblance[/color]: [i]Bolster[/i]
	Obi can boost the shielding capabilities of a subject’s aura, and how quickly they recover their aura, as well as ease and increase their resistance to pain. [i]Bolster[/i] also has a calming effect, though how calming varies from person to person, and depends on their individual temperaments and personalities. Though [i]Bolster[/i] can act as a painkiller, it does [i]not[/i] actually do any healing. The semblance is cast once, and lasts for twenty minutes assuming that the subject’s aura undergoes minimal stress. If the subject is under significant attack, the effect may only last a minute or two. The boost to the strength of a subject’s aura does not make them invulnerable, and it can be overcome by significant damage. If a subject’s aura is broken, by any means, the effect is instantly dispelled. Obi cannot bolster himself. 

[color=#43b3ae]Personality[/color]: Obi is good for a laugh, bombastic, and friendly. He can be clueless and forgetful, but he generally means well. He’s never had cause to seriously dislike anyone, and is ever-open and trusting. He’s an optimist, and faces the dangers of his chosen career with a “well, it could never happen to [i]me[/i],” attitude. Of course, then he does everything in his power to make sure that it doesn’t happen to him, or his teammates. Because the only thing worse than someone getting hurt, is someone getting hurt and it being his fault. 

[color=#43b3ae]Color[/color]: [color=#43b3ae]Verdigris[/color]

[color=#43b3ae]Emblem[/color]: A verdigris, traditional-looking kite shield, with crossed rifles behind it. All on a light grey background. 

[color=#43b3ae]Appearance[/color]: Obi is fairly tall, standing at 5’ 11”, but of surprisingly slight build, considering the weight of his shield, weighing in at 180 lbs. Years of lugging Tessie around have given him a muscular build. He has less-than-stellar posture, and often slouches when not carrying his shield. 

His facial features are sharp and angular, excluding his pale green eyes, which are wide to the point of apparent, perpetual surprise, when compared to the rest of his face. His hair is light brown, kept to a fairly moderate length, and [i]always[/i] combed back away from his forehead.

[color=#43b3ae]Fast Facts[/color]:

-Orrin’s common nickname, “Obi,” comes from the phonetic pronunciation of his initials. O, B. OB. Obi. 

-Orrin is constantly hungry. 

-Orrin can mean either “Dark-haired” or “little pale, green one” in Old Irish.

-Braith can mean “speckled.” More of a pattern than a color, but I tried.

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