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Gods, Wizards, & Kings

Apple pie should be the official food of Iron Mountain. Or just this particular group of Iron Mountain.

RWBY AU RP(hard reset, see new thread)

Alvern Odhran Green

1) Basic info:

Name:
Alvern Emerald Green

Team/occupation:

Species:
Faunus

Age:
17

Sex:
Male

Handedness:
Right

Aura/Effects:
Forest Green

Symbol:
A head of a panther on a canvas of green fire

Physical traits:
Panther ears peek out of his dirty blond hair, and he has really long canines, and cat-like pupils

Misc traits:
He has a tattoo of his symbol on his back

Nickname(s):
Cat Eyes
Long Shot

2) Appearance:

Height:
5'11"

Weight:
175 lbs

Eyes:
Gold

Face:
Alvern has wide cheekbones with chiselled jaws and hollowed cheeks, along with a broad chin covered in a small beard.

Hair:
Dirty blond and goes down to his shoulders

Physique:
Alvern has an athletic build, his whole body covered in lean muscles

Combat Outfit:
An ankle-length, high collared dark green coat over a black shirt and grey pants, along with green fingerless gloves and black boots.

Casual Outfit:
Beacon uniform.

3) Characteristics:

Personality:
Alvern is quite the forgiving young man. A person can offend him, and as long as that person apologizes, Alvern will act as if the offence never happened. That isn't to say he's a push over; he will stick up for himself and others if he sees a person abusing him or his kind for no good reason, and although he's forgiving, he deals harshly with those who are prejudiced against him and the rest of the faunus. He reasons that when a person insults him, he can brush it off, but when they insult his kind, they're insulting all faunus which is something he can't forgive, and he can get quite heated when he comes across bigots.

Along with his forgiving nature, is his kindness. Alvern will go out of his way to make someone smile, as his father taught him that personal happiness comes from sharing it and making others happy. He lives by this, and can sometimes get caught up in trying to make everyone happy which only ends up making his life harder than it should be, and even though he's aware of what he's doing, he can't help but try to make those around him happy. The only exception to this are those who are unkind to the faunus.

Alvern is also quite a pragmatic individual. If he is given orders to do something, he will do them without question despite what he may feel. He finds comfort in this, as it is his pragmatism that keeps him from becoming like the White Fang. If he's ordered to protect a bigoted human, he will do so and won't hesitate to complete his task. This does leave him quite frustrated a lot of the times however, so he's often seen practising with his weapon to blow off steam.

Background:
Alvern grew up in a Faunus community within the Kingdom of Vale, and is the second child in his family. Both his father and mother were hunters, and seeing how strong and dignified they were, especially as faunus, he wanted to become a hunter as well. He voiced his wishes to his father, who took the news well and began teaching Alvern about discipline and fortitude, as his father said it was those two things along with instinct above all else that made a great hunter. He also taught him about patience, and how to use it in his advantage against all kinds of enemies.

When he was old enough, his father sent him off to Signal Academy where he began his first official training as a hunter. In his third year at Signal, the class was given leave to go home for an extended break of several months. When he went home, he told his siblings and parents about his time at Signal, and how he enjoyed the many classes on fighting and Grimm theories; he would stay up with his siblings tell them of his adventures in the school, and of all the mischievous things he would do with his friends and all the pranks they would pull on other students. A few weeks into his break, Alvern's father took him to a large city that was predominantly filled with humans, and all the while he was there, he felt a tension in the air coming from the humans, and even saw a few looking down at him and his father in disgust and contempt.

Then, a large group of Grimm attacked the city without warning. Chaos and panic filled the streets as people fled from the giant, black creatures. Even Alvern's father fled, but not away from the Grimm, but towards them his weapon in hand. Alvern watched from his position as his father fought against the evil creatures single handedly to save a city of humans, a city that hated and despised his kind. The fight lasted several long minutes, and when all of the Grimm were slain, Alvern's father didn't return. Fear struck the young faunus as he thought the worst and ran towards the site of the battle where he saw his old man bleeding on the ground with both of his hands ripped off. He tried to help his father, but knew that he wasn't in any way fit for something like this and called to the humans to help his father, but none of them responded to him. He even left his father's side to seek aid from them, but they turned their backs on him.

When he went back to his father he taught Alvern his final lesson, that as a hunter he was meant to protect the people no matter who they were or their feelings towards him. His duty as a hunter came before his own desires, his father told him that if he couldn't live by the codes of a hunter, then he had no business being one.

The first few years after the death of his father was hard on Alvern, he became rebellious and started hanging around White Fang rallies. However, it was the reminder of one of his teachers at Signal Academy that brought him back, after reminding him that his father didn't die in vain, that he died protecting people and it wasn't the place of a hunter to go and seek glory. He eventually graduated from Signal and made a modified replica of his father's weapon and named it Green Thorn.

4) Combat info:

Position/Class:
Assassin

Landing strategy:
When he's close enough to the floor, he uses the bow form of Green Thorn to shoot a crystal-tipped arrow at an angle onto the ground that propels him forward and lands in a roll.

Weapon:
Green Thorn:
Green thorn is a set of twin long katanas that are a few inches longer than three feet, and has a green and black coloured blade with a white and black hilt; when the weapons are connected at the pommels it turns into a spear about a yard in length with short, wide blades on both ends. Within each pommel is a thin black string that can shoot out and connect to a small nook on end of the opposite pommel, and the blades are able to slide inwards into a metal rod that can latch onto each other allow further transformation the weapon into a bow for long range combat where he uses crystal tipped arrows that are within a quiver in his back.

Semblance:
Teleport: This semblance allows Alver to teleport to locations he can see with his own eyes without the aid of any enhancements, like telescopes and binoculars.

Fighting style:
Alvern's fighting style is usually going in and engaging for a few quick seconds before withdrawing to use his bow, and closing in again at a different angle, and withdrawing just as quickly in a continuous cycle. Sometimes he may stay at a medium range from his enemy and use his spear.

5) Trivia:

Relationships:
Notes:
He is extremely fond of granny smith apples. And apple pies made with granny smiths.

RWBY AU RP(hard reset, see new thread)

Does this RP have space? I'm fairly interested in joining it!

The Jaeger Program Rebooted (3 Spots Open - Apply Now!)

Name:
Eric Banner

Alias:
Smiley

Age:
24

Appearance:


Weight:
200 lbs

Height:
6'0"

Gender:
Male

Country of Origin:
Australia

Occupation:
Medic

Personality:
(Will be revealed in RP)

Backstory:
(Will be revealed in RP)

Secret code

To fight monsters, we create monsters of our own

The Jaeger Program Rebooted (3 Spots Open - Apply Now!)

@Shadowcatcher That was my bad! Fixed it

The Jaeger Program Rebooted (3 Spots Open - Apply Now!)

Name:
Eric Banner

Alias:
Smiley

Age:
24

Appearance:


Weight:
200 lbs

Height:
6'0"

Gender:
Male

Country of Origin:
Australia

Occupation:
Medic

Personality:
(Will be revealed in RP)

Backstory:
(Will be revealed in RP)

Secret code

To fight monsters, we create monsters of our own

Academy 218: Still looking for new people to join - now is the primetime.

Johnathan Miles

Basic Information

Name:
Johnathan Miles

Nickname/Alias/Etc:
Infinity

Gender:
Male

Age:
18

Height:
6'1"

Weight:
195 lbs

Type:
New Student

Appearance

Hair Color:
Black

Eye Color:
Green

Ethnicity:
Mixed - his skin colour is best described by the colour of a cappuccino

Physical Appearance:
John is a tall fellow that towers over most people with lean, strong muscles all over his body from years of archery. He has wide jaws, that make something that's almost like a square face, with low cheekbones, and slightly hallowed cheeks; his eyebrows have an arch at the lateral ends and his eyes are slightly wider than almond shapes. His lips are full, his nose medium in size, and he has a shaven beard framing his chiselled-like face, which he keeps trimmed since he really doesn't know whether he wants a full beard or a clean shaven face, he sees it as a compromise of both and is satisfied with it. His chin is rounded, and slightly wide, and he frames his lips with a thin moustache that connects to his small beard. He also has a tattoo on his right shoulder of a compact bow and another tattoo on the wrist of the same hand depicting a small arrow.

John's hair has seen many styles before, from shoulder-length and kinky, to almost bald. He now keeps it a medium-short length and jelled, to give his curly hair a sort of sheen to it, that fades as it goes downward towards the side of his head and back. He also has a stud on his right ear that he recently got.

Attire:
Johnathan is usually seen wearing dark blue track pants with a fitting white shirt and occasionally dark scarf around his neck, along with a thin silver necklace and a silver ring on his right middle finger.

Personality

Innate & Outward Personality:
Outgoing would be one way to describe John. He's the type of person that anyone will get along with, he's funny, and likes cracking jokes here and there, and laughs quite easily. He usually goes out of his way to make people laugh or put a smile on their face even towards those he doesn't exactly know. Friendly would be another way to describe his personality, he always has a smile on his face, and it rarely ever falters unless he's concentrating on his powers or his studies. Often, he will put others before himself in an act of selflessness, although he does this so that others would owe him favours in the future.

He is as confident as he is outgoing, and with that confidence comes his manipulative nature. He never shows it outwardly, but it's there as a sort of undertone to get his friends and people he knows to do what he wants, and his patience pays off in this. He believes that good manners and a smiling face is the strongest thing to break a person's natural defences when dealing with strangers, and a good way to form trust between individuals, which he exploits for his own personal gains. This in no way means that Johnathan is a person with dark intentions, he only does this because it is more convenient for someone else to do something for him rather than him doing it himself.

The one thing that suppresses his manipulative nature is his sense of responsibility and discipline. Those two traits, which his parents have instilled in him from a young age have given him a sense of foresight, allowing him to predict with reason whether or not a certain action will have good or bad consequences, and he acts accordingly. John's discipline also aids in his patience, a virtue with which he is known by, never once having gotten enraged nor giving up in a certain skill just because he was bad at it. To John, his patience and discipline are the most prized aspects of himself and he endlessly thanks his parents for having hammered the importance of each into his mind while he was still young.

Hobbies/Interests:
Johnathan is interested in sports and games, and was an avid gamer before he was sent to the Academy. He also enjoys playing pool, swimming, and occasionally gambling.

Skills/Talents:
Archery is one of John's best skills, and having spent years training in archery has given him a great physique with powerful back muscles and wide shoulders. Although, it has made his right arm slightly bigger and stronger than his left, which is a little noticeable when he's not wearing a shirt. He is also quite good in drawing, and draws frequently whenever he can. Along with this is his talent with cooking. As a kid, he used to watch cooking shows with his baby sitter, and has picked up more than a few skills in the art.

Prized Possession:
A charm bracelet with a miniature bow and quiver on it.

Quote(s):
"Life is never easy, but a smile can make bearing it a little easier."

History/Bio:
Johnathan grew up more privileged than most, having a doctor as a mother and a lawyer as a father. Although he grew up in a rich household, him and his siblings were by no means spoiled. From a young age, their father would teach them about responsibility and discipline, rationalizing that learning such important values in the beginning stages of their life would only get stronger as they grew older. Also, in an effort to make the children advanced in learning, their parents hired a tutor to teach John and his siblings before they each went to school, so that by the time they entered, they would know what was going on and have a good grasp on things.

John's parents found, after a few years of elementary school, that he had an easier time with activities rather than learning, and accommodated him with tutors that would approach learning from a hands-on perspective, which aided him in his learning a great deal. A few years down the line, when he was a year from entering middle school, John and his mother discovered that he had powers by accident. He was in the kitchen, helping his mother with preparing the Sunday meal when his hand passed over a banana replicating five more of the fruit. His mother saw what happened and asked him to do it again, and three more bananas appeared when he swiped his hand over it once more.

His mother, being the natural scientist, was curious about her son's powers while John's father was worried of the legal scrutiny that would befall the family if they found that his son was a metahuman. After discussing it with him, they decided that since he didn't have a certification, he would only practice at home under their supervision while he continued his normal school until he graduated and head to the 218 Academy. Agreeing to this, John continued school seemingly as a normal student and took up archery when he was in seventh grade until he graduated from high school. His high school life was no different than any other student's. He had his friends, he joined the varsity football team as a wide receiver, and no one had any idea that he was far from normal.

After graduating as one of the top students in his year, he spent a couple of months with his parents, his older siblings having gone off to university. John felt a little strange he wasn't going to university, and instead to an academy for metahumans like him; he didn't find it uncomfortable by any means, but it was a hard thing to explain to his then girlfriend about where he was headed, and although they didn't break up immediately, the relationship was strained until it naturally dissipated when he left.

Family:
Father - Tyrell Miles
Mother - Michelle Miles
Brother - Jackson Miles
Brother - Luthor Miles
Sister - Elise Miles

Relationships
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Abilities

Power Class:
Other

Power:
They called it quantity manipulation. Johnathan is able to increase or decrease the number of a number of solid objects before him, and he does this by swiping his hand a few inches over the object which replicates an exact copy of the original, which allows him to have an infinite amount of whatever the object is. He usually uses his power for the single steel-tipped arrow in his quiver, which indirectly gives him an unlimited supply of rounds for his compact bow. He can also increase and decrease the size of certain objects, and he does this by moving his hands inwards into the object, which causes it to shrink in size, or expand is hands outward which makes it grow.

Limits:
The limits for this power are three. The size of the object, his arm-span, and his endurance. If the object he wants to replicate is more than a fifth of his weight, 35 lbs, than he can only replicate the object two times on either side of it, and if it's more than a third of his weight, he can only replicate it once. The second limitation to his power is his arm-span. If the object he wants to replicate is less than 35 lbs, then he can replicate it as wide as his hands can go with an inch of space between each replicated item. The third limit is how many sets of replications he can do that is less than a fifth of his weight, which is only three sets. After that, he becomes to tired to replicate any more items. As for objects that are above a fifth of his weight, he can only do one set of replications and cannot go beyond that without overexerting himself.

Much like the replication portion of his powers, his ability to manipulate the size of objects is also limited by the object's size, his arm-span, and his endurance. If an object is as tall as him or taller than he is, he can only decrease it to half his height and cannot increase it above its original height without straining himself, as for objects that are shorter than him, he can decrease it to the size of his index finger and cannot increase its size more than its original. He cannot manipulate the size of objects or structures that are taller than his vertical arm-span. The number of times he can increase or decrease the size of the object depends on its height, if it's as tall or taller than him, he can only decrease and increase its size once before becoming tired; for objects that are shorter than him, he can only do it thrice before tiring and having to rest for a while before attempting to do it again.

Weaknesses/Drawbacks:
Johnathan's ability is heavily dependant on his chosen weapons, the bow and arrow, and without it he's almost useless. This is usually why he keeps his bow and quiver on a charm bracelet around his right wrist. Another drawback is that the more replicas of an item he makes, the worse the quality of the replicated item is.

Other:
Johnathan is extremely fond of apple pies.

Sample Post:

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The city was eerily quiet. They had come in to see the source of a recent explosion, and although it had caused quite a bit of chaos at first, it seemed now that everyone had left the area. Too fast, he told himself as he looked around the empty street, flyers and paper littered the asphalt road with shattered glass adding to the mess. It looked like a scene from an apocalypse horror movie, and Johnathan prayed nothing like that had occurred. He heard Sarah breathe a curse and turned towards her, she was looking into a wide building with its windows shuttered with burnt wood. She stepped back and retched on the side walk, and Johnathan stepped past her to see what had caused his friend to go sick.

What he saw disgusted him. The sight alone caused his stomach to feel like it was rolling down a hill and he forced himself to swallow the rising bile and pulled himself away from the horrific scene before him, then turned to see a man with a red duster and blue glasses step out of an alleyway, singing maniacally to himself. Sarah, who recovered from her fit, stepped up beside him, and he saw the hatred and disgust in her eyes. She made to move towards the murderer, but John stuck his hand out, and shook his head. The man was dangerous, he seemed unpredictable in his power usage which was still going strong despite all the destruction. Facing him head on would be near suicide for him and his partner; they had the element of surprise on their side, and it wouldn't be wise to toss it away due to emotional suffering.

John took two items off from his charm bracelet and expanded them before himself; his bow and quiver. Placing the bow beside him, he unzipped the top of his quiver and pulled out his single steel-tipped arrow and placed it on the floor, then swiped both hands over it horizontally, more arrows appearing on either side of the original. Johnathan scooped them up and placed them in his quiver which he tied to his back, and grabbed his bow, then turned to Sarah and gave her a firm nod. He watched as a disk of light appeared under her feet and she began floating into the air, then she started hovering forward and Johnathan turned to a nearby building and scaled its side and followed Sarah, going from roof top to roof top. He gave his partner the signal when he was in position, and a beam of light shot out from her outstretched arms. Moments later he heard a crash and a string of curses.

The man in the red duster came out of the building, smoke rising from his body as a large ball of fire swirled like miniature suns on each of his palms, a deep sneer on his face. Johnathan watched as he threw the fire balls at his partner who had the sense to fly away, and subsequently kept the rogue metahuman's attention off of him. John knocked an arrow and pulled the string back as he breathed in, his muscles tightening and straining under the force of the pull; he took aim, and as he breathed out he released the arrow and watched it plunge into the man's left knee. He heard the man let out a cry of pain as he toppled to the ground. His left leg now useless, he turned back and Johnathan caught the man's eye and knocked another arrow. As he was pulling back he saw the man was reading another throw of a fire ball, and he pulled back jumping off the building to the next.

The second he landed on the adjacent building, the building he was on burst into flame with a loud explosion, the force of which flung him to the edge of the roof. John landed in a roll and used the momentum to stand and looked up to see the man readying another round of fireballs when Sarah flung a whip of pure white light that snapped around the man's neck. She pulled the whip back and Johnathan watched as the man was flung backwards, clawing at his neck in desperation. Seeing his opening, He knocked an arrow and shot in the span of a second and a half, watching the arrow bury itself into the man's heart. The maniac shuddered for a few moments as the life ebbed away from him, then lay still on the asphalt, blood pooling under him. Turning from the body, John took his remaining arrows and set them on the concrete roof in a single line, then swiped his hand over them going inwards, and watched as his remaining arrows converged into the one arrow in the centre. He grabbed the singular arrow, put it back into his quiver, and shrunk both it and his bow and connected them to his charm bracelet and descended the building.

Academy 218: Still looking for new people to join - now is the primetime.

@Mr Allen J Yea, I did that intentionally so that I could further develop his character as the RP goes along into something unpredictable instead of developing him down a linear path, ya know. I can always try and add more flare, if you want tho.

Academy 218: Still looking for new people to join - now is the primetime.

Alright I fixed his drawbacks section and replaced the arms thing with what you recommended. As for the appearance, I did what you asked, but I've never been good in detailing a person's appearance so I do hope it works out, if not just tell me what I need to add and I'll do that.

Rampant: An Original Universe Superhero/ Supervillain RP

count me among the interested!