[OOC] R.W.B.Y. ~ The Colors of Dawn ~

[Raijinslayer]

@ChicknYes, you're not the first to mention that. It's Elvish for Silver, if you wish to know.

[Chickn]

@Raijinslayer Ah, I didn't know that! That's clever, I wouldn't have thought to use a conlang for naming. I'll bet there's some really cool potential names out there.

[BCTheEntity]

@Raijinslayer I believe a fight between Vlad and Silme is practically inevitable with their respective character traits. I also think Vlad's probably going to be pissed off if/when Silme destroys his weapons and/or armour... then again, so would most Huntsmen and Huntresses as far as I'm aware, so that's nothing special.

[Turboshitter]

@ReaptheMusic Let me know if I overdid it or if there's anything you want me to change. I tried talking to you on skype but you were AFK and I didn't wanna wait that long ^^'

[ReaptheMusic]

@TurboshitterAh, I'm at work ^^;; I'll be home shortly but work is lax enough that I'm frequently on the comp.

[ReaptheMusic]

@Turboshitter Your post is fine. This is where the next part about the Retrograde Grimm will come in.

Fufufufufufu~

[ReaptheMusic]

@Chickn@ReaptheMusic How about this guy?

Edit: Decided to go to my old character, as I wasn't getting much inspiration from anything else and because I realized I never really got to do much with this character in the other RP I've had him in.

Character sheet

Name: Silme Fenirus

Age: 17

Gender: Male

Species: Timber Wolf Faunus

APPEARANCE

Height: 5'11

Weight: 170lb

Clothing Style: Silme likes to dress in simple, casual clothes, having no real sense of personal style or fashion. He wears a light grey shirt under a similarly colored jacket(thin dress jacket for warm weather, thick woolen one for cold), loose fitting jeans, and combat boots.

Hair Color: Silver

Eye Color: Gold

COMBAT

Weapon: The Scarlet Ravagers: He uses a pair of Specialized Customizable Clawed Gauntlets that he can alter for various combat and utility functions, as well as changing into either a pair of Customized SMGs, with rapid- and burst-fire modes, for him to dual wield, or into two double-sided short swords. All variations of weapons can be augmented with Dust cartridges for various effects and attacks. As far as appearance, the claws are actually just a blain black in color with silver along the sharp edges, the name being a reference to what they'd look like after a fight and what they do to his opponents.

Semblance: Corrosion, It is a very offensive Sembalance that allows Silme to imbue his attacks with a reddish-silver aura. This Aura is extremely effective at dealing damage, but it's usefulness truly shines when it comes with dealing with heavily armored enemies. With this ability, he can easily weaken most types of armor so and items, making him very effective at damaging and even destroying the weapons of others to lessen their combat efficiency. He can even apply his ability against the defensive aura of others, though it isn't as effective, it still allows him to do more damage than normal and makes him a rather heavy hitter in tournament fights.

Dust: Main use of Dust is through cartridges in his gauntlets

Skills:

• Aggresive, Hard-hitting combat style
• Enhanced senses thanks to Faunus blood, mostly that of smell and hearing.
• Very Instinctive fighter
• Has naturally enhanced levels of strength, agility, and Stamina
• Aura is more focused on increasing his strength and Speed, at the cost of having a weaker aura defense then most other Hunters and Huntresses

PERSONALIZED

Personality:

• Confident
• Aggressive
• Confrontational
• Vulgar(language-wise0
• Stubborn

Skills:
Pick-pocketing
Hunting
Parkour

Background: Silme had a bit of a rough start to his childhood, having been abandoned by his parents at a young age to escape a human raid on their home, which had been secretly helping the Faunus by smuggling them weapons and providing safe haven until somebody ratted the whole operation out. Him and others who were captured where then taken back to human territory where they were basically enslaved, forced to do the work of humans while being treated like dirt. Luckily, this was not to last for long, as the war ended soon after, but it left a mark on Silme's soul, planting in him a seed of mistrust that would flourish as he went through his life.

After the war, many humans still felt a rather powerful prejudice against the Faunus, and thus Silme was subjected to insult and discrimination where ever he went. Even the family that adopted him afterwards, as his true parents never came back, barely treated him as a person, mostly using him as a servant to do whatever they said without speaking. It was a horrid experience, and one he soon left. Not long afterwards, he fell into a rather bad crowd of gangs and thugs, and by the time he turned 12, he was picking the pockets of the people of Vale and doing whatever other dirty work the gang asks, because unlike the rest of society, it didn't matter what race you were down in the otherworld, as long as you got things done. Unfortunately(or fortunately, depending on how you look at it) this life of crime would be short lived, as a police officer soon caught and arrested him. However, instead of sending the young kid to the orphanage, he adopted him. The reason: the man was a Faunus, and one who had happened to know Silme's parents and had recognized the boy because of how much he looked like his mother. He didn;t know what happened to Silme's parents and didn't want to believe they'd just abandon their son, so he felt a responsibility to raise him up right in their stead

Taking Silme under his wing, he set to work trying to beat him back in line, with only mild success. His strict attitude only worsened Silme's dislike of authority figures, but he generally began to open up more to the man and other people. Silme's adoptive father, thinking it'd help straighten the boy out, enrolled him in combat school after seeing he had an aptitude in it, sending him to signal where he was clearly seen to be quite the skilled combatant, if a bit lacking in other areas. After his time their, he was quickly accepted into Beacon, with only some slight reservations in regards to his behavioral issues.

Character Theme: This character is based on Fenrir, the wolf-son of Loki in Norse Mythology. This is mainly seen in his attitude than anything else, as Fenrir was a beast that hated to be bound or controlled and was generally depicted as rather aggressive and angry at times. Not only that, but the wolf was essentially betrayed by those who raised him, as the gods feared his power.

Other: He has made a sort of combat helmet in the shape of a Beowulf skull, the eyes of which glow with a crimson glare to add to the sinister feel of the armor piece.

Jaune is the best, but only cause Pyrrha got vaporized.

@Raijinslayer

After some deliberation, I have decided that we're not interested in seeing this character become apart of the RWBY: Colors of Dawn crew. Thank you for your interest.

[ReaptheMusic]

You kids like mangos and Joe's strange adventures right?
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[BCTheEntity]

@ReaptheMusic I'm lolling on the floor so hard right now am I a cool guy memer yet?

[Raijinslayer]

@ReaptheMusicSo, just to be clear, are you saying this character in particular or that I can't app any other character ideas, period.

[ReaptheMusic]

@Raijinslayer You are allowed to app other character ideas. Deliberation amongst the players here are in agreement that the character you presented felt uninspired, samey compared to the other kinds of characters here, and added nothing fresh to our growing population. I suggest studying the character sheets of current players (Ignore those that have dropped this rp) and attempt something we have yet to see.

[Raijinslayer]

@ReaptheMusicOkay, will try to come up with something more unique then.

[Holy Soldier]

It's been awhile since I've watched this show. I think I stopped watching when Season 3 was just starting to come out, but since this game has progressed this far, I always start with, does anyone would like a role filled? Best friend, cousin, ex-boyfriend (I play boys or girls but I lean toward playing men more), twin etc. If not, then I'll start brainstorming a concept. I will also read over the IC and the linked prologue and chapters (if they represent what has already happened in-game). :)

[BCTheEntity]

@Holy Soldier Welcome aboard. My character does have a step-brother, but he's comatose right now, thus unplayable; I don't have plans for any other teenage relatives of Vlad either, so it's pretty much a "whatever" issue for me. Also note that four of the earlier characters no longer have players associated with them, so that's relevant.

[Holy Soldier]

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17

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Male

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Human

APPEARANCE

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5’11

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170 lbs (77kg)

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Coch wears casual clothes: tanks, T-shirts, and denim. In colder climates, he sports a black coat with a faux-fur collar. He’ll wear shoes from Chuck Taylors to combat boots. Two small silver loop earrings line the shells of each of his ears and slung across his back is his red Stratocaster guitar.

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Red

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Gold

COMBAT

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Stratocaster

The Stratocaster is just as much a weapon as it is a musical instrument. The weapon acts as an amp for Coch’s semblance. Its whammy bar allows him to control the brutality of the waves by controlling the wave patterns. Next to the whammy bar is a chamber for loading dust capsules. The two dust capsules that Coch uses are Fire and Lightning.

Now, there’s a secret story behind Coch’s Stratocaster and its design. While most will only see it used as an amp, it has a secondary form. Originally, the Stratocaster was a rifle designed by the Atlesian military and gifted to him by his father. It still contains those functions, those functions being similar to a M16A2 rifle. The dust capsules are rounds fed into the chamber, and the whammy bar much like a bolt-action charging handle. With the guitar’s jagged electric guitar edges, it also functions as a battle ax and its wide base a shield for blocking attacks.

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Coch’s semblance grants him the ability to manipulate sound. When paired with his Stratocaster, his voice becomes a deadly weapon enabling him to produce decibels of destruction. His sound abilities when combined with his singing abilities can be used to empower himself and others, getting the team pumped to fight by raising their strength, speed, and durability for the duration of his jam. He can mute an entire room and throw his voice a great distance. As long as whoever he is trying to communicate with is within visual distance, they will hear him clearly even if he threw a whisper. An assault from Coch’s sound abilities can cause enemies to suffer disorienting, nauseating, and if directly under the bombardments of his sound vibrations—death. With his whammy bar, he can create vibrating patterns erratic enough to create a sound barrier for himself or anyone he is protecting as long as he is standing within arms’ reach of the person.

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♪ Fire
♪ Lightning

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Most students will see Coch in a support role, shredding on his guitar and empowering his teammates with energizing power metal. He will take down lesser mobs with the AOE abilities granted by his Dust and Semblance. What most students don’t know about him is that he was originally a student (soldier is probably the better term if you knew his Dad) of Atlas Academy. When adopting a more combat-related role, Coch is a brutal fighter. He wields his guitar like an ax, and can switch between a melee and ranged role in mid-combat. He can use dust rounds to speed up his movements, change the direction of his movements, or send himself skyward. The base of his guitar can be used as a shield to absorb the blunt strikes or offenses of his opponents.

PERSONALIZED

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♪ Brave
♪ Proud
♪ Tough
♪ Softy
♪ Perverted

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♪ Musician
♪ Singer
♪ Poet
♪ Resourceful
♪ Soldier

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Coch Taliesin was born to Captain Ares and Terpsichore Taliesin. He was raised a military brat planned from birth to follow in his father’s footsteps to one day become an officer in the Atlesian military. His childhood was full of strict discipline and restriction. His mother was a successful singer and songwriter and his primary inspiration. His father frowned on Coch’s artistic hobbies and one day even tore up the music and poems he would write.

When he came of age to attend Atlas Academy, his father gave him a rifle, hoping that the weapon would motivate him to keep on the path he had set for him and to stay at the top of his class. One day, the stress and social pressure just nearly killed Coch and he knew that he had to get away from Atlas, and out from under his father’s thumb.

Coch secretly applied to Beacon Academy under a false name, and when he was accepted, he unceremoniously dropped out of Atlas and went running with a packed bag to his freedom. The Headmaster wasn’t as easily fooled as Coch had thought, knowing exactly who Coch was when he arrived at the school. Nonetheless, the man allowed him to stay. The singer was officially a free man and he didn’t plan on seeing his father ever again for as long as he could help it. He still carried the rifle that he had given him, and out of spite, with time and patience he was able to engineer it into what he felt would have been his father’s worst nightmare. With the weapon named "Stratocaster," Coch not only started his new life as a student at Beacon Academy but his career as a talented and popular musician.

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“Coch” in my character’s first name is Welsh for "Red." “Taliesin” is a bard from Welsh mythology who was renowned for singing at the courts of three Brythonic kings. He was adopted as a child by Elffin, the son of Gwyddno Garanhir, and prophesied the death of Maelgwn Gwynedd by the Yellow Plague. He has been a mythic hero and companion of Bran the Blessed and King Arthur. This will explain Coch's unique Welsh-like accent.

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Jaune is the best.

Sound clip, example of Coch's voice

Sound clip, Coch's shreds!

[Raijinslayer]

@ReaptheMusic@Chickn Okay, third times the charm and all that. First new character I've actually put a good amount of thought into for a while, so thanks for the creative push even if he doesn't get accepted.

Character sheet

Name: Viol Hyacin, but he prefers to go by Vi when asked for his name

Age: 17

Gender: Male

Species: Human

APPEARANCE

Vi is a average-looking guy, not stunningly handsome but not truly that bad either. His hair is cut in a somewhat messy fashion, and usually is something that he doesn't deal with until it starts to become an annoyance. In terms of his frame, he's rather lean and underwhelming for someone his height, so much so that some think he's a bit sickly, but in terms of health he's just fine. He has some muscles and tone to his body, but not a lot due to it being hard for him to gain much with his body type, as well as a lack of real effort to build it up.

Height: 6ft

Weight: 175lbs

Clothing Style: Vi dresses to be as inconspicuous and unnoticeable as possible, tending to wear either black and/or dark purple clothes to assist in this. He wears a large black and purple zip-up hoodie, baggy jeans, and some sneakers before calling it a day, not really too particular about what he wears.He also wears contacts to help him with his vision, and while he isn't blind without them, they will definitely cause problems if he doesn't have them in.

Hair Color: Purple

Eye Color: Dull Gray

COMBAT

Weapon: Black Needle: Vi's main weapon starts off as a plain-looking, yet powerful railgun, made to pierce through the armor of even the strongest grimm with little difficulty, firing off a single reinforced bullet at insane speeds. However, in order to make the shot, the lightning dust has to charge up for a bit(about one post) before firing, which causes the gun to over-heat immediately and giving it a cool down time that's at least double that of the charge time(two posts). To add extra power, it can be over-charged, but the longer it's charged, the longer the cooldown, as well as a chance for the weapon to possible over-heat while charging, resulting in the weapon exploding with the stored electrical energy. After every shot, the weapon needs to be reloaded with both another bullet and a lightning dust cartridge, as it uses up the whole thing in that single shot. The railgun also has a low power mode as well, so that in a battle against other Hunters, he doesn't end up accidentally killing them when picking off the weakened ones, and in this case, only takes up half the crystal per shot.

When there Vi is unable to use his weapon as the Sniper rifle he'd like it to be, he can shift the weapon into it's Shotgun form, causing the barrel to expand and slide down towards him in order to shorten the length of the weapon and make it easier to handle. After a quick ammunition change, the weapon can now fire powerful slug rounds at the enemy, which can also be switched around for Dust rounds if needed, enabling him to deal quite a bit of damage to those who think they can take him up close. The effective distance of this weapon is a bit larger than most others of this type due to the slug ammunition, meaning that he can also take some foes by surprise if they thing they can play a game of keep away. The downside to this is that his weapon lacks the spread that shotguns normally have, and thus makes it hard to deal with speedy opponents, as he has to make every shot count instead of just going hog wild.

Finally is the melee form of this weapon, in which the barrel retracts down even further to form a gauntlet type construct over his forearm, which compressed down and starts pumping out lightning dust to from a set of dangerous electric claws. In this from, while gaining no increase to strength in that arm, he can launch a barrage of rapid slashes with this clawed gauntlet, as well as defend a bit better as well thanks to the weapons durable make-up. However, due to this not being his method of fighting, he's a bit clumsy and out of practice with it, and is likely to make a few mistakes when fighting in this way, but when the chips are down and he's out of munition, this is better than nothing.

The name black needle comes from the appearance of the projectiles once they're fired from the railgun, as they strangely enough leave a thin trail of black energy behind the bullet for some reason. This has the unfortunate effect of giving away his position in a fight.

Semblance: Now you see me . . .: Vi's semblance is the ability to turn himself and anything he's holding both invisible and intangible for a short amount of time. However, it takes about three seconds or so for this effect to complete, meaning he can't use it to avoid attacks if he;s in the heat of battle. The effect can last up to a full minute, though that can be fairly tiring, but it also ends the moment that he's about to launch an attack against a chosen target, resulting in a three second fade in that starts the moment he's cemented the idea in his head.(Ex. He sees a grimm, activates his ability, and then, after he decided to walk over behind the grim to initiate the counter attack, some part of him will instantly become visible, and over three seconds, the rest of him will follow up as he tries to walk over and commence the attack. The moment he attacks, he becomes fully tangible as well.) He tries not to use this ability consecutively, as it can really tire him out to keep going in and out of it like that.

During the fade-in and fade-out, their is usually some kind of effect that goes with it, either his body seeming to unravel, some parts fading out before others due, his eyes suddenly beginning to glow, or a unusually wide smile spreading across his face. He doesn't know the reasons for this, nor does he particularly care. From time to time, different effects will pop up other than those stated, but they are the most common.

Dust: Lightning dust powers his weapon while it's in its railgun form, and he tends to use all kinds of dust in his shotgun rounds, usually things like lightning, ice, and gravity to keep his foes locked down and give himself or his teammates time to go in for the kill. To further that goal, he also has special trap rounds that don't activate upon impact with a solid surface, instead burrowing into the ground or whatever living surface(or Grimm) they've been placed on, which he can activate by pressing a special button on the gun that sends out the signal, activating the dust to create an explosion of elemental energy underneath or around the target.

Skills:

• Stealth
• Tracking
• Marksmanship
• Trap Setting
• Strategizing and Planning

PERSONALIZED

Personality:

• Curious
• Socially Awkward
• Mocking
• Introverted
• Apathetic(towards anything that doesn't)

Skills:

• Reading
• People Watching
• Stalking
• Sleight of Hand(when one gets lonely, playing cards are your best friend)
• Gambling(got an excellent poker face)

Background: Vi comes from a long line of Hunters and Huntresses, all of them masters of the arts of stealth and deception. From birth he's been expected to join the ranks of the Hunters and keep the people of Remnant safe from the horrors of grim, taking to the Shadows in order to hunt down the savage beasts and drive humanity forward. And while Vi has worked towards that goal, he's rather . . . unmotivated by it. He's rather unmotivated by most things really, looking at the world through the eyes of someone struggling to care about it. He does what his parents ask him to, and works just hard enough to meet their expectations, but anyone who watches him can tell he never really gives his best at anything.

Vi grew rather lonely, as his family has long been seen as a sort of boogeyman amongst that people of the world, as they tend to keep to themselves and the methods of some of their predecessors were known to be rather . . . disturbing, if effective, in how they disposed of the Grimm, not to mention the odd behaviors and mannerisms of some of the more notable hunters to have spawned from their brood. Left to his own devices all his life, never really interacting with anyone but his family, he developed some . . . odd coping habits with to deal with his loneliness, like watching others from afar, and stalking those he found to be particular interesting and that he thought he could learn from. He took to copying the manner of other kids in attempts to fit in, but they usually ended in failure as people just found it weird and creepy. As he reached his teen age years, entering into the combat school of Signal like his parents wanted, he began to stop really caring about what other people thought.

As the years went on, he simply let himself be absorbed by the job and lifestyle his parents wanted for him, lounging around the near other people, some part of him still hoping to glean some information out of those around him, yet most of him not really caring so much about it. As he attends Beacon, he feels neither relief that he was accepted, nor worrying for the new year. Instead, he simply preps himself for another year by himself as peopel label him off as the creepy kid in class you shouldn't talk to.

Character Theme: This character is based around the Chesire cat in terms of his semblance and some of his demeanor, though instead of a smiling, happy go-lucky personality, I decided to focus more on the strong sense of apathy and uncaring that the character seems to have in all of his incarnations, a lack of caring for the world around him except when certain people or events catch his interest. In those instances, he'll show more of his true self, a somewhat intrusive and obsessive personality that seems a bit off kilter to the average person

Other:Has a pet cat named Alice that he takes with him nearly everywhere during his off days. She's a black cat with one blue eye and one green eye, and a strip of white fur that goes all the way down her back and up her tail.

Always carries a set of playing cards on him at all times.

[ReaptheMusic]

@Holy SoldierHis first name must be a color. This rule is an implement in order to honor the memory of Monty Oum as well as fit the canon of the time in which The Colors of Dawn is Set.

[Holy Soldier]

@ReaptheMusicWell, I can always keep up the "Welsh" theme and name him "Coch," which is Red in Welsh. It sounds closely to "crotch." I expect many jokes. I'll get to changing all of that and adding that into the graphic.

Updated. :)

[Chickn]

@Raijinslayer After talking to Reap about Viol, we've decided to accept you as long as you balance out his rifle a bit. The part that bothered me was mostly the part where you said a single shot could kill a weakened Hunter. I understand if the Hunter was significantly weakened (Under 1/8 Aura), but at that point, most projectiles hitting a major organ would simply kill a Hunter, regardless of their Aura. So I assumed you meant a Hunter with a stronger Aura. If you want that powerful of a weapon, I would suggest removing one of the other forms of the weapon, or significantly nerf the damage output. If you could find some way to nerf his weapon, you're in.

@Holy Soldier We've discussed your character, and, aside from the name, he's good to go.

Reap will be on tomorrow to officially accept you both, as long as you make those changes. Glad to have you on board! :D

Also a side note to both of you (And any other future applicants, if you're reading this), we are severely lacking females. If either of you want to change to help balance it out, that'd be greatly appreciated. You don't have to, of course. Just making note of it.

[Holy Soldier]

@ChicknThis reminds me of a match in League of Legends when people are saying "We need a tank!" lol Except it's "We need females." I play females, but I just feel if I changed him to a girl that I wouldn't be feeling the character. My muse would just die lol. I play females when I'm inspired to and if I changed him, it would be a "forced" move. However, I can always NPC females if people would like that?

I changed his name to "Coch" is that okay?