[size=18][u][b]CHARACTER[/b][/u][/size]

[b][u]Name:[/u][/b] Austin Tiru

[b][u]Age:[/u][/b] 18. Born the 28th day of the 9th month

[b][u]Gender:[/u][/b] Male

[b][u]Species:[/u][/b] Faunus (Grey Wolf)

[b][u]Symbol:[/u][/b] The Tiru Storm insignia. Seen on his profile picture.

[b][u]Occupation:[/u][/b] Huntsman (in training), First year Student at Beacon

[b][u]Appearance:[/u][/b]

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6 feet tall, a rather lean build (like that of a runner), weighs 164 lbs, has shoulder-length spiky silver-y hair with a pair of wolf ears on his head, and a series of indigo streaks on the left side, resembling a stylized lightning bolt. His eyes are a stormy blue, and he has strange black linear designs right underneath his eyes. He has a rather tanned complexion, and his combat gear consists of a black sleeveless shirt, a pair of black and indigo baggy cargo pants, a black belt, a teal scarf, and a pair of highly durable combat shoes. He usually wraps his left arm and hand in bandages to throw off his opponent.

[b][u]History:[/u][/b] Metrada, Vacuo. The city with one of the largest populations of faunus. Even after the revolution, and the Human-Faunus war, more than half of the faunus population lived in poverty, overworked and underpaid. The Tiru family was lucky. During the war, Austin’s grandfather got involved in the business of weapon manufacturing, design, and trade. The Libra weapon manufacturing company experienced a period of financial and influential growth during the war, being one of the main supplier of weaponry on the side of the faunus. After the war, Grandfather Tiru was married and had two sons (who will be referred to as “Father” and “Uncle”).

Father and Uncle were very competitive amongst each other, with Father being the more logical brother and Uncle being the more impulsive of the two. When the two reached the age to which they would inherit Libra, Grandfather divided the Libra company into Libra Dust Defence Systems and Libra Dust Weapon Systems. Father was tasked with maintaining control of LDDS, and Uncle was given LDWS. However, Uncle was not satisfied with only half of the company, leading to a bitter case of sibling rivalry.

Whereas Uncle focused more on taking over LDDS, Father decided to settle down, got married to a huntress (we will call her Mother for the time being), and had two children, Houston and Austin Tiru. Father did his best to give them a normal upbringing, while Mother encouraged the two boys to pursue their personal interests. Houston, the older of the two, expressed more of an interest in LDDS, while Austin himself wanted to follow in his mother’s footsteps and become a huntsman. At the age of ten, he was enrolled into the Bonfiore combat school, and built the Dancing Lights. Tiru excelled in Bonfiore, and once he was finished with his training, he applied to Beacon.

[b][u]Personality:[/u][/b]  Austin is a proficient, social leader who specializes in one on one combat above all else. He is a bit of a snarker, and his casual, sarcastic tone and demeanor tend to grate on people's nerves when they first meet him. He also tends to be rather blunt, and quick to point out what requires improvement. He does have his goofball moments, though.

[b][u]Strengths:[/u][/b] Austin is fast, athletic, and resourceful in combat. When unarmed, he utilizes a series of quick jabs, powerful kicks, and athletic maneuvers in order to get in, strike fast, and get out. The Dancing Lights serve to capitalize on his attacking capabilities.

[b][u]Weaknesses:[/u][/b] While he is capable of dishing out a lot of damage in a short amount of time, he cannot take very many hits before his aura stops shielding him. The fact that he sacrifices all forms of defence for speed and power only increases his Glass Cannon status. He also has a very short range of attack, putting him at a severe disadvantage against an opponent with a ranged weapon or fighting style. Outside of combat, Austin can be a little too blunt, and his sarcastic tone often makes more enemies than friends.

[b][u]Semblance:[/u][/b] Storm- Austin’s semblance allows for absorption, manipulation, and expulsion of electricity from his body at will. His semblance, however, does not allow for ranged attacks. He often concentrates this energy into electrically enhanced physical attacks (essentially making him a living taser), or to augment the strength of his weapons. He does have limits, however. The most he could absorb is the equivalent of a lightning bolt, and holding that much energy for more than five minutes will do much more harm than good. After absorbing and/or releasing a large amount of energy, it usually takes him a good 45 minutes to an hour to recover. Going over that limit causes a sort of overload, leaving him with physical fatigue and first degree burns. As with any Semblance, overuse (such as a large number of enhanced attacks or staying within the form for over thirty minutes at a time) is physically and mentally draining.

[size=18][u][b]WEAPON[/b][/u][/size]

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[b][u]Name:[/u][/b] The Dancing Lights: Aurora and Boreal

[b][u]Primary Form:[/u][/b] A pair of blades that utilize a D-EM field (Dust-pumped Electro-Magnetic field) to provide the cutting edge of these short and otherwise somewhat blunt blades. This edge glows teal.

[b][u]Secondary Form:[/u][/b] The D-EM field dissipates around the blade, and the D-EM emitter retracts into itself before sliding down, revealing two gun barrels, effectively shifting the blade into an SMG that fires D-EM rounds. The D-EM rounds dissipate past 65 feet, and the SMGs have a high firing rate, making them optimal only for short to mid-range combat.

[b][u]Tertiary Form:[/u][/b] N/A

[b][u]History:[/u][/b] Tiru built these weapons when studying combat in Menagerie. They have been his weapons of choice ever since, utilizing the D-EM system that the LDDS company has supplied him with.