Jonas Ricial

Do not steal nor edit MY property. - FiernullJonas Prinsipe Ricial is alluded to José Protacio Mercado Rizal y Alonso Realonda or popularly known as José Rizal, a polymath and one of the national heroes of the Philippines who was a key member of the Filipino Propaganda Movement which advocated political reforms for the colony under Spain. He was executed by the Spanish colonial government for the crime of rebellion after an anti-colonial revolution, inspired in part by his writings, broke out. (Wikipedia)

Appearance
Jonas is a bespectacled man with a tanned, firm body with six packs, not as bulky as a body builder, and a grayish cybernetic left face. His uneven long, brown hair falls naturally on his shoulder blades and his bangs, also uneven, reaches his dark green eye and cybernetic green eye. Being a dove faunus, he has a pair of white feathers sticking out behind his ears.

Over his white sleeveless shirt, he dons a dark green, barong with stand-up collar and rolled up sleeves. He simply wears black pants and shoes on the bottom. All of his clothes are made of woven graphene and carbon nanotubes that protects him from low-caliber bullets and stabbings. Jonas has a dangling long, golden-colored chain latched on his pant's belt loop connected to his pocket watch.

Strapped to his back is a magnetic plate for holstering his dual, transformable arnis sticks. His other weapons are a pair of black weighted-knuckle gloves, styled to be indistinguishable weapons and fused with Lightning Dusts.

His emblem is a white dove with the outline of star of life on its chest.

Background
Jonas, an Atlesian, moved from one relative to another at the age of seven when his mother left for another man while his father committed suicide due to severe depression. He also have moved around from school to school, which enabled him travel all the kingdoms in Remnant. Despite his circumstances, he made it a practice to maintain contact with his acquaintances, something his late father, who was also an information broker, thought to him. Most of the time, Jonas endured bullying from numerous humans because of his faunus heritage. To get back at them, he simply wrote short stories about karma in bullying, acknowledging the fact that not only due to heritage that people get bullied.

(Reference: 1869 - At the age of eight, Rizal wrote his first poem entitled "Sa Aking Mga Kabata." The poem was written in tagalog and had for its theme "Love of One’s Language.”

''When he was also eight years old, Rizal write his first dramatic work, which was a Tagalog comedy. It was staged in a festival in Calamba, and was later sold to a gobernadorcillo from Paete for two pesos)''

At such a young age, he has been devouring books, ranging from fiction to literature and academic ones, and became a consistent high-achiever in the field of science, technology, and arts. It gave him more opportunities to study under renowned professors thanks to his willingness to bounce from one relative to another.

While studying, Jonas made time toning his body and exercising after he read articles about the consequences of not being physically active and benefits of exercising, especially when practicing martial arts. He was 10 when he took up Arnis, also known as Eskrima and Kali, and acquired marksmanship skills under the guidance of his kin in Mistral and Vacuo that helped him unlock his Aura and Semblance. At Atlas, the fifteen-year old Jonas created his technology & Dust-enhanced clothes and weapons.

He initially thought of becoming a Huntsman as a reserve in the future in case of shortage of combatants. But he changed his mind when he realized that there's no need to become a professional Huntsman for as long as you know how to fight, and keep training and killing Grimm. Though as to how to deliver first-aid with proficiency after a fight, he has no idea. Jonas then took up EMT training courses at the age of seventeen while pursuing his academic studies.

When not active as an part-time EMT in the kingdoms, he's (21) a freelance journalist to many newspaper companies around Remnant, dodging those with issues with faunus. Under the pen names of Prince Arthur, Luzvimindo Rizal, and Marianne Liwayway, Jonas has been writing articles (more on moral issues) about infectious negative views of some humans towards faunus, White Fang's detrimental contributions to faunus race, unemployment of countless faunus leading to increased poverty, bullying & poverty in general (inspired from his short story in the past), ethical issues in companies like the SDC, and many more thanks to his connections. As Jonas Ricial, he's a young freelance journalist, who writes about innovations and breakthroughs in his field of interest.

Eventually, his works under his pen names received criticisms and praises. His writings were enough to put his pen names in White Fang's hit list and some companies wanted to sue him (or rather, them) despite the fact that some authorities are beginning to question them. Jonas was forced to cut some ties within his network of friends and acquaintances due to mutual security-risk but he didn't stop publishing his works himself over the internet when the newspaper companies deemed it risky. Thanks to his vast knowledge in computer and hacking, he was able to hide his tracks or left misleading breadcrumbs.

It didn't take long before a hired mercenary found him in Vacuo. Though Jonas was able to knock him out, his left face was severely burned to the point that his left eye and flesh was melted and his cheekbone blackened. After he was brought to a hospital, he started writing about freedom of speech. It was cut short when he asked to be moved to Atlas' hospital for cybernetic enhancements for his face.

Jonas (23) moved to Vale in accordance with his routine of bouncing around the kingdoms and continued his jobs as well as his writings. In the current timeline, he's still staying there because he already have some colleagues, humans and faunus alike, publishing their articles regarding White Fang and such under his pen names.

Personality
WIP

Powers/Abilities
Arnis that focuses on stick fighting, knife fighting, sword fighting, improvised weapons, and unarmed combat. (1st example, 2nd example),

Weapons
WIP

Trivia

 * Jonas is a Spanish name meaning "dove"; Ricial means "green fields". During the Spanish colonial period in the Philippines, each province was given a list from which each family could choose a new surname. The Mercados of Calamba chose the unlisted name Rizal, although they continued to use the name Mercado. Their original application was for the name Ricial (meaning “the green of young growth” or “green fields”), which was connected to their livelihood, but this was denied for no apparent reason. (filipinaslibrary.org.ph)
 * Prince Arthur altogether means royalty, which is associated with color purple.
 * Luzviminda is a Filipino name which is actually the combination of the three major islands of the Philippines: “Luzon”, “Visayas”, and “Mindanao”. Philippines is known as “The Pearl of the Orient Sea”; Rizal has the same meaning as Ricial.
 * Marian is a variant of Marion, a French diminutive form of Marie, which is derived from the Hebrew Miryām, a name of debated meaning. Many believe it to mean"sea of bitterness" or "sea of sorrow."; Liwayway is a Tagalog word meaning “dawn”.