Kurogane Murasaki Ookami

"One person believed in me, no matter what I did. If he's safe, the world can go to hell. I don't give a shit."

- Kurogane's trademark quote.

Kurogane Murasaki Ookami is a wolf faunus from Mantle and a former student of Atlas Academy. His weapon of choice is a Dust Enhanced Prosthetic Claw (DEPC) named Wind Grasp.

Kurogane enrolled in Atlas to become a Huntsman, as to protect the person he cared. Because he had to deal with the Faunus abuse in Atlas, he grew to have hatred towards the people and left them to their own after finishing his studies. After becoming a Huntsman, Kurogane became a mercenary of Mantle and even worked against Atlas more than once

Appearance
Out of his team, Kurogane is the tallest one, which des reflect on the imposing figure he possesses. He uses a black overall with a balck and putple leather jacket. His long black hair, white tied to a ponytail, is unruly and has a cut on its end, made by Kurogane himself. His claw is made of black iron and is filled with green Dust. His symbol is imprinted on Kurogane's back as a tattoo.

Personality
''Heartless, only caring for his own goal and for his own self. Bearing a hatred towards Atlas and its Faunus prejudice, a mercenary Huntsman that is known by many as a criminal. Only one person in the world has Kurogane's barriers broken and is the only one he swore to protect.''

Kurogane is a cold-hearted individual and has decided to give no importance to the world. Due to the treatment he had in Atlas and how he wasn't able to leave Mantle because he's considered a criminal, he believes that the rest of the world has the same discrimination towards humanity. However, the extent of his hatred reaches even his own kin, considering that Faunus also fear him because of his violent attitude.

His cold attitude is engrossed in battle. He doesn't use tricks to defeat the opponent, but only the desire to overwhelm them. Kurogane can be very violent and he doesn't care about respect in battle, only about putting the enemy down.

Kurogane's attitude only changes with his childhood friend Ceruleo Mondlicht. He has admitted to be deeply in love with him because of how he always stood by his side whenever he needed and was always there to give him support, while the rest of the world was against him. While Ceruleo doesn't reciprocate the feelings as he would've wished, this didn't make Kurogane give up on him.

This feeling towards Ceruleo has already been considered as unhealthy by many people. Kurogane constantly has jealousy streaks when someone else is with Ceruleo and can get infuriated if he's insulted or hurt. This mostly defines why his relationship with Liliana Rinus and Halverd Varten, fellow teammates, isn't good. He's considered to be very blind and obsessive when it comes to Ceruleo.

History
TBD

Powers and Abilities
Kurogane's main tactic to fight is for him to overwhelm the opponent and eliminate them. His style of fighting mostly uses street fighting and claw attacks with his prosthetic claw.

Semblance
Kurogane's Semblance is called Hostile Blood. It's a Semblance that stores energy during a battle, in a similar way to Yang Xiao Long's Burn and Adam Taurus' Moonslice. As a contrast, Hostile Blood stores energy from the damage Kurogane deals, instead of heaving him receiving it. When he effectively does direct damage to an enemy, the energy will be storing up. He can use it at once or keep it for a better usage in the future. But the Semblance isn't perfect. Hostile Blood demands that Kurogane has to be attacking the opponent directly, which means any way of indirect damage (I.e. falling rocks or wall crashes) doesn't work with the effect. He has to be the one doing damage, whether by his claw or by the rest of his body. Also, the Semblance doesn't affect Wind Grasp nor the Dust contained on it. As such, any Dust related attacks from Kurogane remain unchanged, both on visuals and on damage. The last problem of this Semblance is that it can induce Kurogane to enter in a Berserk state if he keeps being emotionally pushed fwhile the energy is stored. He'll hit maximum damage cap instantly, but will go insane and attack everything that crosses his way. For now, Ceruleo's voice is the only way discovered to stop it, but it's not failproof.

Weapon
Kurogane's weapon of choice is a Dust Action Prosthetic Claw (DAPC) called Wind Grasp. It's an prosthetic arm, heavily infused with wind Dust. Kurogane can use it to sharply slash enemies or to execute wind bursts from his hand. Those bursts can also be used to improve movement.

Trivia

 * CNR:  his name means "black metal" in Japanese, which relates to his black outfit and hair. His surname means "purple wolf" in Japanese, which directly points to the fact he's a wolf Faunus and his outfit has purple details.
 * Kurogane's design is a recolor from Raven (Elsword) in his Nova Imperator class. All credits are given to Hwansang, the original artist of the image.