Maximilian Hughes

Appearance
Maximilian Hughes' studded glasses, scrawny body, and below average height make for a very brainy appearance (which he lives up to). He is a fox based Faunus, with a golden, thick, and furry fox tail and longer than average nails. Due to his messy demeanor, his dark green hair is usually wild and undone with bangs that sometimes cover up his eyes if not tended to properly (especially when he wakes up). He is light skinned with a birth mark on his neck. There is also a noticeable mole below his bottom lip. He also has a scar going down from the top of his right eye down to his right cheek.

Max's head appearance aside, he is usually seen with a fluorescent yellow V neck shirt on with his symbol emblazoned on it. He also wears a jade pendant around his neck. He wears a fuchsia colored vest with his shirt to complement the color in it. He also wears a coral colored backpack which stores miscellaneous items which vary from survival items to his sweets pack.

Upper body aside, Max wears midnight blue denim jeans with cyan blue flames on them. He also wears a sheath where his weapon (The Untamed) is stored. He has many pockets (some on his vest and V neck shirt, with a few on his pants) where he stores various items like his pocket laptop, his scroll, and his wallet are stored. He also wears mint cream colored low top shoes. The vibrant colors seen on his clothes are what define him as a person, and set him from the rest. Max sometimes wears a cape around his waist when he goes into cold areas.

Personality
Maximilian is usually calm and collected, albeit very condescending and sarcastic. He mostly sees the logical side of things, although he can be pessimistic in dire situations. He has a somewhat warped sense comedy, making morbid and even sexual jokes and remarks about people, objects, or subjects in general. He is very mild and self controlled, even being able to control his emotions under extreme pressure. Max also has a very sharp tongue, with witty comebacks and remarks. Max is also extremely defiant at times, even going to challenge authority and his teachers at the academy he goes to. As stated before, he is very calm, cool, and collected, until sweets get involved, he is a sweets maniac, and gets extremely upset when someone or something takes away his sweets, even nearly killing Red for bumping into him and making him drop his cake. Although Max has a very cool head, he usually reacts in situations on pure instinct instead of thinking through his actions, in stark contrast to his near genius intellect.

Max is extremely intelligent (as stated above) even enough to design one of his weapons and forge it. He has trouble applying lessons learned although he is very intelligent. He strives to do better and has a lot of zeal. He has a bit of a perfectionist side, though, striving to complete everything to the greatest his ability will allow him. He is even willing to change to fit a different person's needs (if he cherishes them enough). He is very gullible and easily manipulated, though, falling to Red's various pranks and antics and even falling to some villain's manipulations.

Weapons and Abilities
Max is a very versatile fighter with his two different weapons. When he is empty handed, he relies more on his Semblance and pressure points to deal damage to foes. With his very slim build, he is very nimble and agile, able to jump and slide around the map at immense speeds. He cannot overpower anyone with brute force, and relies more on tactics and debilitation to wear down his foes. He is a glass cannon of sorts, he can dish out a lot of damage, but he cannot take a lot of damage before going down. He relies on the element of surprise along with cover and shadows to exploit weakness in his adversaries. Max has extreme intelligence, but when it comes to brute strength and defense, he does not work well with those.

Max carries the Ultra Dust Gim Sword (UDGS) known as "The Untamed." The Untamed is stored inside of a sheath located on the left side of his waist. The Untamed is a dust sword which can hold dust crystals and utilize the abilities of the dust he is using. He can also utilize this sword with his Semblance, which includes creating Glyphs, Runes, and Quintessences to debilitate his foes, give him buffs, use certain tactics, or deal damage. Max also carries the Super Assault Rifle Ninjato Laser Tonfa (SARNLT, known as The Judge) which are laser tonfa which can be turned into a ninjato which can be turned into an assault rifle. He uses High Caliber Piercing Rounds (sometimes mixed with various dusts) which can split Grimm in half with his assault rifle, but its ninjato form cannot access these dust resources along with his laser tonfa. The ninjato form of this weapon is used with the mixture of a samurai and a ninja in mind, using quick and precise strikes and slashes to debilitate his foes. The laser tonfa are used with a mixture of Karate, Judo, and Kobudo in mind with fast, quick, and precise strikes with a "speed over strength" mindset.

Max's intelligence allows him to formulate and create strategies based off his enemies fighting styles very quickly. He is able to think of new ways to defeat enemies in the quickest way possible. He can think of new ways to utilize his weapons, powers, and abilities even outside of battle and hone his skill and using his power and weapons in that way. He always thinks of the most tactically advantageous strategies to defeat foes and in a large scale battles, earning him the title of "Master Tactician" amongst his allies and friends.

Max's equipment is very simple yet profound with the things it can carry. He has a coral colored backpack on him, which carries miscellaneous items which benefit him. He uses a File Backpack which he designed himself which, for its size, can carry many things. It carries nearly everything from his pocket shield to his sweets box. It even carries his foldable laptop (designed and built by him). The File Backpack is one of his most convenient items that he carries. He can simply think about what he would like to get out of the bag and it automatically gets it out for him.

Backstory
Maximilian Hughes VI was born on December 19th to a wealthy family in Vale. He was born in the city of Leah, in which his father, Maximilian Hughes V, was the mayor of, with lots of power and wealth. In result of this, Max was often neglected by his father and left alone with his mother, who has various affairs and secretly had AIDS from another man. His mother took lots of care of him and pampered him and treated him very well as an infant to childhood. Everything went pretty well until around the time before Max turned 4, when it was told to his father that his mother had AIDS from another man and his father was impeached (for an unrelated reason) from being mayor. This is when Max and his family fell on hard times, his father abandoned Max and his mother and they were left alone. His mother had to become a prostitute to keep them from being thrown out of their trashy house in the slums of the city. This went on for another 5 years, until disaster struck.

Max's mother died in the battle of AIDS and his father was at the funeral. Max was told to pack his things, as he was going to live with his father for a while until Max could take care of himself. This is when his interest in fighting monsters piqued, as he witnessed a Grimm in the city where he lived, as he became fascinated while watching the Huntsman of the city take it down so quickly. He had set his life dream to become a Huntsman and hunt Grimm just like the local Huntsman. At 13, the local Huntsman took Max under his wing, and thrice a week, he trained with the Huntsman. During this time, Max designed and forged his first weapon, which he named "The Untamed." He mastered the technique of this weapon and the Huntsman noticed this, and enrolled him in Signal Academy (with Max's father's permission) at 14.

During his time at Signal, Max learned much about what he would be getting into, he even met Ruby Rose during his time at Signal. During his time at Signal, he was made smarter and stronger. He constantly trained and strived to do better in everything he did. He felt as if he was really living, but one day, that came to an end. He was told his former town had been invaded by Grimm, and his father had been grievously wounded and that the town had to be abandoned. After that tragic event, Max trained harder than ever before, mastering tactics and strategy. After three years of hard work and dedication, he graduated from Signal early, but his journey to become a Huntsman was FAR from over. He was nearly a young adult now and still had his entire life ahead of him. He risked it all and signed up for Beacon Academy. Luckily, he passed the test and was enrolled in Beacon, and now, his REAL adventure begins!

Team Members
Red Makneyer

Lana Albarn

Nia Mezato

Relationships
His relationship with Red is akin to a brother relationship, with the two sometimes bickering, but still staying friends in the end. They have things in common with each other, which makes their friendship work. They teach each other new things and they both learn from each other. Like Max says it: "Iron sharpens iron."

Trivia

 * Max has a strong affection for Lana, his team member, although she is unaware of it.
 * Max actually is an awful cook, with people "dying" when they eat it (with the exception of a few people).
 * Max can play the piano extremely well.
 * Maximilian's name is loosely based off Maximilian Rose from the Pendragon books.