Dust McAllister

"G'Day Mate!"

- Dust's customary greeting "I'd shoot you, but you ain't worth the bullet"

- Dust to a criminal Thou may look, but shall not touch-Amilanthior, the creator

Appearance
Dust is a thin, and tall individual, who's frame is not built for sheer brute strength, even though he has a reasonable amount of physical prowess, he is designed more for elegant, ranged attacks, which take full advantage of his weapons, and skills. His right arm has been replaced by a black, cybernetic prosthetic that glows blue, reaching up to his shoulder, and it is always left hanging out of his clothing. His hair is unruly, and his beard is often unshaven and hairy.

He always wears the same thing, and ever changes his clothes, except when he washes them, where he stays inside, until they are done. He wears a tattered red poncho, that is tied around his neck, and goes over his back, leaving the front open. For his chest, he wears a plated, swampy green armour chestpiece, which ends at his belt, which holds up his pants, provides holsters for his two revolvers, and pockets for extra ammo, although he has multiple clips hidden throughout his body. His pants are coloured a dusty, light brown, and are studded at the knees, tattering at the ends. On his feet he wears short, reptile-skin cowboy boots, that are very dirty, with the colours being very worn, and now shaded a light tan. Lastly, on his head, there sits a Crocodile Dundee hat, made of worn brown rawhide leather, and crocodile teeth around the top area.

Additionally, he is also a smoker, and can often be found puffing on a large cigar, which hangs off the side of his mouth.

Personality
Dust comes around as a very happy and jolly person, which is further emphasized his thick, funny accent (Australian), which came from his upbringing. And, in fact, he is, and makes friends easily as he has a very likable, joking, and generally friendly personality. He has a way with words, and can convince people to do things easily, a by-product from his younger days. He can also be incredibly caring, willing to do many things for loved ones, or friends in general.

However, when facing ones, especially murderers, he turns extremely cold, as they remind him of his past self. Often, he won't even say a word to them, and simply stare at them with disgust, before shooting them in the head. When hunting them, he seems like a devil, relentless, cold, and completely merciless, which is where he got his title from, after multiple bounties.

When facing authorities, he is often mocking, and cynical, as he sees many of them as lazy, and incompetent. But when he talks to a person who he holds in high esteem, whether through their fighting prowess, or through other means, he treats them with the utmost respect, but still jokes around with them, as his personality almost always stays cheerful around friends.

Backstory
Dust was born to two, lowly slum-dwellers, who barely had the money to support themselves, let alone a baby. He never knew his parents, as he was dropped off at an orphanage as soon as possible, where he was raised until the age of 5, where the orphanage burned down in an accident. He then found himself homeless, and alone in a world where nobody wanted him, or needed him. He scraped through multiple years by begging, or doing the odd job, but eventually got himself caught in the wrong crowd.

This gang taught him how to perform petty crimes, such as pickpocketing, and stealing from homes. He got quite good at this, and, by the age of twelve, could break into most homes, even well protected estates. His group got too cocky though, and tried to rob a major estate, which resulted in him stealing two large revolvers and multiple boxes of it's ammo, which he stored in a napsack. However, guards quickly arrived, and most of Dust's acquaintances were captured. In fear, Dust accidentally shot one of them fatally. The sight of the blood pooling around him would haunt him for multiple years.

After that instance, he moved into a different part of town, and learnt how to use the revolvers with ordinary, cheap, run of the mill ammo, training everyday with them, which caught the attention of multiple gangs, one of which he joined, yet again at the age of 14. His job in this gang was basically a bodyguard, defending their turf. But they began to get greedy, and started to tell Dust to rob people, sometimes this resulted in him having to kill those said people, which also began to draw attention from the authorities.

After two years, he was finally captured, in an ambush, where they arrested him, and prepared to send him off to a maximum-security jail. However, the headmaster of Beacon saw something in his emaciated, yet still defiant form, and had him released, and sent to the college of Beacon. For multiple years, he trained, eventually creating a new weapon, upgrading his revolvers, and unlocking his aura and semblance. From these many years, the images of his killings would haunt him, and only after graduating, and pledging to change his ways, and redeem himself, did those images start to slowly fade. However, every time he looks at a murderer, the images of him, pointing a revolver at an innocent person, which is why he hates those kinds of people.

He eventually met Gora Grump, and struck up a close friendship with him, eventually meeting Fionne MacGulf later as well, a person who he considers as close as family, and enjoys hanging out with immensely. As such, from his relationship to Gora, he has also taken up the role as a sort of surrogate uncle to Faye Dearg, who he cares about very much, as he hopes he can stop her from going down the same path as him.

Billabong
This is Dust's primary weapon, and is a semi-auto sniper rifle, that can pull back, and transform into a fast-firing assault rifle. It has a clip of 60 bullets, and hangs off Dust's back most times, used especially in sniping missions. When in sniper mode, it fires bullets with very high velocity, as it is able to use the same types of Dust ammo as his revolvers, favouring power over speed. When in assault mode, it is the exact opposite, firing large caliber bullets quickly, but with less impact than it would have in the sniper-rifle mode. It is coloured black, and has a very composite and futuristic design.

The Jumbucks
These are a pair of chrome revolvers, carved and marked with special engravings of dragons and marks, which all are an illuminated orange-red. They are unique in the sense that they fire shotgun shells, instead of conventional revolver rounds. Dust has practised with them so much that he can reload them in under 5 seconds, but he still prefers to use speed revolvers, as he considers them less messy.

Dust Attacks
Fire Dust - Upon firing, with the Billabong, it is a round that explodes on contact, creating a small fireball upon impact, which further explodes. When fired with a Jumbuck, it sprays out a stream of deadly napalm, that is able to cause very high-degree burns on individuals without aura.

Earth Dust - Creates a wall of concrete, that can be used as cover. Upon hitting a person, it has the same effect, often creating a bloody mess as the wall expands out of them bullet wound.

Electric Dust - When fired with the Billabong, it sends out a bolt of electricity, which travels multiple times faster than a typical bullet. When fired with a Jumbuck, it has much the same effect, but instead sends a large pulse wave towards the target, which can redirect projectiles away.

Ice Dust - When fired with the Billabong, it creates an explosion of compressed, freezing air that almost instantly freezes anything in a 10 metre diameter solid. When fired with a jumbuck, it sends out a cluster of ice shards, that explode upon impact, and create small clusters of jagged ice.

Net Bullet - This is a variant of bullet only used by Billabong, and essentially fires an expanding net at the target, which has enough electric dust flowing in it to stun most targets, although larger targets may require more battering to take down.

Semblance: Dust Devil
This semblance creates a small whirlwind of dense, sharp (Normal, non-Rwby) dust particles, 10 metres wide, and quite tall. This can be used to trap people, obscure view, or in tandem with his Dust attacks. This drains more aura the longer it is kept up, and can be used multiple times at once, around 4 can exist at once, but this drains Dust's aura quickly, and he cannot keep many up at a single time.

Trivia

 * Dust's name refers to real-life dust, which is coloured a light shade of ochre, and very, very light brown
 * His weapon's names are based off some terms in 'Waltzing Matilda'
 * He's like a Australian cowboy, if you haven't noticed yet