Shade Noire

-WIP until further notice

Shade Noire is the former leader of Team SHDE, and an ex-Huntsman.

Personality
Initially a naïve idealist, years of cold hard experience had changed him. Whenever someone sees him today, they will see a cold, stoic, and professional man disconnected from the rest of the world - a far cry from the hot-blooded, arrogant young boy that he was, long ago.

He always had a degree of stubbornness - he would insist on doing sticking to his vision.

Thanks to the consequences of his naivety, he became wiser, colder, and depressed. He takes every victory and loss personally, and if he suffers, he blames it all on himself.

His demeanor today is that of self-loathing, guilt, and pure hatred, masked under a shroud of stoicism, pessimism, and professionalism. Also, he has become more sloppy in his fights and while he doesn't broadcast it with fits of anger, quite suicidal.

Background
Shade, in his youth, was an ideal hero; he idolized the noble, famous Huntsmen who went around and were successful in helping those in need. Thus, he dedicated himself to becoming a Huntsman himself. He became an idealist, captivated by the ideal hero, training himself to excel both in body, mind, and ideology.

Unfortunately, with it came arrogance, naivety, and pride. Like every naïve hero, he had come to think that if he had tried hard enough, no matter the long-term strategy or consequences, he would always come out on top. And he was too stubborn to listen otherwise. He had insisted that everything be done his way, believing it to be the correct path.

While he grew famous as the "Sable Slayer", the worst of his traits manifested. While he was a famed duelist, his performance on missions had steadily begun to deteriorate, nearly jeopardizing his comrades. After graduating from Beacon, he tried and progressively failed at leading several operations, until one of his own teammates got

Abilities
Shade is a fast, and tough fighter. He can not only run at above-average speeds, but also has good reflexes. And he also has above-average strength, which can be felt from the weight of his punches, strikes, and the impact from his feet.

His weapons are twin retractable swords called .

Here, they not only serve as longswords, but retracts to shortsword lengths and daggers. Along with twin, built-in gunbarrels in each blade, they prove to be some of the most simplest, yet-highly versatile weapons when used effectively.

First, they carry built-in guns that can be fitted to fire ballistic rounds and/or Dust particles. These guns are select-fire with three distinct rates of fire.

The semiautomatic rate of fire is 37 RPM, but they also fire three-round bursts at 750 RPM with a delay of 0.75 seconds between bursts. Finally, the automatic rate of fire is 850 RPM.

They serve a variety of roles, based on the selected length of the weapon and the weapon's selected rate of fire.

Retracted to dagger length, and firing at semiautomatic/three-round bursts, they serve as pistols.

If they are at dagger length and fire at fully automatic, they serve as SMGs.

At shortsword length, the weapon serves as assault rifles at all three fire rates.

At longsword length, the weapon serves as marksman/battle rifles at all three fire rates. It is recommended to avoid automatic fire, especially at long distances, due to the moderate recoil.

When used as melee weapons, Shade utilizes various sword styles, from Chinese swordsmanship, to European HEMA and fencing techniques. This includes a variety of one-handed swings, parries, blocks and stabs. Thanks to the retractable nature of his blade, he can easily break deadlocks, make secret stabs at an enemy, or trick the enemy into miscalculating their close quarters engagement distance.

It must be noted that these weapons are incredibly versatile, despite their simple and somewhat predictable design, something that opponents can take advantage of.

Also, he has overspecialized mostly on dual wielding weapons, be the weapons in question firearms or melee weapons, and relies on his twin swords very often. Despite appearing to be a jack-of-all-trades fighter able to support his team and provide formidable duels with his physical prowess, he has recently fought with an air of sloppiness, never taking fights too seriously until someone manages to catch him off guard, probably due to his current mental state.

Semblance
His Semblance is Resistance.