Ashland Kennedy

Her name is pronounced:
 * Ashland - 'ah-sh-la-an-d'
 * Kennedy - 'k-en-neh-dee'

Appearance
Ashland is a young man in a sleeveless dark red vest with a black trim, the vest is longer in the back than the front. The front stops at his waist and the back stops just below his knees, being slit in the middle. He has a holster for a gun slung over his right shoulder and across his back and chest, keeping it in place. The holster is under his right arm to which holds his gun. Upon his left hand is a black fingerless glove that goes all the way up to mid-arm while on his right hand is a dark red glove that goes up just below his shoulder.

His pants are black, being durable combat pants that are tucked into dark brown boots. A small pack is strapped to his left leg that contains different types of magazines with dust properties, all useable for his gun. He also has a necklace that is a silver chain with a circular pendant with his brother's name carved into the back of it, a Byzantium colored jewel embedded into the front.

He has shoulder length reddish-brown hair that sometimes appear redder in certain lights, which he has tied into a ponytail with a strip of black cloth. His bangs are long, reaching just past his chins and falls in a messy fashion with a small bit of fringe hiding his eyes, which is brownish-gray. He has a large-toned physique as well as being 6 foot tall and a light brown tan from his time spent in the woods. He also has a few scars and a tattoo, the tattoo being the emblem he and his brother shared, being on his right shoulder. He has a scar upon his chin, two across his left arm which criss-cross, another long slash upon his left him and lastly one more down the back of his left calf.

He sleeps in his pants and a tank top when in the field as well as at home. His casual attire is a simple t-shirt and shorts or pants when relaxing.

Personality
Silent but has a loyal and big heart. He does not go out of his own way to talk to others, but he will go out of his way to protect them. Since he feels responsible for his brother's death, he feels that has no right to interact much with others, keeping much to himself. However, even though he does appear to want to be own his own, it's really just a front, he really does want to make friends and laugh with others. However, with the guilt he feels for his brother, he finds himself staying away from others. He seems to have built up walls around himself and will take some time and lots of pushing to get him to get out of his shell. When someone has pushed past his walls however, he proves to be a very nice guy who will talk with most anybody.

Weapons

 * Gemini, is a 'Dust-Powered Assault Pistol' (DPAP) that is a black 7.5x55mm assault pistol.
 * The gun itself is black with a dark purple hand guard that has a white tagger motif on the left side of the barrel, with the words 'Gemini-mk.2' along the right side.
 * The weapon has an accuracy of up to 40 to 65 meters, depending on which magazine is in the pistol.
 * The gun has four different magazine types; Normal, Fire-Dust, Lightning-Dust and Ice-Dust. Fire is his primary usage, while ice being a close second.
 * Cestus, is a 'Dust-Powered Clawed Gauntlet' (DPCG) that silver in color with lots of plates and a cartridge of dust on the underside of the arm under the plates.
 * The gauntlet is silver with plates trailing up his arm, reaching just below his elbow. The plates have a red tribal design up it with the claws being a blackish shade of red. The palm of the gauntlet has a circle power pad which is powered by dust.
 * Against the underside of his arm under the plates is a dust cartridge that can be refilled with dust. This is linked to the power page upon the palm of the gauntlet, allow him to 'channel' dust into the palm.
 * He prefers to fill the cartridge with air dust, to which allows him to shoot off bursts of the dust, allowing him to push an object, person or creature 10 to 20 feet away from his person.
 * If the target is airborne and they are hit by this burst of air, it can push them back up to 40 feet from his person depending on how close they are to him when he uses it.

Fighting Style
When fighting, he is comfortable in any position, be it ranged or up close and personal. He is skilled in a few martial arts that he and his brother had been taught in hunter academy.

Teammates

 * Shiroi Sakura -

Family

 * Sage Kennedy - He is his adoptive father, having taken him and his younger brother in when they were abandoned by their father. He trusts the man very much but will never visit him again because of his guilt.
 * Bronwyn Kennedy - He is his younger brother, who is now dead. Ashland feels at fault for his brother's death and regrets what happened. It was what caused him to leave the academy for a year.
 * Charles Swallow - His biological father who even though loved both his sons dearly, left the boys behind. His father regrets it to this day and has no idea what has happened or even where the boys are.
 * Darius Swallow - His biological uncle, the man who talked their father into leaving them behind. He was the cause for the mistrust between the boys and their father. He is glad to be rid of the boys.
 * Eurwen Swallow - His biological mother who died after Bronwyn's birth, but was a loving mother for the little time Ashland had with her. However, he has very little memory of her, only an old picture of her that was his father's.

Misc.

 * To those who get close to him, he prefers to be referred as 'Ash' to show his trust in them.

Trivia

 * Ashland is based of the representation of the German story/fairy tale, 'The Two Brothers', being the older brother from the story. The fairy tale was apart of the Brothers Grimm book of fairy tales.
 * Ashland is Old English for 'Land of Ash'. When he was born, he had dark gray-ash eyes which turned brown after a few months.
 * Kennedy is an American/Irish name meaning 'Helmeted/Helmed Head'.

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