Ein Schwarz

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"He may be sometimes quiet, blunt, stubborn, stupid and maybe a little strict, but he's still one of the few persons you can count on. Just don't make him mad. He'll make you regret it."

- Paz Roman, on his description of Ein

"TO HELL WITH ALL YOUR REASONINGS!!! JUST DIE ALREADY AND BE DONE WITH IT!!!!"

- Ein

Appearance
Ein is a boy of semi-slim(?) build. His hair is a bit of a mess and has whitish streaks on the edges. His right eye has a red pupil and he wears an eyepatch on his left eye. But when he removes it, his left eye has three short, diagonal scars and glows yellow. He rarely ever smiles, as he usually puts on a neutral look on his face.

He usually wears a Beacon Academy-Issued B&W Customized Reinforced Assault Coat (BAICRAC), a Black T-shirt underneath and a Custom "Cerberus" Hoodie he usually wears when on a mission. He also wears a Beacon Academy-Issued B&W Custom Reinforced Assault Pants (BAICRAP*, read as "bayk-rap!"), and Armor-padded Combat Shoes.

Personality
Ein is a quiet, blunt, mean and stubborn type that most people would avoid. He was long been subjected to social discrimination by people since he was young, causing him to develop a cynical attitude towards others. But deep inside, he really just wants to be accepted by society, but he thinks he isn't courageous enough to say it. Although he successfully made some friends with Safira and the others, he still dislikes having too much company, as he says that "having too much attracted attention causes problems."

He has a sweet tooth, particularly for lollipops. He strangely gets all mellow when he eats sweets (it strangely acts like an alcoholic drink when he eats one), so it's best to approach him during this time. Although it can't be guaranteed that he won't get mad immediately after he sobers up.

Ein becomes a little strict when it comes to exercises. He sometimes becomes a little too overboard training his teammates, up to the point of complete mental and physical exhaustion.

One thing to note about him is that he's a foul-mouth person when he gets extremely angry, so be prepared for a torrent of swearing and trash-talking.

Weapons
He wields a Dual Stage Katana-Musket [DSKM] named "Ruine" and a High-Density Grenade-Gauntlet [HDGG] named "Zweitracht". Ruine's scabbard is usually strapped at Ein's back, but it can be adjusted to the waist area to allow easy sheathing and unsheathing of the sword. Zwei's grenade rounds all contain a highly unstable mixture of powdered red and white dust, enough to level an entire building.

Etymology
Ein means "One" in German and Schwarz means "Black" in German, therefore, if arranged grammatically, they literally mean "Black One", which is a very fitting name for this particular character.

The Story So Far
Ein is the only surviving child, apart from his older sister, Nora Schwarz, of the Schwarz Family, one of the minor families that controlled Dust production, although they completely operated in utmost secrecy, as such that only a few individuals know of this particular family. Ein was only 11-years old when he and his family went to visit one of their company's factory, but a large horde of the Grimm attacked it.

It is unknown how Ein survived the large-scale Grimm attack that wiped out his entire family, but the story goes that when a large-scale assault force was sent by Beacon to deal with the problem, they instead found him standing in a circle of the creatures' corpses, wielding the two weapons that were given to him, "Ruine"(Ruin) and "Zweitracht"(Discord). Most, if not all, of the Grimm were gruesomely killed and ripped apart. His whole body was covered in their blood while he was laughing maniacally. He blacked out soon after due to complete exhaustion and after little while later he woke up at Beacon Academy's medical ward, apparently having no memories of the incident, except that he knows that somehow his family was killed and that his left eye was injured in the attack. He was later adopted by his sister, Nora Schwarz, who was a former student and graduate of Beacon. He lived with her since then, but the trauma he suffered from the past came back as nightmares.

After finally having enough of the recurring nightmares, he convinced his sister to train him and enroll him at Beacon to become a Hunter and face his fear of the Grimm. His sister was initially surprised at his sudden decision, but she consented and started training him for 4 years. When she deemed him worthy enough, she gave him his one final test: that is to kill a group of Ocelots. Although he managed to kill most of them, This still was no easy task for him, as he was still unfamiliar with the Grimm's attack pattern. When he thought he was finished for good by the remaining Ocelot, a girl with yellow hair flashed down in front of him and power-kicked the feline Grimm towards a boulder. Ein's mouth was gaping from the sudden appearance of this mysterious girl. She helped him get up and introduced herself as Safira Lionhart, a student of Beacon. But their pleasantries were cut short when the Grimm attacked them. Ein slashed at the creature's head and blew it to pieces with Zwei.

Semblance, Aura and Abilities
Ein's semblance is extreme coldness. His aura is a black miasma that can cause icy spikes to burst from the cuts he inflicted on a target.

Ein's way of slaying and killing Grimms is noted by his team to be of the "gruesome" side. The first thing he does is that he fires a strong, paralyzing bullet at the unfortunate "victim" in Ruine's musket form, then he runs up to the target, slashing and hacking at it with blinding speed in an asterisk pattern. After a making a few cuts on the Grimm, he uses his aura to will ice spikes to burst from the target's body, making it suffer a little more. He then quickly sheathes Ruine and he immediately drives his gauntlet, Zweitracht, into the target's mouth and unloads several grenade rounds down to the throat. He immediately pulls back and jumps away as the Grimm blows into a thousand, bloody pieces from the inside, showering him in blood and ice shards.

He is one of the students in Beacon to own and wield two different weapons,a gauntlet and a katana. Even a veteran Hunter or Huntress chooses to wield only one weapon, as it is easy to use and maintain one, rather than using two. He shows incredible skill in wielding two weapons at once, which owes to years and years of endless practicing and honing.

The dust variant Ein utilizes is a combination of powdered Ice dust and Thunder dust variant that is very unstable and dangerous to use. But the material Ruine is forged from can handle its extreme state, rendering it to be mostly harmless for now.

He sometimes comically uses his grenade-gauntlet, Zweitratcht, as a can opener more often than an actual weapon due to it's sharp edges. But when he is forced to fight without his sword, he does so with extreme violence in using Zwei.

Trivia


- He is the only one known to own and wield two weapons, both simultaneously or separately.

- He never wears the formal uniform of the academy, as he hates changing into "such ridiculous, nonsensical clothes."

- Safira occasionally tries to flirt with him, although Ein is oblivious to it.

- He has a minor crush on Safira.

- The powdered combination of dust that Ein uses in battle is commonly called "Hölle Staub", which is literally translated into "Hell Dust". It is rumored to have been artificially synthesized by the Schwarz Dust Corporation, but it is still unconfirmed.