Howashi Shinōfu

"If Huntsmen and Huntresses are supposed to be "angels"...then I'll gladly be your grim reaper."

- Howashi Howashi Shinōfu is a former student at Haven Academy, and the former leader of Team HVAN. He is currently wandering around Vale, taking up the role of a mercenary, and hunting down the one responsible for killing his teammate, Vanilia Valentine. Per his reputation as a mercenary, he has quickly become known to many as The Grim Reaper.

His weapon of choice is a Carbonized Steel Scythe (CSS), which is also tempered with refined Fire Dust. As a secondary weapon, he carries a double-barreled Dust Sidearm (DS).

Appearance
Howashi is a young man with white hair which is unusually spiky at the back of the head, red eyes, and pale skin; the traits of an albino. As a result of his condition, he often wears a hood over his face. He also has triangular red markings on the side of his cheeks. His attire usually composes of light clothing, such as shorts and t-shirts with a thin jacket with a hoodie. He also wears black headphones with red highlights over his ears, in order to "block out the screams."

Trivia

 * Howashi is taken from "howaito shi," the Japanese word for white death, in reference to his title as "grim reaper."
 * Similarly, Shinōfu is taken from "Shinokyōfu," which in Japan, means "terror of death."
 * Inspiration for Howashi's character comes from the protagonist of .hack//GU, Haseo, who is well known to many players in The World as the Terror of Death, a name he earned for defeating 100 players in a single battle.