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Dominic Steele is a student currently attending Beacon Academy and is one of the main protagonists of Ash Winters' FanFiction, DMND in the Rough. His weapons of choice are a pair of Quad-Barrelled Dust-Shot Gauntlets named Avalanche & Blizzard.

His first appearance will be in Prelude 4: Dominic, where he will face an as-yet-undecided opponent in combat. At some point after this, Dominic enrols at Beacon Academy, where he becomes a member of Team DMND, comprised of himself, Dillon Colby, Antonio Morningstar and Nick Wilder.

Appearance
Dominic is a fairly tall, muscular, light-skinned young man with short, ivory white hair in a flat-top style and dull orange eyes.

Original
Dominic wears an ivory white jacket with grey sleeves over a steel blue T-shirt with dull orange sleeves, as well as dark grey trousers and white & grey armoured boots. His emblem is printed on the back of his jacket in dark grey.

Pyjamas
Dominic's pyjamas consist of an ivory white T-shirt, with his emblem in dark grey on his upper left chest, and a pair of loose grey pants.

Beacon Uniform
Dominic wears the standard male uniform, consisting of a white dress shirt, red necktie, blue vest, black trousers and a black blazer trimmed in gold, as well as a pair of black dress shoes.

Backstory
Dominic Steele has always been a fighter. He wasn't born into a respected name; instead, he fought his way out of the gutter. With a father constantly away on missions and a mother unable to cope, Dominic took to the streets of Vale, where Roman Torchwick found him and took him in. While fighting in cage matches for money to support himself, on Roman's encouragement due to his sheer strength, Dominic met Taiyang Xiao Long, the martial artist of the legendary Team STRQ, who saw his natural talent and helped train him alongside his daughter, Yang. The youngsters soon became fast friends, which developed into full-blown romance in their teenage years. Applying to Signal, and later Beacon, alongside Yang, Dominic strives to improve the lives of ordinary people in any way he can, not wanting them to endure what he did.

Personality
Dominic is one of the most resolute people at Beacon Academy, and won't back down from a challenge, leading to his strength-boosting Semblance. He is also quite romantic and gentlemanly despite, or perhaps because of, his rough childhood. Dominic fits the 'strong and silent' archetype to a tee, though he is opening up more, with Yang and Antonio's help. He is very much a 'gentle giant', but if he gets angry, stay out of his way for your own safety.

Powers and Abilities
Dominic is impressively strong, able to lift 100kg with minimal effort, even without using his Semblance. He also displays above-average speed for his age, though not to the extent of Dillon or Antonio. Dominic also has the most Aura of his team; as such, he is the most durable member. Additionally, he has an impressive knowledge of offensive and defensive techniques using his Aura. Dominic is one of the best Hand-to-hand fighters at Beacon Academy, using a mix of Muay Thai, kickboxing, kung fu and more. His martial arts training allows him to recognise most forms of unarmed combat, and change his own style to counter it.

Weapons
Dominic's weapons, Avalanche & Blizzard, are a pair of gauntlets with gun barrels over each knuckle. These can be used for medium-ranged attacks. Dominic can incorporate Dust in his shotgun shells, preferring Ice rounds for ranged attacks, and Fire to enhance his melee strikes. Dominic also uses Hard-Light Dust to form shields.

Dominic also wears a pair of armoured knee-high boots to increase the force of his leg strikes, and they can be used as a means of propulsion, using Gravity Dust channelled through the heels.

Semblance
Dominic's Semblance, Combo Strength, allows him to accumulate kinetic energy through striking an opponent. This enables him to increase his physical strength directly proportional to the number of consecutive blows landed on his target (0 hits=100%, 1 hit=110%, 2 hits=120% etc.). The stored energy passively depletes 1% per second back to 100%; this increases to 10% in active use. Upon activation of his Semblance, Dominic's eyes will turn pale blue.

Trivia

 * Colour Naming Rule: Dominic (White Ranger from Power Rangers Jungle Fury), Trent (White Ranger from Power Rangers Dino Thunder), Steele (derived from 'steel', evoking blues and greys)
 * Inspiration: (Fairytale antagonist TBD), Tifa Lockhart (Final Fantasy 7)
 * (Fairytale antagonist TBD)
 * Tifa: Brawler, concept surname was Lockhart.
 * Theme Songs: Zayde Wolf- Gladiator, WattWhite- Last One Standing
 * Dominic's birthday, February 9th, references the year 1892, in which the first world heavyweight boxing championship was fought under the Marquess of Queensberry rules of 1867, which are similar to those used today.
 * Dominic bears several similarities with the members of Team RWBY:
 * Ruby Rose: 'Protective' mentality, dislike of formality.
 * Weiss Schnee: Colour scheme, preference for Ice Dust.
 * Blake Belladonna: Quietest of the team, orange eyes.
 * Yang Xiao Long: Team brawlers, similar weapons, 'opposite' Semblances.