Durandal Raglan

Biography
Duran is the crimson haired leader of the New Beacon Academy freshmen team, Team DARK. Duran is born during the reconstruction of Vale as well as years after the events of Team RWBY.

Time in Vale
Born in Vale, Duran was raised by his single mother, Sarah "Crimson" Raglan, a former student of Beacon Academy. Wanting to be a part of her son's life, Duran was moved outside the city after his mother retired of the life of a huntress, thus living on a small island similar to patch out he coast of Vale.

With no knowledge of who his father was, Duran did live happily in his mother's embrace.

But one night it was all taken from him.

The Attack on the Raglan Estate
On the night of his seventh birthday, a group of bandits attacked the Raglan Estate. Duran was wounded in the process of his mother's brutal torture.

As if they were through with them, the bandits left the two bloods of the Raglan household alone with Sarah hugging Duran, after setting the house aflame.

Duran would have died in the fire, were not for his mother's sacrifice. While comforting and defending Duran from the flames, his mother used what little aura she had left to force Duran's to awaken, in response slowly healing his wounds and awakening his semblance, shielding him from the fire. Duran was saved from the fire, but his mother died in the flames. He vaguely remembers his mother apologizing to him, saying it was her fault for what happened.

All he has left of her is the necklace he had got her for her coming birthday.

As for the bandits, they were never caught.

The Taker Family
After his mother's funeral, Duran was adopted by Grace Taker, his mother's friend and former teammate, moving back to city of Vale where she owned a small Diner.

Having been traumatized by the events of that night, he wasn't accepting of people as he grew aggressive and distant from others. He didn't accept the Taker family at first and often suffered panic attacks and nightmares.

One night his life was almost lost due to a panic attack in his sleep. He was saved and comforted by Grace Taker who numerously apologized for not being there for him and his mother.

The Life of Huntsmen
After the events of that night, Duran slowly began to heal.

In time, Duran was eventually told of his mother's achievements as a huntress. That's when the young Duran made a life long decision on how to pay his mother debt. He decided to become a huntsmen in the honor of his mother.

After enduring the Taker Family's harsh training and receiving enough field training credits, Duran was accepted into the New Beacon Academy and "surprisingly" became the leader of Team DARK.

Personality
Duran has had a poor disposition to put it lightly. Duran is often shown as introverted, stoic individual who comes off as rude to others as he tends to speak his mind no matter how harsh the truth. He has come to be accustomed into going after what he wants, regardless of what it takes to get it. He is not one to start a conversation, but he carries a bit of sass with him as he is prone to insults.

It also seems that Duran has a bit of a "renegade" steak about him. He doesn't usually follow orders that easily and tends to go against them if there's no point. This makes him out to be unlikable and difficult to deal with or understand within the group, and only a few people seem to like this side of him. Most of his behavior seems to stern from his earlier childhood.

But despite this crude demeanor he carries, Duran is known to be the "Protector" of those among his peers, or those who have known him long enough. He deeply cares for his friends, seeing them as his own and is willing to go through great lengths to protect them, even if he has to fight the battle himself.

Semblance : Heat Drive
Duran's semblance involves being able to generate an intense vast amount of heat, mostly from his hands. This allows him to perform offensive attacks and burn his opponents without the use of actual fire, such as his trademark use of his semblance such involves transferring generated heat into whatever he is holding, mainly his sword as he heats up the cutting edges.

This semblance also seems to grant him a form of Heat Resistance. Once he physically adjusts to a certain temperature, the heat doesn't bother him.

He has to be careful into how much heat generates. Too much heat will cause self injuries.

Weapon : Crimson Spiral
Duran's weapon of choice is the red crimson scimitar gunblade Known as the Crimson Spiral. It is made out of a specialized alloy suitable for Duran's semblance, preventing wearing, cracking, or chipping due to his semblance. It is a one handed curved scimitar sword suita for Duran fast paced attacks.

The trigger is a thumb press button on the back of the handle, holding the trigger for three to five seconds will cause the blade to shift into gun mode.

In gun mode, it serves as a hand cannon revolver allowing six to ten powerful shots, similar to that of a outlaws revolver.

If he activates his semblance and transfers heat to Crimson Spiral, the sword will receive a bit more of a cutting edge from the heat as the gun mode's bullets will be more intense.

It's been noted that the sword, Crimson Spiral, was his mother's sword when she was a huntress. Duran just had taken and modified it to suit his combat abilities.

Trivia....

 * Duran may act calm, but he is prone to sudden violent outbursts if you push him too far.....
 * He doesn't get along well with his fourth teammate, Kira Tabito.
 * Growing up with Grace who owns a Diner in the city of Vale, Duran had become a good cook. He wouldn't tell anyone though......
 * Can't help but stare at Professor Scarlatina's ears.