Hēisè Sǐshén

"Even before I earned my Semblance, I was called the Black Reaper... But back then, I killed for the sake of protecting my sister. Now, I don't know why I kill... Maybe it's because I enjoy the thrill, or perhaps it's releasing my frustration for losing my sister. In the end, it doesn't matter anymore... Because now, my reasons don't matter. The only thing that matters...is ending this. Once and for all."

- Hēisè Sǐshén Hēisè Sǐshén is the protagonist of the story, RWBY's Reaper.

He is a skilled Huntsman, and perhaps one of the more deadlier members of the cast, and for good reason: he was once an assassin for a criminal organization known as the Syndicate. His weapon of choice is a Carbonized Dust-enhanced Combat Knife (CDCF), and steel wires, which he uses to maneuver and strangle his targets.

Hēisè remains rather ambiguous and shadowy for the majority of the story, hiding in the shadows, and acting from behind the scenes. He interacts with the other members of the cast under his false persona Li Shengshun, a transfer student from Atlus.

Appearance
Hēisè is a young man with a slim, well-built body with short black hair and cold blue eyes. His usual design includes him wearing a bullet-proof black coat with a green interior, a black skin-tight muscle shirt with a harness carrying both his knife and wires, attached to his belt. He also wears black pants and a pair of leather boots. In order to hide his identity from others, he wears a Pierrot-inspired mask over his face, which has a red mouth, black eyes, and a purple scar shaped like a lightning bolt over the right eye.

As Li Shengshun, he wears a button-up dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up, a black belt with a silver buckle, and denim jeans with worn sneakers.