Coriander Avantura

"I let my tears flow so they may dry when I must be strong."

- - Coriander

Appearance
Coriander is a tall, and athletic, and quite handsome young man. His hair is black and slicked back, down to his neck, yet strangely he doesn't use any product for this effect. He has olive green colored eyes. Coriander wears very formal clothing, as he continues to show respect for the values he was taught as a young boy. But it functions fully as combat equipment, due to it being a clever disguise for protective wear. His blazer, his trousers and his tie are all made of black Kevlar. However, as an exception, his green button up shirt is made of a royal oxford material. He wears relatively formal dress shoes, which he is able to move surprisingly well in, being able to outmaneuver quite a few opponents. Additionally he has a small silver ring earring on his right ear.

As a casual outfit, he wears the same clothing, but without the tie, as he is consistently suspicious of his past catching up with him.

Personality
Coriander acts rather cowardly and meekly. Always a constant downer, always worried, and sometimes crying about irrelevant things, he manages to earn a lot of people's skepticism in his abilities. Unless motivated enough to go all out, he doesn't take risks or fight at full effect. He is incredibly self conscious about his fights, and while he strives for perfection, he eternally disappoints himself with his inability to reach it. However, his personality does an incredible 360 at certain times, depending on the situation. For example, when he is faced with a situation which depends on him, being a battle, or any other necessary time. When this happens, he becomes brave, commanding, and confident in his abilities. When acting like this, he claims he cries so often as a coping mechanism for the incredibly awful things he feels he is to do if he were to switch personalities. Some however claim that this is so that he may muster his courage only when needed, and not at other times.

Coriander has several ties to the underground and more shady dealings of vale, which have hardened him as a person, nullifying his empathy to all but an old flame. He seeks distraction from the earlier events he ran away from in his life, and so constantly occupies himself, never taking a legitimate break. He is clever in how he goes about his fights, using both partner and foe for his own benefit.

Abilities
Coriander is generally an all over kind of fighter, agile and adaptable, he works with what he has and takes advantage of his opponent. He isn't very capable without a weapon, or very useful, unless to talk himself out of something.

Coriander is remarkably intelligent, being one of the smartest students at Beacon, and is incredibly clever. However, he despises using his time for anything but training. Though he is naturally intelligent, his lack of studying catches up with him. His diplomatic skills are also noteworthy.

Coriander is disgustingly bad at hand to hand combat and strength related tasks, but is incredible with figuring out weapons. He can turn anything from a spoon to a pebble into quite the formidable weapon. Up close with a melee weapon he is terrifying, being able to intercept many attacks, and at a mid range he will find a way to use distance against his opponent. In long range fights, he lacks majorly, as he likes being able to interact with his opponent.

Coriander's Semblance is quite the issue for Coriander. Being a relatively new student, and getting into the school for incredible skill with weapons and remarkable intelligence, he knows next to nothing of how to use aura and semblances. While it seems that his aura is active, as he can sense things and has mild protection, it is is weak, and his semblance is a mystery to him.

Combat Stats:
Hand to Hand: 1/10

Speed: 3/10

Dust Usage: 5/10

Melee Weapons: 9/10

Ranged Weapons: 0/10

Semblance Usage: 0/10

Agility: 7/10

Strength: 7/10

Defense: 3/10

Intelligence: 9/10

Primary Weapon: Chance At Redemption
Chance at Redemption was a parting gift given to Coriander by the head of the Avantura mafia family, before he was disowned. The weapon is horrendously sentimental to Coriander, as it has the forms and appearances of the exact weapons he trained with as a younger boy. Because of his decision, his birthday gift was given to him early, and after a hug from a seemingly heartless man, he was cast off with nothing but this weapon to remember the time he spent with his family, and if you were to smell it, you would notice a faint hint of olive oil. It has several forms.

Baseball Bat Form
The baseball bat form of Chance at Redemption is modeled after the baseball bat he had as a younger boy. It's incredibly durable, sometimes misused by Coriander to stop doors from closing, and is loadable with dust cartridges for effect on the things it hits and touches. Mostly he fills the cartridge with fire and ice dust to access hard to access places, melting doors and freezing locks, so they can be broken. With a press of a button, it will transform into one of its other forms.

Knife Form
The knife form comes with two knives with extending blades, used mostly for fighting his way out of nasty situations, and only very occasionally cooking. The bottom of the hilt of the dagger can be taken off to reveal thick iron wire, which can open the blade to use as a slightly useful medium range weapon. The wire is also usable as tripwire if needed be. With a press of a button, it will switch forms. If needed be, the knife's blade can spring off the hilt for a medium range attack with high power, but then needs to be pulled back into the hilt by means of the wire.

Tonfa Form
The tonfa form is a fairly default pair of tonfas, similarly to the bat, a dust cartridge can be inserted into the tonfa for a useful effect. With a press of a button, the tonfas can extend and detract. A press of another button and the weapon switches forms.



Other Equipment
Coriander carries a few smoke bombs in case a situation gets rather messy.

Backstory
Coriander was the result of an affair between two nobles who's families were in a feud, they discarded the child to an orphanage, where he was taken care of sloppily. He hadn't received a name in the orphanage, as the staff simply never cared to give him one. His luck changed after three years of Coriander's stay there, as a man who smelled of olive oil adopted him, and took him to live in a manor filled with many men wearing black suits. He was pampered, taught to cook, and how to dress, and generally lived a good life there. He even earned himself a name, due to his interest in Coriander when receiving his first cooking lesson. This was followed up with the family name, Avantura. And so he developed an identity. However, later on he noticed some of the men, who became family to him after his years there, began to disappear. The man who smelled of olive oil explained quite frankly that they had died on missions to steal merchandise and attack the enemy family, the Naudas. The little Coriander offered his help, and after a laugh from the man, he told him to wait till he could lift a weapon. Around this time he began to learn proper speech and diplomacy, so he could effectively communicate, something he was not taught in the orphanage.

It had been quite a few years, and Coriander was 12 years old. The olive oil man, who Coriander now knew he must refer to as Don, had agreed to personally train him. He offered Coriander a selection of weapons. After being shown a large array, Coriander picked the baseball bat, the knives, and the tonfas. After skepticism from the Don, the Don trained him in said weapons, starting with wooden variants, and eventually moving onto the real deal while the gang war continued. The war raged on, and Coriander grew skillful, mastering the weapons, adjusting to their weight, and becoming more and more clever. Once he was 15, many good members of the family had perished to the Nuada family, and Coriander was called to action. He was sent off to fight, and would receive training during times he wasn't on duty. He was able to gain combat experience through the street fights he would engage in, and found himself in more than a couple difficult fights. In quite a few he was disarmed, and found himself surprisingly resourceful, using alleyway trash and even the opponent's weapons against them, earning him a decent amount of victories under his belt.

The war progressed, and Coriander was 16 years old, he had been given one of the most important assignments available. To assassinate the Don Nuada's prized daughter, Rosemary. Coriander openly accepted it, proudly, as he knew the importance. So he went to carry out the deed. Coriander was always a sheltered boy, not knowing much about the world besides fighting, cooking, and speaking. So upon arrival at the Nuada manor, he became quite surprised with the girl he saw, and decided to speak to her, sneaking in through her window. While at first she was afraid of him, they soon talked, this being Coriander's first non formal interaction. He kept coming back for a week, until the Don had voiced concern for the girl still being alive. He was confused, and asked where she was located. His fears were confirmed when he described the room where he found the girl, realizing he must kill her. He went to finish the job, but then got nervous, and spoke to her again instead. Their interaction was cut short, by a gunshot through the window, as Rosemary was killed. Coriander returned to the manor, furious at the death of his only friend, and began to rampage, fighting his way through the mafiosi until he reached the Don's office. He broke through the door and demanded explanation. The Don explained that the Nuada family surrendered after the assassination, and that he had done well in setting up Rosemary. Coriander explained what his intentions were, and that he never wanted her to die, and quit the family. The Don welcomed his resignation, but said first he must defeat the Don. After a long fight, Coriander ended up victorious, defeating the Don. The Don said he could leave, and was impressed with how quickly he had grown into a powerful fighter. He gave him a gift, one which was to be given to him on his 17th birthday, and told him to open it when that day comes. He was sent off with a hug and told never to show his face again.

On his 17th birthday, he opened the gift to reveal an expensive weapon, and a letter saying how proud Coriander made the family. He burst into tears, and swore to use his freedom to protect people in need with his abilities. He named his weapon his "Chance at Redemption" and had applied for Beacon. He passed every test except hand to hand combat, but to such an extent he was let into the academy.

Trivia/Other Info
Coriander alludes to the Ugly Duckling,

Coriander and Rosemary are both cooking herbs, and are both associated with the color green.

Avantura is Gamble in Azerbajani.

Nauda is Money in Latvian.

His themes are a rework of "Ghost Fight" and "Death By Glamour" by Toby Fox, done by Insaneintherainmusic and Gooseworx.

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