Perseus Lucille

"It's not as if I'm really good at talking, or fighting, or even walking in a straight line... but I'm the absolute best at trying."

- Perseus Luselene

Perseus Luselene, often called Percy, is a first year student at Beacon Academy in the RWBY Fanverse Argence. He is the first member and the leader of Team PVRL. Though he appears weak and hesitant, a strong fire pushes him to aim for great things. His partner is Verona Scarlett.

Appearance
Perseus is a frail boy with very light skin, dark hair, and deep blue eyes. He doesn't appear malnourished, but noticeably lacks the muscle most others around his age possess. His messy hair is a deep black, contrasting with his complexion, and looms over part of his forehead. Despite his seemingly fragile appearance, Perseus' eyes burn with a passion for life, and his struggles have only made him stronger.

While not dressed in the Beacon uniform, Perseus wears a black zipped hoodie with short sleeves and faded red stripes under the arms and sides. On his back, Perseus' emblem lies in contrast to the dark cloth. Perseus wears his favorite blue and white checkered scarf wrapped around his neck, usually using it as a pillow whenever he gets the chance to doze off. He dons white jeans, which he gives special attention to clean, bottomed with red and black ankle sneakers.

He carries his weapon, the Lunar Kites, on his back in their storage form, kept in place by a belt-like sash. They mirror his emblem, as the two overlap with the back of his jacket.

Personality
Perseus would often be described as someone who is both shy and strange. He has trouble expressing his thoughts through words, leaving him rambling inside his head. Despite all this, he tries very hard to reach out and connect with others. Most people often overlook his efforts, but those who spend time with him begin to see him taking small steps. Verona is the first amongst Team PVRL to notice, and consequently understand his struggles.

Large crowds of people often force him to pull up his hood and walk by unnoticed. Rivern makes a note that he's much happier and more confident as fewer people surround him, though still a reserved individual. He has a fondness for animals, much to Lucia's chagrin. Perseus finds them good company since they don't say much, but still interact with him. He'll often carry a couple snacks in his pockets for the local wildlife near the school, such as one of the campus cats, Apollo. This trait carries over to faunus, whom he has very little experience with. As such, he'll often overstep his bounds when talking to one.

"He's kind of shy and awkward in all sorts of ways... but he tries his best."

- Verona Scarlett

Even though Perseus has trouble connecting with others, he holds his friends near his heart. Regardless of his lack of confidence, Percy is willing to do everything to protect the ones he cares about. He was initally excited by the prospect of being on a team, hoping to find others who understood him. Perseus became saddened by their conflictions and intentions to leave, but never gave up hope in bringing them together. This would later pay off, causing the four to reconcile and form the true Team PVRL. Ozpin reveals afterwards that Percy was the only one suited to lead the team, for if he had given any other members the position of leader, none of them would have been able to reunite the others.

Hoping to avoid violence, he lets his team do most of the fighting, attempting to stay out of harms way and only going in deep in the most dire situations. He takes on the role of PVRL's defensive line, shielding the whole team from projectiles and ranged attacks with his weapons. However, Perseus is also able to hold his own in combat, surprising many of his opponents.

While free, he enjoys sleeping in intervals, even confessing to being "addicted to dreaming". While he's awake, his alertness never dims, and retains his sensitivity to all sounds. He enjoys being near and even floating in water, finding it tranquil and calming. One of his other strange quirks are his habits for moon bathing, simpling sitting under a full moon and staring at it for hours on end. When asked why he does this, Perseus states that he can get light from the sun without fearing sunburn or the heat. As if he were an old man, Perseus enjoys taking his time to do things and avoids hurrying.

Background
As a baby, he was found in the clearing of the Shattered Plains and taken to the Dawnhome Orphanage, in the rural lands above Vale. He lived with the other children before being adopted by a small family of three, gaining a father, mother, and younger sister. His two adoptive parents, Siegfried and Martha, were retired Hunters, protecting the borders and their home from the few Grimm in the area. The younger sibling, Naila, had a passion in the ways of fighting them, and learnt from her parents.

Perseus had never been a strong fighter, learning slower than his younger sibling. The two  He instead found time in reading and dreaming. Without much to do, Perseus spent his time staring up at the night sky once the sun fell on the rooftops. While Naila built her own practice weapons from the junk around them, he instead preferred to sit still and watch. His oddities made it difficult to speak and bond with his family, but they lived comfortably nonetheless.

Likewise, his strange and quiet nature pushed away his classmates in school. This made him a target of the bullies, forcing Naila to defend him. Naila's dreams of attending Beacon like her parents contrasted the uncertainty in her older brother's mind. He only wished to explore the world, leading him realize he would need to eventually leave his home.

Naila, pushed on by Perseus, applied to a Hunter school in Mistral. After being accepted, she reluctantly left, leaving Perseus on his own with their father. As the days went by, Perseus began to lose hope in the future. The nights no longer became comforting time.

One final night, he resigned himself to the dark and prepared to jump. He was met and stopped by a young girl, who befriended him. The two spent almost all their time together, despite living in the different parts of the city. She taught him how to fight and speak, while he in turn showed her the wonders of nature and the night sky. This went on until the day the girl's family was moving away. Together, they made a promise that they'd meet in the center of Vale, at Beacon Academy. The years passed by and Perseus doubled his efforts, constantly fighting back against his oppressors for experience and studying twice as hard. When the day finally came, Perseus left home on his own, leaving his father in his drunken rage and misery. The journey to the capitol was long and arduous, but he met a myriad of characters along the way, one of which helped him forge his weapons. Without any background in the ways of training, Perseus was subjected to take Beacon's entrance examination. With the hopes of meeting his friend once again and using everything he learnt, Perseus barely passed.

Weapons
Percy's first weapons are the Lunar Kites, two chakram-like devices.

During food fights, he wields uncut whole pizzas in the same way.

Semblance
As a Semblance, Perseus possesses a strange form of clairvoyance aptly named Moonsight. Most premonitions typically come to him while he sleeps, and don't even appear as complete sights. Instead, sharp feelings of foreboding smother him in the face of arriving danger, with similar experiences for other imminent events. Later on, his Semblance fully awakens, granting him stronger visions in the presence of strong moonlight.

Trivia

 * Perseus' constellation is the Black Tortoise of the North.
 * His first name relates to the the first Greek hero by the same name.
 * Out of all the members of Team PVRL, Perseus went through the most character rewrites, followed by Lucia, then Verona and Rivern.

Relationships

 * Verona Scarlett: The two share a bond that goes beyond platonic, but can't be considered romantic either. They were the first two members of PVRL to become friends, and so Perseus finds Verona his emotional support on the team, often going to her for advice on matters he can't handle alone. The two seem to switch relationships resembling anything from brother and sister to teacher and pupil. Due to his inability to speak to crowds, he gladly names her the Second-in-Command of Team PVRL. Many times, Verona tends to take over the social roles needed for Perseus' plans, acting as the voice of the team.
 * Rivern Hawkins: Perseus sees Rivern as the older brother he never knew. He was initially intimidated by the confidence that radiated from the latter. Yet, over time the two began to understand each other on a personal level, each fascinated by their seemingly polar opposite and fortunes. Rivern teaches him the social skills Perseus never acquired, in exchange for lessons about the common man's world. Over their experiences together as a team, they begin to consider each other the closest things to brothers they've ever had.
 * Lucia Silverwind: Perseus and his love of animals often leads him to treat Lucia as one. Much to her dismay, Perseus enjoys touching her ears (which she'll never admit to enjoy). At the start, he never knew how to interact with the equivalent of Faunus nobility (or normal nobility, for that matter), but learns she herself is just another person. Perseus likes to ask Lucia to tell her stories of the Faunus, especially their mythology. As they become closer, he learns to tolerate her teasing and fights back with methods of his own.