Santos Pantera

""Do you know why no one makes a sound in the jungle? Because they’re dead. Gotta love nature for that.""

- Jag

Personality

 * Jag is far from both ends of the spectrum of the personality pool. He isn’t all too serious, but his dark humor often ruins the image of a happy go luck guy. When one first meets Jag, they’ll most likely notice his lack of restraint on curse words and often expresses his mood without a thought before hand.


 * Though his personality doesn’t change all too much when working, he focuses. By focus, it means killing whatever crosses him. Not bothered by getting his hands dirty, Jag is the type of guy who lacks a conscious. Jag needs no reason and isn’t afraid of what lies ahead.


 * What Jag fears is of slowing down: growing old. Finding his work exciting and keeping himself on the move seems to remind him that he’s still young. Where others find fear of death is where Jag finds peace.


 * Compared to his twin brother, Jag often gets angry when his brother tries to force him to slow down or do it his way. Though it usually means a higher chance of success, Jag cares not for success as much as he does feeling a thrill. This often leads to arguing and bickering among the two, but the two still love one another as brothers.

Attire

 * While not entirely impressive, jag is often spotted wearing a navy blue trench coat. The trimmings of the coat are torn apart from the long usage of the coat and notably from street fights. Beneath the jacket one will find a yellow shirt with black rings across it. Along his waist and chest beneath the coat one will notice belts with sheathed darts. Though the tips aren’t exposed, they are held in place and easy to remove. His pants follow the same coloration as his shirt, but tucked into his boots. His boots are a navy blue color that resemble military style boots. Overall, besides the similarities to a jaguar’s coat, his clothing doesn’t stand out except for the big cat head found on the back of shirt and on the belt buckle that holds his pants up and sheaths his darts.

Physique

 * Lean muscles is the simplest way to describe Jag’s body. Besides his tail which he often wraps around his waist under his shirt, it is hard to tell he is Faunus unless they meet his eyes: his golden orbs with slits for pupils. His body consumed in scars and bruises, Jag is familiar to pain. His light frame gives him speed and agility, while retaining the strength he’s acquired through surviving the world without the aid of many, except his twin brother.

Cazador

 * A Dust Macuahuitl Blowgun (DMB) named Cazador is Jag’s choice weapon. As an assassin, Jag requires a weapon that has range and silence, so a blowgun has what he needs. Poisonous darts that are made with white dust to enhance it’s overall speed and momentum. Combined with a Macuahuitl’s design to give Cazador close range damage. Darts are loaded through the base of the weapon. Inside, it uses a mechanism when triggered by the push of air that projects the dart and once it passes the head, the dust is activated slinging the dart at a high rate. The distance is rather large and given the lack of sound, it is hard to track where the shot is fired, notably during the night. The barrel of the blowgun has two rows of metal teeth similar to a Macuahuitl’s design. Though short range does not use dust, but it’s light metal combined with the speed of swings and the sharpness of the teeth: Cazador can cut down flesh fairly easy.

Aura

 * Jag’s aura is a golden yellow hue. Unlike most, Jag has implemented his aura to heal up light injures and to use it offensively. As a young scrapper, pain is nothing new and finding no use to block, Jag will often to be subjected to attacks in combat. He will not heal in the middle of combat, but rather when he is outside of it. If disarmed however, he will use his aura when he attacks bare-handed. Being agile on his feet, he will usually keep his aura to his hands. He has implemented it in his feet, but it seemed to be useless as it limited his speed.

Semblance

 * Jag’s semblance is known as ‘Pounce’. Pounce as it’s name indicates enhances the ability to jump. How it’s activated is similar to how a large cat will crouch before pouncing: Jag will get low and stay on all four before pouncing. Pounce encases his hands in and feet in navy-blue color that will launch him. The orbs will stay in effect, until he lands. Pounce softens the landing very much like a feline’s paws. However this affects only lasts for 33 yards.

Combat Style

 * Jag is light on his feet. He will hit and run. He is not one to stick around to drag a fight out. His ranged strikes are focused on aim, but he is not without strength. Given his semblance, he will often take to high places and wait for stragglers to pass him. Using Cazador to beat down his opponent as he comes down allows for quick strikes. Agility aids in his light foot work and often not letting his heels touch the floor, he is able to jump about. Even unarmed, Jag still proves fearsome given his mixture of boxing and aura.

Strengths

 * Like his animal counterpart, Jag’s eyes are great for seeing in the dark and combined with his skills to watch his opponents from a far, jag is one of multiple skills. Heights also can be used to his advantage as pounce allows him to reduce fall damage and keep moving. Even more so, he can use it to get to higher places. With Pounce not interrupting his ability to use Cazador, strikes from above favor him as well. His agility and his ability to use aura for close range combat makes him just as lethal in close spaces.

Weaknesses

 * Jag’s lack of formal training and not caring for safety could be looked as his biggest flaw. Often finding danger fun, Jag isn’t anymore man then anyone else. With a lack of armor and defense: if trapped, he will eventually tire himself out and become easy kill to those who play out his wild nature. His eyes could also be blinded if light is pointed at them directly during the middle of the night. Unable to adjust right away, he is easy to blind and given his eyes sensitivity, the affect is much longer then a human’s. His aura drains him and he cannot heal while in combat.

Bio

 * An old story of Faunus being beaten down by humanity time after time again: there are few who managed to work in this. This story however focuses on those molded by it. Twin brothers, Kon and Jag. Kos is the tactical one who often had Jag do most of the work. Both were rather clever, but Jag seemed to find thrill in the hunt.


 * Born poor, they had to survive on the streets without parents and not wanting to be tied to an orphanage, they found luck in playing sports. It was common for faunus to play in rough sports as many found amusement in their pain, but Kos and Jag found their meal ticket.


 * Given no home, they would fish for food in the garbage and make their own places to sleep. Typically sleeping near the place they played sports for humans, they noticed one man in particular: a wealthy man who watched each game with glee to see faunus get hurt. Kos being the clever boy he was told Jag about the man and on that day, the two accidentally kicked a ball by ‘accident’ next to the man. Surprised, the man looked away and Jag retrieved the ball, but as the man swung his hand, the boy snatched his wallet and the two took off. The man realized what happened too late and the boys begun their new life.


 * It wasn’t hard to pick pocket folks when they weren’t looking and many wouldn’t think twice before trying to get the two faunus boys away. This was until the two crossed a faunus named Ego. Before Kos could grab his wallet, the man snatched his arm and pulled the boy close. Scared, Kos tried to explain he was doing nothing. Jag however watched and he noticed Ego was being ignored. A grown boy now at the age of twelve broke glass nearby and ran up stabbing the man in the leg.


 * Ego screamed in pain as he clutched his leg letting go. People watched in amusement as the humans found the sight enjoyable. The two looked and they grabbed some more glass before they stabbed him over and over. The humans didn’t react, but the enjoyment turned into shock as two boys killed a man out of fear: the fear they’d be punished. Taking the chance, they escaped as the man bled to death.


 * The two were still haunted by this, yet Jag begun to find amusement. The pain of others was nice. He now saw what humans found enjoyment in pain. Kos however didn’t, but Jag’s pleasure could benefit them. It was easier to take an injured man’s stuff was it not?


 * Years passed and soon Jag slowly became a known criminal. He attacked both humans and faunus alike at night. Having the eyes of a cat, the night favored him greatly. He learned where to attack people and blood continued to cover his hands. Kos didn’t enjoy like the sadistic nature, but his results weren’t to be argued with.


 * It wasn’t until Jag begun to look into how Hunters and Huntresses to fight that he used their extra funds to get a weapon. He acquired Cazador and soon attacked dust shops. He stole whatever dust he could and run off to sell it for a cheaper price. Kos didn’t argue and even coordinated attacks. It wasn’t until jag learned how to use his semblance that they moved on to real jobs: assassinations.


 * White Fang hadn’t moved into their radical state as of yet, but Jag begun to gain a name for his kills. Alluding the cops since he was young, gradually finding his purpose, Jag was something to be scared of. Time only crafts one’s talents and Jag is no exception.


 * Once White Fang turned radical, both Kos & Jag found new work and to get revenge on humans who lead to the path of many like them, this only made Jag’s job more fun. Though he dealt with mainly assassination, he has been sighted on other White Fang related jobs.

Quotes

 * “Ain’t a party until some dies!” - wanting to kill
 * “Wait. We ain’t doing anything dangerous!? Nooooooooooooo!” - No killing on missions
 * “Hey. Pssh. Yeah! You! I’m gonna kill you!” - sneaking up before killing a target
 * “Oh hello fat man. I’d like you to meet death.” - as he shots a fat rich man
 * “Oh look the red lights! I love the red lights!” - when the alarms go off

Trivia

 * His name Santos Pantera translates to ‘Saint Panther’
 * Panther is a black Jaguar
 * Noting the mutation in fur
 * This could also be a play for “Saint Black Jaguar’ or ‘Saint Jaguar’
 * Cazador translates to Hunter
 * Referencing his assassin job

Influences

 * Santos is based upon the Mayan Hero Twins
 * Xblalanque to be specific
 * His name translates in various forms to ‘Jaguar Sun’ ‘Hidden Sun’ or ‘Jaguar Deer’
 * SMITE’s influence mixes this and plays on the ‘Jaguar Sun’ referring to the moon
 * His birthday is a play on the end of the Mayan calender
 * His dark humor was inspired by Deadpool