Sialis Brunner

Appearance
Sialis is of a slightly stunted height, with pale skin. His hair is a neutral blue color that eventually turns black a few inches from the tips. He has a quite a few scarslittered around his body, though primarily in his arms. As a faunus, he also shows a certain trait due to his avian heritage. Alongside the hair on his arms, he often sprouts small blue feather that he tries to pluck semi-regularly, as they get in the way a lot. They also seem to grow sporadically on his chest, though he usually lets those molt away at their own pace. In a funny contrast, he doesn't seem to be able to grow any hair on his legs - feathers or regular. Normally he has his uniform sleeves rolled up to his elbows, and especially when he doesn't have time to pluck his feathers away.

Weapon
Sialis' weapon is classified as a MABT, or Momentum-Activated Blade Track. When not in use, they almost appear to be like arm braces that span his arm lengthwise, with a sort of ridge rising in the center of the line. In order to activate them, Sialis often has to flick his arms forward a few times. The ridge lifts to reveal several knives overlapping eachother that can be used for both offensive and defensive purposes. While being quite deadly when in use, when Sialis puts his arms down they have the appearance of a pair of silver wings.

Drawbacks include that they can only be used when in close quarters and, more importantly, the blades can be detached. It isn't easy, of course, but when maneuvered in a certain way one can end up knocking a blade out of its slot, which causes the weapon be a lot less reliable. The reason for this is that the blade were made to be removed and used as throwing knives, though Sialis prefers not to use that feature.

Among its positives is that due to the way it was created, it can be used effectively as a shield. When crossing his arms in a certain way, Sialis creates a rather large shield. In this formation, the knives cannot be knocked off the track, however Sialis cannot hold against too much force when using the shield form due to his weaker arms.

Aura/Semblance
Sialis had his aura unlocked by Bruna when they first met. It's a gold color that Bruna describes as 'somewhere between apple juice and piss'.

Despite various.....attempts at help from Bruna, Sialis hasn't found out his semblance yet. He doesn't think it involves flying, unfortunately for him. That was always a dream of his.

Background
It had always been Sialis' dream to become a member of law enforcement, and what better way to enforce justice and peace than by becoming a Hunter? And what a name that would give him, just a lowly faunus, and an avian at that. He was never quite content with his bit in life, having spent the majority of his childhood in and out of hospitals due to how fragile his bones were. He desperately tried to gain weight in hopes that it would "cushion" his bones and he could rough house with the other kids in the area, but each attempt only led to stacks of bills and afternoons spent staring out the window and dreaming.

Sialis' parents had initially met in the police academy of Vale, intending on becoming city officers, but were transferred to office work after their sixth bone fracture. In a way they understood their son's wanderlust and tried to paint and weave stories before bed to him, stories where his fragility didn't stop him from becoming a hero. And after a while he believed it was possible, and he started doing specialized exercises to help improve the amount of weight and force his brittle bones could handle. In order to accomplish this, he used a pair of police-issued gadgets that hooked from his forearms to his shoulders and allowed him to evenly disperse weights along the length of his arm.

Sialis applied for Signal Academy at age 15, and was quickly rejected after the headmaster (presumably) viewed his medical history. He was sent a handwritten letter that explained it would be hazardous to his health, and they couldn't be responsible for him hurting himself. Still, Sialis continued training until he was 17, at which point he decided to subvert the application process and go straight to Signal and take a test. In order to help pay the cost of travel to Vale, he embarked on his journey with neighbor Elise Mindre. And, shocking to both Signal's Headmaster and Elise, Sialis qualified for entry.

He and Elise spent a year at Signal to catch up on what they'd missed before applying to Beacon.

Trivia

 * Sialis' name:
 * Sialis: From ' sialia sialis' , the classification for the Eastern bluebird.
 * Brunner: From  'brunnera macrophylla', a blue perennial flower.