Jin Zhu Feng

Appearance
Jin is a tall, skinny boy with bright golden eyes and choppy, asymmetrical hair that is shorter on his left side and falls over his right shoulder in flaxen waves. He wears a forest-green sleeveless top with white piping, with a navy scarf, turtleneck, fingerless arm warmers, and trousers. He wears armored, knee-knigh leather boots. Interspersed throughout his outfit, he wears about as many belts as a Final Fantasy character: on his chest, waist, shirt, left arm, right thigh, and boots. lol

Personality
Jin is lively, rowdy, and charismatic, drawing all attention to himself when he walks into a room. He likes seeing others happy, and will resort to anything from self-deprecation to insane acts to get someone to smile. His favorite people are the earnest, genuine ones; his least favorite are traitors and bullies. Jin favors himself a hero and will leap to the rescue of anyone he sees in trouble, which has worked out unfavorably for him in the past. If someone he knows is upset at him, he won't stop bothering them until he knows why, which, due to his sometimes-grating personality, usually exacerbates the issue. He is mostly very respectful of the boundaries and desires of others, but will forget this when he thinks someone could possibly dislike him, and becomes irritating instead.

While he is excellent at strategy and befriending others, he would be a terrible leader because he cares about people too much and can't stand the idea of hurting them. He can't make difficult decisions, and oftentimes picks the wrong choice or hesitates and chooses when it is too late. He is the type to put on a happy face, and then avoid others and wallow in guilt until someone punches it out of him.

Backstory
hahahahaha it's a mess

Relationships
Darcy Sewig - Jin's partner. He absolutely adores her, and has resolved to be there for her as much as possible and try to "fix" her trust issues. They get along very well, but in the rare instance that they fight, it's polarizing. It usually ends with Jin doing something really cheesy and stupid, and her forgiving him. He is very affectionate and forward with her, but he has no romantic feelings towards her and sees her as a treasured friend.

Cerule Giles - A childhood friend, perhaps? Cerule is one of the few that Jin will purposely anger, because he thinks it's funny! Also, Jin doesn't like how dishonest he can be. When speaking about Cerule, his tone is two-parts teasing and one-part wistful.

Ariel Aviyt - Cerule's cute partner. Jin is very fond of Ariel, and offers to tutor her and act as a confidante when Cerule is being a jerk. He sometimes comes off as a creep because he understands her well and is very protective, despite not interacting with her much.

Abilities
Jin was raised in a wealthy household, and due to a myriad of tutors he had, he has more book knowledge and skills than many of his peers. His fighting stance is near-flawless, can play the flute and dance, and has what he considers "useless skills," like knowledge of politics and etiquette. On the converse, since he was pampered for most of his life, he can't do most household chores, and can cook well enough to subsist on...barely. Frankly put, he's a complete slob, and would probably stew away in his own filth if Darcy didn't look after him.

Combat
He excels in combat, since it is one of the fields he was tutored in since childhood. His fighting style is largely improvised and spur-of-the-moment, with traditional forms bastardized and thrown in for kicks. He is hard-hitting, skilled, fast, and has a fair endurance. With his partner, he initially distracts the enemy while she stuns or surprises them, and he finishes them off. A good eye and strategic mind make him skilled at dissecting and analyzing the abilities of enemies and allies alike. He has quite a bit of knowledge about aura and semblance, but will not use either in battle save for healing or escaping. He is strong in the middle and close range, and okay in the long-range.

He uses a pair of (add here later) called (mhmm). They are a pair of dual-wielded sabers with spiked knuckles at the grip, which he cheerfully claims are "family heirlooms," which he has cannibalized and added components that allow it to transform into trench knives or a pair of 9x19mm Parabellum berettas. His semblance is something similar to Weiss's and Glynda's, involving glyphs to increase his dust-using abilities. However, he rarely uses dust as offensively as they do - at most, he has dust crystals embedded in the grip of his guns/words that let him charge an attack with whatever element.

In short, he has a lot of knowledge gained through his elite background, but is loathe to use it because it goes along with his parents' wishes, which he goes out of his way to defy, purposely destroying the stances that were drilled into him before he could properly hold a sword. In a pinch, it is very, very difficult to kill him because of all of his seemingly-useless knowledge that suddenly finds application, as well as his very useful knowledge he holds back on. He is powerful but not ruthless. If his opponent threatened the life of anyone else during a fight, he'd fold like a house of cards.

I haven't made him OP for no reason, though: his dream is to become a teacher and encourage his students to develop their own techniques rather than rely on the stagnation of tradition. He will offer his suggestions to friends and rivals about improving their abilities after a fight. He is something of a "cynical idealist" - that is, he has seen so much of the undeniably crap world, but hopes for the best despite of it.