Reo Ash

Reo Ash is a 17 year old amateur hunter. He had a tragic event at the age of 15 which took away his lover. He enrolls to Beacon in order to become a full fledged huntsman to protect his friends better.

Appearance
He is a human with a not too muscular body, but due to his prior training, he could deal a full-blown punch that could knock-out a Beowolf. Only. He has black messy hair and dark brown eyes. His attire consists of a checkered vest with a hood and a plain black shirt inside for his top. He wears baggy khaki pants for his bottom. As for footwear, he wears jet black sneakers with white outlines. His height is 5'7 and weighs 70 kg.

Personality
He only talks whenever he has the reason to or if he gets interested with the topic being talked about. Although he doesn't show it that much, he is actually caring of his friends. He goes on a rampage whenever he sees his friends get severely hurt. He gets really excited whenever he goes on an extermination missions, sometimes challenging his co-students as to how many Grimm they can beat. Ever since the death of his lover, Lily, he vowed not to fall for anyone, but despite that, he is easily attracted to cute girls. Lily has beaten him up several times due to this.

Weapons
He has a thing for martial arts but also takes interest in Dust. This inspired him to create Dust-wielding combat gloves which can utilize the Dust in combat in 3 ways, from AoE, ranged and buffed attacks. The Dust elements used are Fire, Ice, Wind and Thunder. It is named Krhoma. He also wields a a greatsword with no tip and has separable blades, revealing a laser cannon inside which fires a concentrated beam. It is named Vermeini. For the gloves to change elements, there is a rotatable disk on the gloves and responds to punches or palm strikes which in return unleashes Dust attacks, ranged if the gloves don't come into contact with an enemy, or wide area if the gloves are slammed to the ground. Joining both of his fists will cloak Reo's fists with the chosen Dust element on the disk. This adds effects to his punches. He mostly uses this against the Grimm. For the greatsword, the laser cannon doesn't actually require a long wind-up to fire but it will result to a weaker concentrated beam. In order to charge it, the handle will have to be rotated which will lock up to a certain point. To fire the beam, rotate the handle back.

Aura
His Aura color is black. The amount of defense it gives supplements his fighting style which means its highly durable. In the event that his semblance is activated, his Aura is drained in exchange of keeping the semblance up.

Semblance
His semblance is awakening. It unlocks Reo's hidden strength which allows him to wield the greatsword better and deal more powerful, punches. He also gains a bit of increase in agility. His semblance activates by expressing strong feelings, may it be hate or love, while his Aura is activated. His Aura is drained bit by bit when his semblance is activated.

By Fist:
He tends to use two different elements on each glove. He tries to create effects or strengthen the damage dealt by each element by mixing it with the other element. Once he's started punching and kicking, he tries to not give an opening. He assesses where his opponent could possibly strike, if he could be overwhelmed, and the like. However, due to this, he can get distracted and not see his opponent's next strike.

By Sword:
He doesn't have a knack for using swords but still uses Vermeini. As a shield and distraction. He doesn't use it offensively due to its weight. However, once his semblance is activated, he can carry it with both hands easily. He developed a unique fighting style for it which still involves martial arts but with a mix of slashes.

Escaping from the Boring Life In The City
Reo was 10 years old when he ran away from his home to see what life was like outside the city. He traveled for a few months, visiting towns and countrysides. As he traveled, he heard rumors of a hidden village in the mountainous areas. He decided to look for it. He went on and on for hours before finally giving up. He got lost as he tried to leave the mountains. Come nightfall and he was ambushed by a pack of Beowolves. He was able to outsmart them for a few moments before he was cornered to a cliff. He thought his life was over when a group of Huntsmen rescued him. They took him into their village for safety. The town was called Weifield. The rumored hidden village. There he was warmly welcomed. One of the rescuers was the chief of the town. Azur Wennetner. He ran a school for training hunters. He took interest in it and joined it. There he met Lily Wennetner, the daughter of Azur.

5 Years of Life in Weifield
He was under the care of a family close to the Wennetners. He learned to cook and do chores from them. Occasionally, though, he'd get lazy and not do the chores which were assigned to him, resulting to an earful from his guardians. As for his school life, he became rivals with Lily. They were both excellent students in their own fields. Lily was more intellectual, devising strategies and whatnot. She also excelled in written exams but as for practicals, she didn't do much. As for Reo, he'd go on a frenzy whenever there were practicals. He was so skilled that no one dared to go one-on-one with him. Before being strong, he lacked a semblance and Aura. He kept this a secret from his mentors. He had to train his body to become extremely tenacious and strong. He would spend his whole day training, sometimes neglecting even breaks or food. However, he always flunks written exams. Due to this difference, Lily became jealous of Reo's skill and Reo became jealous of Lily's intellect. In effect to this rivalry, they became close, eventually leading to them becoming lovers and partners.

Plucked Flower
One day, both of them were called for a defense mission. 3 packs of Beowolves had broken their way in the village and were decimating the villagers. Lily and Reo, being the only students willing to go as backup, were sent there to hold off the Beowolves until the rest of the elite Huntsmen return. They soon encounter the packs and went on with their mission. It was going smoothly when they saw some villagers who didn't evacute were about to be attacked by a small group of Beowolves. Reo went to rescue the villagers while Lily provided him cover. Reo was able to let the villagers escape but wasn't able to notice a Beowolf that was about to take him out. Lily, in response, takes the hit and was severely injured. Reo had to protect Lily. He fought hard before finally falling from the number of Beowolves. From there, he watches as Beowolves surround Lily. Upon impulse, his semblance activates. He felt light and stronger. Then, he made short work of the Beowolves that surrounded Lily. It was bloody. A pile of dead Beowolves would catch your attention first before the two teens. Lily was still conscious when Reo got to her. She was dying. She couldn't hold on any longer. Reo tried to treat her but was stopped by Lily. She said she wanted peace. She told Reo how glad she was that she met him. She wished for Reo to live on a happy life. Moments later, the elites arrived. The only thing they saw was a bloody field and a boy who sat by a pale-looking girl.

Aftermath
2 years pass and Reo lives a decent, lonely life in the city. He worked as a helper for a mechanic. He left Weifield because he felt responsible about Lily's death. Staying there any further would make him look shameless, he thought. One day, he hears about Beacon. He heard that successful and full-fledged huntsmen and huntresses emerge from it. He decides to enroll in hopes of becoming stronger so that he could protect the friends he would meet soon.

Trivial Info

 * He cooks for himself but is limited to simply frying, boiling and cooking rice.
 * His crest is a lily. He adopted this crest when he was under the care of the Wennetners.
 * His greatsword was originally named by Lily as Pure Gear.
 * The name of his greatsword, Vermeini, was derived from the German name of the flower "Forget-me-not," Vergissmeinnicht.
 * The name of his combat gloves, Krhoma, was inspired by Chroma, a Warframe from the game "Warframe."
 * Whenever he gets into a tight situation, he goes into a "clutch mode." This "mode" of his gives him increased perception of his predicament which in return gives him a lot of choices to avert it. Despite being useful, it causes a strain on his brain, and the mode becomes unusable for a few days.
 * He is really handy with repairs for simple appliances due to his time being a helper for the mechanic.