Torrent "Shinu" Messorem



''' Torrent/Shinu '''

 Age:19 Height: 6' Weight: 164 Race: Unknown, human appearance Sex: Male

 Bio: Abandoned as a child in a snow covered forest, he learned to survive on his own while evading the beowolves. He learned how to control and chenge shadows into physical objects, though only his own, which seems to have been part of his race. He had been driven partially insane due to many years of solitude, causing his mind to fracture into two personalities. One calls himself Torrent and is inquisitive and has little concept of danger or fear. He seems to enjoy the thrill of fighting. The other calls himself Shinu and is cold, unfeeling and focuses on killing whatever is in front of him, although he only kills those he considers a threat, and thus does not kill children. He seems to take pleasure from hunting. After seeing a girl in red wipe out the beowolves that tried to attack her, they decided to emulate her. This change is not impulsive or uncontrolled, since Torrent can initiate or block Shinu taking control. Shinu sees his other personality as a little brother that he has to protect, not as an adversary. They can talk to each other whenever they feel like doing so.

 Fighting style: He has two fighting styles. Torrent uses a normal scythe usually, made out of his shadow. It is as big as the one used by Ruby, but has no gun capabilities. Occasionally he will switch to armored gauntlets whenever he needs to block a ranged attack. He fights very directly, trying to stay on the attack or dodging. Doesn't kill the people he beats, because then he couldn't fight them again. Shinu mainly uses his shadow and clawed gauntlets. He fights more like an animal, on all fours and is extremely fast. He fights stealthily, usually trying to take out arms or legs so that he can hunt them as they try to escape. Will use his scythe for the final blow. It takes about 0.5 seconds to change his shadow from one form to another.

 When shapeshifting, there must be some light source, even if too dark for humans too see. He can change it into simple shapes, but nothing that is animated on its own. He must keep contact with it because as soon as it loses contact with his body, such as if his scythe was knocked away, it deforms back into a normal shadow. Thus, no ranged weapons. He can create whip like shadows that can extend out (Shinu). The size of things he can make depends on the light. The darker the shadow or the further the light the more he can make. A normal day gives him about an inch thick shadows worth of material to work with. If the light is brighter, or at a greater angle to him, he has more to work with. If a light is lower or closer to him, he has less to work with. His shadows are not affected by light once they are solid, so if he is expecting a fight with someone who uses light producing material, he would form his weapons first and not change them.