Liver Haast

"Greatfather seldom told tales of the outside world, but one thing I learned. Appreciate it's beauty, but beware the rot underneath."-Liver Haast

Liver Haast is a member of the Haast Tribe, a group of people indigenous to ThunderBreak Mountain in Mistral's territory. The only member of Team OLIV to lack a powerful reputation in Mistral's society before attending Haven Academy. Yet, he finds the lack of fame conforting, when it isn't earning him rivals jealous of his position.

Appearance
Liver is a young man of native american complexion, with light brown eyes and pitch black hair tied in a ponytail that goes down to his upper back.

Liver wears dark brown vestments, with light brown chest plate underneath his overvest. A replica of a ram skull serves as the magnetic hatch to Radial Apex's larger half. While a sheath on the back of his belt holds it's smaller part.

His clothes are addorned with blunt spikes akin to that of grimm plates. Red and black triangles addorn the edges of his clothing. His emblem being on his right shoulder.

Personality
Liver is a calm and observant individual of cheery and curious disposition, yet wise beyond his years. Liver seldom shows fear, instead dropping a neutral mask as he tries and sees if anyone can find a solution. Like anyone with common sense, he despises the creatures of Grimm, yet he does respect them in a way, always trying to make their deaths both quick and painless.

Due to his stubbornes, Liver is quite attached to his tribe's beliefs, which often reveals both his ignorance for the "civilized" world and it's clash against his own views. Believing grimm to be the spirits of dead animals, seeing faunus as untrustworthy spirits and using magic as an explanation for science and magic. Much to his teammates' annoyance. Alas, he clings to his beliefs even as he respects others for doing otherwise.

The idea of personal property is fairly fast and loose with Liver, save for when it comes to clothing and weaponry. He's more than happy to share a meal or coin with a needy stranger, and is a great listener to those needing an outsider's perspective. While he does, at times, feel lost at Haven, he's glad his team supports him and does his best to pull his own weight, finding it insulting to have to fully depend on others.

Weapon: Radial Apex
Radial Apex is a Contractible Gravity Dust Atlatl(C.G.D.A.). Divided between an atlatl/fixed ball club and a chinese swordbreaker/dart. Equipped with gravity dust for quick retrieval and enhanced throwing force, the dart is a deadly weapon in it's own right. Yet when reinforced by the club, which posses a massive orb of gravity dust that attracts it to it's target with increased force, they form a deadly melee and ranged weapon despite the unstable reload time. Due to it's unique design, it is found lacking in dust variability, yet it is a highly effective grimm hunting tool.

Semblance: Spirit Eagle
Liver's semblance is quite a complex one. Manifesting when he calls upon it or during times of doubt, takes coloring and texture akin to an aura clone, matching Liver's light brown aura and takes shape of a harpy eagle with similar proportions. When Liver meditates or is asleep, he can see through it's eyes and even pilot it. However most of the time, Eagle works automonously using it's connection to Liver's mind to deduce objectives and guiding them through. It can be enhanced with dust, which Liver views as tributes to it for newfound abilities:
 * Fire Dust: Wreathed in flames, Eagle can burn enemies it comes in contact with and release clouds of flame from it's wings
 * Ice Dust: Eagle can make it snow from her wings, or surround the area in mist
 * Lightning Dust: Liver's go-to choice, Eagle can not only continously rain down lightning bolts on enemies bellow like electrical bombs, but if he's near a storm, he can enter it and embody it, becoming a massive natural disaster with pinpointed target. Needless to say the aura used to reform Eagle around a storm will make Liver pass out afterwards.

Fighting Style
Liver is a hunter, he's far more adept at hurling Radial Apex and quickly finishing off enemies one at a time with powerful blows. Alas, he's no coward and a trained warrior. Using his chine swordbreaker to disarm his foe before bringing the blunt prowess of his club smashing down, his aura reverting the gravity dust from being attracted to the target to repelling them in the flick of a thought.

Backstory
Even though it falls under Mistral's jurisdiction, ThunderBreak Mountain is deemed a natural preserve for a reason. House to the elusive harpy eagles and the native tribe, The Haast Tribe, invaders have learned the hard way not to try taking ThunderBreak despite the allure of it's gravity dust sources thanks to it's proximity to Lake Matsu.

After the Faunus Civil Rights War, when the tribe played a key role in stopping faunus forces from flanking Mistral's army. Altough not intentionally, the act earned them their mountain peacefully, with the rights to freely traverse Mistral as citizens. Yet, the proud grimm hunters remained in their lands, only offering those who earn it some hospitality.

Alas for young Liver, the idea of the world beyond ThunderBreak always felt incredible. Lands upon lands to traverse and witness. Even as most of his tribe scoffed, stating that the world was overrun with Grimm and ThunderBreak came first, Liver listened to the tales of travelers and became enthralled with the idea of becoming more than a hunter, but a Huntsman.

The idea of course, was constantly rebuked by family. Yet, in his seventeeth birthday during his Rite of Adulthood, Liver triggered his semblance, mistaking it for a spirit animal, Liver found himself led away from Thunderbreak and interpreting as a sign his destiny lay out of his native land's borders. Agreeing with the youth's assumption, the head of the tribe agreed that Liver's destiny was outside their boundaries.

So calling upon the rights earned by ThunderBreak Tribe, Liver earned a chance to try out Haven Academy. With his tribe's techniques and his experience hunting grimm, the challenge was a worthy one, but Liver passed. Now, he's ready to see the world beyond his tribe and hunt Grimm across the four corners of Remnant.

Trivia

 * Liver alludes to Tonto from The Lone Ranger
 * Liver is a shade of brown, and Haast is a species of giant brown eagles