Corvus Dorifutā

"Imagine falling through a bottomless pit of despair every-day. That's me in the morning."

- Corvus Dorifutā

Corvus is a crow Faunus, and an OC of Maelstrom14. He's a depressed but highly skilled and intelligent sniper.

Personality
Being alone since he was a child, Corvus felt comfortable with loneliness. He doesn't speak well with other people, and will often try to leave the conversation as quickly as possible. When in the conversation, he usually assumes the role of a smart ass with dry humor. Despite his behavior, he will come to defend those close to him at an extreme degree. If someone close to him is hurt by another, he hunts them down with little mercy.

Due to his stealing tactics as a child, he's comfortable with stealing to get answers on certain matters. But, he doesn't steal just because he wants something. He finds people to be frail beings, and will help them if they're suffering.

Corvus finds his Semblance, Umbra, to be extremely helpful to his battle style and personality. If a topic he doesn't want to talk about in a conversation arrives, he uses the phasing move to get away. In battle, phasing through attacks and lining up his own, get him through the day in one piece.

When you first meet Corvus, you feel an emo and go-away vibe from the Faunus. This is because he doesn't like getting close to others. His depression problem is a hazard to himself and others. He feels that if he's close to someone and they get hurt, he's going to do something reckless and have others killed. When extremely saddened, he cuts himself on his arms to release his emotions. This is the reason for his long and dark clothing.

In battle, Corvus is silent and unfeeling. Only listening to his superiors, he keeps at the distance when facing enemies. When battling Grimm, he kills them with no remorse, in revenge for his town's destruction. Facing humans or Faunus, he usually knocks them out with his gun's concussive rounds, but won't hesitate to kill.

Appearance
Corvus is a tall and thin individual. His crow lineage grants him a set of black wings on his back, which he covers with his jacket until needed. Corvus' extremely pale skin and dark attire gives off often a ghost or ghoul vibe. His hair is a night-time black, while his eyes are a stormy gray. The middle of his arms are scarred with blade wounds, from when he cut himself to release anger and sadness.

The crow Faunus sports a dark colored attire. His upper body wear is a bullet-proof black tactical soft-shell jacket, where he holds his Messorem pistols inside the sleeves. He also wears black finger-less gloves. For his bottom-wear, Corvus wears black knee-padded jeans with black combat boots. On the left side of his pants, there holds his Mors Bringer staff/rifle in the form of a baton.

Background
When he was younger, the crow Faunus was a happy person. Raised by a kind parents in a small town outside of Vacuo, he had a good life. All that changed when criminals appeared and held the town hostage in exchange for all of their Lien and Dust, when he was just six. Being a poor town, they were unable to meet their demands. The people of the town then started getting killed by the criminals. But, that negative energy emitted and attracted Grimm.

Lots of Grimm.

The creature swarmed the city at an alarming rate, killing anyone they found. In an hour, the city was destroyed and almost all of the people were dead. All expect Corvus. The experience triggered his Semblance to activate and allowed him to escape the city. Using his wings and the air currents, the young Faunus traveled across the lands. All he had with him were his charred clothes, and two pistols he looted from a dead gangster. He survived by stealing supplies from shops, then phasing out before he was noticed.

His nomadic lifestyle continued for about three years, but he was still deeply saddened. Contemplating his life and if it meant any use, he thought about taking it. This was before he fell asleep gliding on an air current. The current led him to the Vale kingdom, where he found a run-down academy. Going and introducing himself, he applied for the school, wanting to help those so they wouldn't turn out like him. He was accepted and passed the classes with flying colors. During the time, he customized his looted pistols and designed his own sniper rifle/staff Mors Bringer. When he graduated, he applied immediately for Beacon to grow stronger.

He was accepted.

Abilities
A brilliant student, Corvus is a dangerous combatant to face off against. An accurate shot, he's extremely skilled with the use of firearms, but specializes in pistols and rifles. His wings give him an aerial ranged advantage over most, but can easily fight on the ground. When in the air, Corvus fights with dexterity and power on the wind's currents. He also holds a large and potent amount of Aura, but lacks control with it.

Mors Bringer
Mors is Corvus' Dust Laser Sniper Staff (DLSS), and is his primary weapon. A black and gray steam-punk themed weapon, Mors Bringer is a deadly. It's ammunition is a composed of Gravity Dust energy rounds that are formed into lasers before the action of firing. Corvus uses Gravity Dust to neglect air resistance, and allow his shots to stay the same speed over long distances. In staff form, Corvus wields it with power and reflex. At melee range, his strategy is to counter an enemies' attacks and strike with precise and brutal blows. Its rifle stance has two forms: a one handed laser rifle/staff mixture and a two handed laser rifle. In its one handed stance, Corvus shoots a long piercing laser, that're usually used for assassinations or long ranged one hit kills. In its two handed form, its like a normal sniper rifle and is used for regular combat. The lasers for Mors can either be concussive or piercing, to knock out or end lives.

Messorem
Messorem are a pair of semi-automatic Gravity Dust infused pistols. Like Mors' design, they have a black and gray steam-punk design. Despite Mors Bringer bring Corvus' primary weapon, he uses these pistols more. Their bullets are Gravity Dust infused, like Mors, to stay fast over long range. Their impact is devastating but are mainly used for short and mid ranges. Similar to Mors, there are two types of ammunition Corvus uses for Messorem, concussive rounds or piercing rounds. The concussive knock out their victims, while the piercing rounds often kill.

Umbra
Umbra is an evasion Semblance, that turns Corvus into an intangible combatant. Activating Umbra turns Corvus' eyes a wispy black, and his whole body becomes black, shadow-like mass. He gains the ability to phase through objects that aren't made of Aura, which allows him to avoid many fatal strikes. The max time limit for his intangibility is seven minutes, but he usually only uses it for a few seconds. After using finishing the time limit, Umbra is unusable for fifteen minutes. He can also use it on specific parts of his body, or allow others to phase with him through physical contact. But, Umbra can only activated consciously, not as a reflex, leaving Corvus open to surprise attacks.

Trivia

 * Corvus is the Latin word for the crow, a black feathered bird which Corvus is descended from. His last name, Dorifutā, is Japanese for "Drifter", referencing his nomadic way of life.
 * Corvus kept his dual Messorem pistols to keep a memory of home with him. Although, the pistols usually give him depressing memories.
 * The word Umbra is the Latin word for "Shadow", referring to him becoming a shadow-like being with his Semblance's use.
 * His title of the Dusk Assassin came from his usual sniper style of becoming a "shadow", and sniping enemies all across the field.