Sterling Silverblade

Sterling Silverblade is an original character from LancePeter.

"Thou may look and see, but thou shalt not edit without permission!"-LancePeter, the creator.

Appearance
Sterling is usually seen wearing a long-sleeved light gray trench coat over a grey vest and a light blue dress shirt underneath, with a pair of brown jeans, soft black boots and a pair of black gloves. He has long flowing and wavy silver white hair with bangs coming down from the sides, tied in a ponytail, and has heterochromia eyes; one is turquoise, the other is dandelion yellow. Sterling has a light and slim body structure but he is robust. However, he still pales in comparison to many other students in terms of strength.

Personality
He is basically a man that speaks only when necessary. He is lazy and laidback but he still pays attention in class, though he has problems remembering lessons and tries to avoid anything regarding studying as much as possible. He is also a soft-hearted person, always willing to help anybody. He is also fairly elegant and humble.

He can keep his cool and has prodigious levels of toleration. Due to this, he rarely gets angry and will easily forgive other people.He prefers not to get involved with anything really troublesome such as fights and verbal arguments. However when he does, he will end it quickly because he doesn't want to make enemies, and wants peace and quiet. He also gets easily anxious around loud noises.

He is awful at talking to people and even more so around girls because he becomes self-conscious around them and will occasionally stutter when talking. He performs horribly under pressure. He usually speaks in a soft tone and voice to the point of people mistaking him for a female. Of course, it also didn't help the fact that his hair is long like a female's which also makes people think he's female. He also does not like idling which makes him irritable.

Backstory
Sterling was born in Atlas. Atlas is known for its military might & technology, but it has multiple small towns that are nestled inside the northern beautiful forests. Sterling lived in one of them, which was basically home to retired veterans from the Great War. Most of them were experts in things related to the army. They spent their time and made a livelihood through hunting game in the forests. Sterling, who was born in the Silverblade family: well-respected by the people, hated by the military, due to their nature of ignoring commands, disobeying and even challenging their superiors, etc.

He spent most of his days helping the old folks, going hunting with them, his father, grandfather and occasionally his mother. He learned how to play the violin from Old Man Randle and learned etiquette by his grandmother, Anna Frostwind.

The Silverblade family was occasionally invited to parties and such because of their background of heroic ancestors that paved the way for many people, so Sterling was introduced to a number of adults and people of the same age as him, though he never talked or liked them because they seemed so condescending and elitist, judging by their behaviour towards his family, who didn't have an aristocratic background.

He was an expert hunter by the age of 13, being skilled in the knife, gun and bow, but he was starting to grow tired of roaming in the wilderness and thirsted for thrill and adventure. He told his grandfather, who in earnest told him to sit down. His grandfather, Richard Silverblade, shoved his hand under his bed, and pulled out a dusty ornate box and opened it. Sterling was surprised. Inside was a simple gleaming sabre made out of silver. Richard smiled, because he knew the boy liked it. "This, is the sabre I modified while I was in the military." said Richard. "Do you think you're ready for a lifetime of adventure, my dear boy?", to which Sterling replied:"Yes!"

Richard brought him to Jones, to learn how to smith,repair and maintain his weapon. Richard himself, a sabre fencing master, taught him how to fence. A few years later, Sterling was at the ripe age of 16 and was ready to go to Beacon!

His first year was uneventful, only managing to do a handful of fairly normal missions and engaging in a couple of bouts, which was fun but he was still lonely in the crowd of Huntsman and Huntresses. He didn't know how to make friends, as he had hardly ever seen or even interact with a person of the same age as him. He spent his whole first year making acquaintances, but none of them ever really blossomed into a friendship.

His second year, which was the year of the creation of team RWBY, was suddenly eventful. He participated in a considerably more number of missions, engaged in more bouts and constantly found himself engaging Grimm frequently. This didn't tire him, only made him feel like his life was more colourful. However, he has always had the feeling that something was missing...

Weapons
Sterling's weapon of choice is a modified sabre named "Argent". It sports an elaborate basket-hilt with a wide knuckle-bow protecting his hand and a brasil-nut pommel. His secondary weapons are 2 rather stylish folding Chinese fan with thin blades concealed in between the plastic as a companion weapon or for throwing, which he usually conceals in his everyday clothes. These weapons were modified by himself with the help of his town blacksmith and they are his pride.

Skills
He is beginner at smithing. He can't cook delicious foods at all, only managing to cook simple dishes or disgusting yet nutritious dishes. The only other thing he was good at was survival skills, as hunting back then usually meant camping for a few weeks in the mountainous forests of his home. He has a keen eye and sharp hearing, also gained from hunting. He can recognize plants and animals easily due to again, hunting background. He can also play the violin.

Prowess
Sterling LOVES combat. It is exciting and thrilling to him that he will wear a smile in combat.

Being a practitioner of various styles of fencing, he is highly skilled in armed melee combat. His lightning fast and precise cuts and thrusts would mean that the enemy would have to be on the defensive most of the time or back off quickly.

In a battle, Sterling is a patient person. He would analyse his enemies in battle, while simultaneously looking for holes in their moves. He usually lets the enemy attack first. After getting as much information from the enemy's body language and language(if the battle lasts that long), he will focus on fighting using his newfound information. He will also toy with his enemies.

Being a fencer, he has problems facing up to 3 enemies, as it does not allow him to attack back unless they make a mistake. Moreover, it gives him a lot of pressure, which is something that he is not used to. He has horrible stamina for a fencer, but he can recover quickly. His seemingly abnormal speed gradually decreases over a long period of fighting, allowing the enemy to retaliate.

He is agile, light on his feet and nimble in mind. Fencing demands a fast reaction time and agile movement in order to outpace and keep up with the enemy. This means enemies will have a hard time escaping from him.

Combat Performance Statistics
Melee: 10/10

Range:2/10

Agility:8/10

Resilence: 5/10

Dust Prowess: 6/10

Lower than 5 is below average, Higher than 5 is above average. 5 is average.

Dust Usage
The pommel on Argent can be unscrewed to reveal a hollow handle for storing Dust cartridges. He only uses powdered Dust which seems more effective than Crystalline Dust. He cannot store more than one type due to the narrow space, so he tries to pack as much as dust as possible in the cartridge. the sabre blade has a long, hollow and narrow space in the blunt side of the sabre for dust and he releases them through his sharp end of his blade. He has developed techniques for using them, his most favourite type of Dust being the Air type. His way of releasing Dust is through a simple small switch installed on the hilt and releasing Dust cartridges is a flick of a switch on the back of the hilt.

Air Type
He can build up pressure in the sabre blade.He can switch on the button to release air pressure which sends a wave of air towards the enemy, dissipating depending on the air pressure of the area. It could knock people off their feet or injure them depending on how much pressure Sterling lets it build up.

Fire Type
He can create fiery afterimages of his cuts and slashes to disorient and injure his enemies. He can also send a dense flame slash at an enemy, slowly dissipating depending on the humidity of the air and whether it is raining or not.This move will use up all of his Fire Dust in the cartridge.

Steam Type
This one is his own mix of equal parts fire and water Dust. Since Dust is activated by Aura, he can activate them while they're inside the blade, causing it to create steam which he should release immediately or it will leak out, which allows him to do the same move as when he uses Fire Dust. He also uses it to create smokescreens or wisps of steam.

Semblance
Sterling's semblance is Force Manipulation, something he has discovered by accident while getting mauled by a vicious bear, he threw a punch in a panic. When the bear's paw slammed into him, the punch connected with the bear and sent the shocked bear flying. The wound was still there, though. The semblance won't negate damage, but will allow Sterling to channel the force back to the enemy. Additionally, he can imbue the force with Dust if it hits his sword. The downside to this is that if Sterling doesn't connect a hit within 2 seconds of the force hitting him, he will not be able to channel the force back as it will have dissipated.

Trivia

 * Sterling means an alloy that is made of silver with a little bit of other metals(copper).


 * Sterling was inspired by various anime characters(Osamu Dazai from Bungou Stray Dogs, Soujiro Seta from Log Horizon, etc)


 * Sterling was supposed to be female, but I decided:"Why not make a Hideyoshi?"


 * Sterling's last name 'Silverblade' was inspired by a friend's old comic book character.