Sorey Tralues

"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy, you know?"

- Sorey Tralues, in "A Shining Beacon" Sorey Tralues is one of four major character, and the main hero, of the upcoming fanfiction Duality.

Along with Cinder Fall, Emerald Sustrai, and Mercury Black, he is a member, and the team leader, of Team SCEM (pronounced Selma), and is also apart of the House of Templar, an Orphanage for special children.

Appearance
Sorey has short, somewhat messy dark brown hair and light orange eyes that sometimes possess an intensity to them. He is noted to look younger than he appears, and has angular, Asian-like features. He wears a black turtleneck shirt underneath a white jacket with a high collar, which possesses black trims along the sides, and dark blue pants with knee-high black boots. He also wears two intersecting belts, which cross over one another to form an X.

He also wears a pocketwatch of unknown significance around his neck, which hangs down to the mid-section of his stomach.

Personality
Sorey is a cunning, smug and cheerful boy who grew up with a workaholic mother that was never around, but doesn't resent her for it. He's not very idealistic and a bit naive but has good skills, and will personally follow around anyone or anything that interests him.

Sorey's kindhearted personality shapes him into a person who cannot leave someone who is troubled alone. This trait becomes his flaw because his Semblance often drags him to people overcome with dark emotions, namely Cinder Fall and her conspirators. Because he has never left his hometown, he is curious about things he has never experienced before, but his sheltered upbringing also makes him naive. Due to his natural earnestness, Sorey is also a bad liar, evidenced when his grandfather questions him about Cinder when he brought her to the House of Templar. He is generally calm and easygoing, taking everything in stride and making the best of things. He puts others first, to the point of self-sacrifice; when Ruby is about to be hit by Roman's weapon, he pushes her aside and takes the blow for her, despite his Aura being in critical levels. He has a tendency to get excited about ancient history, particularly in regards to the Four Maidens.

History
Sorey had lost his father at a young age, leaving him to be taken care of by his mother, who is hardly ever seen, and his grandfather, who ran the House of Templar, an orphanage that took in children with special traits and abilities. He was quite energetic, despite having never left his hometown, and trained hard to become a Huntsman. Due to the vast library in the orphanage, he practically grew up learning about history, which led to him becoming something akin to a historical nutjob.

Sorey was very unique, due to the fact that he had unlocked his Aura at a very young age, and even manifested his Semblance. He was able to both sense, and erase the negative emotions of any person he came across. Because of this, he would often be drawn to those with malicious intent, which in turn often led to him getting into trouble, but was always saved by one of the adults at the House of Templar. However, one day, he discovered Cinder Fall, Emerald Sustrai, and Mercury Black, who had retreated after stealing half of the Fall Maiden's powers before being forced to flee due to the arrival of Qrow Branwen, a professional Hunter. Sensing their malicious intent, Sorey engaged them, and successfully erased their negative emotions, but upon noticing that they were the same age as him, he brought them back to the orphanage.

Shortly afterwards, however, after failing to lie to his grandfather, he was reprimanded, but was told he had done what he believed was right. His grandfather then interrogated Cinder Fall and her conspirators, learning that she had stolen half of Amber's powers under the orders of a powerful figure called Salem. Seeing Cinder's distressed emotions, and want to redeem herself, Sorey pleaded for his grandfather to let them stay, though to his surprise, his grandfather had intended to welcome them to the House of Templar in the first place, since they were orphans.

For the majority of their brief time together before Beacon, Sorey spent a great deal of time together with the new tenants of the orphanage, helping them grow stronger. They had even planned on becoming Huntsmen, in order to make up for their past transgressions. Currently, Sorey is unaware that Cinder has feelings for him.

Abilities
In order to become a Hunter, Sorey trained under the tutelage of his grandfather, who is a retired Huntsman. His skills are particularly advanced, as he and his friends were accepted into Beacon, despite having not attended Signal.

Like many Hunters before him, Sorey has had his Aura unlocked, coating his body with a shield powered by his soul. As long as that shield remains, he cannot be wounded, although he can still feel pain when struck. Similar to Jaune, Sorey has been noted to possess a large amount.

Weapon
Having trained with his grandfather, as well as Cinder, Emerald, and Mercury, Sorey has naturally come to be an exceptional fighter, even designing his own weapons with Mercury's help. His weapons are known as "Seraph (the white blade)" and "Cherub (the black blade)," which are a pair of twin knives.

Despite their rather limited range, the blades are quite sharp and durable, being unable to rust or dull, due to being crafted with Orichalcum, a very dense and powerful metal ore. The blades are very light, but because of their complex design, they're very tricky to use, due to the metal they were designed with. They're also capable of projecting an extended 'aura' blade, due to Orichalcum being a conductive metal.

As stated by Mercury, Sorey is the only one able to properly use them, due to him having made the blades.

Semblance
Sorey's Semblance is very unique, as he possesses the power to not only sense the negative emotions of the people around him, but he is also capable of erasing it. To do so, he must require physical contact. So far, he has done this by touching someone's forehead, but it is unknown if it requires him touching any other part of their body. Ozpin describes his Semblance as being very unique, as it doesn't just erase someone's ill-thoughts, it eradicates the very darkness within someone's soul.

However, the Semblance does display signs of exhaustion after use multiple times, as Sorey was visibly sweating and panting heavily after erasing Cinder and her group's negative emotions.

Trivia

 * Sorey's last name, Tralues, is a shortened form of the word "translucent," which means "faded."
 * It is implied that Sorey is apart of the same lineage as Ruby Rose, despite lacking the silver-eyed trait.
 * Sorey is among the few people aware of the Four Maidens fairy tale.