Delsin Minazuki

"What does it take to end a war? Well, if both sides wish for peace and set aside their hatred... No. Warfare is nothing but a means of negotiation between states. Wars break out even when there is no hatred. Territory, resources, or interests that you are determined to own. Ideology, religion, pride. Wars are fought over those objectives all the time. Meaning that when those objectives are met, the war will end. That, or the war will end when the human cost outweighs the gains. Anger and hatred are only tools to tilt a war in your favor. I'm not interested in those emotions. So I wouldn't hate anyone just because they're Faunus."

- Delsin's Thoughts About War Delsin Minazuki is a major character in the upcoming fanfiction story, "RWBY: Phantom Pain." Originally from an unknown kingdom from beyond the known reaches of any of the four countries, he is a child soldier, and later became apart of Team RWBY, thus becoming it's fifth member. His weapon of choice is the twin pistols, "Cerberus," which can become a powerful, long-ranged sniper rifle. In Part 2, he also favors a large, blade-like mace, named "Hades."

His English Va IS Vic Mignogna, and his Japanese VA is Wataru Takagi. He is also partners with Ruby Rose and Yang Xiao Long, both of whom he becomes romantically involved with in Part 2.

Appearances
Delsin is a young, cold blue-eyed teenager with messy black hair, dressed in a sleeveless, loose blue muscle shirt and baggy gray cargo jeans, complete with four intersecting leather belts, two of which cris-cross into an "x"-shaped pattern, while the other two act as holsters for his pistols. He also wears large leather boots that reach up to his knees with black straps and blue highlights. As noted by many characters who have caught him nearly naked, he is quite ripped in spite of his age, likely due to his training as a soldier.

Delsin's entire upper body is covered in all sorts of scars, many of which have caused a few characters to either become severely nauseous just seeing them, and others vomiting shortly afterwards. He also has what appears to be three rod-like protrusions sticking out from the upper area of his spine.

Personality
At first glance, Delsin comes off as a battle-hardened, cold individual, scarred by the reality of war. He is a calm and collected individual with a head for the big picture. He has an easygoing personality and is devoted to his comrades. He is cold-blooded to his enemies, fighting them, particularly the White Fang, without any sense of honor. He is deeply loyal to those he has come to know and trust, most notably Ruby, and steadfastly follows any order or request without question. Because of his aloof personality and difficult childhood, Delsin has trouble interacting with others in topics that do not directly involve warfare; even if he is working to be more open about his emotions. Also, he seems to favor violence whenever he comes across an enemy, whether they represents a threat or not. For example, during his bout with Cardin Winchester, he refused to show any sort of mercy towards him after his previous match with Jaune, and only stopped when Ruby told him to.

In reality, however, Delsin is scarred and hardened as a result of his career as a soldier. He is very protective and caring of his friends, and values each and every one of them greatly. When watching a comrade die, he becomes distraught and nearly catatonic. An example of such emotional damage was when he watched one of his friends and comrades slowly dying in front of him, and unable to watch her suffer any further, shot her in the head, going into a mental breakdown shortly afterwards before snapping out of it when Hanzer snapped him out of it by punching him, telling him that he should focus on living for their sakes.

Trivia

 * Delsin's appearance and backstory are heavily inspired by Mikazuki Augus, one of the major characters of the Gundam franchise.