Schwarz Hare

"“Do your job properly or get out of my way. I don’t need a child telling me what to do.”"

Appearance
Schwarz appears to be a fairly tall, though not overly tall, young man with an athletic build. He wears a light black double-breasted “sailor” jacket that has a clasp at the left shoulder with purple trimming over a plain-colored turtleneck shirt, covering it completely, though he sometimes leaves the jacket open, revealing the turtleneck. He wears practical gray jodhpur pants and black combat boots with purple accents. On occasion, he does wear purple-rimmed sunglasses.

His nightwear consists of some soft, trackpants-like lower body wear. He prefers to sleep with nothing on his upper body.

Schwarz has lightly-tanned skin, not enough to be considered olive, but enough that it’s distinctly not-pale. His build is quite athletic and fit, being quite a head-turner if he were so inclined to show it off. He has a full head of black hair, with purple highlights throughout. It’s oftentimes somewhat messy, though when he styles it just right, it can look quite shiny and sleek. He has hazel-colored eyes, a rich deep brown. His nose is sloped slightly upwards and his high cheekbones give him an almost regal look.

Personality
Schwarz is very quiet and reserved, being almost cold in his treatment of others. He is a classic loner. He doesn’t find that making friends would necessarily help him in any way, especially since he doesn’t consider being part of a team to be of any particular benefit as his Semblance tends to get in the way of any type of team work. He likes to believe that he just doesn’t like people all that much - mostly to justify how asocial he is - but most of the time, it’s for practical purposes.

Schwarz doesn’t typically like taking orders from people, especially people who he views as inexperienced or incapable of doing their job. Incidentally, this causes him to clash with quite a few people, even teachers. It’s a miracle he hasn’t gotten expelled from any of the combat schools he’s supposedly attended, as discipline is quite difficult to him.

History
"“Royal purple, a permeating mist; a mystery born of enigma.”"

Schwarz was born as part of one of Vytal’s wealthiest families. Schwarz was, in fact, the heir for the family’s fortune and would take over as head of his family upon the death of his father. Schwarz was the only child and, thus, was the sole inheritor of everything that his family had. By all accounts, Schwarz’s childhood was quite normal and he was actually incredibly happy, especially with the confluence of good parenting that his mother and father enacted. It was also during his childhood that he formed a close bond with his cousin, Zawisza.

In keeping with a long family tradition, Schwarz was trained by his family in the art of combat. When he began training, he struggled with finding a weapon that he felt both comfortable using and was competent at. After running through most traditional weapons, Schwarz’s grandfather recommended that he use a zweihander. Surprisingly enough, he found the zweihander was both the most comfortable for him to use and his combat efficiency flew off the charts after he began using the zweihander. When Schwarz’s grandfather passed away due to illness, his will said that his personal zweihander, Furieux, was to be passed down to Schwarz. Schwarz was incredibly grateful to his late grandfather.

Tragedy struck on Schwarz’s 17th birthday. His jealous uncle - Zawisza’s father - enacted a takeover of his entire family’s assets, framing Schwarz and his parents for the act and falsifying their wills in order to give him almost all of his parent’s riches. When Schwarz saw that Zawisza did nothing to stop her father and in fact seemed to be helping him, Schwarz broke inside. It also did not help when his uncle staged the deaths of his parents - unbeknown to Schwarz and the general public - and Schwarz swore off having anything to do with his family. He was disgusted at what it had become. He changed his last name, faked some combat school transcripts, and hitched a ride on a boat heading to Vale. He applied to Beacon Academy in hopes of escaping his previous life.

Abilities
Schwarz’s main weapon is a two-handed greatsword. It is referred to as a DPZH (Dust Powered Zweihander) named Furieux and is a sleek, purple-and-black sword that is six-and-a-half feet in length and five inches in diameter. It may seem excessively large at first, but it compliments Schwarz’s style of fighting head-on and acting as a berserker. Additionally, Furieux can be loaded with Dust to allow for ranged combat. Dust-powered emitters on the end of the blade allow for energy beams and blasts to burst forth from Furieux and unleash carnage on Schwarz’s opponents.

Schwarz’s Semblance allows him to go berserk, entering a state of superpowered strength, wherein he can easily use his greatsword with only one hand. His eyes turn a dark and violent purple color, as well as giving off an aura of purple energy. However, entering this state does leave him extremely exhausted upon finishing combat.

Team Members

 * Marina Nixa
 * Arashi Akakichi
 * Clover Surek

Misc.

 * He enjoys playing the piano.
 * He is superbly good at playing chess and is one of the few things that he has the discipline to play out fully.

Trivia

 * He is based on the archetypal “Black Knight” of Arthurian origins.