Stone Doors

“Statistically speaking, at the current rate we are consuming food we will die of our arteries closing up in 13.68 years, but that’s still not going to stop me.”      -Stone Doors

Stone Doors '''Age: 19 Color: Stone Gray'''

Backstory: 

'''His mother was an unofficial huntress and his father was a blacksmith, who both met, lived, and got married in a mountain village called Mountain’s Top, located on the eastern coastline of Vale. Stone learned hunting, survival skills, and hand to hand combat from his mother who protected the village from the larger Grimm that attacked and smithing from his father who was well known in the area for his work specifically on armor. He planned on protecting the village with his mother until it was time to take over his father’s shop. However, about one year after their violent overthrowing, the White Fang came and tried to recruit and steal away his parents from Mountain’s Top, saying that Faunus of their level shouldn’t waste their talents on the humans that lived and visited the village. Not wanting to leave or harm anyone, they declined, so the White Fang retaliated and destroyed the entire village, bringing Grimm shortly after to clean up what was left. Stone fought at his parents' side, but they were slain in front of him by the leader of the group that was there, a Deer Faunus named Raca Goldy. He fled for his life to a neighboring coastal city where he met his now best friend, Malachite. He swore to train so that he could avenge his parents’ death and one day reclaim the village of Mountain’s Top, so he and Malachite set off to the other side of Vale to begin their training at Signal, and eventually found themselves at Beacon. They are both members of (Team still being made). '''

Appearance:

'''Stone is 210 centimeters tall & 132 kilograms with an extremely muscular build. He has brown hair and is very hairy because of his Faunus heritage. He also has brown eyes. His Faunus trait is retractable claws on his hands and feet. In any situation that doesn't absolutely require him to dress a certain way (School) Stone always wears his combat gear. Stone is heavily armored, wearing Kevlar infused tank top and pants that are plated with a 2.5 cm thick titanium-steel alloy his father taught him how to make from raw materials. The Bear Arms make up the rest of his armor, after being put on in shield mode the shields retract to become the upper arms of the suite. '''

Weapon: 

'''Bear Arms- Two large heater shields (styled after the Pokémon Empoleon’s wings) that can rotate to face vertically or horizontally on their respective gauntlets and have sharpened edges. While neutral, the shields come apart slightly and form to be the upper arms of his armor. When he needs the shields the plating on his arms comes forward on top of the gauntlets(the Bear Arms make his bear arms bare). The shields are  60cm X 60cm X 10cm. They are attached to the gauntlets by a metal line that is 8 meters long so the shields can be launched and retracted. The gauntlets also have a rotating dust vial holder that launches dust from a barrel that can retract at the wrist. He can also use a selected dust vial to add an effect to his strikes with his shields/fist. He can retract both the dust launcher and the shields separately so that he can engage in hand to hand combat and still use the dust launcher. '''

Semblance: 

'''Probability Control- Stone can enter a state of being by using aura that helps him assess the situation around him in greater detail and drastically increase his reaction time. While in this state, he can process all possible outcomes and possibilities from situations and the likelihood for it to happen. The increase in reaction time also allows him to create an optimal strategy for the situation at hand. However, while the semblance can give probability rates, it cannot tell him which option will absolutely happen, meaning that Stone can become overwhelmed the more diverse the situation he is in as he tries to plan around one or tries to make a plan against all of the possible negative outcomes. The longer he stays in that state the aura it takes to maintain it compounds, and switching in and out of the state frequently can take a toll on his overall stamina and mind, so he activates his semblance when he absolutely needs to, and he typically doesn’t deactivate it unless he accomplishes his goal or runs completely out of aura.'''

Personality:

'''Stone is very analytical and defensive. He handles every situation like a game of chess and doesn’t make a move until he has thought through every possibility. This impacts everything to the food he eats to his fighting style to his sense of humor, but what it affects most is his relationships. If Stone does not know you, he is very standoffish and doesn’t reach out or try to start a conversation, preferring to keep to himself. But if he has gotten to know you well, he is extremely sweet and helpful, like a giant teddy bear. He is extremely loyal, after getting close to a person or joining a faction, Stone commits all he can to be a benefit. He hates having to fight other Faunus and humans in situations were the fight is not mandatory or against a threat (like sparring sessions, PVP class, etc.) and doesn’t really like fighting other people outside of that either, because he believes that we should only expend resources and energy against Grimm, but makes an exception for anyone who associates with the White Fang or Raca Goldy. He also hesitates to use his shields against other people, fearing he might hurt them too much with the sharpened edges. While he will eat anything when it comes to food, he loves Salmon and his favorite breakfast food is porridge. '''

Fighting Style:

'''Stone specializes in hand to hand combat with brute strength and doesn’t have much range outside of the dust launcher and the shield's max range of 8 meters. His fighting style is very counter based, letting his opponents make the first moves and then striking openings so that he can reserve stamina and win the sometimes literal war of attrition. Because of his very heavy armor and defensive style closing in on an enemy at range is relatively easy so long as they aren’t extremely mobile. That being said, Stone’s biggest combat weakness is speedy or extremely aggressive opponents. If he does not have room or time to make counter strikes or brutal combos, he will have to rely on his stamina. However, this usually leaves him extremely outmatched, and especially if he has to expend aura on his semblance to do so. '''