Sirius Hemlock

"I'll make them regret using me as a scapegoat!"

- Sirius Hemlock

Appearance
Sirius Hemlock is a man with an average built. Despite his age, Sirius has the appearance of someone in their late teens or early twenties. When meeting with others for the first time they tend to take notice of his short black hair, tanned skin, amber eyes and his playful smile. To those who don't know him Sirius appears to be human though he is actually a Fauna though he claims to lack some Fauna traits that others have. He tends to use his tail to cover the various pouches on his belt (as these tend to have questionable items in them). However, doing this causes him to be mistaken for a human. He has a horizontal scar on the front of his neck which is covered by his stripped bandana. Sirius wears a black long-sleeved, as well as a baggy black pants. He wears amber-coloured shoes and on his hands they are black gloves with amber cuffs. There is another pouch located near his right thigh though this pouch holds items that are actually legal. Strapped to his back are two "Cross Pick".

Personality
When Sirius takes on an assassination request there was only one goal in mind: the death of his target. He prides himself for only killing the target and no one else. It hurts his pride, and something else that Sirius can't explain in words, when there are witnesses involved as he has no other choice but to silence them quickly. It also hurts his pride when a target manages to get away, or worse fight back, since he prefers to end things cleanly without spilling too much blood. The scar on his neck is an embarrassment to him since it was given by a target who he underestimated and he fought with such skill that Sirius was forced to retreat and cancel the request. After a certain incident he started to develop a moral code and has since refused killing witnesses and has taken on fewer assassinations requests. This has made many of his clients look elsewhere for people to do their work. Sirius hates all the new forms of weaponry that are being made as they can be traced, if not over time, back to him.

When Sirius isn't on a job his personality becomes completely different. He is carefree, to the point where it has become a habit, that he even does odd jobs for the local authorities and enjoys chatting to them. He is often kind to strangers and is helpful to them unless the issue with Faunas is brought up. Sirius often spoils his friends' (and sometimes clients') children with sweets that the children have started calling him Uncle Si. His friendly nature combined with his youthful appearance has made him a target for romance among girls. This unsettles him greatly as he often says that he is older than he looks and, in some cases, old enough to be some of the girls' father. When questioned by others about his past tends to say that having his "niece" with him helped changed him. He then leaves before they can ask about his past.

Weapons:
Sirius's hatred for new weaponry has caused to excel at using classical weapons (i.e. weapons from a long time ago). When going about an assassination he prefers to use a pair of ceremonial daggers (called "Romulus and Remus") he received as payment for a job at Mistral. These daggers are hidden in one of the pouches on his belt since they are of high value. The daggers weren't meant for combat or assassinating however Sirius discovered compartments that allowed it to hold a small amount liquid. He places poisons into these compartments and only has to cut the skin lightly of his target to give them death.

If faced with combat Sirius would rather run then fight since he would rather get paid than prove himself. If he is forced into a fight he chooses to dual-wield the two "Cross Pick" on his back. These are a pair of short pickaxes with serrated blades. Each pickaxe can also change into a crossbow that fires off Dust projectiles. Sirius loads these with various Dust depending on the situation though it can only fire a few shots before it needs reloading again. He also uses the dust in the pouches by throwing them at the enemy and firing at them, causing them to explode and cover his escape.

Abilities:
Sirius has taught himself on how to create antidotes for the poisons as well as extracting and using the poison for certain plants. For someone his age, Sirius has great agility and strength since he is able to use the "Cross Pick" to climb up certain areas if a path isn't there. Years of experience as an assassin has taught him that he must wait for the perfect opportunity to strike even if it means letting his allies do the majority of the fighting. Only when the target has let down their guard then he will strike. Experience has also taught him to listen closely to those around him and see if he can any get precious information without them realizing it. It has also taught to him on how to been seen by people but never remembered.

Background
As far back as Sirius can remember he had always did whatever it took to survive. Whether it was killing, stealing or betraying someone close to him, he did it all in order to survive. He started to make a name as "The Amber Wolf" and later became a renown assassin for his efficiency at eliminating targets and leaving no witnesses. After displaying his skills at assassinating key figures, various organizations offered him large amounts of money to simply join their group or teach others his skills. Sirius refused and boasted the reason he refused was because he liked the flexibility of taking jobs from other groups and asked for harder requests. The first "hard" assassination request destroyed his over-confidence and almost ended in Sirius's death. The scar on his neck has made him more cautious than ever.

With the money he got he decided to buy a safe house should he ever need to disappear. He bought a safe house in the Residential district of Vale which overlooked the intersection of Vale's rivers. After befriending the neighbours he left the house under their care while he left for "work" which happened to be in the other kingdoms. It was during this time he received "Romulus and Remus" as an alternate form of payment. It was also during this time that an incident which changed his life occurred.

He received a request from a group asking him to kill an executive of the Schnee Dust Company. This time it was different, he had to do it with a team of their operatives assisting him. He was told that their purpose were to steal information from the Schnee Dust Company. They scouted the area around the house and chose to enter compound in a few days. It was during these days that he had an uneasy feeling and decided to call in favours without the operatives knowing. When the day came Sirius headed the lounge room to kill the target while the operatives went about their business. It then went all horribly wrong. The operatives began killing everyone and eventually turned on Sirius. After fatally wounding one of them Sirius demanded answers before the operative died. He revealed that their true purpose were to indeed steal information but also to kill everyone there and place the blame on Sirius so he would be hunted instead. As Sirius began to escape from the house but was stopped by a woman covered in blood who asked him to take the unconscious child she was holding somewhere safe. He recognizes them as the wife and daughter of the man he just killed but he complies with her wish before fleeing the area. A friend he called a few days earlier arrives nearby in a vehicle and picks them up.

As they spent the night in the friend's house Sirius later found out that the girl has no recollection of what happened to her or any memories before that day. Sirius, thinking that the group would be after her as well, tells her that she is his niece and that her parents had died in an accident and he had come to her with him. Reluctantly she agrees but asks for her name, to which Sirius replies that her name is Amber Hemlock. He then tells her that they are heading to Vale. Ten years later after juggling on how to look after Amber and killing the people who betrayed him one-by-one, Sirius thought it finally become peaceful. However that peace was short-lived as it was announced on the news that the heiress to the Schnee Dust Company would be attending Beacon, which just so happened to be the place where Amber was starting this year. Combined with the a rumour from old friends that a former person with links to White Fang would be attending there as well. Sirius started to wonder just how far he would have to go to keep his secret.

Misc

 * Sirius has a habit of touching the scar on his neck whenever the name of the person who gave it to him pops up in a conversation.
 * If people see Sirius switch personalities for the first time they are generally scared of him and ask him which is his true self.
 * He simply replies that he doesn't know anymore.
 * As a visual cue between which of his personalities he is currently in, he tends to pull up his bandana to cover the bottom half of his face when he is on a job.
 * Doing so reveals the scar on his neck.

Trivia

 * Hemlock refers to a type of poisonous plant.