Bernard Förstner

Appearance
Quite possibly a very imposing figure, Kyland Förstner is quite the large and muscular individual with shoulder length hair tied into a ponytail, and a pair of long arched horns that protrude from above his ears.

When not in school uniform, Kyland can almost always be found in a green flannel button up with the sleeves rolled up, and a pair of dark brown Cargo pants with matching hiking boots. When the weather turns colder, he tends to add a fleece lined denim jacket to his wardrobe.

The combat attire is an updated version of medieval half-plate armor, including a closed helmet. the armor is the plain standard silver-sheen of steel with a green crest adorning the upper right breastplate.

Personality
Typically the sponge of the conversation, Kyland more often than not absorbs words much more than he gives them, although that is not to say that he won't speak up when he feels the need to, or when asked his opinion. Uninterested in being in the social spotlight, or anything akin to it, Förstner tends to shy away from large events, or things that require more than the baseline knowledge of social etiquette. Tending to speak his mind quite bluntly, many can perceive the woodsman as rude, but in reality he just lacks the niceties to sugarcoat certain things.

Not one to worry about the little things, it takes an extreme amount of irritation and provocation to upset the bull; he has embraced the slow but steady lifestyle most thoroughly, expect when it comes to his family and close friends, to which he will go to great lengths and pains to protect and support.

When faced with a displeasing situation, Kyland will typically make a decent effort to diffuse the situation, but if pushed too far or faced with no other option, he will bring his full force to bear to resolve the situation one way or another. Overall, while Kyland may not be the elite socialite with overwhelming charisma, he will do what it takes to make sure that his friends can rest easy.

History
Born to a set of lower-class faunus parents, Kyland spent almost the entirety of his young years deep in the seclusion of the wilderness, many miles away from large towns and most civilization. Trapping local wildlife to barter pelts and meat for what they couldn't acquire themselves, the family had little need to venture too far from their small cabin.

As time passed, Kyland's parents became able to do less and less, the rigors of daily self sustaining work taking their toll. About that time, Kyland started taking over the responsibilities completely, giving his family some form of retirement. After some time, Kyland also found some other work as a logger, chopping down and shipping trees elsewhere for processing. The work was difficult and the crew surly and slow to show appreciation, but it was good honest work, and it helped to afford some niceties that would further ease the burden of old age on his parents.

Logging on its own is a dangerous profession, with the capability of disastrous accidents quite high, as well as the potential of grimm appearing on site. Despite this, the job paid decent enough, and the fellow workmen eventually embraced the Kyland, especially due to his large stature and his tendency to constantly put out strong and steady work.

After years had passed of being a lumberjack, the innate dangers of the job along with the occasional casualty from a grimm attack left the loggers without enough hands to run their operation. Out of work, a good majority of his fellow workers convinced Kyland to move his parents in with them to watch over and make a career of his skills by becoming a huntsman. Countless begrudging conversations with both his fellow woodsman and his parents eventually pushed him into accepting the offer, and traveling to Signal Academy.

Upon arrival to the academy and the city itself, Kyland almost felt immediately ostracized, being unfamiliar with the large crowds, the social ladders, what came with living in a suburban area. Only keeping a handful of friends and acquaintances, Kyland managed to graduate Signal with passing marks in his academics, and continued to grow some of his physical and social abilities.

Since Students are required to make weapons, Kyland was no different forged his own, but In the process of doing so realized that he enjoyed the forge quite thoroughly, and was not absolutely dreadful at the task either. Wanting to further his skills and become a full fledged huntsman to support his family, Kyland now heads to Beacon to resume his studies.

Post Fall:
After the incident at Beacon Academy, Kyland retreated back to the woods where his family and friends are, and occasionally takes odd jobs that require muscle.

Heavy Axe
Big Feller' is a custom made weapon that is a hybrid of a felling axe and a battle axe. It sports a 48" handle, and a large single bladed axe head that has attached two small turbines on the back. The Big Feller is also extremely weighted in that the head of the axe is 20 lbs, while the handle is counterbalanced and weighs another 5 lbs; this makes the weapon quite heavy and slower to swing, but exceptionally effective to damage enemies. The turbines on the rear of the blade help to counteract and compliment the sheer weight of the weapon however; powered through the use of dust, the turbines are able to add great velocity to the swings of the axe when activated, and even allow the user to leap higher and with better precision.

Secondary Form
The alternate form of Big Feller' when the twin turbines slightly extend to form two short but large bore barrels to a double barreled "sawed off" 4-Gauge shotgun. The only problem with such a large type of gun is that ammunition must either be special ordered most of the time, or handmade, especially when it comes to dust variant shells.

Trivia

 * The name Kyland is of German origin and means "The Bull"
 * The Surname Förstner is also of German origins and translates to "The keeper or owner of the forest"
 * "Feller" is a term for a logger that chops the timber when logging