Darian Rouge

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Darian Vuarison is a young, first-year human Huntsman of 16 years of age, hazel eyes (that change red when activating semblance), bed-head style brown hair with a noticeable long curl that sticks out from the side of his head. He wears glasses that he sometimes puts over his forehead as if they were sunglasses. Unlike other Huntsmen attending Beacon Academy, Darian has a rather thin build, but is actually pretty well-toned in the stomach, back, and calf areas. He has an olive skin tone and has a symbol/tattoo of what appears to be a crimson lizard on his neck.

Darian wears a red chestplate, with a black long sleeve and french-cuffed shirt underneath. He has red elbow-pads. He also has onyx-colored jeans with red kneepads and black boots. He carries his weapons in two knife holsters on his back. He also wears crimson fingerless gloves on his hands.

Darian's street clothing is mainly a black and red-striped tank-top with ripped jeans and grey sneakers. During cold days, he wears a zipped up black leather jacket over his tank-top.

Personality:
Darian is a kind-hearted and energetic young man, and always willing to help another if he doesn’t have too much time on his hands. He enjoys pulling pranks on others, and enjoys seeing the reactions of the aftermath. He often times gets in trouble with his teammates and their friends due to his mischievous habits. He likes to spit out one-liners and jokes at his opponents in the face of action, even starting a mocking conversation mid-fight.

He is usually calm and even happy in the course of combat, with a smile on his face whether it be a fun-loving smile or straight-up arrogant one, it always hides an inner demon. When pushed to his limit, usually in the form of extreme adrenaline rush, he can go absolutely berserk and ravage his opponent around with unbelievable speed and ferocity, like when his group was attacked by a Griffon. His friend Nicole was severely injured in the fight and as a result Darian used his ballistic knives to pin the creature to a wall while tearing it apart limb by limb, and frightened off the other Grimm by severing the Griffon’s head and screaming out his feral rage. Even his teammate Richard confesses, “I really like him, but he is definitely one of the most dangerous huntsman in Vale.” Darian tends to push himself beyond his physical limits when times turn drastic.

He hates bullying and discrimination and has absolutely no tolerance for it, going as far as literally hunting down a bully and his teammates and severely beating them nearly to death (and then soon after, calling out jokes about it).

Unlike some other teenage males, Darian is uninterested in anything sexual. If anything, he stays well away. Should he find himself in a sexual situation, his shyness betrays his usually free-spirited nature and he will start to feel vulnerable. He has a rather innocent mind and is quite naive. Gabriella describes him as a "uke".

Background:
Darian was born in the small village of Itallingrad in southeast Remnant, where he was raised for the first 7 years of his life by his parents, though Darian's memory of who they were exactly is hazy. They were making their way to Vale because they were fed up with struggling to survive in the barren wasteland of a village, due to the fact that one of the most explosive battles of the Great War took place in Itallingrad, but Darian's parents were attacked and killed by a pack of beowolves midway, with Darian himself left the only one alive.

Darian was 11 years old, and has almost made it to Vale and now has adopted parents. He met and befriended the coyote faunus Gabriella Climiki, who was suffering from discrimination by humans. He offered to give her a new home in his adopted parents', to which she happily accepted. One night, faunus extremists, who felt Gabrilella shouldn't be around a human, broke into the home and claimed their intentions were to "liberate" Gabriella. They attacked and severely injured Darian, and took Gabriella. He got two kitchen knives, one in each hand, and actually successfully fought off the extremists, but failed to save Gabriella. He vowed that one day, he would find her.

While Darian was searching for Gabriella one dark day, he noticed he was followed by a mysterious group of people in black cloaks. He made a quick turn around the corner in the alleyway and for a blissful moment, thought he lost them. But he quickly found himself with a cold hand covering his mouth and falling into the abyss of unconsciousness. When Darian woke he realized he was in a cage, like an animal. A man in a suit was sitting on a crate in front of the cage, explaining he kidnapped him because of the amount of kids they were using to fight to the death were running low, so they needed more. Later, the same group of men came inside the cage, dragged Darian out and threw him into a larger cage surrounded by gangsters and criminals, cruel people nevertheless. To his horror, Darian registered everything he was told and his surroundings and knew that he was trapped in a cage match with another child. At first, Darian didn't fight back and was torn pretty badly, until one of the men threatened Darian with two choices; fight or die. Darian was still hesitant to even strike the boy attacking him, but the boy threw an insult concerning Darian's dead parents, then he felt something snap inside him. One of the spectators outside the cage threw a knife inside the cage, and Darian, with feral rage fueling him, raced to the blade, and began to stab the boy to death. Right after plunging the blade into the boy's body the 25th time, he was overwhelmed with guilt at the fact he took the life of another being, and was ashamed that he seemed to act like the animal these people were caging.

Darian spent the next few years of his life forcefully taken part of over 40 knife-fight cage matches with other kids his age and won all of them, and has been dubbed, "The Ripper of Vale", and finally, he was sick of it. He planned an escape with another boy he met, named Steven Swelburt. Steven knew the layout of the place, and Darian was the muscle support. When Darian was being dragged out into another match, Steven picked the lock to his own cage and jumped onto Darian's keeper. Taking his chance, Darian managed to reach and grab the knife on the man's side and used it to slit his throat. Steven released Darian and began to make their escape, and was close, until the crime boss shot and killed Steven, and almost shot Darian too, until he jumped into the vents and fled.

And finally, he made his way to Vale. Although he never had been in any combat school of any kind before, he made his way in Beacon Academy by age 16 due to pure luck and by using fake transcripts, and met a few new teammates, Richard Dawkin and Nicole Sherzik. Here, he also reunited with Gabriella, much to his joyed surprise, and took on a new, joking, playful personality to hide his inner insecurities. He also was introduced to his ballistic knives, and because they reminded him of the kitchen knives he desperately used to fend off the White Fang years back, he decided to name them "Tooth" and "Nail". Since the fall of Beacon Academy, however, Darian and his friends became Team RDGN, dedicated to defending whatever is left of Vale and eradicating the Grimm threat.

Recently, Darian and his team came into conflict with the terrorist Hellhound, and was easily and quickly beaten along with his teammates. Although he was the fastest one to recover, he set out to refind Hellhound so he can avenge the pain of his friends and fulfill revenge. He eventually found him one rainy night, and the two fought. As the rest of his team showed up, Darian at that moment broke off a chunk of Hellhound's mask, and he was forced to take the rest of it off. The face Darian and his teammates saw on Hellhound's, will scar them for life and will question Darian's future...

Semblance and Physical Abilities:
As told earlier, Darian has a tattoo on his neck of a crimson lizard, and that is his semblance sign. His main semblance called “Chameleon Skin”, which enables him to seemingly become invisible, but the truth is, Darian actually possesses an advanced form of optical camouflage that looks like he is fading in and out of existence, completely blending into his surroundings. He sometimes uses this semblance to pull pranks and jump-scare his friends. A weakness in this ability is when introduced suddenly and unexpectedly into an environment with a new light level, it ruins his element of stealth and he is completely visible until he changes and adapts to his surroundings. It also only lasts a maximum capacity of an hour in his camouflaged state and has a cool down of up to a full day, depending on how much he used it.

Even without his semblance, Darian is still very dangerous. He is extremely fast, almost faster than the eye can see, and he is surprisingly durable, despite his thin shape, and can take ungodly amounts of injury before collapsing. His body produces less fatigue toxins in physical activity, so he can keep up his pace and even increase movement intensity for hours before succumbing to exhaustion.

Darian is already rather formidable, but when his adrenaline levels elevate to high enough levels, Darian goes berserk and he gets stronger than he usually does due to the adrenaline input in his veins and it helps him remain pain resistant until he calms down. At one point, another student asked if this, was in a way, a second semblance, to which Darian replied, "No not at all, that's just how pissed off I can get."

Weapons and Team:
 Tooth and Nail (Blade Form) - His signature weapons are called “Tooth” and “Nail”, two ballistic knife-type blades that can actually, with a press of a certain button, can transform into dual-wield pistols if heavier firepower is required. The appearance of these knives look almost identical to the standard combat knives, except the blades are red in color and are about 9'' long, and can be ejected outward like a bullet, and can be retrieved and reloaded into the handle.

 Tooth and Nail (Pistol Form) - In their pistol form, Tooth and Nail are very nearly five-sevens in appearance, and are semi-automatic in function. The coloring is a dark red, with the grip black. The magazines hold 12 bullets each, with fire dust used instead of gunpowder.

 Team - He is a part of Team RDGN (Pronounced "Ridging"; composed of other members Richard Dawkin, Gabriella Cilmiki, and Nicole “Nic” Sherzik.). His role in this team is the "hit-and-runner", or ace, given by his unnatural speed and agility. His Chameleon Skin semblance is also a huge edge when it comes to stealth, and allows him to zip by and slice apart any enemy without being noticed.

Methods of Transportation:
Darian usually goes to his destination by foot but if the journey is particularly long, or if he feels like showing off, he has a sleek black and red sports motorcycle which he named Blitzwheel, which can reach top speeds of almost 280 mph.

The sides of the engine compartment include supercharger intakes; a close view of the rear wheel whilst the vehicle is in motion shows a complex high-ratio gearing in operation. These all indicate that the bike has a very powerful engine and the capability to use that power efficiently.

While approaching high speeds, perhaps for show, Blitzwheel leaves a red streak of light in its wake.

The helmet Darian wears while riding Blitzwheel is black in general color, with the plastic face shield, or visor, a red color.

Combat Stats:
Intelligence and Strategy: 7/10

Strength: 6/10

Durability: 8/10

Movement Speed: 10/10

Attack Speed: 10/10

Agility: 8/10

Critical Rate: 5/10

Melee Skill: 9/10

Ranged Skill: 6/10

Hand-to-Hand: 5/10

Dust Mastery and Usage: 6/10

Stealth: 9/10

Semblance Mastery: 8/10

Aura:
Darian’s aura color is a reddish-orange, and is flame-like in appearance, and can be used to quickly heal minor wounds, to even form defensive barriers against attacks. In Darian's case, he can input and channel his aura into his arms at will, making them glow scarlet in appearance and enables him to block and parry physical attacks. However, they cannot protect him against particularly powerful attacks for very long, as Darian's aura is essentially his very life essence.

Special Skills:
Close-Ranged Capability: Darian has a huge amount of experience knife-fighting under his belt, and has very little equals in the matter, if he even has any. He is a fairly skilled bare-knuckled fighter.

Stealth: Even without his semblance, Darian can be extremely sneaky if he wants to, borderline ninja-like.

 Jokes and One-Liners:  Darian is very witty and is a fast thinker in situations, and is very good at annoying his opponents in the face of battle, much to their irritation and his personal amusement.

Movement Speed: Darian is so absurdly fast, it is said that Ruby Rose is the only one who is even close to his speed.

Weaknesses:
Darian has a bad habit of not taking his fights seriously for most of the time.

He is very impatient, and will charge head-first into danger without thinking twice, as he gets bored easily and always seeks a thrill to pursue.

Upon looking at Hellhound's true face, Darian was so crippled with shock and fear that in the aftermath of the event, he refused to participate in any Grimm-hunting the rest of the team did for the next few months and mainly locked himself in his own room.

When Darian is extremely angry and his adrenaline increased, he loses self-control and attacks anyone else who is in his eyesight. It also lessens his ability to think rationally and renders him easier to lure into traps. The aura that uncontrollably flows out of his body while he is this angry is his life essence, should he lose too much, he will pass out.

His semblance does have limits, such as when introduced suddenly and unexpectedly into an environment with a new light level, it ruins his element of stealth and he is completely visible until he changes and adapts to his surroundings. It also only lasts a maximum capacity of an hour in his camouflaged state and has a cool down of up to a full day, depending on how much he used it.

Quotes:
"Jeez, last time I piss'd an old lady off, I yell'd 'Bingo!'" -While fighting a veteran Huntress.

"Aim for the leafy parts!" -Giving advice to a teammate falling into Emerald Forest on their first training mission in Beacon.

"Yoo-hoo! Excuse me! Can I come in through here, or should I break my own window?" -To a group of robbers who broke through a window into a bank, mocking the preference of people breaking windows to get in a building.

''"Oh, ya sweet talker, you!" ''-Shrugging off an insult thrown at him.

"Ugh, there's this great new thing call'd toothpaste, I think ya should try it!" -Remarking about the Grimm's breath after it roared in his face.

''"God, just wait 'til ya hear my one-star yelp review of this place..." ''-After getting his tank-top torn in a fight with the mafia in a diner.

''"Well it sure ain't Martha Stewart!" ''-Answering to one of the White Fang he ambushed when they asked, "Who's there?!"

''"Oh, ya say I'm not here to cramp your style? Well, number one; I'm here now, and two, I didn't even know ya had style!" ''-Actually showing up to a Huntsman Assembly, much to the annoyance of other huntsmen.

"These Deathstalkers really bug me!" -His attempt at puns, while fighting Grimm.

"If you're always trying to be normal, you'll never know just how amazing and unique you can be. Who cares what people think? Rise above the storm and you'll find the sunshine." -Comforting a depressed faunus pretending to be human.

''"Yeah, it's true, maybe you are the future me, but there is one difference between you and who I am now; I didn't let my past dictate who I am, but I let it become a part of me." ''-His final words to Hellhound.

Other Notes:

 * Darian's middle name "Rosso" means red in Italian.
 * Darian has an extreme fear of needles, he will do absolutely anything he can to avoid them.
 * Fall Out Boy is his favorite band, as well as Panic! at the Disco.
 * Darian claims that before he went to Beacon, around the age of 15, he part-time worked as an underage bartender, using a fake I.D. to get the job.
 * It is rumored Darian has a liking for taller women, but he always denies this. Richard notes Darian blushes and stutters when asked this question.