Damian Midas

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Damian Carmine is a student at Beacon Academy and a Deacon for the Vale branch of the Church of the Maidens, currently residing within the Vale Dead Zone alongside Cobalt Vauban, Amélie Iodes and Eleanor Char.

Abilities
"Unfazed by suffering and always prepared to sacrifice, Damian uses his semblance to great effect by sacrificing his own well-being for that of others, or to inflict blessed wrath upon those who dare oppose the intentions of him and his allies."

His affiliation with the more extremist factions of religion and his tolerance for pain have granted him terrible power through self harm, Damian employs a "high risk, high reward" strategy, investing his aura into potent abilities that can change the tide of battle, but leave him vulnerable in the process.

Damian's Semblance - Penance
Damian's Semblance allows him to sacrifice his own aura in order to convert it into various abilities:
 * Harrowing: Any damage dealt to Damian is reflected on a chosen target (or split between multiple targets), damage he deals to himself is substantially more potent than damage he receives.
 * The Burden: Damage Damian deals to himself is converted to aura for a specific target, while taking any adverse effects they are currently suffering from. If a target does not generate an aura, the aura is still applied, but decays quickly and does not provide a semblance, nor can it be charged with Dust.
 * Rapture: Damian completely depletes his aura in order to boost the power of himself and his allies, with damage dealt while empowered returning as healing distributed across all targets capable of receiving it.

Trivia

 * Damian's name derives from the St. Peter Damian, who popularised the practise of flagellation as a form of worship in the 11th Century; while Carmine is a shade of crimson/red derived from cochineal.