Oliver Browning

"Houston, the Eagles have landed and have a problem."

- Mitchell mixing in 2 references

This is a Fanmade Character by McKringles

History
Mitchell Browning came from a military family in the peaceful suburbs in the United States of America on planet Earth. He had a decent childhood, a loving family, and an older sister named Amy. His mom worked as a surgeon for the US Army. On her free time, she would teach the kids first-aid to not just help themselves, but others. His dad had recently retired from the Marine Corps; he found a way to make up for lost time with the kids, by teaching them what he was taught in the Marines. They underwent a lot of training, which included but not limited to exercise, learning how to shoot and improving marksmanship, and hand-to-hand combat. Mitchell took up swordsmanship, because he wanted to learn other types of combat.

One tragic day, the Brownings were supposedly killed in a plane crash; but miraculously, they weren't dead. Instead, they found themselves in Remnant. A group of students from Beacon Academy found them in the middle of the forest during their recon mission. They were taken in by the students to tell their story to the headmaster, Ozpin and his associate, Glynda. After telling their story, Ozpin at first was reluctant to take in the Brownings, but he saw that they have abilities that can contribute to their school. Ozpin and Glynda gave them a brief history of Remnant and how the Grimm have been threatening them until they discovered Dust. Armed with this new resource, they managed to push the Grimm back and form civilization. The Brownings slowly absorbed the information, seeing that it was totally different from Earth. Mom and Dad were then given positions as staff; Mitchell and Amy were sent to a weapons specialist to make their own weapons. They weren't due for initiation until a few weeks later, when a new batch of students arrive at the academy.

Personality
He is a somewhat clumsy guy, but he tries not to let it get in his way. He is a cautious person to where he is sometimes paranoid. He is self-conscious and does not like to show off his body. He had a handful of close friends whom he is cut off from, therefore making it hard for him to make new friends.

He looks at the world as an unforgiving place, but he believes that there's a higher authority watching and taking care of them and tries to keep his faith up. He respects his sister's space and lets her be independent until the time calls for him to be present. He is a good guy and is willing to help out anyone as long as it's for a good cause. He is a critic when it deals with anything regarding practicality.

Appearance
Mitchell is an average person who is fit but doesn't possess a muscular body like everyone else and looks as if he is a bit older, contradicting his age. His height is 5'7, weight is 148 pounds, and is near-sighted. He wears contact lenses to solve his sight issue. He is a Filipino American with light brown skin; brown, oval-shaped eyes; black, butch cut hair; and a light stubble.

His clothing consists of tan military boots, knee and elbow pads, tactical multi-threat vest, and flex-fit cap (cap worn outdoors); tan and black full-fingered combat gloves; blue jeans (not tucked in with boots); a black tactical shirt with pulled up sleeves (sometimes untouched); and a first-aid kit on his back.

His sleepwear is a simple green t-shirt, black track pants, and socks.

Abilities and Flaws
Mitchell is a jack-of-all-trades in life and combat. He prefers ranged-combat but can hold his own in close-quarters. He is trained in basic first-aid thanks to his mom and can treat minor to moderate wounds, but cannot effectively treat serious injuries. He has high endurance and moderate hand-to-hand skills thanks to his training with his dad. His key ability is to familiarize and use almost any weapon that isn't his.

One deadly flaw is that he is unable to utilize Aura and has no semblance, thus making him more susceptible to ambushes and making one wrong move potentially fatal in any combat situation. To counteract this, he tries to minimize as much damage as he can through utilizing cover, dodging attacks, and wearing multi-threat protective gear. Another one is that his preference for normal weapons cause him to carry more equipment, but is counteracted by bringing either only one weapon or bringing Friedenswächter with Karapatan and Kaligtasan.

Weapons
M4A1 with masterkey or bayonet attached and extended, dual horizontal mags (Callsign: Liberty Call)

Description: Reminds Mitchell of home. It has short-long range capabilites and is loaded with standard ballistics. Its special ammo consists on incendiary rounds that are loaded into the M4A1 and masterkey respectively; the special ammo is kept in Mitchell's vest. It has 3 firing modes: semi-auto, 3-round burst, and full-auto. When one of his underbarrel attachments are not in use, they're kept in Mitchell's vest. It is very durable to where it can be used as an improvised melee weapon in-case of running out of ammo and doesn't have Karapatan and Kaligtasan on him.

FMG9 with built-in tactical laser light (Callsign: Friedenswächter)

Description: It's almost always on his right side in case he needs to defend himself and its folding mechanism allows for concealed carry. It is effective in short-medium range fights. The tactical laser light gives him the option of either a taclight or a laser sight. It too can be loaded with incendiary rounds and has semi-auto and full-auto firing modes.

Kampilan with collapsible riot shield (Callsign: Karapatan and Kaligtasan)

Description: A spare set of weaponry with a purpose for being mainly used in tournaments. However, he'll sometimes leave either Liberty Call, Friedenswächter, or both in his room and carry them to maintain his swordsmanship and blocking skills. Mitchell can temporarily enhance Karapatan with any Dust powder by spreading powder onto its blade thanks to it being modified to react to Dust powder. Kaligtasan is a lightweight, clear ballistic shield and can collapse into a smaller rectangular form to be placed on his back; it doesn't double as a sheath because Mitchell couldn't get it to work, so Karapatan is kept in a normal sheath on his left side. Mitchell can wield Kaligtasan with Friedenswächter to both attack and defend. When an enemy gets too close, he can brutally bash them with the shield, unless the enemy is ridiculously large.

Trivia

 * Karapatan and Kaligtasan are replacement weapons and will mainly stay at home unless otherwise.
 * Karapatan and Kaligtasan are inspired by Weiss and Jaune's weapons.
 * Dust enhancements on Karapatan are based off of pine resins from Dark Souls.
 * He ended up in Remnant prior to Volume 1.
 * He occasionally compares Remnant with Earth.
 * Browning is a play on words for the color brown and the name of an arms company.
 * Friedenswächter is German for "peacekeeper."
 * Karapatan and Kaligtasan are Tagalog for "authority" and "safety" respectively.

Author's Notes
Mitchell Browning is heavily-inspired by western works and will have traits different from an anime.