Dao Tu

"If you're one step ahead, I’ll be four miles ahead!"

- Dao Tu

Personality
Dao is often remarked as the class clown and the last guy to take people seriously. Despite coming from a spiritual clan, Dao is much the opposite of the clan and can even be seen as a trickster or a rebel. In most cases, Dao doesn’t come off as the guy who can win a fight, but in all reality, he’s one person that could be of great aid.

Attire
Dao wears a shredded Jade Green Gi that is reveals much of his torso muscles and holds his family’s crest upon his back of a black tortoise shell. The male also sports a pair of large onyx black wristbands that from first glance do not seem like much, but actually are weights that holds back Dao’s true speed. The male wears a gold sash around his skinny black jeans that have green viper scales along the sides. He also appears to wears emerald green sneakers with black trimming. Though he also seems to have the same type of weights upon his ankles that holds his jeans against his ankles.

Physique
At first glance Dao’s face is layered in a skin of dark skin followed by sharp jade green eyes and long Raven Black hair that is held in a long rat tail with the end resembling a scorpion’s tail. His body is a light muscle tone with barely any fat which allows for his flexibility and agility easily navigating terrain. The male also has some notable scars across his body, but on both arms are tattooed sets of swords held together by cobras.

Xana Wu
Wu is a pair of a black hook blades that are can be used in various ways. The hilts themselves have a pair of hand guards that resemble that of a tortoise shell. The weapon itself is a stainless-steel blade with the hilts being resembling to a snake’s skin. Xana WU seems to be able to be placed together to form one weapon, but the blades rotate clockwise as the guards began to split in half and connect and the helts extend to make it able to be dual-wielded.In this state the weapon can also have the blades detach on chains that can extend and spun around in either form. When dueled wielded, the male can dance and use the swords to make up for his weapons range or to grapple on to branches as the hooks are rigged and very sharp similar to a scythe head. The hilts also seemed to to have daggers that can also be used to attach the hilt vertically and stretch the weapon to create a dual-edged weapon.

Strengths
Dao’s strength comes from his agility and quick strikes with his blades. Through the efforts of his training, his balance and skill to perceive incoming attacks allow him to dispose of enemies rather quickly. Dao’s greatest strength lies in his use of aura. His training has allowed him to be able to manipulate his aura and even combine it with his weapons to allow him to create various attacks.

Weaknesses
Dao’s a glass cannon so to speak, as his ability to dish out pain is not as prevalent in the opposite order. His body is strong, but his tolerance to pain and damage is low. In the latter case, stopping his weapon in chain mode may even disarm him to an extent and make him engage in combat which if against someone of greatest strength or long range can prove to be problematic.

Bio
Dao comes from a line of warriors who are calm and relaxed, they do not perceive Grimm as a threat, but as the darkness that is the shadow of man. These men train hard: expose themselves to nature, practice one on one confrontations with one another, endure long battles and even battle with aura alone Grimm. Though this is not said that they are not educated. Many of these people are proud of their heritage and even more pride themselves in versing in the information left behind by generations that have come and go. Dao is one of the newest members of his generation and comes off a bit odd as he doesn’t take things as seriously, though he is rather skilled and seems to be able to surpass those of his age group. Taking this, his grandfather Huo requested the aid of Professor Ozpin to help Dao refine his skills and his personality to take things more seriously.

Theme Song
One Jump Ahead

Trivia

 * Dao Tu may refer to Blade Torture in Chinese
 * Dao’s family crest of a Black Tortoise is nowhere found on his weapons.
 * Dao’s favorite music is noted to be various rock music.
 * Dao's often seen eating a slice or roll of bread.

Influence

 * Xana Wu is Chinese mythology refers to the Northern Gate Guardian, the black Tortoise
 * In Xana Wu’s tale, it is often shown that there is a form of a snake involved
 * His birthday in western belief would align with Bao Zheng’s birthday
 * His personality resembles that of the Monkey King from Chinese Lore and the Aladdin from Disney.
 * His Gi was inspired by Ryu of Street Fighter
 * His weights are most notably based off of Rock lee from Naruto