Auburn Ecru

Auburn Ecru
"The thing I can't stand the most is when people look at me funny. Can't they just say what they're thinking? They think they're being polite, holding back, but I just want to know what they're thinking even more!"

- Auburn Ecru

Appearance:
Auburn is a decent looking male who has a native-american complexion, very shaggy white hair and light blue eyes. His is quite skinny, however his body is not scrawny and has a bit of muscle on it. He really does not bother with his hair and lets it drape over his head. He frequently puts two white stripes of paint on each side of his cheeks.

Auburn wears a brownish-red scarf along with a blue-beaded necklace. He has two small silver hoop earrings on each of his ears. His clothing is very basic beyond that point, and it consists of a heavy tan sweater and a light brown shirt.

Personality:
Auburn is reserved and enjoys spending his time by himself more often then with friends - although that doesn't mean he'll just pass up an offer to spend time with somebody. It really all boils down to who he decides he likes enough to take him away from his free time.

Auburn's emotional expression is very limited. His voice follows a monotone pattern, and hardly ever fluctuates. His facial expressions are hardly every large enough to notice. Instead, his emotions are expressed through his micro-expressions, which even he is unaware of - a sparkle in the eye, a slight raise of the eyebrow, a tiny flick of the head, a slight squint of the eyes. All of which makes his face nearly unreadable to people he is not familiar with, or people who do not study his face while talking to him.

He speaks very straight-forwardly. If something about someone is on his mind, it goes right of his mouth. If he hate's someones guts, well then they'll be the first one to know it. If he has a problem with something of a sensitive matter regarding someone else - Maybe they should know it! After all, if someone doesn't know they have a problem how will they ever fix it? This rather unsensitive nature makes him come off as a rude, even if he really does mean well.

In the battlefield, he has great situational awareness. He can usually tell if someone's creeping up on him, and tries to anticipate their moves before they execute them. He is what one might refer to as a "pawn" in the field. He attempts to follow a group leader's commands as efficiently as possible, however, he does not take into account a group leaders flaws, or the flaws inside their plans, making him valuable so long as a group leader is able to know their own flaws and create well structured plans.

Auburn has a dry sense of humor. He has a very deep hatred of puns, and he cannot stand people who consistently spout them out. He also doesn't enjoy sarcasm very much, and sees it as something people do to avoid being real.

In his own time, he seriously enjoys hunting, fishing, and nature. His favorite activity is hiking, and he enjoys soaking in the nature around him. He is able to connect with people better who enjoy nature as much as he does.

Backstory / History:
At 9, Auburn's father brought him along to hunt with him on a trip. After some time, Navajo got stranded from his father, and was left in the woods with his bow. At night, without any light or a compass, he was extremely jittery. He thought he saw a Grimm in the distance, and shot it with an arrow. It turned out to be that it was not actually a Grimm, but his own father. In the dead of night, with nothing but a bow, he trudged himself back to his house with his dead father being dragged behind. It was an extremely taxing time for Auburn, and he vowed himself to become a better hunter to make sure he never made that mistake again. He provided for his family with meat and fish that he found while outdoors. During this time, he matured much more then his peers.

Auburn was always quiet, but this incident isolated him from his friends - it's not to say they didn't like him, however he became much busier and had less time to do things with them. He spent most of his time attempting to improve his hunting and fishing skills to better provide for his family.

Later, his family moved to Vale and he didn't have to worry so much about hunting. Instead he got a job working in a hunting store and got money that way. His mother also found work easier.

He always did try to replace his father, since he felt responsible for his death. His mother encouraged him to join Signal Academy, and he thought it would be a good opportunity to become as good as his father with a weapon. He decided to attended Signal Academy for a couple of years, and managed to actually get inside Beacon Academy, something he hadn't originally planned to do.

Weapon:
Auburn has one multipurpose weapon, named Specter.

Specter is a silenced sniper rifle that is able to transform into a spear - how that works, is the scope and handle retract into the shaft of the sniper. Two blades (which are slightly longer then the barrel) sprout out of the shaft, and come around the barrel of the weapon, essentially making the weapon able to perform melee attacks while shooting wildly inaccurate bullets.