Noir Storia

 is a faunus whose history has remained a mystery, both in his roleplaying and fanfiction incarnations. Created for the fanfic The Rose General, Noir is also aimed to be a possibility for use in roleplaying.

Note: This page is under construction

Appearance
When it comes down to describing Noir, those that view him often have trouble describing him. He stands at average height, with messy black hair on his head, often spiked or styled to hide the obvious faunus ears atop his head. He isn't bulky in frame, but at the same time he isn't skinny, with broad shoulders and flat, toned muscles across his core, and similarly toned muscles up and down his limbs. Metal bands run along the underside of his arms from wrist to elbow, although their true purpose is yet to be revealed.

Traditionally, Noir dresses casually in a pair of black jeans and a loose-fitting black t-shirt under a dark denim jacket. This jacket also serves to hide the two black metal bracers on his lower arms, and the bandages beneath them. Often he sheds the jacket before going into combat, especially against challenging or threatening opponents. However, the jacket and jeans are both layered with a thin layer of armor, mostly suited to friction or cutting damage. Typically he rounds off his clothing with black leather boots and a dark brown leather belt, with his swords attached to said belt, one on each side. Due to his motorbike, he also occasionally wears a black full-face helmet, however this is only during times when he has the "Mad Cat" out with him.

Key to Noir's existence are his eyes - the most obvious factor to highlight him as a faunus. Both eyes are yellow, with the slit-pupil common to feline races. In order to hide these, he is quite often seen wearing a pair of aviator-styled sunglasses with dark lenses, even at night.

Personality
One of the most obvious ways to describe Noir is guarded. Incredibly so. His history is locked-down, even to his teammates, and when people attempt to open the subject with him, he quite typically glares them down with his feline eyes. However, this is not to say that he is cold about it, nor that he will not let things slip that help explain the reasons why he acts the way he does.

One of the most outstanding notes on his personality is his protective nature. Despite the nature of his weaponry and semblance, he is known to step in to protect his friends and teammates, especially the females. This has been tied to the name behind one of his two swords - Amelia, and something he holds himself responsible for towards her.

Another factor is his reluctance to get emotionally attached or invested, although he is perceptive enough to notice when being flirted with, he rarely responds in kind. However, in fitting with his protective nature, he goes out of his way to make others comfortable, even if it means talking about his experiences, a very rare occurrence indeed.

Weapons and Abilities
Noir uses two semi-independent sets of weapons. His primary tools are two black falchion, each one detailed with a different design. The blades are named Raikiri, the Lightning Cutter, and Amelia, the Running Wind. They are referred to as D.E.F.W. (Double-Edged Fusion Weapons). Amelia as a sword is barely three years old with a red wave down the back of the blade, while he has stated that even he isn't entirely sure how old Raikiri is, a gift from his father many years ago with an electrical patterning down the lower third of the blade itself. He often uses these weapons swiftly and in unison, despite their full power tying into their combined mode.

His second set of weapons are the bracers on his forearms themselves. While unnamed, they are referred to as P.D.F.W. (Projectile Dust Fusion Weapons), and each bears a substantial tank of Dust powder within, along with a thin aperture to fire them from. These have been compared to pistols both in noise and caliber, although the power of each "round" is dependent on the type of Dust charged into them. These bracers are also armored, allowing him to parry in hand-to-hand combat without his swords.

However, his full strength comes from combining the two sets together. Activated by aligning both blades down his arms, as soon as they touch the bracers, the fusion occurs. The bracers open up and combine with the hilt of each blade to form gauntlets, sealing around his fingers. The blades themselves run down the insides of his arms, extending with some of the metal from the gauntlets to form elbow-spikes, with each spike reaching his shoulder. However, in order to complete this transformation, the swords "bite" his flesh, giving him enhanced stability over the extended spikes at the cost of cutting into his skin, although his Aura mitigates the majority of the damage, and the metal bands on his arms help to prevent him from bleeding unless he takes blunt-force trauma across the gauntlet portion itself. The two gun-like dust releases are also still present with widened apertures, allowing for much larger blasts with heightened recoil.

While the idea of self-damaging weaponry is both frightening and somewhat disturbing, Noir's semblance proves it's worth. When active, black bolts of electricity congregate around his arms, increasing as he suffers more and more pain. Then, he unleashes it in a single burst, typically through physical impact, enhancing his strength with the total pain. However, this doesn't tie into psychological trauma, only physical pain. This is also a one-shot burst, as by the time he activates it, he is in extreme pain and is typically unable to fight shortly after.

Backstory
Pending details, have to decide what I can and can't reveal to avoid spoilers