Akai Trauer

"An accursed heart may be imprisoned, but it will still beat... For to hide the truth is man's greatest lie."





Profile
Name: Akai Trauer.

Age: 17.

Gender: Male.

Race: Human.

Height: 5'9".

Weight: 141.

Hair: Silver, trailing to about the waist.

Eyes: Burgundy.

Appearance
Akai's figure, build and stature is best described as "feminine". Standing at a thin and non-imposing 5'9" with long silver hair and burgundy eyes, it's difficult to perceive him as a threat. His skin is naturally dark, but many simply mistake it for a heavy tan. One of his most noticable traits are the small black tattoos below his eyes, used as a form of permanent ridicule to mark bastard children of his small and dying religion.

Keeping his outfit comfortable and effective is of great importance to Akai; allowing for extremely fast movements is a priority that must be met, but should be met equally with the willingness to move. For this purpose, he wears a simple white button-up shirt and black pants with a leather belt, an oversized and loose red jacket over this. Akai chooses to wear a small black scarf and wooden sandals as a way of paying respect to his heritage.

Akai bears his emblem on his scarf, and on both of his weapons.

Personality
Akai is both a self-conscious and open person, described as "wearing the world's saddest smile" by many who meet him. Spending most of his life in ridicule and torment has reduced Akai to a seemingly frail and helpless wreck, holding himself together on optimism alone. Finding the good in people has become a second-nature to him, which can prove to both endearing and dangerous.

Despite being exposed to situations that would turn most anti-social, Akai retains a very positive outlook on life. A heavy believer in the "strength in numbers" principle, finding and maintaining decent relationships with friends is a goal that Akai is always trying to achieve. However, his insecurities have a tendency get in the way of progress, often leaving him in a grey-area between stranger and friend.

His feminine appearance is his biggest insecurity. Combined with his borderline non-existent social skills, bringing up his looks in even the most mild way will trigger either extreme passivity or extreme violence.

Amazingly, these quirks vanish when Akai engages in combat; he becomes proud and controlled, and wouldn't dare let anybody insult him. This wild change in his mood occurs for reasons unknown, but Akai himself believes that it happens as a way of repressing his weaknesses when they could prove most threatening.

Weapons and Abilities
Akai's weapons of choice are two Hyper-Ballistic Chain Kunai (HBCK), both named Red Morning. The twin weapons are worn around the wrists, loosely extending down to the elbow like vambraces.

Instead of requiring Dust for a power source, Red Morning runs purely on high-caliber ammunition. Both HBCKs are able to launch a razor-sharp kunai by wire, as well as rotate a small but powerful shotgun within the core of each weapon. Not only does this allow for enhanced hand-to-hand combat, ala Yang's Ember Celica, it allows for movement in enclosed spaces by manipulating recoil in conjunction with the kunai.

Akai is extremely nimble and agile, being able to dart and weave between forthcoming blows while throwing his own. By using this mobility and his weapon in tandem, Akai poses quite a threat in combat.

Backstory
Just like with Lazuli, I'll add one later.

Trivia and Derivation

 * Akai belongs to Lie Ren. The user. Y'know... Me.Emblem3.png
 * "Akai" comes from romaji of the Japanese "赤い", meaning "red", while "Trauer" comes from the German word of the same spelling, meaning "mourning" or "sorrow".
 * The name of Akai's weapon is a play on his own name.
 * Using Red Morning to maintain momentum and movement is inspired by the 3D Maneuver Gear from Attack on Titan.