Darian Rouge

Darian Vuarison is a young, first-year human Huntsman of 16 years of age, hazel eyes (that change red when activating semblance), bed-head style brown hair with a noticeable long curl that sticks out from the side of his head. He wears glasses that he sometimes puts over his forehead as if they were sunglasses. Unlike other Huntsmen attending Beacon Academy, Darian has a rather thin build, but is actually pretty well-toned in the stomach, back, and calf areas. He has an olive skin tone and has a symbol/tattoo of what appears to be a crimson lizard on his neck.

Darian wears a red chestplate, with a black long sleeve and french-cuffed shirt underneath. He has red elbow-pads. He also has onyx-colored jeans with red kneepads and black boots. He carries his weapons in two knife holsters on his back. He also wears crimson fingerless gloves on his hands.

Darian's street clothing is mainly a black and red-striped tank-top with ripped jeans and grey sneakers.

Personality:
Darian is a kind-hearted and energetic young man, and always willing to help another if he doesn’t have too much time on his hands. He enjoys pulling pranks on others, and enjoys seeing the reactions of the aftermath. He often times gets in trouble with his teammates and their friends due to his mischievous habits. He likes to spit out one-liners and jokes at his opponents in the face of action.

He is usually calm and even happy in the course of combat, with a smile on his face whether it be a fun-loving smile or straight-up arrogant one, it always hides an inner demon. When pushed to his limit, usually in the form of extreme adrenaline rush, he can go absolutely berserk and ravage his opponent around with unbelievable speed and ferocity, like when his group was attacked by a Griffon. His friend Nicole was severely injured in the fight and as a result Darian used his ballistic knives to pin the creature to a wall while tearing it apart limb by limb, and frightened off the other Grimm by severing the Griffon’s head and screaming out his feral rage. Even his teammate Richard confesses, “I really like him, but he is definitely one of the most dangerous huntsman in Vale.” Darian tends to push himself beyond his physical limits when times turn drastic.

He hates bullying and discrimination and has absolutely no tolerance for it, going as far as literally hunting down Cardin Winchester and his teammates and severely beating them nearly to death (and then soon after, calling out jokes about it).

Background:
Darian was born in the small village of Itallingrad in southeast Remnant, where he was raised for the first 7 years of his life by his parents, though Darian's memory of who they were exactly is hazy. They were making their way to Vale because they were fed up with struggling to survive in the barren wasteland of a village, due to the fact that one of the most explosive battles of the Great War took place in Itallingrad, but Darian's parents were attacked and killed by a pack of beowolves midway, with Darian himself left the only one alive.

Darian was 11 years old, and has made it to Vale and now has adopted parents. He met and befriended the coyote faunus Gabriella Climiki, who was suffering from discrimination by humans. He offered to give her a new home in his adopted parents', to which she happily accepted. One night, members of the White Fang broke into the home and claimed their intentions were to "liberate" Gabriella. They attacked and severely injured Darian, and took Gabriella. He got two kitchen knives, one in each hand, and actually successfully fought off the White Fang, but failed to save Gabriella. He vowed that one day, he would find her.

While Darian was searching for Gabriella one dark day in Vale, he noticed he was followed by a mysterious group of people in black cloaks. He made a quick turn around the corner in the alleyway and for a blissful moment, thought he lost them. But he quickly found himself with a cold hand covering his mouth and falling into the abyss of unconsciousness. When Darian woke he realized he was in a cage, like an animal. Later, the same group of men came inside the cage, dragged Darian out and threw him into a larger cage surrounded by gangsters and criminals, cruel people nevertheless. To his horror, Darian registered that he was trapped in a cage match with another child. At first, Darian didn't fight back and was torn pretty badly, until one of the men threatened Darian with two choices; fight or die. Darian was still hesitant to even strike the boy attacking him, but the boy threw an insult concerning Darian's dead parents, then he felt something snap inside him. One of the spectators outside the cage threw a knife inside the cage, and Darian, with feral rage fueling him, raced to the blade, and began to stab the boy to death. Right after plunging the blade into the boy's body the 25th time, he was overwhelmed with guilt at the fact he took the life of another being, and was ashamed that he seemed to act like the animal these people were caging.

Darian had been forcefully taken part of over 40 knife-fight cage matches with other kids and won all of them, and has been dubbed, "The Ripper of Vale" during his two years in this hell, and finally, he was sick of it. He planned an escape with another boy he met, named Steven Swelburt. Steven knew the layout of the place, and Darian was the muscle support. When Darian was being dragged out into another match, Steven picked the lock to his own cage and jumped onto Darian's keeper. Taking his chance, Darian managed to reach and grab the knife on the man's side and used it to slit his throat. Steven released Darian and began to make their escape, and was close, until the man named Roman Torchwick shot and killed Steven, and almost shot Darian too, until he jumped into the vents and fled.

Darian enrolled in Beacon Academy by age 16, and met a few new teammates, Richard Dawkin and Nicole Sherzik. Here, he also reunited with Gabriella, much to his joyed surprise, and took on a new, joking, playful personality to hide his inner insecurities. He also was introduced to his ballistic knives, and because they reminded him of the kitchen knives he desperately used to fend off the White Fang years back, he decided to name them "Tooth" and "Nail". Since the fall of Beacon Academy, however, Darian and his friends became Team RDGN, dedicated to defending whatever is left of Vale and eradicating the Grimm threat.

Semblance and Physical Abilities:
As told earlier, Darian has a tattoo on his neck of a crimson lizard, and that is his semblance sign. His main semblance called “Chameleon Skin”, which enables him to seemingly become invisible, but the truth is, Darian actually possesses an advanced form of optical camouflage that looks like he is fading in and out of existence, completely blending into his surroundings. He sometimes uses this semblance to pull pranks and jump-scare his friends. A weakness in this ability is when introduced suddenly and unexpectedly into an environment with a new light level, it ruins his element of stealth and he is completely visible until he changes and adapts to his surroundings.

Even without his semblance, Darian is still very dangerous. He is extremely fast, almost faster than the eye can see, and he is surprisingly durable, despite his thin shape, and can take ungodly amounts of injury before collapsing. His body produces less fatigue toxins in physical activity, so he can keep up his pace and even increase movement intensity for hours before succumbing to exhaustion.

Darian is already rather formidable, but when his adrenaline levels elevate to high enough levels, Darian goes berserk and his temporarily increased physical strength mixes almost perfectly with his great speed, allowing him to hit opponents with not only great velocity, but with extreme force. In this state, his aura flows out of his body uncontrollably, and it helps him remain pain resistant until he calms down. At one point, another student asked if this, was in a way, a second semblance, to which Darian replied, "No, that's just how pissed off I can get."

Weapons and Team:
His signature weapons are called “Tooth” and “Nail”, two ballistic knife-type blades that can actually, with a press of a certain button, can transform into dual-wield pistols if heavier firepower is required. The appearance of these knives look almost identical to the standard combat knives, except the blades are red in color and are about 9'' long, and can be ejected outward like a bullet, and can be retrieved and reloaded into the handle.

In their pistol form, Tooth and Nail are very nearly five-sevens in appearance, and are semi-automatic in function. The coloring is a dark red, with the grip black. The magazines hold 12 bullets each, with fire dust used instead of gunpowder.

He is a part of Team RDGN(Composed of other members Richard Dawkin, Gabriella Cilmiki, and Nicole “Nic” Sherzik.). His role in this team is the "hit-and-runner", or ace, given by his unnatural speed and agility. His Chameleon Skin semblance is also a huge edge when it comes to stealth, and allows him to zip by and slice apart any enemy without being noticed.

Combat Stats:
Melee: 9/10

Hand-to-Hand: 5/10

Speed: 9/10

Dust Usage: 5/10

Stealth: 9/10

Ranged Weapons: 7/10

Semblance Usage: 9/10

Agility: 8/10

Strength: 5/10

Durability: 8/10

Aura:
Darian’s aura color is a reddish-orange, and is flame-like in appearance, and can be used to quickly heal minor wounds, to even form defensive barriers against attacks. In Darian's case, he can input an channel his aura into his arms at will, making them glow scarlet in appearance and enables him to block and parry physical attacks. However, they cannot protect him against particularly powerful attacks for very long, as Darian's aura is essentially his very life essence.

Special Skills:
Close-Ranged Capability: Darian has a huge amount of experience knife-fighting under his belt, and has very little equals in the matter, if he even has any. He is a fairly skilled bare-knuckled fighter.

Stealth: Even without his semblance, Darian can be extremely sneaky if he wants to, borderline ninja-like.

 Jokes and One-Liners:  Darian is very witty and is a fast thinker in situations, and is very good at annoying his opponents in the face of battle, much to their annoyance and his personal amusement.

Movement Speed: Darian is so absurdly fast, it is said that Ruby Rose is the only one whoi is even close to his speed.

Weaknesses:
Darian has a bad habit of toying with his opponents at the very start of a match, due to him believing he is unmatched in terms of speed and close-quarters fighting, almost constantly underestimating the other combatant's capabilities. This can lead to him being caught by surprise, and can therefore be defeated this way.

He is very impatient, and will charge head-first into danger without thinking twice, as he gets bored easily and always seeks a thrill to pursue.

When Darian is extremely angry and his adrenaline increased, he loses self-control and attacks anyone else who is in his eyesight. It also lessens his ability to think rationally and renders him easier to lure into traps. The aura that uncontrollably flows out of his body while he is this angry is his life essence, should he lose too much, he will pass out.

Other Notes:

 * Darian's middle name "Rosso" means red in Italian.
 * Darian has an extreme fear of needles, he will do absolutely anything he can to avoid them.
 * Fall Out Boy is his favorite band, as well as Panic! at the Disco.
 * It is rumored Darian has a crush on Yang Xiao Long, but he always denies this. Richard notes Darian blushes and stutters when asked this question. However, as much as Darian denies this, he always loses his temper and seeks extreme methods to dispatch Adam Taurus whenever possible.