Asher C. Stahl

This is a character in progress by DustpeltX

Appearance
Asher appears to be a 17 year old, moderatly tall, not particularly good looking and a decent build. Asher has a variety of appearances. He dresses like any other person but likes his decorated black collar shirt and ripped jeans outfit better. As far as anyone is aware of, Asher is just like anyone else attending Beacon Academy.

Personality
The students like to say Asher is generally nice and supportive of them but remains quiet most of the time, almost distantly so. Asher is not one to take part in any debate but will express his opinion thoroughly when asked to, with acceptable evidence to back it up. It is due to this factor that he gets in trouble with the authorities a number of times. Some students find him a great source of advice but Asher is never one to preach either.

Asher actually dislikes fighting and getting into conflicts, he would rather talk and debate things out when the opportunity presents itself. He finds killing anything with reason or a conscience is never justifiable. However, if a fight breaks out, he understands that one must stand his ground no matter the danger.

Asher states, "In every fight that does happen, I'm afraid. I fear. Not of losing my life, nor the the life of my friends, people die, that's the truth, but the thing I fear most is the fear of losing my humanity. I've almost lost it once before, and i'll make sure that never happens again."



Weapons and Abilities
Asher's weapon is an oddity and is simply known as 'The Breaker'. The weapon was not crafted at Signal Academy as far as anyone is concerned and it appears even Asher is ignorant of it's true origins. At first glance, the weapon appears to be a large Japanese odachi, however, instead of being rediculously curved, it's rather straight and broad. An indent is hammered into the middle and the guard consists of an unknown black material many spectators claim "latch onto blade, connecting the handle to the it in some way." The weight of the blade is an unrealistic 5 pounds.

Another strange thing to note as well, no one has ever seen his weapon outside of combat, whether he keeps it in his room or a whole other reason, is unknown.

'The Breaker' is known to have an unnaturally sharp edge, anything it cuts, it cuts cleanly. A painful burn will continuously come from the wound, and healing on the wound is massively reduced.

Asher does not use Dust for he claims, "It's too much of a hassel to know how to use them."

Fighting Style
Despite having a rather large weapon, Asher usually wields it using only one hand. Often switching hands in different situations. His right hand sword play revolves around holding the blade upright and swinging for maximum energy impact on contact. His left hand swordplay revolves around holding the sword downwards and using the forearm and his body weight to provide constant strength behind the blade.

Due to Asher's distaste for fighting, and possessing supernatural speed and reflexes, his attacks are accurate and swift, hoping to end fights quickly. The blades ability to inflict massive amounts of pain, causes his fighting style to be dubbed, "Submission", where killing is never the intent. Disarming Asher is near impossible but can be done, however, his hand to hand combat is slightly above average as well.

When Asher fighting around Heart, his fighting style changes to suite well with Heart and vice versa. Often feinting swinging at each other to hit enemies behind the partner or throwing their weapons, sometimes even each other to and from the battlefield. The two share their weapons during this type of fighting, ranging from a mix of switching blades, dual wielding, and barehanded fighting.

History
Not alot is known to the public about Asher, but it seems Ozpin allowed him into Beacon not because of any special abilities he retains or demonstrates but of his affliation with another team member, Heart, which Ozpin finds...interesting. Heart is the only person that is connected to his past. Asher is said to have grown up in a poor but loving family, their names and where they reside is unknown. His graduation from Signal Academy was a forgery. (Will expland and change as I get into RPing, maybe.)