Molaris Vitrum

"Per Meum Gladium"

- Molaris Vitrum

Appearance
Molaris usually wears a black hood, with a purple lining, that reaches downward to his knees like a cape, with two small sections of cloth that stretch down the front of his body. The hood separates into different swathes of cloth from the waist down, where his black belt separates the two sections like a natural barrier. On top of his hood, he wears a light plate armor, painted black for stealth purposes, that covers his shoulders, torso, and back. He wears black, light weight combat boots, made for any and all terrain. He wears black jeans, that fit him perfectly, for ease of movement. His emblem sits just under his shoulder plates that jut outwards. Physically, he is strong, but light as well. He moves quickly, often free running when acting as a vigilante, but possesses the strength to stop a powerful blow with both hands. Although he CAN block a powerful attack, it can only be with BOTH hands. Should he be using a sword and a high caliber pistol, he lacks the strength to block any moderately hard attack. He is still able to deflect attacks however. His swords are crisscrossed across his back. Whenever Molaris fights he draws his hood over his head, unless he is on a secret vigilante mission. On such missions, he conjures an obsidian mask, using dust, that covers the lower half of his face, leaving his amethyst purple eyes exposed, but he still draws his hood. He has a scar that crosses over his eye, from his right eyebrow to his cheek. His eyebrows are raven black, just like his unruly hair and goatee. For a seventeen year old, he looks good.

Personality
Molaris has a split personality due to his violent past. His usual personality has him as a very calm and collected guy. He looks to make people have a good laugh, and usually generate a good time. He is an optimists, always looking for the best in everyone and everything. Molaris tries to brighten up a dark day, whether using comedy, or sincerity, depending on the person's attitude towards him. This persona is genuine; he actually cares about what happens to people, human or Faunus, and hates to see any misfortune to descend upon anyone.

Although he has a very bright and bubbly attitude, he has a severe distrust of Faunus, due to his violent and bloody history with the White Fang. This is what causes his complicated relationships with any member of the Faunus race. But Molaris possesses a persona that is far darker than his first. This persona causes him to be cold and calculating; a large swing from his usual lighthearted attitude. He cares little for whatever may happen to someone, and, in combat, will use any means necessary to turn the tide of the fight in his favor, whether it is distracting his opponent using his semblance, or creating space between him and his foe, then taking pot shots at his enemy with his handguns. This persona is only apparent when he is distressed or depressed, or he is on a one man crusade against two foes. It is not super uncommon for him to lose control of his anger while fighting anyone from the White Fang.

History
Molaris' history is a very complex one, seeing as it had led to his split personality. When he was born, he was put up for adoption, so he never knew his birth parents. A young Faunus couple saw him at the orphanage, and immediately fell in love with him. They took baby Molaris outside of the city of Vale, where they lived onsite of a Schnee Dust Company mining site. His parents were paid very poorly, and lived in company quarters. Nonetheless, they were always optimistic and forward thinking. Molaris' parents believed in education, and would teach Molaris all school subjects, such as English and Math, but they also taught him how to use handguns and bows and arrows, due to their lack of food and money. Oftentimes, Molaris had to go out and hunt for food, for both himself, and his family, and learned to target specific parts of an animal to kill them using the least amount of ammunition.

Molaris' parents pressured him to enroll into Signal Academy, they wanted him to receive a high education that they couldn't provide. Two weeks before he left to go attend Signal, the mining operation they were living at was attacked by the White Fang.

The White Fang quickly slaughtered the armed guards, and, after stealing all of the dust in the area, set the operation on fire. Molaris and his family, along with the other residents, were unaware of the event that were transpiring, and when they finally noticed the fire, they were all already trapped. It was this moment, as he watched innocent men, women, and children be burned alive, that he realized what his semblance was. Instead of being burned when the fire licked his skin, it merely warmed his body. When he was surrounded in flames, distraught, and heart broken, he noticed fire had started to ball up in his hand that, at first, burned bright blue. But, over the next few seconds, the color steadily changed to match the color of his eyes, amethyst purple.

Unable to control his emotions after seeing his dead parents in front of him, he blew down the front door of his house, using just his semblance, and attacked, and injured severely, all of the insurgents in the vicinity. If he did not light them on fire, he blew them up, sending them flying in all directions. When the fighting stopped, he looked off in the distance and saw the train, that had been loaded earlier that day with dust, begin rolling down the train track away from the mining operation.

The sight of the train reminded him of his recently deceased parents, causing anger to course through his body faster than his adrenaline. His semblance is connected to his emotions, so when his anger rose to that of the Hulk's, he was unable to stop his semblance from causing an explosion that surrounded him. He fell to the ground, out of exhaustion, and blacked out for a couple hours. When he awoke, he could not remember anything, but after a few more hours, his memories returned to him.

When he first awoke, he looked around at the destruction that surrounded him. Blackened steel beams, charred wood, and ashes were all that could be seen in all directions, with the exception of a few purple fires still burning, as well as some regular red fires. The explosion seemed to have affected everything except for his clothing, and whatever was in his pockets. Even though it was in his pocket at the time of the explosion, his acceptance letter from Signal Academy was laying on the ground a few feet away from him. After picking it up, he stumbled around the ruin of what once used to be his home, slowly regaining his memories, as he examined the remains of his life. Burnt clothes, black teddy bears, and damaged heirlooms. Red eyes had just started to encircle the ruins around him, when a airship, containing a team of hunters and huntresses, flew above him in the smoke filled air, and quickly retrieved him. He was lucky; they were on their way back Vale when they saw the smoke from a little ways away.

Weapons and Abilities
His weapons, like his semblances, are representations of his split personalities, both of which being appropriately named: Aurora (Dawn) and Opacare (Dusk). He carries two cutlasses, which can collapse downward into two, high caliber pistols. Aurora and Opacare can combine into a bladed bow, which fires obsidian arrows that he conjures with dust. When his weapons combine into a bow, he possesses the ability to modify these arrows to do more than just hit something. Using his semblance, he can create explosions where his arrows land. Not only does adding modifiers to these arrows tire him, but adding modifiers to the arrows require a strenuous amount of concentration depending upon what affect he wants his arrows to have. The greater the affect, the longer the amount of time it requires Molaris to concentrate. Molaris possesses the ability to coat himself in flames. He can also do this with his weapons, which allows him to fire off his semblance using them. (Note: His pistols can shoot multiple times using his semblance, only adding a knock back effect, and his swords can just launch the fire off [one time use] in a specific direction, to create an explosion.)

His fighting style varies depending on what he is fighting with or against but usually tries to create space between himself and his opponent, usually with his semblance. When fighting in hand to hand combat, he hits hard, often times using his semblance to add small explosions where his hands hit the enemy. When engaged in a fist fight, he tries to deflect attacks from his adversary, attempting to minimize damage dealt to him. Molaris loves to fight with his swords, but loves to, even more so, wield one high caliber pistol, and one sword. Now this does weaken his defense more than it already is, often forcing him to either dodge or deflect attacks with his sword, but this allows him to constantly attack his opponent, either fighting him off with his sword, or shooting his enemy while there is distance between the two. His priority while fighting is to create space between him and his adversary, so he can shoot at him, either with his bow, or with his dual pistols. Whenever he uses his bow, it is to create an AOE attack. He modifies his arrows, that he creates with dust, using his semblance. Most of the time, it is to create an explosion, or to spew fire in every direction after it hits. He can fight melee attackers with his bow, but he is more proficient using his swords.

Relationships
Molaris, when optimistic, can forge very meaningful relationships. One of his best friends is Jaescon (Jace) Palderas. While Jace is a Faunus, they both entered and attended Signal together, and despite his enormous distrust of Faunus, Molaris considers Jace to be his brother. It is difficult, but not impossible, to becomes friends with Molaris, if you are a Faunus. The only other group of people who have to work just as hard, if not harder than Faunus, is anyone with the last name of Schnee, or any high ranking official of the company (or descendant). He has not met, nor does he actually heard anyone with these such traits.

Molaris is popular, generating a great time for those who spend time with him. He can easily materialize a friendship seemingly out of thin air with anyone who he does not see as a jerk. Anyone who "hangs out" him is expected to treat everyone else fairly, which may seem hypocritical, but, just for clarification, he only distrusts Faunus. Whenever he sees one, he still treats Faunus with the respect that he would show any human. However, some relationships may be strained from time to time, when Molaris has a mood swing. These are not often, but he can become withdrawn, serious, and sometimes hostile to the world. This has only lasted for, at max, two days long. Afterwards, he somehow manages to repair his relationships. It is not uncommon for Molaris to randomly become depressed, and then recover a short time later.

Trivia

 * Molaris Vitrum's name means, in Latin, Volcanic Glass.


 * While Molaris Vitrum's weapons are cutlasses, both his name and his swords are named in Latin.


 * The names of Molaris' sword are Aurora and Opacare, meaning Dawn and Dusk.


 * The only fight that Molaris lost was to Jace; his reluctance to shoot his friend with his handgun cost him the match.


 * Molaris Vitrum is a vigilante that fights the White Fang. While his intentions with the White Fang are noble, he intentions with the Schnee Dust Company is less so. He has, on several occasions, undermined the company, forcing them to lose money.


 * Molaris avoids, at all costs, using his bow in front of his peers. That is the Symbolic Weapon he uses while fighting as a vigilante. He uses obsidian dust to fight the White Fang, which has also become somewhat of a symbol for the vigilante (Sicaris).


 * Molaris is supposed to look like an English pirate (from a certain video game), with his plate armor and his hood.


 * Molaris is a highly mobile fighter than can deal large amounts of damage very quickly, but can have his defense broken by heavy hitters.
 * Molaris' semblance produces purple fire instead of normal, red fire.
 * The only type of dust Molaris uses is obsidian dust, but not in front of others. This dust is stored in the hilts of his swords, or the hand-grips of his pistols.
 * Molaris' aura is unique; it has a natural resistance to fire/explosions (completely negates all damage due to fire, but the shock wave still affects him), and is really effective at blocking projectiles and fists, but can be weakened by hard hits with a large surface area. Also, water does not affect him.
 * Molaris' semblance can be VERY destructive. When the White Fang murdered his parents, he severely injured members of the White Fang by lighting them on fire, giving them a third degree burn within a second or two.
 * Molaris' semblance is connect to his anger. Whenever he gets angry, the air around him begins to heat up, and if he gets angrier, stuff around him begins to catch fire. If his anger rises to the, and he doesn't calm down quick enough, he will explode destroying whatever is around him. This has only happened once in his life.