Aurum Segen

=Arum Segen=

"Piercing the shadows" Are eyes of gold, "To search the soul" "For tales yet untold."

Basic info

 * Name: Aurum Segen
 * Team/occupation: Team ACCA, Student
 * Species: Faunus
 * Age: 17
 * Sex: Male
 * Handedness: Left handed; combat ambidextrous
 * Aura/Effects: Gold; eyes glow gold when his semblance activates
 * Symbol: An open book with black runes on white pages and gold binding, sometimes displayed on a black background
 * Physical traits: Floppy golden retriever ears
 * Misc traits: A few criss-crossed scars on his left arm
 * Nickname(s): Goldylocks

Appearance

 * Height: 70 in
 * Weight: 180 lb
 * Eyes: Brown
 * Face: Somewhat narrow; faint beginnings of smile-lines and furrows between his brows.
 * Hair: Thick and shaggy blond hair of medium length
 * Physique: well-cut musculature, just above lean
 * Combat Outfit: Worn blue jeans with light armoring on thighs and shins, sneakers with metal plating, blue short-sleeved button-down shirt with metal chest-and shoulder-plates bearing his emblem on the left shoulder.  Also, a single bracer on his right arm, also bearing his emblem.
 * Casual Outfit: Worn blue jeans and sneakers, with a loose blue button-down short-sleeved shirt, frequently unbuttoned.  Alternately, a pair of board-shorts with an unbuttoned white shirt.

Personality
Cheerful and quite outgoing, Aurum seems irresponsible, but is highly protective of those he cares for. Aurum seems to be a poor planner, but when he is able to focus, he has been proven to be an excellent tactician, and is able to come up with good plans in a short time, even under great stress. He enjoys ‘verbal sparring,’ and likes to flirt with just about anyone, though neither as frequently nor to the same level as his longtime 'friend', Celeste. He is likely to doze off anytime he is not busy actively doing something, including during class lectures. His laziness reaches notorious heights when it comes to school work and paperwork. When he is slacking off, he will either be reading, writing, or sleeping - rarely will he do anything else.

Aurum seems to be in some sort of romantic relationship with Celeste, but neither of them is forthcoming about the subject. He also happens to be a surprisingly good cook. Due to his having grown up in a poorly funded orphanage, he has sympathy for those who steal from necessity, but not toward those who take more than what they need. He is quite single-minded, but excellent at reading people, occasionally surprising people with his mental clarity and insight. Though quite patient with people, Aurum has very little patience with machinery or electronics when they do not function promptly. Being rarely driven to anger, it can come as a surprise when he acts out aggressively toward people who insult or threaten those he cares about.

Early Childhood
Aurum Segen's family is unknown. As a baby, he was taken in by one of many orphanages in the Faunus district of Vacuo. At the age of ten, he was moved to a new orphanage closer to the outer edge of town. There, he met the female river-otter Faunus Celeste Burne, who had been orphaned several years prior. The two quickly became very close, helping each other get along in a world that was still largely opposed to Faunus having equal rights.

Teenage Years (or, Before Beacon)
At the age of twelve, Aurum convinced Celeste to join him in attending a local combat school with the money they had saved up from their allowances and odd jobs. Surprisingly, they both proved to be quite fit for the task, rising to the upper third of their class with ease. Due to Aurum's easygoing nature, he never made it to the top of his classes other than English. At fourteen, Aurum unexpectedly received a fairly large sum of Lien from the Last Will and Testimony of his one (unknown) remaining relative. He used that money to finally purchase custom weapons for himself and Celeste, and to pay for a certain medical procedure she needed. He would save the rest, and through careful financial management and a number of unusual jobs, would earn his way to Vale, where he would successfully test into Beacon Academy with marks equal to the average across the board.

Combat info

 * Position/Class: Team Leader; Tactician, Myrmidon
 * Landing strategy: Find something relatively soft and hope it breaks his fall

Faithkeeper

 * Wielder: Aurum Segen
 * Maker/Smith: Aurum Segen
 * Type: Bastard Sword
 * Weapon Derivation: It’s a plain bastard sword.
 * Form 1: A plain blade a bit shorter than a longsword with a cruciform crossguard and slightly longer hilt for possible two-handed use. The hilt is wrapped in black leather, and the crossguard is inlaid with gold spirals.
 * Holstered/Sheathed Appearance: Hangs in a sheath on his right hip. Alternately, Aurum also has a harness he can use to sheath it on his back.
 * Features/Capabilities: Can be used for parrying, Aura channeling, poking things, and cutting things – and not much else.
 * Usage: Mainly parry-and-riposte. Wielded in Aurum’s left hand.
 * Planned/Possible Upgrades: Script may eventually be chiseled or forged into the blade’s sides, but that’s about all. It’s a plain sword.
 * Notes: Faithkeeper got its name from Aurum’s determination to keep others’ faith in him alive, and after the Faith he follows.

Fatebreaker (Mk I)

 * Wielder: Aurum Segen
 * Maker/Smith: Smith and Wesson, until we know some major (canon) weapon making companies.
 * Type: Hand-Canon
 * Weapon Derivation: S&W Model 500, a .500 magnum revolver.
 * Form 1: Large revolver with 6-round magazine, with gold spirals inlaid on the handgrip, receiver, and barrel.
 * Holstered/Sheathed Appearance: Holstered at the small of Aurum’s back on a belt that holds spare rounds.
 * Usage: Mainly used to parry attacks, finish enemies, or to draw enemy attention (read: aggro/hate).  Wielded in Aurum’s right hand.
 * Features/Capabilities: Useful at any range but very long.  Capable of using Dust-augmented rounds.
 * Planned/Possible Upgrades: Adds a compensator on Ash’s advice.  Upon the barrel being broken, it will be upgraded and forged into a heater-shield combo.
 * Notes: Name based off of Aurum’s belief that Fate does not exist.

Fatebreaker Mk II

 * Wielder: Aurum Segen
 * Maker/Smith: Ash Westwind and Ruby Rose
 * Type: Revolving-Ballistics Heater Shield, or RBHS.  Alternately, Ballistic Buckler.
 * Weapon Derivation: The arm-shield thingies worn by several characters in Fire Emblem: Awakening, plus “It’s also a gun!”
 * Form 1: Guard-Enforced Revolver.  That is, a hand-cannon with a disc guarding the outer right side, to protect the hand holding it.  Steel with gold designs; especially Aurum’s symbol on the disc.
 * Form 2: Ballistic Heater Shield.  Upon applying pressure to a certain button, metal plates expand out from the disc to form a heater shield with the point at Aurum’s elbow, with bands that slide out to hold it in place.  The tip of the revolver’s barrel barely shows beyond the top of the shield.  Aurum’s symbol is visible in the shield’s center.
 * Holstered/Sheathed Appearance: Rests at the small of Aurum’s back, the disk hanging protruding outside the holster.
 * Features/Capabilities: Useful at any range shorter than long.  Capable of using dust rounds, and of withstanding blows of great strength, including high-power rifle shots.
 * Usage: Mainly used to parry attacks, finish enemies, or to draw enemy attention (read: agro/hate).  Wielded in Aurum’s right hand.
 * Planned/Possible Upgrades: Adjustments to fit better; eventual changes to increase magazine size and range.
 * Notes: Forged Ash Westwind, as a get-well gift after Aurum’s previous Fatebreaker has its barrel shattered.  Planning assisted greatly by Ruby Rose, en passant.

Fighting style
Acts as a tank for the team, with focus on constant movement to avoid being hit or to parry attacks, using his Fatebreaker hand cannon to keep distant targets’ attention on him. He prefers to keep close to his enemies, and is always willing to make the first move to force them into a response, despite being unskilled at landing the first hit. He fights best when his enemy is forced to make a move, and excels at parry-and-riposte.

Semblance
Golden Eyes.
 * Aurum can use his semblance to clearly see other people’s Aura and gauge their strength, even discerning their Semblance when he focuses on them for a time. Advancement in skill allows him to detect nearby Grimm with his own Aura in a similar method to echolocation, and to passively detect the intent of nearby Aura users.  Mastery will allow Aurum to see perfectly in any lighting.

Trivia

 * Relationships: Team partners with “Ash” Jay Westwind.  Apparently bisexual, but prefers women.  Involved in a long-time semi-romantic relationship with Celeste, but shows romantic interest in Cerise.  Shows brief romantic interest in Ash, until the sniper makes it clear he has no interest in men.
 * Notes: Named after the Latin word for gold.  His last name comes from the Old English term for storyteller.  Good writer and storyteller.