Oliver Browning

"Oh man, that isn't a pretty sight. It reminds me of one of the stories my dad told me."

- Browning upon finding a dead initiate

This is a Fanmade Character by McKringles

History
Mitchell Browning came from a military family in the peaceful suburbs in Vale. He had a decent childhood, a loving family, and an older named Amy. His mom worked as a surgeon for the military hospitals and taught her kids on her own free time first-aid. His dad had recently retired from the army and had found a way to make up lost time with them, by passing on his knowledge to his kids with the help of his battle buddies in varying military career fields. They underwent a lot of training, which included but not limited to exercise, learning how to shoot and improve marksmanship, and hand-to-hand combat. All of this came in handy for Mitchell and Amy when they both enrolled at Signal Academy. Amy finished her 4 years at Signal and got accepted into Beacon. Mitchell has been invited to Beacon, but he wants to wrap up his final year first. He's in for quite a surprise once he gets to Beacon.

Strange things happened to Mitchell in the past few weeks. He had been dreaming of things that he never knew or experienced in his life. Details are vague, but he shrugs it off as he goes on with his day. He's not the only one experiencing these dreams, his whole family had quite a few also. Fortunately, they only occur a few times a week, so the Brownings do not lose sleep over it. He will find out the truth eventually to why they're having these dreams.

Personality
He is a somewhat clumsy guy, but he tries not to let it get in his way. He is a cautious person to where he is sometimes paranoid. He is self-conscious and does not like to show off his body. He has quite a few friends, but he is socially awkward when meeting new people, unless they happen to share one of the things he likes.

He looks at the world as an unforgiving place, but he believes that there's a higher authority watching and taking care of them and tries to keep his faith up. He doesn't like the unfair treatment of fauni and the White Fang resorting to violence for respect. Mitchell remembers in one of his dreams being taught about "Loving your neighbor as I had loved you," something possibly unheard of in Remnant.

He is a good guy and is willing to help out anyone as long as it's for a good cause. He is a critic when it deals with anything regarding practicality.

Appearance
Mitchell is an average person who is fit but doesn't possess a muscular body like everyone else and looks as if he is a bit older, contradicting his age. His height is 5'7, weight is 148 pounds, and is near-sighted. He wears contact lenses to solve his sight issue. He has light brown skin; brown eyes; black, butch cut hair; and a light stubble, the reason why he looks older.

His combat attire consists of tan military boots, knee and elbow pads, tactical multi-threat vest, and flex-fit cap (cap worn outdoors or not at all); black full-fingered combat gloves (Oakleys); black tactical cargo pants (can be tucked in with boots or not) and tactical shirt; and a first-aid kit on his back.

His sleepwear is a simple green t-shirt, black track pants, and socks.

Abilities and Flaws
Mitchell has a strong preference for ranged-combat, but can hold his own in close-quarters if the situation calls for it. He is trained in basic first-aid thanks to his mom and can treat minor to moderate wounds, but cannot effectively treat serious injuries. He has high endurance and moderate hand-to-hand skills thanks to his training with his dad. His key ability is to steal, familiarize, and use almost any weapon that isn't his. To summarize, Mitchell is a jack-of-all trades both combat and non-combat wise, but may require the help of a specialist in-case a situation proves too difficult.

One deadly flaw is that he is unable to properly utilize Aura and has no semblance, thus making him more susceptible to ambushes, injuries, and one wrong move potentially fatal in any combat situation. However, it helps remind him that he is mortal and can be killed if reckless. To make up for his flaw, he utilizes cover, dodges attacks, keeps a watchful eye, and wears multi-threat protective gear. Another flaw is that his preference for normal weapons causes him to carry more equipment, but is counteracted by bringing either only one weapon or bringing Friedenswächter with Karapatan and Kaligtasan.

Weapons
"My weapons may be simple, but they are built to do the job."

- Browning answering a student's question

M4A1 with masterkey or bayonet attached and extended, dual horizontal mags (Liberator)

Description: A pretty standard weapon suitable for short-long range combat. The masterkey is a shotgun attached to the underbarrel. Its special ammo consists on incendiary rounds that are loaded into the M4A1 and masterkey respectively; the special ammo is kept in Mitchell's vest. It has 3 firing modes: semi-auto, 3-round burst, and full-auto. When the bayonet isn't attached, it's holstered in his vest; if the masterkey isn't attached, it's in his locker. It is very durable to where it can be used as an improvised melee weapon in-case of running out of ammo and doesn't have a bayonet attached or Karapatan and Kaligtasan in his inventory.

FMG9 with built-in tactical laser light (Friedenswächter)

Description: It's almost always on his right side in case he needs to defend himself and its folding mechanism allows for concealed carry. It is effective in short-medium range fights. The tactical laser light gives him the option of either a taclight or a laser sight. It too can be loaded with incendiary rounds and has semi-auto and full-auto firing modes.

Kampilan with collapsible riot shield (Karapatan and Kaligtasan)

Description: A spare set of weaponry with a purpose for being mainly used in tournaments. However, he'll sometimes leave either Libertarian, Friedenswächter, or both in his room and carry them to maintain his swordsmanship and blocking skills. Mitchell can temporarily enhance Karapatan with any Dust powder by spreading powder onto its blade thanks to it being modified to react to Dust powder. Kaligtasan is a lightweight, clear ballistic shield and can collapse into a smaller rectangular form to be placed on his back; it doesn't double as a sheath because Mitchell couldn't get it to work, so Karapatan is kept in a normal sheath on his left side. Mitchell can wield Kaligtasan with Friedenswächter to both attack and defend. Kaligtasan can be used as a melee weapon to brutally bash foes, unless they are ridiculously large.

Trivia

 * Karapatan and Kaligtasan are replacement weapons and will mainly stay at home unless otherwise.
 * Karapatan and Kaligtasan are inspired by Weiss and Jaune's weapons.
 * Dust enhancements on Karapatan are based off of pine resins from Dark Souls.
 * Browning's history is set prior to Volume 1.
 * Browning is a play on words for the color brown and the name of an arms company.
 * Friedenswächter is German for "peacekeeper."
 * Karapatan and Kaligtasan are Tagalog for "authority" and "safety" respectively.
 * Browning is heavily inspired by western works and has traits different from an anime.