Albion Vartanian

Appearance:
Albion is a pretty tall man, standing at an impressive 220 cm, his build is slender yet muscular. He has light skin with a pink/neutral undertone, and considerable amounths of body hair. He also has somewhat big hands and feet. Albion's Faunus trait consists in having feathers covering some parts of his body. The most notable of these is his large, somewhat low-set white feather collar; while the collar is quite large and thick the feathers actually grow from a small area under his neck, close to his collarbones. Other than the collar, Albion also has some (far smaller) black feathers on his chest and forearms along with body hair, the feather to hair ratio is higher closer to the collar,with the forearm feathers being very small and downy.

Albion has a rugged but well kept appearance. His face has a slightly elongated shape, with a strong jaw and a slightly pointed chin. He has sharp, somewhat narrow amber eyes and a kinda big nose. Albion's hair is black with some slightly lighter colored highlights (this is because he's slowly but surely graying), he keeps it at about neck lenght in a slightly messy hairstyle. He also has thick (but not bushy) eyebrows and thick well-kept stubble.

Albion's usual outfit consists of the following: He always wears a bronze necklace with 3 kite cut dust crystals, and never wears socks.
 * a pair of black dress pants.
 * a black waxed canvas hussar jacket with various bronze colored accents and silver buttons.
 * a stylish gray v neck shirt.
 * a dark brown leather belt with a bronze buckle that has various straps attached to it; one big strap on his right hip to carry Bohemian Raptor, and 12 small ones on the left side of his back to carry Steel Cloudburst.
 * a pair of black leather boots with bronze buckles resembling a mix between monk shoes and combat boots.

Personality:
Albion has a generaly laid back yet somewhat rough personality, and tends to be quite courteous to others; somewhat like a particularly jolly viking or medieval knight. Despite this he can be extremely aggressive at times, especially when angered or in combat. He's also very enthusiastic about anything he likes, even if he just found out he likes it. This is particularly apparent in his burning passion for photography, which he takes like a form of hunting, with the perfect pictures being his "prey". He tends to be quite patient in most situations; the only notable exception being combat, where he is extremely aggressive. Albion is very confident and tends to be friedly towards strangers and aquittances alike.

Backstory:
Albion was born in Snehvrchol, being the first son of Carmine Avagyan, the boss of the Avagyan crime family. He grew up in a wealthy household and most of his needs where easely satisfied; but he couldn't socialise as much as most kids due to his family's line of work. He'd usualy play with other kids around town, but he wasn't allowed to invite them over or visit them in their homes, though this changed as he grew up. Albion was home schooled, with his education leaning towards the family business, he was thought the ways of the mafia from an early age, and started combat training at 8 years old; all these wasn't done in a way that would rob him of his childhood though, and other than his unorthodox education he was a mostly normal child. Albion started working with the family at age 12, starting as a scout and thief, he quickly showed great aptitude for improvised planning and cover up jobs. By age 15 he was already a vital part of the family's clean up crew, and he was given the rank of Caporegime by his father as well as a small crew (about 10 to 15 people). The Soldatos didn't like this at first but they soon recognised he was a capable leader despite his age.

During his time in the mafia Albion often saw how the people of Snehvrchol fought off grimm with the help of the family and other warriors. He was particularly fascinated by huntsmen, be they hired or just passing by the town they were always the first to go into battle to protect the people. This is what inspired him to become a huntsman, he often manifested his wishes to his father, insisting in his desire to go to Haven academy even after getting his own crew in the mafia. He also formed a close friendship with the Family's weaponsmith, Sterling Eisenblut, who would later make him Bohemian Raptor as his 16th birthday present.

Some time before his 17th birthday Albion came to an agreement with his father, he would attend Haven academy once he was old enough, but he'd have to help the family enter Mistral's criminal underground undetected in order to set up various black market deals and other illicit business, for which he'd have to change his last name to his mother's. He agreed to do it so long as he'd be free to choose his own path after finishing his studies at Mistral.

Albion prepared tirelessly for when the time to go to Haven, both for his studies and training as a huntsman, and for the ardous work he'd have to do to enter Mistral's deepest crime circles. He passed Haven's entrance exam with flying colors thanks to his lifelong training. He quickly became friends with his assigned team, and enjoyed spending time with them; but most of his free time during his first year was spent investigating Mistral's criminal underground. By the start of his second year in Haven is he had already started entering Mistral's outer criminal circles, slowly working his way deeper into the local crime underground.

During his second year at Haven Albion met Daveena Nyushen (a freshman at the time), they quickly grew fond of each other, fell in love, and started a relationship. Daveena would soon find out about Albion's illicit activities, which caused a lot of conflict between them, but after much explaining and insistance from Albion she'd come to accept it; which ended up strenghtening their relationship. Albion and Daveena would stay toguether throughout their time at Haven.

Weapons: Bohemian Raptor & Steel Cloudburst

 * Bohemian Raptor (primary) : Bohemian Raptor has 3 forms, a greatsword, a tripple-barrelled semi-automatic shotgun, and a large cross-spear; one of the barrels of the shotgun form can be shot in both greatsword and spear form. Generaly speaking Albion uses the sword form for both melee and ranged combat (using the shotgun barrel), the shotgun form is used primarily for mid range combat, and the spear form exclusively for melee (the shotgun barrel is shot inside the victim after stabbing/impaling)
 * Steel Cloudburst : a collection of remotely-detonated explosive javelins, they can collapse on themselves for portability, Albion can carry up to 12 with him at a time.

Other Equipment:

 * Albion's bronze necklace holds 3 kite cut dust crystals (fire, ice and electric dust) to use with his semblance. The dust crystals are isolated in clear bulletproof glass containers so they can only be activated with aura.
 * He also carries a huge silver hip flask full of vodka (also for use with his semblance... and for drinking). The flask is wrapped in black leather and has various bronze accents.

Semblance: Ravenous
Albion's semblance can be simply described as having a "super digestive tract", and is divided in various aspects.
 * "Super eating" (passive): Ravenous lets Albion eat any substance or object safely so long as it fits through his esophagus (be it by chewing or swallowing it whole), his digestive system can digest anything except dust (which passes through his digestive tract intact); this lets his use virtually anything as food, which makes survival in harsh environments easier. Things are digested in a way that doesn't trigger any chemical or physical reactions, but doesn't prevent already happening reactions (for example if he eats a live grenade it'll detonate anyways). the inner walls of Albion's digestive tract are extremely durable, so he won't be harmed by the shape or weight of an object he eats no matter how sharp, pointy or heavy it is; but things like explosives, heat and other greater forces will still harm him, though the damage is greatly reduced (he learned this the hard way when he ate a lit firecracker at age 8 and ended up in the hospital). Poisons and toxins are also digested so the physiological damage they do is enormously reduced (they can't cause permanent physical damage if digested); neurochemical effects, while also significantly reduced, will still affect Albion (for example he can still get drunk or be sedated, he just needs an abnormally large dosage). However this increased resistance only works from the inside, so he can be harmed normally from the outside, and poisons take full effect if they don't pass through his stomach. Albion can also willingly stop and restart his own digestive system for an indefinite amounth of time without any ill effects, but he can only stop it completely or let it work normally. The passive aspect of Ravenous has been active since birth.
 * Voracious furor (active): when using "Voracious furor" Albion compleatly absorbs all chemical energy from whatever is in his stomach at the time (except dust) giving him a temporary energy boost, the intensity and duration of the effect depends on what he consumes, but at it's strongest it can be compared to a massive adrenaline rush, for reference consuming 10 kilograms of raw beef should give him about 1 minute of max output energy boost. the drawback is that all energy gained this way is lost in the energy boost, so things lose their value as food; Also overuse of Voracious furor causes serious muscular fatigue. Albion learned to use Voracious furor at around age 12, and achieved full control of it by age 18.
 * Vulture assault (active): in 2 words "weaponised barf", Albion can forcefully hurl the contents of his stomach to use as a weapon, which due to his "super eating" can be pretty much anything. It doesn't have a very long range (10 meters is the maximum wounding range). When it comes to liquids and groups of small objects (like small rocks or sand) Albion can control the cone of effect, ranging from 15 to 45 degrees. He can also use dust to infuse his barf with elemental properties, this effect kicks in a few centimeters away from him so as to reduce the chances of hurting himself. The dust crystals in his necklace are big enough to last for about an hour of up time each, but he can only carry enough material in his stomach for 10 seconds of up time. Albion learned to use Vulture assault at age 16, but only truly mastered it after finishing his studies at Haven.

Important note: Albion is perfectly capable of eating grimm, it's energy content being similar to that of whatever animal the grimm resembles, but since grimm meat swiftly vanishes out of existance it's only really any use when quickly used for Voracious furor or Vulture assault.

Combat abilities:
Albion is quite skilled in most forms of combat, having trained rigorously from an early age. He's very skilled in hand to hand combat; using an agressive, counter-attack heavy fighting style resembling a mix of Krav Maga and russian Systema. He's also reasonably skilled in the use of most conventional weaponry, being able to use various kinds of swords, spears, polearms, firearms and others with acceptable efficacy (so long as they aren't too unconventional). However he only excels at using specific weapons; namely spears, glaives, straight swords, and close-to-mid range firearms. When it comes to firearms he's specially skilled with handguns and shotguns, and is extremely skilled at point shooting (hipfire); Albion is strong and heavy enough to take the recoil from a 10 gauge single barrel shotgun like it's nothing regardless of position. Also important is his superb skill at javelin throw, he has perfect technique and can achieve very long distances with amazing accuracy.

Bohemian Raptor:
since Albion's main weapon has 3 forms, how he uses each mode will be explained separately.
 * Greatsword form: The form most often used by Albion, which he wields one-handed despite it being a greatsword. He uses this mode as a "general purpose" weapon, using the sword for melee and the weapon's central barrel for short-to-mid range point shooting. His swordsmanship is very aggressive and forceful, focusing on fast, powerfull chopping and thrusting attacks. He very rarely dodges, preferring to parry most attacks, and only blocks when necessary. He often uses Steel Cloudburst in combination with this mode.
 * Shotgun form: Albion uses this form for ranged combat, and wields it one-handed. While the mode does have a simple iron sights, he still resorts to point shooting the most. When point shooting Albion can consistently headshot a still man-sized target at about 20 meters, and can hit the torso of a running (45km/h) target at the same range. When using the sights this range is extended to 40 meters for the top barrel, and 30 for the other 2 (this is because only the top barrel has proper iron sights, and he has to compensate for the height difference when shooting the center and bottom barrels). Also worth noting is that, since the weapon is still bladed in this mode, he can also use it as an effective melee weapon if something gets too close; in these cases his fighting style focuses on powerfull swings using the (now divided/expanded) tip of the blade as a makeshift hook-blade, combined with heavy use of the shotgun to push away enemies as fast and far as possible.


 * Spear form: Albion's favorite mode, though only used it when he really needs it. Despite it's great size he's perfectly capable of wielding it both one-handed and two-handed, and uses a complex mix of both grips in combat. Albion uses every part of this form as a weapon, using the blade for thursting and slashing, the cross as a double headed war hammer, the pommel as a mace and the shaft as a giant quarterstaff. He uses Bohemian Raptor's spear form as much as a glaive as a spear, which is justified by the weapon's large blade. Albion's fighting style when using this mode is as agressive as in any other case, but it is also better at comes to defence, as the weapon's size lets him block and parry with much greater ease. Despite the central barrel being functional in this mode (only while the blade's the tip is open of course) he only uses this form for melee; instead of using the shotgun barrel for ranged attacks he uses it for point blank shots, and also has a habit of shooting it from inside his impaled foes, blowing them apart.

Steel Cloudburst:
Albion uses Steel Cloudburst in two ways, as a throwing weapon and as a melee weapon.
 * As a throwing weapon Steel Cloudburst are used as a javelins. Albion can consistently throw them as far as 300 meters (his personal record being 315 meters, but this was under very favorable conditions). Despite this Albion's effective range is considerably shorter, he can headshot a running (45km/h) man-sixed target as far as 100 meters away when aiming properly, but his accuracy falls of hard after that point; if not using proper aiming technique his accuracy is reduced to hitting a running man-sized target's torso at 50 meters tops. It's worth noting he is capable of "point shooting" javelins with equal accuracy using either arm, but his accuracy when aiming properly is reduced from the above to a 60 meter range if throwing with his left arm. Since he can only carry a limited number of javelins he'll only use Steel Cloudburst's explosive properties if he thinks it's necessary.
 * As a melee weapon Steel cloudburst are used as a sort of miniature swordstaffs. Albion uses either one in his right hand, one in his left hand with Bohemian Raptor in Greatsword form in his right, or one in each hand. regardless of configuration the one used in his left hand is used more for parrying, while the one in his right is used more for attacking. He generaly holds the javelins from the middle, using the blades for slashing and stabbing, and the shafts for parrying and blunt attacks.

Criminal abilities:
Having grown up in the mafia, Albion picked up various crime related skills along his life. Despite his criminal past, Albion rarely uses these skills nowadays. He's an honest man, even talking about his past in the mafia with the people he trusts, and he rarely lies; though he'll blatantly withdraw information if the situation calls for it. Also worth noting is that he never has, and never will, kill people for food. He has only ever eaten the already deceased and only when necessary, in fact he finds the mere idea of hunting your own kind for food revolting.
 * He's an excellent liar, even being capable of tricking the average lie detector.
 * He has thouroughly mastered sleight of hand.
 * He's also very good at escape tactics and is a master of misdirection.
 * He's a good at short term strategist, and can easely improvise if necessary; this comes from having to lead small groups in heists and other criminal operations.
 * Albion's most notable criminal skill though, is his ability as a cleaner. He can clean a crime scene perfectly, leaving absolutely no evidence that can be found with conventional means. Not only that, his disposal of the evidence leaves no recogniseable trace. Thanks to his semblance he can eliminate most evidence by eating it, including any corpses he may have to dispose of. Needless to say, tracking his work is nearly impossible.

Other abilities:

 * Albion is very strong both physically and mentally. He also has very fast reflexes, and is in general much faster than he seems.
 * He's a great photographer, even having a side-job as a professional one.
 * He has impressive barman skills, and knows an enormous amounth of cocktails by heart, though most of them are pretty obscure.
 * Albion has an extremely strong jaw, being able to chew through steel beams given enough time; and an abnormally large stomach capacity (up to 6 liters). It is unknown whether these have anything to with his semblance or not.

Trivia

 * Albion has eaten grimm in numerous occasions, he claims it tastes like "a terribly awful version of X", "X" being whatever animal the grimm resembles (example: beowulf > wolf). The exception is geist, which he claims tastes like dirty laundry. eating grimm also sometimes has the side effect of making him burp a quickly dissipating black smoke (the same dead grimm seem to dissolve into).
 * Albion's name comes from the latin "albus" meaning "white".
 * The names for "Voracious furor" and "Vulture assault" were coined by Albion shortly after learning to use them, "Ravenous" on the other hand got it's name from how his voracious nature used to be the first thing people noticed about him when he was a little kid. The passive aspect of Albion's semblance doesn't have a name of it's own.
 * Albion has a very expensive professional grade camera he uses any time he plans on doing some photography, which was made even more expensive by the fact he got it reinforced so it could withstand being crushed by a goliath. He also had his scroll's camera upgraded so he could take high quality photos at any time.
 * Albion's feathers are moult gradualy and very slowly, it takes a bit over 3 years for him to complealy replace all his feathers.
 * Albion has to get his clothes tailored to fit his big feathery collar, this grealty annoyed him at first but he's long since gotten used to it.