Silver Zain-Shrike

Appearance
Silver has shaggy brown hair that has five strands sticking out, in which they are dyed silver. He wears asilver, sleeveless hoodie with with a long black string acting as it's zipper. He also wears a black shirt underneath with with silver flame designs on his sleeves. On both of his arms, he wears steel gauntlets and has two holsters. His pants are white from his knees and higher, while everything below are dark silver. Both his boots and his scabbards are black, along with throwing picks on one of his belts (on his right side). There are silver borders on the top of the actual holster.

Personality
Silver is a kind and caring individual. He often shows selflessness where ever he goes, due to the kindness he was shown at a younger age. However, he puts people before himself a lot which often gets him into a lot of stress. He keeps an optimistic view on life. An "idiot hero" who tries to see the good in all people and has an innocence and naivety around certain subjects.

When in battle, however, he becomes deadly serious, and will protect his teammates, no matter the cost. Even at the cost of his own life, his reckless nature coming through. He becomes almost cold, witty and realistic on the battlefield, where he becomes a warrior who will stop at nothing until victory is achieved. His impulsiveness still shines through and he can sometimes get in way over his head in a situation he cannot hope to win in. But, this side of him likes that challenge and it often makes his teammates worry about his well being.

Powers and Abilities
Silver's Semblance is the power of strength augmentation that he calls "Hunter's Blessing". It, in essence, adds a little kick to his physical attacks. Not a lot, but enough to make a large boulder crack. However, this is a temporary boost that drains him afterward, almost similar to that of adrenaline wearing off. If he uses this ability too much, it could cause him to pass out since it is intense burst of strength.

Silver is more skilled in close combat than ranged, but he is a decent marksman with his pistols, Dusk and Dawn. He prefers to use his close quarters training and allow his swords to do the talking rather than his bullets. The unusual thing about his style, however, is that he holds his blades in a reverse grip. This is because Silver adopts a charging style in which he can run by a target and and quickly strike instead of having to reach back and swing. His combo attacks are fluid, as he switches from reverse to front grip with relative ease.

Backstory
Silver doesn't remember his first 9 years of life, considering that he was kidnapped when he was younger, which many might consider a good thing. In an effort to create more soldiers at a younger age, a retired Hunter by the name of Vincent began to train his own secret Hunters and Huntresses to be used in other places in the world. Silver was subjected to fights with captured humans and Faunus at a young age in order to build up this abilities as a fighter. However, those who were slowly defecting from the ideals of Vincent tried to find a way to free Silver and the others that were being experimented on. Soon, they staged an attack that freed Silver but in the ensuing chaos knocked him in the head causing his memories to be lost.

The first thing Silver now could remember was waking up on the roadside with a large lump on his head, feeling cold and hungry. Professor Giovanni Shirke, a teacher at Signal, found Silver and took him in as his own son. Shirke named him Silver because of his hair and that Silver was that day's lucky color. Silver grew up seeing the countless students going through Signal and saw some proceed on to Beacon at the top of the cliff. Even in his youth, Silver knew where he belonged. And so, with Professor Shirke, he began to train hard. Even at his young age, Silver was quite a loving person. He rediscovered Semblance in which he could multiply his strength and speed for short burst of time (roughly five minutes). If he went over the limit, he realized quickly his body would begin to work against him and slowly break down. Working to improve himself, he improved himself and honed his skills. During his years at Signal, he even learned how to cook, and do it well than most. Silver, in the end, was an above average by the time the event of RWBY Episode 1 took place.

After being accepted to Beacon at age 17, he rode on the same airship as Yang and Ruby. It was on the ship that he briefly met his future partner, Mara. Mara couldn't speak to him through words, but he once had a friend who was mute as well and understood her sign language and the two soon struck up a friendship. After exiting the airship, he came across the eccentric Lilly Sachite and the rude Naomi Naval.

After the Entrance Ceremony and a night of good sleep, Silver was sent into the forests along with Team RWBY, Team JNPR, Team CRDL and several others to form their teams. He found Maranda and they became partners and after encountering Lilly and Naomi, defeated a giant Beowolf Alpha, took the White Bishop pieces and became Team SLVR, with SLVR as the leader. And from there, the stories of SLVR began. To deal with other expenses, Silver introduced the other three to the diner he continued to work at all through Signal and still worked weekends at. They all got jobs there and work part time on weekends.

Sword Mode


Silver crafted dual saber pistols he called Dawn and Dusk. They are similar in design to G-18 pistols, with the steel casing being dyed silver and the handle black. The barrel and majority of the gun is turned upward in this position, since it is foremost a sword. The blades are silver with black curving markings on them. The guard, as well, is silver In this mode, he can use the gun function. But, it is inaccurate so he mainly uses the gun action to shoot already stabbed enemies.

Pistol Mode


A large round piece was evident at the back of each pistol, indicating their second function. The swords would rotate down and the two foot blade would collapse down back into the gun itself. The pistols then are more accurate and able to be used at ranges up to 50 ft. Each magazine holds 8 shots, and he has three mags per gun making a total of six mags and 48 shots. Ammunition consists of simple bullet rounds, no Dust.

Trivia
This is LordKeyZ's first OC for RWBY

This was LordKeyZ's first Male OC

This OC was originally Violet until LordKeyZ changed him