Jet Piedmont

Jet Piedmont is a character created by greensully and a cunning spy for hire. His weapon of choice is a blowgun that doubles as a flute called "Hamelin", which he uses to control the rats produced by his Semblance. He alludes to the Pied Piper.

Appearance
Jet appears as a tall, somewhat muscular man with long black hair and dark gray eyes. His hair goes down to his shoulders, but is usually swept back beneath his cloak.

He wears a maroon cloak that reaches down to about his knees, and he wears it open and with the hood up. Beneath the cloak he wears a black shirt with a design of triangles on the right side of the chest. He also wears black pants with maroon trim, and black shoes with maroon buckles.

Jet wears a small bandolier that holds several darts slung over his left shoulder. On his right leg, about at his thigh, he wears a small leg strap that acts as a holster for Hamelin. At times, Jet wears a black mask with white circles to cover his face.

Personality
Being a spy and working with more disreputable clients, Jet prefers to keep himself hidden and in the shadows. Whenever he's in public, he keeps his face unmasked as to not draw attention to himself. He doesn't talk to people much, and is typically not very social.

Whenever he's working with clients, Jet keeps his mask on at all times, to keep his identity a secret, and works under the alias "The Rat Man". He takes his occupation of choice very seriously, and is thus very professional. He prefers to keep all interactions with clients confidential, and is thus very secretive. His occupation has also led him to the mindset of "knowledge is power". He believes those that have knowledge and truth will rise above the ignorant, and thus, he seeks knowledge concerning whatever he can, usually so he can then sell that information to clients.

Abilities and Powers
Jet's occupation gives him a rather cunning skillset, proficient in infiltration and stealth. He knows the best vantage points in areas to see without being seen, and moving about without alerting others.

Weapon
Jet's weapon of choice is a black and maroon flute called Hamelin, that not only acts as a way to control his Semblance, but also doubles as a powerful sniper-like blowgun. He can fire several kinds of darts with varying effects, although at the moment he is known to carry only 2 types of darts.
 * Sleep Darts: These darts are blue in color and inject the target with a potent tranquilizer that puts the target to sleep within seconds. The effect lasts for approximately 1-2 minutes, depending on the target themself. after the effect ends, the target is left dazed and confused for a few seconds.
 * Paralyzer Darts: These darts are yellow in color and inject the target with a paralytic that freezes their nervous system and locks them in place for about 30 seconds. The target is unable to perceive anything for the duration of the effect and retain a small pain in the sight of injection for a while afterwards.

Semblance
Jet's Semblance is called Rat Pack, and allows him to generate black rats from his body that he can control at will by whistling. He can gain even greater control by playing Hamelin. While the rats themselves cannot act on their own, they do perceive things independently, and can thus be used for reconnaissance purposes. The rats can also instantly poof out of existence at Jet's discretion. The rats are incredibly weak, and are easily sliced in half, crushed, etc.

One of the rats' biggest strengths is the ability to congregate together with Jet and act as armor and/or makeshift weaponry, although the best they can do currently are rudimentary claws and a whip-like tail.

Weaknesses
Jet is not proficient in hand to hand combat, and will usually need to strengthen himself with Rat Pack to do any real damage. This is why he prefers stealth and range to close-quarters combat.

The rats produced by his Semblance are also quite weak, as mentioned before, and will disappear once they take damage. While Jet can produce more rats, generating them consumes a good chunk of energy, meaning every rat he produces costs him a bit of stamina to make. Also, the rats are sensitive to sound. Loud noises will cause the rats to become immobilized and, with a loud enough sound, to disappear entirely.

When controlling the rats, Jet must maintain focus to monitor and move each one individually. When they congregate, they become easier to control. When they become scattered, he must split his focus to control each one. Jet must also be whistling or playing Hamelin to control large amounts on rats at once.

History
While not much is known about Jet as a person, he did appear in Atlas around the age of 20, where he managed to make it into the business of spying and selling information. At some point, he sold information to a certain scientist working with Grimm, which, although ambiguously immoral, he was completely fine with.

As time passed, he began working with several other shady clients, and even some military personnel. He grew to be somewhat of a local legend in Atlas, dubbed "The Rat Man", which he eventually adopted as his own professional alias.

Trivia

 * Jet's first name and appearance alludes to the shade of black known as jet black.
 * Jet's abilities and weapon, as well as his last name, allude to the fairy tale The Pied Piper of Hamelin. In it, a piper comes to the town of Hamelin, which is plagued by rats. He plays a magical flute to control the rats and make them leave. Jet's usage of a flute and his Semblance being rat-themed all are allusions to the story.
 * Jet's Semblance came under a bit of questioning late into the creation process. While it was originally similar to Rat Pack, it was nearly changed to a mind-controlling Semblance that Jet could activate by whistling or playing Hamelin, at which point the target would be under his control for the duration of the ability.
 * Jet himself was nearly made into a character simply composed of rats that could utilize a Semblance, but this idea was dropped.

Editing Notes

 * The "certain scientist" mentioned in the History section is a different character that I intend to introduce at some point. There is no connection to any canonical character in RWBY. Look forward to them being introduced!