March Fumi

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- March Fumi to Shadow Ombre

March Fumi is the father of May Fumi and the current governor and leader of Fumi Cove with his wife April. He was once the second-in-command of the White Fang with Ghira Belladonna and a trained warrior. He currently is a pirate, stealing goods in order to better his people as well as a member of Isaac Scorch's Group. He is also the archenemy of Shadow Ombre, a member of the Lower Cabal.

Early Years
Little is known of March's early life other than he was born in Fumi Cove on Menagerie and became the heir to the town and its land. Before he did become ruler of the town, he married his current wife April and together ruled the town justly as March was instructed to do so by his late father.

Late, he and his wife entered the White Fang and March became close friends with Ghira Belladonna. So much so that Ghira chose March to be his second-in-command when running the White Fang. He eventually stepped down from the position when Ghira did as well to focus on the people of Menagerie and for March to focus on his role as a governor.

Time as Governor
When March was governor he did commit some questionable acts. One being he sent spies over seas to the kingdoms in order to protect his people and Menagerie. Years later, March and April had a baby homed they named May. March and April then agreed to raise May inside one of the kingdoms to keep her safe within the borders of a well protected society. However, one of his spies came back and reported of an attack on the town.

March then hired a team of huntsmen to better defend the town from the incoming attack. While March would be on the beach with his men and the two huntsmen, April and the two huntresses would be at the town hall to defend May and the local civilians. When the attack came, March was first to attack the leading general, Shadow Ombre. The two huntsmen then joined in the attack while March's men would attack the incoming troops. However, it was proven that March was no match for the general and was thrown into a wall and knocked out.

When Mach awoke he saw the general walking away with his child and so attacked once again. Then the two appeared evenly matched as March hacked down on his foe. However, using May as leverage, March was defeated once again by Shadow who took May away. March and April still paid the huntsmen and feared the worse for their child.

Pirate Life
Following the attack on Fumi Cove, March and April saw how his people were struggling to get by and survive. As such, March and April turned to piracy in order to let their people survive and thus gathered a crew, and bought a ship which he called The Bluejay. Thus March and April began their pirate lifestyle and also did their best to run the village which was often left in the company of Garnet Pearl, March and April's longtime friend and trusted advisor.

During this time, March was introduced to Isaac Scorch and his group as well as Ozpin and his. When they mention Shadow Ombre, March agreed to join the group to defeat Shadow. March was tasked with hunting the Winter Maiden which he denied. March refused and viewed his people as a bigger need and only agreed to defeat Shadow. March was then supplied with enough food and money to let his people survive for half a decade. Despite this, March still went around steeling for the needs of his people and continued his pirate track.

March also attacked Ombre's bases and raided them for supplies and to get back at Shadow for what he did to him years ago. March also showed no mercy in his tactics against Shadow and would burn almost any human in his way.

Reunion with May
March and April attacked a local ocean liner headed for Menagerie in order to get supplies for the people of Fumi Cove. March then located Frederic Scorch and began to fight him in order to achieve victory for his crew. Fred and the captain dueled for a little, with either getting anywhere in terms of location. Soon Fred and the captain dueled back to his ship where Fred regrouped with Team FLME. The team was then surround, but May and the captain's wife seemed to know one another. The Captain's wife realized that May was her daughter and the captain her father. With the family reunited, they sailed back to their hometown with FLME.

The two introduced themselves as March and April Fumi, the ruling family of Fumi Cove on Menagerie. The team also introduced themselves and March told the story of how May was taken away from them by Shadow Ombre, 17 years ago. During the tale, March stated that Team AMER assisted them with the defense of the city. This in turn, forced Fred to leave the cabin with Ember giving chase. March and April stayed with the girls and continued their talk.

March and April and the team soon arrived at the cove with the supplies they raided for the past few months. While at the cove, the crew of the Bluejay passed out necessary supplies for the survival of the town. March then showed the team the main conduit for the local power station and activated it, giving Fred flashes of both his father and Violet. Causing Fred to have a breakdown and hide away in a locker room.

Battle of Fumi Cove
After Fred ran away, Ombre once again attacked the cove. May would get Fred to fight while March, April, Leia and Ember went to the beaches to defend the city from Ombre's forces. While the teens would fight off the troops March lead his own forces into combat but stopped once Ombre arrived. March attacked Shadow and began hacking and slashing at the general. Both proved to be improved since their last encounter and were a noticeable threat to one another.

Soon, May entered the battle and was able to keep Shadow on his toes with March and April soon joining. However, Shadow proved to be more than a match for April and March and was only truly challenged by May, though the two still fought the general despite this weakness. Once Leia was able to get the heavy cannons up, Shadow was forced to retreat the battle was won.

Afterwards, March and his crew gave passage to team FLME to return them to Anima. Before May could leave however, her father offered her to stay in Menagerie with him and her mother. While her team encouraged her to go, she chose to stay with her new family and together and made the track to Amber Square.

Psych-Interviews
"Oh, my little kitten, your safe!"

- March upon seeing May for the first time in years.

Personality
March Fumi is a large man and uses his size to easily intimidate, which he utilizes from time to time. However, March is good-hearted, clearly doting on his family and enjoying a good laugh. He is one to show support and care for those he deems worth it. He is also one to have quick mood swings or deceptions in appearance as he may look strongly intimidating, he can quickly change into a light-hearted kind and carefree soul.

However, in his years of governing over Fumi Cove, he has clearly been shown to be a good leader and focuses on the will and needs of his people above anything else. He when does speak seriously, it proves that the years of stress of leading and of piracy has harden him and his ideals as well. March can also be a vengeful man, looking out for Ombre's forces specifically and targeting them in order to get back at him for taking away his daughter. He can also become quickly enraged at seeing something he despises, such as Shadow Ombre.

He is also blunt and very straight forward, as shown in his leadership style and in his talk to his opponents and even some allies like Ozpin and Isaac Scorch. March is also extremely stubborn and views his needs above all, which are actually his people's needs. As such, he refuses to assist in foreign affairs such as hunting the Winter Maiden and focuses on survival of his people even when food and supplies is given to him, he still focuses on Fumi Cove and not the world.

Older Appearance
March is a tall pale man with blood red eyes, blonde hair and a large blonde beard reaching all across his face and down to his neck. Like all Faunus, March has an animal trait, being two large lion ears on his head. He wears a buttoned upped, white dress shirt that stops at the top two buttons and leaves them loose. He wears a white scarf around his neck which he raises to cover his nose and mouth during raids. He wears a brown long coat with black linings. He has a large belt across his his and around his back which holds his sheath and sword.

He wears a black belt around his waist and another one around his left upper leg. March also wears a silver ring on his right hand which contains his emblem. He wears sand colored pants that reach down to a pair of brown colored boots. On his right leg, he wears a piece of thigh armor and on his left knee wears gray colored knee armor as well.

Younger Appearance
In March's younger years, he wore a black dress shirt under his white colored hoodie with brown colored cuffs. He also had a much smaller, nearly unnoticeable beard along his face. He wore a brown sleeveless vest over his hoodie with a black belt over both. He also wore another belt along his stomach that was under the vest, but over his hoodie. He also wore a black colored waist belt. March wore a pair of black fingerless gloves.

He wore a pair of black pants that lead to a pair of black dress shoes. He also had two pieces of thigh armor, one for each leg and pairs of ankle armor.

Weapon
March Fumi's weapon of choice is a single bladed cutlass called Sinbad. The sword itself is a long silver bladed weapon with a golden hand guard. The sword itself has no alternate form, making it a strictly melee weapon. However, March is still able to use to a great degree of skill and swordsmanship easily besting several foes at once. He can also launch flurries of sand and burn dust to release a beam to blind his foes.

Fighting Style
March's fighting style is a very hack and slash style of combat for the governor. He charges at his foes and uses his size to intimidate or for combat itself as he will tackles foes and beat them into submission. March is highly adaptable in hand-to-hand combat, easily finishing off several foes either by throwing or punching and kicking. March can also use his strength to jump incredibly far distances to attack opponents.

He is also adept in sword-play, easily overcoming several foes and well enough to match Frederic Scorch in combat as well as Shadow Ombre. He is also adept in grabbling as he was able to swing around Ombre's troops with ease and throw them great distances, also alluding to his strength.

Other Skills
Being the governor of Fumi Cove and the former second-in-command of the White Fang, March displays great leadership skills and greatly focuses on his people over himself. He is also known as a pirate due to raiding and robbing ships around the Menagerie continent.

Affiliations
Main Article: March Fumi/Affiliations

Trivia

 * March Fumi is based on Sinbad from Arabian folklore.
 * Both are pirates and go on many voyages around the world to seek treasure and better their lives.
 * In Sinbad's first tale, he goes out to repair his fate with his father, similar to how March goes out to change his fate with Shadow Ombre.
 * His sword shares the name of Sinbad.
 * March earned his name from the saying "In like a March lion."
 * This is also how March got his animal treat as a lion.
 * March is a month often associated with the color green due to the bringing of spring and Saint Patrick's Day.
 * The word Fumi means smoke or fumes in Italian.
 * March was the second character to receive concept art.