Marrone Dilavavi

"Don't underestimate the human body!"

- Dilavavi Marrone

Appearance
A relatively nondescript robe and bandana combo covers most of Dilavavi. Moreover, the only defining feature of his outfit is the dominance of brown, along with a few gold linings adorning the clothing, with the exception of his bandana being coloured golden yellow. Consequently, because of his apparel, most of his features are hidden, having only his face revealed and a small patch of skin by the slightly open lapel of his robe. The most striking aspect he possesses is his pair of clear, yet somewhat predatory eyes. Aside from this feature, nothing can be given enough importance to take note of.

Beneath the aforementioned robe and bandana is a sturdy, yet not grotesquely muscular upper body, similar to that of a kangaroo, or a young cheetah. Toned, but not overly so, would be the best way to describe the young man's body. However, his limbs are slightly more toned than the rest of his body, as a result of his background. Covering his waist and abdomen are several rows of ammo packets, hooked up to a magazine feeding mechanism that lead to his palm. Adorning his figure are two weapon holsters, each containing his signature weapons, dubbed by Dilavavi as, "The Call of Makai". Well hidden and kept away from the public, he is always armed when not resting and ready to act when the situation arises.

 His casual attire consists of the same outfit, without the two weapons and all his ammo clips.

History
Raised by an unconventional couple after being abandoned as an infant, Dilavavi walked his first steps in a temple of a once great civilization, prior to that of the appearance of the Grimm. His mother was a freelance archaeologist while his father was a descendant of aforementioned civilization. Eventually, after having his father court his mother, they both agreed to live in seclusion in the temple, the rest the father’s relatives. Both were learned and educated, but often had disputes in philosophies and ideals, consequently exposing their child to various opinions and outlooks. His father taught him the value of wisdom and physical well-being, whereas his mother pounded academic competence and discipline into him.

In his late childhood, his relatives taught him various forms of martial arts, although they were of the more unconventional types not normally seen in Vale society. As per tradition, each family member imparted tomes, techniques and forms of training, in hopes that that Dilavavi would take after their style. Ranging from unorthodox styles utilizing movement above all else, similar to Capoeira and Jiu-jitsu, to the most disciplined and tedious forms, like those of Tae Gung and the famous Gun Kata, he was forced to develop an absurd level of adaptability and general skill in fighting. It was around this time that he realized the foolishness of human nature and contradictions that exist within society. In his mind, all his fighting styles were created to fight other humans, whom of which are struggling to survive against another species altogether.

Upon turning ten years old, the child opted to stick to three styles, namely Aikido, Eskrima and Wing Chun, although he still keeps the tomes that were given to him as an act of respect. His beliefs have solidified somewhat, but were still very fragile. Eventually, he grew lethargic, and slowly lost motivation to commit to anything, aside from continually learning about society and human nature. This continued on for years until he decided on living by the stray thought, “I don’t want to do anything anymore”. His only emotional latch was the reasoning that so long as there are martial arts, there is still something that threatens the existence his life and those of his clansmen. And so, he trained, though his reasons for doing so changed.

By the time he became a teenager, he had lost all form of motivation and simply wished to grind through his daily routines, living life the way he wants to live, clear, concise, and without change. As a result, his clan, that accredits its survival to adaptability and innovation, attempted to “rehabilitate” him. They doubled, sometimes even tripled his workload, believing the action would get him to return to his old self, effectively removing his liberties. Yet, despite being restricted to such an extent, Dilavavi knew that the knowledge imparted upon him were sent with no ill intentions, and learned nonetheless.

In the end, Dilavavi grew too tired to care for anything other than himself, and decided to run away the year after, arriving in the city of Vale. Upon his excursion, he learned of the advancements of society, while acknowledging the evils that need to be rectified. At some point, he became a gunsmith’s apprentice, and crafted his weapons himself, all the while keeping his background a secret. Later on, he discovered an advert for the combat schools in the city. Strangely enough, a longing desire tugged at him, and he decided wanted to become a Hunter, in order to finally make sense of all the thought he’s had ever since his childhood.

Personality
Dilavavi is often described to be polite and easygoing, although the former leans towards professionalism. Many have described him to be a pacifist with very little desire to engage in any form of conflict, be it physical or verbal otherwise. While this may be the case in most circumstances, anything that threatens to ruin his established status-quo or try to impede him to reaching his goal is viewed upon by him as a threat, and will be dealt with through any means necessary. More than often, he will gravitate towards sweets and alcoholic beverages, despite being underage. Additionally, he greatly enjoys being around other more lax, carefree individuals. Harbours very little genuine interest in people and will often politely excuse himself from conversation if interactions become too tedious.

Weapons
Unarmed/Akimbo Dao-SMGs hybrid

Inspired by the lunacy of a certain danmaku game, Dilavavi modified the Jian She Type-05 and PP-2000 to accept Dust augmented 9x23mm rounds from their original 9x19mm versions, whilst adding his own personal touches, namely remodelling the entirety the inner workings of the upper and lower receivers, quadrupling its base fire rate and magazine capacity. Its abilities are highly dependent on terrain and distance, with its main selling point being its ability to literally shred Grimm to pieces at point-blank range due to the sheer amount of bullets it spits within the time span of a second. Competitor compensators have been added to create some semblance of control, along with folded dao swords that act as stocks when not in use, for the sake of the semi-auto toggle.

The presence of the dao swords are essential for keeping distance away from targets, and for fighting more powerful opponents that have much higher durability to Dust, prime example being other humans. These dao swords extend upon switching from firearm mode to CQB in such a way the hilt remains by the stock, while the rest of the weapon folds out. Whilst this occurs, the blade extends across the retracted lower receiver, effectively turning the submachine gun into a chinese shortsword. In this mode, rounds are passively consumed by way of converting the Dust inside the bullets to add various elemental enhancements to the blade's properties.

With regards to the design, its colour scheme is entirely monochromatic in order to accent its use of Dust as an ammo source. A weak glow emanates from the weapon in a fashion similar to Weiss' Myrtenaster, though on a much more subtle scale in order to remain hidden under Dilavavi’s robe. ==Fighting Style == Due to his training, Dilavavi is an expert at hand-to-hand/arms combat and prefers to use his hands when fighting in close quarter encounters. Moreover, he stands as the vanguard whenever possible, which is nearly counter-intuitive because of his fighting styles. Rather than throwing the first punch, he is always looking to be able to throw a clean, well placed, and decisive counter, causing him to give away the first hit. If done right, however, usually leaves his foes in compromising positions, at the mercy of switching defending sides. However, when he faces an enemy that is clearly beyond the capacities of what a human body can handle, he is wise enough to back off to fight another battle.

In these cases, he pulls out his trusty Dao Blade-SMG hybrid pair, affectionately named, “The Call of Makai”. From there, he begins fighting with a more duelist-esque approach. With the full intentions of being up close and personal, Dilavavi will do all he can to engage his target at close range to set himself up for a Coup de grace. “Close,” in a sense that the swords are treated as though they had the range of knives, forcing the opponent to be literally inches away from Dilavavi’s face. This renders inward movements to be the only option for both combatants. Whenever he wields his weapons, he makes absolutely certain to be able to block any attack placing it above priority of landing ones, so long as his body can handle his movements ==Skill Description ==

His most notable non-semblance related edge is his capacity to think ten steps ahead the enemy given the scenario, due to higher calibre observation and inference skills gained through years of training under different masters. As a side effect, he is also excellent at theory and textbook procedures. Additionally, he has taken up calligraphy as a hobby, along with creating circles for fellow amateur authors to share their works.

Semblance
Lovingly titled "Spirit Distortion Array" by Dilavavi, this ability causes disruptions in the target's internal Aura network, effectively removing any form of higher level manipulation. Consequently, a target hit with the Array is unable to make use of their Semblance until they either allow their Aura network to repair over time, in a similar fashion to Aura depletion, or manually repair their Aura.

This ability is limited to only being effective in scenarios wherein two conditions must be met, namely that the target must be relatively tired, and that their core must be directly hit. Additionally, Dilavavi's hands glow a dull yellow when he plans on using his semblance, and it causes him to be incapable of moving for several seconds, regardless of whether a hit or miss is made.



(Will remake in the vent this is rejected)

Trivia
"Dilavavi Marrone" is derived from two components. The first being an anagram of Vivaldi, a famous Italian composer, while the second one is "Brown" in Italian. (No, I am not Itallian ese)

The character concept was inspired by various kung fu and martial arts movies, like Kill Bill, Ip Man, Undisputed and Enter the Dragon