Phyre Scarlett

"Cruelty, like every other vice, requires no motive outside of itself; it only requires oppertunity."

Phyre is an original character based in the RWBY-verse and created by WeissSchnee. He is based on The Scarlet Pimpernel.

Appearance
Phyre is a tall, handsome young man. He also has a muscular build. Phyre's hair is a light shade of scarlet. He has a grey eye and pale skin. Due to a physical attack that he suffered as a child, Phyre is missing his left eye, and there is scarring down the left side of his face. As a fox faunus, Phyre has two scarlet coloured ears, the left of which has roughly half missing. This is due to the same attack in which he lost his eye.

Phyre's main outfit consists of:

- A scarlet fitted coat with grey lining and a black collar

- A black belt

- Fitted scarlet pants

- Grey shoes with red and white accents, red lining and black upper band

- A black eyepatch with his emblem on it

He also wears armour on his shoulders, elbows, forearms and thighs.

Personality
As a result of the childhood trauma he endured, Phyre grew up as a very reserved young man. He is very distrustful of people and with his trust issues, finds it very difficult to make friends. He comes of as aloof to most people, who don't realise just how much he struggles with social situations. However, Phyre is often the first person to intervene if he sees someone being bullied or treated unfairly.

History
Phyre was born and grew up in a time of great hostility between humans and the Faunus. While his parents openly campaigned and protested for equality for the Faunus, they did their best to keep Phyre away from it all so he had a chance for a normal childhood. However, despite their best efforts, they couldn't shield him from all the negativity and hate.

One day, whilst walking home from the only sweet shop in Vale that served Faunus, Phyre ran into a group of anti-Faunus protesters. They chased him down an ally, which unfortunately for the young fox, turned out to be a dead end. The protestors then proceeded to violently attack him. The attack was stopped a few minutes later by a pair of officers from the Vale Police Department, but the damage had already been done. As a result of the violent attack, Phyre lost his left eye and part of his left ear. He was also left with scarring down the left side of his face.

Whilst Phyre's parents became very protective of him after that day, never letting him out on his own, Phyre decided that he wanted to become a Hunter. Wether this was soley because of his desire to protect the people of Remnant and fight Grimm, or because he also wanted to use that training to be able to defend himself to, his parents didn't know, but the eventually conceeded and allowed him to enrol at Signal Academy.

After graduating, he applied to Beacon Academy and was accepted. He has so far excelled in his studies, both theoretical and practical, and is well on his way to becoming a Hunter.

Phyre and his team were at Beacon when the attack began, and helped defend the school until the evacuation started.

Combat
Phyre is a very physical fighter. He has substantial strength and speed, both of which compliment the physicality of his attack style.

He wields a MGSH (Minigun Sledgehammer) called Regenbrand in battle. Despite the heaviness of the weapon, Phyre is able to wield it with ease in both forms. While the mini gun form of the weapon is devastating at mid to long range, firing a hail of Dust bullets very quickly, it has proven ineffective at close range, which is where the sledgehammer form of Regenbrand comes in handy.

Having only one eye does hamper his ability when fighting alone, but the presence of a team mate to help cover his blind spot makes this an almost non issue. Phyre also has extremely good hearing, which can sometimes help him detect threats before they become visible.

Aura
Phyre's Aura is red in colour.

Phyre's Semblance is called Strength. When Phyre's Semblance activates, a pale red energy envelopes his body and greatly increases his physical strength. Considering the melee form of Phyre's weapon, Regenbrand, is a sledgehammer, his Semblance allows him to inflict incredible damage and cause a lot of destruction with it. The longer Strength is used, the more damage is done to Phyre's body, in some cases leaving him unable to move after wards.

Trivia
The name Phyre is American in origin and means fire. Fire is usually associated with the colors of red and yellow.

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