Ian Stonewall

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- Ian Stonewall during the Battle of Beacon.

Ian Stonewall (more commonly referred to as Stonewall) is a second-year student and the leader of Team SSMR from Atlas Academy. He is military strategist and participated in both the Vytal Festival Tournament and Battle of Beacon. His weapon of choice is a great sword dubbed Union Slayer.

Early Life
Ian Stonewall was born is the Kingdom of Atlas during the Winter months. He was always an extreme military brat and thus wanted to enlist as a soldier for Atlas. However, once he unlocked his aura with his father's help, and began to train as a huntsman.

Atlas Academy
When Stonewall entered Atlas Academy he was given leadership of Team SSMR and befriended Solomon Noir, Magnus Crimson and Regen Wilhelm. The four rose to become some of the best warriors within the school itself and soon began to go missions. One mission lead the four to a deeper region of Solutes to investigate the abandoned village of Ivory.

Mission to Ivory
While the team arrived at the drop point, they began to move through the icy tundra surrounding them and bordering the village. As the team moved through the area, they were greeted by an already stationed Atlas Specialist, Elsa Inverno. The five then entered the village only to find it abandoned and almost entirely destroyed. While Solomon and Regen continued deeper into the town, Magnus took to a high rise in order to get a feel for the terrain while Elsa debriefed Stonewall.

After receiving a call from Solomon, the rest of the group rushed over and saw a series of dead bodies scattered along the ground with claw marks and stab wounds left and right. Though SSMR initially thought of Grimm, Elsa stated it was bandits and nomads, using the bandits attack in order to steel food and supplies. The team pressed onward and located a massive cliff overlooking a small valley. While Magnus and Stonewall were overlooking the area, they noticed several groups of people and were told they were nomads by Elsa.

As they watched, a group of bandits emerged and attacked the nomads, killing them all and taking their supplies. Elsa ordered an attack and so Stonewall took action. While he and Magnus would cut the bandits off, Solomon and Regen were to drive them towards Stonewall and Magnus. The four put the plan into motion and Elsa assisted both parts of the plan. As the bandits entered a retreat, Stonewall and Magnus attacked the retreating foes and cut them off. A few then scattered into the wilderness, leaving only a few others to be arrested. Stonewall then interrogated one of the prisoners along with Elsa who reviled a much larger camp further north. Elsa then ordered the camp to be destroyed.

Battle of Frost Bane
The five then came across the town of Frost Bane, a bandit city and a nomad trading center for those who lived outside the kingdom and attacked bordering cities such as Ivory. While Elsa had a plan, she let Stonewall take command of the situation. Stonewall order Regen to infiltrate the city as a spy for a few hours and survey the area. After Regen returned from 3 hours of a scouting mission, Stonewall was given the intel and that there were prisoners. Stonewall then had Solomon and Magnus lead a distraction to lead the outside guards away from the permitter.

While Solomon and Magnus lead the distraction, Stonewall and Regen infiltrated the city and began freeing the prisoners and lead them outside the walls. The two then attacked the wall guards while Elsa then infiltrated the city and began to clear out some of the bandits. Stonewall called Solomon and Magnus back and had Regen cover their track back. Stonewall then joined Elsa in clearing out the city from bandits. Stonewall then encountered their leader and they began to duel.

Stonewall ducked the sword swing from the leader and kicked him in the stomach knocking back the leader. Stonewall then used his semblance and blocked another sword swing and rapidly punch the leader in the face over again, knocking him out. Stonewall then removed the leader's sword and stopped using his semblance and was extremely weakened. The leader was arrested and brought into a prison within Atlas Academy.

A week after the team returned, they received word from General Ironwood himself that they were now officially apart of Inverno's specialist units by her recommendation, giving Stonewall the title of Lieutenant.

Vytal Festival Tournament
During their second-year at Atlas, the team participated in the 40th Annual Vytal Festival Tournament hosted by Beacon Academy in Vale. The team was the second match of the whole tournament and were matched against Team WIOW of Haven Academy in Mistral.

As the match began, Stonewall had Regen and Solomon fire off a few rounds in order to cause confusion and it worked almost flawlessly if it wasn't for the opposing team's Faunus. While Solomon would deal with the Faunus, Stonewall had Magnus and Regen take on Willow Orchid while he dealt with their leader, Widow Tabebuia. The two greeted each other rather formally and clashed. Stonewall was the first to swing but was blocked by Widow's daggers. She then took the offensive and used a series of kicks to push Stonewall back, however, none actually landed. Stonewall then flipped over Widow and brought his sword down to her.

Widow then blocked his sword and then kicked him in the stomach. She then attempted to kick him in the head again, but he grabbed her by the ankle and threw Widow back into the middle of the arena. Stonewall then used his semblance and charged at Widow. When she got up, Widow was tackled by Stonewall who continued to run to the woodland bio they fought in. Widow then attempted to stab Stonewall in the back with her knives, they didn't leave a dent. When she realized this, she hit a tree and was such throw it by Stonewall. However, Widow was still not out.

Stonewall began to walk towards Widow to end their duel, but was stopped by Olive Pine who used her semblance to throw him at Magnus. Stonewall got back up and quickly avoided Olive's next attack, but Magnus was knocked out of the arena. Stonewall then moved to assist Regen as he and Solomon were taking on Widow and Willow as Ireland was knocked out of the fight earlier by Solomon. Stonewall was then attacked again by Olive, but cut away the vines she was controlling. He then charged at her and they entered a sword duel. Stonewall then kicked her back and soon she came face-to-face with Solomon's hammer, knocking her out of the fight, earning them the victory.

After the match, Stonewall had Solomon and Regen move up into the doubles round for them. He can be seen cheering them on during the fight against Frederic Scorch and Ember Ignis.

Battle of Beacon
As the Battle of Beacon officially began, Stonewall and his team decided to defend Beacon from harm along with other Atlas soldiers. During the fight, Stonewall threw his sword at an Ursa, not realizing he saved May Fumi and Ember Ignis. Solomon then asked if they were alright and the six then began to defend a safe zone within Beacon's walls. Stonewall then had himself, Regen and Magnus go to the lower sea docks and clear a path for evacuation.

While the three were at the lower docks, they were joined by Team WIOW and the seven completely cleared the docks and guided students and civilians to safety. WIOW then left with the ships to protect Vale, leaving the three to again defend the docks. The three then joined the final ship and left for Vale, and were engaged by a few griffins along the waterway. When they reached the city they joined WIOW and assisted local huntsmen forces to protect a large area of the city.

They were then joined by Elsa and Solomon in defending the city. The team then were ordered back to Atlas after a giant white flash over the city and Beacon.

Post-Fall of Beacon
Following the Fall of Beacon, Stonewall and the rest of Team SSMR returned to Atlas and continued to train themselves to become better and later continued to run missions for Inverno and Ironwood. The team was last seen somewhere on Sanus, in between the kingdoms of Vale and Vacuo.

Psych-Interviews
"It is up to us to stop these bandits. I don't care what we have to do, it is our job to save people. So let's do it."

- Ian Stonewall

Personality
Ian Stonewall is described as a gruff, no none-sense warrior who focuses on the mission at hand and not so much the personal issues of each team member. Stonewall is a natural leader of the team and has also earned the rank of lieutenant and the right hand of Elsa Inverno. Stonewall is normally seen as the no fun member of the team, which is understandable as he views himself as a true blooded military man. Stonewall takes just about every fight serious and thinks every fight could be the last and has that mentality all throughout his life.

Stonewall is a serious and seemingly humorless human and focuses on missions. Stonewall also has no true opinion of the Faunus people and doesn't really bother to stop Solomon and Regen from their discrimination against the Faunus people. Stonewall is loyal to his team and his kingdom above everything else in the world of Remnant.

Stonewall formed a close friendship with his team and has shown a great deal of trust within his troops. However, Stonewall still refers to them as troops and not his friends due to his military lifestyle.

Physical Appearance
Ian Stonewall is a tall teenage boy with brown eyes and blonde hair. Stonewall has a very pale complexion along with a scar along his right arm. He wears a custom armor set given to him by the Atlas Military during his time at Atlas Academy. He has a large piece of shoulder armor on his left shoulder which supports his emblem, and a medium size piece of armor on his right. He also wears two pieces of elbow armor bonded by a yellow band on his elbows. He also has two pieces of wrist armor. Stonewall wears a large breast plate covering a majority of his upper body with a single piece of yellow coated plating in the middle.

He has a black and white belt along his wrist and crotch armor. Stonewall also wears upper white thigh armor. He also has knee high boot armor that stretches from his knee to form his shoes. Stonewall also wears a single black jumpsuit that covers from his toes all the way to form his gloves and the base of his collar.

Weapon
Ian Stonewall's weapon of choice is a great sword known as Union Slayer. The sword itself is Stonewall's main form of combat with him showing great skill with it in battle. The sword itself is a light blade which allows Stonewall to swing it rapidly and can cause serious damage with it. The sword can cut though several Grimm at once and has the capability of using Earth Dust to launch a wave of dust at opponents, however this is rarely used.

Stonewall also seems to use the sword sometimes as a rapier like weapon and holds it in the stance of one. This is properly due to his training from Elsa Inverno, who's main weapon is a rapier. However, this only hinders Stonewall a bit as he can change between fighting with a rapier stance to a broadsword stance within seconds.

Fighting Style
Stonewall's fighting style is that of normal military training, however it is greatly advanced. Stonewall normally takes a defensive stand when fighting fast moving opponents such as Widow Tabebuia or Olive Pine. However, Stonewall still moves with much aggression and grace that normally it is difficult to predict his movements. This has Stonewall rely on his speed and agility in hopes of overpowering his foes.

Semblance
Stonewall's semblance allows him to turn is skin into stone or any other earthly material. He can turn his skin to stone by either absorbing it or just out of a thought. But, if he wants his skin to be iron, he must find iron and absorb it in order to do so. His semblance is extremely powerful and lets him gain extreme defense during a fight. However, it drains much of his energy and leaves him venerable to an attack. This makes his semblance along the lines of a last resort unless he uses it in short strides and not a prolonged period. The longest was about a minute and a half.

Affiliations
Main Article: Ian Stonewall/Affiliations

Trivia

 * I an Stonewall alludes to  Stonewall Jackson  from the American Civil War.
 * Both are strategic military commanders and command with gusto.
 * Ian's weapon is called Union Slayer. General Jackson was allied with the Confederates, who fought against the Union.
 * Ian's surname is Jackson's nickname during the war. His full name being Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson.
 * The name Ian is Scottish for John. A reference to another commander of war, John-117 from the Halo Series.
 * Stonewall (aside from being Jackson's nickname) makes people think of a stonewall, which normally contains the color gray.
 * Stonewall's weapon is the only weapon to not have a long ranged form in the series of Team FLME.
 * Despite being born and raised in Atlas, his favorite kingdom is Mistral due to the cultural center there.