Benjamin Dartmouth

Appearance
Frank is an imposing man, standing at 6'4" tall with a very heavy muscular build. He has dark brown hair that he keeps buzzed short and steely grey eyes. Every part of his body is in top physical condition, giving his muscles an astounding amount of definition.

Frank's usual outfit is an olive drab t-shirt with forest camo cargo pants and polished black leather boots. While in the field he will wear black fingerless gloves and knee pads to protect his hands and knees. In colder weather Frank wears a heavy leather bomber jacket.

Personality
Due to his time in the military Frank is a highly disciplined and straight-laced person, always following the rules and very rarely deviating from the letter of the law. This extends to his home life as well, often being very strict with his daughter.

This doesn't mean that he is with out compassion though, often spoiling his daughter and wife with gifts and affection. He also cares a great deal about about his students, often taking any willing students under his wing and teaching them what he can. He does this with the same military precision he has in the rest of his life, demanding perfection and approaching his students with a very loud and heavy handed approach.

Frank is also a health nut, eating healthy and never doing any sort of drugs, even smoking or chewing tobacco. Any time he is asked why he never picked up any bad habits while in the military he often respond "How can your body be expected to perform properly when its full of chemicals!?"

Abilities
Frank is an expert in hand to hand combat and an expert marksman, both garnered from his time in the military. His extremely healthy lifestyle and constant working out has left him incredibly strong and athletic, being able to lift very heavy objects and run for miles at a time with little exertion. He is also fairly smart, having made it to the rank of Sergent in a four year period while in the military.

In combat Frank mainly relies on using his rifle and his marksman abilities to take down Grimm, switching to a bayonet/spear fighting style if the fighting gets into close range. While fighting at close range with his weapon Frank relies more on use of his size and raw strength rather than skill at fighting with a spear.

Equipment
Frank's weapon is a modified Mk-14 battle rifle chambered in 7.62X51 NATO (.308 Winchester). The rifle has been given a light weight carbon fiber frame and an over-sized permanently affixed bayonet. The stock of the weapon has been replaced with a skeletal stock/pistol grip that can fold out into a handle so that the weapon can be used more like a spear in combat. The rifle has also been outfitted with a permanently attached optics rail. The rifle has also been outfitted with a melonite treated heavy barrel, highly polished nickle plated bolt, and match grade trigger for optimum accuracy. Frank usually carries a series of quick detachable optics with him so that he can transition from close to long range at ease.

Backstory
Frank grew up in a well off middle class family in the forested region of the Kingdom of Vale. Growing up through out school Frank had always wanted to become a huntsman, and although his grades were top notch his physical condition was less than optimum. This combined with the fact that he had never been able to actively develop his aura led him to be unable to join a primary combat school. This led to him being crushed and giving up on his studies throughout his high school education. During his senior year in high school Frank fell in with a local gang and was arrested for an accumulation of petty crimes that the gang had committed without him.

At this point Frank was given a choice, go to jail or join the army once he graduated from high school. Not liking the prospect of going to jail, Frank decided to join the army. Here Frank found that his unused intelligence and attention to detail actually served him well. Deciding to once again apply himself, Frank managed to graduate Basic Training with top honors and managed to get placed into a marksman squadron due to his skills with a rifle. Frank applied himself diligently, refining his physical, mental, and rifle skills becoming quite strong and managing to unlock a portion of his Aura in the process. His already mounting skills combined with greater access to his Aura compared to the regular troop allowed him to exceed further and make it to the rank of Sergent before he was honorably discharged from the military after four years.

Feeling as though his dreams from childhood were suddenly in reach, Frank decided to take the money and skills he earned from the military and joined a combat academy. Frank excelled in class due to his physique and real life experience but was still limited due to his limited Aura skills and not having managed to activate his semblance. Still he was able to graduate with decent marks and began a career as a huntsman.

Frank excelled at his job as a huntsman and managed to get himself a good amount of money as he traveled through the towns on the outskirts, dealing with the local Grimm infestations. It was while visiting one of these smaller villages that he met the woman who would eventually be his wife. While initially put off by Frank's very harsh and uptight personality, Sienna eventually grew to see that deep down Frank was a good, caring person. After a few months the two decided to get married and Sienna moved back with Frank into a larger city.

However Frank's constant work in the field left him away from home often, which began to put a strain on the young couple's marriage. This caused Sienna to begin pressuring Frank to find a new line of work. Initially Frank was upset with the suggestion, not feeling that he should have to change who he was. This stress began to cause a divide between the couple, nearly breaking them apart. Nonetheless, the couple decided to stay together and attempt to work through their issues. At first things didn't seem to get better but things changed when Sienna found out she was pregnant with their daughter.

Not wanting to leave his wife and child alone, Frank finally decided to look into a new line of work. The man applied for several different jobs but finally was accepted into a teacher's position at Refuge Academy. Frank quickly became feared by the students at the school and was given the nickname of 'Sergent Von Killenstien' due to his insistence on being referred to as Sergeant. Frank made good money as a teacher and enjoyed shaping young minds, reminding him of how he commanded new troops in the military. Things became rocky when a scandal rocked Refuge Academy that nearly destroyed the school. Frank decided to stay on at the school though, despite having to take a pay cut and the school's shaky position due to the actions of the new headmistress Carmalita Quince.

Trivia

 * Frank's name is a reference to Frankenstein, who is generally depicted as being green in color.
 * Frank's last name is also a shade of green.