" My mom always told me that my smile is my best attribute. But when I am here if I smile everyone scoots away."
- Titian
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Appearance[]
Titian Claret is a young man with peach skin, dark red hair, and blue eyes. He is also a crocodile Faunus. His Faunus trait is sharp, crocodile teeth. He has a scar on his face that goes diagonally between his eyes. Titian's jacket is a blue-green jean jacket. He wears a light brown short-sleeved shirt. His pants are brownish-green canvas pants that are tucked into his medieval lace-up boots. He also wears a light red scarf and light red fingerless gloves. He has a buckle across his chest and over his shoulders.
Personality[]
Titian's personality is mischievous, friendly, and sarcastic. He is mischievous because of his prankster attitude and playing jokes, and his teammates never find him trustworthy on Prank Day. He is very friendly and welcoming to people and is generally a very kind person. His kindness is not always realized however since people often judge him because of him being a Faunus, and his Faunus trait being sharp teeth, doesn't imply the most friendly personality.
Titian doesn't always deal with his emotions properly. This can cause him to feel more sorrow and pain than he doesn't have to experience, and loneliness he doesn't have to endure. He likes to be alone when he is feeling sad, or is worried, and likes to be alone with his thoughts. He has a bad habit of continuing to do this, even though he knows it rarely helps. His mother used to have him speak positive statements over himself when he was younger, so that he would begin to believe what he was speaking over himself, but this custom didn't last very long, because Titian never felt any better after doing this. Additionally, Titian is very tactical, and is a good help at planning things out at the last minute. He also is in love with Rain Obsidian.
| Age | 19 years old |
|---|---|
| Title | Red Titan |
| Nickname | Fang Mouth
That crocdile boy Ti ( By mother, pronounced Ty ) |
| Status | Active |
| Color | Dark Red |
| Gender | Male |
| Species | Faunus |
| Born | September 1 |
| Handedness | Right |
| Complexion | Peach |
| Hair | Dark Red |
| Eyes | Blue |
| Semblance | Translucent Red |
| Height | 5'12 |
| Weight | 146 lbs |
| Affiliation | Haven Academy |
| Team | Team CROS |
| Occupation | Huntsman |
| Relatives | Arusha Claret, Reed Claret |
| Likes | Pranks, jokes, killing Grimm |
| Dislikes | Bullies, Certain people in power |
History[]
Titian grew up in Argus, Mistral with his mother, Arusha, and his father, Reed. Titian never had many problems as a young child, and was never shy or repulsive towards others, so his parents never worried about his development. After all, he had a tough, " never give up " mother, and a loving, understanding father. The only things that really affected Titian in his youth were his father always being gone overseas, since he was in the military, and him being constantly bullied for being a Faunus.
Titian already had to deal with stress for only having one parent around most of the time, and not having his dad there regularly was a heavy burden for him and, even though she rarely showed it, Arusha too. But, he also had to brave through the constant bullying and harassment during the school day, which left heavy marks on his personality and how people saw him as a person.
One instance, when Titian was four, he and his mother went to the Post Office, to mail a letter to Reed, who was overseas. When they went in, their was no other customers in the store except for them and the person behind the desk. Arusha walked straight to the desk, holding Titian's hand who hurried with her. " Excuse me I'd like t-" she stopped, because the workers attention didn't seem to be on her, she acted like Arusha and Titian weren't even there. At that moment, Two other people walked in, and the worker hurried them over and they cut right in front of them.
Arusha was very shocked, mad that she was pushed to the curb like this.
" Um, excuse me ma'am, " she said pushing one of the other customers out of her way and walked forward to the register.
" Miss, I was trying to serve these customers and you just skipped them in line," The worker said, her lips pressed together in anger.
" I don't know if you're blind, deaf, or both, but me and my wonderful baby boy were here first, and would like to give you this letter to mail, its already stamped and addressed," Arusha said smiling.
The worker peered down at Titian then back at her. " Ma'am. you can either wait to be served or leave. I will not ask you again."
Arusha laughed. " Good, you never asked me before either. I won't accept this treatment. I checked your building inside and out for a " we do not serve Faunus " sign, and just didn't see one. You may have some worthless grudge against my type but honey I don't care, and your paycheck doesn't either. "
The lady shifted her position and glared at her. " Please leave. Now. " She said.
Arusha shrugged and clutched Titian's hand. " Alright, then." She walked out of the office without another word. As they were walking home through the streets of Argus, Titian looked up at his mother, confused. " Mommy, why was that lady so mean to us?" Titian asked.
Arusha sighed. " You won't understand now, hun, but some Humans see us differently because of what we are and what we have."
" Why, mommy?" Titian asked.
Arusha shook her head. " I guess they don't understand us, or hate us because we're them, but with animal features. Nonetheless, and all we have to do is stay strong, and not lose ourselves." She stopped and looked down at Titian. She picked him up in her arms and squeezed him tightly. " I looove you, sweetie!" She said, smiling and kissing him on the cheek.
" Oh, mom!" Titian said giggling.
During Titian's time at school, he was always made fun of. His mother even considered home schooling him because the bullying was still continuous. Even when she informed the teachers about the discrimination, they didn't do anything about it, which made her extremely angry.
One instance, at the end of the school day, when Titian was eleven, Titian was preparing to leave when a group of boys a grade older than him approached him, and circled him.
" Heyo, buddy," One of them said with a devious smile.
Titian looked up at him. " Hello, ' buddy '," Titian replied flatly.
" So, we're sorry for bullying you earlier, and we wanna repay ya. Meet us at this address at 4:00 later, got it?" He said shoving a slip of paper in Titian's hand.
" Got it, " Titian said.
"Okay, you better show up, Bye, buddy!" He said slapping him on the shoulder. The group walked away.
Titian rubbed his shoulder and mumbled something.
Later that day, Titian had reached the place that they had told him to be. It was an alley next to an old pizza place that had closed awhile ago, and the building was now abandoned. He walked down the dark alleyway. This must be some dumb joke, Titian thought. Then he felt a tap on his shoulder. When he turned around, someone slapped him hard on his face, knocking him to the ground. Titian moaned in pain and when he opened his eyes there was standing the same group of boys from school.
" Heyo, Buddy," the same guy said. " I think you fell for our little trap here. I'm tired of seeing your ugly Faunus face at school. I hate your animal presence, and don't you think those teeth of yours are dangerous?" He grabbed him by the shirt collar and pulled him upwards.
" Wait! What are you doing? I never did anything to you!" Titian pleaded trembling.
" Exactly," the boy said pulling a small knife from his pocket. " Let's keep it that way."
He took the knife and slid his finger against it, then brought it down on Titian's face.
" NOOO! STOP!" Titian cried. trying to shake their grip on him, but they held on tight. Starting above the right corner of his left eyebrow, the boy pierced the knife into Titian's face and continued to slant it down, all the way to his upper right cheek. Titian screamed loudly as blood began to drip onto his hand. I can't let them.. he thought, I have to be strong.. At that moment, their was a bright red flash, and just as they blinked, a red hollow figure appeared in the place of Titian.
"What the heck was that?" One of them said.
The one holding the knife bellowed and shattered the face of the figure. " Whatever, where'd that animal go?" He muttered angrily.
"I'm not sure," another said. " But we'd better get outta here, he screamed pretty loudly, and I don't wanna go to juvey, man."
Meanwhile, Titian had realized he had gotten away, and not taking any chances ran as fast as he could, all the way home. When Titian reached there, he locked the doors, closed the windows, and walked upstairs. His mother was still at work, so she wouldn't be home for a few hours. Titian went into the bathroom and looked at his blood streaked face. He had not unlocked his Aura yet, so this scar wasn't going anywhere. Titian took a roll of towels and threw it across the bathroom. " I'm sick and tired of being a wimp!" He yelled. Titian paused and realized that he had made one step, he had unlocked his Aura and Semblance, but that wasn't enough for him. He wanted to be able to fight and defend himself against bullies. He cleaned the blood off of his face and went downstairs. Titian thought of self-defense options. He didn't no of any dojos in his area that were close enough to walk to, but his friend had told him about combat schools, where kids his age could go to learn how to fight.
Titian took out his scroll and looked up combat schools in Mistral. He wanted to go to one that wasn't in his area, he didn't feel like being a victim to more ridicule every time he walked down the street. Since he was so desperate, he decided to ask Arusha, his mother, right when she got home so that he could apply as soon as possible.
After about an hour, Titian chose the school that intrigued him the most. It was called Sanctum Academy, and just as he started to look at how to apply he heard his mother come in and lock the door.
" I'm hooome!" Arusha called.''
" Hi, mom," Titian said, greeting her at the door.
" Hi, honey, how was your daaaaaay oh my gosh what is that on your face?" She said pointing at the scar between his eyes.
" Oh, just ran into a few problems on my way home," he said, trying to force a smile.
" Not having it, mister," Arusha said, grabbing him by his ear and pulling him into the bathroom. " Hmm... we need to put some alcohol on this," she muttered, grabbing an alcohol wipe from the counter, but when it touched her fingers, she activated her semblance accidentally because she was so worried, and the alcohol wipe began to smoke without her knowing, and was very hot. When she wiped it on the scar, it burned into it, and Titian screamed in pain. Arusha gasped and took it from his face, as smoke rose from the scar like he had rubbed his face on a hot stove.
" Owww!" Titian said closing his eyes in pain.
" Oh! Baby I'm so sorry," Arusha said trying to pour cold water on it.
Titian sighed. " Sure, mom, it's fine, I'll just have this scar for the rest of my life."
He rubbed his forehead and walked out of the bathroom. He was slightly distracted from that " minor " incident, but he quickly remembered to ask his mom about going to Sanctum. His mother had gone into the kitchen to start cooking dinner, so he went into the kitchen and sat down at the counter, sometimes he had to turn on his sweet responsible son side to convince his mom to do something for him.
" Mooom?'' Titian asked
" Yeeaah?" Arusha mimicked.
" Ya know, I've been meaning to talk to you about going to this new school. It's called Sanctum Academy, and they teach you how to fight and design your own weapon. I thought it would be a good experience, and combat school usually proceeds Huntsman Academies. "
Arusha paused. " So you want to be a Huntsman?"
" Um, yeah, I was thinking about it," Titian replied.
" Honey, that's great! Are there any other reasons you'd like to go to combat school?" She asked smirking.
" Uh, nope, that's it. I think being a Huntsman will be a very honorable career." Titian said.
Arusha turned around and continued to chop the vegetables. " Okay, mister," she said.
Titian didn't tell his Mom the truth. He didn't go to combat school to go on to a Huntsman Academy, he applied there so that he could learn how to defend himself and not be a wimp and wanted a fast option. He felt he had been made fun of long enough, but it didn't stop when he went to combat school. Even though he was made fun of for his teeth, it was a pro to him in battle, being able to bite things easily, and able to breakout of situations. His teeth were almost like an extra weapon to him.
Titian was more of a loner in combat school, and didn't make much friends but he was able to make one friend with a boy named Sorrel. But they had to separate since Sorrel decided to go to Shade Academy. He and Titian had a big reputation for playing practical jokes and pranks on people, and one girl that they had played a practical joke on declared a prank war on them. Her name is Aoko Natsuki. In their last semester, at Sanctum, because of the war they didn't get along very well.
At the end of combat school, Titian had to make a choice to go back home or to just continue on to a Huntsman Academy. He had already learned proper self-defense, and had designed his weapons, a scythe and sword. As a matter of a fact, when he started to design his weapon, he had told Sorrel that he didn't trust a weapon that wasn't sharper or as sharp as his teeth. Sorrel laughed, but Titian was serious. Anyhow, he had asked some of his professors during his time at Sanctum on why they had become Huntsman. He boiled all their responses down to that becoming a Huntsman was about putting others before yourself, and fighting for the sake of humanity, since Grimm were out to get rid of humanity. He gave this deep thought. Before, he had wanted to go to combat school to protect himself, and defend himself from trouble. There was nothing wrong with that, but his mother always taught him to be kind and help people, and to put others before himself. Therefore, Titian ultimately decided to go to Haven Academy.
When he applied to go to Haven, his mother and father supported him through the whole process, telling him to not back down or give up, and eventually, when he received his return letter, he had made it in. After graduation from Sanctum, a short celebration, Titian packed all his things, and his dad drove him the few hours from their home in Argus, all the way to the Capital city of Mistral. He was going to miss his parents a lot, but he was excited for the challenge ahead.
During Initiation, Titian was fairly nervous of who was going to be his teammate, because he didn't feel like being bullied for the rest of his time there. He also wondered what it would be like for him to be a team leader. While he was running, he slid to a stop and their was a girl with long dark purple hair and pale skin who was wearing all black. She was a foot or two in front of Titian, so he walked up and tapped her on the shoulder and she turned around, her pink eyes wide. He couldn't really tell the rest of her expression, since she was wearing a black face mask. But he immediately began to blush.
" Um, hi, sorry. But, if I heard the Headmaster's directions properly, were partners."
" Why did you apologize?" She asked.
" Uh, what?" He asked.
" You don't need to apologize, you didn't do anything. But, since we'll be partners, we should introduce ourselves. My name is Rain Obsidian," she said, holding out her hand.
" Titian Claret," he introduced and shook her hand gently, " So, I think we should go get the relic."
" Okay," She said, and they continued on.
Titian went on to be on a team with Rain, Sweet Tea Aruna, and Flavio Ochre, and together they form Team CROS.
Relationships[]
Rain Obsidian: Rain is a member of Titian's team. He actually loves Rain, and finds her to be attractive even though a lot of people find her somewhat repulsive. He appreciates that she always goes beyond his commands in battle, and seems to be able to read his mind. He was somewhat upset with her because he assumed she had a perfect life in Atlas and couldn't relate to his hardships. She explained to him what she had been through and encouraged him. He also sometimes flirts with her.
Flavio Ochre: Titian thinks Flavio needs serious help a lot, and sometimes makes fun of him for his dull wittedness in certain situations. He enjoys how Flavio also obeys his orders, and is a pro at fooling people in battle. He also noticed that Flavio likes to be recognized, and never underestimates his, or someone else's abilities. Titian also can become annoyed with Flavio when he doesn't understand his jokes.
Sweet Tea Aruna: Titian and Sweet Tea are basically best friends. They are both Faunus so they can relate with struggles more. Titian however doesn't like when Sweet doesn't listen to him, and doesn't obey his requests. Because of this they can become mad at each other. When Sweet is mad at Titian, to make him feel uncomfortable, she flirts with him, which he hates, because it makes him blush and get nervous. She additionally beats him up, which he certainly doesn't enjoy. Titian really finds it funny how honest and durable Sweet Tea is, but her looks and height say otherwise. He also loves her weapon and asks her to hold and look at it a lot.
Fighting Style[]
Titian's weapon allows him to only do close range. He is a very balanced fighter who is good at adapting and strategies. Titian is also a very strong and capable fighter in hand to hand combat, but he doesn't do hand to hand when he is fighting regularly. He uses a method called leg sweeps, which is fairly common for a scythe wielder such as himself. He uses it to strike an opponent quickly by raising it by its handle and attacking them in the legs, or even the upper body and neck. He also uses it for blocking and such, but even though his scythe isn't as big as others, it is still fairly heavy, so he has to usually pick up his speed and agility, using it to push up and flip off of. He additionally uses a style prominently inspired by Fencing to fight with his sword. Titian's weaknesses is that he sometimes doesn't build up stamina properly, and does not conserve it good enough so that he has enough to fight efficiently in battle. He has somewhat improved at this however, since he is the leader of his team, he has gotten better at retaining stamina during fights. Also, he lacks regular sleep a lot of times, because he is sort of paranoid, therefore, it doesn't give his body proper time to store up its Aura levels again, which can sometimes make his injuries last longer that they should. He also can be drowsy a lot, which is not good during battle,
Weapon[]
Titian's weapon is a war scythe and sword named Chauvinism Halt. He mostly fights close combat with his weapons, and he cannot attach the two parts together. His scythe is colored blue and green, with a hint of red in the blade, and his sword has similar colors. He uses his sword for slashing, stabbing, and blocking purposes. He uses his Scythe usually as sort of a platform to propel himself off of, and as said earlier, for attack such as leg sweeps and janky axe, and it is better at blocking and doing bigger swinging motions than his word can. He lacks in long range however, and his dodging is not at all as good as his blocking and defending, so he usually has to use his Semblance to dodge, or get away from fast attacks
Semblance[]
Titian's semblance allows him to teleport himself by making a line of translucent red clones of himself. His semblance is useful to dodge attacks his semblance does not really drain his aura so he sometimes over uses it in battle. He can also use his clones as platforms to jump off of, and to strengthen his attacks. Unlike other clone semblances, Titian's clones harden into more of a glass like material after he activates his Semblance. Therefore, they are pretty solid, and capable of holding him or anything else, but they can be broken or shattered. They additionally help him dodge hits that are too fast for him to dodge otherwise.
Trivia[]
- Titian is the leader of Team CROS (cross).
- Titian's name means red-headed.
- His father is a member of the Mistral Military.
- His last name, Claret, means a red wine from Bordeaux.