Tyris Phaenin [Teacher]

[Requiem]

“The world will succumb to darkness and anarchy if nothing is done. I’m here to help and ensure that such a thing never happens."

CHARACTER

Name: Tyris Phaenin

Age: Thirty-two years of age; born on the third day of the eleventh month.

Gender: Male

Species: Faunus; Human-wolverine crossbreed.

Call Sign/Symbol: An image of what seems to be a single angel’s feather, gradually fading from white to black to dark purple from top left to bottom right.

Occupation(s): Close-Ranged/Unarmed Combat Tactics Teacher of Beacon Academy (All Years)

Appearance: A rather tall and somewhat gruff-looking male, standing at a height of six foot seven and weighing in at one hundred and seventy-nine pounds; slightly lightweight for a man of his stature. His figure is toned and strengthened even more so than the average human due to his above-average build, though is also capable of agility as well, thanks to his ‘light’ weight. He hosts a pair of narrow, grey eyes, which are lightly shaded over by his hair, which is of a natural, brown shading. The hairstyle that he sports appears to be short-cut around the head in general, though is long enough to hook slightly over the forehead and above the eyes. Primarily, his hair coloring is of a deep, chocolate, though fades toward a light hazel as it nears the middle section of his skull, creating a single stripe that divides his hair into two seemingly symmetrical halves. Sideburns are seen scoring down both sides of his head, stopping around the area where the bottom of the ears are.

Due to his Faunus genetics, he does bare attributes similar to the animal that he represents: the wolverine. For starters, he has the creature’s sharp, curved, and semi-retractable claws. As a normal human’s are, his nails are shown all of the time and grow at a normal rate. However, his wolverine bloodlines allow him to unsheathe them to a greater length, and also to retract them to their normal lengths. Alongside the claws, he also has the wolverine’s sharply-pointed canines. He has no tail or other major features, so he is often mistaken for a human at first sight.

His normal attire is somewhat simple. For clothing, Tyris sports a flannel as a first upper body layer, with a coat over it. The flannel is primarily black, with designs of white and deep violet. The coat itself is a dark shade of grey; nearly black, though not quite. Its right sleeve was also torn off in order to reveal his arm. Around his neck and beneath the collar of his shirt, he wears a neatly-tied tie of a semi-dark shade of purple. As for the lower body, he wears a simple pair of black slacks with black dress shoes. Atop his head, he wears a black fedora with a violet stripe circling around the crown.

History:

Spoiler:

Personality: Calm and calculating; Tyris holds the ideal mindset that one should have for a leading role. His normal attitude is labeled as quiet, polite, and respectful – and that’s just what it is. Upon first encounters with others, he tends to be a bit on the quiet yet cheerful side, and appears to be happy to make new acquaintances along his journey as part of the Beacon Staff.

It’s normal for him to get a bit rowdy when discussing or participating in combat, however. As much as he doesn’t like to admit it, he’s a bit more confident than recommended in his abilities and, although he’s right to be, it could cause miscalculations from time to time. That aside, however, he tends to have a lot of fun when sparring or fighting, and often challenges his opponent(s) to the maximum; hence the rowdiness. When in combat, is companions have told him that he takes it too far, though they all know that he means well and often does such things all in fun.

A minor thing that most people that he knows aren’t aware of is how his past still haunts him to a minor extent. Though he never allowed it to faze him on the outside, years of Faunus discrimination took a rather heavy emotional toll on him, and still does to this day. Because of this, talk of such situations tends to drain him of his chipper aura and enthusiasm, though he continues to shoulder on and talks on the matter in his usual, calm demeanor. If he were to witness a Faunus being discriminated against – be it on his school campus or out in public – he would more than likely lose his passive persona and trade it in for a more fiery, tempered alter ego while attempting to defend those who had been assaulted, be it emotionally, verbally, or physically, if not all three.

Strengths:
+Exceptional night vision from Faunus genetics.
+Exceptional sense of smell from wolverine genetics.
+Excels at close combat in general.
+High amount of aura.
+High/mastered skill with semblance.
+Parameters are well-rounded and are augmented due to his height.

Weaknesses:
-His height restricts his travel limits a lot of the time.
-Aside from when he travels through shadows, he has trouble being silent.
-Though he’s ambidextrous, his skill in general seems to significantly drop without his right arm/hand.
-His expertise in close combat is matched by long-ranged ways of fighting.
-Seems to lose his cool at the sight of Faunus discrimination at times.

Semblance: Put short, Tyris is enabled the ability to utilize with shadows in various ways by diving in from one shadow to another, which allows him to transport himself across distances. Often times while in battle, he will do this in order to disorient his enemy, normally sneaking behind them through their own shadow before striking the ground nearby with a shadowed fist, which basically shrouds a fifty foot radius at most in darkness, causing there to be difficulty with visibility. With his honed semblance skill, he is able to do so in a swift and effortless fashion, and is able to do so for a much longer time than he would’ve been as a first year at Beacon. If he were to transport himself from one place to the next without breaks in between, he would be able to do so for roughly twenty minutes before his aura is exhausted.

WEAPON #1

Name: The Huntsman’s Shadow

First Form: First and foremost Tyris’s right, robotic arm. Composed of titanium alloy and layered with grapheme, it maintains a very strong structure which allows it to last through thick and thin. The entirety of it has been spray painted to be a shining, metallic black, though several colored channels containing Dust can be seen. A variety of buttons and switches are located near the shoulder which control the Dust capabilities, and also enables some changes to the arm itself when used as a weapon. A specific way of clenching the fist causes a sort of block plating on top of the back of the hand to extend outwards in a set of four blades; each one as black as the arm itself and roughly a foot and a quarter in length all together. All four blades are razor sharp, and are capable of retracting like a wolverine’s claws.

As for the Dust currents within Shadow, however, there are two currents for each basic type of Dust: Air, Ice, Lightning, and Fire. Each can be fired separately, or combined before firing within a small, circular chamber around the wrist in order to pack an extra oomph in strikes.

Second Form: N/A

Third Form: N/A

History: Bought by Tyris’s old friend and teammate, Sydney Nara Antimone, completely against his will. With her aid, it was upgraded to be more than just a new arm, and was given numerous Dust capabilities. The retractable claws and numerous switches to help him switch between modes were added during a trip in the city, when he came across a technological expert and a weaponry expert.

WEAPON #2

Name: Shadowed Destruction

First Form: A gauntlet covering the left hand up to the midway point of the forearm. Much like Huntsman’s Shadow, Shadowed Destruction is composed primarily of titanium alloy and is layered with grapheme, enabling high durability of the weapon while also enabling easy, lightweight movement. Unlike Shadow, however, Destruction has no Dust capabilities or any fancy, mechanical enhancements.

It does, though, have a dual function as both a gauntlet and a locked and retractable blade holder. With a careful and swift movement of the wrist and hand, a blade from beneath the brace will unsheathe, enabling swift and possibly unseen slash action up close. The movements trigger the unsheathing of the blade due to a small attachment which is hooked around one of the fingers of the hand – often times the ring finger. This movement pulls on the attachment, which draws the blade in and out.

Second Form: N/A

Third Form: N/A

History: Bought and upgraded to be the gauntlet-blade hybrid that it is today by the same weaponry expert that helped Tyris out with Huntsman’s Shadow.

MUSIC CLAIMS

Primary Theme ||| Awake and Alive by Skillet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aJUnltwsqs

Battle Theme  ||| Sick of It by Skillet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIDHFNu54RI

[Paige weaver]

seams good to me so approved.