Xavier, The Brooding Bat Boy

Basic info
Name: Xavier Pendragon Holstein
Age: 17
Birthday: 8/17
Gender: Male
Race: Faunus
Height: 6’ 1”
Weight: 176 lbs (A good share of it is his wings, thirteen pounds per)
Face Claim: Not sure if from the manga-ka or if fan art, but it's Sakamaki Subaru from Diabolic Lovers. Entry on ZeroChan.net is from Raziel~.

Stats
STR: 5 (6)
DEF: 2
RES: 2
SPT: 3
Aura 150|150 HP

Personality
Group: Not even a student yet, but he would definitely be a Warrior.
Likes:  

• Becoming more powerful
  
• Beauty (which, as with many things, is in the eye of the beholder)
  
• Roses
  
• Going all out
  
• Winning
  
• Bloodshed (especially when he is causing it)
  
• Being alone
  

Dislikes:  

• People with happy family situations
  
• His father
  
• Weak people
  
• Lazy people
  

Fears:

• Being unable to progress; Reaching his limit
  
• Losing  
  
• Dying before completing his goals
  

Overall Personality: When not in battle, Xavier seems calm, collected and cool…a little too cool. Anyone who meets with him will noticed that seems to be in a permanent state of ‘giving cold shoulder’, often not replying during conversations, or outright leaving in the middle of one. He often belittles others without a cause just to get them to go away, and tries his best to keep to himself, as he sees no value in relationships with others.

When he is by himself (which is most of the time),  he dedicates most of his time to training, whether it be his skills as a Hunter, his survival and tracking skills, mastering his weapon, or even studying for classes. He doesn’t like to rely on others and never asks for help, and he doesn’t play well with others: instead of fighting with a team, he’d rather do his own thing and pick up their slack along the way. Fortunately he is rather talented when it comes to combat, and he excels at anything he puts his mind to…unless it’s his studies, in which his lack of city life and knowledge of the sophisticated world make it difficult for certain subjects.

Another thing one will notice about Xavier upon deeper reflection is his lack of social skills. Regardless of his general personality, he seems to not be able to relate with most others on any sort of level. Being so used to living on his own, he has difficulty making and maintaining relationships...although whether he wants them or not is up for debate.

Being in the heat of combat is a different story entirely. Anyone who knows him would be able to tell that he seems to be different, that he seems to ‘come alive’ in a fight, showing close to what seems like excitement. While he doesn’t truly experience happiness, being in combat brings him as close as possible, as he gets to be in his element and doing the only thing he really knows: survival of the fittest.

Speaking of becoming alive on the battlefield, not only does this show in Xavier's demeanor, but also his fighting style. You wouldn't know it unless you saw it, but for such as crude person, he is a very elegant fighter. Every move has a purpose, no matter how flamboyant or excessive his movements may seem, and you'll find he is as one with the ebb and flow of battle; it would appear as if he perform some form of deadly exotic dance, and he commands one's attention to his spotlight.

Having lived ten years of his fifteen years alive surviving in the wild, Xavier understands very little about modern society and technology. He also knows little of events and pretty much anything that doesn't have to do with hunting and basic survival. This makes a lot of things difficult for him when it comes to studies, especially and studies that require or assume knowledge prior to the class itself. Since he's never had to ask for help (and possible part of his father's arrogant genes in him), he finds it difficult to get the aid he needs for classes. When he does learn something new, however, he adapts very fast and soon you wouldn't even know he only learned of the activity a few days prior.

Abilities
Aura type: Strength
Aura Color: Crimson
Semblance: Enhanced Speed - Flash Step:  


It goes by many different names: Quick Step, Blink, Body Flicker, Shunpo...but it's purpose never waivers. Being a distant relative of basic enhanced speed, the Flash Step is literally just boosting one's speed for a very short amount of time. This burst gets one over a short distance very quickly, and to the naked eye would appear anywhere from instant movement to some form of teleportation. However, it is literally just moving a short distance at a very high speed, and if someone can keep up they could easily interrupt this movement.

Xavier discovered his Semblance on accident...twice. The first time was when he faced the hunter in the woods, and he didn't even notice or understand what had happened. The second time was while practicing with his newly-acquired weapon. Another trainee had fired blindly and completely missed his target. Xavier noticed it too late to block it, and as his brain filled with the will to move out of the way, he noticed that he was suddenly on the other end of the training room. He has since practiced this and has control over his movement, but he currently doesn't understand that it is his Semblance rather than something he just does.

Item 1: Double-Headed Scythe (Weapon):


A couple of days before he stumbled upon the academy, Xavier had gone through a massive altercation that ended up in his first kill...unfortunately, that first kill was some sort of hunter. Very disoriented and having nowhere to go or what to do, he had picked up the dead hunter's weapon and walked off.

This weapon is a doubled-headed scythe, measuring seven feet long with a four-foot curved blade at each end, the blades facing opposite of each other. It's a very awkward weapon due to it's shape, and for many it would be too clunky and heavy to wield, but Xavier seems to be some sort of natural: he was able to wield it effectively with very little practice, and it always states that he doesn't find it to be heavy whenever someone comments on it's weight.

The only thing out of the ordinary with this weapon is that the middle portion has some odd etchings and has a metal chain that seems to wrapped around it. The chain is spaced out evenly, leaving a bit of a gap between the links, and this is precisely where Xavier prefers to place his hand(s) when wielding it.

The weapon is also painted purely black, blades included. While to some this seems like just a bland and possibly poor design choice, it bothers Xavier greatly. He swears that when he saw the man the possessed it before him, the weapon was green and purple around the base, with the blades being orange in color. The doctors told him that this was probably just some kind of illusion or vision-based mistake that happened during the commotion, but Xavier continues to believe otherwise.

Item 2: Leathery Bat Wings (Armor):



Xavier was born with wings, like a lot of other Faunus. However, unlike most Faunus his wings did not grow properly, always being a bit bigger than they should have been. Due to the mixture of genes from having a human father, it has affected a lot of his natural Faunus gifts: No thirst for blood (outside of shedding it), no echolocation (although he still has sensitive hearing), and above all else his wings are growing larger than the rest of him.

The average size for his particular bloodline is drastically smaller when compared to one's body, being rather tiny but able to sustain flight easily, but this is not so with Xavier: They tower him, being about three and a half feet long and four feet tall, and for some reason the skin on his wings is a bit odd. Rather than being overall thin and more of a membrane that would be ideal for flight, the skin on his wings is rough and hard, particularly that of the back of his wings.

After an examination at the academy, Xavier was told that he may never be able to fly with his wings, but that with the unique skin mutation he has developed that he could use them for protection. His wings were shown to reduce the impact of physical blows rather well, and without receiving serious injury. Due to their placement when fully untucked, they covered Xavier's entire body from behind, head to toe. This prevents him from needing to adjust them too much for protecting his backside, but to protect him from the front he still needs to have enough time to adjust them. Fortunately, his nimble speed and quick instincts make this a rather simple thing to accomplish.

By far the most important thing to Xavier, when he is fighting an opponent his natural instincts position his wings in a manner so that he will never hurt himself while wielding his exotic weapon, but this is also something a smart and nimble opponent could possibly use to his advantage.

History and Sample

History:

RP Sample:

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