Name: Kai (Alias, real name unknown.)
Age: Unknown (Between 25 and 30)
Height: 5"11
Colours: Hair: dark green. Eye: Yellow. Theme: Green.
Weapon(s): Ortus and Occasus (Latin for sunrise and sunset), a pair of large revolvers. Ortus is gold, and Occasus is silver. Each have a large blade underneath the barrel. Each chamber on the revolver holds a different type of dust, allowing for eight different types of bullets. The guns can change into swords, spears, and throwing axes.
Appearance: Kai's hair is of medium length, and very unkept. He wears an old, brown bomber jacket rolled up to his elbows over a light green shirt, with grey jeans and black-and-green shoes. He's very lean, but is a lot stronger than he seems. His symbol is a golden sun under a black bow-and-arrow, which places itself on the back of his jacket, and as a tattoo on the inside of his right forearm.
Personality: Kai is borderline insane. He demonstrates many of the characteristics of a sociopath, and is very immature. He has a hard time taking things seriously, and usually jokes around instead of being professional. If he is not doing something, his thoughts turn to the memories of his teammates deaths, so he tries to occupy his time as much as possible. This leads to him never forming close bonds with people, and spending most of his time building weapons or training.
Biography: Kai was an exceptional student at Beacon Academy, leader of the team SLAR (Team Solar) and teammate to Amber. During their final year, a mission went wrong, and Kai's leadership lead to the deaths of his teammates Ras and Arya. Distraught, he ran from the academy and formed a new life as Kai. Kai began working with local criminals, eventually stealing an airship (named Marian) and building himself up to be the prime supplier of black-market goods. He began forming other aliases that specialized in anything from assassinations to private investigating. He now lives his life pulling strings around Vytal, setting up gang conflicts and terrorist attacks to keep himself from thinking about his failure.
Name: Amber (Alias, real name unknown.)
Age: Unknown (Same as Kai's)
Height: 5"5
Colours: Hair: dark orange, black bangs. Eye: Teal. Theme: Teal.
Weapon(s): Amber doesn't use one. She has bands around her arms that hold dust, and uses her Aura to use it in the form of glyphs and energy-based attacks.
Appearance: Amber's hair is incredibly long, reaching her thighs. Her bangs hang over one eye, and are dyed black. She wears an undone teal vest over a black tank-top, and black finger-less gloves. She wears black shorts, with her right leg bare and her left leg covered in a teal legging. She has ankle-high boots with a slight heel and a thick belt around her waist. Around her arms and legs are numerous bands that Amber uses to hold all manner of things. Amber is quite thin, yet boasts an ample chest. Her symbol is a teal flame inside of a white sun; the symbol is on her gloves and her belt.
Personality: Amber is very protective of everyone who works for Kai, especially Tsuki and Dhana. She acts as a motherly figure while off duty, making meals and telling the others to clean their rooms. Amber is incredibly sympathetic to people in trouble, but is still loyal enough to Kai to not act unless he gives her permission. She gets angry when people don't listen to her advice, but never stays mad for longer than a few days. Her relationship with Kai is more out of necessity than preference: Amber doesn't want to leave Kai alone, or he might go insane.
Biography: Amber was an exceptional student at Beacon Academy, and member of team SLAR. She dropped out with Kai because she had romantic feelings for him, and didn't want him to leave her. Once Kai adopted his Alias, Amber changed her name to the colour of her hair. During the years after leaving Beacon, Amber eventually came to see Kai as a friend. She now works mostly as Kai's intelligence, helping him track down people and merchandise for the black market.
Name: Tsuki Shigami
Age: 17
Height: 4"10
Colours: Hair: shades of grey, black. Eye: Pink. Theme: Grey.
Weapon(s): Broken Thorn, a pair of black vambraces and knife. The name is etched in pink into the top of the vambraces in a dead language. The vambraces each hold pins that fold out into kunai when dropped from small slits under Tsuki's wrists. Kai adds collapsible, three-bladed glaives to them that have a small wire attached that allow Tsuki to swing around and fight faster (think Attack on Titan 3d gear). The glaives can change into small, automatic pistols that shoot whatever form of dust has been loaded into them. The knife begins as a foot-long square blade, but is rebuilt with two thinner blades that act as a sort of cattle prod. The knife can attach itself to the right vambrace's pistol by sliding into the grip.
Appearance: Tsuki has thick, wavy grey-black hair that goes just below her shoulders. She has a pair of large lynx ears that sprout out of her hair. Tsuki wears a black skirt, white sleeveless shirt and grey vest; the vest is always done up to her neck. She also has a sleeveless jacket with a hood, which she wears in public to cover her Faunus ears. She has knee-high black boots, with soft leather soles as to not make noise as she walks. She hasn't grown much since she was 12, making her look much younger than she actually is. Her symbol is silver, and resembles the shattered moon of Vytal with a laughing black skull on the largest chunk of the moon. It can be seen on the back of her jacket.
Personality: Tsuki is a Faunus, which leads to a lot of anger issues stemming from being discriminated against. She is very defensive about her species, and will usually try and kill anyone who insults her. Tsuki doesn't trust many people, and only opens up to Amber and Jaekobi. She takes great pride in her abilities, and is always ready to prove herself in combat. Growing up with Kai has conditioned Tsuki to be used to death, she became okay with killing by thinking about how her enemies wouldn't care about killing her.
Biography: Tsuki had been abandoned by her parents for reasons unknown. She grew up in the alleys of Vale, stealing food and clothes from outdoor vendors. When she was ten, Kai and Amber found her after she had been caught trying to take food. Kai had wanted to turn her in for a reward, but Amber convinced him to let her take Tsuki on as an apprentice. Tsuki then spent seven years learning about combat, stealth, and criminal activity. She now is largely independent, and has recently been allowed to join Kai on her first cross-kingdom smuggling run.
Name: Jaekobi (last name unknown)
Age: 25
Height: 7"2
Colours: Hair: black. Eye: ice blue. Theme: blue.
Weapon(s): An unnamed sword. The blade is nearly six feet long, and one foot wide (think Buster Sword). One side of it is serrated, allowing Jaekobi to cut through people as if they were paper. The sword has not decoration of any kind, and is a dull shade of grey. The sword can change into a five-barreled gatling gun when needed.
Appearance: Jaekobi has shoulder-length hair, with long bangs that hang over his eyes. He wears a long black trench coat over a dark blue shirt. He has black jeans, and wears heavy combat boots. None of his clothes have any form of flourish, aside from his symbol on the right sleeve of his coat. He is muscular, and can hold his massive sword easily in one hand. His body is covered in numerous scars he's received during his life. His symbol is a blue line inside of a grey circle.
Personality: Jaekobi is completely jaded. He never complains about assignments, and won't quit until he has met the requirements of his task. He is very kind to his friends, especially Tsuki. Nothing bothers him, and he can usually laugh over anything. He is prepared to die for any of Kai's group; even Aren, who he hates.
Biography: Jaekobi was conscripted into criminal activity at the age of eight, killing his first man at ten. Due to his massive size, he was used primarily as an enforcer or bodyguard by the gangs he was in. He was the first member of Kai's team, meeting Kai only four months after Kai had left Beacon. When Amber brought Tsuki in, she had been terrified of Jaekobi. Eventually, the two formed a strong relationship, basically becoming siblings. Jaekobi now works for Kai, still acting as an enforcer or bodyguard, but also taking on some of the rolls of Kai's numerous Aliases.
Name: Aren Kastanéry
Age: 17
Height: 5"9
Colours: Hair: copper. Eye: forest green. Theme: orange/white.
Weapon(s): Blood Money, a formidable two-bladed sword. One blade is red, the other bronze. The blades are four inches apart, yet just touch at the point, making it look like the blade has a hollowed-out centre. Its handle is black and has a black chain connected to the pommel. The chain is connected to a dark red buckler Aren wears on his left arm. The buckler and sword handle have a golden star on them. Aren fights by swinging the sword around on the chain (think Kratos from GoW). Blood Money can be changed into a rifle that resembles a small artillery cannon; it shoots high-impact dust rounds.
Appearance: Aren's coppery hair sticks up in random spikes, with a few locks falling over his face. He wears a heavy white coat with sleeves that end just above his elbows. The coat also has a collar that extends past Aren's ears. Aren wears a black, sleeveless shirt underneath of the coat, and has a golden bandolier that holds the rounds for Blood Money. He has tight black pants and large white boots with orange flair. He has an athletic build, and possesses enough strength to be able to swing his sword around effectively. His symbol is a white spear going through an orange Boarbatusk head. The symbol can be seen on the side of Aren's pants, and tattooed on his right forearm.
Personality: Aren is very aggressive and proud. He butts heads with most of the others, especially Tsuki. He is furiously driven to be the best he possibly can, and takes great offence at being placed in second. Despite arguing and fighting with Tsuki, the two make a very good tag team in battle. He acts incredibly cocky and arrogant because he can't stand being pitied by others.
Biography: Aren grew up in the upper-class district of Vale. He and his older brother Pallan were always fighting for attention from their mob-boss father. His father favored Pallan, forcing Aren to push himself even hard to gain approval. This attitude followed Aren when he was sent to Sanctum Academy as he once again was in the shadow of another, a young woman named Pyrrha Nikos. His father pulled him from Sanctum a year before graduation and sent him to Kai. Aren now works under Kai, mostly to learn how to be a second in command for when Pallan takes over the family crime ring.
Name: Desmin Vilcan
Age: 21
Height: 6"
Colours: Hair: blonde. Eye: dark brown. Theme: unknown.
Weapon(s): An unnamed poleaxe. The axe can be reformed into a shotgun, but Desmin mostly uses its skateboard form for transportation. Desmin's real weapons are the androids and mechs that he builds.
Appearance: Desmin's hair is short, but messy. He wears a dark orange shirt with an undone, black, button-down shirt over top. He has light blue jeans covered in oil stains and paint with black shoes. Desmin is of medium build, and possesses an average level of strength. His symbol is a black hammer and anvil; it's seen on the front of his shirt (With the phrase "When in doubt, beat one out" under it).
Personality: Desmin is carefree and likes to joke about anything he can and is the only one in the group who is on good terms with everyone. He has a very crude manner of speech, peppering profanity throughout all he says. He takes great pride in the things he builds, naming some of the more impressive ones. He and Kai get along famously, with both having an unnatural love of building things. He has an affinity for alcohol, and tends to not think things through very well. He also has a tedious romantic relationship with Dhana, who he met after she removed a bullet from his chest.
Biography: Desmin grew up with his older brother Calum in the outskirts of Vale. His parents were both immigrants, and their accents were passed on the two brothers. When Desmin was ten, he began helping his father out at the auto shop he worked at. By age fifteen, Desmin had memorized every part of an engine and could put one together with his eyes closed. At seventeen, he and Calum had fixed a tiltjet for Kai, who offered them a spot on his team. Now, Desmin pilots and does repairs on Marian, while also doing most of the repairs around their base of operations, Sherwood. He spends his free time working on android frames, vehicles, and weapons with Kai.
Name: Calum Vilcan
Age: 22
Height: 5"10
Colours: Hair: red. Eye: light brown. Theme: unknown.
Weapon(s): An unnamed bastard sword. The blade is a deep blue, and the sword can change into a shotgun when needed. Calum doesn't fight much, he instead plays a more supportive part in Kai's group.
Appearance: Calum has mid-length hair that he keeps slightly unkept, and a light beard. He wears similar clothes to his younger brother, but instead has a dark grey dress shirt he keeps buttoned up. His pants are dark blue and have his symbol covering the left leg. He wears a pair of black and red high-topped sneakers. His symbol is a white hammer and anvil.
Personality: Calum is a more collected version of Desmin. He is openly gay, but doesn't call heavy attention to it unless asked. Calum doesn't get mad, but will still get into fights if he needs to. He and Amber frequently work together, and are good friends.
Biography: Calum grew up with Desmin in the outskirts of Vale. His parents were both immigrants, and their accents were passed on the two brothers. He started helping his dad at the autos shop at ten, but never had the talent Desmin did for vehicles; he instead found his passion for eavesdropping on others. During his teens, he was bullied often over his sexuality, but Desmin would always step in to defend him, even if it meant Desmin getting beaten up as well. He and Desmin fought occasionally, but they still remained close as ever. Now Calum helps Amber with intelligence work and does minor break-ins and blackmailing jobs.
Name: Dhana Balūta
Age: 19
Height: 5"5
Colours: Hair: black. Eye: chestnut brown. Theme: unknown.
Weapon(s): None, Dhana doesn't fight.
Appearance: Dhana is the only foreign member of Kai's eight-man team. She has dark, caramel-coloured skin and long black hair that she ties in a braid. She wears a cream-coloured halter top made up of a long strip of cloth. Dhana has a long red cloth she keeps tied around her waist in such a way to leave a long strip left over on her right side. Underneath is a pair of brown shorts. Dhana wears simple leather sandals, and has a coiled snake made of bronze surrounding her left bicep. She appears delicate, yet still has an athletic build. Her symbol is two snakes coiled around a sceptre; its located, as a large red tattoo, on Dhana's upper back.
Personality: Dhana is the odd one out in the group. She is quiet and tends to keep to herself. Despite this, she can be very controlling and can easily silence a room when she needs to. When she does talk, she does so with a genuine smile on her face. Dhana is very agreeable, and carries no ill-will toward anyone, no matter what they do.
Biography: Dhana grew up in a small village in one of the southern Kingdoms (Which will be named once I know what they're all called) with her mother and father. When Dhana was six, her mother was struck with disease, and had to be moved to a hospital. Dhana refused to leave her mother, so the hospital staff allowed her to stay. Even after her mother got better Dhana still went to the hospital, infatuated with the idea of healing people. After ten years of watching and learning, Dhana was at the level of most of the staff, yet still couldn't work due to her lack of formal teaching. At seventeen, she dug a bullet out of Desmin in the alley behind a bar and was offered a job as an on-board doctor by Kai. She now acts as the group's doctor for every need: mental, physical, and emotional.
Allusions:
The overall team is a reference to Robin Hood. They live in an abandoned group of warehouses dubbed Sherwood, fly around in a ship called Marian, and steal from the rich to give to the people who cause problems for the rich.
Team SLAR, Ras, and Arya are all references to sun gods. Ras alludes to Ra, the Egyptian god of the sun. Arya alludes to Aryaman, a Hindi god of the sun. All four members of SLAR have symbols that contain a sun.
Tsuki Shigami: Tsuki is a way to say moon (Which her symbol has) and Shigami is a corruption of Shinigami, the Japanese word for grim reaper. Her symbol shows both the moon, and a skull to symbolize death.
Aren Kastanéry: Aren is a corruption of Ares, the Greek god of war. Kastanéry comes from kastanérythroú, which is Greek for "Rust-coloured". His symbol is ripped strait from a version of Ares'.
Desmin and Calum Vilcan: Their last name comes from Vulcan, the Roman god of the forge. Both brothers have talent with machines and technology (Desmin much more than Calum). Their symbol contains common tools found in a forge.
Dhana Balūta: Dhana comes from Dhanvantari, the god of traditional Indian medicine. Balūta is Hindi for chestnut, which is the colour of her eyes.