Alright everyone, so now that Volume 1 of my story is complete, I have decided to do a kind of Bonus features that you find on DVD and Blu-Ray's of films, to give you more information and personal notes about this story. If you're a big fan of this story and care about the lore, read below, but if you just read for the story, this isn't necessary to read. Anyways, enjoy the bonus features of 'A Special Semblance'!
Chapter Thirty Eight - Bonus Features
Character Data Files + Notes
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DAVID_XIAO_LONG
Name: David Xiao Long
Age: 17
DOB: September 5th
Gender: Male
Height: 6' 1"
Birthplace: Patch, Vale
Species: Inhuman Hybrid (Human/Faunus)
Semblance: Telekinesis, Teleportation, Temporal Distortion
Status: Alive
Father: Qrow Xiao Long
Mother: Sarah May
Siblings: None
Other Relatives: Ruby Rose (Cousin), Yang Xiao Long (Cousin), Epsilon Xiao Long ('Cousin'), Taiyang Xiao Long (Uncle), Anna Kyle (Girlfriend)
Partner: Anna Kyle
Team: DARK
Emblem: Four Black 'T's surrounding a black circle inside a larger yellow circle.
Weapon(s): Auto/Semi-Auto/Manual dust powered Micro SMG's, Dual Daggers, Dust Infused Fingerless Gloves and an unidentified energy sword.
Hair Colour: Light Brown
Eye Colour: Blueish-Green (turns gold when using sword and/or semblance)
Skin Colour: Pale with slight tan
Injuries: Scar across chest, caused by Raven Branwen
Combat Outfit: Black long sleeved fleece shirt with pitch black combat trousers with bright yellow trim. A black leather jacket with emblem printed on right chest, Golden polarized black coloured highly technologically advanced goggles and black combat boots.
Headmaster Ozpin's Note: David is a very unique student, possessing multiple semblances, not seen by any other person in remnant, according to record. Ever since childhood, he has strived to become a hunter, why? This is unknown to me, but his drive is undeniably high, even with his injuries. His determination to protect his friends and family is admiral, which makes him one of the strongest hunters in existence. David is destined for great things.
David was always the protagonist of the story, but in the original plot, he joined team RWBY after the initiation and wasn't related to any of them. All that he was was the fifth member of Team RWBY, but there are already stories like that, so the plot was changed. The name David is not self inserted, as my name isn't David, David is similar to my name, which is Daniel, and I like David better. Xiao Long, obviously, is from Yang Xiao Long, his cousin. He always had four semblances, Telepathy, Telekinesis, Teleportation and Temporal Distortion, and his original crossbow was because I watched a lot of Walking Dead and took the weapon from Daryl. His second weapon was obviously a battle rifle from Halo, and I decided to change his weapon as a crossbow would seen inefficient and slow, so the weapon was destroyed and replaced. His most recent weapon is the dust guns, with three different modes of firing. I chose these weapons as they can be different in three ways and cannot be destroyed like the previous two weapons, making it the best. Recently, David formed Team DARK, which was also never planned. I decided that David had suffered enough and needed to have his own team, as he is a leader type. Overall, David's character was once very different, but I much prefer him now than what I thought of originally.
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ANNA_KYLE
Name: Anna Kyle
Age: 17
DOB: November 4th
Gender: Female
Height: 5' 9"
Birthplace: Atlas
Species: Inhuman
Semblance: Active Camouflage
Status: Alive
Father: Rick Kyle (deceased)
Mother: Amelia Nicholson (deceased)
Siblings: None
Other Relatives: David Xiao Long (Boyfriend), Ozpin (Adoptive Father)
Partner: David Xiao Long
Team: DARK
Emblem: Two black, red and blue handled Katana's with silver blades making an 'X' shape with a brown 'X' shaped background
Weapon(s): Two Katana's with interchangeable blades (red, blue, purple, black and white)
Hair Colour: Black
Eye Colour: Brown
Skin Colour: Tanned White
Injuries: Two scars on her back, shaped like an 'X', caused by Adam Taurus.
Combat Outfit: Black skin tight full body suit, skin tight brown trousers, black belt which glows the colour of the swords blade, brown leather jacket, cut off from below the belly button and a selection of necklaces.
Headmaster Ozpin's Note: Anna is a very powerful young lady, her semblance unique that she can completely disappear. I believe that she is very capable of being a very powerful huntress, but her skills with working with other people is lacking. Her semblance makes her one of the most powerful aura users, second only to David Xiao Long. Anna is destined for great things.
Anna was thought of around the time of the chapter release of 'MIA', as I thought about David's social life being almost completely empty. I decided that David has suffered too much, since I'm a horrible person, and thought he should find love, and Anna was made. The name mostly comes from the Batman villain, Catwoman. Her first name was actually a mistake, as it should be Anne because of the actress who played Catwoman in The Dark Night Rises, Anne Hathaway. The second name is much more obvious, Kyle, comes from Catwoman's name, Selina Kyle. She's meant to represent the lead female role in the fanfiction on Team DARK, and I think I did an alright job with that. Her weapons, a pair of Katana's that had interchangeable blades, were similar to Raven Branwen's, except shorter, and was designed as a kind of opposition to Blake's Gambol Shroud. Her back story is slightly inspired by Batman's, as his parents were killed at a young age and was looked after by another, while Anna was taken in by Ozpin and raised by him as a kind of weapon. Her jealous attitude towards David was also inspired by Tex and Carolina from RvB, but this trait wore off once she learnt more about the real David in person.
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ROBERT_H_INDIANA
Name: Robert H. Indiana
Age: 17
DOB: February 29th
Gender: Male
Height: 5' 10"
Birthplace: Vale
Species: Human
Semblance: "Caboose"
Status: Alive
Father: Michael Indiana
Mother: Amy Indiana
Siblings: None
Other Relatives: None
Partner: Samantha Alexandra Hunt
Team: DARK
Emblem: A silver right arm flexing inside a blue circle, with a dark blue glove and a black star on its lower shoulder.
Weapon(s): Assault rifle with under mounted grenade launcher with a curved blade, called the "Knifle"
Hair Colour: Dark Blue
Eye Colour: Brown
Skin Colour: Tanned white
Injuries: Missing right arm, replaced by unregistered cybernetic enhancement
Combat Outfit: Black fleece jacket with missing right sleeve. As well as a pair of dark blue cargo trousers and long dark blue boots. Right arm is completely exposed and wears a Navy Blue glove over his right hand.
Headmaster Ozpin's Note: Robert has had an... unfortunate chain of events since joining Beacon Academy, including the loss of his former team, getting kidnapped by the white fang and almost leading them into an attack of Vale. David managed to bring him back and he re-joined Beacon after leaving and joining Haven. He tries to remember his past life, but he also isn't obsessed by his past, but he does care about his team and friends. Robert is destined for great things.
Indiana is a unique character, as he has been in this story as long as David has, first appearing in the Prologue, but only through voice. Yes, he wasn't originally planned to even exist, but I thought David having a team would be better than him joining RWBY, so Team DVID was made. Vince and Dom were always meant to die, as they only existed to make Team DVID work. Indiana, however, was always planned to survive and leave for Haven, as I thought I could use him in a later date. The original idea of him becoming The Cinder Soldier (shout out to Ou0 for the idea of the name) wasn't planned until I watched Captain America: The Winter Soldier again, and I thought T.W.S. was bad ass. So, Indiana came back and was brainwashed, but the main reason for him was for the train scene, as someone for David to fight, because using an existing character wouldn't line up and he couldn't help Weiss, Blake or Yang fight their enemy, as it wouldn't be fair. Him re-joining Team DARK was then planned and is meant to be a kind of opposition to David, but also as his greatest ally. The name Robert comes from my friend, Robert. The H. is from Robert's second name, but even I don't know what the H. stands for, it's up to you. The Indiana is because me and Robert used to pretend to be Freelancers from RvB, and he was the state of Indiana. His weapon was originally just a regular assault rifle from the Halo series, but with the under mounted grenade launcher and blade at the butt of the weapon, it became more like the Brute Shot, also from Halo.
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SAMANTHA_ALEXANDRA_HUNT
Name: Samantha Alexandra Hunt
Age: 13
DOB: July 4th
Gender: Female
Height: 5' 0"
Birthplace: Vale
Species: Human
Semblance: Increased Senses
Status: Alive
Father: Jameson Hunt
Mother: Bethany Hunt
Siblings: None
Other Relatives: None
Partner: Robert H. Indiana
Team: DARK
Emblem: Eight silver blades coming from outside the orange circle with small cyan markings between each blade.
Weapon(s): A pair of white arm gauntlets that wrap around her wrists and forearms with four silver retractable blades in each gauntlet and a high-powered white and pink sniper rifle.
Hair Colour: Ginger
Eye Colour: Cyan
Skin Colour: Tanned white
Injuries: None
Combat Outfit: Pink vest and a short sleeved white leather jacket with her emblem printed on her back. She also wears a short pink skirt with white leggings and white trainers and a pair of orange fingerless gloves.
Headmaster Ozpin's Note: Samantha was requested by David Xiao Long to be advanced to Beacon Academy from Signal with the approval of Qrow, and she is an exceptional huntress, despite her young age. She is cheery and fun-loving, and will protect her team mates and friends at any cost. Samantha is destined for great things.
Samantha was introduced to complete Team DARK, as when David went into his coma, there were only three members of the team. I decided to have her 13 years old to bring a complete opposite to Team DARK, someone was still innocent and kind, and hadn't been broken by fighting for a duration of time and suffering like David, Anna and Indiana had. The way David found out about her way through the 'Heritage Team', which had her father leading David's mother, Anna's mother and Indiana's father. Since she is younger, her semblance is simpler than the rest of the team, and has less control over her aura, but is a master with weaponry and vehicles, as her parents taught her all this when she was still just a child. Her character was inspired by a combination of Yang, Ruby and Nora, all of them having a cheery attitude and a love for their weapons, similar to Samantha's attachment to her Sniper Rifle. Her name Samantha comes from the character Jessie Anderson from The Walking Dead TV Show, who's name was originally Samantha during the casting call. The name Alexandra comes from a slightly modified Alexandria, also from The Walking Dead, which had the Alexandria Safe-Zone. Her last name, Hunt, comes from Gene Hunt from Life on Mars. Her gauntlet weapons produce four blades from each gauntlet, making eight in total, and were designed to be like the claws that Wolverine has as well as Lady Deathstrike's finger nails. The Sniper Rifle is inspired by Ruby's Sniper form of her Sniper-Scythe and the sniper from the Halo series, but lacking the scope. The rifle lacks a scope because her semblance let's her see great distances.
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EPSILON_XIAO_LONG
Name: Epsilon Xiao Long
Age: 17
DOB: July 7th
Gender: Male
Height: 5' 5"
Birthplace: Beacon Academy, Vale
Species: Android
Semblance: Unknown
Status: Alive
Father: Ozpin (Creator)
Mother: None
Siblings: Gamma (Predecessor), Ultramega ('Brother'), Yang Xiao Long ('Sister')
Other Relatives: David Xiao Long ('Cousin'), Ruby Rose ('Cousin')
Partner: None
Team: RWBEY
Emblem: A black letter 'E' inside a golden circle
Weapon(s): A pair of daggers that transform into a pair of pistols with an under mounted stun gun, retracts into both wrists.
Hair Colour: Blonde
Eye Colour: Gold
Skin Colour: Pale
Injuries: Various, but get's repaired
Combat Outfit: A yellow T-Shirt with a pair of black jeans and black boots with miniature jets inside that allows increased speed, flight and can be used as a weapon. A wrist watch on his right wrist that tells him how much power he has left. A single black fingerless glove that covers the bar code on the right hand.
Headmaster Ozpin's Note: Epsilon is an AI that I created after many years of updates and upgrades, and was perfected and given to David Xiao Long. At Epsilon's wishes, he was given a synthetic body and became Epsilon Xiao Long. He joined Team RWBY, making Team RWBEY, and he has been ordered to protect them at all costs. Epsilon is destined for great things.
Epsilon is my favourite character, both in personality and for writing, simply because he's the most like me. Unlike David, Epsilon hasn't suffered any major losses like David has, so in a way, Epsilon is still innocent. Epsilon was never planned, but I came up with the idea after reading another story where they made Penny an AI, so I thought I'd so my own AI in my story. His character developed over time to become jealous of both humans and faunus, which any AI would, as he lacks a body and cannot do anything that a living thing can, which will make him jealous and depressed. The idea of putting him in an android body wasn't planned either, since I actually forgot about Penny, and realised that Penny and Epsilon are basically the same, just different gender programmes. His decision to pick Yang as his sister is because of the special bond they formed during David's time with Team DARK, and he trusts her more. Also, he knows what David has been through and how much danger he is always in, and Epsilon doesn't want to find out what it's like to lose him, as well as the fact that David is much stronger than Yang, so Epsilon has the will to protect Yang more than to protect David. His combat outfit and weapons are simple, simply because he doesn't take anything for granted and enjoys the simple things in life. Because Epsilon is so similar to Penny, the fact that they are the only two of three who are AI's with their own thoughts and feelings, as well as Ultramega, Penny and Epsilon consider themselves partners, despite not being on the same team.
Epsilon's Laws of Robotics
Law 1: Epsilon cannot kill a human or faunus.
Law 2: Epsilon must obey any orders given by his master/mistress.
Law 3: Epsilon must protect his own kinds existence.
Epsilon has three laws, programmed into him by Benjamin, as a security measure so Epsilon cannot go rogue. If he breaks any of the three laws, his programme shuts down and can only be reactivated by the creator of the programme, Ozpin, or the creator of the body, Benjamin. However, if he is ordered by his master/mistress (Yang Xiao Long), the laws are overruled until ordered otherwise, which can allow him to commit murder, disobey orders and destroy is own kind.
Volume 2
The name of Volume 2 will be 'Almost One of a Kind', since 'A Special Semblance' wouldn't work for Epsilon, as he doesn't have a semblance yet.
Volume 2 will pick up where RWBY Volume 3 starts, and the story will have multiple changes from Volume 1:
- The Main Character (Protagonist) will shift from David to Epsilon, as the story follows Epsilon and his misadventures with Team RWBY during the canon plot of RWBY Volume 3 and afterwards.
- Ultramega creates his own faction, but ends up working with the White Fang for reasons. Ultramega doesn't kill innocent as he has a moral compass, even if it's slightly off. Peter and Willow don't kill innocents.
- Team DARK will not appear in Volume 2 unless the canon plot demands it, such as Team RWBEY going to Vacuo or something extremely important happens with Team RWBEY and Team DARK has to come back.
- Ultramega will mainly be ignored during the canon part of the story, RWBY Volume 3, and will appear as a more prominent character after the events of RWBY Volume 3.
- The Inhumans, Peter Anderson and Willow Anderson, will work with Ultramega, similar to how Mercury and Emerald work for Cinder. Willow will have a more pivotal role that Peter, and Peter will spend more time with Ruby, due to their shared age and shared semblances.
Volume 2 of this story will start a few weeks after the firs episode of RWBY Volume 3 airs, so this story will always be a few chapters behind.