While watching episode 12 of Volume 3 of RWBY my muse was finally inspired enough to type this out and for now I'll put it both in the vault and the Plot bunny Archive to see what you, my Readers think of this.
It's OC-centric and while the OC will be pretty powerful, he won't be any more or less powerful then the characters of the Main Teams (RWBY, JNPR, SSSN) he'll be slightly more trained and a lot more combat experienced then they are due to the fact that he's at least twenty, perhaps slightly older and hasn't lived inside the walls of a Kingdom for at the least four years.
If I continue six more OCs will be introduced to round out his team, three of these will be dead and only mentioned in flashbacks and the other three will be only slightly older then the majority of team RWBY (19 to team RWBY's 17) and like the main OC Onyx, they won't be overpowered and won't receive Hax weapons, aura levels or Semblances.
Shattered Dreamer
Prologue
Onyx Trailer
-SD-
A soft wind flowed gently across the golden sea of sand that was the great desert of Vacuo, small almost invisible waves of sand softly floated up before the wind abandoned them leaving the grains of sand to drift slowly to the ground.
Fwoosh.
The gentle puff of displaced air and the slight swirl of sand was the only hint that something that was not of nature's design was present in this barren land.
Swish.
A creature of Grimm launched itself from the ground, slightly larger then a horse this creature resembled a lizard of truly massive proportions. These Grimm were ambush predators hiding beneath the sands and then in a burst of energy grabbing unfortunate souls and devouring them whole.
Djinn was the name given to these demons of the sand and wind.
A single Djinn could and have easily annihilated entire armies of mankind's best and brightest, only the rare and almost legendary Grimm Wyverns were more feared.
The Djinn that started this whole discussion however had something else to worry about.
Mainly the fact that it had just been sliced in half lengthwise.
Click
The sound of a magnetic sheath engaging gently echoed across the barren desert sands, disrupted only by the gentle sound of the wind and the soft almost wispy sound of the Grimm corpse disintegrating back into the darkness from whence it came.
A 'man' stands defiantly upon the sands, upon his back two curved swords in the shape of Katana but with the wide blade and wicked hook of a Scimitar were present, the swords were roughly four feet in length, every three inches a seam crossed the flat of the blade, gently detailed onto the surface of the blade was a pattern that resembled the scales of a lizard... or perhaps a Dragon.
The 'man's clothing was common for the region, with hints of leather and metal plates hidden underneath a burlap cloak with a strange shimmering lining, despite the immense heat of the desert which was warmed further by the relentless rays of the sun, a slight mist can be seen every time the 'man' moves hims arms or legs and every breath of his mists the air in front of him.
The 'man' turns to the small group of civilians and soldiers on their way to Vacuo from the desert settlement of Shining Waves "Be a bit more careful when wandering the desert, it might be cheaper then paying the Kingdom's tolls, but some of the Grimm out this far are very dangerous and equally as clever" The 'man's voice was rough, like he barely used it, yet underneath the initial roughness, a small hint of elegant sophistry hinted at either his upbringing, background or perhaps education.
The leader of the convoy, a woman named Jade bowed her upper body "Thanks Stranger, we'd 'ave been in a right spot 'o trouble if you hadn't wandered upon us" her accent would have been termed a strange fusion between Oriental and British Cockney by some, it had a strange melody to it that while interesting to listen to, could very easily grate on the nerves of those of a more... refined palate.
The 'man' smiled, the woman's accent was quite humorous to listen to, but it had a certain charm to it "It's no problem at all" He then pointed in a seemingly random direction "If you head that way, in an hour's time you'll be at the Eastern gates of Vacuo" The 'man' then turned away from the settlers and started to walk off into the distance.
Jade looked up at her savior and shouted "At 'ha very least, 'ell me ya name, or 'lse I'll just 'ave to call ya Hero"
The 'man' turned back towards the rag-tag group of settlers "Onyx, Call me Onyx"
Fin
For Now
Before anyone asks, the reason the 'man' is always bracketed by apostrophes is due to the fact that he is actually a Faunus in disguise, I'm not going to hide that fact. But have fun guessing what animal features he has and what animal he is.