Kurokawa, Kai

CHARACTER

Name: Kai Kurokawa

Age: 18, Birthday of the 22nd Day of the 12th month.

Gender: Male

Symbol:

Kai's symbol is a silver circle, holding a bronze hammer striking a black anvil. Bronze and black sparks fly from the point of contact. Can be seen here

Occupation:

Student of Beacon Academy

Appearance:

Among all of his looks, Kai has two major physical features that make him stand out in a crowd. The first is his hair, which is pure white and neck length. It grows in spiked waves He prefers to keep it somewhat short, but it ends up growing back quickly, which is why he keeps a personal hair kit with him at all times on his ammo belt. His second great characteristic is his tanned skin, which contrasts heavily with his hair. These two together often attract attention to himself when in a crowd of strangers. His eyes are dark brown and unassuming, but show a knowing mind behind them, as well as the fact that he can be caring or deadly when needed. He is 6 feet in height, and weighs 190 pounds.

When out of school and not wearing his armor, Kai has very few deviations from a single set of clothing; jeans, sneakers, a t-shirt, and a his Beacon Academy jacket if its cold. He prefers clothing that is blue, white, bronze or black. He also has a dark blue set of around-ear headphones for listening to music while he works or fights, using it to set a beat to work or fight to.

His outermost wear is an armored coat, made out of a heavy, canvas-like fabric. There are three pieces of bronze armor riveted to the jacket, one on his right shoulder, below his insignia, and two on his left shoulder. His insignia (a bronze hammer striking a black anvil) is on his right shoulder. The coat itself is various shades of blue, except for the trim, which is the same bronze color as the armor on his shoulders. A large hood is on the coat as well, which has a bronze railroad pattern along its middle seam. Kai always wears the coat with the sleeves rolled up, as well as a light blue dress shirt underneath, also with its sleeves rolled up. On the waist of the coat, there is a leather pouch sewn on which holds most of his dust crystals that go into his hammer.

Underneath the coat, he wears a set of black jeans, held up by a brown leather belt with a bronze buckle, which also holds his emergency ammo supply. On his feet, Kai wears a pair of dark brown leather boots, which both have bronze plating on them to match his coat.

Kai

History:

As a kid, Kai found the most joy in one thing, creation. His first toy was a set of miniature building bricks which he proceeded to make into a toy car which he then powered using a small sliver of dust crystal which his father provided him. This was when he was three, and from there it only got bigger. As he grew, he attended school and did well enough, but excelled in science and mathematics, applying what he learned from books and instructors to his passion, making construct after construct, and as he matured, so did his inventions.
There were the smaller inventions, little mechanical pieces, vehicles, harmless things, but then there were his later inventions, which were fueled by his dream to attend Beacon. The dream had stemmed from when he learned of the threats that were out there, and who was needed to defend from them. And this influenced every single invention of his in his teenage years.

As he grew older he began learning the ways of the smith, working metal in ways that befitted a future hunter, he made weapons, simple to start off, basic swords, shields, axes, just anything that he could make with basic metals, and he wasn’t about to use dust crystals in anything like this as it would just be a waste. But with practice he learnt. He learnt just which metals worked best for certain weapons, and began implementing dust crystals into his work. At best there were minimal effects, and at worst he burnt all of his hair off, and when it grew back, it had lost all of its color and has stayed that way ever since. While his inventions weren’t all that good, he still wanted to learn the art of weapon making, so he sought out one of those at his academy that knew how to do it and begged for them to teach him.

From 5 a.m to 8 a.m each day for the last three years, Kai worked with the teacher, honing the craft of weapon making and dust implementation. The weapons he created were crude at first, as was to be expected, but as he worked he slowly mastered the craft. Then, came his masterpiece. The last year of his apprenticeship he worked solely upon a hammercannon. A weapon he had designed for himself, for when he went to Beacon Academy. With that year of work, and numerous returns to the drawing board, he created his current weapon, Dustbreaker.

But, there was one thing stopping him, his school wasn’t Signal, it was simply a school that taught you the basics of fighting, not the arts of the Hunter and Huntress, yet Kai wasn’t one to let that stop him. His grades were high in all areas and his ability to craft weapons was a skill that he coveted greatly, and with those he aimed to impress those at Beacon to accept him. He was given a chance to impress by an appointment made by his professors at his old school. Proctored by several staff from Beacon, he was put up against various challenges. He was put against smaller Grimm, which proved to be no challenge for him and his weapon. And even with his considerable skill, they seemed to see fit to put him with several others from his school to fight, and it was only when they released the Grimm that he saw why. The Grimm released was gigantic, a beast with sharp spines on its front, and a nasty looking stinger arched over its back. It looked like nothing Kai had ever seen before, and he was supposed to fight it.

Immediately, the others went rushing forward, without a plan of course, and were immediately thrown back. The sheer power of this beast was overwhelming, and yet, Kai felt that something was off about it, its movements were rigid, and contrary to everything he knew about them. But before he could go on the offensive, the monster crouched down and with a sound like a firing piston the spines on its front launched at the group, without time to dodge. There was nothing to do, and it was because of him that these people were going to die…he couldn’t allow that. He quickly threw his hand out, ahead of the entire group, he didn’t know what he was doing, but he simply knew that this felt right. Around him, the air shimmered as the spines flew at them, and when the spines hit the air in front of the group, they shifted. They had been right on target to hit all of them, and yet, Kai had managed to redirect them instantaneously.

Lowering his palm, Kai readied himself to attack the Grimm, but the beast seemed to have fallen asleep. Upon closer inspection, the place where the spines had connected was now exposed, and where flesh should have been, there were wires and metal. Of course they wouldn’t bring in a real Grimm that size to test him. But why had they turned it off unless… Those that were there the judge him looked at him for a long, silent minute as he looked at them, and at the end of that minute each of them nodded, and then he knew he had passed, they believed he had what it took to be a Hunter. He had protected those who couldn’t protect themselves, and that was the first duty of the Hunter.

At last, he left his school, Dustbreaker at his side, and his invitation clenched in his hand, he was going to Beacon. And now he awaits his placement into a team with whom he hopes to succeed. Of course, there are personal goals he wants to reach, get a girl, learn advanced combat techniques, and learn about dust, but for now just being in Beacon is enough and he seeks to excel and become a Hunter and Guardian for the people.

Personality:
The Guardian. This is how one can describe Kai at the deepest level. At his core he seeks to be the person who can shield others from danger and be the hero. But, while he is a protector and kind person in his heart, on the exterior he seems to simply watch out for himself and those that are close to him, instead of everyone that needs it.
Upon meeting a person, Kai is a bit more reserved and stoic that most people might be, the exception being with Fauna, whom he find intriguing and want to know about. To people that take offence to those who aren’t very open might not want to hang around Kai, because he won’t give away any secrets easily. And he will take annoyance to anyone who tried and presses him too much, and if they aren’t a girl and they keep pushing him, they might find themselves on the wrong end of Dustbreaker. But, aside from that circumstance, he is willing to protect anyone in need, even if it doesn’t seem like it.

He enjoys forging and inventing new weapons and ways to use dust, and wants to try and develop a way to make a stable form of powdered dust for use in society. There aren’t a whole lot of things that he dislikes, except for nosey people, but there are plenty of things he is indifferent about, which is why he regularly sports an uncaring look upon his visage. If puzzled, an eyebrow might raise. It’s only when he’s known someone for a while, or he wants to impress someone (usually girls) that he opens up and displays his caring innards. That’s another thing about him, girls have the quick path to his true self, but of course, that’s true for most guys. Being single has a huge part in this, having never been with a girl, Kai want’s to enhance his chances to be as high as possible at beacon, as it is a new start for him, away from home for the first time.

Strengths:
Strongly Built
Prodigal
Quick Thinking
Protective

Weaknesses:
Intimidating
Off-putting to Other Guys
Lacks Some Communication Skills
Irritable

Semblance:

An oddity in and of itself, Kai’s aura is a pure white that would befit the dead of Winter, and yet, it’s feel isn’t anything like Winter. When detectable, it feels warm and reassuring. The feel of his aura can be enough to rally those who have lost hope, or to attract the attention of enemies away from an injured ally and onto himself.

Kai's semblance is minor spacial distortion, essentially allowing him to alter the space which things move through. This can allow for several different uses. One use is that he changes the space near himself or near a target to make an attack miss or hit respectively, when otherwise it would miss. Another use could be that he changes the space between him and a destination, allowing him to move from one point to the other and ignore the space in between.

However, this does have its limits. For an attack of Kai's to be made into a hit, they need to be within five feet of the target. For altering his movement he can only alter spaces up to 40 feet at a time. This ability can apply to up to 2 others as well, but exhausts Kai much faster.

When using his semblance to try and make an attack hit, Kai can't move his attack closer than 5 feet away from the target, or else he's at risk of moving his target instead. As form making attacks miss himself, a similar rule applies, he can't redirect melee attacks, and thus must dodge them as other people would dodge them. Also, moving himself and others with his semblance requires that there isn't a ranged attack within 3 feet of him, so that he doesn't accidentally take the attack with him and get hit by it.

After moving himself using his semblance, a light poof of snow is left in the air where he once was.

WEAPON

Name: Dustbreaker

Primary Form:

Dustbreaker is Kai’s massive, two-handed Warhammer/Cannon combo. In hammer form, it is around 6 feet from end to end, and its hammerhead is two feet long and one foot wide. On the other end there is a counterbalance which holds the dust canisters that power the blasts and shockwaves that are emitted from the weapon. The shaft is black and has two red leather handles, somewhat worn from use. The head of the hammer is bronze with a few red streaks running from head to the handle. On each side of the hammerhead there is an opening where dust is expelled when the hammer is struck against a target. The pommel holds three different dust crystals, which rotate and lock in for an attack, holding yellow, red, and violet crystals.

When transforming from hammer to cannon mode, the weapon opens up on the very tip of the hammerhead, and the cannon barrel extends from the opening, and the hammerhead halves slide backward and lock into place behind the barrel and act a shield from the high power cannon blasts. In cannon form the only change to the handle of the weapon is that a trigger emerges from the upper grip, which is how the cannon blast is fired. The barrel that emerges from between the hammerhead halves is segmented with the tip being red and the others being bronze. When extended the cannon form is a foot longer than the hammer form.

When attacking in hammer form, a blast can be launched when Kai strikes something, depending on what dust crystal is locked in, a different affect is achieved. If yellow is locked in, the target hit is electrocuted. If red is locked in a fiery blast is released on the target. If violet is locked in, the strike fires an extra blast of force at the contact point, allowing even large targets to be sent flying.

Secondary Form:

In cannon form, the shots fired by the cannon are directly related to the crystal locked in. Yellow fires a high speed shot and violet produces a high power shot, which can blow away small targets and do impressive damage to larger ones. Red produces a high explosive shot. In either form, Kai can fire large bursts of air from the hammerheads to create momentum in his swings. For storage, Dustbreaker’s handle retracts into the hammerhead and can then be held via a thick leather strap that goes over Kai’s shoulder.

The shots fired from the cannon are condensed energy drawn from the dust crystals in the counterweight of the hammercannon. To reload, Kai simply ejects the used crystal and uses his back hand to load one from his ammo belt in. There are sixour crystals held in the hammer at any one time, two yellow, two red, and two violet, and each offers 15 uses before needing to be replaced. Blasts that don't use up the crystals can be fired from any of the holes in the weapon, either of the two on the hammerhead, or from the cannon, to create momentum.

Tertiary Form:

The tertiary form of Dustbreaker is one for storage, where the handle retracts into the head of the hammer, and the head folds itself into a smaller octagonal cylinder. The weapon can be drawn from this storage state in a second or two.

Dustbreaker

History:

During the last year before attending Beacon Academy, Kai spent tireless hours forging each piece of Dustbreaker, putting together the transforming mechanisms, and working on the dust to blast converter. This weapon is his masterpiece, his baby you might call it, and is the symbol for him that he is truly capable of overcoming the odds and becoming a hunter in full.

I'm happy with just about everything except your semblance.

First, there appears to be two different abilities. The shielding of yourself and allies, then the spacial distortion. You should only have one, and I'm not a big fan of the spacial distortion. I like the shielding, as it fits well with the character and reflects the personality well.

If you want to keep the distortion powers, I think its alright as it is, so I'd approve that if you removed the shielding portion. Let me know what you think/make changes as needed.

I think I'll keep the Distortion semblance, and I've removed the shielding.

I am reasonably happy with this character. Awaiting second approval.

The only iffy thing is the three year old bit.

But I'm willing to overlook it because unlike most people I'd call out for that, you have a well-written profile and seem to have thought things out well.

Approved.

All done, just added his height and weight, and added where his insignia is located.

reapproved.

All done. Just changed his appearance to match his new portrait.

Re-approved.