CHARACTER
Name: Ryan “Thanatos” Matthew Arckeil Varryx ; The Sadistic Masochist
-Unofficially ‘renamed’ himself Thanatos; true first name is Ryan.
-Most responsive to Thanatos/Than, but will still react somewhat to Ryan.
Age: Nineteen years of age
Gender: Male
Symbol: A black coffin, with the Japanese symbol for death embed on its cover and a crown hovering above the coffin itself. Each figure is outlined by a single shade of red.
Occupation: Bounty hunter/assassin, Masked Revolution member
Appearance: Tall, fit, and rather toned, standing at a height of exactly six foot and weighing in at roughly one hundred and seventy-seven pounds --- a good portion of this weight being muscle. His hair is a natural grey, streaked here and there by black and red markings, and is fashioned in a sort of scene style. Both eyes of his are a shocking, bloody crimson, and the right has a black jester mark striking across it. A line of helix piercings go up both of his ears, while a black onyx stud is seen on the left of his lower lip. A small, silver ring piercing is seen next to this stud. Stitches can be seen both above and below his left eye.
Battle gear – First version
To begin with, Thanatos’ primary attire is somewhat light. It consists of a collared, plaid shirt as a first layer upon the upper body, with a vest hoodie over it for a second layer. Both shirts can vary in color, but are often matching based on which colors would look the best with each other according to his tastes. For example; if he were wearing a white inner shirt, the vest may be black, red, grey, or white shirt and vice versa. If he were wearing a green shirt, he may just wear a black or white hoodie along with it and, once more, vice versa.
As for the lower body wear, he can be caught wearing either a pair of black jeans or light grey jeans. They shroud faintly over his shoes, which are either a combination of black and red or white and red.
A neon green lanyard would be seen hanging from one of his pants’ pockets. Around his neck, a scarf of the same color would be clearly seen. Bandages are seen wrapped around his left arm.
--The right sleeve of his inner shirt will usually be torn off.
--Almost all of the time, he’ll wear a sort of mask. It’ll hide the well majority of the face, only exposing the mouth because he tore that section of the mask off.
”Battle gear – Second version
Than’s attire will become slightly…lighter, for say. Rather than the normal, double-layer clothing set upon his upper body, Thanatos will settle for a simple tank top or vest hoodie. Both articles of clothing can, once again, be of a wide variety of colors, but is normally black, white, grey, or a dark shade of red. If wearing a vest hoodie, there will be no shirt beneath, and will be halfway closed, a third or the way closed, or not even zipped to begin with, exposing the toned figure he’s built for himself beneath.
As for the lower body wear, he’ll half an equal chance of wearing jeans or cargo shorts. Should he wear cargo shorts, they’d either be a faded pale tint or a faded green tint. If wearing jeans, then they have an even chance of being black, grey, a dark shade of blue, or a dark shade of purple. Wears a pair of either black or white socks that go halfway up the lower leg. Will either wear a pair of sandals or his normal athletic shoes.
When wearing this attire, Than will lose the glove that he wears in his battle gear.
History: Born of the seventh day of the first month; the lad was born to Raven Varryx and Sophie Arckeil --- both of which were both skilled Hunters and Huntresses, and also led a small, hidden organization called the Masked Revolution. (The boy didn’t find out about this until later.) Being of a wealthy family, he lived a pretty good life day by day. The grand necessities were given to him whenever he needed it, even though he was a more…humble and modest lad back then, thinking that others needn’t aid him in grasping things that he wished. This would continue even so after the birth of his younger brother, approximately a year after his own coming: Jason Tai Arckeil Varryx. The two grew up alongside each other as the years passed, forging quite the strengthened bond between each other.
Around the time that the two entered Sanctum Academy --- Ryan being a grade higher than his kin, of course --- things would begin getting bumpy. Mid-year within their second year at the school, the two boys had, of course, made different groups of friends whom they spent time with when apart. Jason happened to get picked up by the more…’thug-like’ crowd. At first glance, he and his friends actually came off as the nice bunch; joking, sarcastic, etc. However, it wasn’t until Ryan stumbled in a particular encounter that he found out about his brother’s true intentions alongside his friend.
He was actually on his way to the bathrooms one day during school for a short break, though stopped himself mid-stride as he heard something odd from a hallway. Alongside this, he also sensed something occurring. Curiosity having gotten the better of him, he broke off from his initial path toward the restrooms and strayed off to check what was happening.
Within a swarm of shock and sudden rage, the lad would find himself lashing out verbally at his brother, as well as his friends, as he caught sight of a girl and a boy, partially sprawled out across the ground, and somewhat beaten and bruised-looking. Initially, he hadn’t been too worked up about the sight before him, but this instantly seemed to change as Ryan fully noticed something.
Both kids laid across the ground were of Faunus heritage and bloodlines.
It would soon ring within his mind that this beating was an act of discrimination.
Ryan had always been a boy of equality at heart, so this realization basically triggered him. Though he knew he probably shouldn’t have done so, he found himself lunging forward and connecting a somewhat powerful slug toward his brother’s face. In reaction, his friends jumped in and grasped the lad by all sides, allowing Jason to take charge of yet another beating. This one didn’t last as long, however, because several minutes after Ryan’s striking started, a couple of teachers heading off to lunch happened to pass by and see the skirmish occurring.
Days after this, things were quite rough between the two brothers, causing a deepened gap of awkwardness, anger, and some depression between them. There would eventually come a day where Jason came out and apologized deeply for his actions, and Ryan did the same thing. However…this didn’t mean that he accepted his brother’s apology, and Ryan made that bluntly clear as he said this aloud. After speaking his own sorry, he simply rejected Jason’s apology before walking off. This process would go on and on, slowly and gradually enraging the axe wielder to the point where he exploded for the first time toward his brother, his tone quite threatening and clear. After this outburst, Ryan found that Jason no longer tried to apologize; rather, he seemed to distance himself away from his brother, from then on. Seeing as his attempts at a life shifting had failed, Jason continued hanging out with his friends and continued his discriminatory acts. Ryan watched on the sidelines --- often with a glare.
One day after this everlasting rough patch, Ryan remained home while his brother went out and with his friends. He searched the majority of the second of the four floors of the house, a sense of boredom and slowness overcoming him. His attention eventually was drawn toward his parents’ room; basically the only room in which he had little to no knowledge about. Knowing that both of his parents were home and were in the family room on the first floor, the child silently snuck up to the fourth floor and began his secondary search.
Most things that he found in his caretakers’ chamber were unappealing to his tastes…and then he found a couple of masks. Both were of a primary black hue; one had navy blue swirls, while the other had violet. Interested now in this, he picked both accessories up with some hesitance (because he was a tad scared about how his parents would react to him snooping about) and brought them downstairs. He showed his discovery to both adults on the first floor, asking what they were and what they were for in a shy, hesitant tone.
Contrasting greatly toward his assumption that they’d scold him for looking around, both Raven and Sophie handled the situation with calmness and ease. They had their firstborn son sit down, and began to explain matters in a less complicated matter --- as Ryan was still a child, and would more than likely get confused if explanations were spoken within a complex fashion. As a result, the boy finally found out that both of his parents were actually the two, primary lead operatives of a small organization called the Masked Revolution. The group was somewhat known to some to work in the background to defend the city, but the primary purpose of the group was to defend Faunus rights and discrimination; both by vocal and physical means as well. Thus, each and every member of the Revolution was highly trained; the original members guided by Raven and Sophie themselves.
Throughout the briefing, Ryan had thought deeply about how he and his brother were acting. Halfway through the second part of his parents’ speech, he burst in suddenly and practically exclaimed that he wished to join, despite his young age and whatnot. At first, his parents rejected the request, and would continue doing so for several days.
Seeing as their son’s persistence wouldn’t die down anytime soon, the two reluctantly accepted their child’s request at long last. He picked a mask to call his own --- as the Revolution took the ‘masked’ part of their name quite literally --- and the two adults themselves began training him in the outdoor sparring section of their residence, and also aided him when he was planning to upgrade his weaponry, since he himself decided to drop out of Sanctum at an early age in order to focus on his Revolution training. It would continue on and on until age fifteen, when he knew well enough to guide himself along.
Personality: Ryan is a man of controlled insanity who, as hinted by his little title, is somewhat of both a sadist and masochist. He knows very well how and when to keep himself in check, appearing to be completely normal a lot of the time. However, when he gets into action, he tends to get…creative…with his plans. Heavy dishing outs of pain are guaranteed to be given in any way possible, and infliction of pain upon himself will be enjoyed --- and is very possible to fuel him and make him more lethal for some period of time. Though mentally unstable at heart, it takes a lot to crack him due to the things he’s seen and gone through in the past when actually trying to make him break. The majority of times that he cracks, however, he knowingly and purposely does so --- primarily in battle in order to charge himself for what’s to come. The lad is a walking time bomb, fueled by rage, anger, depression; nearly every negative emotion one can think of. When these feelings of his are released, he often lashes out --- vocally, physically, or perhaps even both. Some of his comrades have seen this happen and have offered him chances to talk about his past and emotions for both his safety and theirs. However, all of the offers such as these that Thanatos has received he has rejected, partially to keep himself as lethal as possible in his own way, and partially because he’s greatly uncomfortable with telling anybody about himself at heart.
When off duty from the Revolution (or around his family), he’s much more casual and much less formal than he is when ‘working,’ for say. He’ll give way toward his more joking, and quite sarcastic side, revealing his somewhat dark sense of humor in the process. Much laziness and slacking features will be released when he loosens up like this, giving way to a side of him that those who barely know him in the Revolution never would’ve guessed he had.
Though seemingly heartless at times, Than does care for those he’s allowed himself to get close to, and vice versa. Sacrifices for his friends are completely normal and to be expected, even if that sacrifice is the ultimate one; the giving of his life. Of course…him being him, don’t expect him to go out without a bang, or at least from boring matters.
Strength: High reflexes, enhanced strength (from Revolutionary training), sparring/fighting, skilled at parkour, slick and silent (as this was part of his Revolutionary training, and it comes normal to him), musical arts, artistic activities (literary and sketching/painting/etc alike). <- The last two probably don't apply to combat situation, rather casual moments.
Weakness: Stamina is just the slightest bit below average (he knows this and has been aiming to boost it in private sparring sessions), ends to lose his sense of right and wrong when ‘cracked,’ immensely stressed due to the amount of things he keeps to himself, talk of siblings, tends to shy away from help when it's offered to him (sometimes even going so far as to lash out at allies if they keep reminding him about it, because he knows what he's told and it gets on his nerves when he's constantly reminded about something), easily triggered at the statement of being left completely alone/things of the sort, truly holds a lack of confidence and pride, despite how he acts (this may get in the way of some matters along the line).
Semblance: Bloodlust; to put matters as short as possible, Thanatos seems to get somewhat of a…boost…the more blood is drawn from his body. A strong influence of this comes from being a sadist, more than likely. Though it truly means that he’s more prone to infections and grave injuries, getting wounded seems to heighten the lad’s senses, strength, speed, etc. So…the more blood that he bleeds, the deadlier he is. Often times, he purposely wounds himself and draws blood from his body before engaging within a serious fight in order to give himself an extra kick.
However, blood loss is still a huge issue. Should he lose a significant amount of blood, Than does have a risk of passing out almost instantly, or perhaps even dying. Because of this, he uses his semblance quite often, though won’t push himself to drastic measures by, say…cutting a gash into his arm…unless it’s greatly needed.
WEAPON
Name: Bestial Retribution
Primary Form: Takes form as a sort of folded club, thus initially making it a blunt weapon in primary form. Rather than sticking out, the handle is folded in as well, and is stationed behind the thicker part that is often used as the striking point. Because of this arrangement, Than uses the heavier portion of Retribution as a sort of hand guard when striking, and holds it like some thieves are portrayed to hold their daggers. (Hand holding the handle like a drumstick, with the blade --- or, in this case, club --- point pointing down at the ground.) A few, small blades and spikes are arranged across the top of the actual club itself in a ring formation, giving a more deadly look and feel to the weapon while in primary form and basically taking the 'blunt' aspect away.
Quite heavier than the average weapon but, thanks to extended times at the gym, is able to lift and swing Retribution with much more ease than most.
Secondary Form: Unfolds a tad in secondary form, going into a more pole-like figure as various gears and metal tubings slide and lock to create a longer ‘handle’ of sorts. The spiked club is further out, and a couple of geared axe heads/blades extend and lock from both sides, nearly meeting toward the tops by the points. (Axe heads are kind of like the ones on Professor Port’s weapon(?) )
Alongside this, metallic bars also extend and bend around the area that the handle begins to end and shifts into the club/axe base. Another pair of these sorts of bars bend around the axe pole, more toward the center of the pole itself. When unfolded, they’re revealed to have flat, pointed tips. These are meant for security, as Retribution is an axe-mounted machine gun hybrid. When the bars are extended, the points can dig deeply into dirt or hardened grain to secure itself, and can flip over onto its flat sides when being secured onto harder surfaces such as stone or tile. To allow an adjustment of angles and whatnot, a series of rotating discs have been connected to the bottom of the axe pole and the top of each supporting leg group.
A small slot is uncovered just beneath the area in which the first set of supporting legs would be located. This is the ammo slot; a somewhat large ammo pack is allowed to be placed within it before sealing it and firing away. Each pack holds maybe about two hundred and fifty bullets, thus can be very effective given certain conditions. However, it tends to take a while to reload and whatnot, due to the distance from the revealed gun trigger and the ammo slot itself. This reloading drawback basically makes up for the amount of bullets it can dispense within a single go.
In secondary form, Retribution also shifts quite a bit toward the pole base in order to create a sort of arm/shoulder rest when firing, and to help with recoil.
When pressing and holding of a button, close to the gun trigger, Than can adjust the axe heads so that they build a sort of wall or guard to protect him while using Retribution’s gun feature. The shift takes perhaps a good three to five seconds so, if the lad is aiming to use the guard feature alongside the gun, he often presses the button while still swinging his weapon as an axe. Another button right beside the first reverts the blades to how they were prior, taking the same amount of time to switch back and forth. Carries on into tertiary form, as well.
Tertiary Form: Growing the slightest bit longer, Bestial Retribution stands tall, towering over Thanatos by exactly a foot when holding it vertically. A second pair of axe blades extend, fold out, and lock, similar to how the first two would from a blank spot between the initial axe heads and the second supporting legs. These axe heads are just the slightest bit smaller than the primary two, however.
Apart from the additional couple of axe heads and the growth in length, there isn’t much to note about Bestial Retribution in this form.
--For secondary and tertiary form, Ry keeps around two to five extra ammo ‘slings’ and packs on him. The packs are actually attached to his lanyard rather than keys, while the slings are slung over his upper body somewhat like a shoulder bag.
History: From the start of his Revolution training to the end, Retribution was initially a simple extendable axe that Thanatos seemed to adore. Having started using it at roughly age eight or nine toward his start of his years at Sanctum, it was designed to be significantly smaller and lighter, that way he could lift it with ease. As he grew older and gained more strength, he gradually added more weight and features to it to improve its performance.
Around age thirteen, the basic gun attributes were added.
Age fifteen, the extra pair of axe heads were added, and the gun aspect was further improved.
By age seventeen, the last axe pole extension, as well as any other upgrades seen in Retribution now, were added.
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