NAME, NICKNAMES; Lucius Durand, Luc
NAME MEANING, ORIGIN; Lucius is of Latin origin and it means 'light'; Durand derives from the Old French word 'durant' and it means 'enduring'
TITLES, ALIASES; Weapons Expert, Phantom Sword Master, Fallen Heir
GENDER, PRONOUNS; he, him, his
SEXUALITY, ORIENTATION; bisexual demiromantic
AGE; twenty-seven
RANK; huntsman
RACE; human
SCHOOL; attended Beacon
SEMBLANCE; Lucius' Semblance is Armiger, which allows him to manifest weapons from thin air to use. The weapons are crystalline and only he is able to handle them. They can either be summoned one at a time or all at once. When summoned all at once they surround him, forming a sort of barricade, and he is able to pick out any of them. However, the weapons are capable of vanishing if he is hit and thrown back hard or runs out of Aura.
He is also able to warp, making it easier to dodge attacks and conduct sneak attacks. Warping can be done with and without a weapon. Without a weapon he is able to do so at random. With a weapon, however, he is able to pinpoint the exact location or target he is aiming for. Despite having good endurance and control, he still has a limit on how long he may use his Semblance. Summoning a weapon one at time helps it to last longer. His Aura depletes faster when he is summoning and using all of the weapons at once. That he only does when the situation is dire. But he often comes out of it completely exhausted and weakened.
COLOR; water (#DBF3FA)
WEAPON; He is able to summon a variety of weapons, such as swords, daggers, firearms, shields, spears/staffs, etc. They are all crystalline since they are a part of his Semblance, but they still hit as hard as their physical counterparts. He can also use them with Dust, making them even more effective than they already are.
RELATIONSHIP STATUS; single
LOVE INTERESTS; open for plotting
BOYFRIEND/GIRLFRIEND; open for plotting
PARENTS; His parents are Hadrien [father, alive] and Amelie Durand [mother, alive]. Both were well-esteemed huntsmen who came from a long line of famous ones. They had very high expectations for both of their children and pushed them to do what they only wanted them to do. Their main concern was maintaining the reputation of the Durand family. The only time they paid much attention to their children was during their training. Lucius never had a close relationship with any of them since they were either very strict or neglectful. Once he left for Beacon Academy, he never looked back.
SIBLINGS; He had an older sister named Rosalee Durand [sister, deceased], who loved and looked up to. Since their parents did not care for them much, she was the one who often looked after him. When she left to attend Beacon to become a huntress she checked up on him and visited him whenever she could to make sure he was okay. He was one of the few there for her when she got disowned by the family for choosing to marry a faunus, despite being so young. News of her death destroyed him. He had never cried so hard in his life. It felt as though he had lost a piece of him, and he still has yet to recover from it.
RELATIVES; The only relatives he acknowledges are Jona [nephew, alive] and Amaya Okamoto [niece, alive]. They are his sister's children and he had sworn to protect them with his life after her death. He does not have a very close relationship with them. When Jona was born he was only nine years old and still living with his parents who wanted nothing to do with Rosalee and her family. His nephew and niece don't really know much of him except for more or less of what he looks like because of photos. Despite greatly caring for them, he often remains out of their lives, resorting to watching over them from afar.
CHILDREN; He has none, but there is a part of him that does want to have a family of his own someday. However, this sentiment is often buried by the burdens he carries and the idea that he doesn't see himself living long enough to settle down like that. He is always on the move and taking a lot of dangerous jobs that range from eliminating a Grimm threat and putting a stop to White Fang plots.
FRIENDS; open for plotting; Friends are not easy to come by when you are often working in the shadows. However, there are a few people that he is lucky to call his friends. For instance, Natsu and Lucille have become closer to him throughout the years. He confides and checks in on them whenever he can. Part of it is because of his nephew and niece since they are the ones taking care of them, but he also genuinely cares for them. There is also Marigold and her family, who constantly look out for him. These friendships he cherishes greatly and will do anything to protect them all from harm.
ENEMIES; He has several enemies here and there, mostly people he had come in to put a stop to for whatever reason. White Fang doesn't like him very much either, which is a good thing Jona does not know much about him cause that might threaten his safety within the group. He also does not think too highly of his family and holds a lot of resentment and bitterness towards them. Revenge is not something he seeks out often, but when he does then it is very difficult to stop him or get him to change his mind.
FACECLAIM, VOICECLAM; Noctis Lucis Caelum and voice and fighting ref
WEIGHT, HEIGHT; 6'2"; 171 lbs; He is rather tall and lean but also quite muscular.
SCARS, BODY MODIFICATIONS, ACCESSORIES; Any huntsman is bound to get scarring from the many dangerous missions they get sent on. To make matters more difficult Lucius prefers to work alone, making his chances of getting hurt on the job higher. He has numerous scars running down on multiple parts of his body. In fact, it is not uncommon to see him with some form of bandaging during his breaks between missions. Fortunately, a majority of the scars have been from wounds he could handle. But there are a select few that can be found on his chest and back that were caused by more serious wounds.
PHYSICAL, MENTAL DISABILITIES; PTSD (it affects him in several ways; has flashbacks, nightmares, anxiety, sometimes self-destructive, emotionally detached, and ridden with guilt); depression; insomnia; sensitive stomach (has to be more mindful of what he eats because it gets sick easily)
For many people Lucius comes across as rather serious and with a one-track mind, which is getting his job done. And once he had finished the one he was assigned, then he goes looking for another one. It doesn't matter how dangerous it is or how long it will take. Any job works for him as long as it instills the safety of everyone, especially those close to him. However, he is not one to look for validation nor does he care about whether he receives the credit or not for his work. What matters the most is the outcome of it. Will this help more people? That is the question he often asks himself.
This mentality affects the way he treats those he cares about. For someone who feels strongly for others he keeps his distance. There are only a select few he will see more often, but even they don't get to spend much time with him. He is more of a support from afar kind of individual since he feels he will be able to protect them better that way. But there is more to it than that. It goes back to when he lost his sister. He hasn't always been the most emotionally available person, but he became even more detached after her death. The pain of losing someone close to him has become one of his greatest fears, and he had made a promise to himself to never allow that to happen again.
Despite coming across as indifferent or even a bit gruff at times, he is actually a very selfless and caring individual. He always looks out for others and can never turn a blind eye to anyone in need or in trouble. It is usually during these moments that he lets his walls down a little to show that there is more to him than a relentless huntsman. The person under that façade is kind, empathetic, and compassionate, often putting the needs of others before his own. This makes him a rather good person to confide in. He always makes sure to listen to the person first before providing his own opinion on the matter. Even if he disagrees with them he will still hear them out, acknowledging that not everything is always black and white.
Even though being selfless is a good thing he sometimes takes it to an extreme. This is partially because of his fear of losing more people. He has become more reckless on his missions, often running head first into battle instead of coming up with a plan first. Fortunately, he has walked away from most of those missions with minor injuries, but there have been many occasions where he could have gotten severely hurt if it weren't for some quick last minute thinking. He also doesn't give himself enough time to rest, and ends up hopping from one mission to the next in a matter of days (sometimes hours).
He is not one to hold grudges, but when he does he can hold on to them for as long as he lives. However, he only saves them for a select few, such as his parents. He is not a very resentful individual since he thinks such feelings are rather exhausting to hold on it. That does not mean he thinks anyone who harbors resentment for whatever reason is not valid. It just means that he himself does not want to dwell on it too much. It is true that he resents his parents, but leaving them and never looking back has helped him to move on a bit. Nevertheless, there are certain occasions when the anger and resentment will take over, prompting him to want to see revenge. For instance, if Asahi hadn't defeated the man responsible for the death of his sister, then he probably would have hunted him down himself.
-Born and raised in Atlas, where his family is well-known for their long line of successful huntsmen and huntresses
-Always wanted to be a huntsman, but not to uphold the family name, he genuinely wanted to help people
-Looked up to his sister since she was the one who was always there for him
-Attended Beacon to get away from his family
-A rather picky eater and will often give whatever foods he doesn't like to the person he is eating with (Natsu is usually a victim to this)
-As a child he was forced to eat a lot of things he did not like and it upset his stomach a lot to the point where now he has to be even more careful when he eats
-Still has yet to forgive himself for not being there for his sister when she needed it most
-Always checks in on Amaya and Jona whenever he can without them knowing
-The one to buy Amaya a journal or sketchbook whenever she needs one
-Has nothing against the faunus and does not understand people who discriminate against them
-Always fought against his parents whenever they said something derogatory about faunus
-Was not very happy to see Jona join White Fang, but understands why he did
-Wishes to actually be in his nephew's and niece's lives but his fear holds him back
-Is one of the few to know about Jynx being the Winter Maiden due to her having to reveal her powers in front of him during a particularly difficult mission
-Does not emote a lot, often wears a neutral expression strikingly similar to Jona's
-Still more expressive than Jona though, he is emo but not THAT emo
-Knows how to treat wounds fairly well since he usually treats his own
-A serious wound he had received as a child from a Grimm attack, the one that left one of the more serious scars on his back, prevents him from being able to use his Semblance at its full potential for a longer period of time
-Despite all his seriousness, there is a playful side to him that enjoys teasing others, especially those he is close to
-Can be a bit competitive
