Name: Sonny Garrett Schwartz (First name derived from 'sonne', meaning 'sun'. Last name derived from 'Schwarz', meaning 'black.'
Age: 18 (DOB: 6/21)
Gender: Male
Species: Human
Symbol: Black, pointed cross with another yellow one underneath. Resembling a solar eclipse.
Occupation: First year student at Beacon
Appearance: 5'8. A thin build with 155 lbs. in him. Black hair with yellow eyes. Small scar on his jaw. Heavy armor but a small amount of it. A right wrist guard and high-reaching left shoulder plate with his symbol on it. Plain, black, long sleeve shirt. Chain on the right side of his pants hanging onto a pocket watch. His color scheme is black and gold, once more referencing back to his 'black sun' name. Draped over the right side of his back is a golden cape. While his weapons are sheathed though, he likes to keep it over his right side, instead if his back.
Age: 18 (DOB: 6/21)
Gender: Male
Species: Human
Symbol: Black, pointed cross with another yellow one underneath. Resembling a solar eclipse.
Occupation: First year student at Beacon
Appearance: 5'8. A thin build with 155 lbs. in him. Black hair with yellow eyes. Small scar on his jaw. Heavy armor but a small amount of it. A right wrist guard and high-reaching left shoulder plate with his symbol on it. Plain, black, long sleeve shirt. Chain on the right side of his pants hanging onto a pocket watch. His color scheme is black and gold, once more referencing back to his 'black sun' name. Draped over the right side of his back is a golden cape. While his weapons are sheathed though, he likes to keep it over his right side, instead if his back.
Schwartz Family History: Not much is documented or really known of the Schwartz family before the war with the Faunus. Only that there was never a really big hunter, or warrior, presence in the family. During the war, that changed thanks to a man named Günter Schwartz. With many people off fighting the war, Günter participated in any way he could as a huntsman to help keep Vale safe from more harm than hunters usually do, with most able-bodied people joining the military instead of the hunter program and everyone shipping overseas. This 'Black Soldier'-as he was called because of his name and abilities-was a huntsman that inspired much action from those around him and the people that knew him. After his proof of combat worthiness was displayed in battle, his family took notice. His kids and the kids of his brother and sister were told stories by Günter whenever they visited and it planted a few seeds. First, two started studying and training to become hunters. Then, there were more. Now, in Sonny's generation, a Schwartz is in the minority if he/she does not try to become a hunter.
The family has not been on record long, but they are starting to make a name for themselves, even if it is still likely for someone to have never heard of them. But, the huntsmen and huntresses of the Schwartz family intend to change that as soon as they can.
The family has not been on record long, but they are starting to make a name for themselves, even if it is still likely for someone to have never heard of them. But, the huntsmen and huntresses of the Schwartz family intend to change that as soon as they can.
History: It was only natural that Sonny would strive to and, one day, become a huntsman. It is in his blood. Throughout his time at Signal Academy, he excelled at subjects having to do with semblance and weaponry, and even graduated top of his class in tactics, but often fell behind in other subjects. As a user of the hoplite style of weapons, Sonny was easily able to find a teacher for the usage of rifles and the spear and shield combo and work well with that. Naturally, Sonny was able to excel with aura, and semblance, knowledge at a young age. Able to understand the different theories and techniques of its usage and applications. A mixture of this, and the larger pool of aura inside him, led to him even being able to unlock his aura half a year before the average time and discovery of his own semblance at a slightly younger age as well.
Was not the 'popular' type at Signal so he never really made a ton of friends. However, he always made sure that the ones he made were the kind worth the effort, those he could trust. |
Personality:
"A man carried a shield for the sake of the whole line."
-Plutarch 'Sayings of Spartans'
He has a kind heart and a soft manner of speak, but do not mistake that for no backbone. Being the youngest of two brothers (and a sister-like cousin) has forced him to develop a sort of isolationism mentality and defensive tendencies. Knightly in nature, Sonny is unwilling to do anything really illegal or wrong and his personality reflects a firm 'stand your ground' feel, when he is put in a negative situation, to defend himself and others. Working hand-in-hand with this, he has an unnaturally strong will to live and is not the type to give up on anything.
"A man carried a shield for the sake of the whole line."
-Plutarch 'Sayings of Spartans'
He has a kind heart and a soft manner of speak, but do not mistake that for no backbone. Being the youngest of two brothers (and a sister-like cousin) has forced him to develop a sort of isolationism mentality and defensive tendencies. Knightly in nature, Sonny is unwilling to do anything really illegal or wrong and his personality reflects a firm 'stand your ground' feel, when he is put in a negative situation, to defend himself and others. Working hand-in-hand with this, he has an unnaturally strong will to live and is not the type to give up on anything.
Strengths: His strength comes from his conservative mentality. It creates a lack of fear inside of him and leaves him with the will to stand up for himself toward others and the likes of the dangerous Creatures of Grimm that lurk outside of civilization. Combined with his use in tactics, it forms up his fighting style of only striking when his enemies are vulnerable. Preferring to use his shield to block or stun the enemy before striking to make it hard for a second attack to be made.
While he has a lighter weight, his height, fighting style, and natural endurance are good for providing a steady opponent while using his shield. Another advantage of his is a significant-but not by much-difference in the amount of aura at his disposal. To elaborate, lets say the average pool of aura is 100%, Sonny has approximately 110% and someone that specializes in aura-use without a physical weapon would have (what I think would be, because of lack in currently available information of the RWBY universe) about 130-140%. Weaknesses: On a clear mind, Sonny is tactically quick and can often think of ways around threats but, when he is under stress, that could substantially slow him down, depending on the severity of the stress. When Sonny is mocked or insulted, it doesn't make him abandon all logic but it makes him lose his cool; erasing a significant amount of efficiency in his combat thinking and maneuvering. Having two older brothers made sure he was to forever have a short temper for childish taunts. His light body is a hindrance. Without his shield, since he prefers to separate his spear, he is quite easy to blow over for any opponent that chooses a charge tactic-the obvious choice for a larger Creature of Grimm. One shove could knock him back and stun him quite easily. |
Semblance: The ability to decrease and increase force. He may not be able to come even close to stopping, lets say, the swing of a hammer but he can make it less painful and a bit easier on his aura. He can also push something a little harder. For instance, he can swing his weapon toward an opponent and make it hurt just a bit more than it should. The weakness to this power, however, is that it is effected by surface area. A cinder block would be much easier to slow than a blade-something he can hardly do anything about. Throughout his time honing his power, he learned to extend it and do things like make it harder for opponents to move through continuously using it on their muscles and joints. Another weakness of this, though, is it can drain his aura easily if brought upon more than one enemy. That is, if he can concentrate that hard.
During his use of his weapon's tertiary form in a high-energy moment, his aura emanates a golden or black color around his body, depending on his mood. For high morale/positive mood, he glows a golden color. For an angry/sorrowful mood, he glows black.
Fighting Style: 'The Sentry': Sonny loves to use a brick wall-style of combat when with-shield and a light, quick style of any offensive movements. His specialty is using his advanced, tactical thought to deal with force. Redirecting and halting force; to use an enemy's force against them. It is his way of attempting to compensate for his lack of body mass.
WEAPON
Name: Licht Hecht ('Light Pike')
Primary Form: A simple spear used for stabbing and slicing. On the butt of the spear is a modified dory to be a short spike-like piece that is mainly for use as a counter-weight to the spear tip and a tool that deals a painful, blunt jab with a slight poke to it. If thrown or thrust hard, it may cause a little bleeding with the possibility to break a weaker bone on an opponent on the lighter side. Both the tip and the dory are a golden color while the metal shaft is painted black.
Secondary Form: Secondary form how it is sheathed. It loosens in the middle to collapse in half and be put on the back.
Tertiary Form: The tertiary form is for the loss of his other weapon. The middle can separate the weapon into two halves. The lower half is taken by the left hand and is used for bludgeoning enemies. The top half is taken by the right hand and is used for slicing and stabbing. When using the tertiary form, Sonny removes his armor and cape for maximum flexibility and seems to experience a spike in morale. Preferring lightning-fast strikes to tank tactics. However, he does not shake the 'strike when vulnerable' tactic. Instead, he adds a tactic to it. Overwhelm the target with quick strikes from both halves of his weapon and, when the target loses both morale and concentration, start making strikes meant to defeat.
History: Licht Hecht was Sonny's first weapon. After a year of usage, the weapon was put away, as Sonny did not really see it as a weapon fitting his style. After going through two other weapons, he developed his current second weapon and saw the advantages of having a spear with it. So, he picked Licht Hecht back up and proceeded to lengthen it to fit his grown size. He has never had to experiment with his style since.
WEAPON 2
Name: Luna (Derived from 'lune'; meaning 'moon'.)
Primary Form: A large, round shield; similar in size to a hopla. In it's primary form, it seems nearly impossible to face head-on. The weight and size of it makes for a weapon of its own. A hit with the side would result in the enemy (if human) getting Kronwalled [(v.)-To smash, level, waste, ravage, devastate, destroy, demolish, raze, or imply reducing a thing to uselessness. To defeat completely.]
It is also a semi-automatic rifle. Chambering a .308 round (or a 7.62X51), making it capable of punching through a cinder block wall and still devastating the target behind it. The magazine protrudes from underneath the shield, by the arm. When lifted into a defensive, horizontal stance (barrel tilted 90 degrees and aimed at a horizontal plane), the mag goes in underneath the forearm while the bolt catch and shell release is located over the forearm. The trigger and safety are controlled by the left hand under the shield.
Secondary Form: Simply the weapon's travel form. The bottom three panels circularly slide clockwise (from the operator's perspective) until they line up with the top three panels. The two upper panels then slide into the two middle panels which slide into the lower panels and those slide into the center part of the shield. Despite it's complex build, it is nearly as durable as a shield that would be completely whole.
History: Luna was created after Sonny found his natural style to be well-complimented by a shield. It is also his fourth weapon.