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Basil Kette
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Age:
17
Gender Identity:
Male
Race:
Human
Nationality:
Beacon Boy’s Dormitory
Character Picture:
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Personal Emblem Image:
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Height:
5’6
Aura Color:
White
Physical Description:
Basil is a light-skinned young man sporting white hair with black streaks tied into a long side ponytail pinned by a golden ringlet. He has a very feminine appearance accentuated by traits such as long eyelashes, thin eyebrows, and a dainty nose. This is further enhanced by his short and slim physique being only lightly toned, and having small defined muscles, which has caused him to be generally mistaken as a very attractive and cute girl for most of his life. While he spends most of his time partially closing his eyes, Basil’s eyes are a deep blue hue. The same color as his father.
Outfit Description:
Casual and Fight: Basil prefers a simple but well-kept formal appearance, he dons a white cloak fitted with gold colored ornaments over a black suit in both the casual and combative scene. The suit is composed of a simple black suit jacket inlaid with golden buttons and accents, a white formal shirt, a black tie, and black shoes with a reinforced golden sole and upper tip to provide protection from rough terrain and enhance kicking. He frequently wears an earpiece for easy communication through his scroll. Since the suit jacket contains many pockets, he typically chooses to place dust cartridges inside them.

School Uniform: The regular beacon uniform but with the addition of his cloak.

Nightwear: Since he has a policy of looking dignified no matter the time of day, Basil has packed sets of cotton pajamas that are matching but, according to him, "are only designed to keep his physique looking sharp.” Accordingly as sleepwear these pajamas are incredibly soft.
Personality Description:
Basil has grown up to have a disciplined and calm temperament no matter the situation. During a battle, he always lands on his two feet and, while he may not purposely strike a pose, he certainly gives spectators an impression of flair even when fighting.

Despite the air of professionalism said to be constantly around him, Basil is actually an old-fashioned young man almost unaware of popular news and trends. He keeps his manners and composure, but cannot hide the fact that he remains oblivious to true city life.

On the inside, Basil tends to hold in and hide his feelings. He is his own worst critic and is always trying to live up to what others expect of him. This attitude has led to him harboring both love and a bit of anger towards his mother. Loving her as a great teacher and parent to who he owes all he is today. But also anger as the one who placed the weight of a family legacy he never wanted on his shoulders.

Regardless, Basil was raised with strong virtues of perseverance, self-improvement, teamwork and is found to be difficult to anger, but easily disappointed. For these reasons, many consider him a mature and proper gentleman...minus the fact that he is incredibly awkward during very casual/informal situations and conversations.

Since he styled himself as an exemplary hunter and is often mistaken as a girl. Basil has a penchant to try and act as masculine as possible, such as not showing weakness, presenting himself as tough, trying to deepen his voice. Surprisingly although he has frequently been told to simply style his hair in a more masculine style, by both his peers and father. Basil refuses to harm the hair, his mother adores very much.

Basil’s semblance has a certain impact on his attitude toward others, and as a result, this tends to make him biased, in favor of those he is bonded to. He can also be hurt if the bond he has with someone wanes away or breaks, without an explanation. Causing him to enter a somber and quiet mood unexpectedly, his mind racing with negativity. Which makes him act quite cold when interacting with someone he has a waned or broken bond with.
Backstory Highlights:
Born to Lucien and Rowena Kette, Basil was born as an only child. His father is currently the head of a weapons workshop in Argus. While his mother is a famous dust seamstress and former member of Ace-Ops. The two originally coming from Atlas, have some military connections but Basil has adopted his mother's policy of not getting too involved with politics, despite its influence in schools.

As Rowena’s only child, Basil was faced with high expectations put upon him by her acquaintances and family. The weight of these expectations, a consistent burden on his young mind. With Basil hoping that he would at least be at the same level as her when she started Primary Combat School. This proved to be a grueling affair, even though he worked hard and forced himself to do his best. Basil simply didn't have the talent his mother possessed. Although he was progressing much faster than some of his peers, it was clear that he was no Rowena Kette. A fact that was made all the more clear when he started studying at Sanctum Academy.

During his time at Sanctum, Basil was frequently bullied by his peers for being different from his mother, something that was already a great fear of his and he became emotionally shut off from most people. He never responded to nasty comments about him, only remaining quiet and keeping to himself. Nurturing a need to prove himself and distance himself from his mother's shadow.

At the start of his second year in Sanctum, Basil spent most of his time focused on his studies and training. Having found a kinship with others who desired to prove themselves. He formed close friendships with three faunus students. Cielo Marquis, Mei Zhou, and Xiao Zhou. The group dedicated themselves to training and becoming the top students of their year. Each trying to improve one another’s ability in the hopes even one of them would be able to topple the champion.

It was during these training matches that Basil eventually discovered his semblance. Feeling a tug between himself and Mei, he unexpectedly formed a kindred bond between them after he helped her up. His parents were ecstatic with the discovery, and through continuous experimentation. The secrets of it began to unravel. From the small things like knowing if Cielo was in the cafeteria, to how the he began to be able to swap semblances with his friends. But as happy as the discovery made him, the fact that it required others to function dampened Basil’s spirits.

After graduating 9th in his batch of Sanctum, Basil couldn't help but consider it a failure. Even though his parents and close friends were proud of him and his achievements, Basil himself was extremely disappointed, hoping to at least make it as part of the top 5 considering his mother made top of her year multiple times. In his eyes, he never managed to become anything more than an average and ordinary student with simply a lot of resources. Deciding that trying to overcome his mother's shadow alone was a fruitless endeavor. Basil applied for Beacon Academy, in the hopes some distance from his family would him to collect his thoughts and pursue other ways he can live up to the family legacy.
Occupation:
Education:
Basil has been mentored by his mother for nearly all his life, and has graduated 9th of his batch in Sanctum Academy.
Semblance Name:
Soul Echo
Semblance Description:
Soul Echo is a semblance that only shines when one is not alone. It embodies Basil’s hope that when supporting each other even the weakest of individuals can overcome the strongest. When Basil comes in physical contact with another willing aura user he is bonded to, he can choose to spend 5% to resonate and form a link between their souls. By doing so, he can then use Soul Echo’s active effect.

Kindred Bond: By forming an emotional connection of trust between himself and another individual, Basil can make them eligible targets for Soul Echo. This also has the added benefit of allowing him to always know the general location of someone he is bonded with when focusing on their bond. Still, trust is a very fragile thing as the bonds he makes can break or wane over time. (Locked: If a bonded person were to die, however, Basil feels a hole in his connection.)

Semblance Exchange: When coming into physical contact with a bonded target, Basil and the bonded ally can temporarily exchange semblances if both are willing and have in-depth knowledge of each other’s semblance. When in the hands of another holder, Soul Echo still uses the Kindred Bonds formed by Basil and no Kindred Bonds can be made by its current holder. But as long as they still have in-depth knowledge of the semblance of another bonded individual currently possesses and vice versa they may trade semblances as well. All semblances can be simultaneously returned by two methods. One of the swapped holders reaches 0% aura. Or the current holder of Soul Echo releases its effects. It should be noted that it is possible to give Basil Soul Echo again without undoing the exchanges, as canceling it has to be a conscious choice by the current wielder. So preemptively exchanging semblances for unpredictability can be done.

While having a low cost to use, the true hardship in using this semblance is in how it needs both trust and information. As although it allows people to continually swap semblances between each other, to do so having a good memory of how each person’s semblance functions and who currently is holding which semblance.
Weapon Name:
Distortion and Subversion
Weapon Image:
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Weapon Description:
Distortion is a personalized greatsword adorned with golden chains and a lock, nearly twice the size of his torso in length and large enough to be used as a shield. The metal used to make the point and both sides of the blade have been infused with gravity dust resulting in its almost pitch black hue. These dust-infused blades are bolted into the center blade, allowing for easy replacement should it get damaged. The length of the handle provides ample grip space for this two-handed weapon and is insulated to prevent burning or shocking via dust.

The chain and lock on it, isn’t just for decoration either, as both are made of highly dust conductive materials. Allowing Basil to easily use raw dust with his sword by inserting cartridges into the lock's keyhole.

By pressing a button inside the roof of the keyhole he can also detach both lock and chain from the blade. Which can be used as a capture tool or a devastating trap when loaded with dust.

It was made by his father as a present and has been upgraded throughout the years. Since the Basil can easily manipulate its weight, it was aptly named Distortion for being a large sword that could weigh as much as a boulder or a paperweight at any given time.

Subversion is a finely woven white cloak fitted with gold ornaments. Although seemingly a normal fashion choice for a hunter, it has been weaved from hard-light-infused textiles. Giving it both a spotless appearance while dormant and incredibly hard barriers much stronger than armor should the situation call for it. It was weaved by his mother and was continuously remade every time he grew. The last time that happened was 3 years ago.
Fighting Style:
Basil’s fighting style can be best described as simple but unorthodox. Mainly being taught swordsmanship by his mother. Basil has honed his ability to use different types of blades since he was a child. Primarily choosing the greatsword due to its effectiveness against Grimm. When combined with Distortion’s gravity dust-infused metal, he can quickly alternate the weight of his sword from light to heavy by infusing and manipulating it with his aura. This allows him to perform quick sweeps and slashes as if he was merely using a shortsword, or to deliver crushing and cleaving attacks like with a Zweihänder effectively using multiple styles with one blade. This was further enhanced by his mother’s teachings, as Basil became capable of alternating between stances in mere seconds enabling him to effectively keep his opponents guessing.

When combined with the raw dust conducting through the lock and chains. He can expand his use of aura to make various effects and maneuvers depending on the situation.

In Use:
Fire: Fire dust allows him to essentially widen his range, by using waves of fire in conjunction with sweeping strikes to burn and slash multiple foes in front of him.

Wind: Wind dust provides Basil with one of his few ranged options, as he can easily create destructive blades of air when swinging Distortion around at full force when it is heavy. It can also make his faster attacks more deadly, with the winds increasing the sharpness of his slashing and thrusting attacks.

Lightning: When channeling this with Gravity dust, Distortion essentially becomes a big magnet. While in this state it allows for Basil to deal with others who also use metallic weapons. Such as by catching bullets by attracting them through amplifying the magnetic pull with his aura. Disarm his opponents by magnetizing their weapons and then using the gravitational force to either pry the weapon from them or lock them down by making the sword incredibly heavy that they can't move without letting go of the magnetized weapon.

Of course, it should be mentioned that since he isn't using magnetic dust, this comes with the added benefit and difficulty of the element shocking both him and his opponent should they come into contact with the electrified blade.

Magnetic: While providing the same functions as lightning. Since it lacks the shocking aspect, when used with Distortion, it provides an efficient way to stick to and maneuver through metallic surfaces when manipulating the sword's weight to be light or short bursts of devastating attacks against armored opponents when manipulating the sword's weight to be so heavy, that only the powerful magnetic pull is guiding his aim.

Combustion: Combustion dust is simple but effective, making Basil's blows all the more deadly with both gravitational and explosive force capable of easily breaking through Grimm's bone. Light attacks are also given an extra boost of power since it compensates for its reduced weight. He rarely uses this type unless outside civilization for fear of property damage.

Ice: Ice dust allows him to freeze his opponents when coming into contact with his blade. Making crushing attacks more effective by using the weight and size of his sword rather than its sharpness to deal with frozen enemies. When dealing with extremely large opponents, and property damage is no issue. Basil can create a gigantic blade of ice, and use Distortion's gravity dust to affect its weight to make a large devastating swing or thrust.

Unexplored:
-Water
-Earth
-Hard-Light
-Steam
-Plant

Subversion on the other hand is mostly used to create powerful barriers when dodging isn’t an option allowing Basil to use a flexible but sturdy shield that is in plain view. In a pinch, it is also possible to cut with the cloak's barriers if one were to hold the end and spin although it would only give shallow cuts to Grimm and other aura users due to lacking a proper projector.

Since Basil's semblance nor weaponry allow for reliable long-range options without dust. He prefers to keep his opponents as close as possible. Usually rushing at them with unexpected speed as they’d assume he would be weighed down by his sword and then quickly overwhelming them with his swordsmanship. Although it should be noted that his reliance on infusing and manipulating aura into his gear, can make him significantly weak when he is low on it.
Strengths:
Basil's greatest strength is in his perseverance. He is constantly trying to improve himself to be worthy of his mother’s legacy. And while he underestimates himself, his training has still borne fruit and made him a formidable prospective hunter.

Swordsmanship. Though Basil fell short in comparison to his mother at this age, his swordsmanship and the diverse amount of styles he can use have nonetheless impressed his teachers. Allowing him to claim a spot in the top 10 of his batch.

Although slim and short, Basil's training greatly improved his physical conditioning. Even without aura, he has been able to use Distortion in its normal weight when using two hands, and his mother's constant drills on the importance of evasion have dramatically increased the speed of his reflexes and the flexibility of his body, meaning he can dodge and weave around most attacks. The constant morning jogs and retreating exercises have built up his stamina allowing him to run for long periods even when carrying Distortion in its normal weight.

Disciplined and cool-headed, Basil isn’t the type to panic even in life or death situations. Having been trained intensively to fight against mankind’s most hated enemy, he approaches things with a clear goal and purpose.

Spending most of his time training with his friends has made Basil accustomed to fighting with others especially because of how reliant his semblance is in its concept.
Weaknesses:
Due to being old-fashioned and spending most of his time training, Basil’s ability to know of popular news and trends is quite literally zero. So most of the time he has no clue what other teenagers are talking about which leads to very awkward situations and strained conversations.

Although having experienced grueling training and shedding many tears due to it. Basil is a surprisingly sheltered individual, all things considered. Since both, his parents were alive and well off, he never actually faced much hardship outside of training and school. He tends to prefer doing lavish things, something that puts off most of his friends who are Faunus.

Even though his physical prowess isn’t lacking by any means. His stature leaves something to be desired. This is because compared to most guys, Basil has a shorter reach than average. When faced with much larger opponents using reach weapons, Basil finds himself struggling to close the gap against these kinds of foes the most.

Ranged Weaponry. Since his mother preferred to use dust weaved clothes over ranged weaponry. Basil’s repertoire has never included the use of firearms, much to his father's disappointment. This tends to make him purely close combat-oriented when not using dust.

Basil tends to underestimate himself the most. A thing that tends to hold him back from doing the most optimal decisions due to believing they aren’t options he can feasibly do. This constant stream of self-doubt can severely cripple his decision making ability in crucial moments.
Likes:
-Desserts.
-Softness.
-Cleanliness.
-Tea.
-Living up to expectations.
-Discipline.
-Peace.
-Quiet.
Dislikes:
-Failing to meet expectations.
-Grime.
-Rough Surfaces.
-Disorder.
-Being reminded his mom is better.
-Disappointing others.
-Bitter Foods.
Recent Events:
None.
Alternate Characters:
None.

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