Ryan Chartreuse

Appearance
Ryan is a fairly tall, athletic young man with light blond, wavy shoulder-length hair in a ponytail. He has green eyes and pale, freckled skin.

Ryan's outfit consists of a white shirt, white pants (tucked in his boots), a brown belt with a hip pouch and a sword holder, and black boots. He wears a light green ascot tie around his neck. He also wears a dark green vest, and a green/terracotta long coat with gold and light green details. He wears black leather gloves as well, matching his boots.

Time skip
WIP

Personality
If there's a word that defines Ryan, it is "foreign". He lived most of his childhood and teenhood sheltered in a castle in a small island so he's shy, quiet, and isn't the best at socializing; however, he's gentle and well-mannered, and in his most private facet he behaves in a more playful, even naughty way.

Ryan's height, attire, quiet behavior and power make him look like an intimidating person to some strangers; however, he's actually sweet and cares a lot about his friends and family and doesn't like to discuss with most of people. He's also a wise and strong-willed person.

Ryan has good control over his emotions but sadness is devastating for him and can show the worst side of him (he can get really mean); it could be said that while his personality is mostly mature, he also was pushed to become mature at a young age, therefore he retains some childish traits, such as this and his naivety when it comes to getting close to people in friendships and relationships.

In his first year at Beacon Ryan had issues when talking to people because he didn't know how to act like a "normal" person and acted more like a prince (he acted way too formal, asked people to do stuff for him frequently, etc.), but now at his second year he improved (however, he's still introverted).

Even if he is in a good physical shape, Ryan is somewhat self-conscious about his body (he's covered with freckles and doesn't like it), and therefore he doesn't like to show it off.

Also, Ryan loves plants and flowers and knows a lot about them (and keeps a lot of them as well; he even brought his favorite plants to Beacon), but hides this interest from strangers.

History
Ryan is the prince of a very tiny, isolated but rich microstate called Stela. He's the only successor to his mother's lead, and it could be said that his motivations to become a Huntsman aren't the simplest ones.

Ryan's father, Cirrus Chartreuse, was both the king of Stela and a skilled Huntsman, which enjoyed to take walks in the leafy forests of the little island. Ryan, being a little kid and liking nature, frequently joined his father in these trips.

One day during spring, both father and son took a walk as usual and got into the forest. Ryan stopped to stare at a colorful bug that stood on a flower, and his father was a couple of metres away from him. A King Taijitu slowly went near Ryan and almost caught him if it weren't for his father, who could notice that it was here and could catch his son and protect him. Cirrus took Ryan away from the Grimm and left him in a safe place, between some bushes so he couldn't be found.

"Don't worry Ryan, it's just a King Taijitu and I can deal with it. Stay here and hide for now. I'll be back in a couple of minutes".

This time luck wasn't in favor of Cirrus, as this King Taijitu was a particularly violent, territorial one.

As usual, Cirrus grabbed his weapons and ran towards the Grimm, confronting it and using his Aura for defending himself. He easily dodged the Grimm's quick attacks, but Cirrus took a misstep and the King Taijitu strongly hit him, falling on the ground and feeling dizzy. Ryan listened to his father's scream and looked at the awful scene; the Grimm was approaching the stunned monarch, with the intention of killing him with its sharp fangs. Ryan cried, and screamed to this father as strong as he could. As the creature started to open its mouth, Cirrus listened to his son's voice, grabbed his sable and stopped the Grimm's head, trying to push it away.

"Dad! Are you fine!?"

"Ryan, leave! Get out of here!"

"B-But you'll be alone!"

"It doesn't matter...get out!"

"Bu-"

"I SAID GET OUT!!!"

While he was screaming at his son to run away, Cirrus struggled with the Grimm's head, but it was useless as the other head of the monster got closer to him and hit him again, now failing unconscious. Ryan let out a loud scream and ran for his life as fast as he could, without looking back. He was so shocked that he ran without a clear route; he just ran as much as he could, crying and sobbing. Ryan ended up exhausted and with cuts on his legs due to some tree branches that scratched them, but managed to arrive safely to his home.

"Mom! MOOOOOOOM!!", Ryan cried out loud. Both his face and his eyes were red because of how much he cried, and he was nervous and shocked yet his body was stiff as a rock due to the mental shock. His mother quickly hugged him, and asked her son what happened.

"Da...D-Dad...I-I think Dad got k-ki...killed!"

As Ryan wasn't a liar, Esther, carrying and comforting her son, went out the castle with some guards to look through the forest to find her husband. There was no trace of the King Taijitu, but she did find the disfigured corpse of the Huntsman. As soon as Esther noticed it, she covered Ryan's eyes and left him elsewhere with a couple of guards so she could go check the body of her husband. Another duo of guards covered the body and carried it to the castle.

Later, back in the castle, Esther quickly ran to Ryan's room and hugged him tightly; her tears flowing even if she tried to stop them.

After the incident, Esther Chartreuse became the Queen of Stela, taking the place of her deceased husband.

The ambient of uncertainty made her take the decision of sheltering Ryan in their castle and home-school him so he could become a good fighter, in case he had to defend himself when he became an adult. This training, however, made Ryan wish for something dangerous: revenge. He wanted to take revenge of his father's death since he just couldn't get over it and felt the incident was, in some way, his responsability; he had the need to kill that specific Grimm because he wasn't going to be able to feel peace of mind until he did so, and he also wanted to bring peace to his family and to his people and finally overcome his trauma, but since his father was already a skilled Huntsman he had to learn from the best Hunters. This also was tied to Ryan's wish of being able to defend his little state with his own hands and to become a good Huntsman in his deceased father's honor. Such a strong desire wasn't common in Ryan, and Esther rejected his son's wish at first, since she was really scared of losing him as well. However, Ryan wasn't going to give up that easily and was very persistent, until Esther finally gave up and let him get enrolled in Beacon Academy. Since Ryan had a good social status and was both a clever student and a good fighter, he got accepted and became a student there.

But he also had to adapt to a completely different ambient.

Time skip
Ryan was obligated to come back to Stela by the orders of her mother, who now completely refuses to have him leaving the place; she won't even let him leave the castle without bodyguards. She wants to Ryan to give up on his goal alltogether, and only gives him the chance of training just for sport and not for actually fighting. Because of this, Ryan trains a lot alone for compensating, but he feels he's losing his technique, which makes him feel very uncomfortable and anxious. Ryan is also in a rather bad mood most of days, due to being pushed to deal with boring diplomatic situations that he's supposed to do; this whole situation makes Ryan feel very bitter and resentful towards his mother, and she also feels rather angry as well, turning their relationship even more tense and complicated. Also, Ryan misses his teammates a lot, and he wishes they'd come to help him escape, but Stela's location makes it pretty hard so he feels rather hopeless.

Eventually, Ryan meets again with Bruno, Della, and Grizel as they finally manage to reach Stela. They end up convincing Ryan's mother Esther to have him travelling with them, and Ryan accepts to join back his team so they can find out what happened to Beacon. Also, Ryan ends up telling Bruno and Della the truth behind his wish to become a Huntsman, and they offer their help to Ryan so he can become a Huntsman strong enough to kill the Grimm that killed his father.

Weapon
Ryan has a Dust-powered Revolving Canalizer (DPRC) called Paristhorn. It's a revolver with a thin, collapsible canalizing blade (that turns the weapon into an épée) that has 4 Dust modes:


 *  Red:  Has fire Dust. In épée mode turns the blade on fire, reaching high temperature; in revolver mode it does fire-charged shots, capable of causing fires.
 *  Yellow:  Has electricity Dust. In épée mode the blade is charged with electricity and can paralize or even electrocute; in revolver mode it shoots electricity-charged shots.
 *  Light Blue:  Has ice Dust. In épée mode the blade gets icy, in revolver mode it shoots freezing shots.
 *  White:  Has wind Dust. In épée mode it makes stronger the impact that the blade can cause, and can also create air slashes, in revolver mode it's able to create "air steps" (is useful to make big jumps if pointed to the ground when shooting).

For activating a mood, the bell guard is spinned. Ryan tends to use his weapon more as an épée than as a revolver since in that mode it wastes more Dust and it's slightly weaker, but keeps his weapon in revolver mode when he isn't using it.

Ryan's favorite Paristhorn mode is épée mode with electricity Dust (since it harms but also paralizes the enemy). For final attacks he likes to use épée mode + white Dust + Aura, which could be considered the most powerful combination that he can attain.

This weapon's name comes from Paris Green, a deadly green pigment that was widely used in the 1800's, and "thorn", which is a reference to The Little Prince's rose.

In the timeskip, Ryan also carries one of his deceased father's weapons, Panpan, a trident dagger as a secondary weapon. It's a silver trident dagger with golden and navy blue details. He sometimes uses it in case he needs to have more control over a foe and disarm them. Ryan keeps this weapon in a separate weapon holder that wears on his right thigh. Its name comes from pan-pan, a distress call in radiotelephone communications for announcing an urgency on board a boat, ship, or aircraft.

Abilities
Ryan is probably the most versatile and balanced member of the team since he has great control over Dust with his weapon, and has good physical resistance and an average defense as well. He can also engage in hand-to-hand combat to some extent. Weakness-wise, Ryan has risk of getting defenseless if he runs out of Dust since his weapon works with it, and while he has good control over his Aura and Panpan helps with defense, they aren't as strong as a shield or actual armor. Also, Ryan's height and weight can work against him in some situations..

Ryan's Aura color is chartreuse; all the members of his family have this Aura color, it's hereditary.

Ryan's Semblance is called Outsider Shield and it's basically increased resistance to Dust-based attacks; he doesn't get hurt unless it's a powerful attack (i.e: Dust rounds are useless towards him, but a strong spell made of pure Dust can hurt him). Since his body naturally repels Dust, he can permeate himself with it for performing a more powerful attack, or he can coat his weapons with this Dust and reflect attacks made from enemies. However, this kind of strategy can be risky if the Dust coating is too heavy, as it leaves Ryan unable to dodge physical counter-attacks until he finishes his own.

Relationships

 * Queen Esther Chartreuse: Ryan thinks her mother is very overprotective and melodramatic, but he's actually close to her and loves her a lot, even if both of them don't always seem to show that.
 * Cirrus Chartreuse : Ryan misses him a lot, and always remembers him when he's walking through the forest of Stela.
 * Bruno Erraunt: Ryan has a good relationship with him; Ryan thinks he's funny but he doesn't talk to him too much since Bruno isn't the best listener. Bruno insists in treating Ryan as "his Majesty" or "his Highness" since he's old-fashioned, but Ryan always tells Bruno to call him by just his name.
 * Grizel Svane: Ryan has good relationship with her since both are more quiet and serious than Bruno and Della. They're team partners and work well together (to the point that there are times that Grizel just wants to work with Ryan and nobody else). Ryan looks at her as a role model (since Grizel is the strongest of his team and has a cool, assertive personality) and has a crush on her, but he's too shy to tell her.
 * Della Azure: Ryan has a good relationship with Della; he likes her carefree, relaxed attitude, and Della enjoys giving him hugs. He tries to push Della to stop being so lazy but it doesn't seem to work.

Trivia

 * Ryan alludes to The Little Prince.
 * Ironically, Ryan is pretty tall.
 * His love for plants and flowers, and part of Paristhorn's name allude to The Little Prince's rose.
 * Ryan coming from a small, isolated island alludes to The Little Prince's planet.
 * Ryan's father being killed by a King Taijitu alludes to the snake of the book.
 * This allusion has an important twist though, The Little Prince (Ryan) is alive but the Pilot/Narrator (Cirrus) is dead, when originally this situation is inverted.
 * Ryan wanting to take revenge is a little reference to Hamlet (since he's a prince).
 * "Ryan" can mean "little king". "Chartreuse" is a shade of green (and a French liqueur).
 * Since "Ryan" means little king, and kings belong to royalty, this is a reference to royal-named colors (i.e: royal blue, royal red, royal yellow, etc).
 * Because of the trauma provoked by his father's death, Ryan dreams weird stuff and nightmares often.
 * Ryan blushes easily.
 * Ryan is bad at cooking and doing house chores in general.
 * Unlike he does with Grimm, Ryan doesn't hate Faunus and doesn't treat them like they were inferior to him.
 * Ryan is an ISFJ.
 * Nobody knows the true reason why Ryan wants to become a Huntsman besides his mother and his partner Grizel.