Baruq Rotguss

An OC by phantomlink959
== History ==
=== Early Life ===
Baruq grew up as part of a nomadic tribe in L'keill, spending most of his early life learning the basis of equipment maintenance and combat. lacking any sort of firearm, his family specialized in a brutally effective melee style, using primarily blunt weapons such as hammers and flails. He was always smart, skilled, and strong, and it was these things that saved his life when most of the tribe was wiped out by an alliance raid, he was able to escape, unfortunately there were no other survivors, so he continued on his own, wandering and avoiding conflict to the best of his ability. after a few years of this life, he found a destroyed caravan, similar to the one he had once lived in, however it was a site of much more recent destruction.
=== Meeting Kanika ===
Amongst the wreckage, he found a small girl, even younger than he was when his tribe was wiped out. knowing how unforgiving the wilds could be, he took her in. making sure she was safe and fed by continuing to scavenge and hunt as he had since his own family was killed. after a several years and a close brush with an alliance hunting party, he decided it was no longer safe in L'keill, so they fled to the bordering kingdom, finding the academy where the two took shelter, with Baruq enrolling almost immediately. His exceptional strength and cunning led to him becoming a proficient warrior fairly quickly, while his skill with machines allowed him to quickly become adept at working with the weapons technology the academy granted him access to.
== Personality ==
Baruq is a very soft-hearted individual, caring deeply for others, particularly his adopted sister Kanika. Being highly intelligent, he learns new skills quickly, and is particularly skilled with machines and electronics, designing his weapons photon emission systems and the high powered processors needed to coordinate and operate them in a matter of a few years.
For all his intelligence and compassion, Baruq I EXTREMELY blunt, preferring brutal honesty over white lies, unfortunately this means he has trouble dealing with those who are more sensitive then himself, a trait that his adopted sister picked up from him.
== Appearance ==
Baruw is (literally) thick skinned, having an extremely tough hide from spending most of his life fighting just to survive, with his skin somewhat resembling rough leather. his features are somewhat odd, with very visible lines from his skeletal structure. being extremely tall and widely built. he also has one particularly odd physical trait; an injury when he was young caused two of his teeth to grow overly large and protrude from his mouth, strongly resembling tusks.
=== combat outfit ===
After graduating from the academy, Baruq captured several order shock troopers, striping them of their armour and weapons, he used the technology to build himself of suit of semi-powered armour, strongly resembling plate-mail, it is in fact an alloy shell containing an insulating gel layer, hydraulic strength amplifiers, and a series of monitors for his heart beat, blood pressure, and other vitals. in addition, he outfitted the suit with an electric shock system that will jump-start his heart if he flatlines.
Prior to graduating from the academy and building his armor, he wore leather armor reinforced with steel plates
=== Casual Outfit ===
When not in the field or training, Baruq wears a pair of coveralls and a tool belt, spending much of his free time tinkering with his weapons and armor, though he is also employed by the academy as part of the maintenance crew.
== Weapons ==
=== Ballistic Gatling Power-Hammer ===
The weapon he used during his time as a student at the academy, an oversized hammer that transforms into a large minigun chambered for 5mm rounds. the hammer itself weights around 56 kilos and measures 2.5 meters long with a .5m wide by .75m long head. the weapons is loaded by a durm magazine that attaches to the back of the weapon, opposite the barrels. when used in hammer form, the pneumatic systems used to extend and retract the barrels when switching to gun form instead fire on impact, greatly amplifying the force delivered.
=== Photonic Gatling Power Hammer ===
An upgraded version of his original hammer, the weapons is virtually identical; however rather than using bullets, it is powered by aura crystal battery packs and fires concentrated beams of photonic energy (lasers)
the intricate array of lenses and delicate electronics require regular maintenance, and some wonder how he is able to keep the weapons computer system running after using it to violently smash enemies.
== Skills ==
=== Repair ===
Baruq is an expert at building and maintaining machinery and electronics, and is employed by the academy to perform maintenance on many vital systems. he is particularly talented with weapons technology, and is constantly looking for way to improve his own equipment.
=== Semblance ===
Golem, animates stone or metal with his aura. able to be controlled either consciously by having it mimic his own movements, or passively by giving it orders. useful when he needs to make repairs in hazardous areas, or for combat support, acting as a sort of walking shield.
== Trivia ==
=== Relationships ===
His tribe was wiped out when he was 12, so his only family is Kanika, who he found around 3 years after his tribe was killed, she was only 5 years old, and incapable of protecting herself, so he took her in and made sure she was as safe as possible, eventually coming to view her as his little sister.
Category:Humans
Category:The Academy
Category:Neutral
Category:Male Characters