Nocturne Argentum

**Overview**
History
Relationships

**Series 2:**

* 25 (Volume 1)

**Series 3:**

* 42 (Volume 1)

* Argentum Family
* Nikos Family (adoptive)
* Belladonna Family (in-laws)

***The more things change, the more they stay the same.***
― Nocturne Argentum

**Nocturne Argentum** (李星君, *Lǐ Xīngjūn*) is the protagonist of *Argent RWBY*. He is a Huntsman and a former student at the now-defunct Beacon Academy. He also founded SENTINEL, serving as its commander. Nocturne's primary weapon is a Plasma Dust Morphing Blade (PDMB) named Eclipse. He also has a list of other weapons that fill specific roles.

Nocturne is an Awakener, someone whose soul has crossed the boundaries of space and time. In his past life, he was originally a young man from Earth named **Leon**. His soul was transported to Remnant, where he was reborn. He awakened his memories of his past life when he was 17, on the day he arrived at Beacon.

He is the leader of Team NNPR, consisting of himself, Nora Valkyrie, Pyrrha Nikos, and Lie Ren.

Nocturne is the younger brother of Luciana Argentum and the son of Lucius Argentum and Jade Argentum. He is also the adopted brother of Pyrrha Nikos, and the adopted son of Alexios Nikos and Victoria Nikos.

## Appearance

Nocturne has dark blue eyes and fair skin. He has straight, black hair, with bangs reaching all the way to the bridge of his nose. His hair reaches down below his cheek and is slightly spiky near the back. Despite the look of his hair, Nocturne rarely used hair products.

25 years later, Nocturne has shorter, more relaxed hair parted into a curtain style with a few stray bangs. He also has a thin mustache and goatee.

### Outfits

#### Valeria

During his attendance at Beacon Academy, Nocturne wore a dark blue T-shirt under a collared short-sleeved black jacket with pockets and a pair of slim-fitting black pants tucked into his combat boots. He wore his jacket unbuttoned almost all of the time. After he began riding his bike, he started wearing a pair of black forearm-length cycling gloves.

#### Beacon Uniform

Nocturne wore the standard male uniform at Beacon Academy, which consisted of a white shirt, red tie, blue vest, brown suit with gold trim, and black shoes. After he began riding his bike, he started wearing a pair of black cycling glovelets.

#### Pajamas

Nocturne wore pajamas with a bright blue long-sleeved shirt and a pair of loose-fitting plaid pants while at Beacon.

#### Dance

During the Beacon Dance, Nocturne dressed in a dark blue dress shirt with rolled sleeves and a silver tie. He wore a pair of black dress pants and black dress shoes.

#### Menagerie

To hide his identity, Noct changes his attire and uses an alias, **Null**. He wears a long black poncho with an integrated visor that covers his torso and arms, keeping his hood up as well. Underneath his poncho, he wears subdued, black military gear, gloves, and combat boots. He wears a respirator with a heavily polarized lens and a voice distorter.

Underneath the mask, Noct has dark circles under his eyes, due to the stress of leading and maintaining SENTINEL. His cheeks are also partially sunken in, a sign of his lost weight. During his time in Menagerie, he would slowly begin to recover, losing his dark circles and reaching a healthier weight.

#### Mistralia

Following the time-skip at the end of Volume 3, Nocturne bears a new outfit as he travels to the Meridean continent. Nocturne wears a black windbreaker with a high collar and pushed up sleeves, and black pants tucked into a pair of tall laced combat boots. He retains his black glovelet on his right hand.

#### Formal

Nocturne wears a formal uniform consisting of a black double-breasted military suit jacket with golden trims extending below his waist, black dress pants, and black dress shoes. He wears his jacket buttoned all the way up to his collar. He also has on a pair of white formal gloves.

His jacket has white ornate cuffs with gold trimmings. A black epaulet sits on his left shoulder, which is connected to a decorated cape that covers his arm. He also has a blue sash around his chest that is attached to his epaulet.

#### Atlesia

After arriving in Atlas, Nocturne styled his hair up, with only a few stray bangs covering his forehead. He switches his temperate clothing for clothing more suited to a winter environment. It consists of a padded black snorkel parka and black pants tucked into a pair of winter combat boots.

## Personality

Nocturne is a quiet, reserved individual. While he is socially competent, he finds dealing with social situations for extended periods of time difficult. To those who are unfamiliar with him, he may appear distant and even hostile at times. When he is emotionally exhausted, he can snap and lash out in anger at offenders. On the other hand, feigning emotions is nearly impossible for him, to the point where he can't even fake a smile, making him an emotionally genuine individual.

Nocturne has a strong attachment to his friends, which dates back to before his reincarnation on Remnant. He can snap if they are hurt. When his emotions are in turmoil, he becomes more powerful, and his Semblance changes to reflect this.

After meeting Jaune, Nocturne experienced impostor syndrome. He felt he had "stolen" his team leader's position, which left him feeling guilty and depressed. Nocturne was able to recover from this after an intervention by Ruby and Jaune.

Nocturne is overly cautious most of the time, almost to the point of paranoia. He is not an aggressive individual and is terrified of the unknown. He does everything he can to keep risk to a minimum. He rarely takes chances unless the odds are in his favor. He has since learned to take more risks, rather than relying on fate.

Nocturne is a very lazy person if he isn't properly motivated. While not lazy enough to take shortcuts, he will eventually require the assistance of others to put him in his place. Only things that personally interest him will motivate him. As such, this means he is a procrastinator. Having been one for a long time, this makes him someone that works well under pressure, despite the fact that he despises it.

Nocturne alternates between being a perfectionist and being a slob. He will do his utmost to make sure it is perfect for things that are important to him. Otherwise, he couldn't care less.

## Equipment and Abilities

As Leon, Nocturne had some fighting ability, having a background in karate and Sanda. However, his practical ability left much to be desired, as he didn't take the training very seriously. However, once regaining his memories on Remnant, he improved quickly out of necessity.

Nocturne has two fighting styles consisting of an unarmed style and a weapons style. He is also proficient in gunfighting.

His unarmed style is a mixture of many different effective fighting styles. His arm strikes consist of techniques from karate, kickboxing, and various forms of wushu. He also utilizes some limited bajiquan, particularly its elbow techniques. He uses taekwondo and other wushu techniques for his leg strikes, while his throws are mainly based on judo, jujutsu, and aikido.

His weapons style is based around his Semblance's adaptability. Since his weapons are stored in his Semblance, Nocturne can switch between them at will, chaining combos and making him almost impossible to predict.

Nocturne demonstrated tactical skills during the Initiation. He effectively guided his allies and gave out orders in rapid succession while under duress. After he founded SENTINEL, this would prove to be his most defining characteristic.

### Weapons

Alongside his primary weapon, Nocturne wields an arsenal of weapons he calls Armaments.

#### Eclipse

*Main article: Eclipse*

**Eclipse** is Nocturne's primary weapon of choice. Eclipse is a single-edged sword with an elaborate hilt and a waved edge that ends in a tip.

Eclipse received an upgrade after Volume 3. The weapon's profile is held over from its original incarnation, though with a much more pronounced groove splitting the blade down the middle. The weapon's inner workings are expanded upon; the edge of the blade can split away to project a beam of Plasma Dust from the base of the hilt.

### Semblance

*Main article: Phantom Blades*

Nocturne's Semblance is **Phantom Blades**, a variation of the unique hereditary Semblance of the Argentum family. It gives Nocturne the ability to access a personal pocket dimension. He uses this power to store a variety of weapons.

He can summon and control his weapons in their phantom forms near him. He can will them to attack opponents as well as to form a defensive matrix.

Nocturne discovered that he can teleport to a weapon registered in his Semblance, a technique he would dub "warping". Warping is an effective means of transportation, but Nocturne soon realized that it also gives him an edge during battle. In combat, he can perform "warp breaks" by throwing his weapon and warping at the moment of impact, significantly enhancing the force of the attack.

Using his Silver Eyes, Nocturne can break the limits of his Semblance, allowing him to utilize his entire arsenal at once, teleport short ranges, and flight.

### Weaknesses

Nocturne's biggest weakness is perhaps his lack of real combat experience. Prior to regaining his memories, Nocturne was a seasoned fighter, proficient in the art of swordfighting,