Darko Budny

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> Darko Budny

Darko Budny is a character in Team OPRA's story. He is a member of Team ALMD and a student at Shade Academy.

He first appears in "Backstage Romance" fighting against Team OPRA in the 40th Biannual Vytal Festival. He is forced to collide with his team mates Aoi Hamasaki and Lucien Bellarose before Rhea La Roja shoots one of his grenades and detonates it, shattering the three's auras. He is later seen eating curry with his team at the Vytal Fairgrounds.

When Grimm and The White Fang invade Beacon Academy, Darko and his team help rescue students from the vytal fairgrounds. He is later evacuated.

After the Fall of Beacon, Darko returns to Shade Academy.

## Appearance

### Physical

Darko stands at 5'2 and is skinny and small for a boy his age. He has light brown skin with dark brown hair that is cut into a messy surfer cut. He also has a round head shape with green eyes.

### Attire

Darko's original attire consists of a dark metallic grey shirt with a pair of faded jean blue shorts. Over his shirt Darko wears a zipped up brown, black and white short-sleeved hooded jumper. Across his chest diagonally he wears a strap with several grenade ammunition for his launcher. Darko then wears a pair of brown and white sneakers.

## Personality

Darko is shown to be an incredibly timid, shy, easily scared and almost cowardly young man. He constantly apologises while in combat and can be overwhelmed by the action around him. Despite that, he also shown to have moments of bravery such as helping to rescue students during the Battle of Beacon and fighting back against the creatures of grimm before being forced to evacuate.

## Background

Darko was born in the city of Vacuo to two blacksmiths. Growing up, Darko helped his family as an assistant in the forge before beginning to show a knack for designing and forging weapons himself. Despite his incredibly timid nature, Darko was recommended to Shade Academy and accepted based on his intelligence in weaponsmithing.

During the Shade Academy initiation, Darko met Goldie Melville after saving her from a deathstalker using his semblance. Later he was sorted into Team ALMD.

## Abilities and Powers

Despite his timid nature, Darko is shown to be the heavy hitter of his team with his grenade launcher. He can fire dangerously volatile explosive rounds that can do massive damage to his opponents.

### Weaknesses

Darko is shown to struggle in combat despite his heavy hitting weapon. He is easily outfought by other more experienced combatants and when under pressure Darko can make bad decisions that can cost greatly, evident in how his own grenades are used to defeat him and his remaining team members during their fight against Team OPRA.

### Weapon

Darko's weapon is called The Prospector. It is the High Impact Grenade Launcher (HIGL). The Prospector is a hefty brown and black grenade launcher that is made from wood with a metal frame holding it together. The Prospector fires volatile, high impact grenade rounds that create small controlled explosions on impact. Darko can further enhance his attacks with dust rounds that create the same explosions this time with an added elemental effect.

### Semblance

Darko's semblance is called Shield Lock. As a semblance it allows him to super-fortify his aura and create a singular shield around his body that protects him from all types of danger with the cost of being immobile until he lowers it.

## Relationships

### Aoi Hamasaki

Darko is shown to constantly look to Aoi on what to do and sees him as a good enough leader to ask for how he can help

### Lucien Bellarose

Darko and Lucien are shown to have a friendly relationship, Lucien usually helping to calm Darko down in moments of pressure.

### Goldie Melville

As her partner, Darko is shown to be very overwhelmed by Goldie's energy and is constantly dragged around by her to do everything together.

## Trivia

### Allusion

* Darko alludes to the god Amatsumara from Japanese mythology. Amatsumara is the god of iron working in Japanese mythos.
	+ Darko is a skilled mechanic and weaponsmith.

### Colour Naming Rule.

* Darko is a Slavic boys name that means 'Gift'. The name can also derive from the word 'Dark' which brings dark colours to mind.
* Budny is a Polish last name that means 'Hut, Cabin'.

### Miscellaneous

* Darko is named after Darko Tresnjak, a Serbian-American theatre director.
* Darko is the shortest male character in Team OPRA's story at 5'2ft (157cm).