AL

## **Profile**

**Alakmos Xeknal Saranite** (otherwise known as ***AL***) is one of the primary protagonists of ORGN, alongside Oren Koga and Ezekiel Ibanez. He is a Huntsman, training for a majority of his life under the guidance of his adoptive mother, Zirann, as well as within the halls of Beacon Academy. Lacking any form of weapon due to indecisiveness, AL fights primarily using his Semblance, Riptide.

He made his first appearance in Volume 1 Chapter 18 "The Storm Part 5". Since then, he's had many appearances and spotlight adventures throughout the series, with one of his most notable arcs being in Volume 4 Chapters 12 "Negotiations" and 13 "Betrayal Squared", where he killed Ozpin in an attempt to save Yang from being held at bowpoint by Cinder.

AL is also an artificial being, as he was created within a laboratory in the kingdom of Vacuo by Soleerin Saranite, a Manticore Faunus scientist, for seemingly unknown reasons. However, quickly after his "birth", AL was abandoned and seemingly left to fend for himself in the desert wastes, where he was then taken under the wing of a Dragon Faunus named Zirann, Leader of the Vacuo Branch of the White Fang. Years later, upon becoming 18, AL said his heartfelt farewells to his family and began traveling the land in order to hone his skills, where he then soon happened upon Beacon Academy by sheer chance. Without any hint of hesitation or regard for his own well being, AL lept at the opportunity to enroll at the school, and the rest is history.

## **Appearance**

AL is a caucasian young man with copper eyes and brown hair that fades into a bright blue, which constantly drips with water, as a result of a side effect of his Semblance. Being a Faunus, he also has a primary animalistic trait in addition to his mostly human body, being a large pair of feathery owl wings that have a similar appearance to his hair, which drape down from his biceps and extend down towards his elbows. As a result of the placement of these wings, as well as having too dense a skeletal structure, AL is unable to fly.

He wears a brown jacket with mid-length sleeves that cover his wings and no apparent undershirt, brown pants with blue accented pockets that cut off just at the knees, a large brown and blue scarf and large silver goggles with white lenses atop his head, though these are rarely worn in a proper fashion. AL is not one for formal wear and prefers to be as casual as possible, sometimes even donning a full set of white pajamas covered in golden yellow stars.

After a chance encounter with Adam Taurus, AL had his lower legs and left forearm replaced with cybernetic augmentations, though only the arm carries coloration and texture akin to normal human skin while his legs remain a dark silvery-indigo in coloration and carry the feeling of industrial-grade steel.

## **Personality**

AL can often be described by his peers as loud, obnoxious and over the top, but he's also known for his loyalty and surprising amount of cowardice when in danger. While usually found at the beck and call of his partner, Yang Xiao Long, he is known for wandering off on his own on multiple occasions, resulting in him getting into serious trouble, never being present for important events or both.

When transformed into any of Imperium's forms, his personality does a complete 180, becoming stoic, quiet and brave, though with a side effect of being arrogant and leaving others behind in order to quote unquote "save the day".

## **Powers and Abilities**

AL, like all good Huntsmen, is armed with a Semblance, known as Riptide. This allows AL to telekinetically control various forms of atmospheric moisture and bend it to his will, ranging from water, ice and steam to various weather phenomena. If sufficiently enraged, an artificial gene within his bloodstream known as HSO-519-ALX will activate, causing AL to explode with aquatic energy, gather as much water as he can in any given area and take on a monstrous form known as the LeviALthan, a creature of mindless rage that can only be calmed when AL himself runs out of enough stamina to keep the form together.

By the time of ORGN's sequel series, The Next, AL's experience and the wisdom he gained as he grew older have allowed him to master Riptide in unforeseen and strange ways and giving him new abilities stacked on top of the ones he's used to. He can now control other liquids with similar compositions to water, including various types of acid, "hear" and "see" through every drop of water on the entire planet of Remnant and even Bloodbend.

AL subsequently plays host of an alien entity from an alternate dimension known as Imperium, also giving AL control over light for devastating attacks. Due to how Unknowns work, AL can only access these abilities through a form of transformation, triggered by wearing a large golden gauntlet that acts as his "weapon", forming a crossbow for long-ranged attacks and a short blade for close-range swipes and stabs.

AL also owns a pair of Copper eyes, making him one of the last living descendants for the Order of Eyes and a Blacksmith. This gives AL an impressive pool of knowledge regarding a number of different forms of technology, from deconstruction and reverse engineering to repair and general maintenance. However, he has no knowledge of these abilities and is unaware of even the meaning behind his eye color in the first place. He just thinks they're an odd shade of brown.

## **Etymology**

AL's name is actually a code phrase/acronym of sorts created by Soleerin so that he could be identified later on, with it being lengthened as "Artificial Lifeform". Furthermore, it could also be seen as a pun on "Owl", given the animal half of his Faunus species, but that is mere speculation. AL's full name could also be inspired off of Alakmo, an Indonesian surname, and Alcimus, a companion of Achilles in Greek Mythology.

## **Inspiration**

AL is based primarily upon multiple sources, with some notable examples being his own creator, AJ "Mr. Trash Man", Kaepora Gaebora the wise old owl from The Legend of Zelda franchise and Soren from the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series of books. AL's origin story as an artificial creation grown inside of a laboratory also gives him similar ties to Mewtwo from the Pokémon franchise.

## **Trivia**

* AL is notable as being the first character in the series to pioneer multiple common staples going forward, such as having a love interest from the mainline RWBY Canon in Yang Xiao Long, as well as being the first character to be the host for an Unknown in Imperium.
	+ AL is also the first character to be recognized twice in places outside of ORGN and the G+ Discord Server in general, both being on Tumblr Blogs. The first being a RWBY Headcanons/Imagines blog, and the second being a "Ur Fav is [X]" blog regarding Among Us Imposters.
* Since ORGN's inception, AL has gone through the most design revisions out of any character. His current appearance is known among the members of the G+ Discord Server as "AL V9".
* A potential voice actor for AL would be Antony Del Rio, who also voices Pit and Dark Pit in Kid Icarus: Uprising.
	+ Speaking of Pit, an uncommon inside joke in the G+ Discord Server is that he and AL look strikingly similar, including both lacking the ability to fly, despite having wings.
		- Another inside joke, started by AJ "Mr. Trash Man" himself, is that AL shares some traits with the Pokémon Decidueye, the Grass- Type Starter of the 7th Generation of games.
* AL's birthday is, by real world standards, Saturday, June 19th, 1999. It is unknown how Remnant's calendar system works, so the earlier mentioned date is the only real point of reference.
* ORGN has several alternate universes and timelines that revolve strictly around AL for seemingly unknown reasons. Some are relatively the same, only having AL date different people (including Valerie and Ballista), while others are completely different and change up the plot of the whole series by a wide margin.
	+ One of these AUs, known as "Descendant of the Shadows" (or DotS, for short), shows a what-if scenario in which creating AL artificially had failed, prompting Soleerin to conceive AL under normal biological circumstances, with Salem as the mother, making AL a Faunus/Grimm Hybrid.
	+ Another timeline shows a reality in which AL is simply gender-swapped, becoming a woman named Alice. Otherwise, nothing else is changed.
* AL, being an Owl Faunus, is also known for having a rather large appetite. It's been rumored amongst other students at Beacon that he can swallow an entire plate of ribs whole without chewing, then cough up the bones like an actual owl does with its pellets. No one has had a strong enough stomach to test this theory.
* AL is the only Huntsman in recent history to attend any of the four academies and be entirely solo, not having a partner, team or even a dorm room to himself. Because of this, he instead acts as an honorary 5th member of Team RWBY and stays in their dorm, occupying the same bed as Yang for obvious reasons.
	+ This statement is no longer relevant. While not introduced into any chapters as of late, AL is now the new 4th member of Team KAB\_, after their old traitorous teammate, Mekaila, was devoured by the LeviALthan. This officially renames the team as "BAKA".
* AL is by far the first character to have gotten the most development since his introduction, with Oren Koga himself being a close second.