Ignis Artifex

> I get that we still won! I just feel like such a burden for getting eliminated so easy... For making you all do extra work... I'm sorry if I was just baggage for you all during that fight
>
> Ignis Artifex

## Ignis Artifex

### Nickname

IgIggy

Coconut Head (By Team PSMA member)

## Media

### First Appearance

"Dearly Beloved"

Ignis Artifex is a side protagonist in Team OPRA's story. He is a former student at Beacon Academy and a former member of Team TLIP with Lillian Armfeldt as his partner. His weapon of choice is a special mix dust-paint launcher called *Eisle.*

He first appears in "Dearly Beloved" watching Mai Phan fight Tanner Ackerman in a combat training spar. He later appears at the Beacon Formal. Afterwards Ophelia comments that he and his team are sent for an escort mission with Keiichi Kobayashi.

Ignis and his team later participate in the 40th Biannual Vytal Festival in Volume 3. He and his team progress into the Singles round with Mai representing and move further in after Mai defeats Tanner. The festival is later interrupted by the grimm invasion and Mai flees in the chaos after revealing herself as a white fang agent.

After the fall, Ignis and his remaining team are transferred to Shade.

## Appearance

### Physical

Standing at 5’7, Ignis has a thin frame for a young man his age. He has bronze brown skin with light lime-green hair that is cut short with a symmetrical fringe. He has a round head shape with Byzantine purple eyes and full lips and a somewhat flat nose.

### Attire

Ignis' original attire consists of a white blouse tucked into a pair of dark grey trousers with a dark blue short tie. On his feet he wears a pair of black dress shoes. Over the top of his shirt Ignis wears a matching amazon green jacket with black lapels and gold trims on the short sleeves. On his arms, Ignis wears black gloves that he will wear his weapons over when in use.

## Personality

Ignis is a sensitive and artistic soul. He adores the beauty that the world of Remnant has and has dedicated himself to becoming a hunter so he can protect that beauty. While being an artistic person, Ignis would also be deemed a genius for his work in dust technology and the application of dust through paint, signifying his passion for art.

However Ignis’ sensitivity often leads to him being a more shy young man and one who often underestimates his own talents and intelligence.

After the fall of beacon academy and the betrayal of Mai Pembe, Ignis is changed alongside his remaining former team mates. While Tin is consumed by anger and Lillian consumed with negligence of the situation, Ignis is consumed by guilt about it despite it not being any of his fault. If he didn't get knocked out in the team tournament, then maybe he would've gone to the doubles instead of Mai, maybe *he* would've fought Tanner instead of her, and maybe she wouldn't have betrayed them.

## Background

Ignis was born in the Kingdom of Vale to a family of hunters. Despite his sensitive and artistic soul, Ignis was persuaded into the path of a hunter and attended Signal Academy on the island of Patch. Afterwards, he was accepted into Beacon Academy.

## Abilities and Powers

Similarly to his partner, Lillian, Ignis is a dust-based fighter that uses his new technology to create chaos on the battlefield. Through splattering large amounts of paint and ‘igniting’ it, Ignis can create sudden large-scale dust attacks and even change the environment around him.

### Weakness

Ignis' biggest weakness lies in his complete inability in hand to hand and over-reliance on his weapon, Eisle. Because of this, opponents who engage head on and in close combat with him are almost guaranteed to win, evident in being knocked out during the team round during the 40th Biannual Vytal Festival.

### Weapon

Ignis’ weapon is called *Eisle.* It is the *Multi Dust Paint Launcher.* Ignis’ weapon comes in two key parts. The first part of the weapon is the multi-chambered rotary back pack that Ignis attaches to himself via a leather harness. The pack contains six seperate vials of Ignis’ ‘Paint Dust’, a liquid dust substance with a consistency similar to paint. Via two arm-based launchers on his wrists, Ignis can spray the paint outwards, creating a variety of elemental effects.

### Semblance

Ignis' semblance is called *Camouflage*. By absorbing the colours of the environment around him, Ignis can seemingly create a camouflage and hid himself in the environments around him. Ignis can also extend his camouflage to other people and even objects. When Ignis takes away colours from something, it will revert to hues of grey, indicating the complete absence of colour within it. Depending on what he takes colour from, Ignis' aura usage with his semblance will vary.

## Trivia

### Allusion

* Ignis is inspired by famous french pointilism painter Georges Seurat. Seurat is best known for his painting 'A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte.' Seurat was the subject of the 1984 musical *Sunday in the Park With George*, written by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine.
	+ Both Ignis and Georges are painters.

### Colour Naming Rule

* Ignis is the latin word for *Fire*, connecting his name to the colours of red, orange and yellow.
* Artifex is the latin word for *Painter*, an individual who uses colours to create works of art.