Jason Horne

> (What kind of callsign do you wanna use) How about Thorn? (Let me guess. Rose's gotta have thorns?) You got that right.
>
> Jason and Kelso discussing the former's callsign.

## Jason Horne

### Occupation

Licensed Grimm Huntsman
Trained Survivalist
Tracker

### Family

Alex Horne (father)
Morrigan Horne nee Barca (mother)

### People

* Ruby Rose (god-daughter)
* Yang Xiao Long (god-daughter)
* Taiyang Xiao Long (friend)
* Qrow Branwen (friend)
* Raven Branwen (friend, formerly)
* Summer Rose (friend & mentor, deceased)
* Jack "Manta" Finnegan (archnemesis)

### Nicknames

* The Ghost of Beacon Academy
* Remnant's Equalizer
* Roguebane
* Nimbus Peregrine

### Weapons Used

Cloudsplitter (Mecha-shift Glaive)
Stormguard (Twin Dual Swords)
Nightshade (Specialized Pistol)

**Jason Horne** is a huntsman from Remnant and the god-father of Ruby Rose and Yang Xiao Long. Trained at Haven Academy, Jason was privately trained by his father in martial arts, long-range marksmanship, & stealth, and infiltration before he attended Haven. He first met Team STRQ when he start off hunting Grimm, monsters that were attracted to negative emotions. He became friends with another huntsmen team called Team STRQ from Beacon Academy due to their former activities as students there, of which Jason considered them to be the most "unorthodox within Remnant/Huntsman history.

His mentor Summer Rose asked Jason to look after Ruby and Yang if something were to happen to her and Taiyang, and when Ruby was five years old, their mom was sent on a mission and disappeared presumed deceased, it was after that he decided to train Yang and Ruby for when the latter was old enough. During the Battle of Atlas, Jason was thrown off the edge of the Evacuation Central Location after a attack by Cinder Fall, in a failed attempt to save Yang from into the Void as well.

Jason is a stern but fair survivalist who likes to be independent and self-reliant who utilizes the surroundings and what little resources he has to level the playing against his enemies. He is high-protective of both Yang and Ruby, due to the promise he made to Summer and can be sometimes seen as over-protective and obsessive by other people, sometimes.

## History

### Early Life

Jason Horne was born to Alex and Morrigan Horne. His father was former Atlas Military officer and special operations unit member, his mother was a school teacher at Signal Academy.

When he was 11 or 10, Alex would teach his son extensively various skills not only needed to fight the Grimm but also fight against other rogue huntsmen. Things related to combat, weaponry, survival, hunting, espionage, stealth, martial arts, and fishing were thought to him to handle and survive the Grimm and the wildness in case he got lost, these type of training resulted in him in gaining an early acceptance to attend Haven Academy at the the age of 13.

Jason had first met Team STRQ when he as 16 years old, as he was hunting for Grimm at long-ranging before a Beowolf snuck up from behind and almost killed him before Team STRQ managed to kill it and save him. Summer Rose, the leader of Team STRQ took an interest in him becoming sort of an apprentice to Summer. What Summer thought Jason was skills to not only help people but to also how to live a life properly with the people by his side.

After graduating Haven Academy at the age of 17 and getting his Huntsmen License, Jason developed a reputation as a unidentified huntsmen that not only hunting Grimm also hunting down rogue huntsmen that were allied with Salem or had their own reasons for going Rogue.

Jason was able to track them down, sometimes it was easy, sometimes it was hard and some times, he would kill any the rogue huntsmen he tracked down from longer ranges. Which earning him the nickname "Roguebane" or the "Nimbus Peregrine", due to how quickly it took for him to capture or kill any rogue huntsmen he hunting down along with his marksmanship abilities,

Because of his ability to track down people easily, Qrow recommended that Jason be inducted into Ozpin's secret society which would allow them to limit the capabilities of Salem doing operations across Remnant. However, the Argus Directorate, a private intelligence agency from Earth, also took notice towards Jason's skill and abilities, but they were concerned if he fit the qualifications to be potential operative due to concerns of insubordination. But they still took notice towards the group that Ozpin led, due to them having the Fall Maiden secured at Beacon Academy.

### Battle of Beacon Academy

Upon seeing Adam Taurus severing Yang's right arm with one powerful strike, Jason enraged deeply and attacked him without Adam noticing. Managing to pin Adam to group with his own sword through his shoulder and Jason's Silverstones embedded within his left leg, Jason then preceded to brutally and slowly amputating Adam's right arm before carving a J with his remaining Silverstone, before leaving with Yang's severed right arm.

## Personality

> Ruby. Why are we still here? Just to suffer? Every night, I can hear the scream... the Grimm... even the people at Beacon dying. The people we've lost... the comrades we've lost... won't stop hurting... It's like they're all still there. You feel it, too, don't you? Everyone. I'm gonna make them give back our past! Take back everything that we've lost! And I won't rest... until we do!"
>
> Jason to the rest of the members of Team RWBY, Team JNR, and Qrow.

In his early life as a student of Haven Academy, Jason was emotionally reserved rarely hanging out with his friends or teammates always focused on the assignments slash missions given to him seeing personal relationships with teammates as liabilities and distractions during missions facing off against the Grimm with some viewing him as a workaholic. However, this all changed when he met Summer Rose, who had managed to rescue him from an ambush of Grimm, while Jason was hunting them, Summer trained him not just to hunt Grimm but also open up people and to care for them. This had lead him to open up with more people and was able to spent time with his teammates more often. However, Summer's disappearance/supposed death during a single secret mission, devastated him deeply and reverted back to his personality before he had met Summer, remembering Summer's last request to him to take care of her daughters, Jason decided to take care of Ruby and Yang training them for five years to withstand.

As a result, half of Jason's life was half defined by a promise that his mentor Summer made to him, asking him to take care of her daughters in case something happened to her, it is something that wishes to keep no matter what happens.

Jason had became a tough, hardworking yet caring Huntsman who never backed down in a fight and became Yang and Ruby's personnel instructor like their Uncle Qrow, as he worked hard to keep both of them safe. Taught by his father to be independent and self-sufficient, Jason took this heart which became one of the contributing factors in developing secondary skills other than hunting Grimm, which involved hunting down rogue huntsman that were associated with Salem or her associates, which made Jason into a brilliant and resourceful tactician.

After the Fall of Beacon and witnessing Adam Taurus sever Yang's right arm, Jason's personality personality had changed drastically. He was significantly angrier due to the pain he harbored after both the Fall of Beacon and his failure to kill Adam Taurus; in which he only reverted to his old personality on occasion. He also at times was willing to kill any enemies even if they surrendered peacefully or had valuable information. While he still proved himself to be an effective & skilled Huntsman, Jason's anger often clouded his judgement when it came to certain matters, treating any captured members of White Fang harshly with Ruby and the others being the voice of reason. Raven correct deduced that, Jason was behind the trail of White Fang corpses for Adam and his followers to find, describing him as a "sick yet broken man, who's struggling to keep promises".

Despite this, Jason still demonstrates levels of concern for Ruby, Yang, and the groups that they lead. However, his desire for revenge against those responsible of the fall of Beacon made him neglectful and distracted when it came Ruby and Yang's safety against Salem's forces. When Jason realized this, he decides to give up his desire for revenge and focus on keeping Ruby, Yang, and the teams that the led safe.

After the reunion of Team RWBY at Haven Academy, Jason's morality and original personality before Beacon was restored with him even having a more optimistic and daring attitude.

## Powers and Abilities

As a graduate of Haven Academy, Jason is skilled in both melee weapon and unarmed combat in dealing with the Grimm. In addition he was provided extra skills to not only deal with the Grimm, but Huntsmen as well. His combat style while using Cloudsplitter or the Silverstone blades revolve around a defensive style while using Cloudsplitter in it's polearm form tight, controlled movements and strict economy of action, giving Jason time to analyze his opponents and openings created, often from the frustration and fatigue of the enemy, while not succumbing to fatigue or making mistakes themselves.

While his offensive style when using Cloudsplitter in it's sword form and his Silverstone blades, revolves around preventing disarmament, and quick, very precise strikes when faced against a single opponent, if the situation changes towards multiple opponents, then the technique focuses on channeling his Semblance in his movement speed and weapon which can be characterized as rapid, frenzied strikes and powerful blows, and even be used while at a disadvantage against a single opponent.

While using firearms, Jason is highly proficient and skilled with variety of them, including pistols, revolvers, rifles, SMG's, and shotguns. Once of the various training regiments Jason excelled was at long-range marksmanship and since then Jason has become expert marksman and sharpshooter, making him an excellent sniper. Able to take out moving enemies, even if they are in a vehicle travelling at high speeds at great distances, and take on multiple enemy snipers single handed, ricochet bullets, and is accurate enough to detonate enemy grenades. Jason has great breath control, allowing him to steady his shots and to be more accurate and will wait for extensive periods of time for an opportunity for a kill. He is also able to identify weak points on vehicles, so that he can disable, or destroy them.

Jason is able to blend his marksmanship with his hand-to-hand skills, while in a CQB environment being able to swiftly use grappling moves combined with precision shots to take on large groups of organized gunmen, and is also skilled in throwing projectiles like knives with deadly accuracy and force, and can sometimes simply throws his firearms when he runs out of ammunition.

* **Master Martial Artist:** Jason is an incredibly skilled martial artist and hand-to-hand fighter. His fighting style consists of Remnant's equivalent of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Aikido, Sambo, Pankration, boxing, and Krav Maga. He can quickly outmaneuver, outmatch or simply outlast weaker opponents, even being capable of taking on multiple enemies at once. Jason is able to adapt to his opponent's fighting styles, studying them during the fight and adapting to negate their strengths, he also sometimes makes use of dirty tactics such as striking the groin, gouging the eyes or even biting.
	+ **Knife Mastery:** Jason is highly skilled in wielding and throwing knives and uses a style similar to Arnis. During knife fights, he tends to slam his hand against the pommel of his knife to drive the blade into his opponents.
	+ **Improvised Weaponry Mastery**: In addition to his impressive skills with firearms and bladed weaponry, Jason is very good at using whatever is in his immediate area as an offensive weapon.
* **Parkour & Climbing Mastery:** Having received rock climbing training from his father, he has became extremely agile and athletic and is able perform near acrobatic techniques.
* **Stealth:** One of the various training regiments invoked by his father, was to use stealth and non-detection to gain advantage on enemies with higher numbers. Which involves being highly adept at blending into shadows and moving silently, Jason had developed technique which involving executing multiple targets simultaneously which using a combination of close quarters combat.
* **Skilled Strategist:** Jason is shown to be a very intelligent individual who could outsmart his enemies even under extreme stress and can think his way out of dangerous situations. He is very spatially aware in combat situations, making use of the environment, weapons held by dead enemies, and even take advantage of the flaws in with his enemies behavior.

### Weapons

*Main Article: Cloudsplitter*

*Main Article: Nightshade*

*Main Article: Stormguard*

Jason's main weapons are comprised of a twin dual **Silverstone** short blades, the **Cloudsplitter** mechashift Glaive, an engraved specialized pistol called **Nightshade**. While on missions to hunt down the Grimm, Jason doesn't carry both Cloudsplitter or Silverstone at the same time due to the unnecessary weight in combination of the two.

#### Techniques Developed

* Caliber Curvature - When using firearms, Jason focuses medium amount of energy and stress within the gun he is using allowing him to bend the bullet's trajectory to hit a target blocked by an object.

*Coming Soon*

### Semblance

*Main Article: Reflection*

**Reflection** allows Jason create, shape, shoot, and manipulate a purplish energy which she can use for a variety of effects, such as creating weapons out of it or enhancing other weapons that he carries with him such as Cloudsplitter, creating walls and shields for defensive purposes, and creating surfaces to get around an obstacle. It can also double or triple the damage inflicted on enemies depending on how many times an enemy is with Reflection.

After experimenting with his Semblance, Jason can replicate any Semblance when in physical contact with any primary conductor, which he dubbed "**Siphoned Reflection"**.

However, despite having a Semblance. He rarely uses it when facing off against other Humans or Faunus, preferring to use the training & weapon techniques his father gave him.

#### Techniques Developed

* Shockwave - Launches a concussive shockwave field.
* Crater Strike - Focus energy in a single hand and then releases on the group to create an concussive energy strike.
* Flare - Focus and expend all the energy contained to unleash a huge flare that throws enemies within its range, causing massive damage.
* Airlift - Summons and energy-jump pad allowing one to be launch to great heights.
* Grapple Rope - Used to latch onto certain surfaces, allowing Jason to swing from this point and reach areas and to pull himself rapidly across a distance.

### Weakness

Despite his independent and self-reliant thinking, one of Jason's main problems after the Battle of Beacon Academy was that he had an excessive bloodlust towards his enemies when it involved of harm of someone he cares about and can develop an aggressive and violent thirst for revenge began that can cloud his judgement if any harm came to Ruby or Yang, although it was quite similar to Yang's own short temper, Jason instead disciplined/transformed it into a cold and calculating level of tactical & analytical thinking. While in this state of vengeance, he still utilizes his strategic brilliance when going after someone he personnel wants to take out. This can make Jason easy to manipulate for when he can lured into a trap.

## Relationships

### Friends and Allies

#### Summer Rose

One of the most impactful relationships Jason had was with his mentor, Summer Rose. Described by Jason, as his most difficult opponent he had ever faced, Jason never once beat Summer during their training sessions when ever it first started. No matter what methods Jason used whether it be long-range, surprise attacks, or direct confrontations, Summer would always win the first round.

Her supposed death, had devastated Jason deeply but in turn strengthened Jason's resolve and vowed to keep Ruby and Yang safe.

#### Ruby Rose & Yang Xiao Long

Jason treated Ruby and Yang as his surrogate daughters, following Summer's, his mentor's and Yang and Ruby's mother's last request to look after them and keep them safe. As such, Jason developed a protective bond with the two girls, training them to make sure that they survive and handle the Grimm, but after the Fall of Beacon Academy that protective bond turned into a near-obsession of protectiveness so much that Jason harbor a massive vengeful grudge against the entire extremist faction of the White Fang including the faction's leader, Adam Taurus even after severing in his right arm at Beacon during the battle. However, this desire for revenge made him neglectful to Ruby and Yang's safety against Salem's forces and after realizing this decided to abandon this fruitless desire for revenge.

#### Alani Kelso

Having a friendly relationship with Division agent, Alani Kelso. Jason rarely had any personal conversations with Kelso, due to her resembling his mentor and Ruby & Yang's mother Summer Rose.

### Enemies

#### Carter "Goblin" Reyes

Despite being targeted by Riptide contractor Jack "Manta" Finnegan, Jason has personally set his sights on Riptide's sadistic interrogator Carter "Goblin" Reyes due to the fact that "Goblin" has targeted Ruby as a way to break the group psychologically and wants to personally kill "Goblin", for going after her.

## Trivia

### Allusion

* Jason alludes to several famous snipers throughout history, such as Carlos Hathcock and Vasily Zaytsev. His protective nature towards Yang and Ruby may also allude to Marlene from the video game The Last of Us by Naughty Dog.