Abraham Taurus

**Abraham Taurus** was a Mantlese miner and political activist, most known for being the father of Adam Taurus.

## Biography

### Early Life

Abraham Taurus was born in the city of Mantle in the year 28 A.G.W. Abraham was born in poverty and was discriminated against because of his Faunus heritage. Abraham's life was very difficult and he was not able to get a very extensive education as his family needed him to help provide from them.

When Abraham was about 19 years old, he left Mantle for Mistral, hoping to find new and more prosperous work in the federation.

### Life in Minos & Sara Taurus

Abraham would eventually move to the village of Minos which was several miles outside of Argus. Abraham worked as a day laborer, doing various jobs around the village for fair pay. It was during one of these jobs that he met a woman named Sara. Sara was a fellow Cow Faunus and she had also left Mantle for Minos for better work. Because of their similar origins they became fast friends and often spent time together. Eventually, their friendship evolved into a genuine love for one another and they began dating and then married. On April 21st, 57 A.G.W. the two would have twins, whom they named Adam and Eve.

### Fall of Minos

Five years after the birth of his children, Minos was besieged by Grimm. The village erupted into chaos and in the confusion, Adam and Eve would be separated from their parents. Abraham attempted to enter deeper into the village in order to find his children, but he was restrained by the local militia and even had to be knocked unconscious so that he would be stopped.

When Abraham was awoken he was soon reunited with Adam who was rendered catatonic. The militia members who found Adam informed Abraham and Sara that Eve had been attacked and killed by the Grimm. Despite his own depression and distraught feelings, Abraham refused to let himself breakdown so he could be strong for his wife and son. With the village destroyed, Abraham and Sara moved back to Mantle, taking Adam with them.

### Return to Mantle

Although back in his homeland, life was difficult for the Taurus family. As poor Faunus refugees, they did not have many opportunities for employment. Abraham and Sara tried their best and did various odd jobs across the city to provide for the family. Despite how desperate their circumstances were, Abraham and Sara refused to let Adam work because of their own difficult childhoods instead wanted him to focus on his studies and live as a normal child. While they had a very impoverished life style, the family did have some happiness though they were still haunted by the death of Eve. Abraham and Sara both noticed that Adam had begun showing signs of mental illness, but had no way to deal with them and no money for therapists. Soon enough, the jobs that Abraham and Sara had were no longer enough to provide for them. The only other option that they had was working for the Schnee Dust Company.

### White Fang & Death

Work in the mines was extremely harsh with terrible conditions, but both Abraham and Sara did their best to power through. Abraham eventually joined the Mantle branch of the White Fang and became a prominent member and even a leader in the organization. Despite the organization being looked down upon, Abraham eventually organized a strike against the White Fang for better conditions.

The SDC was unhappy with this and a few days they began taking action against them. Despite intervention from the guards and police, the strike still went on and the SDC ultimately hired a mercenary company to help deal with it. Despite Abraham's best efforts of being as peaceful as possible, tensions rose to greater levels. Eventually the tension snapped and the mercenaries fired into the protesting crowd and killed many workers, Abraham among them. In his final moments Abraham knew what was going to occur and despite the fear he had for what would be left for Sara and Adam, he accepted his death with grace and died instantly as he was shot.

## Legacy

Abraham did not have much of a history other than what as one of many who died from the cruelty of the SDC and because of the infamy that his son would eventually have. While those in the community had nothing but positives to say about Abraham, his extremely notorious son outshined his father's legacy much more than anything. Abraham was buried in a cemetery in the Faunus District of Mantle, later being joined by Sara and though empty there was another grave for Eve. The rare times that Adam was in Mantle, he always paid his respects to his father at his grave.

## Appearance

### General Appearance

Abraham was a tall and stocky man of Mantlese origin with brown hair, electric blue eyes, and fair skin. Abraham stood at about 6'4" when not counting his horns and had a muscular build as a result of a life time of physical labor. Abraham had a very bulky frame and weighed somewhere around 300 lbs. As a Bull Faunus, Abraham had several animals features, with his being horns, ears, and tail. Abraham had very long and curved horns similar to a Valean Longhorns that were about 10 inches long, making his true height closer to about 7 feet tall. Abraham also had a pair of brown bull ears on his head, right above his human ones. Like most Faunus, his animal ears did not replace his human ones, he simply had four set of ears. Additionally, his bull ears would occasionally hide his human ones. Abraham's tail was brown and it's end had a tuft of darker brown fur that was the same color as his hair.

Abraham had thick and curly Russet Brown hair that was soft and fluffy, though was also quite messy. Abraham's hair was somewhat short but layered, and he had many loose curls with bangs that covered his forehead and framed his face. Though messy, Abraham did maintain his hair relatively well and he kept it out of his face at all times. Abraham's hair was slightly longer at the nape of his neck, but was still relatively short.

Abraham had large, downturned, and wide-set eyes that were an especially vivid shade of electric blue. Abraham's pupil were oval shaped because of his Bull Faunus heritage instead of the more round ones that humans had. Abraham's eyes were usually quite tired but there was a sense of happiness and a friendly nature to them. Abraham had short and thick eyelashes and somewhat large and bushy eyebrows.

Abraham had a rectangular face shape that was mostly symmetrical and had some facial fat. Abraham had a wide forehead, high cheekbones, average sized human ears with attached lobes, a large and straight nose with moderately large nostrils, thin lips that were a dark pink in color, mostly white teeth that were a little more blocky than a human's and better suited to eating fruits and vegetables than meat, a strong jawline, and a squarish chin. Abraham had a trimmed but full beard that was the shame shade of color as his scalp hair. The stress of his life had caused to have noticeable stress lines and have a few wrinkles despite his relatively young age.

Abraham's body was very large and well proportioned, if a little stocky. Abraham had a somewhat short but very thick and muscular neck, very broad shoulders, a vast and muscular back, large arms with bulging muscles, massive hands with short and thick fingers, a barrel chest, a somewhat rotund stomach, large and powerful legs with thick thighs and calves, and massive feet. Abraham had a very hairy chest, arms, and legs, along with a less hairy stomach. Abraham's skin was fair and somewhat rough because of his tough lifestyle. Despite his Mantlese heritage and origin, Abraham tanned gracefully instead of getting a nasty sunburn and peeling skin. Abraham's neck was especially strong because of his large and relatively heavy horns.

Abraham had a deep but gentle and friendly voice. Abraham's voice was described as being somewhat jolly at most times and he spoke in a very informal way. This changed when Abraham was giving speeches, during which his voice became more authoritative and booming, with him speaking much more formally as well.

Abraham's general demeanor was very affable and mostly casual, though his very exhausting work made him seem tired at most times. Abraham was a complete civilian and acted as one, though he was still a very strong and sturdy looking man and had great courage which his demeanor showcased. Abraham was much more alert and active when he was fired up, especially during his speeches or when he was striking.

Abraham was a mostly average looking man in appearance, though his large visage made him stand out in a crowd. While not especially handsome, he was also not bad looking and he had his own rough charm that his polite and joyful demeanor only added to. Abraham was directly compared to a bull not just because of his Faunus heritage, but because of his large and powerful frame that was as strong as an ox's.

Abraham looked a fair bit like his children, though they admittedly took more so after their mother. Both of his children inherited his striking eyes, had a few locks of his brown hair, and Adam inherited his impressive height though in terms of facial features and body type both Adam and Eve looked a lot more like Sara than they did him.

## Attributes

### Abilities

#### Physical

**Great Strength**: Although not an aura user, Abraham did have great strength. Abraham had worked as a laborer for essentially his entire life and had become very muscular and strong as a result. Though a completely normal person in almost all respects, he did have great strength that was much more than the average person could boast. Though a mildly racist comment, it would not be wrong to say that Abraham was a strong as an ox.

**Enhanced Senses**: As a Bull Faunus, Abraham's senses were more aligned with those of a bull's that those of a traditional human (though he still possessed human senses as well).

* **Superhuman Hearing**: Abraham's ears (especially his bull ears) were very sensitive to high frequency sounds and he had a wider hearing range than most humans. Abraham could hear noises from a great distance away, however he had trouble actually locating the origin of the noise and had to use his other senses to find it. Having two pairs of ears gave him superior hearing to humans.
* **Superhuman Smell**: Abraham had a very powerful sense of smell. Abraham could smell things from up to six miles way and he could tell apart even the tiniest of detail between smells. Abraham was also receptive to certain pheromones and odors that were released.

### Skills

#### Social

**Skilled Orator**:

**Multilingual**:

### Weaknesses

**Moderately Poor Eyesight**: Abraham had moderately poor eyesight. This seemed to have some result from his Bull Faunus heritage. Abraham's eyes were not inferior to a humans but his eyesight was different and it caused some problems. He was also red/green color blind.

## Trivia

* Abraham is named after Abraham of the Abrahamic Religions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam, etc.).