Ray Sustrai

## Wind of the Shard Runners

Emerald’s adopted son and member of the Shard Runners. Confident in his abilities, he is the self proclaimed field ops leader of the Shard Runners…despite the gang being overseen by Emerald.

## Story in Rwby Fables

Ray was born in the city of Vale during the reconstruction period, but his parents, unable to raise him, dropped him off to a nearby orphanage while he was still an infant before they left the Kingdom itself.

At the age of 14, he was unable to wait any longer for a family that wanted him, so Ray eventually fled from the orphanage and started wandering the streets of the slum areas of the City of Vale. He eventually started pickpocketing people to eat and survive, seeing how some of the city folk refused to give anything to a ‘beggar’.

This method somewhat worked…but it was this method that allowed him to meet with someone who would start providing…a different path.

He had ‘successfully’ pickpocketed a woman with lime green hair and fled into an alleyway…only to check the contents of the purse he stole to find nothing in it. That’s when he met her, Emerald Sustrai.

She applauded him for his technique, but pointed out the flaws in it as well. The woman provided a simple sandwich for Ray after a brief confrontation. After Ray told her his reasons for stealing, he was offered a better life. Ray was taken further into the slum area to meet the Shard Runners.

Ray was then offered a place among the Shard Runners. Sure as she told him, he’d have to earn his keep, but something told the woman that Ray had it in him to do the job. Ray accepted her offer and joined the Shard Runners. Even taking the boss's last name, Ray Sustrai.

Since then, due this Emerald’s training, Ray has joined the Shard Runners field operatives and started to hit Dust Runs outside the city close to the city walls. Only now has he been tasked with hitting Dust Shops within the City Walls.

He won’t let his boss down.

## Personality

Sly and quick-witted, Ray deems his role as a member of the Shard Runners as well as being the adopted son of Emerald Sustrai the most important to him. Fairness nor patriotism fit his business agendas. Which tends to explain his hinted disdain for hunters.

Experience has taught him to seek lasting results rather than try to maintain lofty ideals. As long as the methods he uses are effective and bring results, he doesn’t care for the said method he uses or how it affects others around him. Especially those he doesn’t care for.

Underhanded tactics are not above his stature; if he feels they give succor to Emerald’s cause, he will use them.

Should he meet failure he simply hops to another creative possibility which interests him, and is someone who carefully considers possible setbacks while also deeming them necessary in life.

Ray approaches people with a relaxed, honest and somewhat cynical temperament. His words may have no apparent malice, but they often rouse a feeling of weary caution to those around him.

## Appearance

Ray Sustrai is dark skinned as he stands with black hair that is braided into a forward dreadlocks with red eyes.

He is wearing a black, red and white hoodie jacket that covers his white designer shirt that has seen some better days.

He is wearing black pants and black combat boots.

## Weapon : Hornet's Dust

Hornet’s Dust is a medium sized sickle and chain that was designed to be similar to Emerald’s Thief's Respite. With the chain attached to the sickle of Hornet’s Dust and his own belt, Ray can throw Hornet’s Dust several feet and control its flight pattern with the chain.

## Semblance : Gust Acrobat

Ray’s semblance Gust Acrobat allows him to move at high speeds by using his Aura to conjure a gust of wind as he moves around, this really adds to his parkour fighting style and body movement.

He can also cause gusts of wind to remain in place for a brief moment as he leaps either on them to launch himself in a certain direction or leap through them to do the same thing.

With the use of certain Dust types, he can add extra effects to this semblance.

## Trivia

* Ray Sustrai is an RWBY OC that rightfully belongs to RWBY Fables.