Hey everybody! Trentg96 here, and welcome to my RWBY fanfic! For those of you who were waiting for me to update my previous story, Ruby the Beast, I wasn't able to cause I had problems with my computer and I couldn't log into my old account, so I had to create a new one and I have to re-write the story all over again. Sorry, you guys. Reminder, I don't own RWBY, nor do I own the characters, they all belong to Rooster Teeth, but I do own my OC.
Character Info-
Name: Rajah
Epithet: "The Tiger's Sin of Spite" (also called "Striped-demon")
Nicknames: Kitty, Stripes, Ol' stripes, Kitty Cat, Tiger, Pussycat, Furball, Wuss-Puss, Demon spawn, Spawn of Satan, Devil Cat, Striped Bastard, Lord Rajah, Grump-o (By Ruby & Nora)
Birthday: November 18th (Scorpio)
Age: 20-22
Status: Alive
Gender: Male
Race: Faunus
Species: Bengal Tiger
Height: 6'6" (198 cm)
Weight: 203 lbs (92.07 Kg)
Eye color: Yellow
Hair color: Orange with black stripes
Skin complexion: Tan
Aura color: Crimson red with an orange tint
Occupation: Assassin; Student
Combat Style: Tiger Style Kung Fu
Weapon(S): His Fangs & Claws
Relatives: Shere Khan (Father, Missing), Unnamed Mother (Deceased)
Music theme: Three Days Grace- Animal I Have Become
English Voice: Travis Willingham, Brina Palencia (Young)
Japanese Voice: Ken Narita, Kanako Mitsuhashi (Young)
Appearance: Rajah is a tall man with a slender yet very muscular physique, bulging biceps, and a hardened eight-pack stomach. He has spiky shoulder-length hair that's in a ragged pattern of orange with black stripes, sharp intense yellow eyes, and tanned skin. His towering stature, sharp facial features, and piercing stare make him appear intimidating to others. Like all Faunus with feline traits, the shape of his pupils change depending on the mood he's in, narrowing and sharpening into thin vertical slits whenever he's hunting, angered, or in battle. He also has a deep, gravelly voice.
The most prominent features of his Bengal Tiger Faunus traits are tiger ears on top of his head, a long striped tail, razor-sharp teeth/fangs, two jagged black striped on each cheek, numerous black markings on his body that resemble tiger stripes, and retractable fingernails and toenails that can quickly become razor-sharp claws. He also supports several burn scars spanning from the right side of his face, down to the right side of his neck, his entire right shoulder and onto his right torso, as well as numerous battle scars from his previous battles.
Outfit: A black vest made of lizard skin with gray fur trimmings, black pants, and a pair of sandals.
Accessories: A long blood-red scarf, a necklace made of dragon scales, two golden earrings on his right ear, and bandages wrapped around his hands.
Personality: Rajah is a gruff, stern, apathetic, boorish, no-nonsense, shrewd and brooding individual who keeps himself distanced from others for extended periods of time, often coming off as anti-social and reclusive. While normally reserved, stoic, and taciturn, he has a lethally short temper and is extremely aggressive when provoked. He's also quite feral, constantly growling, roaring, and losing control when pestered even slightly, a trait inherited from his Father Shere Khan.
His rage combined with his Tiger blood makes him uncontrollable and attacks like an animal that's let loose from its cage. As a fighter and a predator, he's a ferocious and bloodthirsty warrior with killer instincts that all other characters in the series lack, showing the same degree of ruthlessness towards his foes, regardless of age, race, or gender. Rajah's infamous barbarism and aggression lead to fear and nervousness in most characters that inhibit his sheer power in combat or a tremendous amount of killing intent. He's known to behave in an extremely menacing manner that can easily intimidate the evilest individuals, even Grimm.
He's as cunning as he is fierce, finding enjoyment in hunting and outsmarting his enemies. Rajah lives for the thrill of combat and displays wild, animal-like aggression to the point of manifesting his killing-intent as a giant, illusionary Tiger. Whenever the average human has the intention of fighting Rajah, his glare alone is enough to make him back off.
He's also immensely proud of his Faunus heritage and greatly respects his Panthera-Tigris bloodline, to the extent that he loathes other Faunus who are ashamed of their traits, such as when he was greatly irked that Blake was hiding her Faunus traits, seeing her as "A gutless wench who abandoned her pride as a Faunus." Rajah's always composed and confident in his power.
Due to suffering numerous years of prejudice and stereotypes that came with being a Tiger Faunus, he displays a cynical and misanthropic view on the world, believing humans to be "Unforgiving and soulless creatures who kill others for their own greed and pity", revealing his burning hatred for humanity, and is willing to seek revenge. Rajah's zodiac sign is Scorpio, which fits with his lust for vengeance and earned his title as the "Sin of Spite".
Alongside his cutthroat and feral demeanor, Rajah never bluffs, when he makes a threat, he always carries it out. He also has a "Survival of the fittest" mindset, as he strongly believes that "The strong survive and the weak perish" or that "Raw strength determines the outcome of a battle." He treats others in a cold-hearted manner and is very blunt, throwing in his opinion no matter how cruel it is.
However, underneath his callous and malicious exterior is a sad, lonely soul with a tender heart that's looking for somewhere to belong. He also doesn't tolerate racism and absolutely loathes those who discriminate against others for being different, such as when he viciously mauled a group of fourth-year students for harassing him, or brutally beaten Team CDRL for picking on Velvet Scarlatina, a female Rabbit Faunus. He also has a certain degree of self-restraint.
Rajah's Bengal Tiger Faunus heritage gives him the aspects of a Tiger, such as growling and roaring whenever he's annoyed or angered, sitting on his haunches, running on all fours, and claiming his territory. He also has a voracious appetite and loves to eat massive quantities of meat, whether it's raw or cooked, given his carnivorous diet as a Tiger Faunus.
Semblance-Hellfire manipulation: Inherited from his father Shere Khan, Rajah has the ability to control, generate, and become hellfire at will. Stated by Ozpin, his flames are considerably hotter than any living flame and can easily melt anything in his path, including solid rock and even the strongest metal. Not only that but it can instantly turn his victims into ash, bypassing their aura completely.
His flames are inextinguishable and can cause excruciating pain or even instant death upon impact. Rajah, with his great mastery over his fire, can create near-limitless amounts of flames, spew fire from his lungs, and devastating fire-based attacks. He can even make smaller but strong and very accurate pinpoint flame attacks.
By generating hellfire on different parts on his body, he adds it to his strikes, effectively increasing the damage of his blows. Rajah is able to avoid physical attacks by turning into hellfire and allowing the attack to pass through his body.
Igniting himself also has added the effect of burning the opponent if he or she tried to physically harm him, it even melts weapons that go through him. The heat of his fire can increase in temperature, which is proportional to Rajah's emotional state. A sub-affect from his semblance, he's immune to fire and most heat-based attacks.
Powers & Abilities-
Immense Strength: Due to his Panthera-Tigris bloodline and hellish training, he naturally possesses vast superhuman strength far greater than that of humans and most Faunus, even as a child. Such strength enables him to smash massive boulders, lift and carry objects several times his size and weight without the aid of aura, uproot massive trees, effortlessly kill almost any Grimm with one strike, send his opponents flying beyond the horizon with a single punch, and shatter steel with his bare hands.
Rajah was even able to effortlessly stop a Beringel's attack with one forearm, slice a Nevermore in half, and shatter a Deathstalker's armor with a single punch. His strength is also extended to his legs, able to vertically jump several stories high and leap over enormous gaps in a single bound. His strength also increases when angered.
Immense Speed & Agility: Another unique trait is his immense speed, as he moves much faster than the eye can see. Rajah can move at tremendously high speeds without much exertion, allowing him to instantly close great distances in the blink of an eye without being detected by others, kill his opponents without them realizing that the fatal blow has been dealt with, and land a dozen of devastating blows upon a foe instantaneously in a few seconds. He's capable of moving quickly enough to the extent that he seems almost invisible to the naked eye, and his speed far exceeded that of Ruby's own considerable speed.
His extreme speed gives him the advantage against slower or close-range fighters, such as Yang. A sub-affect from his incredible speed, Rajah can create after-images of himself in order to confuse opponents who are unable to follow his movements. His speed is slightly increased further when he runs on all fours, similar to a big cat's. Another example of his speed is when he sliced a Nevermore in half with his claws, his attack was too fast for anyone to see, and tore off a Beringel's arms in the blink of an eye.
Benefiting from his feline based traits, Rajah is an immensely agile combatant with sharp reflexes, remarkable bodily coordination, and balance. He's able to attack from any angle, move in an opponent's blind spots, and fight on any kind of landscape. Rajah is exceptionally lithe and his tendons and connective tissues are far more elastic than the average humans. He can perform any complicated sequence of acrobatics such as flips, rolls, and springs. He can balance himself on virtually any object, no matter how small or narrow.
Claws & Fangs: Like all Tiger Faunus, Rajah possesses 20 retractable 2-inch talons, in place of each fingernail and toenail. His claws are naturally sharper than knives and tougher than human bone structure, easily enabling him to tear through almost anything, such as wood, stone, cinder block, and even most metals. He can also use his claws to climb up stone structures. Rajah has large canine teeth, much like a big cat's. Most of his teeth are large and sharper than normal human teeth and his jaws are strong enough to bite through stone, wood, and even solid steel, with his teeth remaining undamaged.
Immense Durability & Endurance: His bones and body tissues are incredibly dense and resilient to damage, able to withstand the deadliest, most painful assaults and continue fighting nonetheless. He's extremely resistant to vast amounts of electricity and can survive falls from extreme heights that would be fatal to ordinary humans. An example of his durability is when he caught one of Yang's strongest punches without sustaining any damage, and shatter a huge man's arm by blocking his punch with an open hand.
Rajah also has nearly endless stamina, able to fight for several days and attack with continuous high-speed maneuvers without tiring. He also displays an inhumanely high pain tolerance, able to shake off the most agonizing injuries without showing any signs of discomfort, like when he endured his mother's training methods, which consisted of grueling bodybuilding exercises, deadly sparring matches, and severe body conditioning. He's even able to withstand the harshest weather conditions, both intense heat and severe cold, without sustaining bodily damage. Even more, he can recover from injuries much quicker than normal humans.
Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant: Rajah is an extremely skilled and powerful hand-to-hand fighter, which his skills were attained from rigorous training in the harsh environment of the jungle mainly from fighting Huntsman, Huntresses, Grimm, and dangerous man-eating predators since early childhood, supplemented by his incredible physical prowess. Such skills allowed him to easily kill multiple enemies and even an entire army without using of his semblance or aura, kill any Grimm barehanded, outclass even the strongest Huntsman and Huntresses, defeat opponents who are stronger or more experienced, casually outpace and overwhelm Yang in hand-to-hand-combat, and defeat both Team RWBY and Team JNPR with no difficulty.
He was even skilled enough to slaughter an entire army of Atlas soldiers at the mere age of 14. Rajah displays great proficiency in Tiger Style Kung Fu, an ancient martial art that was passed down to the Tiger-Faunus. His skill and power are so great Ozpin described his combat prowess to be "Out of this world", and his enemies show absolute dread whenever they engage him in battle. In fact, Pyrrha was unable to land a single hit on Rajah while he reduced the latter to a bloody mess in their sparring match, and easily outmatched Yang in close quarters combat. Rajah is a greatly feared and feral fighter that very few can defeat, and is eager to shed blood.
His fighting style is extremely brutal, fierce, vicious, and aggressive, utilizing his monstrous physical strength to shatter his opponent's defenses and his extreme speed and agility for his attacks to land in rapid succession and dexterity. He can knock out a person by striking a pressure point on their neck while moving at high speed. He's also willing to either bite his opponents or strike them with his claws. Combined with his immense speed, Rajah can deal out incredible damage with rapid jumps, nimble tiger-like movements, and complex acrobatics that can take out a multitude of Grimm, Huntsman, Huntresses, and even an entire army before they can react.
Enhanced Leap: He also has a pronounced assault leap, which very few can detect, even other Faunus. This leap is a mixture of his superhuman strength, speed, reflexes, and agility, his muscle fibers twitching much harder and faster than normal humans, akin to a big cat's pounce. This allows for a dangerously fast and powerful leap onto his opponent, which very few can recover from.
Keen Intellect: Aside from his typically brutish nature, Rajah's highly intelligent and is a tactical genius in the art of battle, able to adapt to his foes' fighting style as well as exploit their strengths and weaknesses and use it against them. More than once he as proven himself to be capable in the brain over brawn aspect, able to manipulate the likes of Yang into using her semblance, showing that he's a very skilled manipulator. He also possesses vast knowledge of Grimm, Mythical Creatures, Huntsman, Animals, and Faunus, as well as knowledge of other important fields that may prove useful in the wild or while hunting.
Feral Instincts: Due to his lineage and having grown up in the jungle, he naturally possesses predatory instincts, making him a master of hunting and tracking. This ability even allows him to be an effortless master of stealth, enabling him to easily sneak past others without being detected, using the environment to his advantage. He's even able to walk or run without making a sound. He can even tap into his feral instincts and enter into a feral, berserker like state.
Keen Senses: Like all Tiger Faunus, Rajah possesses superhumanly acute senses that are far greater than that of ordinary humans and animals. He can hear the faintest sounds from incredibly long distances that no ordinary human can hear. He can even detect differences in pitch that humans would be unable to perceive, as well as to detect if someone's lying due to the rate of their heartbeat. Rajah also displays excellent eyesight and night vision, able to spot others from great distances and retain the same level of clarity in total darkness. His sense of smell is extremely sensitive, enabling him to smell hints of blood from miles away, recognize by objects and living things by scent, and detect the presence of others by smell before they can be seen.
Fear Inducement: Inherited from his Father Shere Khan, Rajah has the ability to instill fear into others, Huntsman, Huntresses, and Grimm alike, merely by his presence. His infamous reputation and ruthlessness caused his enemies to show absolute dread from encountering him, and they never treat him lightly. Rajah can even frighten weaker individuals with his glare alone or make them pass out with a small portion of his killing-intent. He can also make other's see the illusion of a giant Tiger towering over them.
Favorite Animal: Tigers
Likes: Fighting, Killing, Eating, Meat (whether it's raw or cooked), Nature, Training, Intimidating those who fear him, His Faunus Heritage, Martial Arts, Swimming, Cats, Tigers, Danger, Hunting, Vengeance, Solitude, Night Time, Freedom, Being in the wild
Dislikes; Humans, Racism, Prejudice, Bullies, Asking others for help, Hiding His Faunus traits, Faunus who are ashamed of their heritage, Weiss Schnee, Authorities, Dogs, Team CDRL, The Council, The Schnee Dust Company, Atlas, The Atlas Soldiers, Being Mocked, Team CDRL, His tail being grabbed, His ears being touched, Police, Vegetables, Fruit, Those who insult his Father or Mother, Civilization, Restriction, Dorms
History: Rajah was born from a family of one of the most aggressive, feared, and powerful of all Faunus that ever existed, the Tiger Faunus, and is the son of the strongest and most feared Tiger Faunus in all of history, Shere Khan. 20 years ago, his father disappeared for unknown reasons, leaving him alone in the care of his mother. Rajah's race has been at war with humans for centuries due to them being seen as nothing but savage and bloodthirsty creatures because of their aggressive nature and the stereotypes of Tigers.
His family and race were trained to be fierce and ruthless warriors in order to survive in the harsh, primal environments and crush anything that dares question their existince of belonging, Rajah was trained the same way. He grew up in a very hazardous jungle, which is far beyond the safety of human kingdoms, filled with many dangerous beasts and man-eating predators of unnatural size. He underwent severe combat training and conditioning under his mother since birth to be a living weapon, honing both his body and mind to physical and mental perfection.
When not training, his mother was very kind, beloved, and gentle, and will tell him many stories about his Father Shere Khan. Because of his Faunus heritage, countless Huntsman and Huntresses hunted him down simply because of what he was and was protected by his mother. Not only that, but many villagers and hunting parties harassed him and his race.
At the age of 9, a mysterious group of hunting parties appeared and attacked his home. They were unbelievably powerful and overwhelmed his family and race. As one of them was about to kill Rajah, his mother jumped in and took the fatal blow, killing her instead. The mysterious group of people began slaughtering the rest of his family and race, including the other Faunus, with the villagers burning down his home in the process, making his kind nearly extinct and being caught in the fire.
This has caused Rajah to unconsciously activate his semblance that he inherited from his father and went into a berserker-like state, killing 90% of the villagers, destroy all their homes, and severely injure one of the people that murdered his family, then he blacked out, having no memory of what he did. He then made a vow to kill every single human he comes across and find the people who murdered his mother and race, as well as become the strongest, most powerful member.
He began to intensify his training and teach himself how to control his semblance in order to become more powerful and avenge his mother's death. Five years later, at the age of fourteen, he developed improved mastery over his semblance and brutally slaughtered one of the people that killed his mother. He then went up against an entire army of Atlas soldiers and killed all of them barehanded. As nine more years passed by, Rajah gained a fearsome reputation, as well as a staggering bounty of 988,000,000 Lien on his head, and became one of the most feared assassins and most wanted criminal in all of Remnant. He later encounters Ozpin, the headmaster of Beacon Academy, and was given a chance of redemption.
Well, here he is everybody. Like I said before in my previous story, I made my character a Tiger-Faunus cause our kind has made Tigers endangered, so I made him hate humanity with a vengeance. I also want to prove that Tigers can lose their fear and hatred of humans and make my OC see the good in humanity. Review please!^^