Amon Deakaha
(出赤刃 アモン)
The Infernal Hero: Jabberwock
January 25th (Aquarius)
5"10' (Height)/ 11"5' (Tail Length)
Personality: Despite his appearance, lineage, quirk, and hero persona, Amon is in fact, a very nice person. He developed a personality that contradicts every assumption about someone in his situation, being quite the typical high school student. Spontaneous, energetic, sometimes capricious, he's a free spirit who is determined to be the master of his own fate. He is capable of showing great conviction and openness when confronting his own problems, though he often employs this sentiment to trivial or outright stupid things, like skipping class to travel to the next city over for some limited time salted egg yolk matcha red bean crepes.
He at least takes his hero work seriously, though sometimes he will get arrogant, he can usually give good judgments on the caliber of his opponents and is surprisingly meticulous when fighting.
Amon usually claims that he's doing hero work for pocket money to buy more snacks, but it's clear from his disposition that he does have other motives. He often tries to borrow money from his classmates by flaunting his tragic backstory, they don't fall for it anymore.
Background: The Deakaha clan has had their familial quirk: the ability to generate blades and sword waves, passed down from generation to generation. It was rumored to even be recorded in legends before the proliferation of quirks, and is what gave them their name of the "unsheathing crimson blade". Although it was deemed unethical, the Deakaha clan has historically practiced quirk marriage to keep up the strength of their hereditary quirk, with many quirk users marrying into the family in one way or another in order to produce more optimal combinations.
Amon was the product of a one-night stand his father had with a foreign woman, and was dumped on the steps of the Deakaha estate's doorstep. He was ostracized by the conservative elder generations and neglected by his father at first, until he awakened to his quirk. His estranged mother possessed a high-end physical enhancement type quirk that fully manifested in Amon, which allowed him to quickly become the strongest quirk user of his generation. He was looked at with envy and hatred from those bitter about the outsider, the mistake of the family drawing the winning ticket in the quirk lottery. But those were the facts of life.
The boy was trained in his family in a strict and old-fashioned way, but his nature and quirk didn't really conform to the norms of his clan. Despite proving himself to be skilled, he was still teased and berated for those eccentricities. Later, when Amon was given recommendations to UA from distant relatives working in the government and hero industry, he tore the documents up and took part in the regular exams instead. He disliked the hypocrisy and backward values of his family and kept his distance ever since, often joking about "doing something stupid" just to bring shame to his family.
Despite what he says, he did take his hero work seriously. Even with pretty abysmal academic grades his performance at various school events and ability to resolve sudden incidents allowed him to become a top hero course student. He was content, and maybe even arrogant during his second year, which led up to a serious injury that put him out of commission in the latter part of the year. The incident he resolved still landed him enough reputation as one of UA's big three, but he's been reflecting on his weaknesses that led him up to that point.
Quirk:
Demon Blade
A combination quirk that fuses the Deakaha clan's hereditary quirk
"Kenki Manifestation", which allows the creation of sword waves and edged constructs, and his mother's
"Demonic Manticore", which gave her enhanced physical capacities, and the ability to secret poisons from her demon-like tail. His father's quirk gave Amon the ability to manifest near-weightless energy constructs from the tip of his tail, while his mother's simultaneously gave him enhanced durability and speed to optimize the usage of those constructs.
The constructs' strength is dependent on the dedication to them, and can be launched as short distant, shockwave-like projectiles. While he was only taught how to manifest bladed weapons in his childhood, Amon became much more versatile after studying at UA. He is able to do various things with these constructs, such as ensnaring, burrowing, and defending.
The size of the constructs are roughly inversely proportional to how strong they are, though by dedicating more focus and energy to it, the durability can be enhanced. Creating these constructs uses a great deal of energy, it's the reason why Amon seems to be constantly eating. Demon Blade is an extremely versatile and effective quirk for melee combat, but struggles in mid to far ranged encounters. While the constructs are capable of extending, the further they extend out, the frailer they become.
Applications:
-Moleclaws, narrow but powerful blades that burrow through objects for surprise attacks
-Shields, there are focus shields (smaller) and spread shields (bigger), the bigger the frailer
-Devour form, a mawl like form that can capture and do damage
-Birdcage, spreading out multiple strains to create a cage-like effect
-Defaults to scythe for the coolness factor, could be more practical
Others:
Doesn't use any support equipment, with his hero costume being really just a regular outfit. Despite this, he respects members of the support classes at UA the second most, right after the management classes.
Grew up in a traditional Japanese household, and had little understanding of technology until high school. Thought that either SAIA was a ghost, or that Kobura had finally lost it.
Eats a lot, like,
a lot.
Has a huge scar from shoulder blade to thigh on the left side of his body, with a reattachment scar on his left arm. His tail broke off in the same incident that gave him the scar, it grew back though. He doesn't mention the details about the "incident".