Full Name
Adamant of the Nidore Clan
Alias
Adam(not a fan of it)
Gender
Male
Age
16
Shinigami Type
Meister
Soul Color
Silver, but tinged with streaks of Black
Partner
N/A
Appearance
The first thing one will likely notice about Adamant is that he is big. Standing at 6'4, his body is a broad mass of well-defined muscle due to both his innate genetics and a strict workout routine that he adheres to as faithfully as a priest would follow religious doctrine. Beyond that, his hair and eyes are a rather distinct silver-ish blue color with the former framing his face in a wild mane that sticks out in every direction. When it comes to clothes, he dresses in the standard DWMA uniform, with the only modification to it being the symbol of his clan, a dark silhouette of a howling wolf set against the yellow crescent of the moon, embroidered on the back of his blazer.
Personality
When one here's the word 'werewolf', there are often a certain number of personality traits associated with it. Wild, Impulsive, Bloodthirsty, just to name a few.
As such, most people are often surprised when they learn of Adamant's true nature, as he doesn't really seem to embody any of these traits. For most people, Adamant come across a rather responsible young man, if a bit strict and prone to over-protectiveness with those he views as his friends, especially those younger than he is. In some instances, especially with his partner, this desire to protect others can lead to him being something of a control freak as he thinks himself the final arbiter of what is good for others and will help to keep them safe. Not only that, but few have ever seen him express anything more than slight frustration or sour mood in the face of adversity, failure, or hardship. Mostly, he just sighs and smiles after a moment of silence, proclaiming that he'd just have to do better.
In reality, however, Adamant is a soul stuck in an almost perpetual cycle of self-imposed psychological torment that he keeps deftly hidden from those around him, especially those he holds dear. Out of a misguided sense of responsibility to both his clan and his sister, Adamant forced himself to grow up, to become more mature and diligent than one his age normally would, especially in a werewolf clan, stowing down every negative emotion he could into his subconscious mind so as to keep up a strong front for his sister and himself. This has left emotionally stunted, however, as he isn't truly dealing with these problems, merely ignoring them and finding no way to truly resolve what he feels. This has recently begun to put a strain on his mind, as he fears for the day that he might finally break. On top of this is how he feels about his nature as a werewolf.
Instead of a mixture of man and beast, Adamant tries to fully control his wild nature without really accepting it, seeing the negative aspects of his personality are directly related to this side of himself, and thus, threaten the carefully crafted feeling of control and responsibility he has crafted in the wake of his father's death. This has led to an internal struggle between the two sides of his psyche, with all of his negative and wild traits manifesting in a hallucination that Adamant names 'The Black Wolf', and often makes its presence with either the sounds claws scrapping against stone within his mind or making appearances in mirrors near Adamant or in the corners of his vision. These encounters with the black wolf often leave the young man somewhat shaken, though he does his best it hide it, and the fact that he can't even assume his true werewolf form because of this mental conflict often drives him into fits of depression that see him go without eating or sleep for days at a time. Like everything else, he does his best to hide these feelings from others, but those close to him, like his sister and their caretaker, can tell when he's going through one of these fits and often do whatever they can to bring him out of them.
Personal History
Adamant comes from a clan of werewolves. Known as the Nidore clan, they were well-known for their supernatural keen senses and ability to track down any target they desired if the hunter was skilled enough. Because of this very skill, however, the clan remained extremely isolated from the rest of the world, preferring to stay out of the affairs of meisters and witches, lest they be dragged to their own end for picking a side in the conflict.
Unfortunately, this seclusion didn't stop many witches from attempting to steal Nidore pups and warriors for themselves. With their finely tuned senses, innate healing abilities, and physical prowess, one could not ask for better guards dogs. All these attempts were met with failure, however, as the scouts that patrolled Nidore lands were often able to warn the clan of the impending danger of outsiders before they could get close,and even those who did manage to snag a target from the clan soon found themselves at the mercy of the Nidore hunters and torn to shreds for their folly.
After centuries of this, the Chief of the Nidore, Fierce, during the beginning of the Witch Wars era finally had enough of the constant hiding and running from witches. Having met and befriended a Meister in his youth after escaping the clan to take on a rather dangerous journey across the world, he decided upon becoming chief to do away with the old traditions and finally pick a side in this nearly millennia-old battle. With the Nidore clan hunters on their side, the Witches would soon notice their agents being taken out more and more often, despite the fact that the usage of Soul PRotect magic should've made them unnoticeable. First suspecting a possible evolution in the sensory abilities in meister, it wasn't long before they found out the true culprits behind the loss of so many of their sisters. needless to say, they were greatly displeased and immediately sought to take this grand weapon away from their foes with one swift, brutal attack.
So it was that Adamant, a young pup of only 7 at the time, saw his home razed to the ground by a true witch assault. While the Nidore were no pushovers and were more than capable of handling most witch's mono-to mono, those present at the during the assault were of an entirely different level than the desperate or foolish witches that they were used to dealing with. Soon, any hope of victory hey had sputtered into nothingness, and the bestial urge to ensure the survival of their young kicked in. As such, all of the warriors of the Nidore fought with a zealous frenzy, attempting to keep the witches as busy as possible while the other clan members attempted to flee with their children into the night. One such group was Fierce and his children: Adamant and his sister, Pleasant.
The clan chief would not make it through this horrific night alive, hiding in his children in a small alcove before facing his pursuers in a dogged battle to the end. He took down at least 5 witches before the DWMA forces arrived, scattering the invading forces to the wind and leaving Fierce near death, but content in buying the safety of his children. Final goodbyes were said, with the children engrained his scent into their memories as was Nidore custom, knowing they would never encounter it again in this lifetime.
No other Nidore were known to have survived the massacre, as any survivors would have instantly gone into hiding with no chance of ever approaching a member of DWMA ever again. This left the orphan werewolves under the care of the meister that their father befriended and had called for assistance when the witches had begun their assault. Shortly after this event is when Adamant decided to become a Meister. Externally, he said it was because he wanted to have the power and strength to protect his sister and to keep what happened to him from happening to anyone else, and this sentiment was true. However, in reality, his main drive for wanting to become a Meister is the burning hatred he feels for all Witchkind for what they did to him, his clan, and his entire family. Even at such a young age, he knew that he wouldn't rest until he made sure to give every witch he met exactly as much mercy as they had deemed to give his clan. With those on the top of the list being the head witches, the ones he saw watching overhead while his world burned to the ground. He didn't know their names, but their faces and their scents were seared into his memory from that day onward.
Since then, Adamant and Pleasant have had a bit of a rough time acclimating to the culture and climate of Death City and DWMA, being so different to his own, but they've learned to manage. He quickly took to becoming a protective, fatherly figure in place of his father for Pleasant, doing everything in his power to be the role model and strength that he felt she needed at that moment. As far as training went at DWMA, his forthcomingness with his true heritage led to having a rather difficult time making friends with others, as many of the student's viewed him to as either dangerous animal or a freak. Needless to say, he went through a few partners that didn't really give him a chance to show them who he really was before requesting another one out of fear of what they thought he would do to him. To say it was a disheartening experience was putting it lightly, and even though he always puts his best foot forward with every partnership, the previous string of rejections have led to him keeping an emotional distance between him and his partner, just in case they decide he wasn't worth the effort after all.
Enhanced Soul Perception
As a member of the Nidore clan, the keenness of Adamant's senses doesn't just extend to the physical, but also the metaphysical. While Soul Perception is a skill unique to Meisters, the nose and ears of the Nidore hunter can be attuned to the scents and sounds of souls. It is this attunement that also allows the most skilled of hunters to detect witches hidden by Soul Protect, as even with their magical aura being masked by magic, their soul wavelengths still hold a familiar bend to them, however slight. However, in order to make this connection, the Nidore hunter must be extremely skilled in their ability to parse, track, and identify souls as well as having met the Witch prior as said witch in order to root them out as a human or vice versa, having met them as a human to identify the rouse if met as a witch. Of the two methods, the latter is a fair bit easier to accomplish as the witch isn't hiding anything while in witch form, but the scent of magic can still muck up the scent a bit for young novices, making it difficult for them to tell.
For Adamant in particular, who has both the Soul Perception of a Meister and the Nidore senses, you'll find few students as perceptive as he is to matters of the Soul, though he's still not at the level where he'd be able to sniff out a Witch, it's really only a matter of time and training.
Werewolf Physiology
While unable to turn into a werewolf, at least of his own volition, status as a werewolf gives him several distinct advantages, first of which being his impressive healing factor. While not to the level of a member of the Immortal Clan, Adamant still possesses a strong healing factor that makes him rather hard to put down completely. that being said, even if he can recover from a lot of hits that others could not, his healing isn't nearly as fast as that of an Immortal Clan member, often taking a decent amount of time to heal for more major wounds, tho it's still extremely fast when compared to that of a normal human. That being said, anything that would instantly kill a human, such as decapitation, complete removal/destruction of the heart, or a sufficient amount of brain damage, are often suitable ways to take down Adamant, as his body would not be able to recover in time to prevent his death.
Along with this healing factor, Adamant boasts an impressive level of raw strength even in his human form, so much so that lifting something like a mid-sized car would only require a modest amount of effort, and if he pushed himself to his limit, he could probably even lift something like a large truck, though not for too long before the strain would become too much. Other notable attributes are being generally more durable than a normal human, especially with his healing factor, and having a greater degree of stamina.
Finally, Adamant's most exemplary ability would be that of his enhanced senses, particularly when it comes to his senses of smell and hearing. These abilities make him very difficult to sneak up on or surprise, as he can even hear a person's heartbeat even when standing a little bit away from them, and could track someone down by their smell for literal miles before he even started to lose the trail.
Hand-to-Hand Combat
Adamant, under the training of his caretaker, has trained himself in a variation of his clan's martial art, of which he had minimal training in and his caretaker had seen in action more than a few times. While bastardization at best, it's all that the young man has to go on, as the style was traditionally passed on from master to student, with no written records being made on how the style is performed or learned.
In any case, this yet unnamed variation of the Nidore Wolf Fist is a versatile art that can switch between offense and defense with amazing quickness. However, because of its focus on being able to change your fighting focus at any time during a fight, it suffers from not having enough aggressive or defensive techniques of its own and as such, is still a work in progress before anything else, requiring a commitment to either aggression or defense before it can truly be developed any further. Until then, it survives well enough as a supplement for if Adamant ever finds himself without his weapon at any point, though not for too long as any skilled fighter will be able to capitalize on the flaws in his form as long as they can deal with the strength gifted to him by his heritage.
"Everything is Fine, really. . ."
Adamant doesn't want to worry those around him, nor does he wish others to view him in a weak or negative light, As such, he often buries any kind of negative emotions he feels stirring inside him, despite the fact that this behavior is likely one of the main causes for his bouts of depression at times. This also leads to him hiding any kinds of problems that he might have from others, especially those whose opinions matter to him the most like his family or partner, so things like the Black Wolf hallucinations, lack of eating or sleeping, and other issues he's facing will be hidden or ignored in the presence of others. This can often lead to a worsening of the imbalance of his soul, not to mention the physical ailments that plague him and thus lead him to make clumsy mistakes due to mental and physical fatigue, as well as messing with his ability to match his Soul Wavelength with that of his partner.
"You. . . You don't control me. . . "
The Black Wolf is a visual manifestation of all of Adamant's negative emotions and his repressed bestial nature. Unknowingly to him, it also serves as the key to achieving control over his true form. If he ever learns to accept and deal with both his negative emotions and the inner beast he houses in his soul, he'd definitely be able to enter his wolf form at will. Instead, however, he fights to contain and isolate these parts of himself, which only serves to make them grow in strength and intensity over time.
When the Black Wolf appears, it's usually during times of either high stress or deep introspection, moments where Adamant is forced to face some sort of feeling he doesn't want to. Upon seeing it, especially during a battle, the meister suffers from the same symptoms that come from his emotional repression, but to a greater extent than before. While it has yet to happen, Adamant can get to a point where the Black Wolf temporarily consumes him, his subconscious seals breaking to allow all of the pent-up negativity to flow through and reverse his mindset, bringing all the negative traits to the forefront as well as transforming him into his werewolf form, but with his blue hair turned into matted, coarse black fur and his eyes filled with anger, rage, and just a hint of madness. This Adamant is reckless, wild, rude, and extremely self-indulgent. If this behavior change causes too much friction between him and his partner, then he will handily abandon the weapon and instead fight with his own two hands, actively finding the act of ripping his foes to pieces with tooth and claw much more rewarding than hacking at them with a weapon.
This is a temproary status, however, as he will transform back to his normal self after a short time, leaving Adamant unconscious and likely badly injured due to his other's half's reckless fighting style and disregard for protecting all but the most important parts of his body because of it.
"The Silverware isn't actually silver. . . right?"
As the movies often tell it, Adamant has a rather crippling allergy to the metal silver. Not only does any contact with it make him break out into severe and painful rashes, but wounds dealt by silver weapons, or any weapons or attacks that are specifically made to deal with supernatural beings like himself, will heal at a rate much closer to that of a normal human without any outside assistance, as well as weakening his body a fair bit as the silver seems to act like a sort of poison for him.
Wolfsbane is also another common tactic to use against him, as weapons coated in it will aslo slow down his healing factor a fair amount, though not as much as silver does. If one manages to sneak it into his food without him smelling it, an extremely difficult thing to do, Adamant insides will begin to burn something fierce as he comes down with a fever, and will likely be bed-ridden for days, of not a few weeks as his body works the poison out of his system.
