Name: Kai Xanh

Color: Kai means sea in Hawaii, also means ocean in Japanese, Xanh means blue in Vietnamese… actually it can mean both green and blue, but let’s not think about it too much

Age: early 20s

Eye Color: Yellow

Gender: Male

Race: Human

Height: 5’8” (173 cm)

Weight: 186 lbs (84 kg)

Academy: Atlas Academy

Birthplace: Mistral

Relatives/Relationships: Master Red (master), Gren Oli (rival)

Occupation: 3rd Year Student (start of the story)

Weapon: Lullaby – Kai does not seem to have a weapon at first glance, given his hand-to-hand style of combat. But the headset he wears on his head can actually transform into a mechanical pistol capable of emitting powerful shock waves that can easily be extremely deafening. At its most powerful it can create a sonic boom (while simultaneously breaking the weapon in a million pieces). Kai also carries around a pillow everywhere he fights, and inside are a bunch of random Dust he takes out every now and again just to be “random” and unpredictable.

Semblance: Sweet Dreams – Kai gains a very specific and special kind of shield that only activates whenever he goes to sleep. This “shield” protects his Aura in a way so that as long as he stays asleep his Aura will never be able to run out no matter how much damage he takes. This Semblance won’t actually replenish his Aura, it’ll just protect it, so he’ll have to recover his Aura at a natural rate. Of course if he runs out of Aura before he could sleep then this Semblance is absolutely useless.

Fighting Style: Kai was trained under the same master as Gren Oli – the legendary Master Red. Thus he practices a similar style of drunken boxing but instead of “pretending” to be drunk he’s “pretending” to be half asleep most of the time. Some times he’s legitimately asleep, other times he’ll be faking it. Nobody really knows the pattern which is why Kai’s such a deadly and unpredictable fighter.

HISTORY:

Kai had a fairly ordinary life for most of his childhood, until one day he started sleep walking away from his house and into the wilderness where he had a close encounter with a Grimm that almost took his life if it weren’t for the local Huntsmen.

His parents tried everything to stop him from sleep walking, they consulted doctors, psychiatrists, but nothing worked. It was then when they were informed by the locals about an old martial arts master living on an island somewhere south of Mistral who had managed to cure a sleepwalker similar to Kai before. Kai’s parents took him there to see the old master only to find out the truth that the old master didn’t actually cure anybody, he just permanently took away the sleepwalker’s Aura and called it a day (how he managed to take away his Aura is unknown). The old master rationalized that Aura is the manifestation of one’s soul, the life force of a living being, so if he were to take it away, one would be more or less “cured” of their sleep walking condition because they’d have no will to live afterwards, they’ll just lie on the ground like a lifeless object.

Kai’s parents were about to return home in disappointment when the old master offered them an alternative, instead of curing Kai’s sleep walking condition, he offered to teach Kai in the ways of self-defense even in an unconscious state, that way no matter how far Kai wandered off in his sleep, he will never be harmed. Reluctantly, his parents agreed.

PERSONALITY/TRAITS:

Kai is a rather carefree cheerful man, his main defining trait is that he loves to sleep and that he can sleep anywhere in any position at any time. Kai is always calm and rarely ever gets angry or overly excited, mostly because he’s so exhausted all the time. This can also make him come off as uncaring or even a little dumb.

That said, Kai is one of the strongest fighters in his class and is quite adept at hand to hand combat despite rarely being awake. He is fairly confident in his abilities and doesn’t want his friends or family to worry about his well-being, although he appreciates their concern.

Kai has developed a little bit of a rivalry between Gren Oli, the student who also trained under his master. One of the only things that keeps him from sleeping forever is the fact that he feels the need to prove himself once and for all that he is a better fighter than Gren. Although both of them are fairly friendly towards one another outside of combat, he personally takes his rivalry very seriously.

Kai can sometimes be a little bit childish, sometimes even slow when it comes to things like his academics, politics, and so on. One of the reasons so is because he cares very little for all these "serious stuff" as he calls them. All he wants out of life is to be strong enough so he can return home and protect both himself and his family.