Shawn Hunter

Shawn Hunter, officially Shawn Hunter-Invictus is a Junior Legionnaire with the rank of Colonel. He is currently a member of the Invictus Family's Night Caste, having joined after his graduation from the ninth generation of the Continental Academy at #3. He currently operates as a member of the Sunraisers, an elite vanguard team of the Legion championed by Leohart Invictus.

Personality
Shawn is a quiet individual who mainly keeps to himself. He is very much a fan of his own company believing himself to be the smartest person in the room at all times. In a way this makes him come across as extremely stubborn, since the passing of Daylen he's had little respect for authority and openly challenges the established hierarchy of the Sunraisers. He enjoys playing devils advocate and to challenge people's actions and way of thinking.

History & Backstory
Shawn grew up in Karlsflocke, the ancient mountain Kingdom of Birds. Born to the Hunter family he lived a very simple life. At first having no desire to engage in any form of combat he was eventually convinced into training his powers by his father Declan after he accidentally consumed the essence of the Mythical Talonflame. Shawn grew up a studious boy in Karlsflocke that had a keen interest in wildlife and no concern at all for the outside world.

Eventually his father would perish as the result of an attack on his Kingdom from an attack that came from what is now known as a mirror gate; gates intentionally opened from Purgatory. An unknown force had lead an attack against Karlsflocke from inside Purgatory and stole something precious from the ancient Kingdom. Shawn had no concern for the stolen treasure, his eyes fixated on revenge.

Shawn left Karlsflocke and traveled to Library of Mystic trying to dig up information, he stumbled upon stories of the Invictus Family and information on their exploits, he also began to learn the name of the Unconquered Sun and #1 Legionnaire at the time Daylen. Eventually Shawn joined the Continental Academy, banking his chances on becoming a Legionnaire in order to seek the answers he so desperately longed for.

Upon graduating, Shawn skipped the ceremony and went straight to the Capitol in order to try and join the Invictus Family in a quest for power. He spent 3 weeks sleeping on the streets of the Capitol facing rejection from the Celestial's everyday; they were able to see the intention and rage in the boy's eyes. This lead to Shawn taking matters into his own hands, he plotted a proverbial ambush on Daylen that would see them have a confrontation in which Shawn could demand he be trained and taken under his wing.

Shawn had successfully managed to corner Daylen and the Sunraisers in Purgatory. He ended up tagging along on the expedition and contributing in aspects that surprised all the members. Despite his temperament and anger, Shawn thrived under Daylen's leadership and it was clear to all who witnessed it. Daylen took Shawn under his wing with the hope of ironing out the issues and removing Shawn's desire for revenge thus allowing the young Legionnaire to excel and reach his full potential. Shawn became a member of the Night Caste and joined the Sunraisers when they returned home.

When Daylen died Shawn was hit hard, the steps he made to becoming the person Daylen envisioned him to be had all been for nothing. He fell into a deeper state of anger, blaming his lack of strength and ability, citing nothing had changed. This anger is reflected in his relationship with the rest of the sunraisers and its new leader Leohart.

Powers and Abilities

 * Monster Level
 * Twilight Caste Mark: The Twilight Caste Mark greatly enhances one's natural curiosity and creativity, allowing them to sort through ideas and concepts in their mind far more quickly than most. Awakened Twilights may have supernaturally adept minds, or create incredibly powerful artifacts through a process known as sunforging.

Magic Archive: Luxuria
Shawn is a Contract Mage who received training from Mystic's Institution of Magic, Ymir. As a contract mage he possesses a brand on the base of his neck above his spine that grants him a vast reserve of mana that he can then tap into. His Archive is is that of Luxuria, one that revolves around life and souls.
 * Firefly: Firefly is Shawn's primary branch of magic that he uses in conjunction with the powers granted to him by his Twilight Caste and the Invictus Ignis he earned through a life of combat. They are magical familiars that are created through the flames created from his Invictus Ignis but the caveat is that they are splintered off pieces of Shawn's soul. Through the familiars he can assimilate knowledge based on things they interact with. He can also use them as a conduit for many of his other abilities as a result of this connection, for example Shawn can use his fireflies to set fire to anything they come into contact with, this then feeds him back a a knowledge and understanding of what is being burned; his fireflies consume information which he can then interpret through his Twilight caste mark.
 * Combustion Forge: The Combustion Forge is Shawn's secondary branch of magic that stems from his Fireflies. It is a powerful technique that combines Luxuria's Alchemy with his Sunforging. The fireflies take care of the first two steps of Alchemy:
 * Comprehension: Understanding the composition of every material
 * Deconstruction: Breaking the material into smaller components.
 * With his magic Shawn then initiates the third step, Reconstruction, the process of forming the object back together. His fireflies return to him and he rebuilds the object in his own way sacrificing his mana and his soul to satisfy the law of equivalent exchange. However Shawn does this with the foundation of Permanent Sunforging in mind, he speeds up what would be a traditionally long process by pooling vast amounts of mana from his contract brand into the material as he sunforges, granting them supernatural power upon creation. It is only through the magic foundation of Luxuria (everlasting) that the object is able to last a lot longer than it traditionally would with such a haphazard process.


 * Invictus Ignis: Despite not being a member of the Dawn Caste, Shawn possesses a unique manifestation of Invictus Ignis. His flames manifest externally not in golden color but a deep red with streaks of black. This is due to the powers combination with his Magic Archive. Shawn's flames consume his emotions of simmering rage. Because of this he does not have control over what he chooses to burn, the angrier he gets the more rampant his flames become and the more of himself he loses. Through burning up his soul is this manner overuse of Shawn's power can quickly lead to death in spite of the large mana pool he has access too.

Tori Tori no Mi, Model: Talonflame
The Tori Tori no Mi, Model: Talonflame is a Mythical Zoan-type Devil Fruit that allows its user to transform into a Talonflame hybrid and a full form at will.

Shawn demonstrates the ability to not only perform a hybrid transformation but also a partial shift in many capacities, he has shown the ability to turn his arms into large wings as well as transforming his feet and hands into Talon like limbs. When using the fruit in any capacity, the carnivorous nature of the Talonflame grants him immense physical speed and increased resistance to heat and fire based attacks.