Mason Donovan

"A dull glow, locks your heart in a state of depression. Finding out what motivates you is the only way to shine through this trial of lethargy." "You’re just a hypocrite and it really pisses me off. Whatever happens tonight will be placed on your shoulders. You choosing to go home while the rest of us are fighting like this makes a bad impact on your character."

- Miles to Blaine Azuria

Appearance
Mason wears a brown hoodie with a red shirt underneath. He also wears a pair of black jeans and black sneakers. He has short blonde hair and has a tan complexion. Mason looks like he has a slim body structure, but he actually has some muscle. He may not look bulky, but Mason can do some heavy lifting.

Personality
Mason is pretty much one of those quiet guys who prefers to be alone. It's not because he thinks he'll be cool, but just because he's not much of a people person. He does get in on conversations, but doesn't talk all that much. He mostly voices his opinions when he feels there's a need to, which are usually when there's an argument of some sort, or when something feels off to him. He's more of the type who listens and waits before saying his end of the coversation (the same applies for battles, he waits for a good opening then strikes at the opportunity).

Mason can get easily ticked off, but doesn't express his anger violently, he'll just sigh and won't make contact with the person he's mad at as his way of cooling off if it's something that annoys him. He prefers not to argue with people if it's unavoidable, but he'll still project his voice when talking to you depending on the situation.

He can be seen as an appathetic and doesn't see many highlights in life as of now. He prefers that the people close to him call him Miles rather than Jr. or Mason, as he bears a deep hatred for his father.

Weapons & Abilities
Miles's weapons of choice are two Tonfa Blasters named "Terra's Cross". They're used for both close range and medium ranged attacks; mostly close distance combat because Miles likes to fight his opponents head on when he's interested; otherwise he'll only dodge attacks. The bullets are mostly used in the case of a hasty retreat or against flying foes, anything he can't get close to. Just like his teammate Blaine, his weapons are powered by dust and shoot energy bullets instead of normal ones.

Normally Miles holds his tonfas on his hands like so, but in some cases he reverses his grip to get an extra reach on his opponents. In this position, he can use the metal tips painted bronze to impact a heavy blow on his the enemy. He also holds them in this manner to impale them in the walls of a cliff for climbing, or to save himself from from falling. This is also a good technique to break through certain solid material without hurting his hands.

Aura and Semblance
Miles's Aura is light brown in color and gives him a slight defense boost. Semblance: making in process for now.

Abilities:  Miles may look like a slim guy, but he's pretty powerful when it comes to looking at his strength. He's able to use his tonfas to push people back if they get too close, and they can build up a great sturdy defense against physical attacks when positioning his arms in an X-shaped cross. With his tonfas, he can leave cracks in boulders and sometimes break them, but that's only if he gets motivated to use his full strength and Semblance. He has decent stamina, and knows how to maintain it, but he's the slowest in the Team.

Backstory
Ever since he was young, Miles had lost all feelings of satisfaction in his life. Everything he had done was just a complete bore to him. There was a point in time where he did feel joy, but those feelings had left him along with his father. His father, Mason Sr., had been seeing another woman behind his wife Elanor's back, and revealed to her and his son that he would be leaving them both for her.

After his mother noticed her son's empathy, she had forced Miles to take up martial arts to get him interested in something. It was a great learning experience and he continued his practice, but he still found it to be boring.

His impressive skills granted him acceptance to Beacon, and declining was not an option thanks to his mother who had arranged the whole thing. At first all he thought he found was a big nuisance when he was assigned to Team AMBR, but they all became great friends afterwards.

Mason's Themes
Hope's Theme: FFXIII

Go Through Like a Bullet: Tales of Xillia 2

Mason's Emblem
With MS paint, I had no clear Idea how to pull this off. His was the only emblem that was hard to get in design. Thanks to Imosa1, for making it look good! Basically it's his two tonfas in a cross-shape over a circle representing the earth, as well as a fracture at the top. The cross is referencing the way he normally blocks his attacks and the earth represents his strength and sturdiness.

His emblem can be seen on the back of his sweatshirt, in the center of his beachwear shirt, his clothes sack for laundry, and is engraved in the base of his favorite tree.

Extra tidbits

 * Miles' birthname is actually Mason, but prefers to go by Miles by his friends.
 * Reasoning is that he desipises the name, as it reminds him of his father.
 * His last name Donovan is derived from Donndubhan, which is composed of the Gaelic element donn "brown" and dubh "dark".
 * Within Team AMBR's Solar System Motif, Miles and his emblem represents the Earth.
 * Miles' and Blaine's personalities were switched. Miles was originally supposed to be the fun guy and Blaine the loner.
 * So far Miles is the least developed character of Team AMBR in regards to the misc. tabs.


 * Miles goes to Beacon, but doesn't attend most of the classes. He only observes training courses and naps in his favorite tree on the campus.
 * Rina is the one who ends up having to drag Miles to class.


 * Miles was "fighting a battle" between a female version for M who would be Magenta instead of Maroon. Her name and personality was never thought of, so Miles won.


 * If M was Magenta instead of Maroon, not only Miles' character would change, Rina Rouge would've became Ryan Rouge to balance out the gender ratio.


 * Currently Miles' fighting style is similar to Hibari Kyoya from Katekyo Hitman Reborn. Example 1

Full Image Gallery
This image gallery is for Miles Marron. Currently all art was done by me via pencil & paper, generator, MS paint, etc. Any other art is given credit to the one who did it.