Mercury Black (Canon)/Maverick Zero X



"I'm sorry you didn't have a mommy that loved you, but I had a father who hated me. He never went easy on me. Every day of training was a beating. And when I unlocked my Semblance, he stole it with his! 'This is a crutch! This makes you weak!' He told me I could have it back when I was strong, so I got strong, but I never got it back. I've had to work harder than anyone to get where I am! You may not like it here without Cinder, but I think I'm right where I'm supposed to be!"

- Mercury Black

Summary
Mercury Black is one of the primary antagonists of webcartoon series, RWBY. He is one of Cinder Fall’s associates and thus conspires against Remnant as an underling of Salem.

Powers and Stats
Tier: High 8-C

Name: Mercury Black

Origin: RWBY

Gender: Male

Age: Likely in his 20´s

Classification: Human Assassin

Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Superhuman Athleticism, Expert Hand-to-Hand Combatant, Stealth Mastery, Skills in assassination and espionage, Skilled Marksmen, Explosion Inducement, Homing Attack, Limited Flight (By using his Boots to propel himself through midair), Danmaku, Air Manipulation, Smoke Screen Generation, Aura (Can utilize Aura, a manifestation of his soul, for a variety of applications), Forcefield Creation (Mercury’s Aura passively coats his body in a protective force-field), Statistics Amplification (Mercury is capable of utilizing his Aura to strengthen his striking power and weapons), Regeneration (Mid-Low), Enhanced Senses (Aura can be used to sharpen the senses and detect danger)

Attack Potency: Large Building level (Far superior to Huntsmen-in-training, being able to overpower Ruby, Yang, Coco and Yatsuhashi while holding back considerably. Casually competed with Pyrrha Nikos, with her only winning due to him losing on purpose)

Speed: Massively Hypersonic (Outpaced lightning. Blitzed Coco and Yatsuhashi without even trying. Caught Ruby while she was using her Semblance)

Lifting Strength: Class 50 (Far stronger than Ruby)

Striking Strength: Large Building Class

Durability: Large Building level (Tanked hits from Pyrrha Nikos)

Stamina: High

Range: Standard melee range; Hundreds of meters with ranged attacks.

Standard Equipment: Greaves, Prosthetic Legs

Intelligence: High (Trained by his father in a brutal regimen, Mercury is a trained killer of powerful and deadly skill. His fighting style focuses on nimble, merciless attacks that resemble Tae-Kwon-Do and Capoeira. Mercury is also shown to highly observant and analytical, deducing the capabilities of Pyrrha’s Semblance after fighting her once)

Weaknesses: Arrogance; Continual damage to his Aura will cause it to deplete to the point where he can be left open to more significant damage.

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