Arsanios Licita

Arsanios Licita, born Arsani Price is the adopted son of Kirin Licita and Caterena Licita, members of the house of Licita who were cursed to never conceive. Licita is the biological younger brother of Rogue Tennen Deka Price, making him a Tennen. However, during the Void Incident, the young Tennen lost part of his memories, and while the older brother lived his life as a warrior, Arsani was adopted into the house of Licita by the Lotus, having discovered that Arsani did not possess an aptitude in combat like Deka.

Arsanios lived a peaceful and loving life with his parents in the house of Licita, until The Second War with the Sentinels destroyed his home and family. Forced to learn The Way of the Tennen, Licita was given a Battleframe and conscripted into the Tennen armies to battle the Sentinels alongside the Orakin.

Despite possessing a poor aptitude in weapon modification and building, Tennen mentor Troyest of the Space Gladiators noticed that among all of the Tennen recruits, Licita possessed above average reflexes and technique. Licita's skill with his Battleframes offsetted his poor modification and building abilities, allowing the young Tennen to quickly climb up the ranks and fight in the Sentinel War. Licita was deeply inspired by Tennen legend Zennen Lith, master of the Ash Stealth Battleframe, and Space Gladiator Leader Quorra Lavine.

Due to his admiration for Lith, Licita practiced and designed his own Ash Battleframe to greatly mimic the Tennen Legend, but at the same time, wielding the pole arm, similar to Quorra's fighting style. With Lith and Lavine's fighting styles engrained in his load out, along with his uncanny skill, Licita became feared in the Origin System, gaining the moniker Arasanios the Shadow of Death.

At some point, Licita discovered his true identity, the younger brother of Deka Price. Learning of Deka's apparent betrayal from Lavine, Licita harboured a deep hatred for his older brother, believing he had abandoned him when he had lost his memories from the void, and betraying not just his kind, but also the only family he had left.

Personality

During his childhood, Licita was raised to be polite and caring from his adopted parents, ignorant of his true nature as a Tennen. Licita would have a fondness for baby Alphon puppies, playing with the house pet after school.

However, after the events of the Sentinel Invasion on the House of Licita, Arsanios watched his parents sacrifice their lives for his safety. Traumatized by their deaths, Licita believed himself to be too weak, and during his conscription to the Tennen army, Licita's sole purpose was to kill every Sentinel in the world. The overwhelming bitterness and hatred along with his trauma caused Licita to become pessimistic and antisocial. Despite this, Licita still respected noble Tennen figures, including Zennen and Quorra. After working hard to make a name for himself as the Shadow of Death, Licita was temporarily recruited to the Space Gladiators, and fought alongside Quorra.

During the events of a certain mission, Licita discovered that he was the younger brother of Tennen Deserter Deka Price, causing most if not all of the Tennen to shun him and banish the boy from the clan. Filled with bitterness and believing that Price had chosen to abandon his younger brother and renounce himself, including his own blood, Licita swore to destroy Deka for everything he had done to him. However, it was revealed by Lavine that under all that hatred, Licita still had a heart that was broken and yearning to see his older brother again.

Combat Prowess

Way of the Tennen: Despite possessing poor affinity for weapon/frame modding and building, Licita possessed unnatural technique and skill with these weapons. During a sparring match in which all gear was equalized, Licita was the first recruit in history to best Tennen instructor Troyest of the Space Gladiators in hand to hand combat. Troyest claims that if Licita had top end weaponry and Battleframes, his combat aptitude would pressure even Zennen, who is regarded as the strongest Tennen of all time.

• Ninjutsu: Licita learned the basics of stealth and martial arts from Troyest. Licita's skill with Ninjutsu made him a prodigy, excelling in all of its aspects. As the Shadow of Death, Licita's skill to outmaneuver bullets allowed him to fight hordes of enemies despite wielding a weaker but higher damaging variant of the Ash Battleframe. Licita's skill was often compared to Zennen due to the multiple parallels between their fluidity. Licita frequently wields a pole arm in combat, taking inspiration from Quorra. Paired with his stealthy takedowns, Licita possessed both deadly skill, but large range in his attacks.

• Firearms: While not to the same level as his Ninjutsu, Licita possessed an aptitude to firearms, and was considered slightly above average in his marksmanship skills. Preferring to use snipers and dual pistols, Licita is capable of both long and mid-range combat.

• Gear Modification: Licita was trained in the art of gear modification as a Tennen. However, his skill in this field was severely lacking, as Licita possessed a very small percentage of modifications on hand, leading to his abilities to be severely bottlenecked by this deficiency. Despite this, Licita counteracted this bottleneck by copying known load outs, as shown when he copied Zennen's load out.

• Void Abilities: As a Tennen, Licita is capable of the standard Tennen void abilities, including void energy projection, intangibility, and movement. However, due to his lacking modification abilities, Licita has yet to produce any equipment to bring out his void abilities to its fullest.