Issei Hyoudou (Soundless Knight)

"It's me... I'm Hyoudou Issei, your Knight.""

- Soundless!Issei to canon!Rias in Soundless DXD Issei Hyoudou ( 一誠 兵藤) is the main male protagonist of both the canon High School DXD series and the fanon stories Soundless Knight and Soundless DXD written by YagamiNguyen on fanfiction. Unlike his canon counterpart however, [Soundless!Issei] is not the wielder of the longinus Boosted Gear and is not a hardcore pervert; instead, he is a deaf guy with a mysterious and power.

Appearance
Issei is a 16-year old high school student of average height with short brown hair and light brown eyes. He is usually seen with a sad expression and his body language gives the impression of a heavily depressed teenager. Under his clothes he has a big scar over his right shoulder due to the accident that took his hearing sense.

His most commonly worn outfit is the Kuoh Academy boys' school uniform, which consists of a blazer (more commonly black, although in other media is shown with a tinge of purple or grey, with white accents) over a white, long-sleeved dress shirt with black highlights with a black ribbon on the collar, with a red T-shirt underneath his open dress shirt and blazer, matching black pants, and wears blue and white sneakers.

While he's with the Occult Research Club or doing his devil duties he uses magical earphones that allows him to recover his hearing sense.

Personality
After he lost his hearing sense Issei became an unsociable, depressed guy who spent most of his time at his place. He is somewhat timid but gentle, always thanking everyone at school for helping him and doesn't get angered easily as shown while dealing with the pervert duo. Issei is mentally scarred because of the accident and prior joining Rias' peerage he was completely mute from the years of deafness. Fortunately enough as he interacts with the Occult Research Club his depression disappears and he opens up more and more as time passes.

The more the plot advances, a hidden personality starts awakening inside him, every time he picks a sword to fight he changes to a bloodthirst fighter who finds joy in the thrill of the fight.

History
Ten years prior the story Issei suffered an unkown accident that left him both mentally and physically scarred for life, as well as leaving him completely deaf.

Not much is known about him beside the flashbacks Rias has seen in his dreams about his grandfather teching him swordsmanship.

Soundless Knight
TBA

Soundless DXD
TBA

Powers & abilities
Master Swordsman: At first Issei ignored he was skilled with the sword, but soon after he joins Rias' peerage it became quite obvious his ability with it. He uses an unkown sword play which uses the sword with the scabbard still on it.

Immense speed: Being a Knight, Issei is insanely fast, being able to dominate most of his foes with ease.

Equipment
Sugari No Ontachi (須賀利御太刀): A lighting katana which belonged to the Empress of Japan Jito, the third of eight women to take the role of empress regnant.

Trivia

 * The image used on the profile is of Tsunayoshi Sawada from Katekyo Hitman Reborn
 * The Issei despicted on this story is based on a real world person, a friend of the author