Team 1
Ignatius Lux
Layla Semara
Violetta Hyacin
Daedalus Ivory

Team 2
Carnel Novell
Felicia Iron
Thomas Adkins
Lloyd Gold

Team 3
Scarlett Roth
Jaden Raldo
Basil Plagas
Lariah Marine

TBA

Carnel Novell


17


Male


Human





Mistral


Carnel is a level-headed yet mischievous fellow. He tends to stand back and not capture the spotlight, but won't hesitate to make a remark when he feels that one is appropriate. Carnel prefers to stay in the back of a group and stay silent, taking in everything that everyone else is talking about. Despite this, though, Carnel can actually be rather talkative when he wants to be, inserting himself into a conversation to voice his opinions.

Carnel often takes point when fights break out, taking the initial attacks with his weapons while letting his teammates retaliate, and only afterwards will he add his own attacks, assuming the fight is still continuing. Carnel is all too ready to take commands from a capable leader, and will gladly follow the flow of the battle as the situation moves along. If there is no leader available, Carnel is willing to to take command, but he heavily dislikes taking this role, believing that it is far too much work and responsibility for him to handle comfortably.


Carnel was born in an average family, living a fairly normal and peaceful life. His parents spoiled him, and Carnel was happy. One day, though, Carnel came across a book that caught his attention. Curious, he began to read it, and was quickly engrossed into it. It was a tale of a legendary hero who slew monsters and protected the people. Immediately, Carnel knew what he wanted to be: a hero, just like in the stories. As Carnel grew up, he trained and studied, working hard to reach his goal.

He entered Haven Academy, believing that becoming a Huntsman was a surefire way to being a hero. He had learned early on that even becoming a Huntsman was no easy feat, never mind a hero, but he was determined to do so all the same. He trained and studied more, but as he lost spar after spar and earned average grades in schoolwork, it was clear that Carnel was not anything special. On top of that, Carnel realized that he, despite his goal, was not someone who really enjoyed the spotlight. Distraught, Carnel was thinking about giving up on his dream, until a fellow classmate noticed his situation and offered to help him out.

Together, they worked hard, and they quickly became the best of friends as they improved their skills. The two became part of the top 10 students in their classes, though Carnel was still the lower of the two. Despite that, Carnel continued to persevere, determined to one day beat his friend. Unfortunately, that day was not to come, as his friend had to make a sudden transfer to Atlas. It was the last time the two saw each other, but Carnel continued to work hard, and was allowed to transfer to Beacon. As he traveled, Carnel knew that he would never be a hero like in the stories he used to read as a kid, but perhaps he didn't have to be. He could be a hero on his own terms.


Crepitus: A large right-armed gauntlet that extends from the hand to the elbow. Thin metal plating covers the top of the forearm and the back of the hand, but is surprisingly effective at blocking and deflecting attacks due to the way the plating is layered, curved, and angled. The hand is studded around the knuckles, allowing for more damaging punches. The rest of the gauntlet is metal covering on top of a mechanisms that holds 3 forms of Dust in a revolving chamber and delivers it to the hand portion of the gauntlet.
-Fire: Fire Dust will have the hand catch fire, adding additional burn damage to his attacks.
-Wind: Wind Dist deals far less damage than a normal attack, but allows for greater knockback.
-Lightning: Lightning Dust allows the gauntlet to act as a tazer of sorts, as electricity can be seen crackling around the hand.
Eagle's Aegis: A square shield, carried by Carnel's left arm. The shield has a painting of an eagle on the front. The back of the shield is lined with joints, as the shield itself is a composite of metal bars. Because of the joints, the shield can bend to form a large cylinder, which can attach itself to Crepitus to concentrate the Dust on its hand. As a result, this combination forms a Dust launcher of sorts, granting the gauntlet a new range of attacks based on the Dust used.
-Fire: Launches a ball of fire that explodes on contact with any surface.
-Wind: A ball of condensed air is fired out of the launcher. It cannot harm anything, but it knocks away anything from the point of contact with powerful gusts of wind.
-Lightning: Launches a ball of electricity that creates an electrical field upon impact, which lasts a few seconds before dissipating.


Hermes: With his aura focused on his feet, Carnel will float half a foot off the ground and be able to glide around at the speed he would travel on foot. Carnel is also capable of changing direction as he moves with just a twist of his foot. When in the air, Carnel will slowly descend to the ground as he continues to glide through the air. Unfortunately, Carnel is not capable of moving directly upward, or even hovering in open air, with his Semblance and must rely on outside forces to compensate.


-Powerful defense with his shield and gauntlet, for obvious reasons. Capable offense with the same weapons, due to certain tactics such as shield bashing.
-Versatile attacks through the use of Dust.
-Skilled footwork for proper positioning when defending and attacking, as well as using his Semblance to its fullest potential.
-With the use of the Wind projectile and the Hermes Semblance, Carnel can propel himself into the air and stay afloat for extended periods of time as he rains down a barrage on his enemies.


-He tends to be more defense-oriented as he uses his shield and gauntlet, preferring to let others go on the offense before he follows up.
-With his right gauntlet being his main melee weapon, his attack directions are mostly focused on the right side, making his attacks somewhat easy to predict, and therefore block or dodge. In addition, his punches are powerful, but slow.
-In the air, as he is focused more on attacking, he is a choice target for any enemy capable of ranged attacks, and Carnel has little in the way of dodging attacks without losing altitude.
-Not as fast as he would like to be, considering how heavy Crepitus and Eagle's Aegis are.

• To be updated as rp progresses.

-Carnel has an incredible sweet tooth, and will just about anything to get his hands on some sweets.

⛨ Name: Gradon Giltwith
⛨ Age: 17
⛨ Race: Human
⛨ Kingdom of Origin: Atlas

⛨ Personality: Gradon is someone with a skewered perception of how the world works outside of a battleground. Being entranced with the idea of hunters and Grimm-slaying has left him with an awkward sense of self when it comes to social interactions with other people. Or in general. Quite frankly, it’s almost like he’s an alien from another world, questioning the usage of such simple things such as doors with polite regard.

In this manner, Gradon is often called an idiot when it comes to common sense. A polite and overall nice person by all means, but still an idiot. The sole exception to this seems to be during combat situations, his body and mind reacting as if he was born to be a warrior at heart. One had just better hope he’s not placed on cooking duty afterwards because he will burn down the dorms trying to figure out how to turn on the oven.

⛨ History: Gradon’s history is nothing too spectacular. Simply put, he wanted to be a hunter who slayed Grimm and protect people. Though he tended to lean more towards traditional knight mannerisms and customs, it did not deter his want to help people and thus began this career as a student of Beacon Academy.

Beforehand, his family instilled into him constantly that one must hone their body at all costs in order to become a strong hunter or huntress. Gradon took this literally, eager to train his fighting skills day and night to the point where he could be considered a prodigy in the field of combat. Unfortunately this has made his social skills suffer tremendously to the point where the simplest of things can stump Gradon if it’s not connected to fighting in some way. Like trying to open a door.

Because of his appearance and efficiency in fighting, he’s been given the nickname of “Not-Kirito”. It’s a shame he doesn’t really know what that means nor does he fully understand the reference all too well, but he’s more than happy to learn. As an eager student, he’s always tried to be open-minded of many things and become an overall nice guy. More often than not however this kindness dips into nativity and just lack of common sense. But such is the life of a student.

⛨ Weapon: Gradon’s weapon is a mighty sword cannon by the name of Round Table. Much like fellow student Amber Echo, this weapon does not have a secondary transformation; instead, it remains in its primary state at all times and can be mounted onto Gradon’s back. Round Table not only serves as a mighty sword, but also covers long-ranged capabilities with bullets meant to pierce through the thickest of Grimm hides. Whether or not it has the ability to incorporate Dust materials into its bullets is unknown as Gradon never bothered to try.

⛨ Semblance: By successfully parrying or blocking an oncoming attack, Gradon can then inflict the same amount of damage or force right back at the enemy almost instantly. However, this ability can only work when defending against physical close-combat attacks, such as sword strikes. If one were to carelessly slash at a defensive Gradon, a cut of similar proportion would immediately present itself on the enemy. Unfortunately, this unique power reverts Gradon’s fighting style to retain more defensive capabilities than offensive ones, forcing him to rely solely on counterattacks to fully utilize it.

⛨ Strengths: Gradon’s body has been trained to the point where fighting and combat is almost natural to him. Thus, he’s certainly not lacking in the physical portion of being a hunter, though communication is sometimes lacking thanks to his more off-handed quirks. Even so, he seems to do better socially when in combat anyway, so long as it pertains to the objective at hand.

⛨ Weaknesses: Gradon is not a proficient user with Dust and so prefers to rely on his weapon and Semblance in combat. He’s tried his hand at Fire type Dust once or twice, only to burn his dorm bed almost immediately. Other elements have had similar results so he just sticks to swinging and shooting.

Furthermore, he’s not the most proficient when involved with things outside of combat. That’s not to say he’s hopeless in social interactions, but more often than not he can come across as stilted and awkward. Thus, don’t expect him to be of much help in anything besides combat. Literally.

⛨ Relationships: To be determined if a certain Edgelord Drama Queen joins this RP or not.

Thomas Adkins


17


Male


Human




Atlas


Thomas is almost never happy or sorrowful; rather he’s perpetually in a state of begrudging acceptance. He never learned proper etiquette and as a result is foul mouthed and has little patience for formalities. He’s always ready for action, which has the effect of leaving him on edge and uncomfortable in normal settings. His outlook is pessimistic and this is a fact he doesn’t mind sharing, especially when he sees someone who he feels is out of touch with reality. On rare occasions he will display his strange and dark sense of humor, but most of the time he is serious. Only a few things actually rile him up, and he will forgive a lot of offenses, but displays of cowardice or hesitation in battle are inexcusable in his mind. Thomas has no overarching goal or plan beyond surviving until the next day, and that survival instinct is what shapes his entire philosophy of life.


Thomas’s family lived far from civilization, the nearest settlement was a poor mining town , built on a dust deposit. The only opportunities were working in the mines or manning the fortifications that held off the Grimm. His parents worked long hours in the town, and left him to be raised by his elderly grandfather during his youth. Thomas’ grandfather was a child during the great war, and his great grandfather had fought on the losing side. He grew up around stories of war and violence, and passed those on to Thomas. In school Thomas got into a lot of fights with kids from the town, and his academic performance was poor. After all, he saw no value in academic learning, whereas fighting had a sort of primal appeal to him.

He felt little attachment to his hometown as he saw it wither away. Every year the dust mine grew emptier, and Grimm attacks at the perimeter grew stronger. After his grandfather passed away Thomas felt lost, but he found purpose again at the local Atlas military station. Although he was too young to join as a full soldier at this point, he could perform menial tasks and learn from the soldiers, who taught Thomas discipline and stoicism. When he turned old enough he applied to the academy, because he saw it as the next logical step in his path. Atlas rejected him due to poor performance in school, but Beacon surprisingly accepted him. Unsure what to expect, Thomas left his hometown and set off for Beacon.

War Requiem

Weapon Appearance/Function:

It’s a large bore shotgun, large enough that it can also fire off smaller grenade rounds. They aren’t as powerful as full grenades, but it adds versatility.
There is a knife that serves as a bayonet attachment, which looks like this. The grip also functions as brass knuckles.



When he’s on the verge of losing consciousness, he can force himself to get up and keep fighting. He doesn’t heal or recover from his accumulated injuries at all, it merely dulls his pain allows him to endure beyond his normal limits of durability. The strain on his body means that it takes him a full day to recover afterwards, he cannot do it again until he has had this time to recover.


He’s very durable even without his semblance and is physically strong. He never hesitates in battle, and fights at an intense pace that wears people down. His wild brawling style makes his attacks unpredictable because of their unpolished nature.


Thomas has very poor agility, and doesn’t even bother trying to dodge. His fighting technique is sloppy and inaccurate, and he is less effective at long range. Overall, he tends to rely on brute force rather than smart planning.

None at the moment, open to ideas

Thomas’ hobby is canning food.

Thomas owns two books that he carries everywhere, the Atlas Infantryman’s primer and a book of poetry.

Adkins is derived from Adam, which means “of the red earth”. If this doesn’t qualify for the color name rule, I will change his last name to Brown.

Name:

Layla Semara

Age:

17

Gender:

Female

Race:

Faunus (Snake)

Appearance:

Layla stands at around 5'7" and has an athletic body-type. Her 'assets' are quite modest, her cup size being a comfortable C.

Kingdom of Origin:

Atlas

Personality:

Layla can be quite down-to-earth, but also quite absentminded at times. She tends to say what she's thinking, mostly because it's helpful. She's quite an easy-going person. However, this doesn't mean that she neglects her studies. Due to the promise she made with her parents, she refuses to fail. This fear of failure has extended passed academic level, which makes her a very stubborn person at times. Although it's very hypocritical of her, she also thinks that failure is necessary for growth. Of course it becomes a case of "Practice what you preach."

History:

Layla was born into a family of engineers in Atlas. Her family had been researching and creating some of Atlas' finer machinery and weaponry. From a young age, she was trained to be an engineer like the rest of her family. However, her dreams differed from her parent's. She wanted to be a Huntress. Her parents agreed to her wishes, under one condition.. That she create a weapon that was capable of handling the family semblance without being destroyed or damaged in any way.

After years of trial and error, Layla had finally succeeded in creating the weapon that she carries with her to this day. After creating her tool, her parents sent her to Beacon academy instead of Atlas, saying that she would only become a soldier in Atlas rather than the Huntress that she wanted to become. Her parents gave her another condition. If she was to fail her dream, she must return as an engineer and never look back.

Since the fall of Beacon, Layla hasn't been able to communicate with her parents back in Atlas, however she isn't really willing to go back there anyway.

Weapons:

Primary Weapon
Name: Lode
Type: Dust powered blunderbuss
Description:
Lode is a dust powered blunderbuss that fires out a close-ranged blast of dust energy. This blast's element/effect depends on what dust has been loaded. The blunderbuss is also used as a melee weapon, as it's overall weight and it's nigh-indestructible nature makes it a very good blunt weapon.

Secondary Weapon (Sidearm)
Name: Font
Type: Dust powered pistol
Description:
Font is a dust powered pistol that resembles a flintlock. By loading a single dust crystal, it can fire up to 6 shots. Unlike it's larger counterpart (Lode), it can fire more effectively over distance as it shoots out small 'bullets' rather than a blast cone. The bullet's element/effect depends on what dust has been loaded.

Other:
Name: Ai
Type: Scout Drone
Description:
Ai is a small, dust powered, scout drone that can fit in the palm of your hand. It tends to float around Layla's shoulder unless commanded otherwise. It doesn't do anything other than inform Layla of incoming Grimm.

Semblance:

Overlode
Layla can use her semblance to increase the maximum potential of herself or her weapons for a very short period of time. For example, Layla can overload herself to increase her speed, strength or even her aura. However, this semblance causes large amounts of fatigue and can even cause her to faint if she didn't have enough stamina when activating the semblance. Layla tends to use 'Overlode' on her blunderbuss as using it on her body will deteriorate it.

Strengths:

Layla is very strong against small to large groups of enemies. Especially ones that group together (Like Grimm). She's very physically strong and her instincts are quite keen. Overall, she's a very tank-y person.

Weaknesses:

Despite her physical attributes, Layla isn't exactly the fastest person. Thus she finds it hard to deal with high mobility targets. Her 'Overlode' Semblance, although very powerful, can make her a very vulnerable target after being used.

Relationships:

- Lloyd 'Midas' Gold
Layla has been friends with Lloyd since they were children, having met via their parent's collaborations due to work related projects.

Other:

- Likes to tinker with her weapons and drone in and out of class (This tends to get her into trouble most of the time)
- She's quite good at singing
- Perhaps due to her Snake Faunus heritage, she really hates Nevermores
- Try not to stare into her eyes for too long, you might feel paralyzed~ Or maybe charmed?

Violetta Hyacin


17


Female


Human




Vi is a average-looking girl, not stunningly beautiful but not truly that bad either. Her hair is cut in a somewhat messy fashion, and usually is something that she doesn't deal with until it starts to become an annoyance. In terms of her figure, she's rather slender and lithe in her build, with a somewhat larger than average bust and slight hourglass shape to her frame. She has some muscles and tone to her body, but not a lot due to it being hard for her to gain much with her body type, as well as a lack of real effort to build it up.

Height: 5'10

Weight: 155lbs

Clothing Style: Vi dresses to be as inconspicuous and unnoticeable as possible, tending to wear either black and/or dark purple clothes to assist in this. She wears a large black and purple zip-up hoodie, baggy jeans, and some sneakers before calling it a day, not really too particular about what she wears.He also wears contacts to help him with her vision, and while she isn't blind without them, they will definitely cause problems if she doesn't have them in.


Vale


Vi's outward personality is one of apathy and vague caring about most things in the world around her. For most people, she barely pays attention to anything they say unless it's of some importance, and even then she's likely to miss a detail or two unless the person in question makes sure they have her complete and full attention. Vi also tends to be a bit over-reactive with people who annoy her, often resorting to dead-pan threats to get them to leave her alone, threats that she is more than willing to carry out if need be.

While many would think that Vi's just a stone-cold bitch that doesn't give a fuck about anyone but herself(an opinion that isn't completely untrue), the truth is that she tends to take this attitude in order to make up for her social ineptitudes, and can actually be a very clingy, dependent individual. This side of herself is usually only seen by her family, her brother Crimson in particular, but if she does encounter someone else that draws her interest, she will tend to show this more vulnerable side to them, as well as act much less cold and apathetic while in their presence, almost like a cat in the presence of her owner. This interest can be a tad unhealthy, however, as her social isolation has made it so that certain social norms are unknown to her. For example, it's an extremely bad idea to stalk people for days at a time when you have nothing better to do, or sneak into their homes when they're out to collect little knick-knacks and what not. She also becomes a bit protective of people who interest her, tending to threaten anyone who seems to be a danger. This, at times, can go a bit far at times and it often requires a firm and guiding hand to steer her away from doing things she might regret, such as putting on a mask, knocking the person out, then leaving them hanging in their underwear from the academy flag pole. . . not that she was responsible for that, of course.


Vi comes from a long line of Hunters and Huntresses, all of them masters of the arts of stealth and deception. From birth she's been expected to join the ranks of the Hunters and keep the people of Remnant safe from the horrors of grim, taking to the Shadows in order to hunt down the savage beasts and drive humanity forward. And while Vi has worked towards that goal, she's rather . . . unmotivated by it. She's rather unmotivated by most things really, looking at the world through the eyes of someone struggling to care about it. She does what her parents ask her to, and works just hard enough to meet their expectations, but anyone who watches her can tell she never really gives her best at anything.

Vi grew rather lonely, as her family has long been seen as a sort of boogeyman amongst the people of the world, as they tend to keep to themselves and the methods of some of their predecessors were known to be rather . . . disturbing, if effective, in how they disposed of the Grimm, not to mention the odd behaviors and mannerisms of some of the more notable hunters to have spawned from their brood. Left to her own devices all his life, never really interacting with anyone but her family, she developed some . . . odd coping habits to deal with her loneliness, like watching others from afar, and stalking those she found to be particular interesting and that she thought she could learn from. She took to copying the manner of other kids in attempts to fit in, but they usually ended in failure as people just found it weird and creepy. As she reached her teenage years, entering into the combat school of Signal like her parents wanted, she began to stop really caring about what other people thought.

As the years went on, she simply let herself be absorbed by the job and lifestyle her parents wanted for her, lounging around the near other people, some part of her still hoping to glean some information out of those around her, yet most of her not really caring so much about it. As she attends Beacon, she feels neither relief that she was accepted, nor worry for the new year. Instead, she simply preps herself for another year by herself as people label her off as the creepy girl in class you shouldn't talk to.


Vi's main weapon starts off as a plain-looking, yet powerful railgun, made to pierce through the armor of even the strongest grimm with little difficulty, firing off a single reinforced bullet at insane speeds. However, in order to make the shot, the lightning dust has to charge up for a bit(about one post) before firing, which causes the gun to over-heat immediately and giving it a cool down time that's at least double that of the charge time(two posts). To add extra power, it can be over-charged, but the longer it's charged, the longer the cool down, as well as a chance for the weapon to possible over-heat while charging, resulting in the weapon exploding with the stored electrical energy. After every shot, the weapon needs to be reloaded with both another bullet and a lightning dust cartridge, as it uses up the whole thing in that single shot.

When Vi is unable to use her weapon as the Sniper rifle she'd like it to be, she can shift the weapon into an automatic-shotgun form, causing the barrel to expand and slide down towards her in order to shorten the length of the weapon and make it easier to handle. After a quick ammunition change, the weapon can now fire powerful slug rounds at the enemy, which can also be switched around for Dust rounds if needed, enabling her to deal quite a bit of damage to those who think they can take him up close. The effective distance of this weapon is a bit larger than most others of this type due to the slug ammunition, meaning that he can also take some foes by surprise if they thing they can play a game of keep away. The downside to this is that her weapon lacks the spread that shotguns normally have, and thus makes it hard to deal with speedy opponents, as she has to make every shot count instead of just going hog wild.

The type of dust she uses with the gun in shotgun mode are: Gravity, Fire, Ice, and Electricity.

The name black needle comes from the appearance of the projectiles once they're fired from the railgun, as they strangely enough leave a thin trail of black energy behind the bullet for some reason. This has the unfortunate effect of giving away her position in a fight.


Now you see me . . .: Vi's semblance is the ability to turn herself and anything she's holding both invisible and intangible for a short amount of time. However, it takes about three seconds or so for this effect to complete, meaning he can't use it to avoid attacks if he;s in the heat of battle. The effect can last up to a full minute, though that can be fairly tiring, but it also ends the moment that she's about to launch an attack against a chosen target, resulting in a three second fade in that starts the moment he's cemented the idea in his head.(Ex. She sees a grimm, activates her ability, and then, after she decided to walk over behind the grim to initiate the counter attack, some part of her will instantly become visible, and over three seconds, the rest of her will follow up as he tries to walk over and commence the attack. The moment she attacks, she becomes fully tangible as well.) She tries not to use this ability consecutively, as it can really tire her out to keep going in and out of it like that.

During the fade-in and fade-out, there is usually some kind of effect that goes with it, either his body seeming to unravel, some parts fading out before others due, his eyes suddenly beginning to glow, or a unusually wide smile spreading across his face. He doesn't know the reasons for this, nor does he particularly care. From time to time, different effects will pop up other than those stated, but they are the most common.


Vi is an extremely patient and calculating individual, which serves her position as sniper very well. She likes to think things through and gather information, which her Semblance let's her do quite effectively, allowing her to infiltrate any house enemy fortification without much risk of discovery if she remembers to be careful. She also packs a lot of firepower with her choice of weapons, able to take down most average grimm in one to two shots while using shotgun form, and almost always just the one with the railgun form. She's a deadly shot as well, hardly ever missing a shot ever since she picked up her weapon of choice. Another strength of hers is speed and acrobatic ability, which her mother forced her to practice with threats better left unsaid, which help her immensely when it comes to moving from sniping position to sniping position while using her semblance.


While she has some options for it, CQC is where Vi is at her most vulnerable, relying on having to outmaneuver or outsmart her opponent(easy with grimm, less so with people), so that she can get to a more advantageous position or lead them to an ally. As previously stated, her shotgun fires slug rounds, meaning that in exchange for high damage, it has no spread. As such, she has to make every shot count, and that may require some risky plays when facing off against speedy Close-range fighters, which are the bane of her existence in fights against other hunters. Her semblance makes for an easy getaway most of the time, but the problem comes with the fact that it drains her a lot to use it in quick succession, so if she's unable to lose them, or gets found by another danger, she'll be in an extremely disadvantageous position. Another disadvantage she has is that her aura is weaker than the average huntsman due to lack of building it up and training, meaning she can't take as many hits as other Hunters.


Crimson Hyacin(Older Brother):

Alice(Pet Cat):

• Reading
• People Watching
• Stalking
• Photography
• Sleight of Hand
• Stage magic
• Gambling

Vi is based around the Chesire cat in terms of her semblance and some of her demeanor, though instead of a smiling, happy go-lucky personality, I decided to focus more on the strong sense of apathy and uncaring that the character seems to have in all of his incarnations, a lack of caring for the world around him except when certain people or events catch his interest. In those instances, she'll show more of her true self, a somewhat intrusive and obsessive personality that seems a bit off-kilter to the average person

Has a pet cat named Alice that she takes with her nearly everywhere during her off days. She's a black cat with one blue eye and one green eye, and a strip of white fur that goes all the way down her back and up her tail.

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Name:

Jaden Raldo

Age:

17

Race:

Human

Appearance:

Okay, since the picture covers it well, let me write the basics:
■ Height: 6'4ft
■ Weight: 242lb
■ Build: Muscular (like a bodybuilder)
■ Haircolor: Black

Kingdom of Origin:

Vale

Personality:

A rather carefree, yet hotblooded man. Jaden seems to be very cocky, and is very willing to flaunt his skills in combat. Even when talking casually, he's loud, bold, brash, and doesn't back down from a challenge. Though, despite his confident swagger, Jaden is one of the most honorable people out there. He's aiming to become a hunter to help the world, not for glory (Well, that's one of the reasons - he's after the ladies, too). He's the cool dude that stands up to a bully.

History:

Jaden has the generic "I'm the child of a long line of hunters" past.

And indeed, Jaden was the child of a long line of hunters from Atlas. The Raldo family were known as "The Lions" of the hunter world, due to their pride, strength, and determination... and their semblance that is passed down from one generation to another. They were from Atlas, but due to being fed up with the nation's militarization, the Raldo family elected to leave Atlas, and head to Vale. Jaden was the son of Zaff and Mai, two hunters that went to Beacon Academy together. They got married, banged, and had Jaden, and his younger brothers Emert and Ranger.

His parents had ultimately decided to retire from being hunters, and elected to train the next generation of hunters. Jaden had an expectation, being the first son of the Raldo Family, and sure as hell was ready for it. He was trained in the way of the blade from a young age, and it was clear that, due to his age and determination, he was the up and coming swordsman out of the Raldo family. He was filled with stories of his parents adventuring days, and knew how utterly romantic all of it sounded. He realized he was destined to become the next big hunter and make his ancestors proud.

First, though, he had to unlock the power of the Lion. The Lion was an ancient semblance that was stated to be a piece of the power of the guardian of the Raldo family (that's suspected to be a God of some sort, but you'd have to be foolish to believe in such garage, fool). Anyone who has the Raldo blood is capable of using the Lion... but, like any semblance, it has to be unlocked. To make this backstory even more generic; Raldo had problems with activating this semblance.

Jokes about Jaden not being able to get it up were abundant.

After that shameful display, Jaden was basically thrown into the Prep school in Vale because of his family name. It wasn't that bad, Jaden was able to hone his skills here - and he met his best friend forever; Gray! Gray was a weird one, but eventually, the two formed a bond that was inseparable. Like Batman and Robin, baby! Jaden was the cool dude who scared off Gray's bullies (it made for some funny stories!), and got thrown in detention a lot.

Though, everything changed once Gray and Jaden were challenged to go outside the walls to challenge some Grimm. Well, Jaden knew it was stupid, but why not? Jaden knows that he's got to fight the real deal soon, so why not start now? Jaden brought his family sword, the Lion's Tooth, and went out beyond the walls.

Well, that didn't work out too well.

The first thing they did was get into a fight with some Ursa, and got utterly destroyed. Even though Jaden was an excellent fighter, he wasn't ready for the real thing. He was only able to desperately bring down one before the others mobbed him. However, in that desperation... Jaden unlocked the power of the Lion. An Ursa was about to decapitate him, when the Lion stopped the blow. Jaden was amazed that this happened, and realized he could finally use the Lion. He rushed the Ursa, imbued with the power of a flaming lion...

... And got his ass kicked.

He had no idea what happened, before he was launched into a tree, and fell unconscious - but when he woke up in the hospital, he was told that a group of Hunters came out to save him and Gray. He was relieved he survived such an ass whooping! But, Jaden knew that he couldn't waste this chance. Finally unlocking the power of the Lion meant that Jaden could kick even more ass.

After he recovered, Jaden went out and trained extra hard, dedicating himself to facing off against the Grimm. He became one of the best hunters in the Prep School, - but he often failed at other subjects. It didn't matter because Jaden bonded with the Lion, and unlocked his true power as a hunter. He battled in the wannbe Vytal Festival tournaments that the Prep School hosted, and utterly dominated at them. He had a great win/loss ratio (only losing a few times because he was distracted by how sexy his opponents were - er, his female opponents).

Once he graduated from Prep School, Jaden finally set his eyes on Beacon.

The prep exam was easy for Jaden - like he breezed through it - and was accepted as a student in Beacon... idk where to go from here tbh.

Weapons:

The Lion's Tooth.
The Lion's teeth is a Katana that was passed down his bloodline for generations. It is at least six feet long, and thicker than your average katana (almost being a longsword). It cleaves through grim as well as any other weapon (meaning, it has no special properties). However, one it is returned to it's sheath, it can transform into a powerful assault rifle. This assault rifle can punch holes through grim - without being imbued with dust - with ease, and has a medium range before bullet fall-off occurs.

Semblance:

The Lion.
Also inherited is the Lion. It appears to be a fearsome Lion with a thick, busy, mane that is made out of raging flames. This Lion has little strength that Jaden can't exert himself, but it ignites anything it comes in contact with. It can only travel within two meters (in a dome) of Jaden, it can also float. Instead of using this like a minion, Jaden uses the Lion as a way to imbue his attacks. Making his katana far more destructive, and dangerous. In a way, it's almost like infusing his strikes with dust. While the Lion can't travel that far away from Jaden, he can also ignite the Lion Teeth's bullets - but it's the most effective when in katana form.

Strengths:

Confident.
Impressive swordsmanship.
Melee Ability is monstrous through use of his Stand Semblance.
Great aim.
His skills work great in a team.

Weaknesses:

Shit at long range.
Is probably the type that forgoes thinking and charges in.
Misses obvious things.

Other:

Here's his themesong:

Scarlett Roth



17



Female



Human





(The faceclaim is pretty accurate, I will just give a brief rundown here of the details)

Scarlett stands at a respectable 6’2, making her taller than the average girl. Her body is pretty well trained, with well defined, yet not too bulky, muscles covering her tall frame. Combine that with her mohawk and what you have is a girl who easily stands out in a crowd. While not ugly, Scarlett doesn't really have anything which you could describe as being outstandingly pretty except for maybe her eyes which have a reddish color. Something not a lot of people know is that she has a rather big scar on her back, a Beowulf clawmark.

She tends to prefer more practical clothing over fashionable ones. So if she had to pick between cargo pants or a skirt, she would most likely pick the former. Hoodies, tank tops and sturdy boots are her thing! Having said that, just because she prefers these clothes doesn't mean that she’ll avoid wearing fancy clothes for a special occasion.



Vale



Scarlett is an energetic and upbeat young girl who is determined to make the world a better place. Being a real people’s person, she enjoys being around others and meeting new people, hopefully making some new friends in the process. Scarlett easily gets attached to people and will be very protective of those who are in danger, especially when they are her friends or when they are very young. Needless to say, she hates those who harm, exploit or threaten others. Scarlett also loves food… A lot. She has a monstrous appetite which almost seems insatiable. When she has food, no matter how bad it tastes, she’ll gladly eat it.



Born as the eldest daughter of a pair of musicians, Scarlett grew up in a peaceful village at the southern edge of the island of Patch. Being the eldest of five siblings and with her parents having to work pretty much all day, Scarlett took on the role of the responsible big sis at a very early age.

While their parents weren't wealthy, they never wanted their children to lack anything. From a young age their parents taught them how to make music. On her tenth birthday Scarlett’s father gave her a guitar and she instantly fell in love with it. She called her guitar “Warm Heart” because of the feeling she got from playing it and it allowed her to express herself in her own way, to “empty her heart”.

For a long time the Roth family lived happily on Patch. Scarlett and her family were living a peaceful life and she and her siblings even planned to form a band. But, as is sadly too often the case, all good things must come to an end. Due to a combination of circumstances she was unable to pursue this dream and instead enrolled into Signal, using all of the money she had to pay the enlistment fee. It was at Signal where her semblance manifested, she started to develop her body and skills to be more suitable for the life of a future huntress and where she converted her guitar into her weapon which she renamed into “Crimson Heart”.

Scarlett passed Signal with flying colours. While she wasn't the ace of her class, her grades were enough to get her a ticket into Beacon so she was happy with the final result.



Crimson Heart.

At first glance this guitar looks just like a regular guitar, maybe a bit more stylised and heavier than most. However, once you get close to it and can make out the details you will find out that this guitar is actually quite a dangerous weapon for both ranged and close quarters engagements.

The frame is made of a very sturdy material, making it able to absorb quite an amount of punishment. The long edge of the body has a retractable blade which is razor sharp, giving Scarlett the ability to use her guitar as a two-handed axe in close combat.

However, the true power of her weapon lies in ranged combat. The neck of the guitar, while partially serving as a grip for when she uses the axe form, actually houses six small calibre rifled barrels. Each barrel is triggered by the individual string running parallel to it. This means that if she plays at a very high pace, she’s basically wielding a machine gun. That being said, the calibre of the barrels is quite small and so a thick piece of cover or good quality armour will probably negate most if not all of the damage. The ammo, which consists out of dust projectiles, is stored in the lower half of Crimson Heart’s body.



The Banshee’s Scream.

Scarlett’s semblance is actually fairly easy to explain. What it all comes down to is that she screams… really, really loudly. So loud in fact that it generates shockwaves which can blast humans off of their feet as well as smaller forms of Grimm. Larger Grimm are not impervious to this either. While they won't be blasted back like their smaller cousins they will at least be slowed down by the force of the shockwaves. And if their ears are very close to her mouth… well, that’s gonna cause a lot of damage.

The shockwave forms in the shape of a cone wherever Scarlett is pointing her mouth to at that moment. People who stand behind her are safe to the damaging effects and don't risk any ear trauma. All the force is aimed directly ahead.

Scarlett can also use her semblance in a less devastating way. In this way she just amplifies her own voice, basically giving the effect of a megaphone.



Is able to fight at all distances at reasonable efficiency.

Her weapon and semblance give her a great way to dispose of large groups of lightly armoured enemies as well as harassing/slowing bigger threats.

Scarlett is pretty strong and nimble, giving her the ability to quickly dish out quite a bit of punishment, even when she isn't armed.

Having cared for her siblings for so long, Scarlett has learned a couple of things about patching up injuries, giving her the ability to help wounded companions.



While able to fight at long and close range, she is not specialised and thus is at a disadvantage when facing someone who does have a specialisation.

Can only fire as quick as she can pluck the strings. If she is tired or something is wrong with her hand/fingers this will greatly affect her rate of fire.

Is quite gullible as she will always assume that people want to help each other.

Scarlett lives in the moment, this makes her prone to rush into action without really forming a solid plan.

She is very afraid of hurting innocents or allies and so she will hesitate to use her weapon and semblance when allies are in her field of fire.

Her semblance works through sound waves originating from her vocal cords. So if you manage to get her mouth shut her semblance is useless. If she uses it too much/intensely it will cause serious damage to her vocal cords which might result in temporary loss of her voice. And it’s a scream, so eventually she will have to catch a breath, giving her opponent the chance to recover.



As is probably pretty obvious, one of Scarlett’s favourite pastimes is making music. However, ever since she had been enrolled into Signal Scarlett had developed an interest in personal fitness and combat sports. While certainly not a pro in this, she still continues to practice it when she has some time off.

Crow Faunus


Basil is tall but skinny, about 6' in height and weighing 140 pounds. He has black eyes with pin pricks of white in the centre (basically a crow's eyes) and extremely dark green hair (often mistaken for black). When relaxing or not in situations that require his skills, he will typically wear dark jeans and a almost always black shirt. When going outside or to battle he will usually wear a dark black trench coat along with the mask and hat typically worn by plague doctors, mainly to hide his eyes from racists but also because his semblance's mist can be unpleasant even for him to touch. He also carries a black satchel including dust vials ,but mainly it is of full of a variety of medicines and poisons.


Atlas


Basil is cold, greedy and vengeful, he can hold a grudge for a long time, but intelligent and dignified, if he finds himself in a losing situation , he can take the loss in his stride to improve for the future, this combined with a general distrust of people can lead to him being the first to switch sides when a situation looks grim or even go out alone if no parties support his ideals. While not unwilling to share his past with people, he does hold on to secrets for perhaps a little too long. He has a dark sense of humour.


Basil was born in a small town north of Atlas, he was raised by his father, Vert Plagas, and his mother, Violet Plagas. His father taught him everything he knew about medicine and semblances. By the time he was 14 he took over his father's work as the town's only doctor. A few weeks after Basil took over his father's work the village was attacked by a roaming group of beowolves. They destroyed everything, very few of the townsfolk knew how to fight effectively and were slaughtered. Basil's mother was killed quickly, however the beowolves slashed at his father's thigh before a despatched team of huntsman brought it down. Basil quickly checked on his father after the carnage, however he realised he was bleeding out. With no medicine or bandages to help him Basil was forced to watch as his father bled out. This experience left a mark on Basil, one was an even stronger hate for Grimm than most, and the other was a distrust of the authority as he blamed their slow response for his parent's death. He used his newfound strengths to help him get into the Atlas Combat Academy. Basil ,now fuelled with anger and bitterness quickly advanced through the combat academy, using his new found offensive semblance to defeat most physical challenges and his intellect to breeze through tests. While he struggled with creating his weapons he eventually created an effective set of weapons after many attempts and called them "The Bonesawers". (yes I know I'm incredibly bad at naming things). Despite his efforts he was not accepted by Atlas Academy due to his negative attitude. Not that the crow cared much. Instead he applied for Beacon where he was quickly accepted due to his fairly high skills and the school being unaware of his mind-set.


A normal sword and a sickle with a chain attached to the hilt capable of transforming into a gun.
Dust Use: Pistol is capable of loading all types of dust as ammunition
Forms: Sickle+Sword
Pistol+Sword
Other uses: Sickle can be used as a grappling hook thanks to the chain and is capable of grappling in weak or unaware targets.


Manipulates aura so the user emits a cloud of fog . If it touches an enemy, it will either begin to damage their body, if they remain in the fog for too long, that time ranging from a few minutes if the victim has a low aura reserve to hours if they have a very large aura reserve, it will begin to do permanent damage, amputating fingers or even limbs and in rare cases killing them. The fog is a pale green fog that gradually rises as a battle continues

Plague Warning can potentially cripple a swarm of opponents if Basil is in a battle for long enough. Enemies with smaller aura reserves will take more damage from his semblance. If the user is skilled enough, they can direct the mist at particular areas quickly( Basil can do this but the mist moves at a fairly slow pace)
Basil has fairly large aura reserves.

Plague Warning does negligible amounts of damage to enemies with large aura reserves, the opponent feeling a slight sting at most.
His semblance cannot tell the difference between friend and foe meaning his allies will have just as much trouble with the fog as his opponents, although Basil can direct it away from them if he notices.
Machines are unaffected by his semblance.
Basil cannot hit very hard without any weapons and even then he usually prefers to weaken his foes before engaging in one on one.

Dolor the Carrion Crow (pet)- Basil's companion, he is usually used for scouting by Basil but it is not uncommon of him to be found stealing food and other items.

Basil has a knack for medicine and surgery , it is not uncommon to find him making antibiotics and other medicines, if you ask nicely he might just patch you up.
Basil has a distaste for the many governments of the world, while he would not commit acts of terrorism in times of peace, a large scale event may cause him to do so (he mildly sympathises with the White Fang, although would never join them without need or reason)