[quote=@tobiax]
[@Krayzikk] <Snipped quote by tobiax> Plot hole- Semblances only work when you have Aura.
[s]Also, let's be real. It doesn't look like your character's really based on Surtr entirely. There are more creative ways to pay homage. I'm a fan, but this is a bit much.[/s]
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Thought image might be a bit much, even if it was an alternate version. Forgot some of the canon rules on Aura I've been playing in another RWBY game with its own internal rules because we didn't get any Aura exposition at that point. I'll rework it a bit. 

Otherwise, though, Surtr really is the primary inspiration. I could do a section by section breakdown of what came from where. With the exception of its relation to blood, which is not from Surtr, even her Semblance is; Surtr's role in Ragnarok is to literally burn the whole world. It even affects where she's from, being from the southernmost city on that continent rather than the northernmost.