[OOC] Beacon: Before the Fall

[Azure Flame]

Welcome new students. I am Professor Ozpin, headmaster of Beacon Academy. You select few have been chosen to undertake our special schooling to train you and mold you into future Huntsman and Huntresses. Here you will learn the history of the Huntsman and Huntresses, why they are necessary, and what you need to know to stay alive. Starting off you'll be paired up with three other Huntsman and/or Huntresses, forming a team, whom you will be with until graduation, and possibly even afterwards. Soon, you will arrive, and I will be able to welcome you personally. Until then, farewell.

So, like I said in the interest check, this is an alternate universe RP for the show RWBY made by Rooster Teeth and the late Monty Oum. In this universe the main teams of the show don't exist (i.e. RWBY and JNPR) But in there place will be teams made up of our characters. We'll be starting out from the first season, which will setup our characters as teams and get the interactions between them, then later move onto season two with the Field Study with actual Huntsman and Huntresses, and finally season three with the Vital Festival and the Fall of Beacon, hence the name of the RP.

Basic RP and Forum rules apply, no god modding, now power plays, or controlling other characters without permission, no romance over PG13, yadda yadda. I'm mainly looking for at least three other people so we can at least have one team, but I will accept several people so we can get multiple. I'll even accept late entry's if we can get full teams, and introduce them as the story progresses, as some teams in the show didn't even get mentioned or seen until later.

Here is the Character Sheet:

Name: (Character name)
Age: (should be around 16-17, can be as young as 15 if you can explain why you'd be accepted so young)
Gender: (Self explanatory, male or female)
Race: (Human or Faunus. If Faunus, state what animal and include animal attributes in Other)
Appearance: (Can either use a pic, or write a description)
Bio: (Just some basic info about your character)
Semblance Name: (The name you have given to your Semblance)
Description of Semblance: (What your Semblance does)
Semblance Limitations: (The limits of your Semblance, to keep you from being too powerful)
Weapon: (List main form, and transformation if it has a second form, like sword into gun)
Favored Dust Element: (if your weapon uses dust)
Other: (Anything else you want to add here)

[Karos]

@Azure Flame Haha, now I see why you wanted to know about whether you could hear Actus coming.

Cool character I must say. The teams shaping up nicely, we've got a heavy, a rogue, a sniper, we should be able to handle most things.

[Azure Flame]

Yeah, and this sniper can also become a melee damage dealer as well. One thing I plan on him doing a lot is picking a few shots off with his sniper, maybe using some ice rounds to freeze the enemy in place, using Teleport to warp onto the battlefield and slash with his katana, taking a few shots with the pistol. Basically, he was a former assassin for the White Fang, but disagreed with killing innocents, so left. He is skilled in infiltration and silent takedowns.

[Blueflame]

@Azure Flame hey think I could join?

[Azure Flame]

Yeah, just post a character and I'll check it out.

[Karos]

Now we've got SABL together when are we gonna start boss? @Azure Flame

(If you couldn't tell I'm rather excited about this...)

[Azure Flame]

Gonna wait for a little bit, see if Blue Flame is going to post a character, and see if we can get some more people in so he has a team as well.

[AlternateMan]

Oh, the ic already started.
Will post soon.

[LemonZest1337]

Dam. The hype train for this RP is making me re watch the show. Tho it's probably time to run through it again with the next season starting in October.

[AlternateMan]

Cannot disagree.

[LemonZest1337]

I can't believe I actually forgot how good the music for the show was. And I thought the hype was real before.

[Azure Flame]

discord.gg/gSQdnx

Got a discord server up, feel like it'll be better than posting here if we wanna talk about things.

[Crimmy]

You guys still accepting?

[Azure Flame]

Yeah, but new teams won't be formed until they have four members.

[Crimmy]

Yeah, but new teams won't be formed until they have four members.

@Azure Flame

Gotcha. Fine if I try and write up a profile before then, though? Or should I wait for some others before planning stuff out?

[Azure Flame]

No, you can go ahead and post a character if you want.

[Crimmy]

Dunno if I should post it in here, but just checking to see if this is g.

Hider

Name: Marsail Cirsium (Alter)

Age: 17

Gender: Female

Race: Human

Appearance:


Bio: The eldest of five sisters born to a family of Vale-based hunters, Marsail Cirsium was exposed to her parents' way of life from an early age, quickly taking to their teachings and learning to fight long before she even began attending a combat school. As the firstborn and heiress-apparent to the Cirsium Family Sword School, she was determined to follow in the footsteps of her ancestors and become a huntress, throwing her very all into her training in order to do so. With her serious outlook on becoming a figure she viewed as a "defender of humanity" and intense work ethic, she was easily able to make it into Signal Academy, where she studied for several years before entering Beacon. While definitely a promising young huntress with significant capabilities, Marsail will still need to work on her overly serious nature, straightforward approach and tendency to get easily annoyed if she wants to become a hero that will carry on the good done in her family's name.

Semblance Name: Nodens Loucetius

Description of Semblance: Nodens Loucetius is the manifestation of Marsail Cirsium's desire to confront evil and injustice and utterly excise it from existence for the sake of humanity and all that is good. It can essentially be described as a semblance of "purification", being able to identify issues and then removing them by either healing or reversing them to a healthier state. She emits a warm light from her hands to obtain knowledge of the problem, and when the light is shone on their target, they will be saved. For example, if she were to come across someone who is poisoned, that poison can be removed by applying her semblance, as it would identify the poison and "purify" the person by removing it from their system. If she were to see someone injured, she could do something similar, except this time she would be healing the injuries rather than healing one of poison. If faced with an illusion, and she knew it was present, she could even destroy that illusion by identifying it and finding its origin.

Semblance Limitations: Her powers work only on a single target at a time, and when in use, she needs to first identify the issue (which can be done from the first part of her power) before being able to properly heal it. The greater the severity of the issue, the more energy it would take out of her, and the more time to would take to fix.

Weapon: Scotia Beag - Claidheamh Soluis initially appears to be a relatively simple claymore, a large and powerful sword that crushes all enemies before it with its great mass. The forward-sloping quillons of her weapon are a simple, furnished silver, seemingly little differentiable from the shining steel blade, but closer inspection reveals that the cross-guard can fold back if the secondary function of the sword is activated. When Dust of any kind is applied to her weapon, Marsail can emit the elements from its surface, either as a ranged attack when the blade begins to retreat backwards, or simply in melee when each strike in infused with the power of nature itself. However, its most powerful ability would be that which gave the sword its name; when charged, the emitters on the weapon begin to glow with a radiant light, spiralling out all around the blade in a helix to an extent that is blinding. This energy shines like a brilliant white torch and every strike with the sword will land with even greater impact and blind all foes. Most importantly, the blades can retract further, and with a swing the central emitter hidden within will concentrate the condensed power and fire off a powerful ranged blast that will instantly destroy any Grimm that was unfortunate to stand in its path. The more time Marsail takes to charge, the more powerful it can become.

Favored Dust Element: While familiar with the use of all types of Dust, Marsail Cirsium most commonly inserts Fire and Air crystals into her weapon.

Other: She has a rivalry with her next youngest sister, who is currently in the grade below.

It's 6am, gotta sleep.

[Azure Flame]

Looks fine, except for the bit about being able to instantly destroy any Grimm, there are some Grimm that are more powerful than any human could possibly handle, like the giant dragon that was only frozen by Ruby's silver eye powers, or the mammoths that have lived so long they leave people alone. As for the semblance, I was going to say it was OP, but as long as you regulate the energy consumption in a way that makes sense and balances it, then it should be fine. No like healing wounds that would normally kill someone and being able to walk away, something like that would take your own life. Also, if you could post the character in the characters tab, that would be great.

[HereComesTheSnow]

In a similar vein, I'd just rather make sure everything's alright here. Wouldn't want to clog up your character tab if something's wrong.

My Hider

Name: Conall Linumbienne

Age: 17

Gender: Male

Race: Human

Appearance:

Bio: Born to a small hamlet in the verdant Emerald Isles just off of the northern tip of Vale, Conall was a classically rowdy young lad— always outside, playing, fighting, play-fighting, seemingly doing whatever he could to come home with scrapes and bruises at the end of the day. The son of a mechanic and a seamstress, Conall is the eldest of three, with one little brother, and one even littler sister. As such, he’s very used to being the top dog at home— and as the top dog, he is also determined to be as good an example to those two little brats as he can, and put his talents for fighting and throwing things around to good use. And as a hunter, there is no better use to put those talents, cultivated into skills by long years of training, than the protection of all mankind from the threat of the Grimm. A stalwart and confident young man, Conall is definitely rough around the edges, with blood as heated as his lance leading to frenzies in battle— but is also agreeable, playful, compassionate, and even surprisingly gentle in disposition outside of it. He holds the air of being carefree high enough for all the world to see— but if there’s one thing he will never back down upon, no matter how whimsical he feels, it’s a promise.

Semblance Name: Fragarach Lamfada

Description of Semblance: Conall’s unshakable confidence, honesty, and honor have taken form in Fragarach Lamfada. In essence, it allows whatever he throws, be it a spear, a rock, or a even another person, to strike true to his aim. The winds themselves will even shift to favor his throws--guiding the missile to whatever point in space he aims. Wherever he intends to throw, the projectile will travel, and whatever he intends to hit, he has a damn good chance of hitting. Additionally, those same winds will guide any object inundated with his Aura (so really only his lance) back to his hand.

Semblance Limitations: The main limitation of Fragarach Lamfada is Conall’s own eyesight— he must be able to visualize the point he is aiming at, and to a degree, even the path it travels along. The same holds true for returning items; if he loses track of it, it’s as good as gone. If he intends to throw something with the intent to ricochet his projectile off of a surface, each bounce will greatly diminish his semblance’s efficacy, with only one or two rebounds in sequence being any more reliable than a throw made by a normal man. Finally, and most importantly, his Semblance is simply ensuring that his aim is true— It can be faked out or dodged by those with the speed, agility, and reflexes to dupe him. No easy feat with his genuine skill backing the semblance, but it’s doable.

Weapon: Luin Celtchair- Cróeb Ruad is a crimson, almost blood-colored lance of roughly seven and a half feet long. Slim and lightweight, Luin is much like it's wielder in that it is of remarkably strong and resilient make, even in spite of its evidently hollow construction. Tipped with a sharp and equally sturdy double-edged blade, Conall makes use of his lance to its fullest-- be it through a whirling dervish of slices with the blade, pinpoint stabs and throws to pierce the hearts of all who stand in his path, or even stern, ringing strikes with the seven-odd feet of shaft that he so masterfully carries.

However, this is not to say Luin Celtchair is simply a well-made polearm.

The secret behind the almost bell-like sounds of the lance’s strikes lies within its crimson, knotted length. Within the hollow chamber lies a reservoir of Fire dust that, when charged with a spike of Conall’s (and only Conall’s) Aura, causes the blade to erupt into a blaze that quickly consumes the lance as a whole-- Cróeb Derg. Due to the synergy between the Aura of the wielder and the Aura fueling the flames, Conall is unharmed by the blistering new coat of paint upon Luin--

However, the same cannot be said of his foes.

Favored Dust Element: Fire

Other: Favorite food is Ulster Fry, whilst his least favorite food is hot dogs.
Likes fishing, diving, and track and field.
Dislikes Wolves.
Has bad luck with good women, even despite his handsome face.

[Azure Flame]

Alright, seems cool, though the semblance seems almost borderline op, being able to hit anything he can see, and come back to him. I would suggest picking one or the other, aura guided toss, or returning weapon, as it seems like two different abilities, personally.

As for clogging up the characters tab, you can always edit your post, rather than repost with changes.