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Personality
A typically calm individual, Saffron understands that life is full of things that can go wrong, and so ensures that when opportunities arise for enjoyment that she partakes in them, oftentimes even if those would result in scorning by others. She does this whilst avoiding ventures that would result in her own dissatisfaction, an act that can often have her being observed as fussy or even reclusive if she fails to get herself involved with a group activity that doesn’t have some kind of incentive to have her participate. That being said, Saffron struggles to form bonds with people - she treats people with respect, and it is inevitable that she will come to befriend someone who treats her well in turn, however she can often be reluctant in knowing that those very same bonds can come crashing down and wishing to avoid the possibility as much as she can.
What makes that worse is her own subconscious attempts to have things crash. Saffron enjoys observing people, trying to work out what makes them tick, and what frustrates them so that she can weaponize it against them should they turn on her. Privately, she understands that she is probably making things worse for herself by looking at it that way, and she reasons it out by telling herself that she is preparing for the worst. She sometimes has trouble backing down, disliking the notion of being wrong or weak. Recognising her own weakness in this regard, Saffron will often try to duck out of arguments that she’s on the defending side of.
Appearance
Saffron stands at a height of 5’5 and weight of 126lbs. She has a slim, ectomorphic build, as well as an average bust. She has a pair of cloud coloured eyes, and silvery hair that descends just past her shoulders and onto her upper back; Most of the time, her hair is found brushed, though she doesn’t tend to tie it back, instead letting it hang loose a little. As a Faunus, Saffron also has animal traits - a pair of fox ears atop her head as well as a tail, those traits both being the same silvery colour as her hair.
Emotion-wise, Saffron will often rest with either a neutral expression on her face or a slight smile if she is feeling particularly relaxed. She is prone to smirking when she finds something to be amusing, and is visually expressive whilst she is enjoying herself, often exerting joyous expressions on her face whilst laughing or having a good time. On the other hand, she isn’t so visually expressive with frustration or negative emotion, with a scowl or frown being as far as she goes facially, and crossing her arms over her chest when she is feeling especially annoyed to express herself physically.
As for apparel, any outfit with a hood is Saffron’s main go-to. This doesn’t particularly have to be a hoodie, as cloaks also fit the billet for her. Whilst not particularly fussy when it comes to colour, Saffron does favour darker-coloured clothes, which contrast well against the light of her skin and her hair. Whilst indifferent in deciding between baggy or tight clothes, Saffron will attempt to avoid anything with large or obnoxious logos on them, preferring plain or simple designs.
“Do you enjoy the taste of your words on your tongue, or are you perhaps just spewing them out without thought?”
| N a m e: |
Saffron Rupalfeather
| Alias|Nickames|Titles: |
Saff, Feather
| G e n d e r: |
Female
| A g e: |
17
| Kingdom of Origin: |
Vale, Kingdom of Vale
| Race: |
Faunus (Winter fox)
| History: |
Money meant freedom, and whilst the Rupalfeather family perhaps were not the richest, they certainly were not the poorest of individuals, either. What this meant for young Saffron was that she came to treasure the freedom that she was granted early in her life, and came to heavily resent any restrictions that were placed upon her by her parents, which often arose in order to prevent Saffron from hurting herself by her adventurous, carefree nature. These early life developments were the foundation of her personality as she grew up, and before her teenage years had even started she was doing what she could to alleviate herself of any negative activities.
Saffron’s parents were too late in acting to change the personality that their daughter had formed. Their daughter’s personality was nothing to be too worried about for the regular parent, however the concerns for Saffron’s parents came for their unbelievingness at the effectiveness of Huntsmen, and their accurate prediction that Saffron would take that route of education. Such a path carried a significant risk of death, and in the eyes of the Rupalfeathers, their daughter would not receive as effective of a training as others due to her Faunus heritage, thus putting her even more at risk. Saffron detested this attitude from her parents, for she did in fact want to be a huntress.
Her parents were correct about one thing, however; Being a Faunus was trouble. Whilst it did not directly impact Saffron’s development, the negativity towards Faunus within the Kingdom of Vale did affect her mood. Thankfully, this changed once Saffron was old enough to go to a combat school; Between Pharos Academy and Signal Academy, she the latter just to get a little further away from her parents, who resided within Vale proper as opposed to the island of Patch where Signal Academy sat. It got her some of the distance that she wanted from those that she felt were holding her back a little.
However, it was at Signal Academy that Saffron truly realised that death was a real possibility, and that working as a huntress was not an easy freedom. However, death was always a possibility wherever she would go, and so she stuck through Signal, continuing her goals to become a Huntress - to do otherwise was pointless, and would put all of her progress to waste, including her manufacturing of Nova Limbo, her weapon and item that she uses with pride due to it being her own, and at that, one of the first things that truly was her’s. It was during her time at Signal that Saffron discovered her semblance, which arose from an extreme feeling of regret during a training session in which she knew she was going to be struck by her sparring partner’s attack due to her own mispositioning, and Doubled Back to a position where she was able to adjust herself.
Graduation from Signal Academy came with a new question; Did she really want to go to Beacon? Saffron spent a week considering her options, as she had an opportunity to choose; Atlas might have taken her if she applied, she could stick with Beacon so that she was close to home, there was Haven Academy in Mistral… Or, she could stick with her ideals of freedom, and choose Vacuo, with Shade Academy positioned there. She knew it would be a much harder experience than the other academies and living within their territories, however such a challenge would make things a little more fun, and help toughen her up a little and gain her the experience that she both wanted and needed.
After making such a decision, Saffron took a little bit of time to prepare during her post-graduation break, both sending off an application to attend and receiving acceptance in return. Her parents, of course, were not too happy with the prospect of their daughter leaving to another kingdom, however at this point she had progressed too far for them to stop her, and so they allowed her to do so. With everything decided, Saffron then used the latter part of her break to travel to Vacuo to attend Shade Academy.
Saffron’s parents were too late in acting to change the personality that their daughter had formed. Their daughter’s personality was nothing to be too worried about for the regular parent, however the concerns for Saffron’s parents came for their unbelievingness at the effectiveness of Huntsmen, and their accurate prediction that Saffron would take that route of education. Such a path carried a significant risk of death, and in the eyes of the Rupalfeathers, their daughter would not receive as effective of a training as others due to her Faunus heritage, thus putting her even more at risk. Saffron detested this attitude from her parents, for she did in fact want to be a huntress.
Her parents were correct about one thing, however; Being a Faunus was trouble. Whilst it did not directly impact Saffron’s development, the negativity towards Faunus within the Kingdom of Vale did affect her mood. Thankfully, this changed once Saffron was old enough to go to a combat school; Between Pharos Academy and Signal Academy, she the latter just to get a little further away from her parents, who resided within Vale proper as opposed to the island of Patch where Signal Academy sat. It got her some of the distance that she wanted from those that she felt were holding her back a little.
However, it was at Signal Academy that Saffron truly realised that death was a real possibility, and that working as a huntress was not an easy freedom. However, death was always a possibility wherever she would go, and so she stuck through Signal, continuing her goals to become a Huntress - to do otherwise was pointless, and would put all of her progress to waste, including her manufacturing of Nova Limbo, her weapon and item that she uses with pride due to it being her own, and at that, one of the first things that truly was her’s. It was during her time at Signal that Saffron discovered her semblance, which arose from an extreme feeling of regret during a training session in which she knew she was going to be struck by her sparring partner’s attack due to her own mispositioning, and Doubled Back to a position where she was able to adjust herself.
Graduation from Signal Academy came with a new question; Did she really want to go to Beacon? Saffron spent a week considering her options, as she had an opportunity to choose; Atlas might have taken her if she applied, she could stick with Beacon so that she was close to home, there was Haven Academy in Mistral… Or, she could stick with her ideals of freedom, and choose Vacuo, with Shade Academy positioned there. She knew it would be a much harder experience than the other academies and living within their territories, however such a challenge would make things a little more fun, and help toughen her up a little and gain her the experience that she both wanted and needed.
After making such a decision, Saffron took a little bit of time to prepare during her post-graduation break, both sending off an application to attend and receiving acceptance in return. Her parents, of course, were not too happy with the prospect of their daughter leaving to another kingdom, however at this point she had progressed too far for them to stop her, and so they allowed her to do so. With everything decided, Saffron then used the latter part of her break to travel to Vacuo to attend Shade Academy.
| Semblance: |
Life comes with regrets, and often people want to forget something they just saw, scroll past it and wipe the fact that they saw it from their memory, or perhaps they wish to repeat something they just did for a greater feeling of satisfaction. They wish to double back, and that’s what Saffron’s semblance is called and allows her to do.
Doubling Back allows Saffron to move herself either mentally or positionally back in time by up to six seconds in the past, though not both at the same time and not physically, meaning she cannot Double Back to remove physical damage to herself such as wounds. By Doubling Back mentally, Saffron is able to clear her mind to keep herself focused, or avoid unsettling thoughts or visuals by forgetting that she ever saw them. Whilst mentally Doubling Back, Saffron is able to set a mental marker so that she knows how to avoid whatever it was she was that had made her Double Back.
Doubling Back positionally allows Saffron to reset her position to the same position that it was up to six seconds in the past. This includes where she was actually positioned, as well as her stance. Doubling Back positionally allows Saffron to avoid an attack that she cannot move her body to defend herself from, or allows her to attack twice by attacking, slipping back in time to where she attacked to strike yet again. Doubling Back positionally does not affect her present momentum and in fact retains it. This means that she can strike before she Doubles Back to pre-strike, or utilise her momentum in a different way than she had before, however can also disadvantage her in some cases; if she Doubles Back whilst falling extremely quickly, her momentum will slam her into the ground anyways.
The semblance has a cooldown of two seconds, meaning that if Saffron is constantly Doubling Back, she is always moving her position forward by two seconds. If an opponent keeps track of this, then they have more of a chance of putting up a defence against it. In addition, if Saffron is placed in a stationary position, the effectiveness of her semblance diminishes over six seconds, as there is less distance than she can Double Back to. In such a case, opponents can easily plan for her Doubling Back if she does so. If she Doubles Back whilst panicked or in an otherwise negative state, Saffron can become disorientated by her new position.
Doubling Back allows Saffron to move herself either mentally or positionally back in time by up to six seconds in the past, though not both at the same time and not physically, meaning she cannot Double Back to remove physical damage to herself such as wounds. By Doubling Back mentally, Saffron is able to clear her mind to keep herself focused, or avoid unsettling thoughts or visuals by forgetting that she ever saw them. Whilst mentally Doubling Back, Saffron is able to set a mental marker so that she knows how to avoid whatever it was she was that had made her Double Back.
Doubling Back positionally allows Saffron to reset her position to the same position that it was up to six seconds in the past. This includes where she was actually positioned, as well as her stance. Doubling Back positionally allows Saffron to avoid an attack that she cannot move her body to defend herself from, or allows her to attack twice by attacking, slipping back in time to where she attacked to strike yet again. Doubling Back positionally does not affect her present momentum and in fact retains it. This means that she can strike before she Doubles Back to pre-strike, or utilise her momentum in a different way than she had before, however can also disadvantage her in some cases; if she Doubles Back whilst falling extremely quickly, her momentum will slam her into the ground anyways.
The semblance has a cooldown of two seconds, meaning that if Saffron is constantly Doubling Back, she is always moving her position forward by two seconds. If an opponent keeps track of this, then they have more of a chance of putting up a defence against it. In addition, if Saffron is placed in a stationary position, the effectiveness of her semblance diminishes over six seconds, as there is less distance than she can Double Back to. In such a case, opponents can easily plan for her Doubling Back if she does so. If she Doubles Back whilst panicked or in an otherwise negative state, Saffron can become disorientated by her new position.
| Weapon and Fighting Style: |
A Huntress needs a weapon, and so whilst she was at Signal Academy, Saffron forged her weapon, Nova Limbo. The weapon works off of two forms; A bow form, and a sword form, the latter of which usually serves as the weapon’s idle form both due to the difference in size between the two forms and due to Saffron’s favour toward melee as opposed to ranged combat - whilst she can perform at ranged combat, she prefers to be close in with her opponent, partly due to the fact that her semblance assists her more in melee combat than it does at range.
Nova Limbo is built partially for style, but mostly for efficiency. Despite its ability to switch between forms and thus capabilities, both forms are robust and well-manufactured, with the sword and the bow both able to compare well with their non-transforming counterparts in robustness and function, but with the advantage of having both of them in one package. The slight disadvantage is that if one part isn’t maintained well, the weapon may fail to transform properly, which is primarily disadvantageous to the bow form, which requires the transformation to be full in order to have the string taut enough to fire.
Nova Limbo does not use traditional arrows, however works through the usage of dust cartridges that are placed within the handle. There is enough room for two dust cartridges, allowing Saffron to switch between two types of ammunition. Saffron has figured she might be able to modify Nova Limbo in the future to fit four dust cartridges, thus allowing four different types of dust to be used and switched between, however has decided to prolong such modifications until she is more experienced in her craft or can find someone to do it for her, lest she damage her weapon accidentally in the process of modifying it.
The dust that is selected is carried through the blades of the weapon to the string, giving the blades a slight hue of the selected dust’s colour and changing the string’s colour to match that of the dust. The firing of the bow via the pulling of the string fires a visible wave at the target, the impact of which deals blunt damage rather than the typical piercing damage of an arrow. Though selecting dust isn’t a necessity to use the sword form of Nova Limbo, utilising dust gives the blade the same coloured hue, though the dust is concentrated at the tip of the weapon, allowing it’s usage when stabbing or slashing at an opponent. This concentration of dust has a stronger effect than the blunt strike of the bow’s wave attack, however Saffron obviously has to be at closer range to use it.
Stylistically, Saffron both prefers to be at close range and is a motion player, keeping herself on the move. Seldom does she keep her feet still whilst she is fighting, often accompanying her strikes with flourishes and pirouettes. Saffron is not afraid of height, unafraid of leaping at or jumping atop her opponents, and using her semblance where possible to keep herself safe and dish out additional strikes.
Nova Limbo is built partially for style, but mostly for efficiency. Despite its ability to switch between forms and thus capabilities, both forms are robust and well-manufactured, with the sword and the bow both able to compare well with their non-transforming counterparts in robustness and function, but with the advantage of having both of them in one package. The slight disadvantage is that if one part isn’t maintained well, the weapon may fail to transform properly, which is primarily disadvantageous to the bow form, which requires the transformation to be full in order to have the string taut enough to fire.
Nova Limbo does not use traditional arrows, however works through the usage of dust cartridges that are placed within the handle. There is enough room for two dust cartridges, allowing Saffron to switch between two types of ammunition. Saffron has figured she might be able to modify Nova Limbo in the future to fit four dust cartridges, thus allowing four different types of dust to be used and switched between, however has decided to prolong such modifications until she is more experienced in her craft or can find someone to do it for her, lest she damage her weapon accidentally in the process of modifying it.
The dust that is selected is carried through the blades of the weapon to the string, giving the blades a slight hue of the selected dust’s colour and changing the string’s colour to match that of the dust. The firing of the bow via the pulling of the string fires a visible wave at the target, the impact of which deals blunt damage rather than the typical piercing damage of an arrow. Though selecting dust isn’t a necessity to use the sword form of Nova Limbo, utilising dust gives the blade the same coloured hue, though the dust is concentrated at the tip of the weapon, allowing it’s usage when stabbing or slashing at an opponent. This concentration of dust has a stronger effect than the blunt strike of the bow’s wave attack, however Saffron obviously has to be at closer range to use it.
Stylistically, Saffron both prefers to be at close range and is a motion player, keeping herself on the move. Seldom does she keep her feet still whilst she is fighting, often accompanying her strikes with flourishes and pirouettes. Saffron is not afraid of height, unafraid of leaping at or jumping atop her opponents, and using her semblance where possible to keep herself safe and dish out additional strikes.
| Strengths and Weakness: |
Saffron has great potential to be a Huntress…
… Still, she has some things to work on.
- Faunus vision in the dark, as well as great hearing with those big, fluffy ears
- Close range prowess, coincidentally also her preferred combat range
- Mentally open and free to do as she pleases, allowing herself a great deal of merriment
- Unfazed by the cruelty of life, knowing what it can do, thus able to cope a bit better with evil
… Still, she has some things to work on.
- Has trouble making lasting bonds with people, including teammates.
- Is often unsure of how to represent herself to others
- Avoids arguments and debates where possible, which fails to add in her own opinions
- Can often be seen as irresponsible, due to risk-taking for enjoyment
- Slight feeling of homesickness
| Greatest Fear/Fatal Flaw: |
Saffron’s biggest flaw is her outlook on life. In knowing that not everything will last forever, and that anyone that she befriends could be gone in an instant, she struggles with forming long-term or even short-term bonds with people, not wishing to endure the feeling of loss if she ends up losing them, which she knows could happen. Her feelings delve deeper than this, as she knows that she herself can only live once, and that can place her in situations that are particularly risky in order to enjoy herself and live out the thrill. She’s going to die one day, but if she dies whilst having fun, what’s the problem?
| Miscs : |
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