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I've added a substantial amount of detail to nearly every part of her CS and made changes for easier reading. Y'all give her another look-over and tell me what you think. All critisicim is invited and accepted. xD

RWBY: Deep Blue

Kuhaku stood at the edge of the cliff with his arms crossed as usual, staring out the massive forest below. Tail swaying absently behind him, his ears turned in the direction of the Headmaster and Ms. Goodwitch as they spoke. He, himself, standing unmoving.

Professor Ozpin and Glynda began their explanation to the students.
"Now." began Ms. Goodwitch.
"I'm sure many of you have heard rumors about he assignment of teams. Well, allow us to put an end to your confusion. Each of you will be given teammates. Today."
"Tch!" Kuhaku scowled as he half wanted to remove his mask to spit at the notion. After the Headmaster's Address, he was a little annoyed at the fact that he had yet to see a faculty member that wasn't a human. Now this? Why did they have to be assigned teammates? Why be part of a team? Couldn't he go through his time at Beacon alone? But, thinking about it, it made a little sense. His parents had been a pair, after all. That made him wonder as to the other members of his parent's team...

The other students murmured amongst themselves over this new information, attempting to digest and understand it.
Ozpin continued, saying "These teammates will be with you for the rest of your time here at Beacon."
"So it is in your best interest to be paired with someone with whom you can work well."
Not going to happen. He didn't exactly work well with others if his time at Signal Academy was anything to go by.
There was more muttering from the other students.
"That being said, the first person you make eye contact with after landing will be your partner for the next four years." the Headmaster finished.
Absolutely idiotic. Kuhaku was quite visibly not happy with any of these proceedings.

As students were then launched off of the cliff, he quietly sighed. Might as well get things over with. At this point, there wasn't much he could do anyways. He applied, got accepted, and now was forced to obey the rules and regulations set forth by Beacon's academy. If this was their decision, he would have to respect it. Even if he didn't necessarily agree with it or like it. Uncrossing his arms, he stepped forward and was ejected off of the cliff side and into the air.

The night prior when the student body had gathered in the ballroom to all sleep together, he decided to make a few adjustments to his weapons in preparation for the initiation test. The decision to have both genders sleep in the same room together was something else he couldn't help but question. What exactly were they inviting by doing that? It was especially annoying when, as he worked on his weapons, he kept getting odd looks from both sides. He didn't have any belongings with him and it was a habit for him to sleep half-naked anyways. If they didn't like it, they could've just ignored him as he worked. The main adjustments he completed was to detach his chains from his gauntlets and completely wound them up within the winch device he had harnessed to his lower back. Requiring him to manually hook his chains to his gauntlets if he needed to use them.

Wind loudly whipping around him as he descended towards the forest canopy at an alarming rate, he decided to prepare for the worse and at least be combat ready. Smacking his gauntlets against the sides of his hips, he slid and hooked his chains onto them. Stretching his arms outward, he pulled out a length of his chains and let the slack freely dangle at his sides as he neared the forest floor, the chain links clinking against each other musically. Landing with a thud he made sure to roll forward to preserve his joints and maintain momentum. After rolling, he lunged forward and punched his right fist outward. With a loud pop the hidden spike within his gauntlet shot outwards and slammed into a tree branch, burying itself deep within the bark and wood. The wood having splintered from the violent force of its impact. The device on his back then activated, shooting Kuhaku's body forward as it mechanically wound the chains back up, pulling him along the length of the attached chain. With an acrobatic flip, he squatted perched on the tree branch. Ripping the spike from the wood, he turned his head up towards the sky.

Sniffing at the air, his ears frantically twitched and acted as radar dishes. The main goal here was to locate some...relics and return safely with them. Complete that task, and your future at Beacon was sealed as a student. He would worry about teammates and a team later. He only hoped that whoever he would eventually be paired with would be a quiet and competent partner. Ascertaining the general direction he needed to head in, he detached his chains from his gauntlets. Unhooking them, he let the winch device on his back swallow the chains up, completely winding them up again. Staying up in the trees should keep him relatively hidden and safe from Grimm and other students, he figured. With a lunge, he began his search for the relics, bounding from one tree to another in silence.

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I am the Black Wizards said
Yeah. I was kind of hoping Harine would comment on that. Poor communication on my part, I guess.

I've already said so in a PM but Marianne and Viktor can have a brief prior history together. Their personalities will most definitely clash. xD

As I have more time, I'll be going over to add more substance to Marianne's CS by writing more detailed content. Any major alterations I make I'll be sure to let y'all know.

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It was kind of rushed so let me know if anything needs adding, subtracting, or adjusting.

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Name: Marianne Delacroix
Alias/Title: "Bataille Ange de la Croix" lit. "Battle Angel of the Cross"
Gender: Female
Age: 23
Magic User Type: Sorceress

Appearance:

With long, raven hair, pale skin, and deep, dark-brown eyes, she stands at a height of 5'8 and weighs a solid 120 Ibs. Her body athletic and limber; she is rather lean and toned from the physical conditioning and strength training she underwent throughout her youth as part of her training to become a powerful Sorceress and the next 'Tet' or Head of her family.

Personality:

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Kind, courteous, and empathetic to others; she is generally warm and compassionate to all who meet her. She treats those who are in positions of authority with high regard, being well-mannered and respectful. Dedicated to her family and to the People, she has a strong sense of duty, justice, and liberty instilled within her. In the face of adversity and hardship, she stands as firm and strong as a mountain. Noble blood giving her a confident and prideful bearing, she carries herself with the air and grace befitting of someone of her status. Although raised to be a lady, she can be somewhat headstrong and stubborn in her beliefs. Sometimes, her ox-headed ways can make her come across as one with an overbearing personality, openly speaking her mind on whatever comes across her mind. She has a strong sense of what is right and wrong, good and evil, being well-educated in the ways of the world.

Powers:

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Offensive abilities:
Divine Hammer - Charging her body with electrical power, she can temporarily boost her somewhat lacking martial abilities. Giving them increased force and the added effect of potentially stunning/paralyzing enemies. Slamming the ground, she can expel her stored electrical power outwards in a small area surrounding her with explosive force.

Bow of Diana/Artemis - Materializing a bow of light, she can fire arrows of lightning to engage enemies from afar. Her lightning arrows having an increased velocity and damage potential when compared to regular arrows. They also have the additional ability to have their flight trajectory controlled and altered after being fired, and can pierce armor.

Defensive abilities:
Shield of Faith - Creating a shield of electrical energy, she can briefly defend her and her comrades against incoming attacks for as long as she can manage to keep the shield up. Allies must remain on her side of the shield, however. The shield allowing attacks from her side to pass through.

Restorative/Utility abilities:
Healing Touch - Sharing parts of her life force , she can utilize her electrical powers to accelerate and promote healing of wounds and injuries over time. The severity of the injury determines the length of time required to complete the healing and how much of her life force is shared.

Wings of the Seraph - Materializing a pair of angelic wings of light, she can levitate off of the ground. Allowing her unparalleled mobility and movement in any direction. She cannot however, fly. If launched into the air, she can maintain a slow descent/hover but that is the limit of her Wings.

[*As a disclaimer, her powers and abilities are not limited to what was listed above. Her creativity and quick-thinking allows her to come up with new spells on the fly, as she sees fit. Though she specializes in holistic/lightning-based spells, she can copy basic elemental spells. Though, that is not her preference.]

Skills/Talents:

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Fencing/Swordsmanship - Adept with the blade, she typically aims for vital spots and organs using a thrusting/stabbing style of fighting. If unable to strike an enemy down quickly, she'll attempt to whittle them down. Disarming them however she can or working reduce the opponent's combat effectiveness. Not a purely offensive fighter, she can nimbly evade and counter using parries and ripostes with the grace of a dancer.

Archery - Though not as adept as she is with the blade, she has basic archery skills. Not the best marksman in the world, she can generally hit her target most of the time. Be they moving or stationary and only relatively close targets. High speed targets and targets at farther distances being rather difficult for her to track and engage.

Hand-to-hand combat - Should she ever find herself disarmed, she is not at a complete disadvantage in combat. Though lacking in physical strength as she specializes in agility and speed, she uses a basic fighting style with simple kicks, punches, elbows, and knees supplemented by a simple understanding of counters. Should she encounter an opponent much larger and physically stronger than her, she can quickly find herself overwhelmed in a prolonged engagement.

Horse-riding/Mounted combat - Taught how to handle and ride a horse from a very young age, she can even conduct battle while mounted horse-back. Though, to a much lesser and reduced extent of course.

Equipment/Weapons:

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Rapier - A long and thin steel blade suited for thrusting and stabbing. Slashes with this sword typically leave only shallow wounds, though its edge is sharp. Due to its thin size, it's prone to bending and flexing under moderate force.

Buckler - A small steel shield on her left forearm used for blocking light attacks and strikes. When using her Shield of Faith ability, she'll typically bring up her left arm using her buckler as a base to project the spell.

Light Plate Armor - She wears thin and light, but strong steel plate armor protecting most of her vital spots and joints while allowing her full range of motion and mobility. Unhindering to her agility and speed, if only marginally.

Biography:

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Raised from birth to be a proper lady, she tries to not let her noble lineage inflate her ego. Modest and humble, she was trained to be an exceptionally skilled Sorceress and powerful warrior with a true compassion for others and a thirst to serve her country and its people. With a desire to prove herself and bring honor to her family's name, she was born with an ironclad resolve. Having been raised in a loving and nurturing environment, it clearly shows in her daily interactions with others.

The Delacroix family being a rather eccentric and odd bunch, her family's order of succession is by competence particularly in general magical/combative skill, ability, and quality of character. Instead of by order of birth, age, or gender. Being the youngest of three, she has two older brothers who were unable to be held to the standard she set. Easily earning herself the title of 'Tet de la Croix' with the eventual passing of her father and mother.

The wealthy and powerful Delacroix family has served the King of Pantos for generations, producing and providing powerful magic users from their bloodline to defend the King, his Royal Family, and his kingdom. A strong and unbreakable bond having been forged with the Kingdom of Pantos some time ago ages past. When the King sent a secret missive to gather the most powerful magic users for a reason unknown, she answered the call without hesitation.

Oddities/Quirks:

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The Delacroix family established far from the central part of the Kingdom of Pantos, she speaks with an odd throaty accent. Her speech punctuated with strange words from her native tongue that makes it difficult for some people to understand her dialect at times.

Though it's difficult for some to see past her rather masculine qualities, she still has many feminine traits and can be rather girly at times. Namely she has a particular obsession regarding the upkeep of her appearance.

She has a infatuation with anything 'cute' or 'adorable' and will sometimes go off for minutes at a time in a fit should she encounter anything she deems worthy of her adulation and praise. She's also has an insatiable sweet tooth and enjoys treats of all kinds.

Her curious love of food extending to anything she hasn't seen or tried before before and she has a willingness to try anything new, no matter how strange or odd it may seem.

[All credit for the character artwork goes to Takayuki Tanaka!]

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KaelRavenheart said
Sorry, as I said in the beginning, its first come first serve. If you submit a character before someone else I will approve it.

Very well. I better get to writing then. xD

The Heroes of Beacon

Asura said
It's been Neo for a solid month now. I liked her before she was cool./hipster glasses.

-Draws pistol and shoots glasses, shattering them-

NO.

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KaelRavenheart said
There are only five spots left. If by the end of tomorrow there are three or less left, I will take control of the remaining spots however I see fit. So, if you want to play the Summoner, Necromancer, Sorcerer, Earth Mage or Air Mage, you have one day left to claim it.

May I stake a claim on the Sorcerer, or in this case Sorceress, spot?

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Asura said
... Uncensored Bull Bukake!It explains why Adam liked her so much.

Just now realized that your avatar is Neo. Or at least, resembles her a lot.

A School for Deities.

”Evera,” she said simply.
There was a pause and moment of silence as she hesitated.
”Daughter of… Mephistopheles I guess,” she said with a sheepish shrug, shaking Asmodeus’ hand.
With a sly smile, he repeated her name softly.
"Evera...Well, it's a pleasure to make your acquaintance."
Peering into her heart, he could tell that he made her a little uncomfortable.
His smile growing wider, he decided to play with that discomfort a little.
"Mephistopheles...Ah, yes. I've worked with him before in the past." he said rather cryptically.
"How is your father these days?" he asked as an afterthought.

It was then that their conversation was abruptly disturbed by the Ghost Boy, Taiyo.
"EEY! ATTENTION!" he yelled as he summoned a bright ball of light.
As if his annoying voice wasn't enough to draw their attention, he had to go and blind them all.
Irritated, Asmodeus reached into his inner coat pocket and slipped his sunglasses on.
The Ghost boy then reached into the bag beside him, pulling out sheets of paper.
"Line up by alphabetical order, please!" He then began to hand schedules to everybody.
Paying no mind to the alphabetical order, Asmodeus looked over the schedule he was given.

Four classes in total. Three of them shared between them all, with the last class specific to each God/Deity/Demon/Et cetera.
Natural Law? "Completely pointless. I already know the order of things."
Physical Education? "Now, that will be interesting. Poor Andrew needs to get into better shape anyways. I wonder what the female uniforms will be like..."
History? "Ugh, again pointless. With my age being as old as it is, I've witnessed enough of human history to know enough. Anything I don't know I could always research and learn on my own..."

Looking over the schedule, he couldn't quite figure out what the last specially-tailored class would be for him. Oh, well. Folding the schedule up neatly, he slipped the paper into a pocket and peered at the Sunshine Boy through his sunglasses. Waiting for either a dismissal or further instructions. As he waited, he wondered what the other deities' special classes would be. Ah well, no point in being rude and nosy.