[OOC] Welcome to Atlas! (A RWBY roleplay)

[tobiax]

@TurboshitterWould you like to take this to PM's?

[Turboshitter]

@TurboshitterWould you like to take this to PM's?

@tobiax

Sure.

[AquaAzura]

@Mercurial Since everybody's coordinating Team themes should we talk about ours?

[Mercurial]

@Mercurial Since everybody's coordinating Team themes should we talk about ours?

@AquaAzura

Sure, but I can't say I have any ideas at the moment.

[AquaAzura]

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Sure, but I can't say I have any ideas at the moment.

@Mercurial

Well the name of my Character is Forrest Foxtrot. Maybe we can have our theme be colors and dance styles?

[Mercurial]

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Well the name of my Character is Forrest Foxtrot. Maybe we can have our theme be colors and dance styles?

@AquaAzura

I like that idea. Let's roll with it.

[Lemons]

I'd like the T in WNTR, if that's cool.

[tobiax]

Aven

Appearance:
Name: Aventur Lindworm
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Species: Human
Semblance:
Capacity Shell- Aven's body is constantly collecting stray electrons. As a result, he quickly acquires a significant nimbus of electricity surrounding his body and Aura. By causing his Aura to thinly flare and touch objects within his gathered electricity, he can cause a discharge of electricity for as long as he remains in contact with the object or individual. However, physical contact with Aven also triggers a significant discharge. Because of this, he is at least constantly staticy, unless in water, which harmlessly dissipates his electricity. If confronted with opposing electricity, he can utilize his Aura to convert it into his own electrical field, but only if it has less voltage than he currently holds, and excessive amperage will damage his Aura. Confronting his own electrical field with an electrical field with more voltage nullifies his own field's defensive capabilities, causing his Arua to take a direct hit. Aven- and others who are aware- has-/have- the ability to check his charge by the state of his hair. By default, unless he has no charge, his Semblance causes his hair to appear spiky (as pictured above). Additionally, his hair sports a streak down the middle (not shown) which becomes more bright green as he accrues charge.
Sexual Orientation: Hetero [As far as he knows]
Team: VNLA
Where Are They From: Mantle
Weapon:
Personality:
At first glance, Aven comes off as stuck up, obnoxious, and distant. He seems to ignore others, and mildly insult them frequently. However, this in only because he doesn't want hurt anyone more later on. This leads him to have spent much of his prior personal time alone. Despite this, he actually craves intimacy, but doesn't feel he's worth it, since he feels he'll only end up hurting them in one way or another. This causes an unfortunate cycle of distancing and isolation, which leads to an almost manic need for personal contact, which inevitably has gone poorly, only reinforcing the cycle.
Bio:
Aven was born to a (for what it's worth) Noble family in the dying city of Mantle. Known for their work in carving and map-making, the Lindworm family was put out of business by the manufacture of Scrolls, and thus fell from the good graces they once held.
Early in his life, he, his brother Morgan, and his parents moved to Atlas propper, in hopes of finding better opportunities and warmth. Plus, not having to live in the remains of a Dust mining operation would be nice. Even before the move, his brother Morgan seemed to get the (no pun intended) lime light. It didn't help that he also got all the girls while Aven could barely get close to anyone- literally. There were times where he felt resentment towards his brother in his youth, but that faded into a kind of vague ambivalence, and they were never really close, despite being twins. As such, when his brother left for 'bigger and better things', he never questioned it, and to this day doesn't know where he is, or what he's doing, especially after heading to Atlas Academy himself. It always seemed like they were meeting at a crossroads anyway, always just passing by en route for the same things, or on the way to a totally different goal as well.
As he reached his teen years, he found what little solace he could in music- one of the few ways he could feel he was communicating with others, despite rarely being able to see them. He admired their passion, but was rarely able to practice any arts himself, as he would often cause disturbances in the tools he would use, with most instruments unable to withstand the barrage of electrons, and paper drifting aimlessly about. He even had a canvas catch fire one time. But he doesn't like to talk about it.
Likes:
Pools, Rubber handles, Smooth surfaces, Warm beds, Good food, Music, Flutists, Pianists, and Violinists,
Dislikes:
Isolation, Crowds, Microfiber cloth, Having to lie/push people away, Salt Water, Having to carry sensitive objects/Dust, Being too close to flammable things,
Strengths:

Always On

Due to the nature of his Semblance, a sneak attack at close range or with a tether weapon would result in the attacker being shocked. This also makes him difficult to restrain. He even retains his field in sleep.

Committed

Aven is willing to push himself to the limits to get something done, even if he gets hurt. As such, he will ignore personal pain.

Electrical Defense

Aven can manage an almost perfect defense from attacks and damage from electric Dust and attacks.

Practiced Insults

Due to his rather strange personal defense mechanism, Aven is practiced in insulting foes as well, causing them to act irrationally, or potentially attack him in a way it would be wise not to. Most of the time this makes him feel bad though.

Weaknesses:

Inability to use Dust

Capacity Shield would ignite Dust in any non-insulated container, so he can only carry completely sealed containers, rendering them useless for combat use or propellant.

Contact Required

The majority of his offensive capability requires, at least in part, a line of direct contact. As such, his range suffers, unless he is able to collect electrons for a long period of time, which would leave him mentally unfit to fight. As such, he functions best at medium range in combat.

Inability to Touch Others

In combat, he would be unable to directly assist teammates while being able to fight while able to use his Semblance immediately afterwards, so helping with a climb or retreat is difficult for him.

Water Dousing

Being coated or partially submerged in water neutralizes his ability to collect electrons.

Always On

He can't choose when his semblance is active.

Self Deprecation

Aven often values himself less than others, and would allow himself to get hurt more than was tactically sound to help others.

Dulled Senses

Due to the constant electrical field surrounding him, Aven can rarely feel, smell, taste, or hear with complete clarity. Certain optical-illusions or magnetic or thermal aberrations in light may be interrupted as well. With too much charge, he may be unable to see.

Theme Song: 1, 2, Ultra Hype Battle Time Theme
Extra:
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[Mangrale]

Right, I kind of went with my own character idea instead of considering any team-wide considerations. Hmm... well I was thinking of her name being "Sile Tacca"(S), her last name especially being a reference to certain types of plants, such as the white bat flower for having both white and darker colors.

I like the ideas, so I am gravitating towards joining either ASHE or SFYR. But I suppose I don't have anything down in stone yet, so I would like to hear from anyone on how to proceed.

[Crimmy]

Right, I kind of went with my own character idea instead of considering any team-wide considerations. Hmm... well I was thinking of her name being "Sile Tacca"(S), her last name especially being a reference to certain types of plants, such as the white bat flower for having both white and darker colors.

I like the ideas, so I am gravitating towards joining either ASHE or SFYR. But I suppose I don't have anything down in stone yet, so I would like to hear from anyone on how to proceed.

@Mangrale

Was already planning to do white for the A in Ashe, so I guess you could go SFYR if you don't wanna double up on a color on the team.

[AquaAzura]

I'm almost done but I'm a bit tired so I finish it then. Hopefully it looks good so far!

Forrest Foxtrot

^{"Even if it makes me blind
I just wanna see the light
Breathing, leave it all behind"}

Name:

Forrest Foxtrot

Gender:

Male

Age:

17

Appearance:

Forrest is tall standing at a mighty 6'5" which is supported by a strong body of lean muscle making him weigh around 185 pounds. Forrest has very long brown hair that reaches up to his mid back and lazily tied up to make sure it doesn't get in the way of combat and atop them is a pair of brown and white fox ears, oddly enough he lacks human ears, which might explain the addition of his long brown fox tail. His skin is tanned and scarred from combat and often being out in the wilderness back in his home country. Forrest's fashion sense is lazily fashionable, out of uniform Forrest is often seen in a simple black dress outfit consisting of a dress shirt, dress pans, dress shoes, and finally a red hair tie.

Species:

Faunus - Bat Eared Fox

Aura:

Pale Green

Symblance:

Photokinetic Invisibility - Forrest when he activates his Semblance can become invisible in direct light. It has to be direct light or else he is visible and depending on how dark the it is, he may even glow. The more lit a shaded area is the more transparent he is.

Sexual Orientation:

Bisexual

Team:

Team SFYR

Where Are They From:

Menagerie

Personality:

Forrest's most notable trait is his fatalistic sense of humor, as he causally jokes about murder, deaths, violence, and the crushing weight of living as a Faunus. But besides his Fatalistic sense of humor he is also incredibly spiteful, doing things just to spite others or rules, often to the dread of teammates. He is also incredibly volatile, head strong, as well as very stubborn in his ways often to the point of self destruction. He can be considered bloodthirsty and cruel in combat often fighting brutally and without restraint to the point of exhaustion.

But for all his flaws, Forrest is hopeful, while he says he went to Atlas to prove his point about the worthlessness and oppressiveness of Humanity, yet he secretly wants to see himself wrong and sees that humanity isn't just a mistake that needs to be ended. Forrest is also kind, protective, and gentle towards his follow Faunus and maybe even a few humans if they can prove themselves to him. He is also determined, hardy, and ultimately has a strong sense of morals even if it had soured a bit over the years.

Bio:

Forrest was born in Menagerie as the fifth of ten kids, as well as being the only boy of the Foxtrot clan. Forrest and his sisters all got along with only a few fights here and there while growing up. But his two oldest sister's were members of the White fang a group of Faunus fighting for Faunus justice. For the longest time Forrest looked up to the White Fang and wanted to be a member of the then peaceful group. When he was younger he was an optimistic kid who believed that peaceful means will get the Faunus justice. But it didn't happen. Instead conflict during protests became violent, all his older sisters got hurt and one died from wounds. Forrest became embittered by this changed in event and thought the change in the White Fan's tactics were right.

Once he was old enough Forrest joined the White Fang and trained to become a Field Agent for the group. He was skilled at it, his Semblance allowed him into places people would never expect an Agent in, he caused lots of property damage and espionage work for the White Fang. But the longer he was in the White Fang the more he questioned the group's morality as times they seemed to be doing things that were dubious and underhanded as a group, but he never voiced his opinions nor concerns since he still believed the White Fang were right and just.

When Forrest was becoming of age to start training as a Huntsmen the White Fang had an idea for Forrest. He would infiltrate Atlas Academy as a Student and learn about their combat tactics, weapon capability, and other useful information for the next four years while training as a Huntsmen. Forrest was hesitant but he nevertheless agreed to the idea and made his way to Atlas, and with the help of the White Fang he got faked credentials from Mistral, but due to his skill the credentials weren't questioned nor looked into. Forrest got into Atlas academy easily and now he just has to stay there for four more years and hopefully by then he won't be discovered.

Likes:

Faunus, Justice, Fighting, Spite, Dancing

Dislikes:

Humans, Injustice, Passiveness, Singing, The Cold

Strengths:

- In Direct light Forrest can be hard to track and easy to lose which gives him time to sneak attack.

- Forrest is a brutally strong melee fighter with incredible strength and agility, he also has decent short-medium range attacks.

- Forrest is a skilled fighter and combatant knowing the flow of battle and how to control Grimm or other enemies to better defeat them

- Forrest has heighten senses of hearing, smell and sight

- Forrest has a strong moral compass and is compassionate and determined to set things right.

Weaknesses:

- He is easily spotted in shade or shadows as he glows in the dark due to his semblance

- He lacks any long range capability and depends on allies to deal with distant threats

- When he's taken by surprised he has a hard time adjusting to a new plan of attack for tactics that worked previously

- He can get overwhelmed due to his heighten sense

- Forrest see's only in black and white, no grays or is willing to understand moral complexity, which might cause trouble.

Theme Song:

"I just wanna see the light"

Extra:


Open Impetus - is a pair of Sword-Guns that is used for quick and brutal attacks from the light. Its strongest asset is it's fluid and quick transformation between sword and gun allowing quick changes in attack range making him a very adaptable fighter. The weapon is light and easy to carry, and it's comparatively quiet compared to other weapons.

[Crimmy]

WIP

Appearance:

Name: Gandivadhanvan Arjuna
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Species: Human
Aura/Semblance:
Sexual Orientation: Nobody's actually asked.
Team: ASHE
Where Are They From: Atlas
Personality (At least a paragraph): probably a "princely guy"
Bio(1-3 paragraphs):
Likes(At least 3):
Dislikes(At least 3):
Strengths(3-5):
Weaknesses(3-5):
Theme Song(Optional):
Extra: Colour is white.

Decided to put up all I've come up with so far in here as well.

[Mangrale]

@Crimmy
Thanks for the heads up. I'll probably decide on what to do later on.

Another option I have is focusing on another character entirely, but we'll see.

For now, I do have the images of her and her weapon. They may not match perfectly, but I doubt such a thing is possible when dealing with two separate pictures. Just in case it plays a factor at all.

Character Concept

Weapon Concept

She could even be a secondary character elsewhere as a plan B.

[Ruthenselle]

Wondering whether I could reserve the W in WNTR? I have a few names brewing in my head, trying to think up a personality/backstory as well.

[Lemons]

WIP

Appearance (picture or brief description):
Name: Tori Frejsdottr
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Species: Human

Aura/Symblance: Tori has a bit of a bizarre semblance, and one that caters perfectly to her personality. She can naturally see the aura of others as a bright haze surrounding their body, and at a thought, she can consciously shift any amount of her own golden-yellow aura off of her and onto another. This essentially lets her be a mobile guard unit; if any member of her team runs into trouble and their aura starts depleting, she'll know, and she'll bolster it with her own at the cost of her own vulnerability. Because of this, she has exercised and trained ceaselessly to the point of having a huge amount of raw aura.

Sexual Orientation: While it would be incorrect to say she's asexual and agender, it's close. Tori has never even considered forming a romantic or sexual relationship, though she isn’t unable to. On the off chance she does, she’s straight.

Team: WNTR
Where Are They From: A small town in the north region of Atlas

Personality (At least a paragraph): Tori is, in more ways than one, a guardian, and allergic to bullshit. Generally brusque and gruff to those that she finds even the smallest bit suspicious, she's extraordinarily protective of her friends and team members, and will not hesitate to get up in your face if you try something that endangers those that she cares for. That’s not to say she doesn’t have a fun side; in fact, she thrives on attention and loves being at the center of things, especially parties. If she views you as a threat, though—to herself or her friends—she will not hesitate to drop you. As a byproduct of this straightforward nature, she is brutally honest to everyone, and has no stomach for liars. No matter the motive. In her mind, lying is, without exception, a bad thing to do. As much as she wants to protect people, she has a tendency of not taking care of herself, and often ends up sleeping through the day because she’s so exhausted from pushing herself past when she already should’ve rested.

Bio(1-3 paragraphs): What’s that? You want to hear about my past?

Sure, I guess. Order another round, I might be a little while.

I was born up north of here. Real little town called Svartheim, barely a blip on the map. Mostly farmers, and some retired hunters like my dad. So me, my dad Bjorn, my mom Frej, and my younger brother Ander—wait, really? I never told you guys I had a brother? Weird—we all lived together in this big house in the middle of town, right? Think about that for a sec. Poor town, wilderness all around, big mansion with one family living in it, mostly malnourished, weak peasants. Svartheim’s the kind of place that draws bandits.

So I was sitting by the windowsill embroidering—hey, don’t laugh, I wasn’t always this unfeminine—when I looked out the window and saw a plume of smoke. I didn’t think it was much, but it slowly spread until there were six or seven pillars rising into the sky. I don’t know what’s going on, so I go to ask my dad, right? And he’s lying there in bed, not paying any attention. I try to talk to him, but if you think I’m stubborn, you’ve never seen my dad. I swear he rolled his eyes when I ran off too.

Outside, I ducked out of sight, just wanting to find out what was going on, when I see it: Ander is on the ground, a man with a huge sword just raising it above his head for the killing blow on my brother. And you all know me. You know that won’t stand. Feeling powerless, I reached out my hand to Ander for what I thought was the last time, then fwoosh! I felt empty and cold and useless, and I watched the sword swing down at Ander’s neck…

And it bounced.

It bounced right off him, leaving him even more confused than that highwayman.

Soon after, the bandits left permanently. And good riddance. So after I saved Ander’s life, my dad finally got a clue and enrolled me in real education. And that brings me here, to this city, and this school in general. You learn how to fight to protect something you know you love, and to not take no for an answer. What’s not to like?

Damnit, I've been talking too long and now my throat’s dry. Where’s the second round?

Likes(At least 3): She finds polishing her gauntlets very therapeutic, and takes great pride in keeping them. In general, she's fastidious, generally taking over the responsibility of keeping her team's dorm neat.She loves nature, especially the mountains. While it's not something she likes more than anything else, per se, she enjoys exercising and is proud of her fitness (also don't tell anyone but occasionally she goes into town with a fake ID and gets absolutely smashed).
Dislikes(At least 3): Though it contrasts heavily with her general cleanliness, she can't stand studying, as she can never focus on schoolwork for very long. As a rule, she generally doesn't like chaos and disorder. Her greatest dislike, however, is duplicity. She vehemently hates two-faced people, and finds it difficult to even tolerate being around them.
Strengths(3-5): 1: Tori is...musclebound. As a byproduct of the training that strengthened her aura, her physical body grew too. She is immensely strong.
2: In her own words, “I dare you to try killing me.” Between her weapon and the sheer volume of her aura, she can take a preposterous amount of punishment and pain before ever really suffering through bodily harm. She is the archetypical ‘immovable object.’
3: Though if she doesn’t like you she’s stubborn as a mule, to those that she knows and trusts she’s a very calm person, relaxed and ready to go with the flow. She remains calm under pressure, and if the leader is incapacitated, Tori often ends up attempting unconsciously to fill their shoes.

Weaknesses(3-5): 1: Though she has a lot of aura, it’s usually dispersed around her team, leaving her with the same as anyone else, if not less. Even if she is in possession of her aura, she has no idea how to use it offensively with any technique short of “just hit it really hard.”
2: No ranged capabilities whatsoever.
3: Tori can be a bit obsessive about protection, to the point where if an ally is wounded in a battle—even if it’s barely anything—she destroys herself over not being able to help them.

Theme Song(Optional):

Extra: Tori has dubbed her weapon Frigg. It is a MDBP, or Mounted Dust Barrier Projector. With her usual straightforward self, Tori styled it in the fashion of two massive, enormously heavy full-metal gauntlets that encase her arms all the way down to the elbow, heavier than most could lift with one hand. They possess no ranged capabilities, and no special way to augment her punching force (whether it needs augmenting at all is debatable). However, she can insert vials of dust in the side and project the dust in front of her hands to form a barrier. As would be expected, different types of dust produce different types of barriers. While she only needs a single hand to create the barrier, a one-handed shield is relatively small and fragile. With hands linked, however, she can create a much more substantial breathing-room space, able to handle even a short volley of artillery fire. If she wants to further bolster the defensive capabilities of her gauntlets, she can encase the barrier of dust with her aura, leaving her personal self with less defense, but everything behind the barrier pretty damn safe.

[Sazama]

@Crimmy

Sure, I'm don't know a lot about Sanskrit lit but I can reference another type of foreign literature in my CS

As for color I'm gonna decide when I choose a character image, I'll leave white to you though

[Crimmy]

@Crimmy

Sure, I'm don't know a lot about Sanskrit lit but I can reference another type of foreign literature in my CS

As for color I'm gonna decide when I choose a character image, I'll leave white to you though

@KimmiNinja

Doing literary figures/heroes sounds like a solid team theme. Pretty flexible too.

[VKAllen]

I'll be creating the S for Team Safyr.

[Vongola_Hasayo]

I'll take the N in WNTR and get working on my char~

[VKAllen]

Serafina Sarabande

Appearance:





Name: Serafina Sarabande
Gender: Female
Age: 18
Species: Human

Aura: Sea Blue

Semblance:
Arsenal - Serafina unlocks her weapon's alternate forms and gains mastery in their use. Her weapon is capable of becoming a Minigun, Scoped Rail Gun, Shotgun, and Double Edged Longsword Mode.

• Minigun - Six Barrelled monstrosity that shreds anything in its path rapidly.
• Scoped Rail Gun - A powerful precision rifle that can fire dust-enhanced particles across large distances.
• Shotgun - Boom! Schkchk! Self-Explanatory. Blade available for Melee.
• Double-Edged Longsword - Melee Only, can be enhanced using Dust.

Sexual Orientation: Flexible
Team: SAFYR
Where Are They From: Mistral

Personality:
A polite and well-versed girl with a heart that has enough space to accommodate every single person in Remnant. Warm welcomes and tasty sunlit picnics were the bread and butter are this lady's key attempts to winning a person's heart. Her naturally trusting and open armed approach has earned her many friends in the past-- both of sweet and savoury in nature wrapped around her fingers. Despite such a naive outlook of life; her performance under pressure are calculative and serious... Preferring to outsmart an opponent rather than use brute force. As such-- she is heavily reliant upon teamwork and strategy; almost as though impossible (sometimes) when working with other people than herself.

Bio(1-3 paragraphs):
[WIP]

Likes(At least 3):
Cheesecakes
Picnics (that's how she wins you)
Friends (that's what she gets from the picnics)
Fibres (Making sure no toxins are causing her bad things)
Proteins (Making sure her back doesn't break)

Dislikes(At least 3):
Celery (she absolutely cannot fathom those who eat them raw)
Getting Soaked (cause people tend to gawk)
People Rejecting her Sandwiches (guess what? No friends then...)
People who reject hugs (If you're a boy, REALLY? That's two things you hate!)

Strengths(3-5):

• Teamwork - She willingly cooperates with a plan if made and execute them to the best of her ability unquestionably.
• Versatile - Her Semblance allows her to be positioned in every single type of scenario with maximum effectiveness.
• Longsword Mastery - Serafina is a master in Longsword Techniques, employing effective close-quarters combat manoeuvres to control her enemies' attacks or to slaughter them.

Weaknesses(3-5):

• Soft Hearted - She will unconditionally take specific actions she deems either inhumane or just plain wrong. If her enemy shows signs of surrender and defenselessness-- she will vouch for the person's right to remain alive.
• Frantic - If teamwork crumbles and they resort to solidarity; Serafina reacts instinctively than strategically in a panic to gather things together.
• Aura Exhaustion - Switching between her weapon's alternate modes will rapidly drain Serafina's aura until completely depleted-- to which it would revert back to its original form.

Theme Song:
youtu.be/rSbTc73Uw8Y

Extra:

Kind of Work In Progress-ish. I suck at Biographies.