Prudence Nella
Emblem
Nickname:
Prue
Species:
Human
Age:
Eighteen
Persona:
Prue is a little unusual, she's lived a life where most of the physical contact she's had was with people the girl hired or had her family's resources did for her. While her parents were very present in her life, they did not have much time to be physically present even from a young age. Due to this, she was often given playmates that were paid or accompanied by maids within their household. Because of this estranged lifestyle, she has difficulty relating and communicating with others in a normal way. She'll often offer payments or trades when something is done in her favor, feeling as if she owes people a debt if they really do anything for her. And even though she feels in debt, it also usually feels artificial as she'll think that the reward was what you were seeking, rather than what you had done for her. It's really a weird experience to approach the girl which opts many out from doing so, nonetheless, she isn't a bad person.
History:
Such a life, with everything in reach, easily obtained with the wave of fingertips. The small but wholly powerful Nella family has always kept to themselves, the matriarch Eva Nella managing the numerous companies she's absorbed discretely from the confines of her own home. While her mother was solely busy with the financial solitude of their family, David Nella would be training the small but increasing regime of guards that protected their hidden estate at most hours, being an overprotective man with a military background he was seen no more than his wife was within the household. And in the midst of this, little Prue simply managed mostly alone within the endless halls of the manor she called her home.
In her early years, Prue felt a closer bond to her toys and maids than her parents. Often she'd cause a scene, breaking whatever she could get her hands on just to get the attention she needed to subside her lonely episodes. Being schooled entirely by the manor's servants, she'd learn things which the girl found unnecessary with her isolated lifestyle, etiquette, and other lady-like lessons were shrugged off entirely. When she came of age however, she'd slowly begin to see her father and mother more as her freedoms began to grow. She'd journey to the outer-grounds of the estate to watch her father train the regime, the whole thing interested her and she quickly felt that she shared the love for combat that her father seemed to have. At other times she'd slip into her mother's chambers to listen in to the business side of the family, while the money aspects didn't really appeal to her, Eva seemed to emit a great amount of respect, and even fear among the partners and subjects in which her dealings involved, she admired this trait of her mother, hoping that she'd inherit this as well.
However, she continued to grow older and nothing seemed to really change. So she decided to spring some action herself. Displaying some influence to her maids, she demanded that they hire a new teacher. "What kind of teacher?" They asked. The answer was of course a combat instructor, feeling it would be her first step to "gaining some favor" with her folks. Unable to demand the young heiress' words, they obliged, hiring a man named Finn Eggis whom was a washed up ex-Hunter whom had lost more than he cared to share, and amassed a hefty debt in the time of his retirement. Uneasy about the man at first, Prue denied any sort of communication the man offered, not because she couldn't but more along the lines of it being the first person new person she had ever met. Quickly the man acknowledged the girls shyness and went straight to business, tossing the girl a gun, to test out her ability with marksmanship... It wasn't the best. With that quickly out of the way, he asked her to drop the gun, and then just as quickly marched to a closet bringing out "Sand-Men" which are human-like dummies for punching. Then the training began...
Growing into her mid-teens she had grown used to this new person, Finn was more of a teacher than her maids had ever been, and the man seemed to purely enjoy teaching her. She knew that he was being paid for the whole process, but it felt very real to her, and by the time she had learned more than she could muster up onto a piece of paper, the two became very close friends. He introduced the girl to knife fighting which interested the girl more than anything else she had come across, the little tools just felt right in her hands, showing superb talents with just a single blade, in combination with her close-quarters skills she began to impress her teacher quickly even commenting that she'd end up surpassing her father.
After the few heartfelt years passed, the contract that bound Finn to the household had ended. He was old, and knew that overstaying his time at the estate of such a large and secrete family would be the death of him.. So after one final lesson, and offering an old finger-trap to her as a keepsake, he departed and that'd be the last Prue would see of the man. But she grew to admire him more than anyone, he'd been the first person to sit there and interact in a way that wasn't artificial and offered his honest feelings to her about the outside life. He'd even been the first person to tell her of the stories of old, about the battle with Grimm and the struggles of mankind in the past. It grew on her... She craved the same life of her old teacher. One full of life, and experience, and danger.
Before Finn left, reluctantly he spoke of a school that may be in the works of opening. An academy for aspiring hunters whom wished to harness their skills and defend against the Grimm on the frontlines. The thought of it filled the girl whom is usually as dull as a jellyfish with fire, maybe she even smiled. Within the hours that her teacher left, Prue quickly gathered what courage she could to approach her father while he was training the small force. Demanding that he grant her access to the school, simply laughing the father accepted this demand and pressed for his daughter to join as a student at the school. While the mother was a bit reluctant, she too accepted her daughter's decision as she would be making her own decisions and following the path she chose to take.
Aura Colour:
~ Plum ~
Semblance : Velleity
Prue's semblance allows her to give life to the unliving, whether it be a carcass or a broom stick. While she isn't actually bringing the dead back to life, Velleity allows Prue to give inanimate things a will of their own, with some small influences, such as having to obey her whim. How this works is much simpler than it should be, Prue simply channels her aura into an object for a varying amount of time depending on what the potential slave "I mean servant." candidate is. After the needed amount has been produced, the object will gain it's own minute amount of aura supplying the object with an artificial conscience. The duration of this effects depends mostly on the amount of Aura given, though the spans are mostly short and the deaths of these slaves "I mean servants." are always a sad fleeting passing for the young Prue.
Weapon/Slave/Servant/Best Friend:
Pledge Hunter is a small butterfly knife that doubles as an wrist-mounted crossbow when attached to the device at Prue's right hand. It is lightweight, accurate, though not able to do in most Grimm with a single blow. The weapon is however extremely easy to be concealed, adding the fact that Prue is very skilled in hand-to-hand combat makes this meager sentient knife a little more intimidating.
Dust Use:
Pledge Hunter is capable of firing bolts tipped with certain types of Dust, giving the projectile traits of the Dust in which it is coated.
Other Stuff:
Prue has a wide array of questionable "miscellaneous" items on her person at times. Things such as; handcuffs, rope, glue, duct tape, zip ties, and fireworks, have all been confiscated from the girl at one point or another. More importantly though, she always has a purple and blue Chinese Finger Trap in her pocket or on her fingers. It's a way to keep her hands busy.
Skills & Abilities:
Coming from the wealthy Nella family, Prue had access to many sources of training throughout her life. While not having "any" sort of talent for guns, the girl from a young age had a love for physical combat. Quickly picking up basic martial arts in her earlier years which would develop further as she grew up. On and off during her combat training, Prue would insist on her trainer giving lessons on knife-fighting, learning quickly that she had a talent for the art, and more the fact that she enjoyed it more than basic hand combat sparked her strong prowess with this combat today. The results of all of this leads Prue to be an extremely capable close-quarters fighter.
Suffers From:
~ Chiraptophobia ~
