Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14909251-20170522044827/@comment-25936766-20170530122553

96.56.114.210 wrote: I think the half-faunus is actually Ilia, because she got angry at Sun when he said that she doesnt look like a faunus. .......Mmmm.....true enough, unless you count those weird, ugly spots on her skin, she really doesn't look like a Faunus at all, and even then those ugly spots can be justified with real-life medical conditions.

In fact, the "chameleon horns" vanished along with the mask.

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Now, obviously, she changes skin+hair+eye+spot colors, but there's something I'm wondering: What if Faunus Abilities different and separate from Faunus Traits?

Basically, that the Faunus trait refers to a phenotypical trait, something noticeable in their appearance, like horns, or a tail, while Faunus Abilities refer to special abilities or capabilities that they have, which doesn't need to be aligned with their Phenotype, but depends on their Genes.

For example, a half-Faunus that doesn't show a single trait, but has night vision of at least a decent extent because that Faunus side is a cat. Or a Chimpanzee Faunus with Night Vision because they got it from one of their parents.

So in this hypothetical case, Illia would be a Half-Chameleon Faunus, who looks human but can change color like a Chameleon.