Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25396609-20160205040608/@comment-26397825-20160211042303

Wait, he loses his semblance? Sorry, but that's statistically impossible. Semblance is a manifestaton of aura unique to the individual; as long as you have aura, you have semblance. Everyone has a semblance, but some haven't discovered it yet. The only way to not have a semblance is to have no aura, or to have your aura locked.

If he has no aura, then he is dead. Aura is generated by every living thing, as explained by Pyrrha. If his aura is locked, then he seriously needs to get it unlocked pronto. It's one of the first things all aspiring Hunters need; Jaune gets away with having his locked because he didn't know about it. Your character knows about aura and semblance and would therefore have it unlocked in order to do his future job properly.

So your choices are either he hasn't discovered his semblance yet, his aura is still locked, or he's dead. Of the three, undiscovered semblance is probably the better but even then it's iffy that a 17 year old who has been preparing to be a HUnter for so long would not have found it yet.