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1) Basic Info

Name: Romaine Bello-Akiyama

CNR Explanation: Romaine is a type of lettuce

Species: Human

Age: 22

Gender: Female

Emblem: Sunflower with three diamonds pointing inwards at its center

Handedness: left

Nicknames: Roma (friends and family)

Occupation: Huntress

2) Appearance:

Aura Color: autumn red

Height: 5’

Weight: 112lbs

Eyes: blue

Skin Color: pale

Face Shape: round

Hair: Black; half-up fishtail braid

Physical Traits: tattoo of a heart inside a crescent moon on left wrist.

Physique: petite build with strong muscle definition; defined waist and hips, with small bust and booty

Outfit:

Fitted, dark green cold shoulder top with red trip around neck and shoulders. Left shoulder is filled in with white material, and bears her emblem. Oversized orange-red cuffs with three brass buttons.

Red-orange 3/4 skirt open at the front secured with a white belt and attached to white lace-trim petticoat with three brass buttons placed at the hip. worn over Dark green zippered, form-fitting shorts.

Dark green knee-high suede boots with single row of brass buttons on outer side, secured with black elastic bands.

3) Characteristics:

Background: Life is never easy for a single father; doubly so when work demands regular travel between kingdoms. This was the situation actor Arnaldo Bello was left to live after the death of his wife Yuuka Akiyama -a huntress- during a mission. For the first few years of her life Romaine grew up in hotel rooms and on film sets, traveling around Remnant with her father; who did not wish to leave his child to be raised by an endless stream of babysitters and nannies.

Growing up, Romaine felt a constant emptiness, having never known her mother; with Arnaldo -fearing he would lose their daughter as well- rarely speaking of Yuuka, and remaining tight lipped about her status as a Huntress.

Everything changed when Romaine started school. With Arnaldo choosing to take a few years off from work, they returned to Mistral; enabling Romaine to enroll and attend classes like other kids. When she was 7, interest in her father’s work lead Romaine to audition for a children’s theater group; it was during auditions that she met her life-long best friend Naeva Tacitus.

It was through meeting Naeva that Romaine learned the unspoken truth of her own mother’s demise. Naeva’s parents Onyx and Sabrina, themselves Huntsmen who had met Yuuka on a few occasions. No longer able to keep the secret, Romaine’s father became more open about her mother; how they had met, and how she had died. In a symbolic gesture, Yuuka’s weapon Heliotrope was taken out of storage and given a place of honor above the fireplace.

With Naeva’s family quickly growing close to Romaine’s own, Arnaldo began working once more; often leaving her to stay with the Tacitus family when he had to leave the kingdom for work. As time went by the girls grew closer; going from best friends to practically sisters.

Five years after their first meeting Naeva became extremely ill; requiring surgery and costing her the ability to speak and sing. No longer able to participate in their theater group Naeva resigned; instead choosing to begin combat training with her parents and adoptive uncle Solace. In a show of unity Romaine too chose to resign; joining Naeva in her training and (with Arnaldo’s reluctant permission) taking Heliotrope as her own.

With four years of intense training ahead of them Romaine and Naeva began their preparations to enroll at Haven Academy. Though Naeva’s Semblance manifested relatively quickly Romaine’s own failed to appear for the duration of their training. Struggling to keep up because of this weakness she laid out new plans and upgraded Heliotrope with help from her mentors. Replacing the blades and adding the ability to use Dust her mother’s simple buzzsaw staff was transformed and renamed; becoming Helianthus.

During initiation Romaine and Naeva were separated by circumstance. At a disadvantage with her still undiscovered semblance, Romaine was too slow to be partnered with Naeva. She ultimately had to admit defeat, as despite the upgrades to her weapon she ran across a mob of Grimm too strong for her to face alone. She retreated from initiation, failing all objectives.

Thoroughly demoralized by her failure at Haven Romaine returned home prepared to give up, where a new option was presented to her. Sabrina offered to take her on as an apprentice; instead of training at Haven, she would spend the next four years continuing private instruction and going on training missions to earn her Huntress license.

The 40th Vytal Festival occurred during the final year of Romaine’s training. Being unable to compete she asked Sabrina to take her on a more difficult mission as a final test before attempting to earn her license. With the two of them away Onyx travelled alone to Vale to visit Naeva.

Romaine and Sabrina cut their mission short after learning of The Fall of Beacon and travelled to Vale. Though Naeva’s team had kept her safe Onyx had died in the line of duty during the ensuing chaos; gunned down by rogue Atlesian Knights. After returning to Mistral with the goal of earning their licenses, Naeva parted ways with her team; forming a duo with Romaine and making an oath to never leave the other behind.

Personality: Romaine is, by nature, extremely positive-minded and extroverted. While she has a tendency to look on the bright side, this is often to an unhealthy degree; ignoring her problems in order to focus on the wellbeing of those around her. Her highly social nature and habit of putting others first has the unfortunate side-effect of making her rather clingy; hanging onto those around her as a way of avoiding her own problems.

Misc Traits: Speaks with her hands, poor volume control, highly excitable

Likes: cats, theater, movies, loud music

Dislikes: reading, silence, smooth jazz

4) Trivia

Notable Relationships:

Arnaldo Bello-Akiyama: Romaine’s father. Though he is away from home often due to his work, the two are quite close; greatly valuing the time they are able to spend together.

Naeva Tacitus: Romaine’s best friend since childhood. Though they were separated for a time while Naeva was enrolled at Haven they have formed a permanent duo since acquiring their licenses.

Sabrina Tacitus: Having been involved in Romaine’s life since she was a child, Naeva’s mother  has in many ways become a substitute for her own. Mentored Romaine after she failed initiation; taking her on as an apprentice.

Onyx Tacitus: Much like his wife Sabrina, Onyx had taken on a parental role in Romaine’s life; being viewed very much as a secondary father figure. Because Sabrina was with her on a training mission during The Fall, Romaine blames herself for his death.

Solace Noctis: Onyx’s best friend. Though not as influential as Sabrina and Onyx, Solace has played an active role in Romaine’s combat training; she views him as an adoptive uncle.

Skills: Sewing, acting

Allusion: Started off alluding to the magical girl genre as a whole but that went out the window pretty fast.

Notes: Romaine’s tattoo is Onyx’s symbol; Sabrina, Naeva, and Solace possess matching ones in the same position.

Huntress Extension A) Weapon

Name: Helianthus

Classification: Dust Pinwheel Saw Staff

Short Description: A short staff with a dual-blade rotary saw at one end; designed to look like a sunflower with small Dust crystals as ‘seeds’

B) Semblance Undiscovered

C) Combat Info

Preferred Range: Short-mid

Landing Strategy: Uses the Wind Dust in her weapon to create a downburst and slow her fall.

Fighting Style: Without access to her Semblance Romaine relies heavily on the Dust capabilities of Helianthus in combat, utilizing Ice, Plant, and Wind Dust to hinder foes.

When engaging in direct combat she favors evasion over direct defense, though she is able to parry melee attacks using her weapon. The dual-blade saw serves as her primary offensive tool and is able to sheer through Grimm armor with relative ease, while proving equally effective against soft targets. When melee attacks alone prove insufficient the Fire and Lightning Dust in Helianthus can be used to supplement her damage output.

For ranged combat Romaine is skilled at Aura manipulation, performing ranged Aura attacks; often combined with the various forms of Dust she carries.