Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20141024002244/@comment-25399914-20141024220544

EmbraceTheHood wrote: So does anyone else think that Yang is the human-Faunus hybrid Monty talked about, and that she's actually a phoenix? I've mentioned that Yang is possibly the human-Faunus hybrid on other threads but I'm more convinced of this point.

That actually sort of fits with her semblance. She absorbs damage and grows stronger from it.