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Took a while to finish this. It's a bit cliche, but meh...

Core Info

1) Basic Info

Name: Laura Blair

CNR Explanation: Feminine from Laurus, a Latin word for laurel. Last name comes from Gaelic blár, meaning "plain, field, battlefield”

Species: Human

Age: In current RWBY time, around 27-28

Gender: Female

Emblem: Leopard head inside a laurel wreath. Roughly something like this (the two used pictures were shamelessly stolen via google)

Handedness: Probably left.

Nicknames: Kitten by family (a bit of inside joke). Love by the fiancé

Occupation: Huntress

2) Appearance:

Aura Color: Laurel green (because I have zero imagination)

Height: 168cm so about… 5’6 ish?

Weight: I don’t know… 60kg

Eyes: Golden yellow with somewhat amber hue.

Skin Colour: Brown, lighter side. (I’m imagining her as Half-British, Half-Indian)

Face Shape:

Hair: Dark green (Hunter green). Thick and straight. When left open reaches between shoulder blades, but generally kept on high ponytail.

Physical Traits: A mole above her lips, near the right upper corner. No earrings or any other piercings.

Physique: Long limps, short torso and little to no curves. Build otherwise close to that of a average gymnastic.

Outfit:

Army green, high waist (up to waistline) “jeans” with six golden buttons, three on each side (think six on a dice design). Very form fitting and more flexible than they look.

Dark, greyish blue shirt tugged into pants and wrinkled u-shaped neckline. A bit baggy. Black waist length jacked on the top and golden button on each sleeve.

I’m gonna be cliché and add black combat boots in the game. Green shoelaces and they end just below the calf.

Accessories: Silver necklace which had her emblem on it and a golden ring that’s way too big for woman to wear. Another simple golden band around the ring finger.

3) Characteristics:

Background: A younger child of human father (Oliver Blair) and faunus mother (Sona Blair). Has an older brother who like their mother is a faunus (Krishna). Laura grew up in Vale and graduated from Beacon, afterwards staying in her home city and works as a Huntress in the surrounding areas. Currently going through a bit of hard times (drinking a lot) after her fiancé’s murder. He was a White Fang runaway (They met through Laura’s brother. Sadly, WF eventually managed to track her fiancé down and he was killed as a “traitor”. And yes, the fiancé was originally Tukson, but the story idea has evolved away from that direction). Laura is actively hunting down the members of WF and killing them in attempt to revenge her fiancé.

Personality: A bit pessimistically realistic person. Not the most social person, but she has her own, fairly big group of friends with whom she talks often. When in love, she is one of those people who like pet names and is always greets and says goodbye with a kiss. Slightly competitive, especially when it comes to her brother or if someone inserts the words “because you/he/she are/is human/faunus” in the sentence. Talks openly about her interests and family but is very tight lipped about things she sees more private, her mother and brother being faunus being one of those things.

Laura isn’t exactly a type of person who would openly defence a person from bully but would also make it very clear she dislikes the bully person if they would later try to interacting with her. Generally, she judges a person by their actions, not by their species or relationships/family. Thinks members of WF are just as big or even bigger racist assholes as people against who they claim to fight (she has her reasons).

After her fiancé’s death she cut all contacts with people and disappeared. Blames herself from not being there to protect him and is constantly trying to drown her sorrow and guilt into alcohol. Has developed an explosive temper and even mentioning WF will make her lose her cool. Very brutal and is often taken over by bloodlust while fighting nowadays.

Misc Traits: Talks to herself. Before “snapping” she did it only while thinking some hard problem (like math homework) or while packing. Nowadays talks a lot and often, mostly to people who aren’t even there.

Likes: Cats, especially the big cats (used to think her mom’s tail was the most beautiful thing ever). Team sports and board games. Fan of metal music, especially symphonic one.

Dislikes: WF, losing (not a bad loser though). Especially despises being judged by her background.

4) Trivia

Notable Relationships:

Sona Blair: Mother (faunus, leopard tail). Temperamental woman who has hard time holding a job. Laura was pretty much mother’s girl as a child, and they are still close. After accident with a cop when Laura was a little (Sona got arrested from “kid napping” when shopping with her) they don’t spend that much time together outside home.

Krishna Blair: Older brother by three years (faunus, black panther (leopard) tail). When alone, they are often goofing around or rough housing. Almost everything they do is turned in a competition in one way or another. As a kids they had unsaid agreement to not interact with each other to avoid getting bullied so not many of their friends know that other has sibling with “wrong” species. Krishna was part of Ghira’s WF and after he stood down, Krish decided to keep following him and moved to Menagerie. Now one of the city guards there.

Oliver Blair: Father (human). Quite chill man and weapon nerd. Weapon mechanic and gunsmith, a job that sounds much cooler than it really is. Mostly just sells spare parts and does occasional fancier upgrades when Huntsmen’s own skills end. Likes to bring his work home if he gets his hands on a fancy weapon, much to Sona’s frustration.

The fiancé (I have no idea what his name is…): Ex member of WF and a friend of Krishna. Was introduced to Laura through Krish while she was still in Beacon. Stayed in WF after Sienna took over (already “dated” Laura at that point) and was one of Adam’s men, but left about a year before the start of V1. He and Laura got engaged soon after and he started a normal everyday job (disguised as human to avoid WF). He and Laura were one of those overly cute, deeply in love couples who were not afraid to show it to the world. Unfortunately, he was eventually tracked down by WF and killed before the Fall of Beacon, breaking Laura’s heart and sending her to path of revenge.

Skills: Semi good football player (real football, not American).

Allusion: None really.

Hunter Extension

A) Weapon

Name: Panthera

Classification: Mace-Whip

Short Description: One handed flanged maze with Lightning Dust crystal in it. Similar idea as Cardin’s weapon but smaller top part (about two fists’ tall) and the crystal covers the whole inner part. Can turns into flail (the top of the maze attached to a metal wire) but can be extended to full length (long) whip similar to Morningstar in Castlevania anime. Laura chose a whip and the name in honour of her mother and brother.

B) Semblance

Name: Legion

Short Description: Links people’s auras together giving them a shared “life bar” (Check Semblance creation threat). After snapping, Laura started to use it more selfishly and links her semblance with random huntsmen she meets in bars (offers to “heal” their aura) to get an aura boost for her own fights. Sometimes even links herself with her opponent, especially if they are stronger than her.

Activation Cue: Everyone’s auras flare green when activated.

Reflection of Personality: Laura is (was) a good team player and keeping people together. Current use reflects more of her self-destructive tendencies or her obsession.

C) Combat Info

Preferred Range: Close and mid

Landing Strategy: Wraps the whip around a branch or pipe etc and whirls around it couple times to slow herself down.

Fighting Style: More acrobatic than anything. Likes to wrap the whip around persons leg, arm etc. and then grasp the wire on her own hand and uses either the handle or head to hit them. The crystal brings shock effects for extra damage but doesn’t really rely on dust. After starting to hunt WF members, her fighting style has become more brutal and she uses her weapon more on its maze form.

 Civilian Extension 

A) Day to Day Life: Used to be a normal Huntress who took mostly jobs in or around Vale, allowing her to be back at home at evening or at least within 48 hours. Spent most of her free time with her friends or fiancé. Nowadays travels around Remnant following rumours about WF. If not traveling or hunting WF, most likely drinking in some bar.

Expanded Occupation/Business Details: Still technically a Huntress. Nowadays gets most of her money from WF members she has killed though

Certifications:   Licensed Huntress (Beacon)