nightelf37: I decided to do a "survey" on where I think the Hunters so far in this compilation originate from. I'll also add in a few canon characters in bold text to get some idea as to where.
Atlas: Weiss, Penny, Gen. Ironwood, Iji, Yoshika, Jade (Shepard), Jack (Sol Badguy)
Mistral: Pyrrha(?), Neptune(?), Clara (Sayaka), Flavia (Mami), Edana (Homura), Halina (Madoka)
Vacuo: Sun, Apria (Kyoko), Gregory
Vale (I count Patch as part of Vale): Ruby, Yang, Brenda, Bowden (Tormund), Azurine (Roberta)
(Deep) Menagerie: Xolotl, Quetzalcoatl, Acat
Other: Blake (outside the kingdoms, according to her), Blauer (Eneru) (Faunus-run community in the mountains), Oliver (unknown Schnee Dust Company mine), Fumaça (Sam Rodriguez) (outside the Kingdoms)
Unknown: Jaune, Ren, Nora, Adam, Finn, Sylvia, Lilac, Carol, Milla
For this chapter and the next three (not counting requests), I won't be making new names for the characters. May I introduce…
Team MHRJ
(pronounced "mirage")
Veteran Hunters of Beacon Academy, already in their fourth year while RWBY, JNPR, CRDL, etc. are starting theirs.
Fictional Work: Pixar's Brave
Character: Merida
Gender: Female
Backstory: Merida comes from a traditional "kingdom" in Mistral and is the "princess" there. Her relation with her father Fergus is great, and has been tutoring her to become a Huntress, though her mother Elinor was rather restrictive, wanting to raise her as a politician, with all the social etiquette this entails. That changed when terrorists staged an attack in their home, utilizing Grimm to throw the whole place into chaos. While all the Hunters (hired, residents, and passerby) were busy with those, the terrorists sneaked inside, also setting loose an Ursa Major there.
The attack was revealed to be a plot to usurp the DunBroch family. But thanks to her training, she and her father were able to stop them long enough for the other Hunters to close in on the terrorists. Merida also managed to slay the Ursa Major while she was at it, which had been so close to killing her mother. This encounter managed to repair their relationship somehow, with Elinor realizing this is what Merida wants and . And it just so happens that one of the Hunters in the battle was a professor at Beacon Academy. Impressed with her talent, he offered her a scholarship. Proud of his daughter, Fergus signed her up, amidst Elinor's (admittedly half-hearted) protests.
Appearance: Merida is a slender girl with pale skin, a round face, light freckles, rosy cheeks, pink lips, long curly red hair reaching her hips (though she later had it cut to mid-back length), and blue eyes. She wears a phthalo dark teal cotton off-the-shoulder dress with long arms, gold trimmings and beadings, an A-line skirt of the same color with black biker shorts under it, taupe boots, scabbards for her weapons, and a quiver for special arrows.
Her symbol is a sword in front of four intersecting circles and just within the borders of a larger one. This is found in her scabbards and on the left leg of her skirt.
Personality: Merida is a very brave, bold, daring, courageous, stubborn, rebellious and headstrong girl. who does not fit a stereotypical "princess" as many think she would. Rather than being subservient to customs, traditions, and social restrictions, Merida openly rebels and defies her heritage and would like for nothing more than to be a Huntress. She is very athletic and enjoys nothing more than riding her horse and practicing her archery, of which she is the best. She also seems to be skilled in sword fighting. She tends to be ungraceful and has bad manners, and is extremely tomboyish. Like her father, she unruly, impulsive and loud, and like her mother, she's stubborn and sometimes unable to listen to others, but her time in Beacon (and her team) eventually brought her to understand the importance of diplomacy and politics.
Weapon(s): Merida's weapon is a longbow that actually consists of two curved short swords. The swords' blades are a brilliant shade of forest green with gold edges, and a round guard for each. Both their hilts can be connected to assume its longbow form, and the tips are infused with a unique Dust that forms the "bowstring" when the swords are connected together. Her special arrows are tipped with silver and built in their shaft is a device that alerts her of its location and self-levitates to a certain height for easy retrieval. Merida also has a device for calling back her arrows to her, vane-first.
When asked why her weapon is a bow, given the availability of sniper rifle functions, Merida states that it stems from her time out hunting with her father and his entourage of Hunters, not just for Grimm, but for animals for their resources in trade.
Semblance: It is unknown at this time what Merida's Semblance is, but sometimes she's reported to be hot to the touch, though she feels in no way feverish. This is a little problematic for one of her teammates, who has the reverse reaction and causes discomfort in both.
Fighting Style: Merida is an expert in archery, and is just as brilliant in the art of swordfighting. She prefers ranged combat and is deadly against Grimm with her arrows, though her close combat skills are equally dangerous.
Hobbies/Interests: riding, archery, swordplay, apples, sewing (tapestries)
Dislikes: Fancy dresses, constrictive clothing, being constrained by tradition
nightelf37: Pfft. When I think of Ursa Major, I think of the "astral beast" in MLP, where its baby the Ursa Minor is even bigger than the Grimm!Ursa Major, and where the MLP!Ursa Major would at most be comparable to the Goliath Grimm in height and probably tower over Beacon Academy.
I won't say who the professor from Beacon is; I don't think it can be Ozpin, I think he'd be too badass to be unable to finish it quickly, and just watching from the sidelines doesn't seem to be his style.
And the weapon I made for Merida was an early draft for Halina's/Madoka's. I just had to find a real way for a Huntress weapon with a longbow form to work. And there is some inspiration from Palutena's Bow that Pit uses in Super Smash Bros. and Kid Icarus Uprising.
See ya on Third!
