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Kick the world in the ass...

"Legends. Stories scattered through time. Mankind has grown quite fond of recounting the exploits of heroes and villains, forgetting so easily that we are remnants, byproducts, of a forgotten past."

"Man, born from dust, was strong, wise, and resourceful, but he was born into an unforgiving world. An inevitable darkness - creatures of destruction; the creatures of Grimm - set their sights on man and all of his creations. These forces clashed, and it seemed the darkness was intent on returning man's brief existence to the void."

"However, even the smallest spark of hope is enough to ignite change, and in time, man's passion, resourcefulness, and ingenuity led them to the tools that would help even the odds. This power was appropriately named Dust."

"Nature's wrath in hand, man lit their way through the darkness, and in the shadow's absence came strength, civilization, and most importantly, life."

"But even the most brilliant lights eventually flicker and die, and when they are gone... darkness will return."

"So you may prepare your guardians, build your monuments to a so-called 'free world', but take heed... there will be no victory in strength."

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Congratulations. You've graduated from Beacon Academy and have been given the title of Hunter. Welcome to the ranks of the greatest warriors and fighters in the world. You fought like hell through four painful years, faced a number of challenges and killed your fair share of Grimm.

All of that was fucking Child's Play. Welcome to the Real World. Being a Hunter isn't easy. It isn't a game. When you fail to complete your mission, you do not get a bad grade. When you slip up, you do not get detention. When you make a wrong move, you die. Your teammates die. Your friends die.

You already have the proper knowledge and training. Let's hope the potential isn't wasted. The things that you've faced as a student are nothing compared to the horrors you will know as a Hunter.

Your weapon, your allies and your sanity. That's all you've fucking got. Better make the most of it.

- Oleander, Hunter General

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Yes, it's another fucking Beacon. And yes, I'm the one doing it. But, I promise. This one is different. For real this time.

This one takes place 20 years before the beginning of Ultimate, so some of the parents of those students will be featured. But we are not students at Beacon. The player characters here are recent graduates, or working Hunters chosen for their exceptional skills or special abilities that would make them a great asset to a new team of Secret Hunter operatives that take on dangerous covert ops for the government. Expect adult themes and a strong emphasis on choice and consequences.

The tone of this spin-off is full 80's action. Narm mixed with poignancy. Yes, it is full 80s in terms of fashion, slang, etc. Think a mix between Metal Gear Solid and Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon. Terrorists, monsters, evil villains, illegal cybernetics, corruption, hair metal and synth.

Beacon regulars and newbies are both welcome, but we do have a sizable community, so please try to stay knowledgeable about the lore we've built up, as it will come up a lot in this RP where the building blocks of the Worldstate in Ultimate are put into place.

That said, feel free to bring in your lore ideas that you think might be interesting or fun.

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• Name:
• Codename: Color and Animal, chosen by your character.
• Gender:
• Age: Having graduated from Beacon, would be 21 and up.
• Birthday: Remnant Calendar, of course
• Race: Human or Faunus.
• Appearance:
• Weapons and Equipment: Go wild. This is RWBY, after all! That said, in this time period, some tech is still highly untested and would be unwieldy (but fun), not to mention illegal under some circumstances. Although, we are working under the government, so that means special access.
• Semblance: Please keep it balanced. Also, since Semblance is tied to Aura, so you really should not have something that'll drain your soul the first time you use it...
• Expertise: What do you think your character would be chosen for, to bring to the table? Something interesting or extraordinary that they excel in and have begun to make a name for themselves in?
• Personality:
• Bio:

The player limit will most likely be 16 but I might limit it a different number depending.

edited 24th Apr '15 8:38:33 PM by Saturn

I think I'll be entering Stormer's mother, Lilac Aurion into this! A profile will be ready by tomorrow.

"Never let anyone tell you that something is impossible." - Monty Oum, 1981-2015

Special task force?

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...I think I have a idea. A person I keep meaning to tell people about in BU, but might fit in here just fine.

I'm busy as fuck, but what the hell.

Nothing is what it seems. Master of Shipping and Sadism.

Added a slot in the sheet for Codename, and one for Expertise.

edited 24th Apr '15 8:38:47 PM by Saturn

... Great, not only do I got a potential for a Post-Decade character in one thread, now I'm thinking of making a Showa Rider. Belt-activated Dust-powered gauntlets, boots and helmets?

Expressing interest for sure. Will add sheet in here later.

• Name: Maria Ursa
• Codename: Red Bear
• Gender: Female
• Age: 22
• Birthday: Finem 18
• Race: Human
• Appearance: She stands at 5'11", weighs 150 lbs, and looks like this◊, but with gray eyes like sharp metal. Her family used to be Vacuonese immigrants.
• Weapons and Equipment: The Kamay Blades (Kaliwa and Kanan) - A paired of short swords on variable-length chains connected to Maria's arms by way of gauntlets that the thin but durable chains wrap around. The glyphs carved on them allow Maria to briefly store energy directed into the blades and redirect them. She can also enhance them with Dust for a brief period of time. She typically carries samples of Fire, Ice, or Lightning Dust for a boost in battle for either her weapons or her Semblance.
• Semblance: Flame Feet — Maria can make herself a red blur, knocking her foes to the side and into the air while leaving a hot trail behind her. She can run up walls, increase her jumping distance, and boost reaction time. This Semblance can be enhanced with Dust for various effects.
• Expertise: Variable-range Melee and Manueverability.
• Personality: Maria is an affable, polite, but headstrong woman. She doesn't tolerate rudeness from other people, and she can be confrontational when she feels that someone's dignity or safety is being threatened. She's passionate in the visual aspects of life, particularly in integrating them with her bodily motions through dance and combat. She's quick for a laugh or a joke, and she's a good ear whenever someone wants to talk. She enjoys a good fight, sometimes gets creeped out by how much she enjoys it, but is okay with it for the most part as she channels her mild bloodlust to defend humanity from the Grimm.
• Bio: Maria comes from a lineage of Vacuonese immigrants on her mother's side. Raised across the agricultural and industrial districts until her parents found a stable place in the residential district, she had no shortage of cousins and relatives to keep her company while she moved around. She was always a spirited girl, and even basic lessons of right and wrong seemed to stick to her. When the time came for the ancestral weapons to be passed down to the next generation, both Kaliwa and Kanan were given to Maria, to everyone's surprise. The once-aspiring dancer became an aspiring protector, and she immediately got to work learning to become a Huntress. After her years spent at Signal and Beacon with some of her closest friends, Maria has been working to protect people from the Grimm throughout the year since she graduated from Beacon.

edited 13th May '15 12:26:36 PM by Insano

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ALL OF MY INTEREST.

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"I am nature's weapon. You are unfit to carry on your species, and I shall ensure that you do not do so!" - Charles Darwin, XCOM Sniper

Hoo-ha! I wanted to play her!

• Name: Lucretia Alisa Vale
• Codename: Silver Hawk
• Gender: Female
• Age: 30
• Birthday: Cor 14
• Race: Human
• Appearance:Knight Queen
• Weapons and Equipment: Lucretia usually wields the ancestral sword Serena, but the black-ops nature of the strike team means that using a weapon so obviously connected to the Royal Family is a big no-no. Instead, Lucretia had a new weapon forged: Cordelia, a red-and gold sword whose hilt has a chamber for swappable Dust Crystals. Cordelia can use all basic types of Elemental Dust, and even healing Dust. The sword can change into its alternate firearm mode:an assault rifle.

Lucretia,being the Queen, has the perks implied by the title...but only up to the point that those Council bastards agree with her.

• Semblance: Truth, Lucretia's semblance manifests itself as actual telepathy. She can hear thoughts, discern lies, nudge people to be more diplomatic, manipulate emotions. A useful ability for a head of state indeed. In combat, this also gives her a spider-sense like precognition and enhanced reflexes. Of course, such a potent Semblance has a massive tradeoff. A crippling Aura cost, and a strict five-minute time limit, or else her mind is overwhelmed. As in, leave her a vegetable.
• Expertise: Leadership and Resources. Queen Lucretia was one of the people who suggested forming the team.
• Personality: To know Lucretia Vale, you must know her three layers. The Knight, a persona born of Lucretia's ideal warrior. The Knight is noble, courageous, honorable and always does the right thing. This is what Lucretia tries to be whenever she is out on the field. The Queen, the ideal ruler. The Queen is stoic, composed and calculating. The Queen values Vale and its people above all else. She will do anything, no matter how pragmatic, to serve her people. Hence, the Knight and Queen are in conflict often. Finally, the Girl. Lucretia's true self. The strong-willed, hotheaded, foul-mouthed, tsundere, hopelessly idealistic Lu. The girl who is easily embarassed, the girl who weeps every night for her lost daughter. The girl who hates herself. This is Lu.
• Bio: Current Knight Queen, the twenty first to bear the name Lucretia. As a princess, Lu wanted to not only rule her country but to protect and know its people. She worked hard in Beacon and eventually fell in love with her partner, Percival Leonhardt. There was a scandal when Queen married Farmer, but almost a decade's worth of sound rule silenced all except the most conservative nobles. Having recently lost her first child, Lucretia is now burying herself in work...especially this new task force.

Nothing is what it seems. Master of Shipping and Sadism.

• Name: Alexander Ashley
• Codename: Green Swan
• Gender: M
• Age: 23
• Birthday: Tempestas 17
• Race: Human
• Appearance: Alex is a fairly tall and skinny guy, about six feet. He has yellow hair pulled back into a ponytail, and his skin is covered in a light dusting of feathers. His face is bony and sharp, and he's never positioned in ways that look comfortable—always slouching or lounging strangely. He wears a set of light ceramic armor over simple casualwear and jeans, a light chestpiece with arm- and leg-pads.
• Weapons and Equipment: Alex wields three weapons: Jonatan and Dennis, a pair of matched pistols, and cactus, a chainsaw—no capitalization. Jonatan and Dennis are blocky and have harsh planes, meticulously crafted for absolute precision, but also looking somewhat lifeless as a result. cactus, however, has a violently green body; the pull-cord is bright yellow and has a stylized drawing of Alex's face on it. If Alex ejects the clips from Jonatan and Dennis he can plug them into the top of cactus, which connects them to a motorized belt-feeding system inside of the chainsaw, using the chainsaw's motor, to turn it into a rapid-fire low-accuracy double-barrel machine gun. The chain can also detach from the chainsaw to form a serrated chain-whip about six feet long, and the body of the chainsaw can unfold and swing down to form a tripod for better stability.
• Semblance: Duality. Alex can actually detach part of his Aura to act as a short-range body double, capable of moving out as far as five feet from himself. The more he detaches, the more physical strength it gains; it can fire his guns if he gives it a tenth of his Aura, and can swing cactus's chain whip with at least a quarter, and requires fifty percent to fire cactus when combined with Jonatan and Dennis.
• Personality: Alex takes a great amount of pride in how he's such a tactical, operator-level badass. He sees cactus as the ultimate achievement in weapons technology, and thinks that other people are probably all really interested in it. This is reflective of a general philosophy he has: that nothing is worth doing halfway, and that one must strive for 110% effort all the time. Alex tries not to worry about his brother; he didn't like the guy when he was around, and he certainly shouldn't miss him now that he's gone.
• Expertise: Chainsaw And Guns. Oppressive fire with high-damage melee, rapid interior deconstruction through chainsaw.
• Bio: Alex was born in a rough part of Menagerie, to a family of experienced soldiers and Hunters of all stripes. His parents sent him off to get trained by every good Hunter out there as soon as he was old enough, and Alex saw no reason not to just... deal. Unlike his brother, a bit of a bloodthirsty bully, he took some time to get used to the Hunter lifestyle. Eventually, he discovered the thrill of engineering to build weapons—if he couldn't change his dream, he'd find a way to fit it into the life he had to live. So he built cactus, Jonatan, and Wedin to carve some civilization out of the world and kill whatever threatened that perfection. His brother disappeared about two years ago; he told Alex to find it in his heart to join the White Fang and fight for them.

edited 25th Apr '15 11:22:24 PM by Taco

• Name: Lilac Vaylor Aurion
• Codename: Azure Swallow
• Gender: Female
• Age: 23
• Birthday: Ventus 4th
• Race: Human
• Height: 5"10"
• Weight: Unknown (Women normally don't reveal their weight.)
• Appearance: The Azure Activist. (Note: Her hair is usually done up in a bun like this.)
• Theme Songs: Pangu Lagoon 1 (Idle), An Empty Tome (Battle)
• Weapons and Equipment: Wild Fang: Lilac's weapon is pair of bladed tonfas with shotguns built into them, which she uses in conjunction with a Dance Battler fighting style to great effect in battle. She can also use the recoil of the shotguns to move around quickly in combat, launching herself with grace and skill. She built them herself at Signal before she came to Beacon, and they have served her well throughout the years.
• Semblance: Absorb: Lilac's Semblance allows her to absorb various solid elements (like various metals, diamond and other jewels, wood, etc.) and make her skin temporarily look like and take on the properties (both good and bad) of whatever element she's absorbed. Each element can only be used for 3 minutes before wearing off, and once she absorbs an element, the object that originally had that element will be used up, preventing her from reusing the same element twice in a row. She keeps several small pieces of metal in one of her pockets for whenever she needs to use her Semblance.
• Expertise: Embassador. Lilac is very skilled in Human-Faunus relations, which will prove most useful when working with any Faunus members of the team. She's also skilled in close-range combat.
• Personality: Lilac is a strong-willed and determined woman, never willing to simply give up on something she truly wants. She is polite and kind to those who are respectful, but cannot stand racist and ignorant people. She is VERY supportive of Faunus rights and thinks they should be treated as equally as humans, a view she owes in no small part to the fact that her partner at Beacon was a hound Faunus named Nicole Bassett. To this end, she is currently working to actively improve Human-Faunus relations, in addition to serving as a dedicated defender of Vale with her husband. Lilac always does attempt to find peaceful solutions to problems without causing bloodshed, but won’t hesitate to fight if diplomacy doesn’t work.
• Bio:
  • Lilac Aurion is the wife of Squall Aurion, and the future mother of Stormer Aurion. Born in Vale to a pair of merchants named Charles and Marie Vaylor, she had a rather happy childhood living with her parents and younger sister Dawn near the walls that surrounded the city. However, that all changed one night when she was 13, when a lone Beowolf slipped through the walls and invaded the Vaylor family home under the cover of darkness. That Grimm killed Lilac's parents and little sister, and would have killed Lilac too had it not been for the last-second intervention of a lone Huntress who slayed the soulless beast and saved her life. That Huntress spoke not a word to Lilac, and disappeared as quickly as she came into the night.
  • Filled with both grief over her family's death and inspiration from the Huntress' actions, Lilac decided that she too would become a defender of the kingdom and avenge her family's death at the hands of the Grimm, and so enrolled at the new (at the time) Hunter school called Signal Academy. There, she constructed a weapon for herself to use, discovered her Semblance, and worked hard to perform well enough to get into the famous Beacon Academy. When she finally arrived at Beacon at age 17, she was partnered up with a hound Faunus named Nicole Bassett during Initiation, and the two eventually became close friends. She saw firsthand through Nicole how Faunus were being treated as little more than subhuman by many, eventually became a HUGE supporter of Faunus rights, and promised to someday try and make things better for the Faunus race as a whole. Lilac was a member of team ALBU with Squall Aurion, Nicole, and Maria Ursa, and the four of them grew to become a formidable team under Squall's leadership. Lilac and Squall eventually fell in love, and later married after they both graduated from Beacon.
  • In addition to being an active Huntress, Lilac has been also doing lots of work to try and help Human-Faunus relations, a skill that would prove most valuable on a team like this. Having received the call to join this taskforce, she’s ready to put her training as a Huntress to good use and make Vale a better place for both humans and Faunus alike. However, unbeknownst to both her and anyone else, she's secretly two months pregnant with her firstborn child.

edited 30th Sep '15 7:57:04 AM by TheHailStormer

"Never let anyone tell you that something is impossible." - Monty Oum, 1981-2015

How canonical is this to Wt B?

As canon as Rising.

Nothing is what it seems. Master of Shipping and Sadism.

I would say the most canonical of all the spin-offs, but still room for slight variation.

Also, sorry Stormer, but I'm not allowing your semblance. With Grim's, people can at least lie in their minds. With yours, it is too controlling and OP.

I see then. I've already got something else in mind in case you said that. Is everything else about her good?

"Never let anyone tell you that something is impossible." - Monty Oum, 1981-2015

• Name: Lupa Crescent

• Codename: Silver Wolf

• Gender: Female

• Age: 25

• Birthday: Crystallum 12th

• Race: Wolf Faunus

• Appearance: http://safebooru.org/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=1407907 (ignore the bow)

• Weapons and Equipment: Wax and Wane: Twin lever action gunblades of about the same length as a bastard sword. One is usually kept in a reverse grip with the pinky kept on the trigger.

• Semblance: Howl of the Pack: Lupa’s semblance is entirely a support type. The activation of her semblance magnifies the aura of her teammates, boosting the natural defense of their aura as well as its power, and also supercharging other people’s semblances.

• Expertise: Great teamwork, and ferocious assault. She is skilled enough to work solo despite the lack of a semblance useable when she is by herself.

• Personality: Very much a mama wolf type character. While she is bold and loves the fight, but that doesn’t stop her from caring about others. She often will worry about others wellbeing, and will not hesitate to put down anyone who threatens her allies. She seems to be very open towards humans, not wanting racism to get in the way of peace.

• Bio: Lupa grew up a rather poor young girl, facing discrimination as a faunus, yet never fighting back. Instead anytime someone would bully her about it she would talk them down or ignore them. Eventually she made her way into Beacon, where she was a part of Team JWCK for the three years she was there. Suffice to say the time spent there was full of shenanigans. But she had the time of her life there. She went her separate way after graduating from Beacon, and has lived as a solo Huntress for a while now.

edited 25th Apr '15 3:30:21 AM by SolusLupus

Yes, it all looks good besides the semblance, Stormer.

Everyone else is accepted.

• Name: Prospa Azulong
• Codename: Blue Drake
• Gender: Female
• Age: 24
• Birthday: Novus 13th
• Race: Human
• Appearance: Like so.◊
• Weapons and Equipment:
  • Four players: Prospa has four wands that control the four principle dust types. Ariel (wind), Caliban (lightning), Miranda (ice) and Antonio (fire). Each has three modes: a single shot of the element, an elemental stream and a melee weapon composed of that element. The weapon forms are a drill (Ariel), whip (Caliban), hammer (Miranda) and sword (Antonio)
  • The Tempest: The Four Players can be combined together into a javelin, which upon impact with unleash all four of the elemental powers in an explosion.
• Semblance: Performance shuffle: Prospa can create an illusion of herself as a monster in order to terrify her opponents, what the enemy sees is based on their psychology.
• Expertise: Dust craft, Prospa is a high-teir dust user
• Personality: Aloof, imperious and more than a little snobby. She's massively intelligent and looks down on those she considers not "up to snuff". She is capable of kindness and generosity but only to those she thinks have earned it. She also isn't quite happy with how few people are in her life at the moment, but better that than being stabbed in the back again.
• Bio: Prospa was the heiress to a small but wealthy dust company that were old friends of Schnee dust co. She wasn't content with how boring her life was even back then and began constructing rudimentary versions of her current weapons and taking combat classes in secret. This turned out to be a stroke of luck as her family decided that she wouldn't live up to the family name properly and ousted her. Prospa then was accepted into beacon with only her weapons and whatever clothes and possessions she managed to pack into a duffle. She had some money but eventually was forced to work a variety of jobs in order to keep paying for education. She eventually graduated with flying colors and has been working both with and without her team from Beacon ever since.

edited 24th Apr '15 11:17:55 PM by guyshane

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Alright, I changed Lilac's Semblance, as per your request, Saturn. Is what I have now more acceptable?

"Never let anyone tell you that something is impossible." - Monty Oum, 1981-2015

So basically Kevin Levin?

Exactly the inspiration, Solus.

"Never let anyone tell you that something is impossible." - Monty Oum, 1981-2015

• Name: Leonado “Leo” Ocre de Gualdo
• Codename: Saffron Ocelot
• Gender: Male
• Age: 34
• Birthday: Flos 5
• Race: Human
• Appearance: Leonado can be usually seen dressed in a mostly open white shirt and black slacks. Around his waist are twin gold belts running parallel on a diagonal. Also, in contrast to the above-linked reference picture, his eyes are a bright yellow. In addition, he has a golden necklace hanging around his neck, along with some tight golden rings/bracelets in three places on his arms. He is 5'7'', and 184 pounds.
• Weapons and Equipment:
  • Colada & Tizona: A pair of longswords Leonado keeps sheathed on his back. Colada is imbued with wind dust, Tizona with fire dust. In the center of their blade, instead of a blood channel, runs a hollow tube filled with the associated elemental dust as well. By running a charge of aura through the weapon, it can flare up with its elemental affinity impressively. When activated, the tube glows either green or red depending on the sword in question. Additionally, the two swords can be attached to Leonado’s arm-bracelets. This makes them work both as arm blades, but also as pile bunkers. The handles of the swords can launch out if he punches, sending an explosive charge out of the dust tube in the middle.
  • El Cid: A well-maintained revolver Leonado keeps at his side, at all times. He usually doesn’t pull it out unless he needs to, preferring to keep it for sentimental reasons. It is carved with golden inlays of lions and other big cats, both on the grip and along the barrel and chambers. The bullets it fires are specifically, by Leonado, for use with his semblance (without it the bullets would explode inside the barrel). They are very volatile, and as such need to be carefully guided from firing to impact.
  • Babieca: Leonado owns a sportsbike he uses as his main mode of transportation on his own. He can alter its design to make it off-road oriented or on-road oriented at the switch of a button.
• Semblance: Campeador - Allows Leonado to create what he calls a “slipstream”, or a swirling path of yellow light he can use to redirect anything he can classify as a projectile. The larger an object is, the harder it is to influence with his slipstream. In addition to redirection, this also reduces air-resistance.
• Expertise: Pugilist, Duelist, Impeccable Aim
• Personality: Leonado is a man who values skill over anything, above status, appearance, or even likeability. He believes respect is earned, and not deserved. He utterly hates people who are ‘born into greatness’, as his father always said, and act like said circumstances actually matter (despite the privileged nature of his own birth). The professionalism he displays on the job is serious in tone and in action; he doesn’t like to joke or make light of a situation while hunting. When someone, or something, puts up a very hard fight for him, he begins to almost treat them like a friend (as he grows to respect them). Despite his hatred for those who abuse their higher position, he is very conceited, but that's due to what he perceives is his own skill. He’s the sort who makes friends with people he fights. He also has a smoking habit. During his off-mission time, he likes to indulge in the hedonism set into his core, that which he represses on-mission.
• Bio: The Ocre family are extremely wealthy to say the least. They are the sole proprietors of the Atlan megacorporation Ocre Dustworks Incorporated, manufacturers of advanced processed dust, transport tubes, auric injectors, and all sorts of Dust-related tools and accessories. Leonardo, as son of the CEO of said corporation, has had only the highest standards of living and education thrust upon him. This, however, tires him extremely. He sought out the work of a hunter solely because it was something new, and something that did not base itself on the size of his wallet but of his skill in combat. His first year at Beacon was very rough, and a well needed revelation into how the real world works. He quickly became acclimated, and graduated with high marks. Ever since then, he has refused his aging father’s request to return home and succeed him, and instead continues pursuing the life of a hunter. He is not above exploiting his family’s money to improve his weaponry in the slightest either.

edited 30th Apr '15 2:13:06 PM by amporiusrex

"Gimme your pants.. and now your other pants"

This is basically what I would have liked Rising to be but I can't think of a player character.

On the other hand, I thought it might be interesting if Ai's mom showed up as a villain and clashed with the players at some point, though, since ~20 years ago she was working for the White Fang.

Well, 20 years ago the White Fang was still a bunch of peaceful protesters. Though I suppose there are always those outlying factions within the group that promote violence to achieve progress.

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