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Team CRMN

“I dunno what you guys do, but I trust my team to do their own thing and they trust me.”

The second main team of the story, CRMN (pronounced Carmine) is composed of Chase Marrón, Roxanne Marrón, Mauve Chevalier, and Niccolo Olivero de Vale.

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In General

• Colour-Coded Characters: Chase is brown, Roxanne is red, Mauve is purple and Niccolo is green.
  • Chase has dark brown skin and wears mostly brown in his outfit, save for the red accents in his hat, his bandana and his shirt.
  • Like her brother, Roxanne wears plenty of red in her shirt, hat, bandana, and the fire Dust vials on her belt.
  • Mauve has purple hair and wears a purple knight tunic with a darker purple triangle on it.
  • Niccolo has bright green eyes and wears various shades of green, having a light green shirt with olive green suspenders and a darker green jacket tied around his waist.
• Deuteragonist: This to Team AZRE. Much of Volume 2 is spent developing not only their lives and kingdom, but Roxanne is an important piece with her role as the future Summer Maiden, and being a SEW along with her brother and sister.
• Family of Choice: While Chase and Roxanna are twins, they see Mauve and Niccolo as just as much family as each other. Given that Niccolo came to Vacuo long before he was old enough to join Shade Academy, he lived with Eliana and the Marrón siblings for years.
• Fun with Acronyms: Like every other team, their team name is pronounced "carmine" which is a shade of red.
• Gender-Equal Ensemble: Just like Team AZRE, Team CRMN is made up of two guys (Chase, Niccolo) and two girls (Roxanne, Mauve).
• Magical Eye: Both Chase and Roxanne have silver eyes, which are said by legend to defeat the Grimm and are incredibly rare.

Chase Marrón

Chase Marrón

"I dunno how you guys do things in Beacon, but here in Shade? The leader is the one who can make the hard choices, and it ain’t me."

“Way I see it, ain’t no point in trying to fight something you know you can’t win.”

The leader and C of Team CRMN, Chase is as suave as he is reckless, preferring a life of doing whatever he wants as opposed to taking care of his responsibilities. A student with silver eyes, just like his sisters, Chase has lived in Shade Academy since he was 12, living under his adoptive mother and headmistress of Shade; Eliana Kokkinos.

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• Adoption Angst: Averted. Whatever problems Chase has with Eliana, it's not because she isn't his biological mother.
• Armor-Piercing Question: Subjected to one. When he insists that Roxanne is a better leader than him and that the team are better off following her, Eirian asks what Roxanne thinks about it. Chase dodges the question.
• Badass Bandolier: His belt holds the Dust bullets he uses for his guns.
• Big Damn Heroes: He saves Zanthus from being kidnapped by the Alpha Stitched.
• Boring, but Practical: His guns are just simply guns, which is considered strange among students with weapons that can shift into different modes and almost always have a gun option. In Chase's hands, though, they're put to good use.
• Bullet Time: Fitting his cowboy theme, his Semblance works similar to this. His perspective turns sepia, and Chase can fire at such rapid rate that it comparable to a human machine gun.
• Coordinated Clothes: He and Roxanne wear similar cowboy outfits with similar colour schemes, played further with them both having black hair and silver eyes. However, the designs are different enough that they're more unique to each twin.
• Dark and Troubled Past: While Chase tries to act like his past doesn't affect him anymore, his parents being killed in a sandstorm when he was twelve, and the years after having to take on responsibilities beyond his age has left him emotionally stunted and unable to handle the work needed to be a Huntsman and a leader.
• Dashing Hispanic: He's suave, witty, and very popular amongst the ladies, and men. However, he's developed far beyond the stock trope, shown to have unresolved trauma from his past, a deep love for his family that lies in conflict with his desire to finally do what he wants, and his inability to get his mother to be proud in him that causes no small amount of stress to the relationship.
• Elemental Eye Colors: His silver eyes allow him to summon bright light that harms Grimm.
• Establishing Character Moment: He's introduced into the story by suddenly speeding by and snatching Adam from Hotep's Palazar, dragging him along on his race with Sun as they speed through the city, causing destruction as they go. While Sun seems concerned that they'll get into trouble, Chase brushes it off and apologises to Adam for the unwilling drag race, but didn't want to mow him down instead. This sets Chase up as a fun loving, if irresponsible, young man who thinks quick on his feet and has a more laid back attitude to potential backlash.
• Even the Guys Want Him: He's bisexual, and is stated to have slept with as many guys as he has girls.
• Freudian Excuse: His reason for pushing Aurora's wellbeing onto Roxanna and Sun? He had been raising her since he was just twelve years old, on top of having unresolved trauma from losing his parents at such a young age.
• Gentle Touch vs. Firm Hand: The Gentle Touch to Roxanne's Firm Hand. Chase prefers to give some advice and nudge the person towards the goal, not holding it over them if they struggle and make mistakes.
• Glowing Eyes: His silver eyes can do this.
• Gratuitous Spanish: While far less than Roxanne, Chase does speak Spanish from time to time, though it's mostly one or two words.
• The Gunslinger: His dual pistols and cowboy design makes him one.
• Guns Akimbo: He wields dual pistols that fire off the Dust cartridges that he carries on his belt.
• Hidden Depths: He's a flirt and enjoys sex as much as the next guy, but he never pushes and respects people when they make it clear that they're not interested.
  • Needs of the Few delves more into his psyche. Despite his blasé attitude around not being as good a leader or student as Roxanne, Chase seems to suffer from severe self-esteem issues, believing that his only good quality is being able to shoot good.
• Improbable Aiming Skills: He's able to make near impossible shots from long distances with just pistols. Not only could he deflect a bullet off Eirian's weapon so it hit her during training, but was able to shoot the Grimm through the foot while it was in the air and all without hitting Zanthus.

  Chase: First thing to know 'bout me. I never miss a shot.

• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He's irresponsible, lazy, unintentionally offensive, and tends to put his own wants over the welfare of others. However, he geuninely does love his family and simply doesn't know how to balance his responsibilities with his desires, and is otherwise an easy going young man who doesn't tend to hold grudges with people.
• The Leader: It's his initial at the start of the team name, but he is very much not a good leader. When push comes to shove, he prefers to leave the actual leading to Roxanne, believing she's better equipped for it than he is.
• Locked Out of the Loop: Worse than the rest of the students, since his mother and sister know, but Chase has no idea of Salem's existance, the Maidens, or the truth behind Ozpin and his magic. He doesn't even know that Roxanne has been chosen to be the next Summer Maiden, meaning that when the time comes, she will have to leave her siblings and family to protect them from those looking to take her power.
• Lovable Rogue: Even with his irresponsible nature, Chase is a nice guy and defends his friends when the situation calls for it.
• Meaningful Name:
  • Chase is French meaning "to hunt". He's working towards becoming a Huntsman and "hunts" down Grimm, on top of more informally chasing after every person who catches his fancy.
  • Marrón is the Spanish word for maroon, or a reddish brown. He wears plenty of brown and red on his outfit, including his jacket, pants, and hat.
  • While not him specifically, his race in Remnant terms is Viajero, which is Spanish for "traveller". His people occupy the northern dry plains of Vacuo, and are described as one of the nomadic races, or travel around Vacuo.
• Mr. Fanservice: While not as much as Zanthus, Chase wears his clothes to show off much of his muscular body underneath, having no sleeves and unbuttoning it down to past his chest.
• Mr. Vice Guy: He's a Huntsman, but he's also shown to be deeply selfish in his wants and unashamed of his blatant lust for other people, even to the embarressment of his sister and mother. Despite that, he does care deep down about his family, and changes his behaviour towards Aurora when called out by Adam.
• Never My Fault: Although he does accept the scolding, Chase tends to ignore his own hand in bringing Eliana's wraths down on him, seemingly unable to see past his desires and frustration to realise that his mother would be far more receptive if he was just took his responsibilities seriously.
• The Nicknamer: He often gives people around him nicknames, though he isn't called anything other than his name.
• Parental Abandonment: Both his biological parents died when he was a kid. Thankfully, Chase and his siblings were adopted by Eliana and given refuge in Shade Academy.
  • He later does this to Aurora, putting all his responsibilities regarding her onto Roxanne and Sun. After a talking to from Adam, he tries to bridge the gap between him and his little sister again.
• Polar Opposite Twins: Downplayed. While Chase is reckless, flirtatious and prefers to think of himself rather than others, Roxanne is cautious, responsible and takes far more onto herself irregardless of how much she can actually handle. They both share a sociable personality, and are good if somewhat flawed role models towards their younger sister; Aurora. It's because of this that Chase is kept in the dark about Salem, as Eliana doesn't trust him to handle the situation properly.
• Promoted to Parent: After the death of their parents, Chase, along with Roxanne, replaced them for Aurora. Though, Chase didn't exactly keep this role for as long as Roxanne.
• Really Gets Around: Much to the embarrassment of his mother.
• Ship Tease: With all of Team AZRE, besides obviously Ruri. Though it doesn't go anywhere with Zanthus and Adam, due to them getting together, his relationship with Eirian seems more platonic with both rejecting the possibility of them dating.
• Shock and Awe: Though he isn't shown using them specifically, his belt holds exclusively yellow Dust cartridges; which are full of Lightning Dust. Needs of the Few finally shows him using them, confessing that he prefers using that type of Dust compared to others like Gravity.
• Sleeves Are for Wimps: His shirt noticeably doesn't have sleeves, showing off his arms.
• Technicolor Eyes: He, along with his two biological siblings, were born with silver eyes.
• Weapon Twirling: He does this often with his dual pistols.
• "Well Done, Son" Guy: All he wants is for his mother to be proud in him. It's pretty hard when he goes out of his way to cause commotion and destruction in Eliana's city, putting more stress on her.

Roxanne Marrón

Roxanne Marrón

"Fight now, complain later!"

“But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try. Which would you rather do? Work hard and find out for sure, even if it means your work will be wasted, or do nothing and never know?”

The R of Team CRMN, Roxanne may not be at the first of the team name, but she is the one considered the true leader. Focused, responsible, if a bit more willing to give out tough love, she is Chase's twin sister and the adopted daughter of Eliana Kokkinos.

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• Affectionate Nickname: She's called "Roxxie" by her family.
• Armed Legs: Her boots hold her weapons, Dust cylinders that feed Dust into the grooves sewn into her shoes that give Roxanne elemental attacks.
• Badass Bandolier: Her belt holds the Dust vials that she inserts into the cylinders on her boots.
• Broken Ace: Despite all her skill and popularity, Roxanne is an isolated girl unable to vent her frustrations and grief to anyone because of the secrets she has to keep.
• Brutal Honesty: She's not one to hold back her opinion in front of anyone.
• Cleavage Window: The combination of her low cut shirt and her bandana leaves a boob window in her outfit.
• Cool Big Sis: This to Aurora and Sun.
• Coordinated Clothes: She and Chase wear similar cowboy aesthetic clothing and share a colour scheme of red, brown and tan. However, Roxanne seems to prefer wearing tan and red, whereas Chase wears more brown.
• Dance Battler: Her fighting style means that she often has to use her hands to lift her feet up enough to hit her targets, making it look like she's breakdancing.
• Dark and Troubled Past: Just like Chase and Aurora, Roxanne was left orphaned at twelve after her parents were killed. When she was brought to Isidis City to live in Shade with Eliana, she had to take on more responsibilities than she should have, and has been doing so even into adulthood. Unlike Chase, it's worse since she knows that Salem targeted her parents for their silver eyes, and will go after her and her remaining family if they are discovered.
• Dope Slap: She gives this to Sun and Chase when she first appears, hitting them in the face with her sandal.
• Elemental Eye Colors: Her silver eyes allow Roxanne to summon bright white light from them, harming any Grimm around her.
• Establishing Character Moment:
  • Her first appearance in From the Sidelines has her winning the fight against Steven Rosewater, an older student from Beacon, and accepting the victory with commemorating Steven for his effort, showing a humble attitude and ability to compliment others, even those from different kingdoms.
  • When she's properly introduced in Golden Sands Ahead, she comes in by throwing her shoe at her brother's face, smacking Sun, and reprimanding both of them for their reckless behaviour. When she realises that Adam was unwillingly brought along, she gives him the benefit of the doubt and defends him from her angry mother, showing that while she's strict, she's not unreasonable.
• Gentle Touch vs. Firm Hand: The Firm Hand to Chase's Gentle Touch. Roxanne is far more strict and straight up tells those she's guiding that they have to think for themselves and operate as is demanded of their career choice.
• Glowing Eyes: Her silver eyes can do this.
• Good is Not Nice: She's definitely one of the good guys, and mostly amicable, but being raised in Vacuo means that Roxanne is far less willing to let emotions and morality cloud her judgement. Even if it's a friend in danger, as seen with Ruri's kidnapping.
• Gratuitous Spanish: She tends to speak untranslated Spanish to her siblings.
• Hidden Depths: While she projects a persona of calmness and maturity, Roxanne does have moments where the mask slips and she's shown to be as clueless and afraid as the rest of the students around her. On top of that, while she takes her future career as a Huntress seriously and wants to protect people, she's still clearly traumatised from her parents' death and asks a missing Chase to not be a hero.
• Jerkass Has a Point: While she can be seen as more cold than the Beacon taught team AZRE, she is right in pointing out that Beacon has become too lazy and irresponsible to maintaining vigilance, even during a time of peace. Given that she's the only one outside of Ozpin's inner circle who knows about Salem, she has a right to be worried that everyone outside of Vacuo are getting too comfortable.
  • Although Zanthus is validated in wanting to help the pilots that sacrificed themselves so the students could escape the damaged ship, Roxanne has a point in that there's nothing they could do at that moment, and that the they shouldn't endanger themselves and the mission trying to save everyone. This later comes back when Ruri is kidnapped, as Roxanne is less than willing to let the team go after them and abandon Gaza to the increased Grimm attack, especially when half of them were exhausted from just fighting.
• Kick Chick: Her primary fighting style of Capoeira and choice of weapons means that she tends to favour her feet for fighting.
• The Leader: While Chase is considered the leader of team CRMN, Roxanne has taken the responsibility and is the one her teammates turn to when a decision is needing to be made. When team CRMN and AZRE team up, she is the one giving out orders with Adam, pushing him to take a more proactive role in the team.
• Like Mother, Like Daughter: Even though they're not related by blood, Roxanne shares many traits with her adoptive mother; Eliana. Both are mature, driven women who tend to put the good of the mission/the world over their own desires, or what is morally right. Despite this, they are still clearly affected by their choices.
• Meaningful Name:
  • Roxanne is of various different origins that all mean "dawn, sun, day" or "red", not only connecting to her red colour motif, but her status as the future Summer Maiden.
  • Marrón is the Spanish word for "maroon", which is a reddish-brown colour. She wears plenty of brown and red, though offsets it with the lighter tan colour of her pants.
• Ms. Exposition: Shares this with Eirian and Zanthus. Since she was born and raised in Vacuo, Roxanne is able to spare more information about Isidis City and Vacuan culture to team AZRE, and therefore the audience.
• Parental Abandonment: Her parents were killed when she was a child.
• Promoted to Parent: Even after coming to Shade when she was a child, Roxanne became a replacement mother for Aurora, along with Chase.
• Spicy Latina: Averted. While she can get angry, it's always in justified situations such as Adam and Mauve arguing, as the increased negativity would bring more Grimm to them and endanger the mission. Otherwise, Roxanne shows an impressive amount of restraint and cool headedness, even when others are trying to argue with her. Although her outfit does show some of her large bust, she's not overtly sexualises and actually wears more clothes than either of her brothers.
• Strong and Skilled: Despite having a dangerous Semblance and silver eyes, the most dangerous thing about Roxanne is her fighting prowess and creative use of Dust in her boots. Because of her skills, she's considered one of the strongest students so far in AZRE, and was chosen to be the next Summer Maiden.
• Technicolor Eyes: He, along with his two biological siblings, were born with silver eyes.* The Unchosen One: With Salem's forces gathering and the headmasters fearing that the era of peace will soon come to an end, Ozpin and Eliana had chosen Roxanne to be the successor to the current Summer Maiden; Chavi. While she is clearly feeling the pressure and understandably falters when she learns she will have to leave her entire family to protect them, Roxanne decides to accept the role anyway due to her desire to protect her people from Salem.

Mauve Chevalier

Mauve Chevalier

"We’re old enough to be permitted on missions outside of the city’s borders. We trained for this."

"You don’t like me. I don’t like you. But we don’t need to like each other to get a job done. So, you can stand there and insult me for being Atlesian until you’re blue in the face, but I suggest we put it aside for one day and just… try to work together."

The M of Team CRMN, Mauve Chevalier is an Atlesian born Huntress in training who descended from a minor noblewoman and a well known soldier of the Atlas military. Life living in Atlas, and later Argus, has left her with an intense desire to protect her kingdom's name, though that leaves her at odds when working with people Atlas has directly hurt.

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• Affectionate Nickname: Chase calls her "Val", a shortened version of her surname Chevalier.
• Batter Up!: She wields a baston a feu, or a French hand cannon. It can either be used for heavy fire with her bombs, or transform into a heavy bat that Mauve can swing at people.
• Berserk Button: Surprisingly, any mention of Arthur Watts is this, as he betrayed Atlas even after * everything it gave to him, showing just how deep Mauve's loyalty is to her kingdom.
• Blood Magic: Her Semblance is revealed to be the ability to form links with a target, allowing Mauve to control them and inflict any damage to them that's been done to her. However, to form the link, she needs to ingest their blood.
• Broken Pedestal: Atlas starts to become one for her. After the Storm has her trying to decline Atlas' involvement with messing with the soul, but even she isn't convinced by Ironwood's excuses.
• Facial Markings: She has a massive burn scar running along the right side of her jaw.
• Family Honour: She tends to hold her family in high regards, and likely went to Shade Academy to learn to become a Huntress and uphold their history. It starts to become a problem when she refuses to stop even when she is unable to help, justifying it that her father would've kept going regardless of how he was faring.
• Heroic Lineage: While not a legend outside of Atlas, Mauve's father was a high ranking soldier in the military and apparently noticeable enough that he was able to marry his wife without much backlash, despite her being a noblewoman. Mauve clearly holds her history in high respect, and wants to carry it on as a Huntress.
• Heroic RRoD: While Mauve's Semblance means that any damage done to her can be transfered to her target too, the same goes for the other way. Th reason she doesn't use it very often is that it puts her in danger of being seriously injured should the person she's linked to be injured also, even potentially killing Mauve too.
• Hidden Depths: Although Mauve does hold some questionable beliefs about not only her kingdom's past actions, but of the Faunus and other kingdoms, she is still mature enough to have debates with people that have been personally wronged by Atlas. When someone presents a good point, she accepts it and changes her opinion, showing a level of emotional maturity not seen in other Atlesians like Gustave or Weiss.
  • Also, her pride in her kingdom and her lineage doesn't actually extend to Mauve herself. She's actually very self concious, especially when regarding her Semblance.
• Innocently Insensitive: Due to her upbringing in the racist society of Atlas, Mauve doesn't always know that what she's saying is offensive. Good examples being calling Eirian a "half-breed" to her face, and justifying Atlas' occupation of Vacuo and Menagerie to people from both kingdoms, while two of her friends and teammates are native Vacuans.
• Knight In Shining Armour: A rare female example. Despite her missteps, Mauve does embody the core traits of a Huntress; intelligent, strong, and having a desire to help people, shown in her decision to remain with Roxanne and help the people of Gaza, later on comforting her friend when she showed doubt in her decision. Mauve also wears traditional medieval knight armour, though favours less metal since she's studying and training in Vacuo; a desert.
• Major Injury Underreaction: She's impaled through the shoulder during the fight with Carmine, but that doesn't stop Mauve from freeing herself to help an injured Roxanne.
• Meaningful Name:
  • Mauve is French for "Mallow Plant", where its purple petals gave the word mauve for the colour. Mauve herself is dressed primarily in purple, and has purple hair.
  • Chevalier is the French word for a Knight, connecting to Mauve's knight aesthetic and her family connection to the Atlesian army.
• My Master, Right or Wrong: Defied. Mauve does love her kingdom, and is shown to detest those who've betrayed it like Arthur Watts, but she is not above criticising it either and won't lash back at anyone who doesn't share the same opinion.
• Odd Friendship: Mauve, an Atlesian of noble birth, is friends and partners with Niccolo, a poor Faunus.
• Politically Incorrect Hero: Though she doesn't mean it, Mauve does have some outdated views on Faunus and Atlas' expansion into the other kingdoms, specifically Menagerie and Vacuo. However, she's willing to accept when someone tells her she's wrong.
• Prim and Proper Bun: She wears her hair in a tight bun that sits at the back of her neck.
• Purple Is Powerful: Her colour motif is purple, and as such not only does Mauve dress primarily in purple, but her Aura, an extension of her soul, is coloured as purple light.
• Throw Down the Bomblet: She makes and uses bombs, but fits the cold and more calculating type of bomber than the aggressive, trigger happy type.
• Yellow Eyes of Sneakiness: She has golden yellow eyes, and while Mauve does try to prove herself, some people tend to not trust her because of her nationality as an Atlesian citizen. Especially Adam.

Niccolo Olivero De Vale

Niccolo Olivero De Vale

"A Mother of the temple there found me. She gave me my name, Niccolo, and she… loved me."

"This here’s Niccolo, but we just call him Nicci for short. He, uh… he doesn’t talk much."

The N of Team CRMN, Niccolo Olivero de Vale travelled across Vale and Vacuo before settling down in Shade, having been on his own all his life, all except his one fated stay in the Valerian town of Salerno. Preferring to keep quiet, not much is known of him or his past, not even by his own team.

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• Affectionate Nickname: "Nicci" by Chase.
• Anatomy Arsenal: His Semblance gives him the ability to use his own bones in battle, whether as defence or offense.
• Animal Motifs: Dogs. His hair and ears are more towards the Rottweiler breed, but Niccolo is aloof, protective and loyal to a T towards his team and his family.
• Bad with the Bone: Although it's mostly for defence, Niccolo can use his bones as counter offense.
• Bizarre Human Biology: The only Faunus with animal ears so far that is shown to have no human ears, though it's noted that every Faunus who has animal ears don't have human ears, but style their hair or accessories so that it's not noticable.
• Body Horror: The others see his Semblance as this. It unnerves everyone since his bones have to rip through his skin to work, which isn't a pleasant sight.
• Dark and Troubled Past: Not much is known due to Niccolo not speaking much, but he had always been on his own for as long as he remembers, unable to recall his parents or where they went. As a child, he suffered from racism and bigotry, which eventually followed him to the town of Salerno in Southern Vale. Although he found shelter at a Temple, and was even informally adopted by the Mother there, the humans demanded that she cast him out for being a Faunus. When she refused, something happened that killed her and left Niccolo scarred and homeless once more.
• Eye Scream: He's completely blind in his left eye, similar to Adam.
• Facial Horror: The entire left side of his face had been badly burned, left with scarring that completely singed his eyebrow and part of his hairline off.
• Little Bit Beastly: He's a dog Faunus, and so has two floppy black ears.
• Meaningful Name:
  • Niccolo is an Italian name meaning "People of victory", connected to not only his role as winning against the Grimm to protect the people, but that his team have experienced many victories by working together.
  • Olivero is the Italian version of Oliver, meaning "oliver tree". He's dressed in various shades of green, and his Aura is shown to be green light.
  • His title 'de Vale' isn't seen with any other character, even those who come from Vale. Since Vale is inspired by Italy and the Roman Empire, it's likely that the name simply denotes that Niccolo is from Vale.
• Parental Substitute: For a while, he was taken in by an unnamed Mother in Salerno's temple, who gave Niccolo his name. It didn't last long.
• Primal Fear: He has a deep fear of fire. Justified, since he is horrifically burned on the entire left side of his face.
• The Quiet One: Like Chase says in the quote above, Niccolo doesn't speak often. Even when he does, it's short, quiet sentences with plenty of pauses.
• Split Personality: He's revealed to have DID. From what Roxanne has said, he has five alters currently; Rossa, Flavio, Azzurra, Porfirio, and Niccolo.
• Token Non-Human: The only Faunus on Team CRMN.
• Unusual Eyebrows: Rather than the normal eyebrows that everyone else has, Niccolo's eyebrows are two brown dots, similar to the trademark eyebrows of the Rottweiler. It's unknown if they're natural, or styled like that.