Viola de la Luna

"By moonlit grace, stand proud and ever watchful oh keeper of the Night. Let thy song be heard as thou rain thy fury upon the land of the wicked...Hear me Sing."

- Viola de la Luna

Background
The Luna Clan of Huntsmen is one of the many groups originated from The First Men(the first people to rise against the Grim). Being this old, the Clan is ruled by strict rules and traditions. Among this traditions, is the one of opposition to a sister clan, the Sol. The conflict is as old as the clans themselves and possibility for a truce is very unlikely.

Another tradition is of never mingling with the enemy clan. And as any rule, there are those who break it. Those were Viola’s Mother Talia and biologic father Antonio. The pair maintained a secret relationship and managed to keep it that way for years until Talia became pregnant.

In order to avoid complications, Talia married her best friend, a homosexual Dust magnate who supplied weapons to the clan(NAKAlSiO Dust Armaments). The agreement was mutually beneficial, since Talia could cover up the reason behind her pregnancy, while Yuri Nakalsio strengthened the bonds with his favorite customer, resulting in a boon to his sales. A few months after the marriage, Talia gave birth to twins. They were named Viola and Sebastian.

There was something that always bothered to elders of the clan, though. People from the Luna clan are born with very light hair and skin, which the twins displayed, but with dark blue or purple eyes. The children’s was of a bright orange.

The questions and inconsistencies piled up over the years, reaching the final straw when Antonio’s sister outed their relationship. In order to avoid a scandal, the elders of both clans decided to turn a blind eye to the union as long as Talia and Antonio stayed separated, and the conditions of the twins’ birth kept a secret.

Antonio’s whereabouts are unkown, while Talia was assigned (only officially, but in fact  banished) to The Black Forest*. As for the children, they are under care of their father and were to be trained in the Luna Hunting Style by the elders like any other child.

As determined, Viola and Sebastian grew up under strict tutelage, being groomed to become Hunters worthy of the Luna name. But unlike the other clanschildren, they were seen as an embodiment of sacrilege by some of the elders and treated as black sheep.

Despite all the hardship and the limited presence of their mother, Viola and Sebastian had a loving and supportive father to help them through the years of training.

Appearance:
The Luna clan is not just a group, but also a family. As a family, some traits are present in all of it’s members. Some traits that are never absent are color of hair and skin, which are always fair, and dark eyes.

Viola’s hair is platinum blonde, having equally light skin, but bright orange eyes that feel somewhat misplaced. His battle gear is composed of a protective one-piece worn under dark-purple pants, a fashionably teared shoulder-less shirt and a purple, Grimm-fur decorated jacket.

Weapon:
Viola was taught to use a traditional Luna weapon, the Bowring, in combat during his training. Since the apprentices were able to customize their weapons, Viola modified his bowring to serve as a Lyre, reflecting his tast for music. A Gravity Dust Crystal allows him to manipulate the ring after tossing it and using different gravity-based dust applications.

Personality:
In order to survive as a target of unfair treatment, Viola created a seemly indestructible exterior of confidence and self-esteem, something no instructor or bully could break. And it actually worked! All the backhanded compliments or unfair criticism bounced right off of Viola, as he focused on showing those who saw him as something less he was as good as any other trainee.

The downside of that is that the smug and prepotent façade became more real than he intended. Viola has a bit too much of confidence in his abilities and, although rare are the times he can’t back up his bravado, he becomes highly irritable when things don’t go as planned.

In a more casual environment, Viola is a mature young man with sharp wits and an even sharper tonge. He’s also surprisingly street-smart, having as best-friend a faunus boy involved in shady business.

Abilities:
Viola is a jack-of-all-trades fighter, focused on speed and Dust manipulation. Viola lacks physical strength, so he relies on positioning and quantity of attacks per second in order to overwhelm the enemy before they have a chance to react.



Luna apprentices are trained in several types of combat before they chose between one of the clan’s advanced styles, so Viola has substantial knowledge of Close-combat, Ranged and Supporting.

In short range, Viola is very acrobatic, fighting with Dust augmented scratches and kicks, paired with powerful Dust Applications used at point-blank. From afar, he can fire dust-based projectiles and sound-waves to take enemies out. Finally, Viola supports allies through his Semblance and using Orion’s cores in defensive formations.

Semblance:
Like Glyphs, Viola’s Song create a circular crest that can generate various effects based on which notes are added to it. This process is called composition, and it’s by-product either an “Aria" or a "Concerto”.



An Aria happens when a Song is composed exclusively through singing. The effects created by an Aria are stronger and have a larger area of effect, but compromise Viola’s mobility, since he must stand relatively still to sing.

A Concerto in other hand, is composed through an instrument(Dying Moon’s Lyre Mode or Orion’s Turn-Table Mode), but can be accompanied by vocals. Concertos allow Viola to move more freely and sustain the Song’s effect as he can play while he moves.

Songs drain Viola of his energy, so playing songs for too long will exhaust him.

Trivia:
 * Like his teammates, Viola was created inspired a verse of the song “In Other Words”/”Fly me to the Moon”(Verse: “Fly me to the moon, and let me play among the stars…”).
 * “Viola” is both the genus of Violets and the name of an instrument.
 * Like the other members of team VCTA, Viola was named after a Shakespearean character.
 * He is “Viola”, The main character of The Twelfth Night.
 * Viola was also inspired on Sun, Moon and Talia, the fairy tale from which the Sleeping beauty was based.
 * Viola loves music, be it classic or contemporary.
 * He is an excellent singer and can play piano.
 * He composes and remix music in his free time.
 * He doesn’t get to interact with his mother much. Most of their communications are through mail or phone.
 * The Black Forest is a location near the border of the kingdom. It is a forbidden territory under the Luna’s protection. Protection from what is inside. Also known as the Evernight Forest, the forest is so tall and thick, nearly no light passes through the leaves, giving a feeling of timelessness. Entering it is a rite of passage in the Luna clan.
 * Viola’s relationship with Sebastian is terrible. While Viola endured the grief they got as half-Sol children, Sebastian had always bee rebellious. They disagree in pretty much everything and can’t stand the other.
 * Sebastian goes to a School in Mistral, both to avoid his twin brother and to look for his biological father.
 * Viola used to sing in his faunus friend(Fenrir) mob’s bar disguised as a Faunus girl.
 * The cross-dressing element is also a reference to Viola’s Shakespearean counterpart.