User blog:WeissSchnee/Viola: An Overview

So, I wrote this overview of Viola, more or less just some general information about her background, motivations and other details. Enjoy.

Finding out who murdered her family and clan. In the end, that singular goal is all the matters to Viola.



Viola Lindynn was born into a simple life. For five years, she lived with her parents and extended family as a small clan in a village that lay on the outskirts on an expansive forest, helping to raise animals and tend crops. One night, this idyllic peace was shattered when the village was attacked. In the chaos, Viola’s mother woke her daughter and told her to seek refuge in the forest, promising that she and her father would come for her when the danger had passed.



They never came for her. When Viola awoke in the nook of a large tree the next morning, she set off home to find them, only to be greeted by a grisly scene of death and destruction. The village had been reduced to smouldering piles of ash and its inhabitants strewn across the red snow. All of them were dead.



Totally alone in the world, Viola set off towards the looming city that could just be seen on the horizon. She received no help from the city’s police and no sympathy from its citizens. For four years she was forced to scratch out a living on the streets, eating from bins and taking shelter in abandoned buildings and empty dumpsters.



Viola’s luck changed, however, after she stole a wealthy woman’s handbag. She was being pursued by two police officers when she met Dorian Grayson who she soon learned was both a successful businessman and powerful crime lord. He smoothed things over in regards to the stolen bag and brought Viola into his employ, letting her stay above a tea room he owned. She no longer had to worry about food or where she was going to sleep.



After passing her initiation test of stealing a lamp from an antique store without being caught, Viola grew to be a trusted member of Dorian’s team and began to do more dangerous jobs. As a reward for her hard work, Dorian agreed to have a special weapon made for Viola of her own design.



Viola designed a pair of RKB (Revolver Knuckle Blades) which she named Wisteria and Callerya. The specially modified barrel of Wisteria (the revolver form) allowed her to fire eight dust enhanced bullets in relatively quick succession, whilst the use of dust when forging Callerya (the blade form) made the metal incredibly strong and sharp.



As she grew up, Viola became an incredibly independent girl, but also a very closed off one. She tended not to form close personal attachments to anyone, preferring to form alliances based on mutual benefit rather than a want for companionship. When she wasn’t working, she was training herself and with Wisteria and Callerya, her mind never far from the thought of gaining revenge on the people responsible for destroying what she’d held most dear.



At fifteen, Viola moved out of the apartment above the tea room and into a place of her own. She continued to do jobs for Dorian, but her attention became more focused on revenge, something he understood. In fact, he gave her the details of a man he’d done business with who he believed would be able to help her find what she was looking for.



Viola made contact with this man and, after gaining his trust by securing a large amount of refined dust, he confirmed that he could indeed help her and would be more than happy to. . . providing of course she did something for him first. Viola agreed, not swayed from her decision when she learned what her mission was or what the fallout would be from it. She wanted to know the truth, and was willing to do whatever it took to get it.



Viola could be best described as a street fighter. Being self taught, her style of fighting is rough around the edges but this doesn’t mean it’s any less effective. Her substantial amount of practice with Wisteria and Callerya means she wields them effortlessly, as though they’re an extension of her own being. What she lacks in physical strength, Viola more than makes up for in agility and speed.



Viola’s Aura is grey in colour and could be classified as a support type Aura. It can be used to increase her reflexes in battle and sense in battle. Viola’s semblance is ability she calls Edged Veil. In battle, Viola can absorb damage done to her and reflect it back as a shockwave. The more damage absorbed, the stronger the shockwave. This is why Viola calls it Edged Veil. The ability is a double edged sword. It can be incredibly powerful, but only if Viola allows herself to be sufficiently damaged.



Viola is somewhat based on Aladdin. There are a few allusions to this, mainly her being an impoverished thief who worked for a man who wasn’t all he appeared to be and having to steal a lamp for her initiation test.