Tzila Ashland

"“The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who haven't got it.”."

Tzila is an original character based in the RWBY-verse and created by WeissSchnee. She is loosely based on the Big Bad Wolf.

Appearance
Tzila is tall for her age, with an athletic build. She has grey eyes and long grey hair with pale, almost alabaster skin. She also has two grey wolf ears. Her slim features have resulted in some calling her classically beautiful.

Tzila's outfit consists of a short sleeveless grey kimono with white and black accents, a short sleeve black top, black and grey tights, grey and black boots with white soles, elbow length fingerless black gloves and a white armor pauldron with her emblem on it.

Personality
Tzila is generally a quite, reserved person with people she doesn't know. However, to those she gets to know, she is a very loyal and protective friend. Tzila is very intelligent, but doesn't belittle people with her intelligence. She rarely gets angry, and is nearly always level headed and calm outside of combat. When in a fight, she becomes very focused and determined.

History
Being a Faunus was seen as a mark of shame in the Ashland family when Tzila was born, just as it was when her paternal grandfather (who was also a Faunus), was born.

Both of Tzila’s parents were officers of the Vale Police Department, and both were equally disappointed when their daughter was born with a pair of very visible wolf ears. Her father had had special contacts made to disguise his wolfish eyes. As such, they sent her to live with her paternal grandfather, who was also a wolf Faunus and had a tail, when she was four years old. Tzila  only ended up seeing her parents when they would come around to give her grandfather money for her schooling and basic expenses, or when they tried to push her into having an operation to remove her ears.

Despite her parent’s obvious aversion to her, Tzila never hated or despised her parents in return. In fact, when asked by a teacher about her parents and their attitude to her being a Faunus, Tzila said she pitied them because they were too narrow minded to see past old and outdated prejudices.

Tzila decided very early on that she wanted to be a Huntress, not just to protect people from the Grimm, but to show them that not all Faunus were criminals like those in the White Fang. She graduated near the top of her year at Signal Academy and gained admission into the prestigious Beacon Academy.

Tzila and her team were at Beacon when the attack began, and helped defend the school until the evacuation started.

Combat
In combat, Tzila is very agile and strong. She has a good strategic mind and is best able to utilize this when working in a team. She is able to run and fight at a heightened speed to her peers with minimal effort or exertion. Like all Faunus, Tzila has excellent night vision. In combat, Tzila uses a DESS (Dual Edged Shotgun Staff), a weapon that has two forms. It’s called Ravusperun.

Ravusperun's default/ carry form is a pair of axes with shotgun barrels in the top of the axe head capable of firing six shotgun shells before needing to be reloaded. While Ravusperun is deadly in this form, it's when Tzila puts the two axes together and they become a staff that she can inflict the most damage in the quickest time. Tzila's exceptional speed and agility make her a force to be reckoned with no matter what form she wields her weapon in, and she only becomes even more dangerous to her enemies when she activates her Semblance.

Aura
Tzila’s Aura is a pale shade of grey.

Tzila Semblance is called Spin. Tzila is able to spin incredibly rapidly without becoming disorientated and can control the direction she moves when spinning. Using this in conjunction with her weapon enables her to use an attack she likes to call Razor Whirl.

Trivia
- The name Tzila is Hebrew in origin. The T in the name is silent, making it pronounced Zila. The name itself means Shadow, shadow makes you think of the colour blackand that it how it follows the CNR.

- Ornella loves roses.

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