Aurea Melankranz

"What's special about me? I couldn't tell you if I tried. All I know is that I can hit things really hard. However even if that's the only thing I can do then I'm going to make sure that I am the absolute best at it! The people who are relying on me don't deserve anything less."

Aurea Rosenkranz is an up and coming Huntress-in-training attending Beacon Academy. She weilds a special war hammer and specializes in up close and personal combat, beating her opponents into the ground. Her families motto is 'There is a certain level of power against which not tactics can prevail.'

Appearance
Aurea is a rather large girl. At 6'3 she is very well muscled and as is a trademark for females in her family she has a rather prodigious chest, though not yet on par with her mother or older sisters. She has bright blond hair that reaches to the small of her back in a smooth ponytail and gunmetal gray eyes. Like her father Alexandra is slightly baby faced and has a small nose, giving her cute rather than sexy appearance in contrast to her older sister Serena. She is usually smiling in good cheer rather than being serious faced like her father.

She typically wears a yellow sports bra and black sweat pants with combat boots to finish it off as her usual attire. This is because thanks to the training she went through under her family, the elements and various other hazards are not much of a concern for her. Therefore this wardrobe means that she has a greater range of movement. Whenever she wants to dress up more she wears a baby blue tank top with white hip hugger jeans and black sneakers.

Personality
Aurea is a sweetheart. She was taught all about the importance of nobility, honor, and kindness from her parents in order to make her not just a great warrior, but a great person as well. As such she wishes to dedicate her life to being a huntress and protecting the masses. However that is not to say that she is without flaws or that she is a goody two-shoes. Aurea when not in combat can be very naive about most social situations as most of what her training was for combat and she dedicated herself to it heavily. It is also as a result of her family being rather tightnit and growing up in a remote mountain village where everyoen knows one another. As such she has little to no concept of personal shame. To her skin is skin and she doesn't see why people would freak out upon being walked in on in the shower. After all she tooks baths quite regularly with her siblings. Another note is that she is quick to solve her problems and confrontation with physicality thanks to her love of combat. Fighting is in her nature and in her blood so challenging someone to a fight is often her first solution. However she will hold in this urge against those who cannot fight and thus will not challenge them for their is no honor is beating a defenseless or weak opponent.

When she does get into combat it is like a switch is flipped, and gone is the sweet girl with the nice smile. Your now dealing with a trained warrior who is analyzing your every move to find out how best to take you down, hard. She doesn't talk much, nad if you are sparring you had better be prepared for full contact. Hits to the solar plexus, stomps to the toes, even strikes to the neck and occationally the eyes! Very few things are sacred in a fight with Aurea. She is almost like a different person when in combat.

Personal History
Aurea was born to Liliana and Reinhold Rosenkranz as their third child. As she was born into the Rosenkranz family Aurea comes from a long line of fierce warriors with roots dating back to the barbarians who used their rage to reach new hieghts of physical ability. What probably comes as a surprise is that her family is highly matriarchal. Her father married into the family after catching her mother's eye through defeating her in combat. She has been trained from a young age to be a huntress and she poured her heart and soul into it. Her mother trained her brutally in the Rosenkranz traditional style, and she requested her father teach her his CQC, Krav Maga martial arts in order to futher her physical training. She grasped the physical and tactical concepts quickly but she lacks any real experience. She will be attending Beacon academy in order to attain this experience. For Alexandra she is as excited as can be. After all she got to see whether all that home schooling and training would be of use.

As most of her life was spent at home Aurea is not very worldly, nor does she have much to relate to other people. She lived a very normal life. Of course, normal for her included pushing a boulder uphill at the age of 14 everyday. No much of the excitement in Aurea's life comes from her unique family. With her elder two siblings being hunters already, her parents being hunters that are still in the game, and a little brother who is a gadgeteer genius a big part of Aurea feels that she is not special enough. Hence her give 120% attitude. However she knows that she can always call on them if she needs help or advice.

Family
Liliana Rosenkranz: Mother, age 47

Reinhold Rosenkranz: Father, age 49; birth name Beroth

Serena Rosenkranz: Older Sister, age 23

Grans Rosenkranz: Older Brother, age 20

Talos Rosenkranz: Younger Brother, age 15

Francheska Rosenkranz: Younger Sister, age 15

Friends and Allies
None established yet

Rival and Enemies
None established yet

Strengths
Aurea is a very strong combatant. She has a very direct and simple fighting style, focusing and building on the basics of combat. This makes her style flexible and malleable. While she is not as agile as most fighters she is far stronger physically. An example of this is that one of her training exercises was to push a boulder up a hill. Similarly she is extraordinarily tough and focused when in battle, analyzing the enemy and how to defeat them.

Additionally Aurea has extensive training that allows her to fight even without her weapon. A combination of CQC and Krav Maga, sprinkled with a little bit of Mui Thai was taught to her by her father. The brutality of these styles combined with her raw physicality almost make one dread when she decides to put down her weapon. Thanks to her training she has some sense of survival skills as well

Weaknesses
Aurea focus is a double edged sword of sorts. She can focus extremely well on a single target, making her unbelievable in one on one combat. However when she is forced to split her focus her combat level drops considerably. In combat against Grimm's this isn't all that noticeable. However when in combat with people or any other creature with comparable intelligence her performance suffers. Until she gets some training in multitasking this is a big weakness. There is also the fact that teamwork does not come as easily to her as it does to others since she has trained solo for so many years. It is outside of her comfort zone so she needs time to adapt to it. Thankfully she will learn in time. She can command if need be, but she would be splitting people up to do different jobs rather that combine their strengths. Combined with the fact that she does not know how to interact with other people very well and Alexandra needs help with learning how to be a team player.

Last but not least is that Aurea does not know how to hold back. She gives 120% in everything she does and not doing so is a foreign concept to her. As such she is likely to over do things and try to push herself too hard or too far in order to try to do the best job that she possibly can. While it is not necessarily a bad mindset, the fact that she can't turn it off yet can cause her problems in the future.

Another weakness of Aurea's is that she is lacking in range game. She can only shoot fireballs to try and hit far away targets and it is not the most accurate of attacks.

Mundane Abilities
As she grew up in a stable home Aurea is able to do basic chores and can cook simple meals. She doesn't particularly enjoy doing them however. Still she is ready to pull her own weight in her dorm. She is also able to help with heavy lifting. Unfortunately she has not had time to explore more artistic pursuits thanks to her training. Maybe someone will be able to show her the finer arts.

Crash Soldier
Crash Soldier is large Heavy Rocket Propelled Hammer (HRPH). The head to the hammer is slightly rectangular in shape. It is roughly 12 inches wide and 8 inches long. It has a blunted 5 inch spike at the front and what lookes like a rocket exhaust port in the back. The exhaust port uses fire dust to add speed and force to the swing of the hammer.

The weapon's secondary mode is 'riot mode'. Taking a surprising turn from most multiform weapons Crash Soldier's handle detaches from the head. The head is then attached to Alexandra's arm using a thick shackle. This way the weapon can be used as a sort of hammer fist. It can also rotate on the shackle to use the exhaust port as a cannon, shooting dust fireballs at the enemy.

The final surprise is the now detached handle. The handle has pretty blue lines filled with lightning dust running all throughout it. With a small surge of her aura the top and bottom six inches of the 56 inch handle sparked with electricity. This allows the handle to functioning as a kind of stun rod to create opening and if cause spasms and intense pain.

Dust
Aurea uses very little dust in her fighting style. She only uses fire and lightning dust and both are tied to her weapon.

Aura
Aurea's use of her aura has been ingrained into her instincts thanks to her intense training. She doesn't think about using her aura she just does. As such her aura is very plentiful and dense. It's used to increase her already significant strength further and make her more durable. As these functions are ingrained into her instincts it would be very hard for her to use her aura for anything else if it was possible at all.

Semblance
Aurea has not yet discovered her semblance. It is a source of much frustration to her. It is also a source her feeling that she is not special, thus her slight inferiority complex.

Trivia
Aurea is a modified version of Alexandra Rosenkranz a character featured in the RWBY free-form RP scenario on Giant in the Playground forums. Both Aurea and Alexandra were created and are acted out by the same player, who commonly uses the alias "IAnimeKid" (or "AK" for short).

Aurea is very competitive and loves to play sports. Volleyball in particular is her favorite. Just be wary of her overhead spike....

Basic sheets for Alexandra's family, except her brother Talos who is not planning to become a hunter, and be found here