Esmeralda Ozmund

Appearance
Esmeralda is tall, curvy and muscular, dark-skinned woman with one soft red eye. The other is covered by a silver eyepatch with a green eye insignia printed on it. She has full lips that have a shade of purple lipstick on them at all times, along with mossy green eyeshadow around her eye. Esme's in her mid twenties, with messy hair that reaches to her lower back. The color of her hair is similar to that of a crow--black but gleams hints of green when up close. Esmeralda's bangs are rolled into a 50's "rockabilly" fringe curl, to give her hair a bit of "unf" and also to keep frizz out of her face.

She wears a predominantly neutral-green trenchcoat-esque acket with dark green accents and silver plating along her shoulders and neckline. Under the jacket, she wears a dark green sleeveless shirt. The jacket is cinched with a large dark green belt with a silver buckle shaped like the same eye insignia on her eyepatch. Her jacket fans out to show her pants, which are the same color as her belt. They have two moss-green straps on the thighs, and are tucked into her knee-high silver heeled boots.

Aside from her outfit, she has silver nail polish and wears (a bit too much) waterproof mascara.

Personality
Belligerent and overzealous, Esmeralda is always one to cause trouble for the sake of the chase. Esme takes pride in being a nuisance, and will not refrain from causing problems just to get attention. She does have one love besides herself, and that love is for objects of worth. Precious metals, money,  and dust crystals are her only real friends. She views people more so as opportunities, rather than actual living beings with feelings.

Likes: Dislikes: Fears:
 * Silver, dust, dust crystals, making money, spending money, monkeys, being unorthodox, herself.
 * Water, the dark, faunus, do-gooders, hunters/huntresses, authority figures.
 * Water, the dark, loosing her "good" eye.

Weapons and Abilities
Esme's weapon, Witch Hazel, is a modified version of a Twin Meteor Hammer. It is a long-range dust-oriented weapon used predominantly to stun and incapacitate, rather than kill. Witch Hazel can be incredibly dangerous for both Esme and her opponent if she ever does use it with the intent to cause serious damage.

Instead of being a simple rope and blunt edge, Witch Hazel's twin weights are fitted with small spikes on the outer shell. Internally, there are compartments loaded with different dust crystals that, when Esme presses a button on Witch Hazel's hilt, will be loaded into a compartment and ground into powder that can be fired from the bottom of the weight. Each dust crystal produces a different effect when fired, and can be used only once as the powder runs out.

Backstory
A dropout of Beacon, Esmeralda never enjoyed using her combat skills to fight Grimm, especially since it seemed like a fight that could not be completely won. Instead, she turned to being a hired "gun", working as a bounty hunter of sorts that rounded up criminals for profit. However, she learned that being in the business of dust crystals was much more profitable, and she went from being a criminal hunter, to that of a hunted criminal.

She became wanted in many areas of Vytal, but like most, found solice hidden away in Vale. She's now working to hunt down and steal new dust crystals and powders from businesses like the Schnee Dust Company to sell to the highest bidder.



Trivia
Esmeralda's name stems from "Emerald", and Ozmund is vaguely similar to Oz. Esme is based primarily on the attributes of the original Wicked Witch of the West from the 1990's Bimettalist novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
 * The Witch in the novel had only one eye and telescopic eyesicght, and was often depicted with an eyepatch. Esmeralda has an eyepatch, but lacks the improved vision.
 * The Witch was after Dorothy's silver slippers, and Esmeralda wears bright silver boots.
 * Much like both the 1900's and 19309 versions of the Wicked Witch, Esmeralda is highly hydrophobic.