Hestia Lorenzo

"Let all who defy the will of Remnant cease to breathe, by Grimm, sword, or gun!"

- Hestia rallying her followers

Appearance

 * Tanned skin
 * Older look
 * Gray hair
 * Muscled build (leftover from career as huntress)
 * (I guess, kinda looks like Demi Moore?)
 * Most of the time, she wears the usual Order robes combined with her ceremonial wear (looks like a very elaborate nun)
 * In battle she wears a set of Type 2 armor legally purchased under an alias.

Personality

 * has always been an overbearing and difficult-to-please character
 * obsession with dust, has problem with Schnee for monetizing the stuff
 * extremely demanding with her people
 * Prefers strategy to action (brute force is the mark of a simpleton.)

Exhorter
Exhorter is a variation of the usual Matriarch's stave and is a Multi-Action Dust Blunderbuss (MADB). The weapon is based on designs written by the late Matriarch Creatore and according to Lorenzo, "the only useful thing that old bag ever made." A flag with the symbol of the Black Dawn hangs on its end.

Exhorter takes a regular cut dust crystal, but instead of firing conventional ammunnition, the weapon acts as a conduit for the user to channel dust energy through. From the end, it can fire a massive blast (estimated 20 pellets) of fireballs, lightning bolts, ice shards, lava droplets, etc. and each crystal is good for 10 shots before it is depleted.

Exhorter's durability makes an excellent bludgeon and it is balanced enough to be used as a bo staff. In fact, Hestia's original weapon (the name has been long forgotten) was a war scythe designed to aid in dust casting; adapting to Exhorter was not an issue for her.

On the downside, Exhorter is still a ceremonial piece first. As such, its dust crystal is exposed and vulnerable to being knocked out of the weapon. The flag also makes for a snagging point and unlike other loose cloth in the Order's repertoire, it is NOT on a quick-detach due to its purpose as an inspirational icon for Lorenzo's underlings.

Even without her weapon, Lorenzo is still a former huntress with many years under her belt. She displays excellent capabilities in hand-to-hand combat, particularly disarms and fakeouts. Many overconfident fighters have managed to knock Exhorter from her hands only to see their weapon beaten from theirs and either being used against them or simply tossed aside.

Semblance
False Prophet: Hestia can create a single, perfect hologram of herself (in both visual and thermal spectrums) and project her voice through it. Due to the time limit of 3 minutes, she only uses her semblance during firefights and relies on artificial holograms, speakers, and heat lamps during rallies and speeches. False Prophet is capable of launching dust attacks at 30% strength, but each attack will lower the lifespan by 30 seconds. If combined with dust, the hologram will explode if touched. The hint lies in that a dust-hologram has a faint tint to it, depending on the dust. Ice dust leaves a blue tint, Wind dust leaves green, etc.

Backstory

 * Beacon graduate (pre-canon cast)
 * Not a fan of SDC for making dust difficult to obtain (Remnant's gift)
 * Infamous for performing morally questionable actions in the field, felt she was doing what she had to do. Got results though
 * Kicked out of her old team for going too far after firing on a civilian highway to stop a white fang smuggling operation
 * Felt wronged, found the Order. Proved herself in their eyes to be a competent leader and adept fighter.

Trivia

 * Hestia is the name for the Ancient Greek goddess of the Hearth.
 * Her voice would be provided by Gemma Whelan (Yara Greyjoy, Game of Thrones)