User blog:Demetri Anacona/Aura- What to consider for anyone putting aura in their OC or anything for that matter

I decided to put this up to help anyone making an OC and decided tp add aura to their character. So I think it's only righ to post this to help anyone who may be confused about aura and what it does.

I'll cover the following in this:
 * What is Aura
 * What can it do
 * How could it be used in weapons
 * Problems with aura

What is Aura?
Well, aura is described, by Pyrrah Nikos, as an extention of ones own soul. Pyrrah states in Episode 6 that a soul is needed to be able to use aura, thus explains why the creatures cannot as Pyrrah explains how the creatures of Grimm are creatures without souls, They are no more than deadly and dark creatures. Aura is also something that must be unlocked, it is not something instantly mastered at birth. To do this, one must practice extensively on unlocking heir aura or have it unlocked by another person who has their aura unlocked. Although, doing this drains one's Aura (but i'll cover that later on). Also, as far as we know, humans and faunus are able to master aura and aura can also be gauged on a persons scroll. Finally, Aura doesn't have any known relation to semblance. As in, it is never stated that one needs aura to use their semblance or vice versa.

What can Aura do?
Honestly, my favorite question to answer. Aura is used to Heighten ones perception, defense (which i'll cover later), offense (which i'll cover later as well), unlocking one's aura, and healing.So now that we know what it does i'll explain it more in depth. ​Keep in mind that all this needs someone who has their aura unlocked. No unlocked aura, none of these abilities will one have
 * Heightened Perception- Not shown, but mentioned by Pyrrah as being able to heighten one's own perception
 * Defense & Offense- Aura is known to be able to be used offensively and defensively. But, the way it's used is quite unique. It's mainly used, and bear with me on this explanation, as more like a force push from Star Wars. Now I know that may seem like a weird example but it makes sense when you think about it. Lie Ren demonstrates it during the initiation in the forest when he fought the two King Taijitu (the snake Grimm). Pyrrah, while you see Lie Ren fighting, is explaining that the way aura is used defensively and offensively by exerting their aura outward like a force which can be used in offense and defense. First off, defense, is shown when Lie Ren blocks the two fangs of the Taijitu, he used his aura and extended it outward as a shield to defend himself. Then, offensively, after he breaks off the fang and puts it through the Taijitu's head, he exerts his aura through the fang in its head to cause the head to explode.
 * Unlocking one's Aura- Pyrrah shows that a persons aura can be unlocked by another person when she uses her own to unlock Jaune's in the forest. But, it also greatly drains her of her aura but afterwards she states that the aura Jaune has is his own now.
 * Healing- Aura can be used to heal wounds. Now, we don't know yet if major wounds can be healed, but we do know that things like minor cuts and bruises can be healed (An example being Jaune after having his Aura unlocked and the cut on his cheek healing). But it can only be done by one who has their aura unlocked.

How can it be used in weapons?
We do know one can extend their aura through their weapon. Jaune showed this when he cut off the Ursa's head. He extended his aura through his sword. Now, this doesn't mean that you're increasing its range, but rather it's damage, since you're exerting your aura onto the weapon. For example, if you take a sword and add something around it to make it do more damage, you only increase the damage but not the range.

Problems with Aura
Although aura is a helpful thing, it does have it's downsides. The main thing being that it can be drained the more one uses it or how much of it one uses. When someone uses their Aura, you have to remember it's an extension of one's soul so using it will drain someone's soul and thus make them weaker. Now, in my honest opinion, Do I think someone's aura can be drained ll the way to nothing and they die possibly? No. Due to the fact that the people who are training or have mastered their aura know how to use it well and if it could get drained all the way, the chances of someone allowing that would be highly unlikely (but that's opinion). Another opinion of mine being, Can someone drain another's Aura? I don't believe so since there hasn't been any instance of someone having their aura drained by another person or thing. Anyway, opinions aside, Aura is something that hunters and huntresses have to know about in the sense that if it gets too low, you'll be weaker and more suseptible to taking damage. And finally, depending on how much you use or how you use it depends how you'll be afterwards. Pyrrah, after unlocking Jaune's aura, almost fell due to how much of her aura was used to do it.

Final Words
Aura is something that can be similar to semblance, but is still not directly related to it as far as we know. So hopefully this will help anyone who may be new to this or who may be confused on how aura works. So just read this and feel free to comment on this with any further questions on anything I may not have covered or any corrections or additions to make ^v^. I welcome it and have fun

Demetri Anacona (talk) 20:55, January 11, 2014 (UTC)