Celina Cavell

"Hunters are more than just soldiers; we're heroes to the people. The moment we betray that is the moment we betray all of Remnant. If that's what "justice" is, then I want nothing to do with it."

- Celina being propositioned to by Atlas' Military

Celina Cavell is a first year student at Beacon Academy in the RWBY Fanverse Argence, and the leader of Team CRVN. Her weapon of choice is a Multi-Armament Ballistic Lance known as Moon Glade. Years of isolation and living in her brother's shadow drives Celina to gain recognition and achieve her place in the world. Her partner is Aurelia Riore.

Appearance
Celina appears as a slim teenage girl with striking silver hair, falling straight down to her shoulders and tapering off near her neck into a thin ponytail. Her asymmetrical bangs are swept to the sides of her face, save for a large lock curving down her forehead and parting in both directions. Her eyes shine with a deep purple, sparkling even with her light complexion. Often times, she will carry a simultaneously solemn yet curious expression on her face.

She always wears a silver pendant of her emblem around her neck, strung with a black cord. A buckled belt sits snuggly around her waist, carrying a magnetic strip and chain clip for her weapon. Celina wears the standard girl's Beacon uniform with black knee high socks and brown loafers. When not dressed for school, her usual attire consists of a near-white shaded hood jacket outlined in gray. Underneath, she sports a plain baby blue blouse. Black pants wrap tightly around her legs, showcasing pearly white boots with silver armor plates on the ankles and heels.

Personality
Celina impacts most as someone who's hard to forget. Straightforward and direct, Celina doesn't hesitate to speak her mind. She finds hiding emotions more stressful than dealing with the aftermath of displaying them, though she rarely finds herself angry or majorly depressed. Celina's unfortunately narrow-minded in terms of social experience, often leading to her judging others preemptively and unwittingly starting fights. This has caused a fair share of conflicts with several other students, such as her own teammate Vesper before coming to an understanding.

Always hoping to be upstanding and prove herself, Celina constantly looks for opportunities to grow. Self-assured in her fighting ability, she never turns down a challenge, regardless of her chances at winning. Though appearing self-confident, Celina fakes a good portion of it. She takes command of CRVN over most situations, hoping to both exercise her leadership and learn. She has an inferiority complex towards her elder brother. Regardless of all her adherence to order, Celina isn't above stepping out of bounds when needed. She'll gladly ignore guidelines to do what is necessary (at least, according to her).

Contrary to most stereotypes for the wealthy, Celina often hesitates to pull a single Lien out of her pocket. This habit has driven her to reach an incomprehensible level of "Do It Yourself" in order to save as much as possible. This tendency seems to break whenever she runs across a sale, especially for groceries, and causes her to overstock the team's refrigerator. To atone for these repeated mistakes, she'll often cook meals with the ingredients to ensure that they don't go to waste, raising no objections from her friends. After spending time with her team and making fond memories, Celina begins to loosen up on this regard, even paying for drinks at the café Moonshine to visit Nyx while she's at work.

"Books are the friends that never leave or lie to you. If you put them down, they'll wait for you to come back whenever you want, and open right back up."

She spends most of her time reading while indoors, devouring one book after another. Though she prefers fantasy and science fiction, Celina tends to tear apart any genre in record time. She grasps onto new concepts and information naturally, coming off as book-smart and earns high grades in classes. Despite her competitive drive, Celina does terribly with sports, as she always loses herself in the rush of action, forgetting the rules. Because of this tendency and nearly always injuring someone, the rest of her team has barred her from joining in casual games of soccer and basketball. However, her mastery of rhythm and coordination allows her to excel at traditional dancing, despite how much she hates it.

In contrast to the confidence she fakes, Celina because easily embarrassed when teased. Aurelia often uses this to poke fun at her. She has an irrational fear of the supernatural and occult, being terrified of ghost stories and the like. Much to her dismay, her team enjoys using this fact keep her in line. In dark unfamiliar places by herself, Celina will  chant "I don't believe in ghosts," over and over in an attempt to keep herself calm. If it gets back enough, she becomes scared the point of becoming catatonic and paralyzed, needing bright light to return to normal.

Confident of her own skills, Celina enjoys leading the charge when it comes to fighting, though she'll hold back and adhere to useful strategies and plans. She's come to despise uneven battles, preferring one on one duels. This becomes a running gag during her fights, as she's thoroughly enjoying herself until something interrupts her. As she spends time with CRVN, she learns to become less of an individual combatant and more of a team player. Even amidst the thick of battle, Celina will never let her friends wander out of her mind, making their safety her top priority.

After learning to accept the natural rhythm of her movements and fighting due to a certain someone, Celina begins to see and refer to the fighting styles of others as "dances". Growing up and copying her brother to improve, she developed a talent for taking on aspects of these "dances", adding small figments and portions of them to her own.

History
Born in the thriving city of Brunus a year after her brother, Celina was raised under the guidance of her executive parents. Growing up in the manor, Celina wasn't granted an easygoing life like many would assume. From a young age, she was taught that she needed to earn her place at the table, both in practice and theory. Contrary to being spoiled, she grew up in a stern household, the method of the Cavell family to raise successful children. Due to the busy lives of their parents, she and her brother were unable to spend time together with them. Following in her brother Elion's footsteps and falling under his care, Celina learnt the basics of supporting herself by the time she had entered junior high, with the ability to cook, clean, do laundry, and other essentials.

Celina made several close friends in her elementary school. She eventually developed her own small circle, becoming especially close with another girl named Klaret Ashland. However, it soon became apparent to Celina that they were interested mostly in her status and wealth. After learning that she didn't have the access to usual luxuries, they quickly left her by herself. Alone, she turned to books as her companions. Lonely without classmates to talk to, she confided in her older brother who became her closest friend. Despite always falling into his shadow as the perfect sibling and student, Celina adored him and his company.

This continued onto junior high. Both Celina and her brother were taught the ways of courtesy befitting that of the Cavell heirs. From dining ettiquette to walking poise, the two were shaped and sculpted into proper adults. Celina and Elion became especially adept at dancing, mastering the beat and footwork needed to shine on the floor. At this time, Celina took a great amount of pride, often practicing coordination and movements on her own out of habit.

Celina and Klaret soon became rivals, matching each other in grades and physical performances. While Klaret was in the upper rings of popularity, Celina never took it upon herself to feel inferior. Their silent vying became a common event to their daily lives. Though they never spoke to one another, Celina felt connected to someone again. Though she didn't know at the time, Klaret also felt the same respect towards her, but was unable to reach across the social gap out of fear. Even so, Celina was content with her life. However, all things come to a change, no matter how peaceful.

Upon entering high school, Elion suddenly abandoned the standard schooling system and opted to follow the path of the huntsman. He applied to Hope Academy and was quickly accepted. Celina, in dismay of his sudden departure, soon fell into a depression alone once again. She became more disconnected from her classes, falling behind by a large margin at the beginning of her last year. Klaret, concerned in her own antagonistic way, finally confronted Celina with harsh words of encouragement. Brought back to life, Celina spurred herself back to the top, even surpassing Klaret. However, at this point, their rivalry had already vanished and the two began resembling a friendship. Even in different rooms as their classes diverged to electives, they often shared meals and spent time together.

With head held high, Celina approached her parents, also petitioning to become a huntress. With the grades and achievements paving the way to any high school, they allowed her on the condition that she maintain her success. Now with permission, she moved onwards. Much to Elion's surprise, Celina applied to Hope, effortlessly entering without question. Though she was happy to reunite with her brother, he seemed less than thrilled. They were no longer as close as they had once been, or rather it seemed that he avoided her completely.

Deciding to leave some distance, Celina went onto becoming part of a likeminded circle of friends. She found that these hunter schools cared less about where students came from, but rather where they strived to be. Challenging classes kept her busy and amazed, always stepping forwards each day. Though she was told to drop her dancing habits to make her combat less predictable, Celina didn't mind; she wanted to become stronger. Finally happy, Celina struggled her way towards the top.

The years passed by quickly, with Celina keeping her place among the best. During her third year as a junior, Elion reached graduation at the top of his class. Proud as she could be, Celina began to speculate which of the four top hunter schools he would attend. She went to congratulate him after the ceremony, explaining how much she admired him and that she knew he would always be at the top. As she expressed her plans to reach the same level as success, Elion stepped aside and scorned her.

""You can't keep following me forever. You can't be my sister if you're not your own person.""

Though she herself didn't know, Elion believed he couldn't let his sister follow his footsteps forever. Even if he needed to be harsh, it would set Celina on the right path. At the same time, Celina also came to this realization, finally envisioning not what, but who she wished to become. Despite knowing this, she couldn't help to control the resentment now bubbling inside of her. The two parted ways on remorseful emotions of regret and isolation. Remembering his words and  breaking away from Elion's path, Celina instead opted to apply to Beacon rather than follow him to Haven. This choice became the first step Celina had taken outside of the road he walked.

Now, she would be the one to surpass him.

Moon Glade
Celina wields a MABL (Multi-Armament Ballistic Lance) named Moon Glade, designed as primarily a halberd. The frame is mainly colored a sleek silver with and runes across its plating, while the pole is jet black. The blades are a shiny steel, glinting light reflecting off of the surface. The two geared wheels are fitted with dust, which feed into the blades them the capability of firing shockwave projectiles combined with aura once Moon Glade reaches enough speed.

Moon Glade was created with the properties of a converting frame, allowing it to shift between three modes:
 * A "storage" mode, compacting the entire weapon into a conveniently sized form for easier transportation. It takes on a disc-like appearance that also allows it to be used as a shield to an extent. It clips to a belt with both a magnetic strip and a chain clip.
 * A "halberd" mode, its largest form, expanding into a crescent bladed halberd with four wing blades as hand guards near the top. It's primarily used as a close-to-mid range bladed melee weapon. A chain hangs from the base of the pole, allowing the entire weapon to be swung by a chain for increased range.
 * An "anchor" mode, where the pole compresses while the wing edges turn and slide up to the rounded blade. Despite the name, the form appears far more like a guillotine, and is used as such. The momentum from swinging the chain combined with the smaller size turns it into a destructive pendulum.

Celina typically keeps Moon Glade in its halberd mode for her fights, given that she specializes in quick melee combat. Her dexterity and sense of balance allow her to shift from one move to the next, never losing momentum with her attacks or parries. These seamless moves stem from her experience in dancing. Due to her non-muscular build, Celina relies heavily on gaining momentum for combo attacks to put power into her strikes. Some people note that her footwork and movements resemble something like a dance while fighting. Losing the speed will offset her rhythm, forcing her out of her primary combat style.

She can half-shift the weapon between it's two offensive forms; Moon Glade's bladed wings swing out, decreasing its thrusting aerodynamics but increasing its force and range. Its shape appears to resemble less of a halberd and more of a guillotine poleaxe. Celina often switches to this form to deal finishing blows or head on impacts for tough defenses.

When the pole compresses into the anchor mode, Celina can use Moon Glade as a pseudo grappling hook to pull herself to enemies or to terrain. True to the form's name, she can also utilize it to anchor herself down to resist strong forces.

During food fights, she wields a baguette stuck into a large cheese wheel. After the baguette breaks, she swings the cheese wheel around with sausage links.

Luna
Celina's semblance is known as Luna. While activated, Celina is able to limit the amount of light at an area and store the photons temporarily to be released at another point. The distance of usage is held back by the amount of light she targets. The closer she is to her target or influenced area, the larger the brightness she can affect. This decreases exponentially with proximity, severely limiting her capabilities at a distance.

The absorption is gradual and can never be instantly done. When being used, the brightness diminishes much like how a light would behave if someone were to slide a dimmer switch, rather than instant darkening by a flick switch. The photons she stores continuously deplete over time, never lasting more than a few days when unused at maximum capacity.

Celina is unable to absorb enough to make a sizable space pitch black; her limit is the size of a baseball orbiting around her. Her most common action is creating a nightly lit sphere surrounding her and her main opposition with a radius of 8 meters.

On her own, she often uses Luna to create small spheres of light in order to brighten dark places, such as hallways when she needs to use the bathroom in the middle of the night. Panicking, she may lose control and release it in a burst when scared. Later on, she gains more mastery over Luna and is able to create a light sphere and dark sphere that orbit her when fighting.

While Luna is activated, Celina's breathing must be steady or else she loses control, negating her semblance and her hold over areas. In order to compensate for this weakness, she regularly does breathing exercises in her free time to increase lung capacity and endurance. However, Celina still has no defense against exhaustion, shock, or even getting the breath physically knocked out of her.

Thematically, Luna originates from her young experiences of shadowing her older brother. Unable to figuratively outshine him in most ways, she instead reflected that brightness, making it her own to drive onwards.

Combat Skills
Celina's primary fighting style revolves around speed and rhythm gained from her strikes. Due to her lack of natural physical strength, she compensates with torque and momentum. Jump attacks are also utilized quite often. Celina's strikes often string together numerous consecutive swings combined with the length of Moon Glade's range to gain an advantage.

Though she is capable of dealing with ranged combat using shockwaves created from aura and dust, Celina prefers to quickly close the distance and turn the battle into a melee fight. She'll primarly release these shockwaves to intercept and destroy projectiles. In order to defend against a multitude of bullets or arrows, she can switch her weapon into its storage form to use as a shield, or rapidly spin the halberd to deflect them. When dealing with a large slower opponent or a heavy defense, Celina will swap Moon Glade into its anchor form, swinging it akin to a wrecking ball pendulum.

Celina has put most of her effort into a single signature combat move aptly named Paraselene, originally devised to counter her elder brother's own style, Prominence. By using Luna, Celina can darken the area within an 8 meter radius around her for 15-30 seconds depending on brightness, entrapping both her and her opposition in a murky arena. She then redirects all absorbed light at the blade of her weapon at a single point. The light tails the movements of the blade for a few seconds, creating a trail of its paths. Combined with the pattern and speed of her attacks, the contrasting darkness, and the brightness of the focus, Celina can disorient opponents reliant on sight, creating a blinding string of attacks.

Later on, she develops a secondary passive style she names Eclipse. She creates two small orbs of shining light and devouring dark that orbit her, moving in tandem with her rhythm. The two create the same disorienting affect Paraselene does, though with less set up and energy. This eliminates the need for Celina to use Paraselene for the most part.

Besides her active battle abilities, Celina has a strong knack for learning quickly and mimicking, due to copying her brother while growing up. She'll occasionally become enamoured with the move of someone else and incorporate it into her own style, adding a twist, and giving her a flexible variety of actions.

Personal Skills
Both Celina's Do-It-Yourself tendency and experience with her family has left her with a number of basic skills, not limited to but including cooking, laundry, cleaning, organizing, and repairing clothes or vehicles. She's recognized by both her friends and team to be a fantastic cook.

Though she can dance excellently at the waltz and other classical forms, Celina despises doing so. She does her best to hide her knowledge about it after being shunned in high school, but unwittingly lets it out when she's dragged along to someone else's pace or in combat.

Though she doesn't know how to drive a car or pilot an aircraft, she has a blue and violet motorcycle named Artemis, which she rides to get around long distances. It was originally a gift to her by her parents when she graduated Hope Academy with honors. Percy notes that riding along with her is terrifying.

Her love for books led to her memorizing many excess and unnecessary details. Sometimes, these tidbits of information come in handy. Most times, they don't.

Team
Aurelia Riore


 * Celina looks up to Aurelia as a sister, knowing that Aurelia sees her the same way. Out of everyone on the team, the two share the best relationship and spend the most time together. Even as CRVN's official leader, she places Aurelia's unbiased and broad opinions highly when making decisions. Celina often goes to her in times of need for advice when it comes to matters she herself doesn't completely comprehend. Despite their sisterly bond, she harbors a deep fear of Aurelia's angry side, instantly backing down when the old delinquent emerges.

Vesper Alice


 * She and Vesper constantly butt heads whenever they're forced to converse, no matter the time or subject. The two constantly getting into fights, and neither Celina nor Vesper never back down from each other's challenges. Somehow, against all odds, they share the strongest wavelength in terms of combat, working in unity like the perfect duo.
 * Celina strongly disagrees with Vesper's desire to avenge Janna through killing, but has come to accept her decisions. Though Celina recognizes that she can't truly relate Vesper at heart, she offers to always be there as her friend. After many struggles and shared encounters, the two become effectively best friends.

Nyx Astraea


 * While the two get along for the most part, Celina is offset by Nyx's peculiar tendencies. She often finds herself out of touch with the strange girl, and most of the time doesn't even bother trying to keep up. Likewise, Nyx also has her own distaste towards her team's leader, notably for her lack of willingness to spend money or try unusual things. Against these odds, the two share a tacit understanding and offbeat friendship. While Nyx works at the café, Celina enjoys berating her while on her shift.

Family
Elion Cavell


 * As the younger sibling, Celina grew up Elion's shadow, who was often considered the ideal child. Excelling at everything he did, Celina struggled to keep up under the judgmental eyes of their parents. Even so, she admired him deeply, following his examples and gaining her own success in a way. After their last encounter during Elion's graduation from Hope Academy, their relationship deteriorated. He now stands as a goal for Celina to aspire to, and ultimately to defeat.

Other
Perseus Lucille


 * This information is Argence canon, and can be ignored.


 * Prior to their first meeting, the two had only heard about one another from their respective teammates, Verona and Nyx. Celina had her first run in with Percy during the Breach of Vale, teaming up to stop the Grimm assault on the rural districts. After being assigned a sudden A-Rank mission by Professor Grayback, the two rode across the city on Artemis hoping to save a school. Along the way, the two shared their views as hunters and their duty to the people, even at the cost of their own lives. To prevent the Grimm following them to the children, Percy stayed behind to stall them while Celina reluctantly pressed on.


 * After the battle was won, Celina ran into Percy again at Moonshine while visiting Nyx. He congratulated her for being recognized as the savior of the elementary school, though she regretted Percy not receiving any acknowledgement in his role. The two raise their glasses to a new friendship.

Etymology
Celina is an alternative form of 'Selene', recognized as the Greek Goddess of the Moon. The name itself is derived from the work selas meaning 'light'. Selene had a broth er named Helios, the Sun god, who was heavily associated with Apollo. Like how Apollo rode his chariot, bringing the sun to the heavens and back across the horizon, Selene herself mirrored Artemis and pulled the moon across the night sky. Her moon representation was deeply entwined with that of the ocean.

Cavell sources from the Italian term 'cavalier', meaning 'knight'. In Old English before the 7th century, Cavell was synonymous with cafeld. At the time, ca was a term for jackdaws, a bird of the genus Corvus, relating to the team's name. The second half feld meant 'field', turning the complete word into 'a field of crows'.

Her whole name can be translated to mean 'Knight of the Moon'.

Her weapon's name, Moon Glade, is a term used for the reflection of the moon in a body of water, and also a pun on the weapon terms Glaive and Blade.

The semblance Luna is the Latin name for the moon. The semblance hints to the celestial body's observed nature to reflect the light of the sun, creating moonlight even though the moon doesn't produce its own luminosity.

Celina's combat skill, Paraselene, is also known as moon dogs or mock moons; halos of light that appear around moons when light refracts off ice crystals in the atmosphere.

Her motorcycle, Artemis, comes from the Goddess of the Hunt, often associated with Selene.

Trivia

 * Celina was based around the folklore being of the deer, known for serene grace and learning. Coincidentally, CRVN is often misnamed Cervine, relating to deer.
 * Her emblem is constructed by two crescent shapes, both in the shapes of C's for her initials while also symbolizing both halves of the moon.
 * Her fighting style was inspired by the Fury and Combo systems in games, where uninterrupted attacks become stronger and quicker the more they are used.