Pomona Winters

Pomona Winters was a first-year Huntress at Beacon Academy and the leader of Team PLTE. She was created by AwesomeSauce14 (story) and Lunatyll (art).

Appearance
Pomona had long, dark brown hair, often worn twin-tailed. Long bangs half-covered her steel blue eyes, and gave her a slightly fearsome look. She was about average height, 5’5”, normal build.

Her combat outfit entailed of a pomegranate and black diagonally striped top with sleeves reaching just above her elbows. She wore black leggings with a small gray armor piece on her right knee, and ankle length brown boots with pomegranate laces.

Personality
With her silence usually holding on first encounter and her look being not the most approachable, Pomona would often look scary if meeting her for the first time. However, Pomona was incredibly OCD, and she was soon found freaking out over the smallest things. Pomona hated clutter, and her teammates produce large amounts, so she was often found trying to tidy their dorm. Pomona was quite shy in large social situations, and was usually quiet, but she was incredibly stubborn, and had a bad temper, as living with two crazy younger siblings nurtured it.

Background
Pomona grew up in a relatively normal family, in the suburbs of a city in Mistral. Her family owned a popular restaurant, where she and her younger brother and sister worked since they were young. Her siblings would cause large amounts of trouble, and even larger messes, which is the prime reason Pomona had OCD. As a child, Pomona loved watching the Vytal Festival, and thought all of the fighters, with their weapons and armor and Semblances, were amazing, and she wanted to be like them. After begging her parents for years, Pomona was able to go the Sanctum Academy for primary combat training. She loved it, and couldn’t wait to become a Huntress. However, Pomona found it hard to make friends, and her shy personality began developing. After her four years at Sanctum, Pomona opted to go to Beacon in Vale, instead of Haven in her native Mistral. It was there she met her teammates Lark Delaney, Twila Fenne and Eleni Amaranth.

Main Weapon
Pomona’s weapons are two long, thick knives dubbed “Autumn” and “Vera.” They have ornamental hilts, and two-tone blades which are mainly black but with a stripe of deep purple along the edge. Pomona usually wielded them backhanded, but if need be, she’d flip them and use them fronthanded. She had a habit of twirling them around in her hands, especially when nervous. They can transform into small pistols with little effort, and Pomona would occasionally use one as a pistol and one as a knife.

Semblance
Pomona’s Semblance is called “Shadow's Clasp.” When it is activated, a pomegranate rune will appear on the ground where Pomona directed it. From this rune, translucent chains will shoot out, and latch onto an enemy’s appendage or weapon. However, Pomona’s aim was not the best, and the chains are hard to control. The chains also do not take much effort to break, and Pomona could not have worked more than three at the same time, or else she would have passed out. Even working two or three was heavily taxing on her both mentally and physically.

Trivia

 * Pomona’s name comes from the Roman goddess of fruit. Pomegranates were holy to her. In addition, “Pomona” and “pomegranate” sound very similar.
 * Sticking with the worldly opposites theme of her team, Pomona represented darkness. While this may somewhat contrast her personality, this is because of her often scary look and intense anger. This also later became linked to her death during the Fall of Beacon.