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"When in doubt, I tell myself, 'Just keep on crushing faces.'"

- Teal Andrews

Teal Andrews is an original character created by Hyper Zergling for the RWBY universe.

Appearance
Teal is a muscular, heavily-built male teenager with somewhat messy orange-red hair, olive-green eyes, and light-brown skin. He wears a red sleeveless shirt with a black bulletproof vest over it, black pants, black fingerless gloves, and the metal boots of his weapon, Hurricane Force. The gauntlets of Hurricane Force are fastened next to his thighs when inactive.

Personality
Teal is quite a hearty individual who is always energetic with a smile on his face. Teal has a very good temper and never seems to be angry, even if others mistreat him. Because of this, he usually does not have trouble getting along with others. When fighting, Teal puts strong emphasis on "styling," often prioritizing beating an opponent in the "coolest way possible" over anything else. This can work against him if his method of "styling" is excessive and/or impractical when he can defeat his opponent(s) in a much simpler and easier way.

Abilities & Powers
Like many of the other students of Beacon Academy, Teal possesses enhanced speed, strength, and durability. Teal uses metal gauntlets and metal boots named Hurricane Force as his weapons, and is known for his incredible strength, with each of his blows shattering solid surfaces and generating vibrations in objects within the vicinity. As with anyone, Teal's way of fighting is not without its drawbacks. Relative to other Beacon Academy students, Teal's running speed is below average. He also has no form of projectile attack, hindering him even further. However, he is deceptively agile at short distances and his attacks are not as slow as they might seem. Because of his good agility, Teal relies heavily on baiting his opponents into putting themselves in positions where Teal can easily land a hit. Of course, one hit from Teal is often enough to discourage most from continuing to fight. Like Ren, Teal can use his aura to further increase the power of his attacks and generate protective fields.

Through his semblance, Teal can manipulate the air around him to an extent in several different ways. The main way he uses air is by reinforcing his blows, shooting bursts of wind at the point of contact. Teal can also use air to "levitate" himself temporarily, or carry him to higher places for short periods of time. In order to remedy his relative lack of range, Teal can also use wind to deflect opposing projectiles and even send them back to the original user. Teal is incapable of controlling air continuously for more than three seconds at a given time.

History
Teal Andrews was born to a family of hunters and was therefore raised to become one. When he was only a few years old, Teal’s father was killed in battle against the Grimm. Ever since then, he had held onto his father’s weapon, a large sword named Naegling, to honor him. However, being trained by his mother in how to fight, Teal had never learned how to wield his father’s sword and only keeps it as a valuable item. At the age of 17, Teal applied to Beacon Academy and was then accepted as a hunter in-training.

Beacon Academy
Teal is a first year student at Beacon Academy.

Team TMPS
Teal is the leader of Team TMPS.

Events
List of events participated by Teal:
 * Beacon Academy Initiation

Trivia

 * Although the given name "Teal" is more commonly given to females, it has been given to males.
 * Teal Andrews' surname is a reference to Hurricane Andrew, which was one of the most destructive hurricanes in the United States' history.