Zircona Lee

Zircona Hart is a black panther Faunus, a 1st year at Beacon, and the third member of Team BUHI. Her symbol is a zircon gem, with the silhouette of a tree in the middle.

Appearance
Zircona is a dark-skinned girl with green eyes and shoulder-length black hair containing emerald-green streaks. Her official height is about 4'6", making her the shortest member of her team. She's not the lightest, though, weighing in at 138 lbs, most of it coming from muscle. Being a Faunus, she has a black, cat-like tail.

History
Zircona, born in Mistral, comes from a long line of Faunus. Her parents died when she was young, leaving her an orphan. She grew up in an orphanage, where the other kids, as well as the headmaster, shunned her for being a Faunus.

Eventually, Zircona gathered the courage to run away. She hid out for a while, living on the streets, something which she loathed, but at the time, she didn't think she had any other choice.

What changed her life was hearing about Sanctum, an academy where both humans and Faunus went, coexisting peacefully. That was when Zircona decided she wanted to help others, especially Faunus like her. So, she enrolled at Sanctum.

After graduating from Sanctum, Zircona applied to go to Beacon, and was accepted. Now, she's a valued member of Team BUHI.

Abilities & Powers
Zircona's Semblance is called Sensor, and allows her to sense her surroundings. She always keeps it active, except when she sleeps. Either this ability doesn't take much energy, or Zircona has high endurance and/or Aura, as she has never gotten fatigued while using it. Sensor, when combined with Istalrí's Semblance Compass, serves to help navigate the team to locations they've never been.

Zircona is also a skilled drawer, shown by the fact she also uses her Semblance to help make hand-drawn maps of areas she's been.

Being a Faunus, she has night vision, which she combines with her Semblance to navigate the team at night and in dark places.

Zircona is very acrobatic, always managing to land on her feet and doing flips and twists in the air. Her leg muscles are also very developed, as she's able to leap long and high distances. This, combined with being a martial artist, makes her a very good non-weapons fighter.

Trivia

 * Most of what's here was made on the fly, and was never actually written down anywhere.
 * Her first name comes from the gem zircon.
 * Her basis is Thumbelina from the fairy tale of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen.