Zǐ Xīn Zhī

Zǐ-Xīnzàng Zhīchēng, known by the much more convenient nickname Zi, is a graduate from Beacon Academy and full-time Huntress part of Team BRZE (Breeze).

Appearance
By the time she graduated from Beacon, Zi stood at 5 feet and 11 inches tall. Commonly for her family, she had blue eyes and brown hair, the latter of which she keeps in a low-maintenance bun most of the time. Once she became a huntress, Zi would occasionally take advantage of her appearance and model for Pandaora's Box for a reasonable sum of money that she uses to buy ammunition.

Zi's typical Huntress outfit is black pants and boots, a white button-up shirt, a gray jacket, and a curled purple sash hanging from her belt. She'll often wear a purple scarf in varying styles and has a sharktooth necklace as a nod to her family history.

Background and History
The Zhīchēng family originally lived on the coast of Vale, but decades before Zi's birth, they began to move inland. However, even once they settled in a village outside of the main city, spears (originally used for fishing) were their preferred weapons. Additionally, most if not all members of the family tend to have a necklace bearing the teeth or bones of sea creatures.

As she grew up, Zi was inspired by hunters and huntresses that protected people from the creatures of Grimm. However, she also began to think back to her family's history and how they left their home due to it being unsafe. When she began to learn about similar instances across Remnant, including Mountain Glenn, she decided to become a huntress so that she could help people live where they wanted without constantly fearing Grimm attacks.

With many of Zi's siblings and cousins moving into the city as a hub to Signal Academy, Zi began to prepare herself in order to be accepted into Signal. Eventually she moved into the city as well for several months, making a great deal of new friends outside of her hometown while preparing her application. To her joy, she was accepted, and started on her dream path.

Signal Academy ended up being more difficult than Zi had anticipated, but her new classmates and close friends helped strengthen her resolve, inspiring her to continue on to Beacon Academy. There, she was placed in Team BRZE, which she worked closely with until graduation. Zi struggled somewhat, but managed to pass her courses with decent grades and combat performances.

Once Team BRZE had graduated, however, the team began to fall apart. There was no hate or spite between the four, but without the environment of Beacon to keep them together, they were more of a team in name than in practice. Due to this, they do not actively perform missions together, but they are willing to call on each other.

Zi began to work to protect smaller settlements further from the city, acting on her beliefs that people should be able to live someplace without being swiftly massacred by hordes of Grimm. At the same time, she makes frequent visits to the mainland whenever she can, party to visit friends, partly to take small vacations, and to model for Pandora's Box for money. She has considered becoming a full-time Battle Beauty for several reasons (namely giving money to settlements) but sees personally defending the new colonies as a priority until more Hunter teams are ready.

Jì Cìdāo
Zi crafted her weapon, Jì Cìdāo, in Signal Academy. It often appears as a normal, if short staff, but is in reality a telescopic spear with a retractable end. In tight situations it can be used as a makeshift shortsword by extending the speartip further and collapsing the spear's shaft. There is also a rifle built into the spear that is made to function in its staff form and spear form, but can be used in shortsword form if necessary. The rifle section is compatible with low-explosive and armor piercing rounds, but commonly uses Dust rounds that she buys with her profits from Pandora's Box.

Semblance
Work in progress.

