Melacha Maverick

'''This is an original character of Skyblade743. Please do not use without his explicit permission'''

Melacha is a Huntsmen and a member of Team DMND. During an bizarre accident outside the Kingdoms, she has to wear a suit of armour that circulates Dust to stay alive.

Appearance
Melacha is fairly tall and is also quite thin. However, her most defining feature means most of the rest of her body isn't seen a lot. When it is seen, though, it reveals her skin is pale to the point of almost being white, although this is most likely due to her condition and not her natural skin colour

Melacha is covered from head to toe by the armour that keeps her alive. The armour is slim and form fitting, although some bits are slightly more bulky to store Dust supplies. The armour is mostly white with grey highlights, with a black visor covering her eyes and the Team DMND symbol on her left shoulder. The visor prevents her eyes from being seen and runs along the width of her face, disappearing around the temple. It also lines up perfectly with the round piece of metal that covers her mouth. Additionally, the armour glows slightly depending on what kind of Dust is inside the suit (green for air, red for burn,etc). Her hair is cut short so it fits insider the armour.

Personality
Melacha has a very outgoing personality and is the joker of the group. Team DMND is made up of people with dark pasts, and Melacha's light hearted banter keeps team spirits up and pulls them together. Although her leader skills aren't that good (hence being the second letter in the team name), she inspires the team when they need it most, showing that even in the darkest of times they can pull through.

Melacha's opinion of his suit is a bit varied. Although she considers it a burden, she doesn't think of it as a curse. Although it makes her absolutely useless at blending in, it has uses in combat and at the end of the day she's thankful that the suit is keeping her alive. Due to her accident, she has also been known to be a bit hesitant when fighting Grimm.

Backstory
(Note:this is the base backstory.It will be expanded on with later fanfics and roleplays) Melacha came from a fairly well off family in Vacuo. She was later chosen to join Shade academy.

Melacha joined Shade Academy and after the Academy's Initiation test became a member of team DMND. The team was deliberately made up of members with fairly dark pasts, the reason being that it was thought the group would sympathise with each other and eventually form a friendship. Melacha was thrown in to try and break the ice a bit. Although this didn't work at first, eventually the group opened up too each other and they became good friends. Melacha's light heartedness helped massively in this respect.

Later, after being goaded by others in his class, Melacha ended up battling a unique Grimm that had appeared on the edge of the kingdom on her own. She was seriously wounded and would have died if the other members of DMND hadn't saved her. Later, in hospital, it was found the mysterious Grimm had injected some kind of poison into Melacha that would eventually reduce her to nothing and effectively make him a human Grimm. The only way to stop it was to incase her in a suit that circulates Dust.

After this incident, Melacha started to understand the rest of her team better. While the suit had physically bound her, it brought her slightly closer to the mindset of the others.

DMND graduated from Shade around 2 years before the events of RWBY and are still active, primarily dealing with threats from the criminal underworld.

Weapons and Powers
Melacha's main weapon is her suit. The armour enhances her natural agility, which gives in well to her main combat style: attacking quickly and then dodging out the way. Although the armour doesn't have any other useful features, Melacha does carry a lock-pick, although she has no real idea how to use it. She also carries a small pistol to avoid being rendered obsolete in gunfights.

Melacha's semblance is Survivor. This allows her to survive in extreme heat or cold(although it doesn't stop her being frozen or burned). It also allows her to survive in pressurised environments and means she can hold his breath for longer than most humans, even with Aura unlocked.

Trivia

 * Melach'a means "Razor" in Amharic(according to Google Translate).which personally makes me think of the colour silver.
 * I was originally just going to call her Razor, but it wouldn't fit DMND. However, it did eventually become her title
 * Melacha was actually meant to be male, but I decided female would be better as her name would be shortened to Mel. Anyway, if you see a few male pronouns floating about, that's the reason