Hunter Cole

Origin
Leader of Team HLQN, Hunter Cole was originally born on the eastern borders of Atlas to Andre and Willa Cole. She had no siblings and no other immediate family but was very close to her next door neighbours.

Hunter has always shown a passion for engineering, taught by her father, their family primarily produced specialised ammunition and explosives for Hunters and the military. Hunter was raised by her father, her mother having died shortly after childbirth.

While she intended on following her father and becoming an engineer, a grimm attack on a village she was delivering a shipment of ammunition and supplies to, changed her mind. Hunter was later told by her father that when they met, Willa had been a Huntress, trained in Vacuo and that it 'didn't surprise me that you'd take the same path' (translated from East Atlesian).

Upon learning about the Hunting academy in Atla s being so deeply connected with the military, Hunter decided she wanted to instead attend an academy in a different kingdom. After thorough research, she eventually chose Beacon Academy in Vale and left briefly after her 17th birthday.

Weapon
A long bow named Aile (wing) that separates into two bladed bracers named Griffe (claw) and Plume (feather) that originally belonged to Hunter's mother, Willa, but strictly in the bow form. The later adaptations (Griffe and Plume) were added by Hunter on the journey from Atlas to Vale.

Semblance
Hunter's semblance is called 'Predatory Eye', a kind of hyper-focus that allows her to do the following: Her semblance can be enhanced through stimulants such as caffeine (shown through her caffeine addiction in the beginning, leading to her future abuse of stimulants later in her hunting career) but overuse causes damage to her brain, leading to; headaches; nosebleeds; fainting spells; and potentially comas, then death.
 * Detect minute changes in facial expressions (assists in detecting lies)
 * Note changes in the environment that may affect her archery (wind speed, debris, opponents)
 * Gives her a slightly increased reaction time

Trivia

 * After learning her semblance, she became addicted to caffeine upon the discovery that it increases her semblances effects and her subsequent reaction time during combat.
 * She doesn't cut her hair as a way of honouring her mother, whose hair is the only trait they both share.
 * Knows the meaning of nearly every plant and flower in Remnant from her years of friendship with Aurora, her next door neighbour and daughter of a florist.
 * Allergic to bee stings