Viola Lindynn

"Every life is a march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice."

Viola is an original character based in the RWBY-verse and created by WeissSchnee. She is a member and leader of Team L.Y.L.C. She is also based on Aladdin.

Appearance
Viola is a teenage girl of average height. She has an athletic build, having developed slight muscle  as a result of constant training  but has otherwise remained slim. Viola prefers functional and comfortable clothing as opposed to worrying about fashion, which is why she doesn't wear any sort of jewelry.

She wears her hair up except for when she is in bed or in the shower. Her main outfit consists of a purple sleeveless vip-up vest, high neck sleeveless purple mesh top, forearm length fingerless purple gloves with cut outs and purple shorts connected to thigh high purple boots by unclipable straps. She wears a black belt with a silver front clasp  that hooks through the purple thigh holsters for Wisteria and Callerya.

Viola has a small tattoo on the heel of her foot which she got when she was fourteen years old. The tattoo is of a violet flower. She chose this particular motif for two reasons, one because it's the flower she's named after and two because they grew in abundance in the forest near her home.

Personality
Friendship doesn't come easy to Viola. She often regards people with a cold, calm demeanor, though due to her short temper, she can often be callous towards them too. Viola has little patience in dealing with other people's problems which leads to her coming off as being apathetic. This attitude likely developed as a defence mechanism against further possible pain after the loss she experienced as a child.

Despite her loner, closed off personality, Viola has settled into her role as leader of Team LYLC well. Her almost single minded determination and dedication to achieving whatever goals and objectives she sets herself has made her team successful. Despite her inability (or unwillingness) to made friends, the stubborness of her team mates and Midori's way with words seems to slowly be breaking down the barriers she has put up over the years and little by little, Viola is slowly learning that letting people in doesn't always have to end badly.

While Viola does have considerable combat skills, she doesn't brag about them or make a point of showing them off. This is also the case in several other areas, with Viola not wanting to be the center of attention, prefering instead to blend into the background until the situation requires otherwise.

History
Viola lived with her parents and the rest of her clan in a small village outside a major city. Her life was simple, helping her parents and the other villagers harvest crops and herd animals. However, one night when she was five years old, Viola was woken by the sounds of screaming. She was just rising from bed to see what was happening when her mother came rushing in. She bundled Viola up in a purple cloak, told her to run as fast as she could into the woods and to hide there until she came to get her. After giving a brave little nod, Viola's mother kissed her on the head and told her to go before leaving out the door. Viola did as she was told, climbing out her bedroom window and running into the dense forest. Sobbing slightly, Viola curled up in the hollow trunk of a tall tree and fell asleep, hoping that her mama and papa would find her soon. They never did.

When Viola awoke the next morning, no one had come for her. Afraid, cold and hungry, Viola started off home, only to be met with a grisly scene of death and destruction when she arrived. Her parents and fellow clansmen were all dead and their village had been burnt to the ground. Now scared and alone, Viola headed off to the city on the horizon she'd only ever seen from afar. Viola, unable to get any help to investigate the tragedy that had befallen her and her family and without anyone left to look after her, grew up on the city streets. Her small stature helped Viola in making a living as a pickpocket. Her talent for this underhanded art was soon recognized by one of the local street gang leaders. He took her in, letting her stay at the gang clubhouse. Though it was slow going at first, the two came to trust eachother, with their relationsip becoming very much that of a father and daughter.

After a couple of years, Viola was old enough and had earned enough money to get a place of her own. When she was sixteen, Viola decided that she wanted to become more than she was and do more with her life than be a criminal. She wanted to attend Beacon Academy and become a Huntress. As a way of saying thankyou, and knowing of Viola's desire to do something more with her life, Grayson had her criminal record "expunged". Though she was one of his organisations greatest assets, the happiness of the girl he'd taken in many years ago, the girl who he considered his daughter, ended up taking precedent over profit and he let her go with his blessing. She passed the rigorous entrance exam and was accepted for study at Beacon.

What still remains unknown to Viola to this day is that her clan and village were destroyed not just by Grimm, but also by a rival clan known as the Caladium. This clan had always been more violent than their neighbours and, wanting dominion over hunting in the forest separating their villages, they led a group of Ursa and Ursa Major to attack the other village. The farmers stood little chance and were soon killed. After the Grimm had dispersed, the Caladium proceeded to burn the village to the ground.

Combat
Having grown up on the street, Viola had to learn how to fight rather than being taught by professionals. This lead to her fighting style being, as she would put it, crude but effective.

Although Viola’s technique is quite rough around the edges, she is still quite a talented fighter with her speed and agility being her greatest assets. Whilst she lacks physical strength and therfore can't deal as much damage in a single hit as others, the rate in which she can land attacks more than compensates for it.

In combat, Viola wields a pair of transformable Revolver Knuckle Blades (RKB) called Wisteria and Callerya. In their melee mode, they appear to be a pair of blades with duster style grips, but with a simple flick of her wrists, Viola can transform them into a pair of revolvers. Having had years of practice with  Wisteria and Callerya, Viola can use both forms to devastating effect.

Aura and Semblance
Viola’s Aura is a vibrant purple colour.

Viola's Semblance is called Grip. Viola is able to cling to any solid surface and climb by transferring energy to her feet and hands. This gives her a much wider range to attack from.

Trivia
-Caladium, the clan who killed Viola's, is the name of a flower that grows in the forest. All parts of the flower are very poisonous.

- She  has a teddy bear that she hides from everyone. It was hers as a child and the only thing she has from back then. She has constantly had it repaired over the years.

- The design for Viola's weapon, Wisteria and Callerya, was inspired by a brass knuckle gun that was found on the show Auction Hunters.

- Viola is Italian for violet.

- I imagine Viola to sound like Girlie, the female Insurrectionist from Red vs Blue, who was voiced by Hannah Hart.

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