Chloe Liakada

"Hmmm... Alright how about this. You guys just keep smiling, and then the Grimm won't notice us. Right?""

- Chloe Liakada Chloe Liakada is a seveteen year old girl who was born in a village located in the lands between Vacuo and Vale (Chloe considers herself to be from Vacuo). When Chloe was ten years old, she was selected to become the next guardian of the village. She is the third member of Team CRCT, and is considered the team's best close quarters fighter.

Appearance
Chloe is a rather short girl, with a slim build to match. Her skin holds a lightly tanned tone to it. Her eyes are coloured warm pink whilst her hair is a flaming orange colour, both tones similar to those of a sunset. Her hair itself has a split side swept fringe, whilst the rest of it is drawn back into two pigtails around the back of her head that are held in place by sunflower styled bands. She also has a beaded braid in front of her right ear. Chloe wears an orange halter top, with a transparent green loose fitting top over her torso. She also wears a pair of tight fitting three-quarter lengths that are green in colour with a custom orange vine pattern running up the legs. She has a set of detached sleeves that are also green in colour with orange border lines at the top and bottom. She also has a pair of short brown boots with small metal clips on them.
 * Huntress Attire

The most prominent feature of Chloe's outfit is the long brown ribbon that is wrapped around her body and slotted through two small pads of leather which form a makeshift belt around her waist. The wrap is decorated, front and back, with small blessings and charms given to her by villagers, all with the purpose of spiritually supporting and protecting her. She also has another small piece of beige cloth tied into that hangs off of her back, which also acts as another charm.

Chloe also has three necklaces made out of different coloured gems around her neck, five bracelets around her left wrist and a metal band on her right wrist. Chloe wears the full school uniform with all of her normal jewellery on. All of her charms are clipped or strung onto an extra belt on her waist.
 * School Uniform

Character
Chloe, despite her age, maintains an attitude of a highly innocent child. She is unfailing happy at every waking moment, taking every challenge in her path with near with flawless optimism. No matter how many times she may fail at a task, she will always be certain that there is another way to complete her goal.

Many people would think Chloe wasn't taking in her job seriously, and in many ways they would be right. No matter what she will be smiling and giggling. Even her childish sulks are only jokes and last a few seconds at most.

Chloe would be at her happiest in a forest surrounded by all forms of wild animals. Chloe always felt a strange connection to the nature that circled her village, often spending hours walking barefoot through moss and grass, being found by the adults several hours later muddy from head to toe with some new pet she wanted to keep.

Technology itself brings a whole new wonder to Chloe's life. In her village the only common technology were the very common scrolls. The occasional high-tech weapon or airship would pass through but nothing special. As such everything from the basic car to the holographic screens seen around Vale are things of great amusement and wonder for the girl, who will often loudly voice how fascinated she is.

Backstory
Chloe was born in a very remote village that hadn't moved as quickly with the times as the rest of the world. All of the residents are brought up believing in spirits and demons, including learning about the ultimate demons, the Creatures of Grimm, for their entire lives. Doing good deeds both for the village and travellers are essential to any resident's life, in order for them to assure their spirits a happy rest after death.

The village also has a form of protective organisation, lead by a 'Guardian'. When a Guardian prepares to retire into a quieter role within village, a new Guardian is chosen from any of the children aged between ten and fifteen years old. The role itself is one that holds a lot of honour for both the Guardian and the family who raised them. Chloe herself was barely ten years old when she was chosen to succeed the next Guardian. Like any trainee, she was set onto the road of training.

As part of this training Chloe decided to leave the village for the last four years, believing the famed Huntsman Academies would be the best place to learn more about the demons that threatened the village and how she could best protect her home during her term. After being spiritually blessed and being given various blessings and charms in the form of bead and gem chains, Chloe was sent to Beacon Academy.

Chloe met her new partner, Tsuki Sukaretto, during the initiation to Beacon. Chloe found herself drawn to the Faunus girl, and struck up a quick albeit unusual friendship. Tsuki would later pick out the Black Pawn relic for the pair of them. In the closing ceremony Chloe would finally meet Cerise Sirene and Russet Drake, and take just as quick liking to them.

Chloe had the best night she could at the Vytal Ball, dancing with anyone who would allow her. The following day Chloe flew off with the rest of team back to her home village, where increasing Grimm numbers were becoming a worrying sign. The sight of Chloe as well as her teammates increased general morale tenfold, and the Grimm attacks once again lowered in frequency and strength. Before the team left Chloe helped take part in an honorary blessing for her teammates.

Chloe, along with the rest of Team CRCT, helped as best as she could during the Battle of Beacon before pulling out with everyone else after the mandatory evacuation. After landing back in Vale and going around helping in any way she could, Chloe started focusing on her plans to return to her home and finish her training there.

Weapon
Chloe's weapon of choice is called "Beams of Light". It is defined as a Quad-Reel Casting Sword (QRCS). The weapon is based around a Jian sword, with a one handed handle and a short double edged blade. With the pull of a small trigger at the hilt of the sword the blade with segment and split, turning into four barbed whips connected by a flexible metal chord. The same trigger will reel the segments back in, pulling the blade back together.

The handle is hollow, designed for the insertion of Dust clips. With a clip in a button on the handle can be pressed to channel Dust into the metal chords, imbuing either the full blade or the whips with elemental properties. Chloe most commonly uses Fire Dust, but also rarely uses Lightning or Wind Dust.

Fighting Style
Without strength on her side, Chloe relies on speed to dish out small amounts of damage rapidly. She will also try to keep her enemy confused. The two tactics added together with her small size can prove quite deadly.

Chloe is adept at her swordplay. Not only is she able to slash and stab rapidly with the blade, but switch which hand she is wielding her sword in or how she's holding the sword. This is combined with her own series of twirls, bends and flips which turn simple sword fighting into a flurry. The ease in which her weapon transforms also helps her, as she can continue to attack even as the blade is breaking up or reforming, also adding to the level of unpredictability.

Semblance
Chloe's Semblance is called "Call of the Wild." This allows Chloe to temporarily tame a single wild animal into an alliance with her. The time the animal is tamed is limited as Chloe will slowly start to feel the effects overtime.

Her Semblance doesn't demand instant unquestioning loyalty from the animal, nor does it garuntee the animal will allow her to do anything she wants with it. A horse may be happy for her to sit on its back and ride it to where she needs to go, but it may not be comfortable charging at a Grimm. The opposite could be said for a more predatory animal. What she can and can't do all comes down to the unique personality of the animal.

Trivia

 * Chloe is a Greek name meaning "Green Shoot". In turn Liakada is the Greek word for sunshine.
 * Chloe is based off of Yan Leixia from Soul Calibur and Oerba Dia Vanille from Final Fantasy.
 * Chloe takes design Elements from both of these characters, combining them in a unique way.