Blanche Chiffon

Blanche Chiffon, nicknamed the White Scythe, is a high-ranking and powerful Hunter brought in by Ozpin to serve Beacon as its teacher of Aura Kinetics after the original professor had to take time off to deal with the logistics of the Vytal Festival. The former apprentice of Summer Rose, Blanche Chiffon takes a special interest in the growth of her daughter Ruby Rose, along with her budding relationship with the Black Hunter Vulturn.

Appearance
Basic descriptions of Blanche Chiffon would be that of a lean, dark-skinned man who has a penchant to wearing long, flowing clothes such as trenchcoats or robes. If he were illustrated, his colour scheme involves silver, dark red and brown, with a little gold here and there.

His body structure is skeletally gangly, with thin arms and a narrow shoulder width, but underneath his clothes, his musculature has been defined from years in service as a Hunter, with his fighting style putting emphasis on almost every part of his body. It is also due to his Hunter years that his body is marred with scar tissue, mostly across his back due to surprise attacks from creatures. Thus to remind himself of his mistakes and carelessness, each scar is tattooed over with a number and the creature of Grimm that did this to him.

Face-wise, Blanche is decent-looking. He is no Lie Ren, but sharp definition and a brooding look, occasionally broken with a smile, helps him earn a little attraction from some of he girls in his class, though admittedly he is much more admired for his undeniable prowess in battle and his teaching skills.

Personality
As a teacher in Beacon, Blanche Chiffon takes an approach similar to Glynda: he takes no shit from his students and expects them to put in their best efforts in his lessons. In class, he protrays himself as someone who doesn't hold his students in very high regard, loving to push their buttons so as to make them get out of their comfort zone to prove him wrong. In truth, he does express a genuine belief that the Hunters of today are significantly weaker compared to the more battle-scarred Hunters of old due to the conveniences of technology, but he still thinks that they have never lost the potential and that a push is necessary to set them on the right track to greatness.

While his subject doesn't require it, he also makes frequent use of mock fights in the training arena, as he views that students need to learn to apply their theoretical knowledge of Aura in practical situations. Also, since he is only called in to teach once in a while, Blanche always aims to make each of his sessions special, whether be it through trips or inviting other Hunters he knows to demonstrate their knowledge or relating his own experiences as a professional Hunter, which are far more interesting and less boastful than that of Professor Port. Engaging his students on a personal level as he examines the unique quirks of their Aura and Semblance, Blanche avoids mass-teaching and instead opts for a more face-to-face approach, always making time to meet up with each student in his class for a discussion about their Aura. Even his homework is tweaked to suit each individual student.