Finley Riddell

"I'm a father of five daughters. So any puppy eyes you try to put onto me will be minus ten points from your grade."

- Finley addressing his students

Finley Riddell is a Huntsman working as a professor in Signal Academy. He is married to Karmine Riddell (née Real) whom he had five daughters with, one of them being Charlotte Riddell. He is also an alumnus of Beacon Academy where he was a member of Team GRSL.

Appearance
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Personality
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Weapons and Abilities
Finley wields a zweihander that has a barrel in the middle where he would shoot bullets that are triggered by certain swings.

Backstory
Born as the only child of a doctor and a huntress, Finley was rather reckless in his youth until he attended Beacon where he quickly realized the consequences of his jerkish actions: He nearly got teammate Kholetta Spaten and her brother Lakritze killed during a co-team assignment where he purposefully attracted a bunch of Grimm to “add excitement” to the exercise. The blond wizened up since then and has even gotten closest to Kholetta out of all friendships with his teammates.

Through Lakritze's team, BLJK, Finley met and fell in love with Karmine Real, eventually marrying her after graduating Beacon. He then spent the first few years after graduation traveling throughout the kingdom of Vale for various Huntsmen duties until Karmine became pregnant with their first child in which he decided to only take contracts within the capital's limits in order to take care of his newborn daughter at his parents' estate. When both his parents died from terminal illness, Finley inherited the estate and began remaining at home while Karmine retains the “traditional” Huntsman style as the couple had more children. Finley eventually took a job as a teacher at Signal by the time his youngest, Charlotte, was born.

The comfortable life he had adjusted to took a turn when he received news of Karmine being found close to death from what was believed as a surprise Grimm horde. Finley refused to believe that his wife, a very talented Huntress, had been taken down that easily. While he is grateful that Karmine survived, there was a long stage of grief and some guilt when finding out that Karmine suffered severe head trauma and could not function by herself any longer. Yet, he remained strong for his daughters and remained being faithful towards Karmine 'til this day. Finley continues being a teacher at Signal as his daughters have reached well into adulthood.

Relationships
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Trivia

 * Finley Riddell is created by Synchrophi.
 * His first name means "fair-haired hero" where "fair" means white or, in Finley's case, blond.
 * His design and name alludes to the White King from Alice in Wonderland.