Iva Ravenwood

"The Chosen...the Diavolo Clan...the Grenado Cartel...none of them will survive what will happen next." Iva Ravenwood is an original character created by Aldrasos. She is the protagonist of ''The Conspiracy of Ravens. ''

Appearance
Iva is of the average height around 5'10'' and has a lean, athletic body. Her green hair is quite short and doesn't reach past her neck, with the exception of four long blades which fall down past her collarbone. Her eyes are a large and green and have a habit of enchanting people into staring into them. In terms of clothing she usually wears a long light brown coat with parakeet green trims over one of a variety of long-sleeved dress shirts, usually of a pure white, as well as dark, practical trousers. Additionally she almost always wears a pair of dark green gloves and a thin light green neck bow. On the inside of her coat is a holster for her revolver.

She also possesses her WPD (Windpath Police Department) uniform, which she rarely wears except for certain occasions.

Personality
Iva is good-natured and dutiful person at heart, however she is also very ambitious and dangerously outspoken. She prioritises her work as a police investigator before her social life, of which she has little, and has a tendency to avoid working with others as a team, instead striking out by herself during her investigations. However, she asks for help when required and is fairly easy to talk to, so long as she has the time and patience. In her quest to become a recognised police detective Iva is a workaholic and restless, and is rarely content with the mundane work she is given. As a result, whenever an opportunity arises she takes hold of it with both hands, and will work tirelessly to succeed in her objectives. Outside of work she enjoys adventuring and travelling, even if it just to new places in Windpath.

Background
Iva was born to a Huntman father and a police detective mother in Windpath, 23 years before the events of RWBY. After six years her parents divorced agreeably, with her father deciding that he wasn't suited for a settled, married life and instead belonged to the people of Remnant, as their protector. Iva never saw him again after he left, as his fate is unknown. Two years later an incident in Windpath, called the Black and White (BAW) Massacre occurred, in which members of the Malal's Chosen Motorcycle Club violently clashed with the resident mafia group, the Diavolo Clan, and a local cartel, the Grenado Cartel, in what was effectively a three-way gang war that lasted several days and resulted in the deaths of several police officers and many members of each of the three groups. One of the deaths was Iva's mother, who died while attempting to locate Iva's older brother, Mantis Ravenwood, who would later take on the name 'Orc'. 21 at the time, Orc had been a member of the Chosen and had been responsible for pushing the club's leader into carrying out the attack that had killed his mother, making him indirectly responsible for it.

When her brother confessed to being responsible to their parent's death, Iva initially despised him and chose to live in an orphanage for several years. When she was 14 Orc managed to convince her to forgive him, and she lived in his clubhouse for another two years. After the old president was arrested after the events of the BAW Massacre Orc took over as the new president and thus had control over the entire club.

At 16, Iva left her brother and travelled to Mistral to train as a police officer, graduating four years later. She then returned to Windpath and began walking in her mother's footsteps, serving one year as a front-line police officer, before transferring and becoming a police investigator instead. Despite being adept at detective work, in her two years of duty she has failed at gaining the position of detective.

Oblivion
Oblivion is Iva's Semblance. When activated, Iva is able to erase a person's memory of having encountered her. Oblivion can only erase memories of meetings shorter than 10 minutes, although multiple separate meetings each 10 minutes short can still be erased. Oblivion only erases a person's memory of her, and suffer no side affects besides having no memory of what had happened immediately before. It effectively creates a gap in their memory. The Semblance requires direct eye contact to work, and a person's memories of Iva will return if they ever look into her eyes again (unless she is activating her Semblance a second time, in which case they remain forgotten). A person will often retain obscure fragments of memory if the memory erased is especially vivid, such as a fight. The Semblance does not cause fatigue, but 10 minutes after activation she suffers a painful migraine which lasts one hour. If used consecutively, the migraine persists an additional hour for each additional person. Iva discovered her Semblance during an interview as a police investigator, which allows her to question and talk to people without fear of them remembering the conversation.

In combat, Oblivion has limited use. If Iva sparked a spontaneous fight within the ten minutes, she can effectively end the fight by making the person forget their reason for fighting. However, if the fight was planned the combatant will still remember their reason for fighting and will only forget what happened leading up to/during the fight up to that point.

Revolver
Iva has an unnamed revolver as her only weapon. It does not transform, but is capable of firing a variety of Dust-infused rounds if desired. It has a faded light green coat and is sturdy enough to deflect most attacks without getting damaged.

Martial Arts
Iva has also been trained in unarmed combat. Due to her lack of physical strength, it revolves around disarming an opponent and defeating them with pressure-point nerve strikes. If the person has an Aura, she will usually prioritise disarming them and then retreating, as she is no a fighter by occupation.

Trivia

 * Iva is a type of green plant. It is also frequently associated with ivy