Adena Byrd

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Adena Byrd is an original character by KyranKandosa2 for his Silver Moon Chronicles fan story. Adena is a member of Team BEAR, and is partners with her fraternal twin sister, Elysia Byrd.

Appearance:
Adena is of average hieght and figure, with an athletic body, aquiline features, and green eyes. Her hair is a vibrant blend of red and gold, hanging down to her upper back. Her combat gear consists of black cargo pants, smoke-grey shirt and knee-high boots,

Weapons:
Homa: Bennu:
 * Weapon: Dual Dust Dispenser Gauntlets
 * Type: Dust, Ranged, Melee
 * Weapon Derivation: Gauntlets, flamethrower
 * Description: Homa is an pair of elbow-length gauntlets with knuckle studs for melee combat. Homa also includes an Dust projector on the inner forearm, with the emitter nozzle located on the palm. The projector is fed by an belt of Dust cartridges loaded just beneath the elbow.
 * Weapon: Variable Ordinance Grenade Launcher
 * Type: Ranged
 * Weapon Derivation: XM25 CDTE
 * Description: Bennu is an bull-pup grenade launcher that loads 25mm grenades from an 5-round magazine. It has an foregrip, and can also store one spare clip just in front of the main grip. The launcher's controls allow it to decide between proximity or timed detonation, whereupon they explode in an air-burst.  Bennu can use several kinds of grenades, but is typically loaded with Fire Dust grenades. The launcher is stored on an magnetic holster on the right side of Adena's backpack.

Notable equipment:
Adena wears an backpack containing not only Bennu's holster, but an mechanized ammunition rack for Bennu's spare magazines. The backpack has room for six magazines, allowing her to carry 30 rounds of extra ammunition for her launcher.

Semblance:
Adena's Semblance is Pyrokinesis. Adena can psychokinetically manipulate and dispell any nearby flame, but requires Dust or some other catalyst to combust and start the fire. She can augment fire with her Aura, preventing it from burning an target object, or sustaining it with her own energy in lieu of another fuel source, though this is a very energy intensive ability.

Abilities:

 * Firebreathing: An hobby she took up to refine and show off her control of fire.
 * Dancing: Adena likes to dance, sometimes practicing her Semblance by manipulating flames to add to the performance.
 * Heat resistance: Due to her Semblance, Adena is more resistant to heat and flame than normal.
 * Fire armor: Adena sheathes herself in fire to improve her melee ability and force her enemies to retreat from close quarters. She usually limits herself to covering her gauntlets in flames, due to the rapid energy consumption involved in sustaining the flames and controlling how they burn to protect her clothes, etc. Despite the name of the technique, Adena is unable to use the flames as actual armor.

Trivia:

 * Adena's first name means fire, while her surname means bird. Taken together, they refer to the mythic firebird, the pheonix.
 * The names of Adena's weapons, Homa and Bennu, are also references to mythological firebirds.
 * Adena's color reference is red, due to her association with fire.