Rina Rouge

"The sun is a great treasure that most take for granite. It greets us with rays of light and bathes us all with warmth and affection. Life without its presence, would never be the same."

Name: Rina Rouge

Age: 17

Gender: female

Race: Human

Height: 5'4"

Weight: 130 lbs

Hair: Bright Red

Eyes: Orange

Affiliation: Beacon Student

Team: AMBR

Color: Rouge/Red

Year 1 & 2
Rina is a normal girl who doesn't care much about wearing fancy clothing. The only thing that stands out is her hair color, because she's the only one in her family with red hair (inherited from her deceased mother). She's fine with her red and black T-shirt (with yellow trim on the sleeves and bottom of the shirt) and brown shorts every single day. She wears brown hiking boots and has two elbow pads for minor protection. In simple terms, Rina can be considered a tom-boy, but with some feminine notions as well, like keeping her skin soft and face blemish free.

Year 3 and up
In her third year at Beacon, Rina has grown her hair out stopping a little passed her shoulders and has even gone through an outfit change (still in process).

Personality
Rina is a very caring girl who enjoys being around nice people, laughing, and other fun things. Things she enjoys doing are basketball, hiking in the wilderness, and playing with animals. She also keeps some of her feminine side by having an affection toward cute things and obsessing over boys. Rina's upbeat personality allows her to befriend some of the creatures she comes in contact with whether they be stray, tamed, or sometimes wild animals.

Rina can also be very brave when it comes to both fighting and on occasions letting loose her emotions (eagerness, saddness, compassion, and all of the above). When she expresses herself she'll do it right to your face if there's a problem, never behind someone's back (she'll keep her language as PG as possible because her grandmother said nobody likes a woman with a sailor's mouth). She's also as stubborn as a mule at certain points, but not in a spoiled way, more of an "I won't give up" mindset. Rina doesn't have a killer instinct, which is why she doesn't use anything sharp and pointy; the only time she has killed was when her farm was attacked (backstory). She feels that you don't have to kill someone in your way in order to get things done, opposite view of Team RAVN member Verona Lyr.

There are times where Rina can be a total scaredy cat as well. For example when she's in a place that gives off a creepy or eerie feeling, she begins to cower a bit. Mentioning horror movies and ghosts can scare her if you do it well enough. Just don't scare her with a ghost costume, or she'll attack you in a panic.

One thing she has trouble doing is "being cute on purpose". In the case of her crush Miles Marron, Rina tries too hard at what she does and ends up failing completely. One time while preparing dinner for the team on a long mission, the dish she cooked up caused Miles to choke after she eagerly awaited a compliment from him. The food wasn't terrible; quite the opposite actually, it's just he couldn't get it all down the right way with Rina "pestering" him. That event discouraged her, but Rina never stopped trying.

Year 3 and up
Rina's personality hasn't changed that much over the years. She's still the fun loving tomboy everyone loves. She has grown into a more mature role, acting more proper as her team's leader Amy, sometimes taking the reins on missions. Her animal-loving nature has grown to the point where it seems as though she can get a good enough idea to understand what animals are thinking, especially when it comes to her pet Elucifer, as her team thinks they have some sort of psychic link between the two.

Weapon & Abilities
Rina uses a basic polearm staff in her everyday combat, in a basic form of bojutsu. Because of her nature, she prefers not to kill anyone; however, hurting her enemies is a different matter. Her first staff was made out of a sturdy wood material, handcrafted at Signal Academy, but after team AMBR's official mission, she broke it in two trying to protect Amy from a critical attack. When the team finally became whole, Blaine and the others decided to make Rina a new staff as an apology for how they all behaved and a way of saying thanks for changing their lives.

Weapon: Radiant Soul
Her current upgraded weapon is made out of a light sturdy steel with a grip in the middle and is named "Radiant Soul." With a press of a button she can shorten its length to easily store away in her pocket or extend it in an immediate emergency. There's one feature on the grip that allows Rina to utilize a technique called "Shimmering Soul" which causes her stave to glow and extend by a small portion, with the aid of her Semblance and Aura (similar to Leia Rolando's skill from Tales of Xillia). This ability can give her blows about a 20-30% boost in strength.

Aura & Semblance Combo
For the power of Shimmering Soul to activate, Rina's mind needs to be clear so she can activate her aura which is bright orange in color. She then focuses all of her energy completely on her staff, spins her weapon above her head slowly, gradually gaining speed, which takes about 5 minutes to do successfully. While spinning, her staff starts to glow from the center grip to its ends, due to her Semblance which absorbs solar energy (or moonlight) and grants Radiant Soul the power to glow with light. This ability only lasts for 5 minutes when activated because it's still a new technique she came up with, and can only be used again after 3 hours have passed, so Rina only uses it in extreme moments of danger (Other techniques she uses are on the Moveset tab in the back up fanon).

If her opponent ends up being stronger than she originally thought, Rina will end up pulling out her signature move "Radiant Slam" similar to Leia Rolando's Mystic arte Soulstoke Celebration (Jap, and Eng ). The motion starts off the same, but Rina launches the opponent into the air, jumps up, then slams them down to earth with her weapon. Her stave has to glow in order to utilise the full force of this technique (also because it can't really be called "Shimmer Slam" if it's not shimmering).

 Basic Abilities : Rina is very athletic because of the work she's done at her family's farm. She has high stamina, and can make speedy strikes with her stave. The only thing she's lacking in is more strength, but her methods in battle prove to be more efficient than muscle could ever pull off alone.

Hinderances: There are times where Rina focuses on her friends more so than her enemy, which can be bad in terms of a real fight. It can be a big distraction to her if she notices one of her allies fall because the enemy can easily take advantage and strike. Amber told her this one time during a training session at Beacon. Another thing is that she can become really hesitant when facing an opponent who seems too strong for her, but after taking a few blows Rina will get over it and stand back up to fight.

Year 3 and up
Rina's technique and skills with her staff have improved since her first years at Beacon. Nothing much has changed about her or her weapon (just yet) when it comes to battling, though Elucifer has taken a liking to be a bit of help in battles (not sure how yet, just have to wait for a fighting dog in RWBY before turning him into Repede from Vesperia).

Backstory
Unlike her teammates, Rina is just a normal girl. Her parents weren't murdered, she wasn't found alone and helpless, or anything like that. Rina has always lived on her family's farm far away from the city with her dad Michael, older brother Riley, little sister Serenity, and grandma Cherrie (pronounced Sherry). Her brother and father worked in a small town down the road at local shops, while the women of the house managed the farm. Tending the animals (cows, sheep, pigs, rabbits, etc. whatever the RWBY-verse has) became something enjoyable to Rina rather than a chore (she even made friends with all of them at age 12). Her Grandmother taught her everything in regards to cooking, cleaning, and keeping the animals happy. She also shared some family secrets on "how to attract a man" which Rina always enjoyed listening to.

It was at the age of 14 where things started to get intense for her. One night when Rina was messing around with the rabbits, she heard a howl. It was a small pack of 3 Beowolves that had wandered onto their peaceful land. One of them had cornered Rina's little sister outside. With her grandmother being too old and the men being away, Rina felt it was up to her to protect her family and friends. She grabbed a pitchfork and fought them off single-handedly while her little sister went for help. She didn't want to kill them whether they were monsters or not; she had a big heart for all animals. With no other option but to die in the hands of these feral beasts, killing was the last resort.

When the help arrived, there were only corpses found; of the wolves that is. Rina had managed to kill the Beowolves and escaped her death with a few big injuries, but nothing fatal. She was seen standing over their bodies breathing heavily leaning on the pitchfork holding on to her right side. Her brother Riley said she was reckless, but a man in the crowd said it was brave. This man was a teacher at Signal Academy who was going to lend a helping hand to the family. He said to Riley "If she hadn't done what she did, your whole family could've been slaughtered." After seeing this display of heroism, he gave Rina an opportunity to attend Signal to hone the potential he sees in her. She smiled and accepted the offer right before she fell, her brother caught her before she reached the ground. Rina told him that she just got a little too excited. The teacher had taken her inside th house to get treated as soon as possible with a medic at his side; she wasn't dying but her wounds were still pretty bad.

After three years of training, Rina finally got accepted to Beacon Academy. There she met and changed the lives of three people Amber Thysteine, Miles Marron , and Blaine Azuria, the other members of team AMBR. Rina may call herself an average girl, but her teammates find her special. She's the rock that has kept the group together ever since their first meeting, and always will be there for them.

Rina's Themes
Year 1-2 Normal Theme (Subject to Change):  Vanille's Theme FF XIII

Battle Theme: Daring Sword from Tales of Xillia

Year 3+4 Theme: Serah's Theme, Memory from FF13-2

Rina's Emblem
With the power of Microsoft Paint, Rina's emblem is supposed to be a representation of her stave and the sun. Her weapon "Radiant Soul" is in the center and the sun's solar rays appear on the left and right side. The sun is also a reference to her Semblance when used on Radiant Soul as well as her kind and warm heart.

Since Rina's character design is basic, I thought her emblem would be basic too (yeah not just because I suck at MS Paint, if you buy that... it's actually pretty decent work now that I think about it because it's nearly symmetrical. If you're Death the Kid you probably would've noticed that without me saying so. I'm not telling you where the minor mistake is, -ahem- anyway back on topic...).

Her emblem is seen on the armor guards in her elbow pads, the center of her pajama shirt, swimsuit, left pocket of a tan leather jacket she wears in cold environments with a matching pair of gloves, and other material possesions.

Extras

 * Rouge is literally red in French, as well as a cosmetic product used to add color to cheeks.
 * If the color rule applies to first names, then consider this:
 * From Japanese, the ri in Rina means jasmine (na meaning greens or a phonetic character) and there is also a particular type of jasmine flower that comes in either fragrant pink or a rosy red color, being Beesianum jasmine.
 * Rina was quite difficult for me to figure out a look and personality on, so I went for basic.
 * She was the only character I had to draw a second time to get right.
 * A third drawing was made just to take out some red in her outfit.


 * Because of the Team AMBR Motiff that is supposed to revolve around the basics of the Solar System, Rina and her emblem represent the Sun.
 * She's the only member of Team AMBR who doesn't use Dust to power her weapon.
 * Her fighting style is similar to Leia Rolando's from Tales of Xillia. In battle example. Coincidentally, her being good with stamina matches up with Leia's Lilium Orb which focuses on stamina.
 * Seeing Leia fight was pretty much my inspiration for Rina's method of battle.
 * Rina has an old friend who helps the doctors at Beacon from time to time; her name is Izumi Thrussell.


 * Originally Rina was meant to have a glaive for a weapon, but I thought of her as more of a peaceful person with no intention of killing (that doesn't necessarily mean she doesn't have the courage to knock you senseless either).
 * The only time she has taken anything's life was when she was protecting her family from the Beowolves. Because it was an act of self defense, and she didn't have enough skill at the time to keep them at bay until help arrived, it was the only choice she had.
 * Rina was the one who started calling Amber Amy in the team. It shows their sign of friendship.


 * Rina befriends a lone black and gray wolf pup, although the team advised against it. His name is Elucifer.
 * Since I can't draw animals, think of his appearance as a Poochyena  or rather a gray wolf pup.
 * Rina has a crush on Miles and she's too shy to tell him (girl problems).
 * Subpage links: Images, /Moveset/, /Relationships/.

​Full Image Gallery
The photo collection of Ms. Rina Rouge. Anything hand-drawn was by me (Computer art done by friends) and everything is given proper credit.