Petra O'Malley

"You can, you should and if you're brave enough to start, you will."

Petra O'Malley is an original character created by WeissSchnee. She is the leader of Team PYRT and alludes to Grace O'Malley.

Appearance
Petra is a young woman with short, untidy light grey hair and green eyes. Short for her age, Petra has a naturally slim and slightly voluptuous figure. Her regular combat gear is made up of a long green coat with grey accents and gold fastenings and grey thigh high boots with green belts and gold fastenings around the top. She also wears a green headband, green rimmed glasses secured by a thin band so they don't fall off in combat, gold hoop earrings and a grey belt with a large gold buckle emblazoned with her personal emblem.

Biography/ History
Petra was born and raised in Vale. Her father was a fisherman and sailor and her mother ran a bookstore. Petra always wanted to go on trips with her father on his boat, but he always denied her, saying he was worried her hair would get caught in the rigging and she would get hurt. So Petra, being the stubborn and determined child she was, got a pair of scissors and hacked of most of her hair. Her mother was furious, but her father; after initially scolding her, laughed when she told him why she'd cut off her hair and eventually allowed her to come with him on a fishing trip.

Petra's parents broke up for almost two years when Petra was young, and during that time Petra lived with her mother. Also during that time, Petra's father had another child; a son, with a Huntress. Their relationship didn't last, and Petra's parents eventually got back together.

When Petra grew up, she decided she wanted more out of life than being a fisherwoman or working in her mother's bookstore. So, after getting permission from her parents, Petra applied to Signal Academy. She excelled at her studies and, after graduating from Signal, she applied to Beacon Academy. She passed the entrance exam with flying colours and eventually became the leader of Team PYRT.

Petra and her team were returning from a mission when the chaos in Vale began. They assisted in defending the safe zone and stayed in the city afterward to clear out Grimm.

Personality
Petra is cold, blunt and cynical. At least, that's how she appears on the outside. On the inside, she actually cares deeply for her family and friends. Petra rarely shows her compassionate side, leaving many people to have trouble dealing with her difficult personality. Petra has great confidence, both in her abilities and intelligence, though the ways in which she sometimes chooses to display them comes off as her being arrogant. She is also very stubborn and is usually more than willing to argue when her opinions and point of view are challenged.

Petra is very independant, mainly due to the fact that she usually had to rely on herself as a child when her parents were busy working. As a result, she usually decided to do the bulk of work in any situation without asking others for help, but that's something she's been working on since becoming the leader of Team PYRT. Over their three years together at Beacon, Petra has come to trust her team mates and this has allowed her to loosen up a little and realise she doesn't have to do everything herself.

As much as Petra loves to be out exploring and fighting, she also loves to study. She takes theoretical classes as seriously as practical ones and considers them to be equally as important. Petra has less of a sense of humour and more of a dry, sarcastic wit and is more than willing to dish out witty one-liners if the situation calls for one.

In Combat
Petra has above average speed, agility and strength which she fully utilizes in combat, however these can sometimes be hampered by slightly below average endurance and stamina meaning that Petra does better in short fights rather than drawn out conflicts.

She also showcases a great deal of skill in when using her weapon, a pair of Dust Augmented Elemental Blades (DAEB) called Rocky Tide. One blade is augmented with water Dust and the other is augmented with stone Dust. Petra is capable of using her weapons as a conduit for her Aura, allowing her to create slashes of either water or stone augmented energy.

Petra's fighting style could be compared to krabi-krabong, a real world style of weapons-based martial arts from Thailand.

Aura: Petra's Aura is light grey in colour. Out of all the members of Team PYRT, Petra has the greatest control and understanding of her Aura.

Semblance Petra's Semblance is called 'Queen of the Sea'. When she activates her Semblance, her skin begins to glow. Petra's Semblance allows her to form a water like Aura around herself that substantially increases her strength and endurance. Queen of the Sea is very taxing, however, and leaves Petra visabley exhausted afterwards. As a result, Petra uses her Semblance sparingly in short bursts instead of long, sustained periods. She most often uses it in a 20 to 30 second burst, but has previously been capable of maintaining it for two minutes. This prolonged period of use, however, left her almost too exhausted to walk.

Trivia
- Petra means stone, and since stone is grey, that is the colour allusion of her name.

- The name of Petra's Semblance, 'Queen of the Sea', was the nickname of Grace O'Malley, the 16th Century female pirate she is based on.

- Petra's swords have no alternate function.