Daphne Birch

History:
Daphne was born as an illegitimate child after an affair between Sir Cedric Evergreen and his maidservant Holly Birch. This caused a major scandal which severely damaged Sir Cedric's image. To salvage his reputation, Sir Cedric refused to accept Daphne as his child, and instead forced her to serve as a maid in his household alongside her mother.

Despite this, Daphne was happy with her current state. She even became close friends with Sir Cedric's legitimate daughter Laura. Her only displeasure during her childhood was that Sir Cedric treated her aging mother cruelly, claiming that she was the fault his reputation was hurt, and going out of his way to make life miserable for mother and daughter alike.

Sir Cedric had always expected his real daughter, Laura, to become a huntress and further increase the Evergreen family's reputation. Despite this, Laura was a terrible fighter and did badly in all of her training exercises, however Sir Cedric pushed her on, hoping she would learn the art eventually.

Just before he tried to enroll Laura in Beacon, her failure in a training battle almost caused her to be killed by a Boarbatusk Grimm. It was Daphne who interfered in the battle and saved her. Sir Cedric realized Laura would never live up to his expectations, but he still wanted a Huntress to represent his household.

He noticed that Daphne bore a remarkable resemblance to Laura, and had even picked up her habits and personality through the time they spent together, she was also a much better fighter. This gave him a idea. He asked Daphne to impersonate Laura and attend Beacon Academy, ultimately becoming a Huntress while he got the reputation and Laura would be kept safe.

Realizing she was now in a position to negotiate, Daphne agreed, but on the condition she and her mother would be accepted as official members of The Evergreen Family. Sir Cedric had no choice but to agree. Thus, Daphne Birch became Laura Evergreen, and attends Beacon Academy in her place.

Trivia:

 * Laura sounds similar to Laurel, which is a tree covered entirely in bright green leaves. Making her color Lime Green.
 * Evergreen is a term describing trees which can survive through winter climates, thus appearing eternally green as their leaves do not die.
 * All the characters in the Evergreen family, Holly, Birch, Laura (Laurel) and Cedric (similar sound to Cedar) are in fact evergreen trees.
 * Her name changing from Daphne to Laurel reflects on a Greek myth about a Nymph named Daphne being turned into a Laurel tree by the Godess Athena, who was helping her escape from the Sun God Apollo.