Elise Mindre

Elise Mindre is an original character by Deerbo.

Appearance
Elise has a rather plain appearance, one that nearly guarantees you wouldn't be able to spot her among a crowd. She has long brown hair, normally held in an extremely low ponytail with a bandana or a self-tie and flax-colored eyes. Perhaps her most recognizable feature is the fact that she clocks in at only 4 feet 8 inches, easily one of - if the the - smallest students at Beacon.

Aside from her uniform, Elise boasts a honey-colored chestplate and similarly colored shoulder plates and boots. Beneath the chestplate is a light pink corset, and above the plate is a green tunic-like top with one shoulder. She wears a darker green skirt accented with gold along with matching gloves and stockings - elbow and knee high, respectively.

Her weapons take the form of two bronze bangles around her wrists.

Personality
Elise can be described with one word - "graceful". She moves very fluidly and speaks softly, though that can be at least partially attributed to her upbringing. She was raised in a very humble home and was taught to speak and act with a sort of nobility to her - though this often works negatively in her favor, as her voice has been conditioned to be very quiet, and very soft. She describes herself as having a "cool composure", but anybody who's met her can attest that she is far from being as composed as she claims. She's extremely emotional, even animated, which creates a rather big clash between her voice and actions.

Another thing that many people notice is that Elisa has "social trepidation". She's not the most trusting individual and though she may consider some people friends, she's still an introvert at heart and dislikes the pressure that results from having too many friends. It doesn't help that she thinks her height is downright mortifying.

Weapons
Worn tightly around her wrists are two bronze bracelets. When the button on the underside of the bangle is pressed, the bracelets grow in size - to roughly the size of a dinner plate. This is Elise's form 1 - the two weapons are known as "Castani" and "Anura" in this form, or so is engraved on part of the ring. She uses these as chakram - meaning they are meant for throwing - but can utilize them for close combat as well.

Form 2 involves a slide of the button on the bangles. The chakram break and form two loosely connected half-circles, which reform into two much larger semi-circles. Elise brings them around her waist and allows the two broken halves to meet, where they meld together and form one large ring blade. There are two small grip-like holes in the weapon which Elise hold onto - allowing her to use the ring as a close-combat attack. She could also throw it, though the weapon weighs substantially more in this form.

To avoid the time it takes for her weapon to go through Form 1 -> Form 2, Elise can remove her bracelets altogether and simply slide the buttons, automatically growing them to the size where they can create the ringblade.

Aura/Semblance
Elise's aura is a darker shade of pink -almost magenta.

Elise's semblance is what she refers to as Poise, though it is more widely called Counter-weight or Stabilization. Though it's easily utilized by Elise, she can and will use it on others if necessary. This power simply allows her to keep her balance - a helpful tool for most situations. Being that she uses such a large, heavy weapon in combat, this allows her to control her own gravity so she won't fall while using her weapon - or more importantly, she won't fall if she gets hit.

Using her semblance for too much time/a sudden loss of control over the semblance, forces her onto the ground. She gets sick if she suddenly can't use her semblance, as it has to do with her body's mass.

Backstory
Elise lived with her elderly mother in a village of only a few hundred people. She was seemingly happy with her small town life - there was a blacksmith, a school, even an old Hunter who taught lessons to wannabes on the off-days. However, when she turned 15, she decided to flee the village one night along with her then-boyfriend with the idea that they could make it in one of the bigger cities.

Skip ahead a few months, and Elise was working as a housekeeper under a unusually wealthy faunus, one who she describes as being "mousy - long, hairless tail, pinched features". Though he was never particularly mean to her, neither was his family, they were often the subject of gossip through the community. Sometime after her 17th birthday she heard a rumor that one of her neighbor's, a family of avian-type faunus, were planning on sending their oldest child to Beacon. She managed to collect enough of her income from over the years and eventually left with him.

The two spent a year at Signal before coming to Beacon in order to make up for the years of practice they missed out on.

Trivia

 * Elise's background is based on the fairy tale 'Thumbelina'
 *  'Elise' comes from 'Tommelise', the original name of the Danish fairy tale, as well as the flower Rosa Tommelise.
 *  'Mindre' is Danish for 'small, less'