Masandiana 'Malice' Starsaph

"I know who I am, so if you don't like it, just shut the hell up and walk away."

- Michelle 'Mikey' Starsaph Michelle 'Mikey' Starsaph is a Student at Beacon Acadamy and a member of Team NGMA

Appearance
A well-built young-lady, her purple hair hangs just above her neck at the back. Her bangs reach down to her chin and her right one has a streak of yellow. She also has a percing on her right eyebrow. Her orange eyes a lined with black eyeliner and cyan makeup. Her pouty lips are also colored that shade. She has at least for earings on her right ear and one on her left. For clothing, she wears a dark purple top with her left shoulder exposed and the lowest side just below her belly button, tight black pants, and rock shoes that add six inches to her height. Sometimes, she would replace the top with lavender tank top that goes down to just above her belly button and a long sleeve dark purple denim coat that reaches down to her abdomin. She also wears black, fingerless gloves, two gold bracelets on her left wrist, and an orange armband on her right. On her lower back is a tatoo of her emblem, a cranium on an double-bladed axe blade with a kiss mark on the left side. For sleepwear, she puts on a purple bathrobe.

Personality
Her personality can be described as crude, loud, and rude. It seems as though she is purposely being unpleasent to repel people. Saying she has a wild streak is a gross understatement. She has a total disregard of societies rules, which gets her in hot water with authority figures. She also has a thing for Heavy Metal music, often playing the melodies with her weapon, Xander. She also doesn't care what other people think of her. With her, you either take her as is or leave. For those that are brave enough, or foolish enough, to stay by her side, they can find that she has moments of friendliness. Sure, she's still loud and obnoxious, but she also helps out with her friend's issues and is genuinely kind to them. She also secretely enjoys classic rock. However, touch on sore subjects, like her parents, and she'll turn on you in a heartbeat. She just doesn't want to talk about it, period. Bottom line, she's a loner who enjoys having company once in a while.

Weapon
Her weapon is an Dust-powered Guitar Ax (DGA) that she affectionately calls Xander. Unlike most weapons, it has no transformation function; it is a guitar with ax blades. It has a dust dispenser connected to of strings of the guitar This dispenser is located on the base. Depending on what cords she plays, Xander can either create massive waves or precise attacks. She uses the following Dust: Her weapon does have one drawback, the strings heat up whenever she uses the Dust inside it. With continued use, they will become too hot to handle. Fortunately, they have a reletively quick cooldown time.
 * Red: Used to hurl fireballs, light up her surroundings, or heat her ax blades for easier cuting
 * Cyan blue: Used to freeze targets, create a small bizzard, or coat her ax blades in ice for harder hits and blocks
 * Blue: Used to fire bolts of lighting, release an electric wave, or charge her ax blades.
 * Yellow: Used to increase the power of her ax attacks.

Abilities
The least trained on Team NGMA, she has a very limited knowledge on fighting techniques. But for what little she does know, she has quite the skill in. She also is quite knowledgable in the use of Dust. She mainly specializes in ranged attacks, where she uses her Dust skills to there fullest. She even uses multiple Dust powers in succession, creating what she calls 'a face-melting, killer rockshow.' Due to her lack in training, her close combat skills are somewhat, well, lacking. Her fighting style usually comprises of brute force based attacks meant to push the enemy away. She can hold her own in a close-combat situation, but, as Gabriel Emeraldeye points out, her technique is sloppy at best. She also relies heavily on dirty tricks to best her opponents.

Her aura is violet in color

Her Semblance is Sonics. She can direct and amplify soundwaves to the point where it can shatter solid rock. However, doing a feat such as that will cut her stamina in half. Also, the lighter the sound, the harder it is to amplify.

Equipment
She has a rag that she uses to clean Xander.

She also has a pair of bases attached to the bottom of her soles. The create soundwaves that she can amplify to bound great distances.

Role on Team NGMA
She is the long range fighter and diversion of Team NGMA. While her teamates defend her, she attacks the enemies. Her range is a perfect compliment to Aaron 'Amp' Zulleo's more refined swordsmanship. She also distracts opponents, leaving them open for an ambush assault.

Backstory
Believe it or not, Michelle Starsaph had a happy, care-free childhood. Loving parents, a good home in a peaceful forest, and a playful dog called Xander. She would often explore the woods that surround her quante cottege, with one of her parents keeping a close eye so she did not wander too far. It was a little slice of heaven. Then, it all went down in flames.

At the age of nine, while traveling on an airplane, one of the turbines exploded, causing the plane to freefall. There was only one parachutte left, so her parents gave it to her. Refusing to get off the plane, her parents had to reassure that they would be right behind her. With a final look at her parents, she jumped off and deployed the parachutte. She then got stuck in a tree, a few scraps, but nothing serious. Unable to unhook the straps of the parachutte, she had to wait for a hiker to come to her aid. She was then checked in to the local hospital, where she waited for hours on news about her parents. When a police officer told her that her parents died in the crash, she screamed, but not in sorrow, rather in disbelief. After all, they promised they would be right behind her. Slowly, though, the truth sank in and she practically shut down. Gone was the care-free child. To make the transformation complete, she began refering to herself as Mikey, as felt the name was edgy.

For the next few years, she went from foster home to foster home, most of them didn't hold her for more than a month. She also acted out, often breaking the rules to make others as misurable as she was. She learned how to lockpick and trash random places. She vandelized public and private property. Once time, she was caught joyriding. To cure her of this wild behavior, she was court order to go to therapy sessions, but all they did was tick her off more, making her more prone to continue her wild streak.

Then, at age fourteen, Mikey was put into the care of a huntress named Frida Peach. To deal with her streak, Peach thought it best to give her a sister rather than another authority figure that she would ignore. She participated in some of Mikey's less destructive acts and even taught her some basic fighting techniques. Within a week, Mikey's demeanor changed dramatically. She was less prone to commit acts of vandalism and stopped alltogether. She became more pleasent to be around. She was even being polite in public. It seemed that her being bad days were over.

Believing that she was ready, Peach offered Mikey her tutelege to become a huntress. She accepted, and within a year, she had learned the basics of combat. During her training, she took an interest in Dust spellcasting. After she learned the basics of combat, she worked tirelessly to learn how to apply Dust in a combat setting. By age sixteen, she was an expert Dust spellcaster, and forged her weapon Xander, named after her former pet. Then, it went downhill. Thinking it was time for Mikey to finally let go of her childhood trauma, Peach tried to get her to take about how she felt about her parents' death. Instantly, Mikey lashed out, practically biting Peach's head off. She then ran off, leaving the foster care system.

For the next year, she lived off the streets, stealing so that she wouldn't starve and generally causing trouble. She was more dangerous than ever, thanks to Peach's training.

Then at age seventeen, she decided that it was time for her to have her first drink. She went to a local bar to get one, but the bartender refused to serve her due to her age. One guy came up behind her to ascort her out, but she violently shoved him into a jukebox. A barfight ensued as she fought off the other three guys using her huntress training. Terrified, the bartender then gave her a bottle of beer, saying it was on the house. She then exited the bar, only to find that a bunch of thieves were attacking two guys, Aaron Zulleo and Nathan Greywolf. One of the theives saw her and shot her beer bottle. Enraged, she threw the now broken bottle at the thief's face and joined in the scrap. Another thief came up behind her, but then she herd the word 'duck' and instictually did so. She later saw another guy, Gabriel Emeraldeye, join the fight, and together they fought off the thieves. They got arrested soon after that.

In the holding cells, she was approached by Professor Ozpin. After explaining how she was able to fight, Ozpin offered her amnesty and an invitation to attend Beacon Acadamy, provided she gave up on her vandalistic behavior. Seeing that the only other option for her was three years in a juvenile facility, she accepted. She then became a member of Team NGMA, led by Nathan.

Trivia

 * Her last name 'Starsaph' is a reference to the Star Saphires from DC Comics. Star Saphires are the color violet.
 * Part of her personality is based on that of Davey Stone from Eight Crazy Nights
 * Her fighting style is based loosely on that of Eddy Riggs from Brutal Legend.
 * Her attitude tends to drive both Weiss Schnee and Glinda Goodwitch up the wall.
 * Her dog, Xander got adopted by her parents' housesitter when she and her parents never came back.