Silke Vermilion

"Why are you so worried? Come here, and take a seat. Relax yourself. Being worried about it won't help at all."

- -Silke when seeing one of her teammates worried

Appearance
Silke has icy light blue hair, pulled back into a ponytail. She will sometimes die her hair bright vermillion, when she gets tired of her normal hair color. She has light skin, and she has one golden eye, and one glassy eye with scar marks underneath it, but she wears a contact over it so it appears gold as well. She wears a white wrap that covers her shoulder, and part of her neck. On the wrap there is a clock symbol with three different sized arrows going in different directions. She also wears a raspberry baggy shirt, with sleeves that stop at the forearms. She also wears light blue pants, with iron boots that go up to her calf. She also wears goggles on top of her head. She also has two cow ears on top of her head, as well as two horns. She wears a belt with assorted vials of Dust powder. When her wrap is removed, she has five birds in a tatoo "flying" towards her heart, and a few birds can be visible above her collar. It is unknown how she got her tattoo.

Personality
Silke is extremely calm. She seems to be very serene, and peaceful with herself. However, she can be very flamboyant and confident in what she does. She tends to be very broad-minded and accepting, no matter what their skin tone, or species is. She can be very creative and decisive, but she tends to make very poor decisions, but she is very persuasive and justifies her decisions with ease. She can be very intuitive and secretive, but is calm enough that no one suspects her of anything. She can be very inventive and creative, coming up with ideas quickly and creatively. She has an intense love of the arts, and loves to paint. Silke seems to be the very mature older sister figure, but she prefers it this way since she does not want a romantic relationship. Silke is also very polite, but she rarely makes eye contact with others, and her body language can seem rather rude.

Backstory
When Silke was born, she was given the name Silke, as her parents did not know what to call her. She was born to two older sisters, who soon left the house and then she was left alone. One day, she was playing outside when an Ursa attacked her, and clawed her eye, blinding that eye and leaving scars. The poor Faunus girl was left blinded in the forest, and scared. Her parents went to look for her, but they never found her. Instead, a young cow walked up to her and nudged her, then began to lead her away to safety. She trust the cow, and as he led her away, she met a blacksmith who noticed her bare feet, and gave her iron boots to wear, which she gladly accepted. The blacksmith gave her a new name; Ringer, which she also gladly accepted. The boots secretly had Dust compartments to change the temperature of the boots for combat, when and if she needed it, and she was also given a whip by the blacksmith, to use on the cow when she rode it, but she refused to use it on him.

After spending a few years with the kind hearted blacksmith, Silke left until she made it to Vale, where the cow left her, much to her dismay, hoping to see her pet cattle again. The blacksmith's son, Ferrer, followed her to Vale, but found housing elsewhere. From there, a hunter took her in, and then he showed her Beacon. Silke then asked him if she'd let him enroll, which he said yes. The hunter also gave her special training with the Dust she had been given, and some combat training. Silke then began to make money through several jobs, so she could live on her own. Silke thanked him for his kindness, and then moved out and made her way to Beacon. Ferrer, again following her, enrolled after her and kept in contact with his father. Silke was also then given a belt for Dust, since he knew that she would be needing it.

Family

 * Ferrer Taupe- One of her teammates, and yet her closest friend and adoptive brother, and also her partner. Silke tends to push him away when he bothers her, but he always comes back to her, showing his loyalty to his sister. He tends to annoy her greatly with his sarcastic and witty jokes, which don't amuse her much. He tends to call her by her second given name, Ringer, much to her dismay. She will always be loyal to her brother, no matter the circumstances. Because of Ferrer, Silke does not want to seek out her biological parents, as it would crush him if he met them, bringing in the reality that they are not biological siblings, only adoptive ones. Despite this, Silke believes that Ferrer will always be her brother.
 * Aaron Taupe- Silke's adoptive father. Silke loves him just as she would a normal father, believing him to be her father, despite the fact she knows he is not. She trusts Aaron with all of her heart, and will always  be grateful to all he gave to her.

Neutral

 * Olive Capulet - One of her teammates. Olive is constantly being lazy and making uncaring and rude comments to her, but always flirts with Ferrer, which annoys Silke to no end. Silke finds her behavior intolerable, although she never shows this and goes on about her life. Although they ocassionally fight, Silke would never be rude to her for the sake of the team. Silke would also never harm Olive for the sake of the team, although Olive might. Silke distrusts Olive, and hasa strong dislike for her. Silke is very aware of Olive's motives: to be team leader herself.

Combat and Abilities
Silke is an extremely acrobatic fighter. She uses martial arts and other techniques in her fighting style. Silke is extremely reflexive, and acts on instinct most of the time. She is agile and quick, but runs out of breath rather easily. She also uses Dust as a combative weapon, as well as Aura, in similarity to Glynda. Her semblance is unknown. She channels dust through a dust powered slave bracelet on one of her hands.

She is best at close range combat. She fights primarily through long and close range combat, so she is more experieced at those. She isn't very good at medium ranged combat, although she wants to get better. In battle, she tends to hesitate, when deciding on her next move. She tends to be able to study and create strategies fairly well.

Weapon
Her first and main weapon is her iron boots, that she has named Ferrum Ocreis, meaning "iron boots" in Latin. Ferrum Ocreis are grey boots that are constructed out of iron. On the outside, there are tiny holes that are shaped for the use of Dust, and it can be utilized to increase or decrease the exterior temperature for combat. Ferrum Ocreis has iron plates surrounding her boot. Her second weapon is a whip that utilizes electricity from Dust, which is unnamed. She rarely uses her whip.

Trvia

 * Silke is based off of the girl in The Black Bull of Norroway .