Heaven Rahona

"Moths are just monochrome counterparts of butterflies. However, with or without color, they're still the same."

- Heaven

Appearance
Heaven has an average height and weight, she has a tight toned body, since she's a vegetarian. This is because it was forbidden to eat meat in the place she lived in, the church. Their belief forbids humans to kill any other beings in the world, this means eating meat is bad too. She has a pair of lilac eyes and a light-lilac colored hair that goes all the way to her waist. Her chest are rather large in size, and perfectly sculpted, which goes well with her tight body. For the top she wears an outer spaced colored tank top with upward ruffles on the chest part.

Personality
Heaven is a nice young lady with an unfading will to try and become the best at everything she does. Given that she's a former nun, she's religious and often prays for lost souls. However, even though she's a former nun and very religious, she's actually a renegade, an apostate to be more specific. She's rather really bold when it comes to the act of saving lives, since she doesn't want to hide, just like she did when her mother-nun died. She was traumatized by it, and she didn't want that to happen again. Heaven's considered as just an average girl, despite her being multi-talented in singing and painting. This is because she's no different from any other girls, she's still vulnerable. Her imagination is considered one of the most prominent part of her, since it helps her to be optimistic and passionate even in any kind of dangerous situation she is in. She's emotionally strong too, since she kept a cool head even though she experienced a tragic event and was told that her life was the cause of her family's death.

She always keep her head held high, thinking that moping and crying about things won't do anyone any good. She's very loving, because she was raised with proper guidance and care. Thus, she tend to show the same to the people around her. She's fond of art, music and singing. Thinking that most art categories help soothe people's pain and make them feel better, be it visual art or verbal art. She's talented in most art, since she had acquired the proper training and imagination to be successful in this hobby. She's also well mannered and thouhgtful to her fellow kind. Heaven believes in living a life of purity, that's why she lives by the rules of the nuns, that they must be virgins and free from this world's temptations. This also means she must live in a pure home, that's when her cleaning skills come in handy.

Backstory
While she was just a child, heaven was taken in custody of a well-known church. She was given the name of "Heaven" since the church was very religious and believed that she was an angel sent by heaven, she had the surname of the head nun, who was the one who took her in. The nun had a surname of "Rahona", Giving her a full name of "Heaven Rahona", she thought of her as her own mother and guardian. Heaven was raised with proper care, love and manners. She often played around the back garden of the church, sometimes even helping her mother-nun trim the grass and bushes. Afterwards, they would talk about the stories and miracles of their creator. Heaven had questions and doubts to this creator, since she hasn't seen him/her with her own eyes, same with everyone. But she believed in her mother-nun, that's why she dropped all the doubts and started believing in the heavenly creator as well. Once, her mother-nun told her that their creator made something for the world to share and give life to everyday living, that item was dust, which was the thing that made the world as it is. But then, her mother-nun told her that humans are misusing it, and started to use it for their own intentions and violence, threatening the lives of other living creatures that inhabit this world.

Heaven was homeschooled and was taught about the needed knowledge that a person should know, just like any other children. Since she was at a church the priest and nuns decided her future for her, they decided that she should be a nun as well when she grows up. Seeing that everyone already decided, without even hearing her opinion on it, she went with it and became a nun in training. She really had no choice, since she's only good at doing the things that nuns do, and she didn't have much future plans to choose from. One day, her mother-nun decided to show her something, she said that it was another gift from their creator. Her mother-nun placed her hand on her head and started to glow. She unlocked her aura at a young age, and explained that that aura will keep her safe from harm and it will protect her, always. She was happy, and thought that this aura resembled her mother-nun in a way, and now she felt that her mother-nun would always be with her. Since she was raised properly with love and care by her beloved mother-nun, she didn't bother to ask and search for her real parents. But the thought of meeting them and asking questions  why they left her was still carved in her mind, she thought that it wouldn't hurt to have some answers to un-answered questions.

Her mother-nun taught her and trained her on how to use her aura. For she wanted Heaven to have a strong protection from any harm, and Heaven proved to handle her aura very well. Turns out, that she had a natural talent in improving her aura usage and her skills, and that she had a large amount of aura. Although, she wasn't trained to fight since the church forbids killing and harming other beings in the world. She learned many various skills, such as cooking skills, cleaning skills, and many more. Heaven, was fond of one specific thing though, she got really absorbed in painting. Since she can always see the church's ceiling, which was covered with beautiful, angelic paintings. She was convinced to be a painter, along with her being a nun, she wanted to try and make beautiful things like those angelic carvings at the ceiling. Her mother-nun bought her the materials for her hobby, and encouraged her to do something she liked, that no matter how hard it is, she should try and achieve it and told her that she's sure to succeed. Heaven started off painting their garden, covering herself with multiple colors from the first few tries. But eventually, she got the hang of it and started to improve in her paintings, the key was to be graceful when swaying the brush and to picture the scenery that you wanted to paint.

But this wasn't the only hobby that she developed, since she was attending masses everyday, she would hear the choir singing melodic harmony that synced together very perfectly. It matched the paintings and filled the whole church with its calming tunes. One day, she decided to join them while the choir was practicing, it was quite easy for her, since she's using her natural voice and just adjusting from softness to loudness. Painting was rather harder than singing, so she managed to do it, given her natural angelic voice. The choir was almost in tears when they heard her voice that was similar to that of an angel's.

Heaven was truly a prodigious child with many talents, and it seems that she lives up to her given name. However, Heaven still wanted to experience more of the world and see things that she did not. As a painter, her mind and imagination grew wild, and craved for more beautiful things that she can use as references for her paintings. Her mother-nun approved of this, but she was being skeptic. At first, they just went to certain local places like the market and malls. But then, Heaven's eyes were caught by the sight of the vast forests, it was bigger than their own garden. She wanted to go, but her mother-nun thought that the danger of encountering grimms there was inevitable. But then again, how could she say no to such an innocent heart craving to see more from the world? She smiled and suggested to Heaven that they go on a picnic there one day. Soon enough, that day came, they prepared food and a picnic mat for them to sit at. They went out from the church and stayed near the woods, but not entirely in it. Setting up the picnic space, they had fun, shared some laughs and watched Heaven as she painted the forest. Later on, her mother-nun fell asleep, due to the calming surrounding, beautiful scenery and having been stuffed up with food. And since Heaven wanted to know more and see more, she wandered off inside the forest, but since she was smart, she left a trail of flowers as she picked them up from the bushes, for her to not lose her way back. As she wandered deeper, she began to look up and saw the trees covering the sun. It was reflecting the sun's ray on the grassy floor in an artistic way. It formed a small space tattered with the trees' leaves and made a unique shadow. It made her see that combining the shadow and light can result into something unique and that mixture proves that even something from heaven can interact with the surface and make something beautiful.

But, her aura made her react to something. It was giving off some negative vibes around her, almost as if it was warning her of a threat lurking in the shadows of the forest. She backed away slowly and followed the trail back to the entrance of the forest, keeping a keen eye on movements as she did so. Then suddenly, from a distance not so far, she heard a hissing noise. She quickly turned her head and faced it, only to see a huge snake-like creature staring at her. She looked it straight in the eyes and she got cold feet, because as she was staring at it, she saw that the creature held no soul inside its eyes. It was like she was staring to a creature with blood-red crimson eyes and thought of nothing than to devour. As she was shaking and wallowing in fear, the snake-like creature slowly slithered its way towards her. Later on, she heard a faint scream, calling out her name and telling her to run. She turned her head towards the sound and saw her mother-nun, who seemed to have followed her flower trail. She quickly ran towards her, not looking back at the creature with glowing red eyes. She ran as fast as she could, and when she finally reached her mother-nun, she got pushed to a nearby bush, and caused her to roll and hid under it. She opened her eyes only to see her mother-nun's feet, popping out of the monster's mouth as it slowly swallowed her whole body. She was left dumb-founded and frozen at her position under the bushes. She couldn't do anything but watch as the creature swallowed her mother-nun and slowly vanished into the thick forest...

Eventually, she found her way back to civilization after following her flower trails. She made her way back to the church, all dirty and bruised, since she was shoved away from harm by her mother-nun. The nuns and the priest from the church hastily rushed towards her and came to her aid. Heaven cried and cried, but she gathered the courage and strength to tell the church people of what happened to her mother-nun. She told them the whole tragic story, despite the fact that she was crying. She can only blame herself for what happened, since her curiosity lead to this tragedy. She was led to her room, and given comfort by the priest. As the priest did so, Heaven suddenly asked him a question on why they believed that the grimms are to be treated as equals of humans as well? Since when she looked at the grimm's eyes he saw nothing but a shell of darkness. She questioned why the church didn't take action of what happened to her mother-nun, seeing that they all didn't do anything to avenge her death. The priest couldn't say anything more but state their belief that killing any being in this world is forbidden, even grimms. Heaven gritted her teeth and thought that the belief that the church goes by was a farce. Stating that belief, isn't it so that the grimms have broken that rule by killing people? The priest lowered his head and shook it. He said that the grimms are mindless beings and that people should understand they are just acting on their given instinct. Heaven's face became furious, she stood up and faced the priest.

"Are you saying that we should just let them kill us? and that... they are given an excuse because they're mindless?! What will happen to us if this mindless slaughter went on?!"

The priest still remained silent of Heaven's statement, and left her without an answer as he left the room. Being left alone, she had time to ponder and devise an answer for her own question. She found the belief of letting those monsters roam free in this world, wrong, and that the whole church itself believes in something unreasonable. She decided to get out of that church, since there's no more reason left for her to stay. She didn't understand the church, her mother-nun wasn't there anymore to be with her. She packed up her things and left the church that very night. But a nun saw her and stopped her momentarily and came closer to her as she opened the door. The nun brushed her hair and said that she looks just like her mother.... Her eyes widen when the nun mentioned that.

"Why do you know my mother?"

The nun sighed, and finally explained something to her. The nun told her that she wasn't really left by her parents, and that there was a reason she was adopted by the church. It turns out that her parents were a member of the church too and was killed by the church, by accident. This happened a long time ago when a nun, her mother, fell in love with a hunter and their love bear fruit to a healthy young baby, that was her... But, as soon as the priest found about this, he quickly confronted Heaven's mother and punished her. The priest gave her one strong blow in the head that made Heaven's mother smack her head into the corner of a table, killing her by accident. Soon, her father got back from a mission and quickly visited the church to see his family, but, he found out that his beloved died. This caused him great grievance and he consulted the priest to give him advice and teachings, not knowing that the one who killed his beloved was the preist. The priest told him that her loved one was now in a better place, a place in afterlife. The hunter, had false hope and thought that he can meet his beloved in the afterlife, so he took his own life and left his child unguided and parent-less. The church covered up the two's death and kept it a secret, for the reputation of the church. However, they felt guilty and thus, they adopted the child the two left. They adopted Heaven, to atone for their sins and hope that the girl will grow up without knowing what really happened to her parents.

But since the nun couldn't take the lying anymore, she told Heaven the truth and gave her her best in her journey and asked for forgiveness for the sins they've committed and for hiding the truth from her. She lowered her head and headed out without saying a word. She was left with feelings she doesn't know how to express, she was mad yet happy that she knew the truth, she wanted to cry but she was so done with crying. The nun escorted her to her destination, providing helpful information and giving her lien, that was left by her mother-nun. A few days later, they arrived at the renowned city called Vale, more specifically, an island, where Signal is located. The island was far from the main city, but that island was the place where Heaven wanted to go, she wanted to enroll at the school there, hearing rumors that it was a school to train hunters. The nun was about leave her with her own apartment and sufficient lien for her to live a mediocre life. But, as the nun was about to leave, she asked her first what was her reason for wanting to go here? Heaven looked at her with brave and convinced eyes. She opened her lips slowly and ansered her with her head held high.

"I still want to be a nun... but, I'll do what I think is right. In my eyes, I see that grimms are just sins. It's a nun's job to cleanse the world of sins, and purify it... That's why I want to be a hunter."

The nun was convinced by her answer, it seemed that Heaven really wanted to do this and that she will do this properly. Even though a nun must abide by the belief of equality to all beings, the nun saw that Heaven has a valid point and she didn't stop her or stand in her way. She wished her goodluck and went off. Now, Heaven trained hard, worked hard, and studied hard for her to be considered a full fledged hunter. She alwayd did carry her mother-nun with her, that is, her aura, a guardian. And her words of great teachings were always at her mind.

''No matter how hard it is.... you should give it your best and try to achieve it... I know you'll succeed.''

After working hard to graduate, she was rewarded the chance to go to Beacon, a place in Vale that was known for training great warriors and making them full fledged hunters.

Weapon
(WIP Paragon Fragment coming soon)

Semblance
Heaven's semblance name is Papillon Palette, it's her given gift that allows her to summon a butterfly wings-like glyph at her back with butterfly wing patterns for its glyph designs. It's a colorful glyph wing that allows her to have the power to tweak gravity in a small radius. The semblance's radius can only reach up to five feet away from her given position, any more away from that will be unaffected by her gravity adjustments. Basically, Heaven's able to make objects light and heavy at her will, but with limitations. e.g if she chose to make an object heavy, she can only add weight to the object with exactly the same amount of her weight, same with making objects light. Thus, it gave her the ability to fly, by controlling her own gravity and make herself fly/levitate. Because she can reduce her weight by the exact same amount of her weight, making her have zero gravity. However, she can freely choose how much amount of weight she can put to the object, her weight is just its maximum limit. The side effect of her semblance is glitters, her wings will leave a trail of colorful wisps to descend on the ground, or float if Heaven uses her semblance on it.

Abilities
(WIP Seven Heavenly Virtues coming soon)

Trivia

 * 1) "Rahona" in Malagasy means cloud, that gives off the thought of the color white, gray or black. Depending on the cloud.
 * 2) "Paragon Fragment", her weapon's name, means "A piece of perfection". I related perfection to heaven, a place where God is located. Which made her weapon symbolize a small fragment that fell from heaven.
 * 3) Her semblance name, Papillon Palette, was a mixture of "Papillon" which means "Butterfly" in French and "Palette" which means a thin board or slab on which an artist lays and mixes colors. Which resembles Heaven's colorful wings.
 * 4) Outer space is a color! Look it up on Google if you don't believe me!