Akane Sasha Ackerman

"I WILL NOT LET THEM ESCAPE! I refuse to let the Grimm triumph again, for they are vile monsters we must put down! WE CANNOT ALLOW THEM TO HARM MORE THAN THEY HAVE!"

- Cinder Ackerman

Appearance
Cinder is a woman of short stature, standing at 5 foot 3 inches. Her form, one of extremely lean and fit physique, slim and strong, would be imposing on anyone taller than herself. Somewhat well endowed, Cinder's form bears a pale complexion (She seems completely immune to tanning at all, in fact), and her eye is a brilliant, vivid gold. Cinder lacks her right eye, having lost it to an elder Nevermore, and she always wears bandages upon it as a grim reminder. Scars from the same encounter lie across her form. Cinder's hair reaches to her shoulders, coal-black and constantly in a state of revolt against uniform flatness that results in a spiky appearance. Cinder bears two pure white feline ears upon her head, which demand to remain unignored from her rebellious mane by sheer contrast. Cinder's combat uniform is a utilitarian affair, consisting of a maroon dress vest the shade of blood, worn upon an undershirt of charcoal shade that rivals the carbon compound itself in color correctness. A pale yellow bandana, the color of the dairy-created natural satellite shattered in the sky, rests upon her neck and upper chest. Maroon gloves are donned as well, the deep crimson clothing reaching to cover her elbows. A skirt of pure blackness, with trim of dark maroon is worn upon her torso. A gunmetal grey utility belt encircles her waist tightly, bearing a large rear pocket that possesses the dust Cinder uses. The rest of the belt bears numerous pockets, holding mostly dust as well as open ones for mundane use, cover the encircling cloth, interrupted at the sides only by narrow, maroon blade sheaths. Under her skirt, Cinder is adorned in long maroon tights, and her feet are clad in coal-challenging black boots that bear heels which boost her height by an inch and yellow laces of pale, moonlike shade.

Background
Cinder was born to two as of yet unknown parents, and left at an orphanage soon after. The orphanage was a place adverse to the equal treatment of those with certain animalistic qualities, and Cinder suffered much prejudice and harassment from her fellow orphans and the staff of the place itself. However, when she was 8, she was befriended by Cyzarina Bluthardt, the daughter of the owner of the orphanage, and the staff were consequently changed due to their anti Faunus views. When she was 9, Cinder was adopted by a Huntress named Amara Ackerman, a dark-skinned woman bearing a physique worthy of an Armstrong and a heart worthy of one who's name literally means love. She and Cyzarina kept in contact for the following few years before they lost contact three years ago. Cinder was raised well under her hand, and when she learned of the fact that she was not the only Faunus that was mistreated and bore the wrath of others, she decided to become a Huntress to prove that Faunus were able to achieve the same feats of kindness and courage that the men who slew beasts were able to.

Cinder was enrolled into Beacon Academy after completion of her education at Signal, and rose as one of the most promising students with her team, Team CRLN. However, during a mission at the end of her first semester in the feral and untamed wilderness near Vale, disaster struck.

Cinder and her team were on a mission to clear a forest of a recently settled pack of beowolves, and they defeated the unwelcome feral forest dwellers. However, an Elder Nevermore took the group by surprise, and rended one of Cinder's comrades in-arms to shreds of formerly youthful, heroic and aspiring human. One fled to retrieve help as his remaining two teammates attempted to keep the Nevermore off of his back, which resulted in Cinder's remaining present ally suffering a similarly grim fate as the monstrosity's first victim. Cinder herself would have perished among the others if her ally had not shown up in time with a nearby Hunter, who rescued her from death. Cinder was left with many lacerations across her form and a right eye torn from it's socket, and due to her critical condition she was rendered unfit to continue the school year until she fully recovered.

Cinder turned down a replacement eye, wishing the grevious injury to be a grimreminder to never underestimate the monsters of shadow and to recall always the threat they pose to all humanoid life. She was enrolled again the following school year.

Personality
Cinder is an extremely driven person, her tenacity great enough to rival Napoleon's persistence with ease. She is also extemely duty-bound, feeling great commitment to what she has promised or vowed to another. She has a tendency to expect others to do so as well however, feeling that one who she can uphold vows to should be able to do do as well, and expecting all to give everything their all, as she does such a thing to benefit them.

Another aspect of this feline Fräulein is her rather volatile emotional state. Cinder is easily angered, but she is also prone to sorrow and even joy as well. She's always bottled up a lot of her emotions, but she is susceptible to cracking and losing her grip on them. One can only hold in so much emotion, and the trauma from her harrowing encounter has played a key role in that. Cinder tries to maintain a light and amicable disposition, but it's clear to outsiders how frail the façade is. Despite her emotional volatility, Cinder is rather good at rationalizing. She is a rather intelligent person, but she is quite vulnerable to her emotions clouding her judgment.

Cinder does have a soft side to her, however, and is extremely protective of her allies. She will punish her enemies brutally for attacking her friends, and will defend them as best she can against almost anything. She's learned to not take anyone for granted, and will attempt to make the most of the time with the people she's either allied with or forced to spend time with.

Traits
• Cinder is extremely agile, adept at evading attacks. However, she is susceptible to injury due to her lack of armor.

• Similarly, Cinder is incredibly fit and nearly always in peak condition. She has neglected training her aura to insure this, unfortunately, and has weak healing abilities.

•Cinder has night vision, but suffers for being more sensitive to sound.

•Cinder has an impressive amount of knowledge on Grimm, but has neglected some of her other studies. She does excel at history, however.

Semblance: Shadowstep
Cinder's semblance allowed her to move through shadows, teleporting through any in sight from another. Her power is limited by needing a shadow she can actually lie or stand upon without touching light to teleport, however.

Weapon
Cinder wields a Dual-wielded Umbral-charged Recurve

Combat
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Trivia

 * Cinder's birthday shares the same date as the Great London Fire of 1666
 * Ackerman is a German last name that means a harvester of crops: literally a Reaper
 * Cinder resembles a Phoenix in a few ways: She is rising from a crippling defeat (a Phoenix rises from the ashes of it's dead parent), uses light and fire-based dust to augment her combat, and doesn't know her true parents.
 * Jaeger is German for hunter.
 * Cinder is Bisexual. You're welcome, Shippers.