Sarah "Crimson" Raglan (Canon)

Biography
During her time, Sarah "Crimson" Raglan was a former huntress who attended and graduated Beacon Academy two years before the events of the Battle of Beacon.

She was Grace's partner / friend and Duran Raglan's mother.

Background
Born in the Kingdom of Vale, Sarah was raised on a farm, dreaming of becoming a huntress much to her mother's dismay. After receiving the credits necessary, Sarah left the family farm and attended Beacon Academy. Becoming the Leader of Team SAGE, an all female team.

She ended up being kind of the scholar of the team due to her love for history and archaeology, often taking missions that lead her to historical places.

She managed to graduate Beacon one year before Team RWBY's arrival.

The Battle for Beacon
Sarah was there with Grace Take-Ra during the Vytal Festival tournament to remember the good days and to visit their favorite teacher. ( Won't say who ) The moment the Grimm invaded the city, like most huntsmen and huntresses, they were quick to act. They aided into evacuating the people and fighting off the Grimm. But despite their great efforts, Beacon still fell to the Grimm.

The Reconstruction and Family
After the Fall of Beacon, Sarah and Grace stayed with in Vale to begin to reconstruction of the city, often dispatching incoming Grimm. During the reconstruction, Sarah wedded with a fellow student of her time of Beacon.

During this as she aided in the reconstruction, her beloved was often sent on missions outside the city. One day he....just left and never came back. Shortly after, she gave birth to her son, Duran "Blazen" Raglan.

After his birth, Sarah decided to retire from being a huntress and devote her entire life to her son. As such, saying her goodbyes, she left the City of Vale in the care of the New Generation of Huntsmen and Huntresses and made a home on a small island similar to Patch off the coast of Vale.

When New Beacon Academy was nearly complete with it's construction Sarah was offered a job to become a teacher there, but turned it down as she was happy with just her son.

The Attack of the Estate and Her Death
Seven years she lived on that small island with her son Duran. All for it end.

It was the night of Duran's seventh birthday in the Raglan Estate, Sarah being a retired huntress quickly felt trouble. Sarah quickly asked Duran to go to his room as she armed herself. Unfortunately it was too late.

A band of ten to fifteen bandits quickly raided the household, only to meet Sarah's steel. However, she lost the will to fight back when her beloved Duran was captured and held hostage, forcing her to drop her weapon.

That's when it began.

It was clear to Sarah that they weren't ordinary bandits, as she was brutally tortured physically and mentally for specific information in their little game of "Truth or Punishment". Even after receiving what they came for, the bandits had Sarah "Pay Them Back" for killing their men as the tortured her further along with her son despite her begs and pleads.

The bandits left Sarah with her son wounded and broken.

Setting their house a flame. Never to be seen again.

Sarah was left in the burning building with her son. But by some miracle, he survived the abuse.

Despite this, Sarah was in no condition to move, and she didn't want to run the risk of the bandits coming back if she used her semblance to seize the coming flames. All she worried about was her son's survival.

So she did the only thing she could.

Using what little Aura she had left, she forced Duran's Aura to awake. But something happened. She wasn't sure how, but in the process of unlocking his Aura, Duran's Aura took more of HER Aura, showing that they had the same Aura Based Properties.

Knowing that Duran WAS going to survive the flames, Sarah closed her eyes and comforted her only world in her life; Her son.

As Grace's Husband, Chris Take-Ra, made it to the scene, Sarah "Crimson" Raglan had already died in the flames with her beloved Duran in her hands.

At her funeral, all those who knew and loved her mourned her death.

Personality
Sarah was known to be friendly, kind-hearted, and loving to her peers, specially her son Duran. As a huntress, Sarah's caring nature never allowed her to turn her back on those in great need and was willing to risk anything to save them.

Being a scholar, Sarah has always had a love for both history and archaeology, often getting bookworm crazy around historical places and discovering unknown places.

Becoming a mother for her son Duran, Sarah was described as loving and full-hearted enough to retire from being a huntress. There was rarely a moment that Sarah wouldn't smile around Duran. She loved every moment with Duran, but was often describe as a bit of a worrywart. One time when Duran was still an infant, upon hearing him sneeze caused her to go into a panic, taking him to a hospital out of the fear of....and Grace would quote, "I THINK MY SON IS DYING!!".

Semblance : Aura Surge
Sarah's semblance, Aura Surge, allows her to physically manipulate the properties of Dust Crystals with her own Aura, in a way gaining it's effects.

By channeling her aura into whatever dust crystal she holding or using, she can call upon fire that carries a form of ability depending on the crystal in use.

Such as.... The effects of the flames lasts as long as the Dust Crystal remains intact ( up to an one hour and minutes since it requires both the Crystal and her Aura to use ).
 * Red Dust Crystals : Sarah's strength and Endurance is greatly increases more than 25 or 30 percent of her normal strength.
 * Blue Dust Crystals : Sarah receives an increase in speed and agility.
 * Green Dust Crystals : Flames are summoned to surround Sarah, carrying a healing property.
 * Yellow Dust Crystals : Sarah becomes about to fire projectile beams of Aura, making it easier to fight long ranged enemies.

It's been said that she had an Everlasting Dust Crystal that was capable of changing color depending on her mood. However, upon retiring from the life of a Huntress, she had hidden it away in an unknown destination. Maybe.......

Former Weapon : Crimson Spiral
Surprisingly, the weapon Duran uses in RWBY Fables is indeed Sarah's sword.

The red crimson scimitar gunblade Known as the Crimson Spiral. The trigger is a thumb press button on the back of the handle, holding the trigger for three to five seconds will cause the blade to shift into gun mode.

In gun mode, it serves as a hand cannon revolver allowing six powerful shots, similar to that of a outlaws revolver.

Upon retiring as a Huntress, she had given the sword to Grace as a memento of their unbreakable friendship.