Ecarlate Chercher

Profile
Name: Ecarlate Chercher (Church)

Age: 17

Gender: Female

Race: Human

Height: 5’6”

Weight: 140 lbs.

Hair: Dark bronze

Eyes: Fuchsia

Appearance
Church is lean, illustrating her relatively athletic lifestyle. She has long, nimble fingers and prominent joints. Her face is sprinkled with a light freckling and when she speaks one could see her slight overbite. Her curly hair, which had previously been well-trimmed into a pixie, has grown longer and shaggier since the fall of Beacon.

She can usually be found wearing a short, loose white dress with her symbol subtly embroidered on the back and a black corset with vermilion trim. She has black leggings and red, half-shin laced boots with a small knife tucked covertly inside. Her shoulders, arms, and legs are adorned with steel pauldrons, gauntlets, and greaves, respectively.

Personality
Though initially friendly and polite, Church infrequently initiates social interaction; not for lack of interest, of course, but because of her tenancy towards verbal blunders. She tends to be easily amused and, once comfortable, quite talkative. Despite her sociability, however, when speaking she is often witty and sarcastic, and frequently finds herself apologizing for misunderstandings. In combat, however, her usual cordiality gives way to a calm, focused demeanor.

In spite of being a near-fearless warrior with little regard for the odds which she fights against, Church has a deathly fear of heights and very much prefers to keep her feet planted safely on the ground. She spends much of her free time either gaming or hiking around campus when she isn’t training in one form or another. Often these hikes take her to the edge of Beacon where she all but looks for a challenge, be it human, faunus, or grimm. Like most at Beacon, her greatest desire is to become a first-class huntress, but she generally underperforms in team activities.

In a vain effort to overcome her acrophobia, she can occasionally be seen on elevated platforms, though she never stays up long.

== Weapons and Abilities == Weapons

Church’s signature weapon, called Rouge D'épines, is a dual-function transforming revolver rifle/double-pointed spear. When in rifle mode, the center of the cylinder carries a single cartridge of dust, allowing shots to become powered with an effect or enabling her to use dust to add the element to her semblance. In spear mode, it can still be applied in a similar manner for her semblance, but cannot be used to modify any properties of the weapon.

She also keeps a small dagger hidden in her boot.

Dexterity

Church is naturally dexterous and in combat uses this to swing Rouge around at high speeds, making it a difficult weapon to fight. Out of combat, it is useful in her many failed attempts to overcome her fear of heights. Despite her agility, however, she is too heavy-footed to sneak effectively.

Focus

Though she often appears absent-minded or inattentive, Church is actually rather observant; this is never more apparent than on the battlefield. In combat, her calmness and nearly-unblinking stare could be described as unnerving, but a cunning team could make use of this to catch her off guard, as her deep focus often blinds her to other threats.

Semblance (Crystalline Tomb)

Church’s semblance crystalizes armor around her, significantly decreasing her naturally high dexterity to below average but granting her additional protection at a high energy cost, quickly sapping her stamina when used for more than a minute or two at a time. When called upon, the armor creates a short-radius shockwave around her; this carries elemental effects when used with dust.

Backstory
Ecarlate Chercher, known as Church to friends, was born in a little village within a couple days’ drive from Vale. Growing up on stories of hunters and huntresses, she aspired to be the greatest of them all. At seven, her elder cousin began teaching her basic fighting, though it would be little use against anything other than animals and small grimm. When she was nine, her village was attacked by a horde of grimm. Her family made it to Vale safely, but her parents refused to live in a smaller, less protected settlement again.

When she came of age, she was accepted into Signal and began the real training. Despite initial underperformance in her first few years there, by the end of her time at Signal she was a competent fighter. At first, her parents tried to call her back home, but she applied for Beacon regardless. She was accepted and placed on team ORCD.

Near the end of her first year, ORCD applied to the Vital Tournament, but failed to qualify for the 2v2 round. From then through the rest of the tournament, they continued to watch the fights, but tensions ran high in the group due to their failure. Finally, the team unofficially disbanded after the shame on Beacon that occurred in the fight between Yang Xiao Long and Mercury Black. When Beacon fell, only half of ORCD was around to take part in the battle. The team’s leader, Oliver Price, was killed by one of the White Fang’s hacked mechs and the other two members have been missing since, unconfirmed but presumed dead.

Since the Fall, Church has been wandering from school to school to continue her training, but rarely stays long, often because of disputes with other students about Beacon’s reputation. Between school hunting, she often disappears for weeks at a time to search for any sign of her missing teammates. Thus far, only the faintest evidence has been uncovered.