Team CBAL

"Not every Order is without Chaos; Not every Life is filled with Happiness; Not every Cloud has a Silver Lining; Not all People are what they seem. Life gives us all sorts of Surprises. It is up to us to accept these Fates."

- Team CBAL Quote y Team CBAL (pronounced Cobalt) is a first year team of Shade Academy students that was founded around the events of RWBY volume 1. Originally a group of students who bond upon their first meeting, the group has grown and bonded even more so over their time at Shade Academy and in the world beyond.

Early History
After leaving her lying "Surrogate" father, Aliar Ivory enters Shade academy and meets Lyra Phoebus, Dracella Burgundy and Catness Magenta, where the four girls almost immediately form a close bond.

During the Shade Academy Initiation, Aliar Ivory pairs up with Lyra Phoebus, while Catness pairs up with Dracella in the Labyrinth. Together the four girls face off against the infamous Minotaur, a monsterous Grimm that had been haunting the Shade Academy Labyrinth for the last few years.

Despite getting brutally beat up in the process, the girls manage to kill the Minotaur and get their artifacts, along with a glass encasement of the Minotaur's horn, back to Shade Academy. From there, Headmistress Cobra dubs them as Team CBAL.

Members


Catness Magenta Is the Leader of Team CBAL



Dracella Burgundy is a Member of team CBAL



Aliar Ivory is a Member of Team CBAL



Lyra Phoebus is a Member of Team CBAL

Trivia
- Catness is based off of the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland, written by Lewis Carroll. Her                        outfit Design is influenced off of the crazy nature often found in Wonderland, as well as her                                   association of her fighting with the owner of the Queen's Garden inn.
 * All Members of Team CBAL are based off of Characters found in English Literature

- Dracella is based off of Dracella from the Gothic Nov written by Bram Stoker. Her influence comes                     from Vampire Tendencies, such as fighting with a polearm, which represents a stake though the                          heart, Her dislike of Garlic, and her use of silver in her boots. Her semblance is also based off of a                       Vampire's tendency to drink blood from it's victims

- Aliar is based off of the Servant from the story of Ali Baba and the 40 thieves, which is found in                           Antoine Galland's Arabian Nights. Her influence comes from the mannerisms of duties performed                      by servants in Arabia, such as sewing and mending clothes, Aliar's favorite pastime. Her ability to                        wield sand as a weapon, as well as her ability to summon 40 undead thieves is sand form also                             come from the story.

by servants in Arabia, such as sewing and mendi  clothes, which leads to her love of sewing. He                     r ability to wield sand as a weapon also comes fr   the origin of thstory.ey

- Aliar is based off of the servant from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, a story found in Antoine                               Galland's Arabian Nights

Antoi                              ne Gall's Arabian Nightsand - Catness wields a steel fan that can release Dust at will
 * All Members of team CBAL have weapons that are not guns and are mostly melee weapons.

- Dracella wields a double blade polearm that can inject Dust in it's Blades

- Aliar wields a pair of Kopesh knives that can transform into a polearm and release Dust.

- Lyra wields a pair of gold blades that can transform into a longbow and shoot dust arrows.
 * CBAL refers to a dark shade of Blue
 * Each Character has Fighting styles that refer to their Base referances. Catness's fighting style is based off of Acrobatics found in Trapeze acts from British Circus Performances. Dracella's fighting style is based off of a mix of Samba (Russian Martial art) and Vampire fight tactics found in the Dracula Novel. Aliar's fighting style is Arabic and Lyra's is based off of Greek Fighting styles.




 * All of Team CBAL are based off of Characters found in English Literature