Kate Hazelnut

"Boom."

- Katherine, when her bombs go off Katherine Hazelnut is a character created by Mew Amelia, and a member of Team ELCK. She is a freshman at Atlas Academy, and wields a Dust-Exchange Bazooka Clubber (DE-BC) named G.O.A.T.

Appearance
Kate has orange-colored eyes, extremely pale skin, and long red hair tied up by a white bandanna with her emblem on it.

She wears a green, frilled dress similar to a maid's, with puffy sleeves reaching to her elbows and stylized cross-stitching on her shoulders. The collar is lined with lace and folds outward. She also has a maroon-colored apron and matching fingerless gloves. She wears a pair of shoes with button buckles on them.

Personality
Kate is rather trigger-happy. She acts very happy-go-lucky and hyper around other people. Although Grimm scare her, she is more than happy to blow them up with her G.O.A.T. Kate is willing to listen to others' problems and tries to provide fun solutions for them. She may seem rather out of it, but she really does care and has a huge heart.

Background
When Kate was a young girl her father pressured her into becoming a baker to carry on the family business. Despite hating the idea, Kate went along with it because she loved her father so much. Then one day she saw a Grimm for the first time, and was beyond terrified. Her father explained that Grimm come to hurt people, but the Huntsmen can fight them off, and its a baker's duty to help the Huntsmen stay fed and fighting. This notion made Kate a bit more eager to bake, and she soon became well known in Vacuo for her pastries.

But one day, somebody attempted mining for gold some ways away from the village, and awakened a Death Stalker. With no Hunstman near by, the village soon succumbed to its wrath. Kate was only safe because she hid in a sheets' pen, covered in a white cloth. She and her father were the only ones to survive, and Kate realized how important life truly was, and how fast it could be snuffed out.

She told her father that although she enjoyed baking, she didn't want to become a baker for the rest of her life. Surprisingly, her father smiled and said she could do whatever she wanted, and only pushed her to bake because he thought that's what she liked doing.

Hoping to save other lives before they were taken too early, and to protect her aging father, the two used their savings to move to Atlas for better protection and the start of her training.

History
Kate was 17 when she graduated and went to Atlas Academy.

Abilities and Powers
She keeps several dust grenades in her apron, and throws them as distractions.

Weapon
Kate's weapon is an incredibly powerful bazooka that shoots all kinds of bombs, ranging from sticky bombs to dust bombs. She can use it from either far away or up close and intense.

If she runs out of ammo, Kate has one last trump card-she can turn the bazooka into a makeshift club and hit her enemies with extreme force.

It's name, G.O.A.T., stands for "Greatest of Them All". She named it so because she thought it was a cool weapon.

Semblance
Kate can create spontaneous combustion, and therefore making things explode. This is handy when she doesn't have time to pull the pin on a grenade-she can just throw it, run, and then make it go boom from a distance.

Since its a rather long word, Kate has named it "Boom" for better clarity.

Weakness
Kate is terrified of Grimm, Death Stalkers in particular. She almost always attacks them with no plan and with all her ammo, which can lead to chaotic consequences. When it comes to Death Stalkers, though, she completely freezes and reverts to a childlike mindset, echoing her trauma from her girlhood. Other than that, she is a fairly proficient warrior and can hold her own.

Trivia

 * Kate alludes to the fairytale Kate Crackernuts, as shown with her distractory grenades hidden in her apron and hiding from the Grimm with a white cloth.