Rhys Perry

Rhys Gwendolyn Perry is a student at Beacon Academy and the Leader of Team RSNC.

Appearance
Rhys has never been one to wear fanciful or elaborate clothing, as evidenced by her standard outfit. She can almost always be found wearing a yellow-orange hoodie, a dark-green scarf, a graphic tee, well-worn jeans, and equally worn boots. These somewhat baggy, common clothes conceal an athletic build, as well as a tattoo on her upper left arm. Rhys also always carries her shield, Perigard, on her back, as well as her sword, Steelbreaker at her hip.

Her orange hair, which extends slightly past her shoulders naturally, is usually held up in a ponytail, except for two locks in front of her ears that drape over her shoulders. At 5'11", she is the second tallest member of Team RSNC, and the tallest female member.

Personality
If one were to sum Rhys together in only one word, that would most definitely be "sarcastic." Nary a day goes by without Rhys making some sort of snide comment on her surroundings, and it seems no-one and nothing is safe from these jabs, including herself. While some may think this is just because Rhys is a particularly mean or contemptuous person, it's actually a defense mechanism. Because of her upbringing, Rhys has issues trusting others as well as herself, so she uses sarcastic humor to not only push other people away, but also to hide her inner conflicts.

However, Rhys' past also resulted in a severe fear of being left alone, so if her sarcasm seems to actually be pushing someone away, she apologizes right away. This particular quirk makes her a bit confusing to those who don't know her well, and many people have left her company wondering whether she wanted to them to stay or leave.

Backstory
Rhys Perry is, or rather was, the daughter of Linda and Herschel Perry, and lived happily with them in Atlas. Her parents, who were hunters themselves, were called upon to help investigate a Grimm attack. Rhys was sent to live with her Uncle Nestor and his husband Mars in Mistral. However, while living with her Uncles, Rhys received some horrible news:

During their mission, both her parents had perished.

Rhys was now an orphan, and her temporary home with her uncles became her permanent one. Her life did not get too much better from there. Both her uncles' careers required them to be out working for at least most of the day, if not for several days at a time, so Rhys always came home from school to an empty house. What was more, Rhys' grief over the loss of her parents and forced relocation to Mistral caused her to (often violently) lash out at others, preventing her from making many friends.

That is not to say she didn't make any friends, of course. She soon met a boy by the name of Nikolai Kovac, who happened to be her next-door neighbor. She spent much of her time with him and his twin sister Anastasija, with their house becoming a sort of home-away-from-home for her. With their help, she managed to get over her parents' untimely deaths somewhat and move on with her life.

From here, her life began to improve finally. While her uncles still could not spend much time at the house (one being an actor and the other a lawyer), she had a new family with the Kovacs, and she was making a few new friends in Mistral. She discovered her semblance before either Nikolai or Anastasija, and this upped her appeal to others considerably. Not only that, but she was academically successful and was showing great combat aptitude. When she was 17, she, Nikolai and Anastasija all applied to Beacon Academy.

Combat
Rhys' semblance is Electrogenesis. What this means for her is that she can create and use electric current in battle. The total charge in her system builds up over time, like a thunder cloud. A day's worth of charging will allow her to output 1 kw of electrical power. This build-up is indefinite, but the electricity needs to be discharged periodically (about once a week) or else Rhys will suffer side effects. The symptoms start off minor, such as irritability and shortened attention span, but get more severe the longer she waits to discharge.

Rhys' electrical powers are also limited by the fact that only the electricity presently in Rhys's system can be controlled. Once she discharges it, she no longer has control over it. This means that electricity she launches, as well as electricity created from another source, is beyond her semblance's control.

Trivia

 * Rhys, much like the rest of her family, is named after a brand of chocolate. Rhys gets her name from Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, and her color comes from the bright orange packaging of these candies.