
Sʏʟᴠɪᴀ Oɴᴄᴀ


➳ Basic
Sylvia Onca, whose last name is properly spelled 'Onça' but has been written down sans the cedilla for years now, for convenience. A jaguar faunus girl that just recently completed 18 years old. Native of Vacuo, and member of team SHDW.
➳ Physical
Wide hips, thick thighs and quite a bit of muscle under the softness of her appearance. Her dark skin is spotted on her shoulders and back, ears and tail. Shorter than average. With golden irises and slit catlike pupils, she can see in the dark with ease. Has dense black hair reaching the middle of her back in length. Is usually seen wearing airy, light clothes, but detests the cold and is usually the first person to show up wearing heavy coats when the colder season arrives.
➳ Psychological
The chatty and smiling persona she created serves as a way to protect her true self, a private, introverted figure. Her insular upbringing makes her intensely distrustful of most people, but she does her best to maintain a cheerful and flippant façade. Flirts outrageously with everyone but rarely means it. Prefers to spend her free time by herself, reading, birdwatching or avoiding other people, sans her teammates or some close friends. She's intensely proud of being faunus. If someone shows prejudice, or offends her in some other way, she seems superficially unbothered, shrugging it off like she hadn't even heard it, but that's usually another deception that hides an intense hatred against that person. It takes a lot to get her to show her anger outwardly. She has an incredible patience and is capable of waiting years for the right opportunity to get revenge against someone who offended her, going from silly pranks to more serious sabotaging. A compulsive liar, she has more than a bit of trouble with being honest, even if there's no good reason to lie in the first place.
➳ Past
Born in the dense rainforest that surrounds the south of Vale and the border of Vacuo, in a clan of faunus that depended on their camouflaging semblance to hide them from danger, both Grimm and human. Almost completely isolated from contact with anyone besides her family, it took years until Sylvia was considered old enough to accompany her mother on the twice-yearly trips to larger cities to exchange and purchase goods. Even with their skills to hide, they couldn't always escape the perils of living away from the larger, protected towns. Throughout the years, they were forced to abandon one home after the other, having their numbers reduced by Grimm attacks or poachers, but their matriarch's stubbornness made it so that she would only give up on their way of life when every other option had been exhausted and they couldn't survive by themselves out there anymore. Quietly, Sylvia agreed, but she wanted to be as strong as possible to help the clan live by themselves. Without the permission of anyone, she left to gain admittance to the Beacon Academy, hoping to come home one day as a Huntress.
➳ Semblance
Her semblance is similar to many other members of the Onca family. When it's active, she changes color to match the background, becoming practically invisible when standing still. She uses it to her advantage in battle by setting up ambushes and evading enemies, fading into the background as soon as they take their eyes off of her. She's an eximious swimmer and uses the water dust engraved in her weapon, the Obsidian Tusk, to summon up bodies of water, creating pools she can dive into, blind or trip opponents, or use in conjunction with fire, ice or wind dust to create advantageous combinations. Feels the most comfortable when fighting in forests or near water, and the least comfortable in open spaces, without hiding spots.
The Obsidian Tusk is a family heirloom. A hand axe with an edge made of obsidian and the ability to unfold into a rifle with longer range. She etched the water dust into it herself, after she inherited the weapon. The rest of the dust she uses is carried around in a pouch. Her aura is golden-yellow. Unless Sylvia is flaring it out on purpose, it's usually only visible as a subtle golden tint to things near her.
➳ Relationships
● Lupis Wolfe ➟ ???
● I ➟ ???
● T ➟ ???
● E ➟ ???
● H ➟ Team mate
● D ➟ Team mate
● W ➟ Team mate









