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CHARACTER: CANON SECTION
NAME: Weiss Schnee
AGE: 17-18
CANON: RWBY
NAME: Weiss Schnee
AGE: 17-18
CANON: RWBY
CANON HISTORY: Wiki
CANON PERSONALITY: Weiss is… a bit of a brat.
She doesn’t mean it. Really.
She is the heiress of the Schnee Dust Company, one of the largest Dust mining and refining companies in the world. Everything she’s ever had in her life was given to her. She went to school with her father’s credit card, she uses her family’s Dust in battle free-of-charge, even her Semblance, a power meant to be unique to every single person, was inherited. Weiss is the girl who would have been born with the silver spoon in her mouth, had her father not had it gold-plated beforehand.
Her family’s money and status has caused her to form a bit of a princess complex, complete with a crown she wears as part of her normal ensemble. She is used to getting exactly what she wants, and can become angry and petulant should she not get her way. She’s whiny, she’s stubborn, and she looks down anyone she doesn’t consider her equal. She’s everything you hate about people born into money. After all, someone as absurdly rich as Weiss Schnee must live a life without want and without strife.
Or so you’d think. Weiss has spent so much of her life propped up on her pedestal that she never really learned to connect with other people. She does not have much of a relationship with her parents, and spent her childhood meeting businessmen and politicians rather than children her own age. The only person she’s shown to have a connection with is her older sister who, while caring, is as distant as the rest of her family. Weiss acts similarly to people she meets, coming off cold and uncaring (even her voice actress refers to her as “a bit of a bitch”). Growing up rich, she is also used to people trying to make friends with her and her family as a means of benefitting themselves. Wealth, power, Dust, the Schnees have it in spades, after all. This has further distanced Weiss from pursuing meaningful relationships, and she can be downright hostile towards acts of affection. Why would anyone want to be friends with her if not for her money?
The Schnee Dust Company is the constant target of the White Fang, a Human Rights Organization turned terrorist group consisting of Faunus, a subspecies of human that possess animal-like qualities. Once used as cheap labor for the Schnee Dust Company, the White Fang now strike back at its benefactors “on behalf” of all Faunus. Weiss recounts multiple instances of kidnapping and murder of friends and family of the company. She has grown incredibly distrustful of anyone she does not know, especially Faunus. This is one of the major contributing factors to why she joined Beacon to become a Huntress, and why she pushes herself to be the most capable fighter she can be.
The other major factor is her family itself—most notably her father. Weiss admits that since her father took over the family business, the company has begun operating in a “moral gray-area”. While what the company is doing has not been explored in-canon yet, it has been noted that it has hurt public opinion of the company. Weiss works as hard as she does so that when the time comes for her to inherit the company, she be strong enough to make things right.
Weiss pushes herself harder than most anyone. Though some of this has to do with her upbringing, Weiss has taken personal responsibility for her own growth as a person and as a Huntress. She takes her education very seriously, and applies herself to her studies much more intensely than the rest of her team. She is the foremost expert on Dust among her peers, and has honed her body to the peak of its abilities. She is an accomplished fencer, and takes great interest in the performing arts. She is quite proud of her singing voice, and incorporates elements of dance and figure skating into her fighting style.
All of her training has resulted in a great deal of confidence, so much so that it comes across as having an ego. In her early days at Beacon, Weiss refers to herself as “the smartest girl in class”, because it is very likely that she is so. She is quick to educate her peers on subjects they are unfamiliar with, though her bluntness often comes off as condescending when doing so. Known around school as a bit of a know-it-all, she is not above berating her peers for not knowing certain things, especially when relevant to the situation they find themselves in. But she holds no one to higher standards than herself, and can be quite hard on herself when she doesn’t hold up to her expectations.
Should someone manage to pierce her shell, you will never find a better friend. Though her mannerisms do not change much, she is far more patient and caring for the people that are important to her. She is loyal, generous, and fun-loving, often seen laughing and joking with her team. Though she has a sense of humor, she is terrible at telling jokes, which may be a byproduct of never having anyone to tell them to growing up. She takes personal interest in her friends’ lives, and will often “instruct” them on how to be better at whatever they are trying to accomplish. The effectiveness of this is arguable. In the field, she will gladly put the safety of her team and their mission above herself and has been injured in the past trying to protect her friends.
SKILLS/ABILITIES: Weiss’ combat ability stems from three major factors—Aura, Semblance, and her use of Dust. Aura is the manifestation of one’s soul and the major source of fighting ability within the series. All living creatures possess Aura, and with training can manifest it increase healing, defend from attacks, and utilize the elemental properties of Dust.
Dust is a raw source of energy with various elemental properties. Weiss is the heiress to one of the largest Dust mining and refining companies in the world. As such, she incorporates a wide variety of elemental Dust in her fighting style. The most common elements include Wind, Fire, Water, Lightning, and Earth. These elements can be further mixed to create secondary elements, such as combining wind and water Dust to create Ice element attacks.
A person’s Semblance is a manifestation of their Aura that is unique to that person. Weiss’ Semblance is the creation and utilization of Glyphs, and is the only Semblance that is known to be hereditary. These glyphs function as a hard-energy structure that can both float unaided in air and support her weight. Through utilization of Dust, she can change the function of glyphs. Some of these abilities include:
Elemental Summoning: The glyph unleashes the element corresponding to the Dust used in her attack. Weiss has been known to utilize all basic elements, but most commonly uses Ice.
Time Dilation: The RWBY-equivalent of casting “Haste”, this glyph slows down time for the person standing inside it. This greatly increases the user’s reaction time and physical speed.
Familiar Summoning: The most powerful glyph in the Schnee Family Semblance. This glyph allows the user to summon previously-defeated enemies to fight on their behalf. Familiars summoned using this glyph will take on a ghostly white glow. An ability Weiss long-believed herself unable to use, with in a moment of great strife, she was able to pull it off. Further training over the following months has seen her able to summon a full suit of knight armor that fights on her behalf.
Weiss also fights with a Multi-Action Dust Rapier, and is quite proficient in its use, having trained with it since she was very young. In the hilt is a six-chamber cylinder that functions like a revolver. Each cylinder is filled with Dust, allowing her to change elements on the fly. The rapier’s true edge is also sharpened, allowing her to slash as well as thrust, increasing her versatility. In a world where all weapons have at least one transformation, Weiss’ rapier is incredibly basic, but her use of many types of Dust allows her to be one of the most versatile fighters on the battlefield.
CANON PERSONALITY: Weiss is… a bit of a brat.
She doesn’t mean it. Really.
She is the heiress of the Schnee Dust Company, one of the largest Dust mining and refining companies in the world. Everything she’s ever had in her life was given to her. She went to school with her father’s credit card, she uses her family’s Dust in battle free-of-charge, even her Semblance, a power meant to be unique to every single person, was inherited. Weiss is the girl who would have been born with the silver spoon in her mouth, had her father not had it gold-plated beforehand.
Her family’s money and status has caused her to form a bit of a princess complex, complete with a crown she wears as part of her normal ensemble. She is used to getting exactly what she wants, and can become angry and petulant should she not get her way. She’s whiny, she’s stubborn, and she looks down anyone she doesn’t consider her equal. She’s everything you hate about people born into money. After all, someone as absurdly rich as Weiss Schnee must live a life without want and without strife.
Or so you’d think. Weiss has spent so much of her life propped up on her pedestal that she never really learned to connect with other people. She does not have much of a relationship with her parents, and spent her childhood meeting businessmen and politicians rather than children her own age. The only person she’s shown to have a connection with is her older sister who, while caring, is as distant as the rest of her family. Weiss acts similarly to people she meets, coming off cold and uncaring (even her voice actress refers to her as “a bit of a bitch”). Growing up rich, she is also used to people trying to make friends with her and her family as a means of benefitting themselves. Wealth, power, Dust, the Schnees have it in spades, after all. This has further distanced Weiss from pursuing meaningful relationships, and she can be downright hostile towards acts of affection. Why would anyone want to be friends with her if not for her money?
The Schnee Dust Company is the constant target of the White Fang, a Human Rights Organization turned terrorist group consisting of Faunus, a subspecies of human that possess animal-like qualities. Once used as cheap labor for the Schnee Dust Company, the White Fang now strike back at its benefactors “on behalf” of all Faunus. Weiss recounts multiple instances of kidnapping and murder of friends and family of the company. She has grown incredibly distrustful of anyone she does not know, especially Faunus. This is one of the major contributing factors to why she joined Beacon to become a Huntress, and why she pushes herself to be the most capable fighter she can be.
The other major factor is her family itself—most notably her father. Weiss admits that since her father took over the family business, the company has begun operating in a “moral gray-area”. While what the company is doing has not been explored in-canon yet, it has been noted that it has hurt public opinion of the company. Weiss works as hard as she does so that when the time comes for her to inherit the company, she be strong enough to make things right.
Weiss pushes herself harder than most anyone. Though some of this has to do with her upbringing, Weiss has taken personal responsibility for her own growth as a person and as a Huntress. She takes her education very seriously, and applies herself to her studies much more intensely than the rest of her team. She is the foremost expert on Dust among her peers, and has honed her body to the peak of its abilities. She is an accomplished fencer, and takes great interest in the performing arts. She is quite proud of her singing voice, and incorporates elements of dance and figure skating into her fighting style.
All of her training has resulted in a great deal of confidence, so much so that it comes across as having an ego. In her early days at Beacon, Weiss refers to herself as “the smartest girl in class”, because it is very likely that she is so. She is quick to educate her peers on subjects they are unfamiliar with, though her bluntness often comes off as condescending when doing so. Known around school as a bit of a know-it-all, she is not above berating her peers for not knowing certain things, especially when relevant to the situation they find themselves in. But she holds no one to higher standards than herself, and can be quite hard on herself when she doesn’t hold up to her expectations.
Should someone manage to pierce her shell, you will never find a better friend. Though her mannerisms do not change much, she is far more patient and caring for the people that are important to her. She is loyal, generous, and fun-loving, often seen laughing and joking with her team. Though she has a sense of humor, she is terrible at telling jokes, which may be a byproduct of never having anyone to tell them to growing up. She takes personal interest in her friends’ lives, and will often “instruct” them on how to be better at whatever they are trying to accomplish. The effectiveness of this is arguable. In the field, she will gladly put the safety of her team and their mission above herself and has been injured in the past trying to protect her friends.
SKILLS/ABILITIES: Weiss’ combat ability stems from three major factors—Aura, Semblance, and her use of Dust. Aura is the manifestation of one’s soul and the major source of fighting ability within the series. All living creatures possess Aura, and with training can manifest it increase healing, defend from attacks, and utilize the elemental properties of Dust.
Dust is a raw source of energy with various elemental properties. Weiss is the heiress to one of the largest Dust mining and refining companies in the world. As such, she incorporates a wide variety of elemental Dust in her fighting style. The most common elements include Wind, Fire, Water, Lightning, and Earth. These elements can be further mixed to create secondary elements, such as combining wind and water Dust to create Ice element attacks.
A person’s Semblance is a manifestation of their Aura that is unique to that person. Weiss’ Semblance is the creation and utilization of Glyphs, and is the only Semblance that is known to be hereditary. These glyphs function as a hard-energy structure that can both float unaided in air and support her weight. Through utilization of Dust, she can change the function of glyphs. Some of these abilities include:
Elemental Summoning: The glyph unleashes the element corresponding to the Dust used in her attack. Weiss has been known to utilize all basic elements, but most commonly uses Ice.
Time Dilation: The RWBY-equivalent of casting “Haste”, this glyph slows down time for the person standing inside it. This greatly increases the user’s reaction time and physical speed.
Familiar Summoning: The most powerful glyph in the Schnee Family Semblance. This glyph allows the user to summon previously-defeated enemies to fight on their behalf. Familiars summoned using this glyph will take on a ghostly white glow. An ability Weiss long-believed herself unable to use, with in a moment of great strife, she was able to pull it off. Further training over the following months has seen her able to summon a full suit of knight armor that fights on her behalf.
Weiss also fights with a Multi-Action Dust Rapier, and is quite proficient in its use, having trained with it since she was very young. In the hilt is a six-chamber cylinder that functions like a revolver. Each cylinder is filled with Dust, allowing her to change elements on the fly. The rapier’s true edge is also sharpened, allowing her to slash as well as thrust, increasing her versatility. In a world where all weapons have at least one transformation, Weiss’ rapier is incredibly basic, but her use of many types of Dust allows her to be one of the most versatile fighters on the battlefield.
CHARACTER: AU SECTION
AU NAME: Vera Christina Weisz
AU AGE: 20
PHYSICAL DIFFERENCES: Vera’s hair is platinum blonde rather than her canon stark white. She also no longer has the scar over her right eye.
AU NAME: Vera Christina Weisz
AU AGE: 20
PHYSICAL DIFFERENCES: Vera’s hair is platinum blonde rather than her canon stark white. She also no longer has the scar over her right eye.
AU HISTORY:
- The only child of an obscenely wealthy family, Vera is set to one day inherit untold fortunes along with her family’s company, Weisz Manufacturing Global. This company produces a number of goods, including clothing, office supplies, and alcohol.
- Descendants of oil barons, the Vera’s great grandfather first struck crude in their home country. Using his newly-acquired wealth, he purchased more land where he eventually struck again. His son (Vera’s grandfather) later used the family’s funds to start Weisz Manufacturing, and through cut-throat business acumen grew the company into the global powerhouse it is today. True to their history, the Weisz family still owns a number of offshore oil rigs throughout the world.
- Her mother spoils her rotten while her helicopter father tries to control every facet of her life.
- Disappointed in having a daughter instead of a son, he pushed her into a number of sports at a young age to “toughen her up”. The only one that stuck was fencing, something she practices to this day. Though lacking the commitment to be championship-caliber, Vera can easily hold her own.
- When sports didn’t take, Vera was pressured into music instead. Through the years, she has become an accomplished singer, pianist, and violinist, and has even given some performances. She is always a centerpiece of her family’s benefits, standing in the spotlight as the future of her family.
- As a child, Vera hated playing music, if only because it was forced upon her by her father, though she eventually came to make the art her own. Having dropped the baby grand for an electric keyboard, Vera spends hours in her apartment writing, recording, and editing music, eventually producing her own Electronica album February Glo under the stage name “Eira Nori”.
- Having distributed the album for the past year, Vera has made a bit of a name for herself, and has performed a few small shows as Eira. Though she has never played in front of more than a hundred people, the fact that people are starting to know her name is incredibly exciting.
- She currently lives alone in a three-bedroom apartment, having moved to Recollé alone to attend college. All of her living expenses are bankrolled by her family, including her room, board, and transportation. A caretaker comes twice per week to clean and cook her meals.
- Having been homeschooled by world-class tutors all of her life, Vera was coerced by her father to experience life at a public university so that she might have a taste of the real world. She hates everything about it, but has been promised by her father that she can have her pick of any school in the world to obtain her post-graduate degrees, so long as she graduates here first.
AU PERSONALITY:
Vera is a person who prides herself on reputation—her own, as well as her family’s. Everything she does, from the way she acts, dresses, and speaks, is meticulously crafted to put forward the image that she is an intelligent, mature woman who will one day easily slip into her father’s shoes. Or at least, that’s how she acts in public. Privately, Vera is a bitter, angry brat who hates that she has to walk on glass to prove to her father that she isn’t the disappointment he thinks she is. The incredible pressure to not only be great, but to be the best at everything she does, has left her in a state of constant frustration and stress. Everything is urgent, everything is important, and everything must be perfect. How else can she convince her family she’s worthy to be who she is?
And who she is, is the baby of the family, her mother’s special little doll. She spoils her rotten, giving her everything she’s ever wanted. From expensive toys, to dream vacations, to exotic cars, Vera Weisz has it all in spades. This, of course, instills feelings not only of superiority, but of entitlement and immediacy. She deserves only the best and she deserves it right now. No one makes a Weisz wait for anything, not her father, not her grandfather, and especially not her.
All of these influences, her position, her family, her belongings, have created a perfect storm in Vera. Her spoiled disposition and sense of urgency leaves her with little patience for just about anything. This, along with her constant need of approval and unhealthy levels of stress, leads to a girl who lashes out at just about anyone unfortunate enough to speak with her. She’s brash, blunt, and foul-mouthed, so long as you aren’t “important”. She’ll hurl every insult she can think of just to get you to leave her alone. It doesn’t help that her fortune and fame mean that most people she interacts with only want to use her for their own gain. Need a better job? A couple million to start that new business? Why not come on down and ask the Weisz’s? They’re always so generous, and caring, and want to make the world a better place. It disgusts her, how they grovel.
But for all her hatred for people, Vera is incredibly lonely. Her father wants to control her life and her mother’s form of parenting is to throw presents at her until she goes away. She isn’t sure there’s a person on this planet that genuinely cares about her, and it’s almost crippling for her to think about. Even if someone did, could she even talk to them? How do you relate to the girl who has everything handed to her on a silver platter? It’s this reason she’s poured herself into her music, hoping to reach out to someone, somewhere, so that maybe they can talk in their own special way. It’s why she performs under a stage name, and wears a mask and wig. She wants people to like her music—to like her, for what it is. Not for the name attached to it, or the money behind it.
- The only child of an obscenely wealthy family, Vera is set to one day inherit untold fortunes along with her family’s company, Weisz Manufacturing Global. This company produces a number of goods, including clothing, office supplies, and alcohol.
- Descendants of oil barons, the Vera’s great grandfather first struck crude in their home country. Using his newly-acquired wealth, he purchased more land where he eventually struck again. His son (Vera’s grandfather) later used the family’s funds to start Weisz Manufacturing, and through cut-throat business acumen grew the company into the global powerhouse it is today. True to their history, the Weisz family still owns a number of offshore oil rigs throughout the world.
- Her mother spoils her rotten while her helicopter father tries to control every facet of her life.
- Disappointed in having a daughter instead of a son, he pushed her into a number of sports at a young age to “toughen her up”. The only one that stuck was fencing, something she practices to this day. Though lacking the commitment to be championship-caliber, Vera can easily hold her own.
- When sports didn’t take, Vera was pressured into music instead. Through the years, she has become an accomplished singer, pianist, and violinist, and has even given some performances. She is always a centerpiece of her family’s benefits, standing in the spotlight as the future of her family.
- As a child, Vera hated playing music, if only because it was forced upon her by her father, though she eventually came to make the art her own. Having dropped the baby grand for an electric keyboard, Vera spends hours in her apartment writing, recording, and editing music, eventually producing her own Electronica album February Glo under the stage name “Eira Nori”.
- Having distributed the album for the past year, Vera has made a bit of a name for herself, and has performed a few small shows as Eira. Though she has never played in front of more than a hundred people, the fact that people are starting to know her name is incredibly exciting.
- She currently lives alone in a three-bedroom apartment, having moved to Recollé alone to attend college. All of her living expenses are bankrolled by her family, including her room, board, and transportation. A caretaker comes twice per week to clean and cook her meals.
- Having been homeschooled by world-class tutors all of her life, Vera was coerced by her father to experience life at a public university so that she might have a taste of the real world. She hates everything about it, but has been promised by her father that she can have her pick of any school in the world to obtain her post-graduate degrees, so long as she graduates here first.
AU PERSONALITY:
Vera is a person who prides herself on reputation—her own, as well as her family’s. Everything she does, from the way she acts, dresses, and speaks, is meticulously crafted to put forward the image that she is an intelligent, mature woman who will one day easily slip into her father’s shoes. Or at least, that’s how she acts in public. Privately, Vera is a bitter, angry brat who hates that she has to walk on glass to prove to her father that she isn’t the disappointment he thinks she is. The incredible pressure to not only be great, but to be the best at everything she does, has left her in a state of constant frustration and stress. Everything is urgent, everything is important, and everything must be perfect. How else can she convince her family she’s worthy to be who she is?
And who she is, is the baby of the family, her mother’s special little doll. She spoils her rotten, giving her everything she’s ever wanted. From expensive toys, to dream vacations, to exotic cars, Vera Weisz has it all in spades. This, of course, instills feelings not only of superiority, but of entitlement and immediacy. She deserves only the best and she deserves it right now. No one makes a Weisz wait for anything, not her father, not her grandfather, and especially not her.
All of these influences, her position, her family, her belongings, have created a perfect storm in Vera. Her spoiled disposition and sense of urgency leaves her with little patience for just about anything. This, along with her constant need of approval and unhealthy levels of stress, leads to a girl who lashes out at just about anyone unfortunate enough to speak with her. She’s brash, blunt, and foul-mouthed, so long as you aren’t “important”. She’ll hurl every insult she can think of just to get you to leave her alone. It doesn’t help that her fortune and fame mean that most people she interacts with only want to use her for their own gain. Need a better job? A couple million to start that new business? Why not come on down and ask the Weisz’s? They’re always so generous, and caring, and want to make the world a better place. It disgusts her, how they grovel.
But for all her hatred for people, Vera is incredibly lonely. Her father wants to control her life and her mother’s form of parenting is to throw presents at her until she goes away. She isn’t sure there’s a person on this planet that genuinely cares about her, and it’s almost crippling for her to think about. Even if someone did, could she even talk to them? How do you relate to the girl who has everything handed to her on a silver platter? It’s this reason she’s poured herself into her music, hoping to reach out to someone, somewhere, so that maybe they can talk in their own special way. It’s why she performs under a stage name, and wears a mask and wig. She wants people to like her music—to like her, for what it is. Not for the name attached to it, or the money behind it.
