CHARACTER
Name: Hex
Age: 18
Species and Gender: Female Human
Symbol: A silhouette of a katana over a red moon
Occupation: Weapons Engineer/ Beacon 1st Year Student
Appearance: Hex is 5'6" with a slim build. She has purple hair that is always messily braided and reaches down to her hips. She has thin eyebrows, long eyelashes, high cheekbones and a pert nose. Her eyes are different shades of purple, the outer ring being violet and the inner ring being lavender. She never wears the school uniform, instead choosing to wear a short, purple and black plaid skirt and a belt with a black crop top. Along with this she wears black knee high socks and large, beaten leather work boots. On the back of her belt hangs a dirty, tattered brown teddy bear. She always carries her weapon on her back.
History: Hex used to have another name and another life. She grew up with a younger sister and abusive parents. As a child Hex was always fascinated with how things worked. She would take apart anything that caught her eye, just to understand it better. This lead to complications with her parents who saw her curiosity as her being destructive. Around the age of six, her little sister was born. Hex did her best to try and shield her from most of the punishments her parents doled out. As she got older and better with electronics and machinery, she began to sell her inventions and hoard the money. Once she had enough cash, she waited until her parents were out of the house, packed up her and her sister's things and ran. They moved to a new town and Hex made a name for herself selling her creations. During the years, Hex received training from the various hunters that she equipped or did repairs for. She learned the basics about hunting, but was more interested in building than fighting. Years later, Hex is 16 and doing well for herself. With her sister's birthday coming up, she heads out of town for the day to buy a present. That night when she arrived home, she found the house ransacked and her sister gone. Hex immediately went searching for her sister, but was unable to find where she was taken. Contacting every single person that owed her a favor, she managed to get a lead a few days later. Following the lead, she entered a warehouse where someone saw a couple of guys carry a small child into. She was too late. What she saw in that building broke her. She stumbled from that building covered in blood and tears. She entered her studio and didn't leave it for a week. What came out of that studio that day was Hex. Using all of the knowledge, she crafted herself an arsenal of weapons and proceeded to hunt down every member of the gang. She left no survivors. Destroying everything she built, she fled the city and traveled half way around the world to Vale. Not wanting to start up her business again, lest her work get recognized, Hex decided to enroll into Beacon Academy. She took the entrance exam and aced the written portion, but only scraped by on the combat section. It was enough to get her accepted into the school.
Personality: Hex's personality has drastically changed from when she was a child. She is extremely careless at times, following her instinct or a whim whenever it pleases her. She has no empathy towards people and enjoys chaos and violence. Her actions seem completely random and chaotic to outside viewers. But under all that she is still an engineer. She is still fascinated by complicated machinery and weapons but now has a tendency to steal them in order to take them apart. She is very analytical, but plays stupid with others. She speaks to her weapons as if they were living people and sometimes lies for the sake of lying even when it serves no purpose. Despite these major flaws, Hex turns her tendency for chaos and violence towards her enemies and keeps her teammates alive, though they aren't so sure of her methods.
Aura and Semblance: Hex's aura changes along with her semblance, with it being lavender during a new moon and turning crimson on a full moon. Her semblance is called Moonstriker. It has a passive and active effect. The passive effect changes with the phases of the moon and only works during night. As the moon waxes, all of her 'stats' increase. At a full moon she is 2x stronger in every category; strength, speed, reflexes, etc. As the moon wanes, her passive gets weaker, with the new moon leaving her at her base strength. The closer to a full moon, the harder it is for Hex to control herself. At a full moon, if Hex gets too carried away, her blood-lust will take over, causing her to kill indiscriminately until the sun rises. During a red moon, Hex immediately loses control of herself, but her 'stats' are 3x their normal. During a blue moon, she gains the 2x upgrade but can't succumb to blood-lust. On a lunar eclipse, Hex loses her ability to access her aura and is basically a normal civilian until it's over. While the sun is up, the passive is inactive. The active portion of her semblance allows her to access the strength she would receive at night in exchange for aura. The aura drain is 1% a second. If she activates her semblance during the day, she loses the strength she would have gained at night. Her semblance also changes her appearance. During a new moon her hair and eyes are lavender. As it gets closer to full moon, they transition to crimson. On a red moon, they turn the color of blood. On a blue moon, they turn electric blue, and on a lunar eclipse they turn black.
Combat Behavior: Hex relies solely on her sword in combat. Its long reach allows her to keep other melee fighters at disadvantage. Her erratic nature makes her strategies difficult to predict, which works in her favor. She is an excellent sword fighter, receiving training from many different sword masters who bought her weapons in the past. This eclectic training means that she can seamlessly switch from sword style to sword style, confusing her enemies. Hex has almost no experience with hand to hand combat and relies solely on her weapon in a fight. Physically Hex is in good shape and is impressively strong despite her strong figure. Her normal strength allows her to lift up to 5 tons. At full moon, this doubles. Despite her immense strength, Hex isn't very fast or particularly durable. Anyone who can avoid her attacks could easily defeat her.
WEAPON
Name: Moonbeam
Primary Form: Moonbeam is a long Odachi that is four feet long and only weighs six pounds. The weapon was designed to work in conjunction with Hex's semblance. When forging it, she infused it with a large amount of her aura in conjunction with using an experimental alloy she developed herself. This alloy makes the blade extremely light while still being as tough as Damascus steel. As she gets stronger with the moon waxing, the sword becomes larger and heavier. At a full moon, it becomes 8 feet long and twelve pounds. During a red moon it becomes 12 feet long and weighs 18 pounds. Despite it becoming so massive, Hex can easily swing it due to her increase in strength.
Dust Functions: With fire dust, the sword becomes sheathed in flames and explodes violently when it comes into contact with anything. With lightning dust, the sword crackles with electricity and when swung throws a wide arc of electricity as long as the blade. With wind dust, the sword hums menacingly. When swung it creates a small tornado capable of lifting up a car. The dust cartridges are kept in the extremely long handle and can be used with a swipe of a finger.
History: This was the weapon Hex made for herself during the incident. The weapon was designed with her semblance in mind and so changes with her. Due to this, the weapon cannot be sheathed, and instead the naked blade is tied to Hex's back using cloth.