Cinder Fall

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==Summary==
Cinder Fall is one of the main antagonists in RWBY. She is a member of Salem's Inner Circle as well as the leader of her own faction, which includes Roman Torchwick, Emerald Sustrai, and Mercury Black. Cinder is imperious and cunning, with a touch of cruelty. Usually, she maintains a calm and collected demeanor and is willing to take over a fight if necessary. She is also ambitious and demanding, doesn't seem to tolerate failure, and dislikes when she is disobeyed, reprimanding Emerald and Mercury when they failed to obey her orders to keep their hands clean. She is shown to be an excellent strategist as well, often planning ahead to keep her goals in reach while keeping her accomplices on a strict "need to know" basis. Following the Battle of Beacon, Cinder is the current Fall Maiden.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: | , with Maiden Powers
Key: Beacon | Post-Beacon Onwards
Name: Cinder Fall
Origin: RWBY
Gender: Female
Age: Mid-20s
Classification: Human (With Grimm Arm Post-Beacon), Member of Salem's Inner Circle, Fall Maiden
Powers and Abilities:
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Attack Potency: Large Building level+ (Incinerated a mass of concrete) | Multi-City Block level+ (Far stronger than before, and can fight evenly with Neopolitan), Small City level with Maiden Powers (Eventually broke through Ozpin's shield during their fight, which is this durable. Comparable to other Maidens such as Penny and Winter)
Speed: Massively Hypersonic Reactions and Combat Speed (Casually blocked Ruby’s sniper rounds. Swifter than Mercury Black and Emerald Sustrai) | FTL Reactions and Combat Speed (Faster than before. Able to dodge Ruby's Silver Eyes and Penny's Lasers and can keep up with Volume 7-8 Penny and Winter), higher with Maiden Powers
Lifting Strength: At least Class M (Should be superior to characters like Lie Ren and Post-Beacon Sun) | Class G, higher with Maiden Powers (Can overpower Penny)
Striking Strength: Large Building level+ | Multi-City Block level+, Small City level with Maiden Powers (Traded blows with Penny and Raven)
Durability: Large Building level+, higher with Aura (Her Aura lets her take hits from characters stronger than her and acts as a 'health bar') | Multi-City Block level+ (Took hits from Neopolitan), higher with Aura, Small City level, with Maiden Powers (Can take attacks from other Maidens who are equal to her)
Stamina: Superhuman
Range: Extended Melee Range to Hundreds of Meters with Midnight (Dust swords that can combine into a bow), Tens of Meters with Lava Dust | Extended Melee Range to Tens of Kilometers with Maiden Powers (Can conjure a variety of weapons using her Maiden powers), Several Meters with Shadow Hand
Standard Equipment: Dust-Infused Dress, Midnight | Conjured Weapons, Shadow Hand
Intelligence: Gifted (Cinder is a highly skilled infiltrator and manipulator, able to sneak into Beacon and remain there undetected for months, formulating a plan that would simultaneously allow her to take the Fall Maiden's powers, bring about the fall of Beacon Academy, and deal a massive political and societal blow to Vale and Remnant as a whole. She is highly skilled in unarmed combat and swordsmanship, using such skills to fend off numerous Atlas Soldiers at once and easily defeating them without being hit once. She is also very skilled in archery, capable of launching three arrows at once with great accuracy and pragmatically exploiting any advantage whenever possible. After obtaining the Fall Maiden powers, she was able to match and eventually best Ozpin in direct combat)
Weaknesses: Continual use of her Aura will cause it to decay to the point where she can be left open to more significant damage. Aura's durability is cumulative; it will deplete with each attack she takes and can be brought down by characters of similar strength. Semblances drain Aura by a small amount and without it they cannot be used until it is recharged. Constant exposure to extreme temperature can drain the user's Aura. | Due to the nature of her Shadow Hand, she cannot protect it with Aura. She is also weak to Silver Eyes.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
*Scorching Caress: Cinder's Semblance allows her to super heat objects and alter their shape. She primarily uses this to super heat powders such as sand and dust into glass and hurl them at enemies, as well as alter her clothes, seen in Volume 2. She can also use it to heat and reform broken objects such as her glass weapons and arrows. Cinder is first seen using her Semblance in Volume 1 when she causes the ground underneath Ruby Rose and Glynda Goodwitch to explode.
**Midnight: Cinder's Weapon is a Dust-created, glass-based weapon with multiple forms. The weapon consists of a pair of blades which combine to form a bow. In Sword mode, the weapon is a single-handed weapon similar to a European seax or a Moorish scimitar. The blade is broad and has multiple cutting edges, although the blades must be relatively light to enable the user to keep them balanced when using them in their designed dual-wielding form. In Bow mode, the weapon uses a straight bow design with a handgrip built into the frame and is capable of producing multiple broadhead-tipped arrows that detonate on impact. The arrows are able to reform themselves if something should shatter them before they hit their target.
*Magic: After stealing the powers from Amber, Cinder became the new Fall Maiden, allowing her to perform various supernatural feats without the use of Dust. These include changing the weather, controlling the elements, flying, creating forcefields, and drastically increasing her strength and durability.
**Conjured Weapons: After obtaining the Maiden powers, she abandoned Midnight and decided to use magic to create her weapons instead. These range from swords to lances and even bows.
==Notable Matchups==
Victories:
Gar Shatterkeel (Dungeons and Dragons) Gar's Profile (Low 7-B versions used, speed was equalized, and starting distance was 30 meters)
Denji (Chainsaw Man) Denji's Profile (Hybrid Devil Denji and Beacon Cinder were used. Speed was equalized)
Losses:
Danjuro Tobita (Gentle Criminal) (My Hero Academia) Gentle's Profile (Post Beacon Maiden Cinder and Final War Act Lover's Mode Gentle were used. Speed was equalized)
Meepo (Dungeons and Dragons) Meepo's Profile (Dragonlord Meepo and Post-Beacon Cinder Fall were used, speed was equalized)
Inconclusive:
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