Johannes Alizarin

**Johannes Alizarin** is one of the main protagonists of *ACWA*. He is a student at Shade Academy, aspiring Huntsman, and graduate of Vale's Signal Academy. Johannes' weapon of choice is his customized zweihänder Blutkreuz.

Johannes first appeared in "An Iron Heart and an Icy Gaze", traveling to Vacuo from Vale to enroll at Shade Academy. After an intense initiation in the desert by Headmaster T. Zoc, Johannes became a member and the leader of Team ACWA, consisting of himself, Cinzento Abreu, Douglas Waker, and Alexandra Cermak.

As of "Tooth and Nail", he is preparing for the White Fang attack on Shade Academy.

## Appearance

Johannes is a tall, strongly-built young man. While much of his physical appearance, notably his face, has yet to be revealed, he is known to have blond hair and many scars on his pale skin. Standing at 6' 9" (2.06 meters) tall, Johannes towers over most of his friends and colleagues.

### Standard Outfit

Johannes wears a suit of heavy plate armor that is a matte silver color with crimson accents. The armor covers Johannes from head to toe and features pauldrons, vambraces, gauntlets, tassets, and greaves. Beneath the armor is a layer of flexible mail and mesh. Around his waist, Johannes wears a long, surcoat-like crimson canvas skirt with his emblem emblazoned on the left side in white. It is supported by a thick black leather belt with a number of pouches on it, which connects to a black baldric carrying the scabbard to Blutkreuz. Johannes wears a pair of black steel-toed combat boots.

The most notable piece of Johannes' outfit is his Grimm mask. Styled after the Griffon Grimm, frightening mask entirely covers Johannes' head and face. It features several red accents and four red eyes. Beneath his mask, Johannes wears a black balaclava.

### Pajamas

Johannes' pajamas consist of a black t-shirt with his emblem in crimson on the upper left chest, as well as a pair of knee-length red pajama shorts. Johannes almost always sleeps with his mask on.

### Dance

During the Beacon Dance, Johannes wears a black tuxedo, white shirt, black leather boots, and red bow tie. He also wears his mask.

## Personality

Shy fella. Scopophobe.

Heart of gold.

Confidence in abilities and dedication.

Blossoming leader. Peacekeeper.

Social/making friends.

Emotional tumult.

Academics and interests.

## Powers and Abilities

As the heiress of the Schnee Dust Company, Weiss was raised from youth to strive to be the best in all she did, and combat was no exception. As a testament to her skills, Weiss was on the top ranking of the sparring class during the events of the Vytal Festival. Weiss can move quickly and is creative on the battlefield, particularly with Ice Dust.

Weiss' combat style relies heavily on ricocheting off either surrounding surfaces or her glyphs, allowing her to take control of the fight by rapidly attacking from multiple angles to keep the enemy off balance. She has been seen utilizing this tactic with her Arma Gigas Summon, rapidly transporting it between glyphs to confuse and ambush the enemy in mid-strike. Her Semblance enables her to shift rapidly between offense, defense and evasion.

Most notably, Weiss frequently utilizes Dust in battle. She has shown a preference for Ice Dust, only switching types if it provides her with an advantage, such as using Wind Dust against sonic based attacks, or to create certain types of glyphs such as black or time dilation glyphs. She has used Ice Dust to trap enemies, create a trail to push enemies from a height, create a slippery sheet of ice and form pointed ice chunks to use as projectiles.

Weiss also has some skill in medical treatment. In "War", she helped Nora Valkyrie after she had injured herself overusing her Semblance by bandaging her up and tending to her at her bedside. However, it is insufficient in fully handling her condition.

As seen in "The Final Word", Weiss is capable of using guns despite never having been shown to hold any experience with them before, as she shot Cinder with three bullets using Gambol Shroud. She also showcased some skill in a dual sword style, having fought Cinder Fall using both Myrtenaster and Gambol Shroud.

Although Ruby is usually the one who makes the team's battle plans, Weiss was the one who came up with the plan to use Emerald's Semblance against Ironwood in "Creation".

### Weapon

Main article: Blutkreuz

Weiss' weapon of choice is **Myrtenaster**, a Multi-Action Dust Rapier. The rapier has a revolving chamber inside the guard, which has six slots in total, each of which contains a vial of powdered Dust. The revolving chamber is constantly stocked with red, cyan, purple, white, yellow and blue Dust.

Weiss utilizes the Dust in combat, either in raw form or in conjunction with her Semblance to create various effects that suit the situation. When not using Myrtenaster as a Dust supplier, Weiss utilizes her speed to dodge attacks and her sword to deliver damage through quick thrusts that leave little room for counters.

In "The Final Word", Weiss took up the katana blade of Gambol Shroud after Blake Belladonna and Ruby Rose was thrown into the abyss of the Evacuation dimension during her last stand against Cinder.

### Semblance

*Main Article: Der Ghul*

Weiss has the Schnee family Semblance of **Glyphs**, allowing her to create glyphs that can be used in a variety of ways: create a slippery platform to skate on at high speed, generate midair platforms to manipulate her trajectory in the air and perform limited time dilation that can speed up actionsTemplate:RC, to name a few.

She has gained more control over her Semblance upon her arrival in Atlas. During her fight against Marrow Amin in "With Friends Like These", she could use her glyphs to create several ice spikes to simultaneously speed up and throw the ice as makeshift spears while summoning her Arma Gigas.

### Weaknesses

Weiss has poor endurance and stamina, as seen in "The Emerald Forest" after Ruby and Weiss are forced to retreat from a pack of Beowolves after a forest fire; Weiss is shown to be panting in exhaustion while Ruby is still fully energized.

The biggest sign of her lack of endurance, however, is her inability to take heavy hits. In fact, she is the weakest out of everyone on her team, having been knocked out the most, such as by Nora Valkyrie with her watermelon hammer during the food fight, and the White Fang Lieutenant smashing her head into the ground.

Despite her glyphs' durability, they have been demonstrated to be breakable, such as when she summons three black glyphs in an attempt to stop the cargo ship's crash. The ship falls far too fast or is too heavy for her, causing it to rip the glyphs apart as it falls through them.

In regards to her summons, larger ones like her Arma Gigas take greater time and effort to manifest, as shown in her duel with Vernal, who heavily exploited this weakness by constantly interrupting Weiss' attempts to bring forth the sword-wielding warrior.

## Trivia

### Allusion

* Like the other members of Team ACWA, Johannes is inspired by a period from Germanic history. Johannes alludes to the Holy Roman Empire. For more information on this allusion, as well as other choices the creators made for this character, see Allusions.

### Color Naming Rule

* Johannes' surname **Alizarin** is a shade of crimson red, named for the red dye found in the madder plant.