Beryl Alabaster

> I'm going to make sure your ugly pathetic ass knows you'll never even come close to me.
>
> Beryl Alabaster to Ophelia Demoiselle

## Media

### First Appearance

"Gimme the Ball"

Beryl Alabaster is a character in Team OPRA's story. She is a former member of Team BERL and studied at Haven Academy. Her weapon of choice is a single-edged sword named Narcissus.

She first appears briefly in "Gimme the Ball" being sorted as the leader of Team BERL with Russet Damon as her partner.

Beryl makes her full appearance in "Anything but Lonely" fighting against Ophelia Demoiselle and Albert Regalien in the 40th Biannual Vytal Festival with Russet Damon. She attempts to bully Ophelia for her appearance but is defeated by her. During the Fall of Beacon she is seen crying over the body of Russet after he is murdered by grimm.

After the Fall of Beacon, Beryl is transferred to Shade Academy.

## Appearance

### Physical

Beryl stands at 5'9ft and has a slender body shape. She has fair skin with ginger-orange hair that is curly and kept loose over her right shoulder, green eyes and a round head shape with a pointed chin. She is shown to wear make up including red lipstick.

### Attire

Beryl's original attire consists of a green and black sleeveless top with a deep neckline that is black in colour. The black then splits off into the normal green fabric with an elastic band and what resembles two lapels halved horizontally. Beryl wears two detached sleeves on her arms that are tucked into a pair of brown bracers. On her legs, Beryl wears a pair of black skinny leather pants that has one long leg and one short. On her feet, Beryl wears a pair of thigh-high brown and gold boots.

## Personality

Initially Beryl is shown to be an incredibly cold, rude, sadistic and mean-spirited bully. She enjoys picking on people and insulting them for things such as their physical appearances, her vicious words being able to make a professor at Haven cry. She is also shown to be incredibly narcissistic and views herself as the prettiest girl at Haven.

Beryl is also shown to view herself above fighting, which is something she'll leave her partner, Russet to do.

However, Beryl is also someone who cannot stand the idea of someone pushing back at her insults, as evident in how she lashes out at Ophelia during their fight when the latter calls her out on her bullying. This will lead to her forgoing all composure just to make others suffer for standing up to her. Beryl is also shown to actually have some level of care for people around her, as evident in how she cries over Russet's death.

## Background

Beryl was born in the Kingdom of Mistral to an aristocratic life as the daughter of a mercantile executive who has ties to the criminal underworld of the kingdom. Because of her status, Beryl grew to be incredibly greedy and narcassistic. She took her aspirations of being a huntress with a careless attitude and was accepted into Haven despite receiving subpar scores academically.

During the initiation, she partnered up with Russet Damon and was sorted into Team BERL.

## Abilities and Powers

When she actually has to engage in combat, Beryl is shown to be a capable close ranged fighter using her sword, Narcissus. She is able to easily overwhelm Ophelia Demoiselle before the latter fights back, indicating that even if she gets others to do the fighting for her, she can perfectly handle herself.

### Weaknesses

Beryl is shown to let her emotions overrule how she fights. When Ophelia calls her out on her bullying, she will recklessly attack her enemies just so she can make them suffer and hurt, which will often lead to her defeat.

### Weapon

Beryl's weapon is called *Narcissus.* It is the *Single Edged Long Sword (SELS).* Narcissus is a single-edged white and gold long sword that Beryl uses for short-ranged melee combat. The blade and hilt of the sword are made from a white metal with gold trims and a brown leather grip, it features a knuckle guard similar to a rapier and has a green gemstone as its pommel that is merely for decoration.

### Semblance

Beryl's semblance has not been shown in the Team OPRA story.

## Relationships

### Russet Damon

To the surprise of everyone around them, Beryl and Russet were the only two people to have a stable relationship between each other, albeit one where Beryl used her status to order Russet around to do her bidding instead. After Russet's death at the Battle of Beacon, Beryl is shown to be crying over his body, indicative that she had some reliance and personal bond with him.

### Ophelia Demoiselle

Beryl and Ophelia plainly despise one another. Beryl is shown to think of Ophelia lowly and go so far as to insult her appearance and personality on a deeper scale. As pointed out by Ophelia however, Beryl is also jealous of Ophelia for being liked and respected among her peers.

## Trivia

### Allusion

* Beryl Alabaster alludes to the figure of Narcissus, a hunter who is charmed to fall in love with his own reflection. His name is the origin of the word *Narcissist.*
	+ This is referenced in Beryl's incredibly selfish and vain nature, believing that she is prettier and above everyone around her.
	+ Her weapon is directly named after Narcissus.

### Colour Naming Rule

* She is named after Beryl, a gemstone that comes in a variety of different colours including green and blue.
* Alabaster is a type of stone commonly used in marble work.