Alice Arc

Alice Arc, also known as **Mikhaela**, is the twin sister of Jaune Arc and a member of the newly reborn Team JNPAR. She replaced Jaune for a bit after his supposed death, keeping the fact that he was alive a secret alongside Pyrrha Nikos while he went to go train with Maria Calavera. After Jaune's return to Beacon, Alice remained on the team due to a lack of openings in other teams, thus creating the first five man team in Beacon.

In the chapter, *Revelations of God*, Alice is revealed to be the Goddess of Light in some manner. In the following chapter, *They-Who-Made-Light-And-Darkness*, Israfil confirms the fact that Alice's true identity and past self is the Goddess of Light, Mikhaela.

## History

Alice was born as the third daughter of the Arc Family and the younger twin sister of her brother. When they were young, they were the named the godchildren of Willow Schnee. However, she eventually stopped visiting after giving birth to Weiss. When they were 11, both Jaune and Alice have mentioned remembering Winter Schnee vaguely, who used her position within Atlas Academy to visit Domremy during the Festival of Israfil.

One year before the start of the Beacon Semester, Jaune and Alice begged her parents to train them and after much begging, they got the training they wanted. However, the twins planned on sneaking into Beacon with the help of their older sister and her wife. Unfortunately, they were only able to acquire one transcript and it was decided that Jaune would go. There, Alice made a promise with her twin that she would join him shortly, though that manner of her being accepted was not how either of them planned for it to be.

## Appearance

It is stated that Alice appears to be a female version of Jaune. She has long blonde hair, reaching down to her mid back. Her bangs frame her face and extend past her jaw while a white lace encircles her head and holds her bangs up. She has crystal blue eyes much like Jaune. Like her brother, her eyes change color when she is using her semblance, shifting to a golden color.

Her choice of clothing is a blue hoodie, not too different from Jaune's Pumpkin Pete's Hoodie. She wears a set of armor, similar to that of Jaune but with a few choice differences. Like Jaune, Alice's breastplate and vambraces are white with gold lining. However, unlike Jaune, she wears a white battle skirt in combat as well as golden greaves and shoes. Her sword hangs at the side of her hip during combat. Other than that, she wears the standard Beacon Academy Uniform.

In her civilian clothing, Alice prefers to wear her oversized hoodie alongside volleyball shorts and long black socks with blue and black sneakers.

## Personality

When first introduced, Alice is shown to be a cheerful and happy girl. She is describes herself as the Sun to Jaune's Moon, indicating that they are polar opposites in terms of personality. Unlike her brother, Alice is far more outgoing and is far more likely to speak her mind to others. Alice is seen to be able to warm up to and get along with the members of her brother's team rather easily, especially with Pyrrha Nikos.

A lesser known trait of Alice's is that she is an extreme romantic and a shipper. She tends to help her brother, upon his return, with his endeavors involving Pyrrha Nikos. During the dance, she went so far as to request a slow dance so that Jaune and Pyrrha can have their moment on the dance floor. Alice also prevented Nora from following Jaune and Pyrrha on their date.

She is known to express her anger in ways that Jaune would never normally would and can be quite cold. During her interaction with Team RWBY, Alice displayed open hostility for the hand that three of their members actively had in her brother's near death. Unlike Jaune, she can be quite unforgiving to those who she perceives have wronged her or her loved ones in anyway.

Like her brother, Alice is prone to airsickness and often carries around motion sickness pills to keep herself from throwing up.

## Abilities

Like her brother, she was originally an inept fighter, however, after much begging, Alice and Jaune were able to receive the training they desired from their parents. However, unlike Jaune, she managed to receive more training Sigured and Jeanne due to her staying at home after they only managed to acquire one transcript to Beacon. Through her sheer determination to join her brother at the prestigious academy, Alice rapidly developed her skills to the point where her parents sent her on small missions to exterminate local Grimm swarms in Domremy.

### Aura and Physical Prowess

Despite her slim frame, Alice has displayed above average physical strength, being able to easily kick a Beacon student across an entire room during her first match in Combat Class. She managed to impress Teams RWBY and PNR when she easily defeated Flynn Smith. Her physical strength is great enough to even force Yang Xiao Long, a fighter with great physical resilience, to back off after merely gripping her arm.

Like Jaune, Alice possesses massive aura reserves and has great control of her aura. She is capable of enhancing herself to go much faster than others and can enhance her physical strength with it. However, it is stated that she is rather wasteful with her aura and has been training to gain better control of it to efficiently use her semblance.

### Weapon

Alice's weapon is known as Golden Lily. It is an ancestral weapon passed down from Alice's Father's side of the family. Not much is known about the sword's history beyond that but the sword is similar in design to the one used by the woman at the statue in Beacon.

Like her brother's former weapon, Crocea Mors, Golden Lily is but a simple longsword. It has a golden hilt with a blue handle and a blue crossguard. The blade is tinted with gold coloring to make it look ceremonial. However, the blade is reputed to have cutting power nearly on par with that of Crocea Mors. Unlike its sister blade, Golden Lily does not have a mechashift scabbard however, as a secondary function, Golden Lily is known to be extremely receptive to dust.

Alice prefers to carry Golden Lily around her waist, similar to how her brother carries Sol and Luna.

### Semblance

Alice's Semblance is called Keter. It is extremely similar to her brother's semblance, Thaumiel. Keter is a semblance of currently unknown category, however, it is most likely the same type as her brother's which has been theorized to be a Manipulation Type Semblance.

Alice's semblance allows her to manipulate and control pure aura on a degree far greater than that of even the most experienced huntsman. She is able to create weapons, limbs, and even wings from her aura. It has been suggested with her brother's semblance that she is capable of manipulating far more than her aura. Emerald Sustrai has even mentioned that the semblance gave off a strange feel that didn't feel like aura at all.

When Alice uses her semblance, her eyes become bright gold.

### Magic

It is revealed by Isla that Alice's Semblance isn't a semblance at all. Alice's Semblance is directly connected to magic. However, it should be noted that Alice does not possess the same omnipotent command her former self had over magic. Presently, Alice is incapable of altering matter, reforming the soul, resurrecting others, nor shapeshifting. However, a small portion of her power is capable of overpowering and nullifying semblances, as seen when Alice broke out of Glynda's Telekinesis. The power of her magic is constantly increasing by the day as stated by Isla. It should also be noted that her power returning is directly connected to Jaune's power.

## Trivia

* Her name is based on the color, Alice Blue, which is a color that was liked by the daughter of President Theodore Roosevelt. It is alternatively known as Iceberg Blue.
* Alice is a reference to Lewis Caroll's *Alice's Adventures in Wonderland*. More specifically, she's a reference to Alice.
	+ Her nickname, Ally-cat, is a possible reference to the Cheshire Cat.
	+ In the 1951 movie adaptation by Disney, Alice is shown to be wearing a blue and white dress which is similar to Alice who tends wear blue and white colors.
* To compliment Jaune being a reference to Jeanne D'Arc, a famous French Saint, Alice's sword is a reference to the Fleur De Lis, a symbol that is commonly associated with France. The Fleur-De-Lis has been commonly used to represent French Saints and Royalty.
* Alice's appearance is based on Alice Zuberg from *Sword Art Online*.
* Her semblance, Keter, is a reference to the first Sephirah in Kabbalah. Keter is not associated with a color and is regarded as invisible or colorless.