Winter Schnee

**Winter Schnee** is the elder sister of Weiss and Whitley Schnee and a Specialist in the Atlesian Military's Special Operatives unit. Despite being the eldest child, Winter's right to inherit the Schnee Dust Company was abdicated upon her decision to join the Atlesian Military.

## Statistics

* **Name**: Winter Schnee, Ice Queen
* **Origin**: RWBY
* **Gender**: Female
* **Age**: 24
* **Birthday**:
* **Classification**: Huntress, Atlas Specialist
* **Blood Type**: B
* **Height**: 172.3 cm (5'8")
* **Weight**: 47.2 kg (104 lbs)
* **Skin Color**: Light Pale
* **Eye Color**: Blue
* **Hair Color**: White
* **Relatives**: Unnamed Great-Grandfather (deceased), Nicholas Schnee (Grandfather, deceased), Willow Schnee (Mother), Jacques Schnee (Father), Weiss Schnee (Younger Sister), Whitley Schnee (Younger Brother)
* **Alignment**: Good
* **Status**: Active
* **Class**: **SS-Class**
* **Powers and Abilities**: Semblance: Glyphs
* **Standard Equipment**: Winter's Weapon
* **Weaknesses**: Can be short-tempered and easily agitated, Continual use of her Aura will cause it to decay to the point where he 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 aura they cannot be used until the user's aura is recharged.
* **Notable Attacks/Techniques**:
* **Voice Actor**: Ayako Kawasumi

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## Appearance

Winter is a tall and fair-skinned young woman with slate-blue eyes. She wears her white hair tied up in a bun, high on the left side of the back of her head, while her bangs are shaped around the right side of her face, a small curled lock of hair reaching almost to her left shoulder.

She regularly wears a white collared undershirt, a necktie that connects to her new brooch, and a girdle underneath the lapels of her coat. She wears navy blue gloves and pants and sports a Dust pouch around her waist, alongside a pair of gray thigh boots with black detailing around the knees.

## Personality

At first glance, Winter appears to be a cold, dignified, and distant person who prefers to keep her emotions subdued and speaking in a very high-class, eloquent, almost robotic fashion. However, when interacting with Weiss, she smiles and shows that she cares about her younger sister's life and well-being, based on how she inquires if Weiss has been eating properly, gained any new hobbies, and made any new friends, in "It's Brawl in the Family". Winter is very intuitive towards her younger sister's emotions. With that said, she is not afraid to raise her hand at her younger sister whenever she is annoyed. Overall, she truly loves Weiss and wants her to succeed in life. Later, it was revealed that due to the Schnee Family's broken family life and their mother's descent into alcoholism and their father's controlling personality, Winter had to effectively take a maternal role in her sister's upbringing, as seen in "A New Approach", when she momentarily lost her composure and began reprimanding her sister and expressed clear worry for her when she learned about her willingly putting herself in danger, where she genuinely panicked and worried for Weiss and her safety when learning about her escapades in robbing a Manta airship in Argus.

Winter can be very harsh as well, as shown in "Lessons Learned". When she attempts to teach Weiss how to Summon old foes with her Semblance, only for her sister to fail. Winter fiercely rebukes her younger sibling's excuses, citing her lack of resolve will not help her in the tournament, or as a Huntress.

Although she strives to keep her emotions in check, she can be rather hot-headed at times. Once she becomes angry, she drops her dignified ladylike demeanor and loses all restraint. This is shown when she attempts to attack Qrow Branwen when provoked. She also snapped at her father during the dinner he held, saying that trust has to be earned, not bought. She is fiercely loyal to her superior, James Ironwood, and becomes infuriated whenever his judgment is questioned. She is equally faithful to his authority, however, and respectfully defers to him when at odds with an order. After Winter learned her career had been groomed by Ironwood to position her as the next Winter Maiden, she came to accept the destiny which had been chosen for her, making it her own and taking great pride in it.

Winter consistently wrestles with her emotions, never letting them overpower her, yet still allowing them to guide her on what she believes to be a righteous path.

## Main Skills and Equipment

**Winter's Weapon**: A sword that appears as a upper-class dueling saber. The sword has a single edged, slightly curved blade. The sword's hilt sports a wide, crescent shaped guard that envelops the hand of the person that wields it, purposefully protecting the hand and fingers from any angle. The hilt has a spiral design etched down it that stops at an orb shaped pommel similar to that of Ozpin's Cane. There is a trigger located between the hilt and the guard that opens the hilt. The lower side of the hilt sports a light blue component that is embedded or inserted onto/into the side. Winter's weapon has a function that allows the hilt to slide open and reveal a second hilt within. This hilt is a part to another sword which is sheathed in the hollow fuller of the sword. Winter wields both weapons when separated, and fights in a style similar to fencing with a sword and a main gauche, or parrying dagger. She wields the second sword in her left hand and the main sword in her right, occasionally in a reverse grip.

Like her sister Weiss, Winter wields her weapon in conjunction with her Semblance. This technique that Winter shares with her sister could be because their Semblances the same. It is currently unknown if her weapon has any type of Dust functions, however the light blue component in the hilt is relatively similar to the Dust in one of the chambers in Myrtenaster.
**Semblance: Glyphs**: Her glyphs have many of the same effects that her sister's do, most notably including the ability to exert forces on herself and objects, which Winter uses to move around agilely in combat. Like Weiss and other members of the Schnee family, she can also summon versions of her past enemies to fight for her. Unlike Weiss, she displays great mastery of this aspect of her Semblance. Her Summons are known to include dozens of miniature Nevermores, as well as a full-size Beowolf. Her Summons take on a white-blue coloration and emit a soft glow, similar to that of sparkling snow. She should also be capable of teleporting said summons as well as manipulate their sizes since her sister Weiss has been able to do so.

* **Default Glyphs**: Winter's default Glyph allows her to create a seemingly solid force, allowing Winter to push whatever is within their influence. This Glyph usually appears white or pale blue. Winter can stand on this Glyph, using it as a platform for various acrobatic movements, including breaking a free-fall and quickly reversing her motion by kicking off of it mid-air, as well as accelerating objects both through the air and over surfaces. She can also use this Glyph to create a barrier.
* **Gravity**: A black Glyph with a number of different properties. Gravity Glyphs demonstrate a pulling property, and when used on a solid surface it allows Winter or anyone on it to stick to it and not fall off, even if that surface is vertical or even upside-down. When used in mid-air, this Glyph can accelerate anything sent through it so it moves several times faster than its initial velocity. Winter can also combine this Glyph with her default Glyph to create a mid-air platform that she can stand on at any angle, and can manipulate to change her trajectory instantly to the point that so much as touching the glyph with her finger will propel her in the opposite direction. Gravity Glyphs can also be used offensively to create a low or anti-gravity field to make enemies float in midair and allows Weiss to throw them around while they are in said field. Winter can also augment her own physical attacks with this Glyph, allowing her to deal increased damage with her slashes.
* **Time Dilation**: Winter is able to utilize her Glyphs in conjunction with Lightning Dust to create a time dilation field, which speeds up the user's actions.

## Relationships

* Weiss Schnee
* Jacques Schnee
* Willow Schnee
* Whitley Schnee
* James Ironwood
* Qrow Branwen
* Cinder Fall