Shoshana Almasi

> Guns are such a primitive weapon, surely you don't think you can beat me with that?
>
> Shoshana Almasi to Edwin Cobalt

## Media

### First Appearance

"Can That Boy Foxtrot"

Shoshana Almasi is a character in Team OPRA's story. She is a member of Team MSAC and a student at Atlas Academy, having be exchanged from Shade Academy. Her weapons of choice are a pair of dust chakrams called Silence and Peace.

She first appears in "Can That Boy Foxtrot" fighting Team CRTN in the 40th Vytal Festival. While she fights Edwin Cobalt, she is defeated when Aurelia Medvedeva falls on her from the tallest gravity platform after Birdie pushed her off of it. When grimm invade Beacon Academy, Shoshana is seen helping fight back against them during the Fall of Beacon before being evacuated.

After the Fall of Beacon, she returns to Atlas Academy.

## Appearance

### Physical

Shoshana stands at 5'11 and has a slender frame. She has medium brown skin and dark brown hair that is cut into a short bob with a fringe and a streak of silver in it and has a round head shape with brown eyes.

### Attire

Shoshana's attire consists of dark grey crop top with a silver diamond in the center. Shoshana then wears a pair of brown leather pants with cross-hatchings on the hips and zippers below the knees that allow the pants to detach. On her feet, Shoshana then wears a pair of brown knee-high boots with dark grey heels and steel caps on the front. She is also shown wearing a pair of dark grey cat eye sunglasses on the top of her head.

## Personality

Shoshana is at first described to be a quiet and observant woman. While Margo bosses others around and shouts orders, Shoshana is seen standing by her side and peppering in advice much to Margo's annoyance. She is also shown to place value on others based on how they fight, as evident in calling Edwin 'primitive' for using a gun.

Along side her team, she is shown to be a courageous woman as evident in staying behind to help rescue students during the fall of Beacon.

## Background

Shoshana was born in the Kingdom of Vacuo as the child of two members of the Vacuo council.

At some point she is enrolled into Shade Academy and is selected to be a candidate for their 'summer-winter' exchange program with Atlas, which Shoshana accepts and is sent to.

During the entrance exam at Atlas, she met and was partnered with Margo Monet. She was then sorted into Team MSAC alongside Aurelia Medvedeva and Carly Westwood.

## Abilities and Powers

Shoshana is shown to be a swift and agile combatant. She uses quick styles of close-ranged combat mixed with dust to attack her opponents in rapid strikes.

### Weaknesses

One of Shoshana's biggest weaknesses is that she will become distracted in combat which is proven to her detriment when Edwin accidentally distracts her before Aurelia falls on her from a great height.

### Weapon

Shoshana's weapons are called *Silence* and *Peace.* They are the *Dual Dust Agility Chakrams (DDAC).* Silence and Peace are a pair of chakrams made from a dark grey metal with silver and black grips. The grips feature gold dials with 3 dust gems in it that allow Shoshana to combine dust into her weapons for elemental strikes. The weapons use Fire, Electricity and Gravity Dust.

### Semblance

Shoshana's semblance is called *Temperature Regulator.* Temperature Regulator allows for Shoshana to adapt her body temperature to whatever climate she is currently in. Through this she is allowed to last longer in certain weather conditions than her teamates. The more extreme the temperatures are, the harder it is for Shoshana to regulate her body against it. The semblance itself is a passive semblance, meaning it is always active.

## Trivia

### Allusion

* Shoshana alludes to the character of Scheherazade from the Arabic fairy tale epic of The One Thousand and One Nights.

### Colour Naming Rule

* Shoshana is a Hebrew name that means 'Lily', which can be tied to the flower of the same name, which is white.
* Her surname, Almasi, derives from the Arabic adjective of the same name, meaning 'Diamond-like'.

### Miscellaneous

* Shoshana's design borrows elements from unused Volume 8 concepts of the character Emerald Sustrai by lead character designer Erin Winn.