Cerule Belladonna (William's Canon)

**Cerule Flamel** is one of many RWBY OCs created by Jiku for their friend William's RWBY D&D campaign. Cerule was created on an unknown date in 2016 or 2017. For other uses of Cerule, click here.

## History

**Childhood (Ages 0 - 9):** Cerule was born twelve minutes after her twin sister Ginger. Upon their births, the doctors present made the discovery that both children did not display traits of being a faunus (despite having been twins). Cerule had a pair of fox ears on her head full of black hair (just like their father) while Ginger showed no traits whatsoever. This was labeled as a rare case, but was believed to have no physical effects on the growing process of either twin. Aera, the twins’ mother, did not believe this at first. She insisted that Ginger had a trait that just hadn’t manifested yet. After two years, she took the twins back to the doctor again to check for signs of a trait on Ginger. After finding none, they labeled the twins as a rare case once more. They were the talk of Menagerie. Not only were they the product of a human-faunus relationship, which was rare due to the discrimination the faunus underwent during their day-to-day lives, but the twins were of two different species.

While this was a spectacle to behold, no one dared to visit them. The small Belladonna family’s home was too far on the outskirts of the main town. Dangers were high in that area and it was too risky, even just to get a peek. This allowed the family of four to live their lives peacefully. It was at age seven when both girls began to develop an interest in becoming huntresses. They loved listening to their uncle Jet’s stories about the war as well as their mother’s stories of famous hunters and huntresses that kept them safe. Cerule looked up to them, but always wondered why there weren’t any faunus huntsmen or huntresses. Aera did not want to break her daughter’s heart, but couldn’t tell Cerule that a faunus would likely never become a huntress. But, Cerule already had her mind set on it. She and Ginger began training together off and on when they had free time from school. It was then that Ginger began to develop an inferiority complex.

When Cerule was 8 years old, she experienced something that still haunts her to this day. She was out with her grandfather, Cecil, when they were attacked by a group of human men. Cecil went on the defensive and made sure to push his granddaughter somewhere safe and use his semblance, Aegis, to create a protective barrier around her. She could move the barrier with her if she chose, but instead she was frozen in fear. She watched in horror as the men completely severed Cecil’s arm from his body to torture him. As they tortured him, they mentioned things like where they were from and that they wanted the faunus race to burn in hell. Cerule noticed an emblem on the cape of one of the men. She watched as these men killed her grandfather and turned their attention to her. Knowing that she was next, she started crying and it activated her semblance. The men became scared by the illusions they saw and ran away. Cerule took this opportunity and ran back home to tell her father what she had just witnessed and what had happened to her grandfather.

**Ages 10 - 13:** Cerule never took an interest in any boys during her pre-teen years. She was set on becoming a huntress, no matter what. She always made sure to be one step ahead of the game, unlocking her semblance before her sister. She also asked her uncle Jet to help her in constructing her weapons (which she insisted on having because “all huntresses have their own weapons”). Her prototype bladed fans were created a few months later. Ginger, becoming increasingly jealous of how fast her sister was advancing, began to ask the same things of her uncle and grandfather after unlocking her semblance almost a year later.

Cerule and Ginger never grew too far apart despite all of the jealousy Ginger harbored. However, when the girls were just shy of their thirteenth birthday, they were sent to live with their maternal grandmother Cyanea, aunt Guinevere, uncle Devin, and their children. It was for a good reason, but the girls weren’t too sure. After all, their grandmother lived in almost the heart of the Kingdom of Atlas. Cerule was the most uneasy due to her being an obvious faunus. The good reason that was taking them to Atlas was the exciting opportunity to go to a hunter school there. Due to their grandmother Cyanea’s ties with the headmaster of the school, Cerule was allowed to attend despite her faunus heritage.

**Ages 14 - 16:** The two years Cerule attended the school in Atlas were a living nightmare for her. Constant bullying both at school and at home caused her daily torment. Cyanea was a racist old human woman who would constantly berate Cerule for her faunus trait. She would do the same to Ginger, doing so because she insisted that her “demon trait” was hidden somewhere and that “a demon is a demon no matter where they hide their signs”. While Guinevere, Devin, and their children weren’t nearly as bad as Cyanea, they did not help matters. Guinevere would constantly scoff and talk horribly about Aera, saying that her sister “made a terrible mistake when she chose the faunus boy” and that “her children (Cerule and Ginger) are half-breeds because of it”. Ginger would try to explain that she was a human, but nobody would hear her out. Ginger, not wanting to be lumped in with her sister (regardless of what it was), began getting angrier. The two continued to study as hard as they could, sharing test and performance scores as well as grades with one another. To Cerule, it was friendly competition. However, to Ginger, it was a “who is better” competition that she could never seem to win. Seeing that she was fighting a losing battle, she tried on many occasions to make her sister fail, but it never was enough to cause any huge problems with Cerule’s grade or class standing. Both girls graduated soon after turning sixteen. Cerule graduated in the top 20% of her class. Ginger, however, graduated in the top 50%. While this was amazing to her family and her sister, it was not good enough. Cerule felt as though she could have done better.

**Ages 17 - Present:** Both girls were accepted into Atlas Academy, but only Cerule was made the leader of a team (Team CSPR) while Ginger was placed “fourth” on her team (Team ORNG). Infuriated by this, Ginger left Atlas. News reports came in later that month stating that the elder Belladonna twin was likely dead. Cerule never believed that her sister was dead. She instead believed that Ginger did not want to be found. She wanted to be able to locate Ginger, but didn’t know where to begin. However, after a while, she gave up hope and began to assume that her sister really had perished. Cerule continued to thrive in her new environment, trying her best to be the team leader that her teammates deserved. She was there through constant team member shifts and through the loss of many friends (by death or other means). She also ended up losing her left arm in a fight while on a mission in Vacuo.

It was also here in Atlas that she met her boyfriend (now husband) Grayson and discovered her pregnancy with his children. This would not stop her and she was determined to be the best she could be. When Ginger eventually came back and revealed herself, Cerule and her sister made amends. They aren't as close as Cerule would like them to be, but it's better than having no relationship at all.

## Personality

Cerule is soft-spoken, but has a slight attitude and sass about her when she speaks. She's not as sassy as her friend Jasper, but she could rival her if you get her riled up. Cerule speaks the most when she's passionate about the things she's talking about. She became a little more closed in after losing her arm, but that's just out of fear of something else that's bad happening.

## Hobbies

Cerule enjoys sketching and drawing. If she isn't hanging out with her husband or her team, she's likely to be found in the art room with a sketchpad in her lap.

 Semblance

Cerule's ability is called "Illusion Master". This semblance allows her to create an illusion by using her aura. The larger the illusion, the more aura she will use. Large illusions tend to cause her to pass out from fatigue / exhaustion.

## Special Abilities

**Faunus Abilities**

* As a Faunus, Cerule possesses the ability of night vision, granting her the ability to see proficiently in the dark.

## Weapons

Cerule's weapons start out as four short swords. However, when clipped together, these four swords turn into two medium sized bladed fans. These fans can become crossbows.

## Trivia

* Ginger and Cerule are one of the only sets of twins to be born of two different races (Cerule being a faunus and Ginger being born a human).
* Cerule's team in its previous arrangement - Team CSPR (Casper) - has three faunus team members (Peach and Roy being the other two), making her team very unique.
	+ The Team Casper before that (CCPR) still has three faunus team members, but swaps Isner for Chrono.
	+ The team as it is now (CCSR) has only two faunus by losing Peach and gaining Echo.
	+ Because of being a female faunus in charge of a team, there were some issues with bullying from her peers.
* Cerule's left arm is cybernetic. She had fun by painting it all shades of blue to make it less dull.
	+ When she lost her arm, her tattoo on that arm also got cut in half. To make up for it, Cerule painted the bottom half of the tattoo on the cybernetic arm itself.
* Cerule's team is the team to have the most team member/name changes at 4.
	+ Her team started as Team CSPR *(Cerule, Isner, Peach, Roy)*, then was CTPE *(Cerule, Tallow, Peach, Eboni)*, then was CSPR again *(with Tallow as an honorary 5th member)*, then was CCPR *(Cerule, Chrono, Peach, Roy)*, and now CCSR *(Cerule, Chrono, Echo, Roy)*.
	+ They are followed by Team LGGN and Team FDZP (both of which have changed twice).