Winter Schnee

Full name: Winter Schnee

Age: 23

Species: Human

Gender: Female

Height: 5'8" (1.73m)

Aura Color: Light Blue

Occupation: Huntress, Atlesian Military lieutenant, Winter Maiden

Appearance: Winter is a tall and fair-skinned young woman with slate-blue eyes, black eyebrows, and long white hair. The latter of which tied back in a bun that is high on the left side of the back of her head, along with bangs along right side of her face and a small, curled lock of hair down the left just above her shoulder.

Usual outfit: Winter wearing a white collared undershirt, a necktie that connects to her new brooch, and a girdle underneath the lapels of her new frock coat, having pale blue snowflake decorations. She wears navy blue gloves, pants, and boots with red lining, and sports a Dust pouch around her waist.

Personality: At first glance, Winter appears to be a cold, serious and distant person who prefers to keep her emotions subdued, speaking in a very stoic way. She is fiercely committed and loyal to the military and acts as Ironwood's second-in-command. She does whatever it takes to protect her kingdom. However, when interacting with Weiss, she smiles and shows that she cares about her younger sister's life and well-being. 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 or act cold towards her. 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. Winter can be very harsh as well. Although she strives to keep her emotions in check, she can be rather hot-headed at times. Once she becomes angry, she drops her military bearing and dignified demeanor and loses all restraint.

Powers and Abilities: Incredibly gifted, Winter was one of the most skilled and capable Huntresses in Atlas, having not only graduated top of her class at Atlas Academy, but being hand-picked for service in the Military. In combat Winter is shown to be more aggressive and direct with her attacks than her sister's fighting style, focusing mainly on dueling and keeping opponents off-guard with her sword in culmination with her glyphs, able to stop and change direction on a dime, as well as using Ice Dust missiles and Nevermore summons to overwhelm her opponent with sheer numbers if she is at range. She also have hand-to-hand combat skills.

Weapon: Winter weapon of choice if a saber. Winter's Swords in their initial form are combined into one sword. 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. 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. When Winter's sword hilt is opened, it reveals a second hilt within. This hilt is a part to another sword which is sheathed in the hollow fuller of the sword. Together they resemble upper-class dueling sabers. 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. Winter wields her weapons in conjunction with her Semblance. Each blade has one type of Dust in it

Semblance: Winter has the Schnee family Semblance of 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 increase her speed to superhuman levels and boost jumps. Like her sister, she is able to use her Semblance in a supportive manner with other allies. Like Weiss and other members of the Schnee family, Winter can also Summon versions of her past enemies to fight for her. Unlike Weiss at first, she displays great mastery of this aspect of her Semblance. Her Summons are known to include dozens of small Nevermores and full-sized Beowolves along with a Manticore which she can use as flight transportation. Her Summons take on a translucent white-blue coloration and emit a soft glow.

Maiden Powers: Following the death of previous Winter Maiden, Winter gained the powers of the Winter Maiden. When active, her eyes emit an ice blue fire around them, the color matching her Aura. Her Semblance already functioning like a spell being cast also increased her understanding of her powers. She displayed numerous feats such as being able to fly by emanating snowy wisps around her body, create a layer of ice capable of reflecting concentrated blasts of Fire Dust and produce powerful blasts of ice and electricity at her targets. Winter also showcased the ability to create large gusts of wind capable of blowing away hordes of Grimm.