Crystal Nelde

"W-why did you trust me with this position...? I-I mean, other people don't......"

- Crystal Nelde

Appearance:
Crystal is an average female with slightly tanned complexion, crimson colored hair and light blue eyes. She is slightly chubby with noticeable wide hips and thick thigh. Part of her hair is tied in a ponytail on the left with golden chain while the rest is let loose.

Crystal wears a brick-red cloak that reaches above her elbow over a similarly colored dress, with gold ribbon at the beginning and end of both her dress and cloak. Her crest is just below the neckline of her dress and she wears copper a corset, with gold lace.

Crystal wears a brick red bracelet with two rings on her right hand, with two dangling chains connecting the ring and the bracelet. Her mechanic wings are a part of her corset, with a cog-gear machine inside a thin yet strong shell shaped like a crystal Dust, and the wing is made from transparent fabric and metal wires painted gold. She wears brick-red high-heeled boots that reach above her ankle, lined with gold at the end.

Personality:
Crystal is a timid and shy young girl, with a meek personality that is almost submissive to other people. She is also naive and gullible, with poor social skill and a deep lack of self confident to the point that she becomes insecure over the smallest thing possible.

This is because Crystal has a deep fear of rejection, being neglected by her mother ever during her entire childhood. She is willing to go along with anything anyone says and avoids speaking her own thoughts and opinions in fear of getting hated by other people. Crystal is also very afraid of being in the center of the attention or during intense moments,  prones to act impulsively bases on it without thinking everything through. This has puts her at odd with other people, especially after she was assigned to be the team leader in Beacon Academy.

Despite all of it, Crystal is sweet-tempered and delicate underneath. She is kind and caring, willing to lend a hand to anyone who needs help - putting their needs above herself. Combined with her normally gentle demeanour makes Crystal a conciliator among her friends and classmates.

Crystal is actually smart and creative, loves to read and draw during her free time. She is a daydreamer and can easily be lost in her own thoughts from time to time, especially when left on her own.

History:
Crystal was born and raised on an island called Lutin Creux - a small island on the ocean between Mistral and Vacuo, living with her single mother - Clarion Nelde. For as long as she could remember, her mother has always treated her coldly, raising her out of obligation and neglecting her other needs.

She grew up to be a timid and obedient child, spending most of her time indoor alone and was only allowed to leave as long as her mother accompanied her. It made the young girl felt lonely, and she would subconsciously try to get other people's attention one way or another. However, most of her attempts often got her into troubles, ended up with Crystal being grounded or scolded harshly.

On one particular day, when Crystal was alone at home, she found a small chest on the table. Curious, the girl took them back to her bedroom and found a single photo of a couple, along with a stack of letters. Unfortunately, when her mother found out, she became furious and slapped Crystal for the first time, before she lamented how she didn't leave her to die after she had been born. It shocked the young girl, and she ran off crying.

She didn't know how long nor how far she has ran, but Crystal remembered stopping by a large tree, completely exhausted both physically and emotionally. It was already dark out, but the girl didn't want to go back home in fear of being scolded even more. So instead, Crystal remained in the forest, sulking while wandering around - picking up whatever caught her attention to distract herself.

It was when she first met Peri, another girl of her age. Crystal was taken off by surprise when Peri jumped out of nowhere and startled her, but soon found comfort of the girl's presence. Peri is the complete opposite of Crystal with a quirky and energetic personality, but the two girls’ personalities completed each other and they easily become best of friends.

Since then, the two of them would often meet and play by the large tree, with her mother no longer paying her any attention. One day, while on her way to the forest to meet Peri, Crystal ran into a stray Blaze - an overgrown firefly Grimm. The young girl barely escaped its onslaught, and as she was cornered inside a small cave, she was rescued by the Chief Hunter of Lutin Creux.

Crystal was greatly impressed by the Hunter, and wanted to become just as strong as they are. She - with the help of Peri, spent most of their time together tinkering with the Dust scattered around the forest and the lost things she found on the beach to build a pair of fairy wings and a bracelet in order to become a Huntress. Crystal convinced Peri to come with her, so that the two of them will always be there for each other.

The two girls managed to sneak onto an airship that was scheduled to leave for Vale, but during the flight there, the airship was attacked by a flock of Nevermore and crashed down on Forever Fall. How she survived that crash, Crystal has no idea. But she was found and took to the nearest location - Beacon Academy, to recover by the teachers there. Though unexpectedly, the young girl managed to impress Beacon's headmaster and was offered a chance to stay in the academy and become a Huntress.

Weapon:
Crystal has two weapons: Faith and Trust
 * Faith - Energy Converting Bracelet: A red and brown bracelet with Crystal's symbol on top and a small revolving chamber with 6 Dust slots. Three chains are connected from the bracelet to the two rings on her fingers. She wears it on her right hand and uses it to cast Dust energy.
 * Trust - Magnetic Mechanic Fairy Wings: A pair of mechanic wings that looks similar to fairy wings. They are able to fold in and out and flaps with high speed. The pattern on the wings can transfer the Dust energy from the backpack to the chambers and throughout the wings, before exhales it out, combining with the flapping motion and allowed Crystal to maneuver in the air. The Dust released from the wings often makes chiming sounds and the fans built inside the chambers help cool the wings down.

Ability:
She is physically weak and easily worn out when walking or standing for too long, often relying on Trust's flying function to move around. Crystal fights by the movement of her arms, hands and fingers, casting Dust energy through the two rings on her fingers as her hands move.

Her Aura's color is gold, and her particle is glowing butterflies.

Crystal's Semblance is "Jingle" - She is capable of reconstruct her memories as solid clones that play out a specific person/object that Crystal has a deep emotional bond with. The clones are able to act as solid matter for 3 to 5 interactions/attacks before dissipating. The number of attacks a memory clone could endure is proportional to the detail of the clone, meaning the more detail there is in the clone, the less hits it can take. Alternatively, the clones can be augmented with elemental Dust to become a solid statue of the Elemental Dust.

Currently, Crystal can only recreate the memory of Peri.

Solo:

 * Crystal fights very graceful on her own, as if she was performing a dance on air while casting raw Dust with ease. Her attacks are often very powerful on their own, but lack of a specific pattern as Crystal often improvise as she goes.

With Team:

 * While fighting along side with her teammate, Crystal's ability to cast Dust is often used to warn to her team - usually after she received a signal from Sirce that there is a change in tatic. She usually fight the least among her team, only act as a messanger, as well as charging Faith for the final attack, so Crystal is heavily protected by her teammates as she prepare for it.

Relationship:

 * Crystal_Symbol.png was the first to notice and crack through her shell when she arrived in Beacon, and Crystal is comfortable around her. Crystal helps Idina with her engineering by collecting necessary parts and she spends a lot of time watching Idina tinkering. She helps paint the weapons Idina makes, and they are very playful around each other, often setting Tianee off with the messes they make.


 * Her relationship with Sirce is mutually beneficial. They rarely talk to each other (Mainly because Sirce finds her annoying) unless it has something to do with the assignment and/or battle strategies. They both share a love for trees and one can easily catch the two of them together in the garden or the backyard. Even though they rarely converse, the two of them understand each other well enough to know what the other needs before they even say it.


 * She respects Tianee, and often asks her to help with small works. Crystal remains calm and gentle around her, enough to keep Tianee from strangling Idina many-a-time. She gets scolded rather a lot by Tianee when she slacks off in class, but often gets away with it because of her fast learning.
 * Crystal loved Peri dearly because she is her first friend, often reached out to her whenever she was sad or being teased/bullied.

Misc:

 * Doodle a lot in class.
 * She has her mother's last name.

Trivia:

 * Crystal Nelde was created on May 5th 2013.
 * Crystal is alludes to the "fairy".
 * Crystal is also alludes to Tinkerbell from Peter Pan
 * Nelde is a different form of Nelda. It means "From the elder-tree home", which alludes to the shade of reddish brown of an old, dry tree. Her full name means "Crystal Elder Tree"