Amarante Sakura

Born to well off merchants, Amarante had an oppressive life made worse by her ability to process information almost instantly and an eidectic memory. She was expected to just marry off to a well to do family, have children, and just do as she was told. In order to make her more desirable, her parents sent her to other countries and schools where she could learn about culture and history. She was also taught singing dancing and other "desirable feminine skills" that her parents believed would make her more suitable for marriage.  She was on her way home when the train was attacked by grimm.  Her sheltered lifestyle ended and she was almost killed had it not been for huntsmen and huntresses on the train. This event changed her life completely and she decided to be a huntress despite having almost no skill. She secretly had a pair of gunsen fans made for her and practiced her dancing with an idea of using it as a fighting style.  Her parents became furious with her and forbade her from doing such unladylike behavior. She silently accepted their verbal abuse and then went and packed to leave. When she tried to escape that night, she found the doors and windows locked. She called on her semblance and the resulting fire allowed enough panic and confusion for her to ewcape. Since then, she has never used her semblance for attack type glyphs.  She groggily made it to the port and stowed away on an airship heading for Syne where she enrolled. In her haste, she overlooked one minor detail, she was only sixteen. Her parents quickly arrived and only after an intense standoff did they agree to let her study at Syne on the condition that she major in academic research. Again, she passively accepted this and then changed her major to Dust as soon as they left. This string of highly uncharacteristic behavior has led to tension between her and her parents.

"Why?" That question had been asked repeatedly as Amarante tried to understand her parents, "I don't want to be like our neighbors." Her father, Tyrone Sakura, glared at her, "you will do as you're told young lady. Otherwise we'll cut your inheritance and you won't be leaving this room for a long time. Amarante threw herself on he bed and sobbed. She had always been a good girl and had never asked for anything in her life. Why wouldn't they let her do this one thing? She thought back to that day, when her life was ruined by the revelation of a simple truth.

She had been sitting in the first class car of the train with her maid and bodyguard, "Vytal was rather interesting. I do hope to be there for the festival. " Her maid nodded," yes, young miss, it is a sight indeed." Amarante looked at both people with her, "Lavender, Onyx, aren't both of you from Vytal?" Onyx shook his head, I came from Atlas Miss Sakura." She was about to ask another question when a shriek came from without. Onyx threw her down and Lavender landed on top. Amarante twisted and saw him draw his dust and charge his semblance as a Beowulf crashed through the door. He fired a couple attacks but was crushed to death by the beast. It turned towards them, "Stay down Miss!" Lavender pointed her fingers and bits of metal flew into the creature, slowing it down. Amarante reached for a dropped handgun next to a guards hand. A giant claw stomped on her hand. She cried out in pain and terror as she looked into the eyes of a murderous demon. It came closer and reached for her, growling.  Suddenly ,it's head exploded. She looked over and saw a huntress with a crossbow standing not ten feet away, "run kiddo!" Amarante looked at Onyx and Lavender,  "I'll take care of those two just run!" She got to her feet and stumbled away, her sight clouded by tears.

When she woke up from the nightmare, Amarante had made a decision.  She would go to Syne and damn the consequences. She walked to the door and made a Glyph sign. She had never used glyphs meant for harming and it felt wrong to her, but she couldn't stay anymore. The small fire broke the lock and floated towards the kitchen, where it would set a small fire and distract everyone as she escaped. Taking only a single bag and dressed in a light kimono, she went into the night and walked to the port. Her new life ahead of her.