RWBY OC #10- Regalia Aku-No (+ volume 5 soundtrack ranking and question)

Name- Regalia Aku-No

 

Species- Human

 

Occupation- Huntress (unofficially, self proclaimed)

 

Kingdom of Origin- Vacuo

 

Academy- N/A

 

Team- UMBR

 

Weapon- Knyte and Shayd (collectively known as Nightshade). Knyte is a short barrelled, high impact dust shotgun with a blade attached to the top. Shayd is a large sickle, which can double as a grappling hook. Both of these weapons were stolen from dead Huntsman.

 

Semblance- Reflection. Regalia, in a bind, can summon a duplicate to assist her in battle. However, the stronger she is, the weaker the dupe is, and vice versa. The dupe is sentient and will often feed her inane compliments.

 

Origin- not much is known about Regalia's backstory. While Midori Bōshi was venturing through vacuo, he found himself pursued by a pair of pro Huntsman, hoping to gain a bounty from his life. However, before they could take Bōshi in, Regalia appeared from the shadows and took one of them down with her bare hands, allowing Bōshi the chance to kill the other. Bōshi was initially uninterested with Regalia, seeing her as little more than a savage stray, but upon seeing her take on a Beowulf, using the weapons from the two slain huntsman, and win with primal force, he decided to take her on, not as a friend or protege... but a pet.

 

Under Bōshi's wing, Regalia enhanced her skill, discovering her semblance and becoming vastly more dangerous than she already was, earning her a spot, alongside Bōshi as one of remnants most wanted criminals.

 

Eventually, Regalia and Bōshi were approached by Ulysses Bleach, who offered them a place on a team he was forming, comprising of less than refutable Huntsman performing less than refutable jobs. They, along with infamous atlesian scientist Betrügar Flax, would become known as Team UMBR.

 

Regalia is unique amongst most huntsman and huntresses as she has no consistent fighting style. She just pounces on her enemies, attacks with deranged ferocity and it works. Regalia is undoubtedly insane, but one of her most unusual traits is her obsession with the heiress Weiss Schnee. Despite Regalia having never met Weiss, had Weiss play any significant note in her life and seemingly not knowing much about Weiss anyway, Regalia is committed to killing her should she ever meet her.

 

Regalia's character basis originates from the 'Evil Queen'. Her first name 'Regalia' eludes to royalty and thus a queen, while her last name is Japanese for Evil. Aongisude these traits, her semblance eludes to the magic mirror from the Snow White, and the names of her weapons, nightshade, references the type of poison the queen uses in the original story. Rounding this all out is her irrational obsession with killing Weiss Schnee, who, if you didn't know, is based on Snow White.

 

Bonus segment-

 

The RWBY volume 5 soundtrack came out today, so I thought I'd rank all the new songs on the soundtrack (remixes or covers aren't included).

 

7. All That Matters- I was a little dissapointed with this one TBH. I was expecting a big sentimental song about all of Team RWBY, but in the end it just ended up being about Yang and Blake. While by no means a bad song, it felt like a more derivitive version of Wings (and I really liked Wings). Favourite line- 'The one thing I can always count in, is that I can't count on you)

 

6. This Time- I've heard this song quite a bit already as it was the first full one we got. The rallying the troops tone is done really well, butt overall the song is somewhat... basic. Favourite line- 'ready or not, there's a war to be fought, only one way through'

 

5. The Path to Isolation- to be honest I was slightly underwhelmed by PtS. The full version wasn't that different to the trailer vision. I really like he panicky tone of the song, reflecting Weiss' inner turmoil. A sold Weiss song, but not that mind blowing Favourite line- 'scars that cover wounds can't heal the self inflicted pain'.

 

4. Ignite- this song is pretty much I burn part II, and I am perfectly satisfied. The whole thing is pure Yang: confident, hard hitting fun. One thing that took me pleasantly by surprise was the jazzy beat, which gave me serious team FNKI vibes! Trumpets really suit Yang. Favourite Line- YANG! (I can't believe they kept Ruby's line in from the trailer, that was brilliant touch!)

 

3. Smile- Wow. Since we only heard like 5 seconds of this before, I hide very little idea what to expect. And yet I was very much surprised by what I got. Ilia isn't a character I cared much about, but this song (thigh sang to her as opposed to by her) made me really understand and like her. Im pretty sure I got some Polynesian influences Favourite line- 'you're as perfect as the wind and sky, but they'll treat you like you're out of place'.

 

 

2. The Triumph- if you were to tell me this would surpass 'Time to say goodbye' as my favourite opening song, I would have said 'stop lying you stupid lying liar!'. I would have been wrong. I love me some defiant, spit in the face of undeniable obstacles songs, and this is the concentration of everything I love about them. So good. Favourite line- 'I may be a Girl, but I'm also a Gun'.

 

1. All Things Must Die- Whoo! I had high hopes for this song already, but damn, did it outdo all of them. It was sinister and badass all at the same time. It took Cinder 5 volumes to get a song, and it was well worth the wait. Favourite line- 'Life is just a journey, yours is near its end'

 

Question- what songs would you like to see in volume 6? I would personally like a new Salem song, possibly a solo Emerald song and definitely a Jaune song (unless you count cold, which was more for Pyrrha/Monty, he hasn't had one yet).

Done