Khryseis Minoa

""I lose control and lose the people around me! All my Semblance does is take everything away!""

Khryseis Minoa is a first-year student at Beacon Academy. She is a Vacuo native that transferred from a combat school there called Tenebra to Beacon in Vale.

Khryseis first appeared in "Trespassing" as an initiate. She survives both encounters with Apollyon during that time and, along with Harley Graec, becomes a first-year.

Appearance
Khryseis is a light-skinned girl with dull red hair tied into an off-centered ponytail and purple eyes.

Combat Outfit
In combat, Khryseis wears a tan V-necked split shoulder top that disappears underneath a brown leather waist cincher. The top reemerges as a pair of tails that go down her sides and end at her knees. The V-neck ends just below her breasts, revealing a gold-colored halter top. Just under the cincher are dark brown, almost black, shorts with strange, golden patterns woven into them. She also has on dull red leggings that lead to a pair of brown sandals that show only her toes. Attached to her lower back is a sheath, the handle of a dagger poking out to her right side. Going over her forearms is a pair of long, dull red fingerless gloves. At the wrist, each glove narrows into a triangular band that wraps around only the base of her middle finger. The end of the band around her finger has a gold trim.

Beacon Uniform
Unlike other students, Khryseis has made little alterations or additions to her uniform. She wears the standard Beacon girl's uniform with black leggings, the only addition to it being her red gloves.

Personality
Khryseis, upon first glance, appears to be coarse. She snaps at Duke as he is thinking to himself during their trek back to Beacon. She also snaps at him again when he detects Beowolves using his Semblance, but neglects to mention that they are Alphas.

However, beneath that lies a sensitive side, shown when she breaks down in tears in Glynda Goodwitch's arms after believing herself to have failed in saving her teammates. This also reveals her determination, as she plans to continue training in order to defeat Apollyon and prevent other people from suffering similar tragedies.

Khryseis has been shown to be aggressive, due in no small part to her Semblance. In "Brewing Conflict", Glynda remarks to Ozpin that she assaulted an unnamed student.

Powers and Abilities
Little is known about Khryseis' past, but her being a Vacuo native implies a degree of hardiness and survival skill. In addition to this, she trained at a combat school for several years, much like all huntresses- and huntsmen-in-training. She is also acrobatic, capable of running up and jumping off of trees, and spinning in the air to throw her weapon. She also showed dodging skill when engaging in close quarters with Apollyon, where she managed to dodge his attacks and land hits before breaking away.

Weapon
Khryseis' weapon of choice is a chain-and-dagger known as Alysida. She shows skill and competence in using it, throwing it even in mid-air and hitting her target., however, much like her sole teammate's weapons, Alysida lacks a transformation.

Semblance
In a conversation with Harley, Khryseis revealed her Semblance was Emotion Amplification. It passively exaggerates both her positive and negative emotions. While it is unknown what the effect is if her positive emotions are amplified, she implies that her amplified negative emotions have summoned large hordes of Grimm in the past.

It can be inferred from her dialogue with Harley that she is partially responsible for the death of her mother.

Weaknesses
Khryseis has shown to let her emotions get the better of her several times both during and after her encounter with Apollyon, in the form of charging madly or breaking down. Her weapon also has an exploitable weakness in the chain, as demonstrated when Apollyon tugged on it and pulled her from the air before slamming her into the ground.

Trivia

 * Khryseis Minoa is based on two ancient Mediterranean civilizations: Ancient Greece, and the Minoans. Her first name specifically references a princess of Greek origin named Chryseis. Her last name directly references the Minoan civilization. These words bring to mind colors related to the ocean and sand, though the royal aspect may bring in purples and gold.
 * Tenebra is based on the Latin word tenebra, tenebrae, which means darkness or concealment.