Poverty and disability can be hard to sort through, but Tawny Moone rises above expectations!

Tawny was born and raised in Mantle, where she, despite both of her parents’ remarkable military service, grew up in poverty. Her mother was honorably discharged when she had became pregnant but her father continued to serve, eventually being killed in action. Ever since, her mother had been very protective of her. Even more so when she lost her leg in a Grimm assault brought upon the city during particularly heated protests. All this hardship failed to bring Tawny down however, and her wanderlust and interest in the unknown drove her to create her very own jetpack, reminiscent of the airships her father once flew. It took a lot of convincing, but after displaying an exceptional amount of skill and knowledge in the area of aviation and engineers, her mother finally granted her permission to sign up for a hunter academy. Beacon Academy.

Tawny’s outgoing nature makes it easy for her to fit in with others at the academy. Her unwavering positivity allows her to become fast friends with her peers, including those outside of her team. She is quite the chatterbox, which can annoy the more solitary students like Pearl. Her interest in engineering can become overbearing as well. She often makes rude remarks concerning weapons, albeit unintentionally. She can also have a hard time reading others’ emotions, such as the feelings of inadequacy brought upon Rumo with talk of her exceptional flight skills.

True to her inspirations, Tawny is a one woman army. Her flight skills provide an incredible challenge to those used to more conventional hunter warfare. Her back-mounted machine-gun tears through Grimm and bandit alike, and her proficiency at maneuvering makes her an impossibly difficult target. She is, in essence, a human airship.

Among her long list of amazing talents, semblance use is not one of them. She is without any supernatural power, even though her peers seemed to have unlocked their semblances ages ago. Maybe she simply hasn't unlocked it yet, despite her many hardships. Or perhaps she is apart of the population who live their lives without one. Either way, she's not going to let this fact dissuade her from pursuing the life of a huntress.