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I do like me some RWBY OCs, so here's 4 of mine!

Team ROMA, aka the tomato team. They're inspired by classic monster movie monsters.

Rory Ozul-Pyronia, the team leader, is a vampire bat Faunus, who is inspired by Dracula and vampires.

Oh-Taupe Sirus, the Mom Friend ^TM, is inspired by Imhotep in The Mummy (as well as Osiris the Egyptian God of mummies/mummification, loosely).

Sheldon 'Meral' Murex, the gamer/strategist, is inspired by Frankenstein's Monster.

And Arnulf Brun, the himbo, is a red wolf Faunus, who is inspired by the wolf man in The Wolf Man and werewolves.

More about Rory Ozul-Pyronia!

The team leader of ROMA! Young adult (no official age yet, but I'm thinking early 20s).

Likes: Meat and Beaches, Dislikes: Alarms/Sudden loud noises

Semblance: Telepathic Link - By giving someone whom she's bonded with some of her aura, she opens a link to communicate until her or the other person's aura breaks. Depending on the amount given, she may be able to understand the other person's surroundings. Simply put, two way telepathy.

Brief History: Rory was born in Vale to Crimson Pyronia. Her father Saphir Ozul disappeared shortly before Rory was born. Crimson left Rory with her mother, June, and June's partner Winnie Paile, and died while searching for Saphir. Rory grew up with June and Winnie in the kingdom of Vale, within a coastal city, before joining a huntsman school and eventually getting accepted into Beacon Academy.

Misc fun facts: Does not like tomatoes (funnily enough, since she's on the tomato team), Bi, hasn't traveled much but would like to, technically nocturnal but her sleep rhythm is borked so she's somewhat diurnal.

More about Oh-Taupe Sirus!

The Mom Friend of ROMA! Young adult (early 20's, like Rory).

Likes: Flowers and Gardening, Dislikes: Heavy rain and Snakes

Semblance: Oasis - He is able to control the emotional strength of aura bearing creatures within an area of influence. He primarily uses it to calm crowds. It manifests as a bubble of aura originating from him, similar to May Marigold's bubble of invisibility.

Brief History: Oh-Taupe was born to his mother Aryl Sirus and his father Ube Sirus in Atlas. Very few years after, his twin sisters Amaranth and Koa would be born. His father worked as a businessman in trade with Argus. During one of his business trips, his transport was attacked by Grimm and Ube was killed. A couple years after, Aryl got remarried to Jay Dismuth and had Oh-Taupe's younger half brother, Xana Dismuth-Sirus. Oh-Taupe went to school in Argus before going to Beacon.

Misc fun facts: Tallest OC I've created (even without heels), He/They genderfluid/non-binary, learned makeup skills from his mom, named after his grandfather.

More about Sheldon 'Meral' Murex!

The Chronic Gamer Strategist of ROMA! Young adult (early 20's).

Likes: Tactical Games and Coffee, Dislikes: Cold Weather

Semblance: Stitches - He can use his aura to 'stitch' people, Grimm, and objects together. When this happens threads the colour of his aura appear where he 'stitches' the two items together. Eyeshot/awareness is necessary for activation. Does not permanently damage/influence people, Grimm, or objects.

Brief History: Meral was born to his mother Amaretto and his father Gin, a duo of criminals in the lower levels of Mistral. Meral lived his early years with them before their small home was attacked and he was severely injured. He was rescued and placed into a hospital where he met his adoptive mother, Dr. Coralie Murex. This is also when he gained his first prosthetic limbs. His birth parents weren't seen again, and Coralie offically adopted him after being discharged from the hospital. Meral then met Coralie's partner Opal Murex. He grew up with them, eventually deciding to go to Beacon in Vale to become a Huntsman.

Misc fun facts: He goes by his middle name Meral, when with his birth parents he went by 'Sherry', Demi/Pan, insomniac, his lab coat was one of Coralie's that was tailored for him.

More about Arnulf Brun!

The Loyal Martial arts Muscle of ROMA! Young adult (early 20s).

Likes: Traveling and Exercise, Dislikes: Cucumbers and Spiders

Semblance: Instinct - Basically an overall buff to strength, speed, and endurance. A drawback is that he doesn't comprehend pain, and his aura depletes quickly during activation. When his aura breaks, he feels the full force of the hits he's already taken. It seems to be stronger at night.

Brief History: Arnulf Brun was born to Bianca Brun and Kasmir Brun as their second son on Menagerie. Arnulf's older brother Grizz Brun is about 3 years older than him. Arnulf grew up on Menagerie with his family, eventually joining the White Fang as a child. During this time, he traveled outside of Menagerie with Kasmir and Grizz through Vacuo and Vale. Eventually the more peaceful Ghira Belladonna was replaced by Sienna Khan. When things became more violent in the White Fang, Grizz and Kasmir returned to Menagerie, while Arnulf wanted to be a Huntsman. He eventually entered into Beacon without having to have prior experience in a fighting academy.

Misc fun facts: His emotions show through his tail (like Marrow), Bi, natural flirt (does not realize this), memory issues/forgetful

Ladies, Lads, and Gentlethems... they're besties :D

Rory and Arnulf went to their Beacon dance together :)

Meral and Oh-Taupe went to their Beacon dance together too :D

Rory's family!

She gets her vampire bat Faunus trait from her father, Saphir, who has vampire bat front teeth. She also has his eyes.

Her mother Crimson passed down her vivid red hair from her mother June, as well as their pale complexion.

Saphir and Crimson had Rory young. They both dropped out of Beacon to begin searching for less life-threatening jobs so they could raise Rory together.

Rory's grandmas, June and Winnie raised her when her father disappeared, and her mother died. Winnie is a retired huntress, and June is a hobbyist jeweler. They both live in a coastal city within the kingdom of Vale. Rory lived with them and was inspired to become a huntress from Winnie's stories.

Oh-Taupe's family!

Most of his family is there, except for his biological father, Ube. They get their height from their biological father, as well as their magenta eye colour.

He inherited his mother, Aryl's hair colour, with his younger twin sisters, Amaranth and Koa, and half-brother, Xana, as well as beauty marks around his left eye.

Amaranth and Koa are mirrored twins, and while Koa has her beauty mark under her left eye like her mother, Amaranth is her mirror, having her beauty mark under her right eye. Amaranth is older than Koa by two minutes.

Jay Dismuth is Oh-Taupe's step father, and Xana's biological father. Xana inherited general vitiligo from Jay, and Aryl's eyes.

They live (or lived, depending on the timeline) in Atlas. Aryl is a retired fashion model, while Koa is following in her footsteps as a model as well. Amaranth is a fashion designer, and Jay is a househusband. Xana has private tutors for schooling. (Until Atlas became Atlantis, of which I am undecided on their fates)

Meral's family!

Meral's biological family are criminals from the lower levels of Mistral, only known as "Gin" and "Amaretto." He inherited his mother's hair and skin tone, his father's eye shape, and both of their eye colours as central heterochromia hazel as his own. While with them, he was called "Sherry" although his given name was Sheldon. Gin and Amaretto were dealers in arms and dust ammunition. When they were attacked, some volatile dust exploded and nearly killed a ten-year-old Meral. He hasn't seen them since.

Meral met Dr. Coralie Murex in the hospital where he was being treated at, and eventually became her adopted son. Coralie is a fox Faunus (although you can't see her tail in this picture), and Opal, Coralie's wife, was born blind. Together they raised Meral in Mistral until they moved to the city of Vale to support Meral in his decision to start anew and become a huntsman. Coralie is a surgeon who specializes in orthopedics (bones), and Opal is a children's book author.

Arnulf's family!

Arnulf gets his Faunus traits from both his father, Kasmir, and his mother Bianca (who, unfortunately, is not pictured). Kasmir is a mountain goat Faunus with goat eyes as his trait, while his mother is a reindeer Faunus with antlers as her trait.

Arnulf inherited his mother's freckles and his grandfather's heterochromia (on his mother's side). He has one eye as his father's brown, and one as his mother's blue.

His older brother Grizz is a brown bear Faunus, who now works for the law enforcement of Kuo Kuana. Grizz also inherited Bianca's freckles, but he inherited his father's eye colour in both of his.

Arnulf's entire family was in the White Fang when he was a child. His mother stayed on Menagerie while Kasmir, Grizz, and Arnulf traveled to lend support to other White Fang groups. When the White Fang switched leaders, Kasmir and Grizz returned to Menagerie, while Arnulf stayed with the White Fang for another year or so, until he left with a good buddy of his to become Huntsmen together.

My other RWBY OC team!

This is team LCAF! (Pronounced "Leaf") They are the JNPR to team RWBY. The "leaf" to the "tomato" lol. They are inspired by the remaining four classic monster movie monsters.

Lillian Maria is the fun-loving team leader. She is inspired by the monster's mate in The Bride of Frankenstein.

Clara Ginger, the level-headed foundation, is inspired by Dr. Jack Griffin (also known as the invisible man) in The Invisible Man.

Adrienne Leroux, the quiet observer, is inspired by Erik in The Phantom of the Opera.

And Frosk Alaguna, the self-proclaimed "party animal", is a lungfish Faunus inspired by the creature in Creature from the Black Lagoon.

What if I just... Team ROMA redesigns? Yeah. Team ROMA redesigns \^.^/

We startin' out with Rory "Ro" Ozul-Pyronia!

She's rocking some sweet new fingerless gloves, a new corset (which doubles as armor), a thigh pack, and her thigh knife (thife?) has migrated to the other side. She's also got more 'bat-like' ears and a bit of a haircut! Plus, she's got some sick new boots with red laces (kinda like Ruby's V1 boots but Rory's are brown rather than black)

Next is Obi-Taupe Sirus! (previously Oh-Taupe)

They've got a name change with their redesign! And I've decided to go full ham and drop the 'He' from their previous They/He pronouns so now they go by They/Them :D Their boots now go to their thighs, and now they've got stilettos rather than a chunky heel. If Cinder Fall can fight in glass heels, and Weiss can fight in heels (to the point of Ruby making a comment about it), my blorbo can fight in three inch stilettos!

Next we've got Sheldon "Sherry" Meral Murex!

He's still tired, and now he's got the anime 'dead mom' hairstyle! His prosthetic arm and leg have migrated to the other side, and I gave him half of his other hand back (so now he's just got two prosthetic fingers). He now has an elbow pad, spikes around his neck, and I got rid of his brown shoes! And the alt has his lab coat, his hairclip, and his prosthetic eye!

And lastly, here's Arnulf "Artie" Brun!

(Lovingly) Whore :) He's still got his chest out, even though I closed up the top of his... crop-top sleeve things. I chucked out the dark blue in his design and recolored the white to be more brown tinted. But, he's still got that bandanna around his leg :D

Team ROMA (Version like... 3.1. I'll show their first iterations eventually)

Scoundrels, scallywags, and sinister sillies, I present... ~ROMA~

Rory Ozul-Pyronia, Obi-Taupe Sirus, Meral Murex, and Arnulf Brun

The first iterations of the tomato team!

ROMA Version 1 (lol I was still using my first signature before AC) (this was back in 2020 I think)

Version 2 (2021)

And Version 3.0 (the first I posted on tumblr) (2023)

Wild to see their growth throughout the years (and my own artistic ability evolve). It's kinda crazy to see what stayed the same and what changed and what I've reused. Like Obi's eyes changed color in every iteration until I landed on a nice purple-pink hue, and Rory and Arnulf had entirely different Faunus traits before landing on her ears and his tail. And Meral had glasses!

Wow, ancient relics! Arnulf was the only character I actually drew a lot of (since I think the rwbytuber PhoenixNight had an oc contest or appreciation thing going on and I entered) this was back when I was still figuring out his character, semblance, symbol, etc in 2021. Originally, Arnulf had a semblance that kinda worked like radar, where if one heard his 'howl' he'd know where they were.

I think it's important to show off the first steps of something, since it's the foundation of what you're creating now :)

(and it's kinda fun to go back and poke fun at yourself a little bit for how off your art feels after a few years)

Ooh, maybe for my next art projects I'll redraw child Arnulf (and maybe the rest of the gang!)

Arnulf's family!

His older brother, Grizz (age 8) (Grizzly Bear Faunus), Arnulf (age 6) (Red Wolf Faunus), his father Kasmir (age 30) (Cashmere Goat Faunus), and the companion piece of his mother, Bianca (age 28) (Reindeer Faunus)

I've finally drawn his mom! Arnulf gets his heterochromia from his mom's side of the family (and his freckles!)

Bianca Brun did not grow up in Menagerie, but somewhere else. She and Kasmir decided to move to Menagerie to raise their children, in peace.

I think Grizz was the type of brother that would be extremely rough and tumble, and Arnulf would just coat them both in bandages (at first to actually help Grizz's scratches, but then just for funsies and so they'd match)

I changed Kasmir's Faunus trait to be goat horns rather than goat eyes (and he's got a bit of 5 o'clock shadow, rather than the full beard he'll eventually grow out)

They're the type of parents that are extremely active. Always doing something with the family, and those in the community, whether it be going on family walks, helping a neighbor build an add on to their house, or volunteering somewhere in the community.

They're somewhere along the Menagerie coastline :)

Rory's Family!

1st pic: Crimson Pyronia (age 17) and Saphir Ozul (age 17) after they met at Beacon Academy! They'd have Rory about a year(ish) later!

2nd pic: Winnie Paile (age 45), June Pyronia (age 44), and little Rory (age 2) This is after she's put into the care of her grandmothers! (after Saphir went missing and Crimson died searching for him)

Rory absolutely takes after her parents (in regards to fashion at the very least). June passed down the strong red hair gene to Crimson, and Crimson passed it down to Rory, but Saphir's fluffy hair won out over the straight hair. And his golden/yellow eyes.

Saphir has vampire bat teeth! Which has given Rory the vampire bat Faunus gene (I fully don't know if the Faunus traits directly copy from Faunus parent to child when there's a human parent, but it didn't for them because it's more fun that way and they're my blorbos)

(Also fun fact, Rory used to have vampire bat teeth as her Faunus trait, but when I changed it and I was thinking of her parents and stuff, I figured she could at least be canonically descended from some vampire bat teeth xD)

I changed up Crimson's design, giving her a more punk/goth aesthetic and changing her eyes from pink to this bright teal/blue (which kinda reminds me of Dabi now that I think about it). And Saphir now has MORE piercings! And a bit of a recolor with his gloves and scarf (which now fades into a purple)

Winnie and June are the kind of Grandparents/Parents that try to make everything as fantastical as possible for as long as they can. Winnie tells exaggerated stories (as a retired huntress), and June tries to make the world fun and kind (when the reality is that Remnant... is not)

And I think that, if given the chance, Crimson and Saphir would've done fairly well for themselves in raising Rory with their help. They would've had no clue what they were doing for a generous few years, but they'd be more grounded and down to earth in their parenting style.

Obi-Taupe's Family!

1st pic: Ube Sirus (age 26), Aryl Sirus (age 25), Obi-Taupe Sirus (age 3), Koa Sirus (age >1), and Amaranth Sirus (age >1) A few months into being a big sibling!

2nd pic: Jay Dismuth (age 35), Aryl Sirus (age 37), Amaranth Sirus (age 12), Obi-Taupe Sirus (age 15), Xana Dismuth-Sirus (age 2), and Koa Sirus (age 12)

Obi gets their bright magenta eyes from their dad! And their beauty marks from their mom :) Obi is definitely the type of sibling that dotes on their younger siblings. Always down for dress up, race cars, tea parties, and mud pies!

Ube passed when Obi-Taupe was 7 years old when he was travelling for his business. Aryl and Jay met afterward and had a very slow romance for years before having Xana (unplanned, but not unwanted).

Eyy, I finally drew Ube! I knew I wanted him to be 'just a dude' so I tried my best :) Koa and Amaranth are mirrored twins (with Amaranth being Koa's mirror. Koa, Obi, and Xana all have their mom's beauty mark on the same side as her, while Amaranth has it on the opposite side).

Ube was a fun-loving, but perpetually tired dad before he passed, and Aryl was a tad stricter (as she grew up in a high stress environment) and very matter-of-fact. After Ube passed, Aryl threw herself into her job as a fashion designer and became somewhat distant until Jay made himself a constant in the Sirus family's life.

Jay is the type of parent that wants to be his kids' friend, and will talk with them about anything and not sugar coat it. With Jay, Aryl became a parent that still lays things out matter-of-factly, but is a bit more open in what she's thinking and feeling. She is also, perpetually tired (but fulfilled).

For the time in between Ube's death and the healing of Aryl's heart, Obi-Taupe took it upon themself to care for their younger sisters, which is when they found they liked caring for others. When Jay became a constant, Obi and Jay bonded over caring for Koa and Amaranth :)

(If Ube survived, the dynamics of the Sirus family still would've been quite similar. Jay would've been a cool family friend. Aryl and Ube would've been job focused until a point where Obi would've pointed out that they take care of their sisters better than their parents do, and then Ube and Aryl would go to therapy and learn to be more present. But I'm not sure if Obi-Taupe would've wanted to be a Huntsman if Ube didn't die... o.0)