Hunters Team: Rooks

This is a hybrid team: Hunters Team Rooks - Written

Rina 
Species: Riolu
Nature: Brave
- Characteristic: Hates to lose
Gender: Fem                    Age: 12
Ability: Inner Focus

Substats meme

Moves:
Force Palm - A relatively straightforward technique, in which she delivers an open-palm strike to nerve clusters. When all goes well, the strike overloads the nerves and can partially paralyze the opponent. 
Frustration - A vicious beating that makes use of Rina’s pent up aggressions. The more she’s been holding back, the stronger it is and she further hones it with her aura techniques. When this attack is in use, she cannot easily hone in on the auras of others, as she focuses entirely on her own rage to fuel this move. 
Hidden Power (Ice) - An attack she’s not yet mastered; this power manifests unpredictably. Sometimes it becomes a barrage of icy shards, sometimes an icy coating of her fists or claws. More rarely, it is a projected aura of cold that damages indiscriminately.
Reversal - Focusing her aura internally, Rina steels herself to attack. Its power increases the closer she is to unconsciousness, as she focuses more intently to stay upright. This is secretly her favorite move; its all-or-nothing approach appeals to her, and when she’s close to unconsciousness everything fades but her, her attack, and her opponent. When she’s feeling poetic, she calls it her “ultimate aura of vitality.”

Personality:
Alert, bold, and generally grumpy. Has little patience and hates having to show restraint just so as not to offend people. Often comes off as mean for no reason.
Knows how to behave 'properly' but generally refuses.
Her ability to empathize with others is good but she doesn't care how people might be affected by her behavior. In fact, might is one of her least favorite words. Period. 

Being two-faced is the quickest way to piss her off, because she can see through all but the most skilled liars and cheats. At that point, you're insulting her intelligence. Don't insult her intelligence.

Her gruffness and temper hide her quick intelligence and deep compassion, which really is a shame. If she'd put more effort in she could be quite the peacekeeper or caregiver. Lucky for us, she's still a bit young to be thinking about either. She's a bruiser and a bonecrusher, and she wouldn't have it any other way. That said, she knows some fights just aren't worth the trouble and if you can make enough drama, she'll want nothing to do with it. And should you prove her wrong, she won't be happy but she can accept it. Still hates being proved wrong.

Still, she wishes things would just be as they seem and people would say what they mean. It cuts out all the guess-work on her end.

History:
Though her parentage is unknown, Rina was adopted and raised from a pup by a former adventurer named Lance. The haxorus chose to settle in Andalusst fairly early in her life, and she's lived here ever since. As such, she considers herself a native.
Overall, it's been a good life - her 'big brother' Lance kept her fed and taught her almost everything she knows... But she's bored with the quiet professions of librarian and bookseller, and tired of dealing with fastidious and haughty researchers. She knows not all of them are like that but, as the saying goes, 'one bad egg spoils the bunch.' She has a feeling the Hunters will have their own share of frustrations, but at least their work should be more interesting than organizing books and acting as scribe...




-------------------------------------

Canción
Species: Deino
Nature: Impish
-Characteristic: Thoroughly cunning
Gender: Fem                    Age: 11
Ability: Hustle

Substats meme

Moves:
Round - One of her favorite moves, that she prefers to use in tight spaces. Canción sings a ditty repeatedly, bouncing pure sound off her enemy. It can get pretty intense. Most effective when used consecutively with another singer’s Round.
Crunch - Straightforward enough: a powerful bite is delivered and she crunches down for good measure. Not a preferred move, as she doesn’t like putting foreign objects in her mouth.
Headbutt - Also straightforward; Canci swings her head dangerously to try and deal damage with her horn. Her most vicious attack for sure, but not one she uses often - it does hurt her head, after all. 
Swagger - Another favored move. She chatters smugly or singsongs annoyingly to goad her opponent. Their attacks will be stronger, but they’re more likely to become confused by her antics, miss and hurt themselves in the process. Especially effective against more paranoid opponents.

Personality:
Smart, fussy, and mischievous. Manipulative, too. She's cute, she knows it, and she wants you to know it, too. That way you can give her what she wants and she can be on her merry little way.

Confident and oftentimes smug. Especially when she has an audience. But if you can get her alone, her confident facade is easily crumbled. Just play up her weaknesses and you've got her right where you want her.
Or do you? Every now and then, she has thought through her con so thoroughly that one couldn't tell if they didn't have the upperhand. 
Most often, though, she hasn't. She is still a child, after all. Plenty of potential, but little fully realized.

Loves to flaunt her voice, her looks, and her skill. Hates to be proved wrong. Almost as stubborn as Rina in an argument. Will do just about anything to get her way.
Selfish but ridiculously charming brat. An adorable little ball of contradiction.


History:
Not Andalusst native, nor does she ever intend to consider herself as such. She was adopted and raised by her Papa, a smooth-talking zweilous named Enri. Together, they traveled all over mostly working as cons and participating in generally rogue-like activities. She inherited his charisma and vocal training, both of which she is quite proud, and they were practically inseparable. They lived the high-life between heists and the going was pretty good. Then one day, they were passing through Andalusst (not an uncommon thing) and her Papa asked her to wait for him by the Tower. He had some outstanding accounts to settle and would return as soon as they were closed.
She hasn't seen him since.

Even now, she thinks that his disappearance is some kind of test. He had taught her all he could at her current level (he'd said as much himself; so very proud he was). She reasons that once she becomes a skilled enough rogue in her own right, he'll come out of hiding and resume her training. Perhaps it's a childish thought, but it's how she copes.
Better to keep busy than shut down and cry.