Birthday: August 23rd, 61 AGW¹
Place of birth: Coast of lake Matsu, Kingdom of Mistral
Citizenship: Kingdom of Atlas (from 71 AGW)
Aura reserves: 59% FTLOHR²
Semblance: Scorching Caress
Affiliation: Beacon Academy
Cinder was born in the kingdom of Mistral, on the shores of Lake Matsu. Apart from this information, she knows nothing more about her life until she enters an orphanage. She got there as a baby, with only a note with her name and surname. In Mistral, where hunters have never been able to protect the entire population, and deaths at the hands of bandits and Grimm's claws have never been unusual, orphanages have always been overcrowded, and therefore children there have rarely been given proper education. Because of this, Cinder has significant problems with education, which, however, are partially offset by good intelligence and rich experience for her age.
At the age of 10, she was adopted by a wealthy widow from Atlas, who already had two children of her own. For the downtrodden and despised little girl, this became hope, and at first the foster mother was kind to her. However, a few weeks later, the old mask of kindness fell off the face of the woman who adopted her, exposing her cruel nature. The only thing Madame was interested in was slave labor, for which she paid Cinder with a couple of hours of sleep and an undercooked meal. Fall worked at the Glass Unicorn Hotel owned by her foster family for most of the day, not even allowed to go outside. When she unlocked her manifestation and revealed her aura, Madame and her own daughters began to fear her and hung an electric collar around her neck, with which they kept her under control and mocked her. One day, her foster mother decided to severely punish Cinder for a minor offense and overdid the electric collar, burning a patch of skin on the girl's neck down to the flesh. She expected Cinder to die, so she threw her into the basement to live out her last days. However, she managed to survive. Her aura healed the wounds, but due to fatigue, cold, and malnutrition, the process was slow. In particular, her voice, which had disappeared due to punishment, returned to her only two weeks later, and until that moment, Fall was afraid that she had lost the opportunity to speak.
One day, one of the hotel guests, a hunter named Rhodes, noticed Cinder and the effect of her manifestation. He decided to train a young but precocious girl who was in a difficult situation, hoping that in the future she would turn out to be a good hunter. Rhodes taught her how to wield a sword, taught her how to use aura, and told her a lot about the world hidden behind the walls of the hotel in which she was a slave. Cinder believed him and hoped that when she turned 17, she would be free and become a huntress. Not just because it's cool, but to prevent other people from being in a position similar to hers.
Unfortunately, however, life is by no means a fairy tale. One day, Cinder's foster sisters found out that she was storing weapons and informed their mother about it. Madame was so angry that she was ready to kill Cinder. The foster family hurt her again, mocked and tortured her, saying that as punishment they would send her to a brothel, where she would die in a few years either from syphilis or at the hands of an abusive client. But they didn't know that the collar was no longer dangerous to the girl. She freed herself and killed all three of them: her foster mother and both stepsisters. Fall didn't regret it. The only thing that upset her was that before they died, they did not experience at least a small part of the pain that she experienced because of them.
After hearing the sounds of screams, Rhodes, who was in the hotel at the time, came to the room where Cinder killed her foster family and witnessed the aftermath of the murder. He prepared to arrest Cinder and was even ready to use a weapon, but the crying and exhausted girl told him all the details about what had happened. And Rhodes softened, realizing his guilt for what had happened. Despite his devotion to the law, he knew that Fall probably had no other choice in this situation. Rhodes told her to run, giving her money, weapons and telling her what she had to do. He decided to take the blame for what happened, but in return, he asked Cinder to become a huntress and replace him in this role. She didn't have to take lives, but save them. In tears, Cinder promised to do it.
A couple of months later, a young Atlas citizen arrived at Vail Airport, who was able to enroll in Beacon Academy using forged documents. The future huntress's name was Cinder Fall.
2 — From the level of Hazel Rainart. In my AU, it is his aura reserves that I use to compare with other characters, because in the canon it is he who seems to me to have the largest reserves of them
(In CARN, many characters differ from themselves in the canon. Therefore, their biographies and brief information will be posted here periodically. I decided to start with Cinder Fall, because she is the main character of this AU)