Team SYRA ('Sierra')

For all the biographies, refer to the team's RWBYFanon Wikia page.

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11/29/2013
And.... the reason why I was gone for another two months (October and November) lies here!

Yes. Here it is. The promised RWBY fan-team.
And before we go "what the heck does 'syra' mean..." LEMME EXPLAIN MYSELF.

So, long story short...
Remember that RWBY movie poster contest a while back? Well, I gave away the 4 slap-bands to some of my close classmates (juniors at my HS). When the episodes started coming out, some of us started relating the people who had the slap-bands to the actual characters on team RWBY.
And then, the idea of making a fan team came along...and the reason the name is SYRA is because the letters are comprised of my friend's names. (Though I won't be disclosing them and tbh I probably didn't make them look too recognizable unless you actually know these people in real life.) And yes, this means that none of these people are a rendition of me (and those who saw my gallery and know me long enough probably guessed that.)
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SYRA = "Sierra" (brown color, but also means "mountain/mountain range")
Not all the listed mountains have the gemstones/minerals. The individual arts are linked below:

[S]aphyr ("Sapphyre") Nilshikha - Sapphire (Sapphire Mountains, Montana, USA)
_{Did you know rubies are technically red sapphires?}

[Y]uLong ("Yulon") XueShan - Yu "玉,"Chinese for "Jade" (Yulong Mountain, China)
_{Jade can be red and brown, too. Though for color scheme sake I threw silver in there, which also starts with the letter Y: yin, 银.}

[R]agla Ermont - Realgar, red-orange mineral (Mont Réal, aka Montreal, Quebec)
_{There is technically a place called "xiong huangshan, 雄黄山“ in China which is literally "realgar mountain," (though realgar in chinese has a slightly different meaning on its own)  but letter Y already has a place there so I shall get crafty with the wording and use Montreal.
Oh, and it is poisonous and could be used to make white fireworks.}


[A]metihtia ("Amy") Orestes - Amethyst (Amethyst Mountain, Yellowstone Nat. Park in Wyoming, USA)
_{Thought to cure drunkeness. Hah. Just wait til you see the character.}

Additional Links:
Team Silhouette
Movie Poster Version

Drawn on the Ipad (App: Procreate) - over the course of 2 months (about 2 weeks per person, totals are calculated on the concept arts)