Going to dump this here, because I don't know if/when I'll ever be able to use the idea.
Emma Agreste does not take prisoners. Her father's hard lines and jade eyes softened by her mother's stature and midnight hair,
dressed fashionably in suits of her mother's own design (her personal favorite being an aqua/coral colored set), she makes for
an intimidating figure, even as a teenager. While she can initially come off as harsh, appraising, and even rude at times, friends
and family know that such impressions simply come from Emma's fierce loyalty and determination to do her best, and only her best.
Because Emma Agreste has a secret; two in fact:
She is a superhero: Nymph. She is also a cripple.
Despite the efforts of both parents (her mother even going on strict bed rest in the final 3 months), Emma was simply "born with
her legs in backwards". Much of the first two years of her life was spent in hospitals, trying to correct her terrible legs. It
says something to both her tenure and her intellect in that her first word was "tibia". Though her father tried to prevent her as
being as isolated as he was as a child, she was still more isolated than he liked out of medical necessity; wheelchair bound and
only knowing the children of her parents' friends and family. Doctors said she would never walk.
At age 7, that changed. Feeling she was old enough, Marinette and Adrien revealed to Emma that they were the heroes Ladybug and
Chat Noir. They also introduced her to Master Fu, who in turn, introduced her to Nooroo. It was friendship at first sight, and
Emma became determined to prove to herself what she was really capable of. In spite of doctor expectations, her drive and physical
therapy found her using crutches by 10, eventually being able to navigate Paris on foot using a pair of leg braces and a cane by 14.
Her defiance of medical prediction has pushed her to expect the best out of herself and others, something she uses to make sure that
any Champion she finds as Nymph will not let her down. While some complain that Nymph offers nothing but "Faustian bargains", no one
can deny that her "forger's fire" methods ensure those who endure them come out all the better for it, while preventing any power
she bestows from being abused.
As a civilian, Emma often wears three piece suits, leaving her hair loose around her shoulders, and with slightly loose slacks in
order to discretely cover her leg braces. Her cane is nondescript and black, though it hides an emergency medical signal inside.
Her father often jokes how much she resembles his own father whenever one of her braces lock up and leave her stiff until she can
loosen the bolts. She aspires to become a medial engineer, but also has a hobby in botany, and is never without a notebook.
As the hero Nymph, her suit and cane remain, resembling that of Nooroo's former wielder, albeit with brighter colors. A scarf
around her neck bears the Miraculous and has tails cascading almost down to the floor, resembling folded butterfly wings. The mask
on her face reaches down to her cheek and up past her forehead in a butterfly silhouette, rather than the headscarf of past users.