User blog comment:Goddess of Despair/RWBY user battle tournament/@comment-5607322-20130227225725

Name: Reavern of Gwyyn

Age: Assumed to be 20 or 21

Height: 5'9"

Weight: 75kg

Species: Human mage

Gender: Male

Weapon: Reavern's sword is simmilar to a chinese butterfly sword with a thick 50 cm long, slightly curved blade with a cutting edge that extends to cover the top half of the back side of the blade as well as the whole front edge. Unlike the real-world counterpart the knuckle-duster hand guard only extends 3/4 down the 30 cm handle and there is a 6 inch chain attached to the end of the handle with a weighted chunk of metal at the end.

Magic: The only magics Reavern can use properly that aren't for trying to seduce women are; Being able to summon and throw a fireball, compress a disk of air in a 1 metre radius enough to stand on or use as a shield. And his only mastered ability, being able to magically lengthen the chain on his sword and 'lock' it, causing it to stiffen from being a flexible chain into acting as a solid metal bar. The downside to this ability is that although he can use magic to lock the chain and increase it's durability, it also increases in weight with the more mana he puts in. Reavern can perform two type of chain lock; a full lock that stiffens the whole chain into staying in whatever position it's in. And a partial lock, where part of the chain is locked and part of it is slack, but he has to be touching where it changes over and if he lets go then both sections go slack.

Bio: Reavern's hair is often mistaken for black at a distance but is actually a dark brown speckled with dark red and it sits in tight curls at around ear length, framing his grey-blue eyes. He wears a matching set of a leather vest, vambraces and greaves studded with magically reinforced metal strips and a pair of simple gray cotten pants. He wears his sword across his back upside-down so the handle is at his hip instead of his shoulder.

History: Reavern made his name in the city of Gwyyn, moving there at the age of 13 as a promising young battle-mage. By the age of 16 he got kicked out of the mages college after exploding half the dormitory while trying to make something he was said to have called "Moonshine so good that one sip willl turn any werewolf furry." He never could remember what happened that day, or much else in the next 3 or 4 years.

After drunkenly stumbling through countless mercenary contracts he one day awoke to find that one of his matching swords was missing, he swore never to touch another drop of alcohol until he found who stole half of the only remanant from his long-since-lost village. Two years later and he isn't much closer to finding it, only the discription of a man his clue.

Personality: Generally considered carefree and lazy Reavern is a man who finds it hard to be motivated for something, but when he does he will persue it with near single-minded determination. Motivation usually comes easy when someone is trying to stab him in the face.

Fighting Style: Reavern is a speed type fighter, but the weight of his small sword can pack some surprising force behind it. He is also ambidexterous but favours his right hand more, this has caused attacks with his right hand to have more force behind them, but his left handed attacks are a bit faster. After quitting drinking he has developed an almost ADHD like jitteryness, constanly changing his sword from one hand to the other and from a normal grip to a reverse grip, and his attacks are no exception.

Reavern's general tactic usually involves attacking with both the blade and weighted chain, trying to tangle his oppenent in the chain so he can lock it and bind their movements, he will often also use the chain as an extended handle, turning his short sword into a long polearm.