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Name: Khimera

Wielder: Daffodil Hawthorne

Maker/Smith: Daffodil Hawthorne

Classification: Dust Cannon Lance Sword

Weapon Derivation: MH's Gunlance, though the design is somewhat different, and includes elements of the Greatsword.

Design: A cannon, about 1,80m long and a radius of about 0,8 feet. The cannon has a handle at the rear end, barely more than 2 feet long but can extend up to 4 feet. At the end of the cannon, there is a 2 feet-long cone-shaped lance (think of the ones used for jousting, with an actual pointy end like in the middle ages). It can open in a + pattern to allow the cannon to fire without damaging it. On the underside of the cannon is a sword-like blade, slightly curved, that goes from the handle to right before the lance. The sides and topside of the cannon each have a hatch that can be opened to release heat.

Holstered/Inactive Form: The cannon's breech opens, placing the weapon in a more "square-c" position. Shells can then be inserted. Daffodil has a round cover that she can use to cover the open breech and prevent the shells from falling out while moving.

Features: The weapon can fire the shells to bombard the enemy, and based on what part of the weapon is used to attack, it can be used like a greatsword, a spear, or an improvised greatmace. Aditionally, when using Dust Shells, the Dust can be activated inside the weapon.

Effect varies based on Dust used. Earth, Gravity and Water make it heavier, Wind and Steam do nothing, Ice makes it colder and Fire heats up the weapon. However, the weapon can only take so much Heat before it starts damaging it, at which point the hatches open to release it.

Ammunition: Normal Shells or Dust Shells.

Usage: The weapon is, for starters, incredibly heavy even when unloaded. However, said weight also adds a lot of strength to the strikes done with it. The weapon itself is designed to be wielded two-handed, and requires great strength to wield effectively. Melee-wise, Daffodil mostly uses it like a greatsword, thrusting only when she does the following.

However, Daffodil works around the weight issue, and the lack of mobility it brings, by firing the weapon behind her or at her feet, letting the blast and shot send her flying in different directions, and adding much momentum to her attacks. Because of this, she nearly-exclusively uses Fire Dust. Indeed, her style can be compared to a missile. Her fighting style is over-the-top, risky and chaotic, though devastating, but that's exactly how she wants to fight, showing off all the while.

Planned/Possible Upgrades: Add boosters to the side.

Notes: The more ridiculous, impractical, and over-the-top the weapon feels, the better I did it, for that was the entire point. She's an egocentric, melodramatic show-off.