Cardin Winchester

Cardin Winchester is an attendee of Beacon Academy, and the leader of Team CRDL. He was first seen in the episode The First Step, in which he prepares to be launched into the Emerald Forest. In Players and Pieces, Cardin is made leader of Team CRDL.

Personality
Cardin`s personality can be seen as the classic "school bully". He enjoys picking on others for his and his team's own enjoyment. This is shown as he is shown picking on Velvet Scarlatina for being a Faunus and he is seen to be picking on Jaune because of his poor fighting skills.

Appearance
Cardin has burnt-orange hair that is combed backwards with a slight peak at the front and indigo eyes. He wears silver-grey armor with gold trim. The chest-plate sports a bird with its wings outstretched. Underneath the armor, he wears a black shirt with red trimmings and black pants with a red belt tied around his waist.

It should also be noted that Cardin is very tall. He stands at least a head above the rest of his teammates.

Abilities
As of Episode 11 he is shown to be a physically superior to Jaune during their battle seeing as how he was able to overpower him easily and be able to swing his weapon one-handedly. His current weapon is a mace.

Trivia

 * The bird on his chestplate is a possible reference to Hitomi from Dead or Alive, who has the same bird on her top.
 * His first name could be derived from the cardinal, and his last name is a reference to Winchester rifles which have been used primarily for hunting.
 * Cardin is the first member of Team CRDL to have his weapon revealed, which was in Episode 11.