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Here goes my first attempt. Hopefully there aren't too many problems with this.

- Name: Verus Opus

- Wielder: Susanna Iternata

- Maker/Smith: Susanna Iternata

- Classification: Automatic Umbrella Club Launcher (AUCL) (Please give me a better classification name)

- Weapon Derivation: Automatic umbrella, club

- Form 1 Design: In its first form, Verus Opus is an extended automatic umbrella 2 ft (60.69 cm) in length. The handle is 8 in (20.32 cm) long and the closed canopy is 9 in (22.86 cm) long. The cap is approximately 1.5 in (3.81 cm) in diameter and the handle is approximately 1 in (2.54 cm) in diameter. A rotating dust chamber 3 in (7.62 cm) long is inserted in the top portion of the handle, with half of it visible just above the handle. The cap can split in half and flip inwards (towards the handle) to unleash the weapon’s ranged capabilities. When holstered, the umbrella retracts until it is 17 in (43.18 cm) in length. A circular, triangular, and rectangular button are located near the cap-facing side of the handle. The circular button extends the umbrella and opens the canopy, depending on how long it’s pressed. The triangular button released the rotating Dust chamber so it can be refilled. The rectangular button opens the cap and fires the currently-selected Dust, depending on how long it’s pressed.

- Form 1 Aesthetics: The canopy is crimson in color while the handle is carmine. The cap is also carmine in color. The tube looks like an ordinary, metallic umbrella tube. Some white markings (the visible portion of Susanna’s symbol) are located on the canopy near the cap. The central portion of Susanna’s symbol, colored crimson, is drawn on the cap.

- Form 2: The canopy opens up to act as a pseudo-shield, which has a radius of 16.75 in (~42.55 cm) if measured. Looking at it from the front, it would shield an area equivalent to a circle of radius approximately 15.53 in (~39.45 cm). The cap can also open in this form to allow for ranged attacks.

- Form 2 Aesthetics: Susanna’s symbol, colored white, is centered around the cap. The central portion of Susanna’s symbol, colored crimson, is drawn on the cap.

- Dust Usage: Rotating dust chamber, with Burn, Wind, Ice, Lightning, Gravity, and Steam Dust filling each compartment.

- Usage: Susanna primarily uses this as a bludgeoning weapon, crushing Grimm heads and the like with her above-average strength. She can attack with one handed strikes to leave the other hand free for grappling or attack with two-handed strikes to put greater force behind her blows at the cost of the frequency of her attacks. Susanna sometimes extends Verus Opus while attacking to (potentially) disorient the opponent with a sudden shift in reach. When using a fully defensive-ranged strategy, she hides behind the open canopy, firing Dust blasts and peeking out every once in awhile to get a read of the situation. She primarily uses Dust to increase the range of her attack or disorient opponents.

- Notes: Verus Opus roughly translates to “real work” in Latin. This is probably not an exact translation, but not everything in RWBY is anyways.