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 *  Name: Zangetsu – Japanese for "morning moon" or "moon visible in the morning"
 *  Wielder: Nero Telford
 *  Maker/Smith: Nero Telford
 *  Classification: Accurized Marksman Spade
 *  Weapon Derivation: Monk's Spade, M89 Sniper Rifle (A Bullpup M14 Rifle)
 * Design: Essentially resembles the Image included. Spade portion and crescent blades are a dark gray color.Zangetsu.jpg
 * Holstered/Inactive Form: The inactive state rests on a magnetized clamp at the small of Nero's back just above the waist with two small hooks that rest in between the magwell (Where the magazine goes in) and the back part of the trigger guard to keep it firmly in place.
 * Form 1: Sheathed Form. Blades on side of Spade portion can still be utilized similarly to a hand axe
 * Form 2: Monk's Spade Form. Both black portions of the staff extend outwards, the bottom flipping out a pair of sharp, scissor-like blades, with the two halves of the spade portion slide forward and combine together. The gun function can be utilized in this form, momentarily separating the two parts of the spade to allow the round to fire. As the name suggests, can be used as a crude shovel if needed. The spade stands around 6 feet in length,
 * Form 3: Bullpup Marksman Rifle. In sheathed mode, the bottom portion slides sideways partially to act as a stock, and the spade portion rotates 90 degress, which extends the barrel outward. The square part in the middle slides forward and the two black pieces rotate upwards from that, then butterfly over to rest in front of the trigger. A curved red dot sight that folds to the shape of the staff body flips up in this form for an aiming device. The bolt on top moves when firing, and can also eject cartridges manually if needed. The spent rounds eject to the right, restricting Nero to using the gun form right handed, though its negative impact is negligible.
 * Features: Nero's symbol (An ancient Taijitu) is emblazoned on the spade portion, splitting in half when the two halves aren't connected. Two sets of four cutouts in the spade portion (One set of four in each half) arranged to resemble an X shape to slightly reduce weight of the spade portion. Decorative rings that hand from the bottom of the two halves of the spade portion, often clanging when moving the weapon.
 * Dust Capacity: Compatible with bullets filled with Fire, Lightning, Ice, and Steam dust, can be used either as normal enhanced bullets or as an aid to Nero's semblance.
 * Ammunition: Fires 7.62 ammo in either compact 10 round magazines or an extended 20 round mag when needing a larger volume of support fire.
 * Usage: Basic movements resemble those used by other bladed polearms. The Spade portion has enough of an edge to be utilized for some chopping strikes, and the two crescent blades can pierce into an object (Somewhat like a climbing axe.) Utilized with an acrobatic fighting style, Nero will often maneuver the weapon in seemingly awkward ways to confuse enemies, aided by the clanging of the decorative rings. Nero can effectively engage opponents both in front and behind him due to the double sided design. The recurved, crescent shaped blades are only sharpened on the inside, though can be used to pull out an opponents feet out from under them. The portion of the crescent holding the two blades is blunt, allowing it to act similar to a man catcher Can utilize the recoil to quickly thrust the crescent portion of the weapon, often using it to strike at the neck. The button connected to the sliding hinge for the handle is used to quickly close and open the crescent blades, like scissors, often using this function to behead or dismember Grimm. If the area grabbed is too dense to cut through, constantly holding the button can cause the blades to stay in the closing state can act like a crude mechanical claw to restrain it. In rifle form, the weapon is utilized mainly for support, providing mid range covering fire at ranges his teammates might not be equipped for, or giving an ally time to recover. While outclasses by purpose built sniper rifles (Crescent Rose or similar) It has better range than many normal firearms of similar size. Dust rounds are often utilized in the spade form, in conjunction with Nero's semblance (Flashbang – a blinding and concussive flash of light similar to a stun grenade, activated by a snap of the fingers) changing the effect of the flash (Example: Fire – Explosion, Steam - Smokescreen)
 *  Planned/Possible Upgrades: N/A
 * Notes: The meaning of Zangetsu (Morning Moon) is a reference to the Monk's spade, sometimes referred to as a 'Sun and Moon Spade'