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 * Name: (Undecided, open for suggestions)
 * Wielder: "The Orphan"
 * Maker/Smith: Unknown, possibly a relic from during or after The War.
 * Type: (Undecided, open for suggestion)
 * Weapon Derivation: Corvo Attano's Folding Blade.
 * Form 1: Just a simple blade.
 * Form 2: (if applicable)
 * Form 3: (if applicable)
 * Holstered/Sheathed Appearance: When the blade retracts, only the grip remains. It'd basically looks like a metal bar.
 * Features/Capabilities: The blade uses folding technology to extract and retract itself, triggered by a mechanism on the outside. Once it retracts, a "safety cap" might be produced to prevent the blade from popping out. There's a glass cylinder or slot installed inside of the grip, where one can store Dust crystals. The energies within them can be channeled through veins on the blade itself, allowing the user to unleash a blast of Elemental power. The main draw back is that only one crystal can be stored within the containment unit at a time. So the user can't store multiple ones inside like Myrtenaster can. They'd have to find someplace else to store them (like an ammo belt or something).
 * Usage: While the user typically uses it as a blade in combat, he can unleash blasts of Elemental energy if he needs to.
 * Planned/Possible Upgrades: It might be possible for it to be upgraded, but I have no ideas or plans for this.
 * Notes: I'll admit, I've always been fascinated by the blade's folding mechanisms. And seeing a similar tech being used in RWBY just reminded me of it. Part of the reason I went with it was because I didn't really have any crazy ideas for weapons. If anything, I'd probably get a headache trying to come up with them. So in regards to that and the character's poor linage, I decided to give him some simple weapons: That blade, a simple dagger, a pistol capable of firing off Elemental Dust rounds, and a folding piece of armor. He won't be recieving those weapons in the oneshot series I'm writing, but he'll get them at some point before he attends Beacon. I'll make posts about the pistol and the armor-piece later.