Name: Pablo Legazpi

Age: 16

Nationality: Filipino

Noble Arm Name & Appearance: Katotohanan Ng Mundo (Truth of the World)



Noble Arm Abilities:

The Light of Truth - By touching a target with any part of the sword, Pablo can reveal said target's 'truth'; this in essence means he can find out their life, their thoughts, and their secrets, without lies, self-delusions, and filters . When used upon a living person, they also see what is being revealed as well and know, instictively, that it's the truth. When used on an inanimate object, Pablo can find out events the object was involved in; useful when used against a murder weapon. This power can undo any form of mind control or mental effect, illusions that are not based on holograms, and mundane indoctrination and brainwashing techniques, as well as various forms of insanity that lead one to believe lies.

But the drawback of this power is twofold: One, Pablo also uses the power on himself every time he activates it, preventing him from lying to himself about his actions and their consequences. The other flaw is that whenever Pablo uses any of his other powers (see below) to fight, he cannot use the Light of Truth.

The Light of Primefire - Pablo can release waves of light that knock back or slightly singe Non-Noble Arms wielders, but burn Noble Arms wielders with fire that cannot be healed by Noble Arms - although Mundane Science isn't bound by that restriction.

Mana Shield - Pablo creates a shield of raw mystic force; a dome or circle two to four meters in height and length, that blocks or reduces the damage from a mundane or 'mystic' attack. Note that too much force would just shatter this barrier.

Eyes of Truth - Pablo focuses the Sword's power into his eyes, allowing him to 'read' the hidden powers of Noble Arms within sight range, even if they are invisible or otherwise concealed. Like the above two powers, this cannot be used alongside the Light of Truth, though in this case, it's only because the latter is redundant with the Eyes.

Personality: Pablo is a naturally reckless person who relies on his powers too often, but can take advice when needed. He also has a high opinion of himself and his intelligence, as well as a sense of self-loathing whenever this high opinion is proven to be wrong. Despite this, however, Pablo is a kind person, one who focuses on helping others as well as himself, and is aware of his flaws. He is someone who wants to have friends, and goes to great lengths to get people to like him and keep liking him.

*Likes: Sweets, Swordsmanship, History and Literature.

*Dislikes: Bullies, Spicy Food.

Fears: Showing his darker side to his peers.

Bio: Pablo's great-grandparents were migrant workers who came to the city of Manila in the Magsaysay Administration, looking for opportunity, and unlike many others, finding it. While said great-grandparents were menial workers, their children, Pablo's grandparents, were lowly clerks, while Pablo's mother became a lawyer and his father an Eskrima instructor. And so, Pablo grew into some wealth and affluence, despite his mother frequently taking on cases for free. Despite this, Pablo's life seemed normal, although he was more intelligent than his peers by a large margin, to the point where he took advanced classes. This made him feel isolated, and also the target of bullies. It became worse when he realized that he was bisexual early on.

He was afraid that if anyone found out, he would be expelled from his family and left out in the streets; he didn't want that. But at the same time, this was what he was born with, and he couldn't change it - he tried. The only people he can confide his secrets to, as well as doubts, were people on the Internet. Yes, foolish idea, but as long as he didn't reveal his name and personal details, he would be all right, right? Wrong, because eventually, one of those people, a woman, found out his personal details and tried to blackmail him for money.

Pablo had to make a choice; risk his secret coming out, or steal from what was not his? He chose the former, and he 'came out' to his mother that day. Surprisingly, his mother was understanding; not entirely approving, but not rejecting, either. And so they chose to confront the potential blackmailer together, Pablo's mother had a gun, just in case.

The blackmailer turned out to be one a former plaintiff that Pablo's mother had successfully prosecuted, and now sought to ruin the life of her family in response. She was also a Noble Arms master with the a Gauntlet that controlled darkness. Caught in a trap, Pablo and his mother risked death...until Pablo manifested his own Noble Arm, the Noble Arm of Truth. Taken by surprise, the blackmailer was defeated through a combination of quick moves and sucker punches by Pablo. And after that, the boy transferred to Trinindad Academy, rejecting offers from more reputable institutions because Trinidad Academy was both in his country and closer to home.

Besides, he wanted to see if the New Director can pull off what he promised...

*Current Goal: See if the New Director can make Trinidad Academy a place for heroes.

Student Rank: 1000

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Name: Charles Liu
Age: 15
Birthday: April 10th
Nationality: American
Gender: Male

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Height: 1.68 M
Weight: 63 Kg
Eyes: Sky Blue
Hair: White
Skin Tone: Light Tan
Tattoos/Scars/Piercings: Faint burn marks cover his arms and hands, the results of training with his noble arm

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Responsible * Elitist * Confident * Perfectionist * Friendly * Secretive

Personality:

Charles comes from a military background and it shows. He stays organized and focused, showing a level of discipline beyond his years. Charles works best with clear instructions and an obvious goal and organizes his plan of action accordingly. He isn't one to back down from a challenging assignment but isn’t ashamed to ask clarification questions. He respects institutional hierarchies, agreeing they are necessary to maintain a strong world order, but will be the first to question and challenge orders that put too many arms master in unnecessary and careless dangers.

Charles is outgoing and pleasant, smiling and greeting every arm master that crosses his path. He is always willing to accept social invitations and make friends with arm masters, as long as his duties are complete, and usually drags along others if he can. Given the opportunity, he will talk with a person far into the night without getting bored or tired. He pushes his friends to be their best and actively encourages them, even if he doesn’t really understand exactly what they are doing. Sometimes he comes off as a little pushy but he has their best intentions in mind.

However, Charles truly believes arm masters are above common folk. He hides the fact well enough normally but on off days, he’ll completely ignore the “lesser” folk even if he needs them. His perfectionist streak often times causes him to skip meals and sleep in favor of training or studying, even though he hates it, and more than once, he’s been found collapsed or asleep in a random place. Coupled with his secretive nature, Charles struggles to ask for help and often bottles his emotions and uses his variety of physical activities as an outlet for that aggression.

Likes:

• Fighting
• Gymnastics
• Swimming
• Stuffed Animals
• Herbal Tea
• Dark Chocolate

Dislikes:

• Studying
• Waiting
• White Chocolate
• Alcohol
• Non-Arm Masters
• Losing

Fears:

• Failing his family
• Hippos
• Coming out

Habits: Practices Tai Chi daily, writes in cursive, hums as he works
Hobbies: Gymnastics, Juggling, Training

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Noble Arm Name: The Southern Dragon’s Fang (B Rank)
Appearance:
Summary: The Southern Dragon’s Fang conjurers at the hip and the black wooden sheath features a twining dragon spitting fire. The hilt mimics dragon hide, covered in dull red scales. This Jian (Chinese Longsword) commands the chaotic and clashing noble fury of the Southern Dragons.

Abilities:

• Tumbling Flight: Tumbling Flight grants increased agility and speed as well as allowing Charles to step on air like solid ground. This ability only allows four steps before needing to touch a solid surface again.
• Growing Rage: While drawn, The Southern Dragon's Fang leaves a trail of flames in any cut it makes. These flames become hotter the longer the weapon remains drawn until they turn into explosions that eventually match the destructive power of a volcano with every cut. This ability puts more stress on Charles the more powerful it becomes, with results ranging from unconsciousness to cascading organ failure, and endangers Charles with its explosive power as well.
• Dragon Fumes: Volcanic gases billow out of Charles’s mouth, covering the area in a thick black smog. Water vapor, carbon dioxide, and sulfuric dioxide create a blistering hot smokescreen that stretches out to ten meters in front of Charles. While spewing the cloud, Charles is unable to move.

Weaknesses

• Honor, Glory, and Obligation: The Southern Dragon’s Fang embodies the nobility of the beast in its name. When drawn, the sword cannot be sheathed until it fulfills the purpose for which it was drawn or if Charles can no longer handle the weight of its fury.
• Righteous Fury: The Southern Dragon’s Fang responds directly to inner conflict. If Charles’s resolve is weak, the sword will not allow itself to be drawn.

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Biography:

Commander Fa Liu, Charles’s father, was born and raised in Illinois to two first generation Chinese immigrants who actively opposed the noble arms and the pedestal society placed them on. They were horrified when their child displayed a noble arm and attempted to force the boy to separate from the object over the course of his adult life, subjecting him to a variety of torturous methods. The courts emancipated him at 16 and locked away his parents for extreme child abuse and he joined the military, making a name for himself in several overseas tours at the time. He encountered the terrorist group the Hammer of Masters and reveled in the sense of power and authority it gave him.

Dr. Leigh Aslin,Charles’s mother, grew up the opposite. The child of a Noble Arms researcher, Leigh grew up in the fascinating world of applied Arms studies, a subject she would eventually come to earn a Doctorates in. Her mother and father worked for the Hammer of Masters to scientifically prove a link that Arms wielders were in fact a new race of humans. They were arrested and jailed before they could complete their research. Leigh grew up furious,her anger driving her to join her parents’ organization with her own Noble Arm and infiltrate the Arms of Nobility on their behalf. It was on a mission the two encountered each other and it was love at first sight.

Charles was born two years after their marriage and grew up as a military brat, moving from base to base throughout his early life. His mother constantly left home on one work assignment or another and left his father to raise him single handedly. Fa Liu did his best juggling his responsibilities in the military and his obligation to his family, instilling a strict sense of responsibility and family values. Some criticized the man on how he raised his child, resorting to corporal punishment far too quickly, but Charles took it in stride if it meant keeping one of his parents around. He outgrew his childish attention seeking antics, learning early his father made more of an effort to see him when he behaved and excelled. And so he soaked up his father’s lessons desperately and always sought the man’s approval. He treated his mother politely as he had been raised but he was secretly bitter towards her, resenting what he viewed as abandoning him.

As members of the Hammer of Masters, Fa Liu and Leigh indoctrinated their son with their divine right views. Charles wholehearted believes Arms Masters are meant to inherit the world and that those lacking Noble Arms are weak and useless, lower life forms that are meant to be subjugated. His parents mapped out his life, from early schooling to his deathbed, and he always strove to keep pace with it. He checks it regularly, making little notes on the digital document when he feels the need to record important details. He ignores the marriage portion, fully aware his own interests set him on path away from the standard wife and child path. He refuses to think about it, diving into training or work with abandon with he thinks too much about a boy’s smile or how they look exercising. He’s decided he would cross that bridge when he got there and deal with the eventual fallout. It still terrifies him, losing the one person he’s seeked approval from his entire life.

When he was given notice he would be attending this school, Charles packed the same night. He’d been given his first assignment and he was determined not to fail the organization.

Current Goal: Enter the top ten and find possible converts to the cause within the student population.
Student Rank: 500

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Name: Christopher Hopkins
Age: 15
Birthday: July 19, 2004
Birth Place: London, England
Gender: Male

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Height: 1.7272 m
Weight: 68 kg
Build: Thin
Eyes: Brown
Hair: White
Skin Tone: Pale

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Sexuality: Pansexual
Relationship Status: Single
Personality: Xris tends to lend himself to his 'rebellious' side. Never going as far as breaking any laws or causing mayhem others may have to pay for. He typically is know for being late to class, being seemingly uncaring about academics, and skateboarding in the halls, which tends to end him up with detention. It's not that he isnt bright, he's secretly an A student, but enjoys playing the rebel failure that the bruv's tend to enjoy picking on, but not as much as they pick on nerds.
Habits: Drumming his pencils, and chewing gum
Hobbies: Sword Fighting, Gaming, Chess, Skateboarding
Fears:

• Dark
• High Heights

Likes:

• Mochi Ice Cream
• Green Tea Lattes
• Video Games
• Cats
• Meme's
• Moviee

Dislikes:

• The Hammer of Masters
• The Disablers
• Bruvners
• Bigots

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Noble Arms Name: Mirage
Rank: C+
Appearance:
Summary: Xris typically conjures Mirage by placing his left hand cupped by his hip, as if holding a scabbard, while his right hand reaches across to the left gripping an imaginary grip. The sword is then quickly summoned as his thumb flicks upward releasing the phantasmal sword from its sheath. The Scabbard is pitch black, save four details. The mouth, upper and lower hooks, as well the tip protector, are all a polished gold that shine brightly in contrast to the dark wood.

While "In Unity" is not active the Victorian infantry sword can become a Buddhist Monk Staff. The scabbard fuses to the sword, while the mouth and hooks meld into the guard of the blade, becoming the head of the staff. The golden hooks duplicate and decorates the head with rings. If ever "In Unity" is triggered, by an ally moving withing 6 meters of Xris, then the scabbard will immediately eject itself and move to Xris'left hip, becoming a sword once more.

Both the Sword and Staff are 1 meter long

Abilities:

• In Unity There Is Strength: Mirage grants a small bonus to strength and speed that increases the more allies that surround Xris. (6 Meter Radius)
• Shimmer and Shift: As long as "In Unity" isn't active, Mirage changes into staff form.
• Glide: While in staff form, Xris hovers a few inches off the ground and gains a significantly increased speed boost.
• Ars Arcanum: In staff form, Mirage grants Xris the ability to cast Ars Arcanum, a small dart of blue energy that hits with the force of a thrown mace.
• Duplicate: Mirage creates a shimmering blue duplicate of Xris that casts Ars Arcanum at the same time and target as Xris. Duplicates are fixed in space and dissipate upon taking damage. Maintaining a duplicate slows Xris down and rapidly exhausts him.
• Arcane Barrage: All current duplicates explode into a barrage of Ars Arcanums, slamming the nearby areas with magical energy. Mirage immediately shifts back into sword form.

Weaknesses

• Unwilling Shift: Mirage can quickly shift back into sword mode if an ally enters Xris' radius without knowing. This will interrupt any cast currently happening, dissipate all Duplicates, and force him to stop gliding against his will, making combat more difficult.
• Rings of Duplicity: Currently the staff has 6 rings adorning the head. The amount of rings it has determines how many duplicates Xris can create. The stronger he becomes with his Noble Arm, the more rings that will appear. Creating the maximum amount of duplicates will always exhaust him faster than had he created less.

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Bio:Wars are fought on many fronts. The battlefields, at school, home, or even inside oneself. Christopher Hopkins has always been an energetic kid, running, skating, always moving at top speed causing some ruckus or another. It was because of this inability to control himself that his father sought fit to enroll him into a program for sword fighting. He believed that honing that energy into a disciplined skill would in turn make Christopher disciplined himself.

He had the potential to excel in his training, even be top of the class, but the monotony of it all always felt like a drag to Xris, causing him to skive off classes every once in a while. His father began to take him to classes so that he'd stop showing up late, and the instructor was asked to instill greater discipline on him. After some time the classes began to grow on him, his instructor seemed like less of a tosser, allowing him to express himself with his own fighting style adding a little flourish here and there, even though the instructor didnt care for such theatrics.

His father works as a "Bobby" and his mother was a Baker. This was the main cause for his father's sterness towards the boy, hoping to have him become a model citizen. Money was a bit tight due to the classes, but they did seem to make an improvement on Xris, who was unaware of the financial burden he was causing. Xris began showing up to school on time, stopped riding his board in the hallways, and had a more positive attitude in classes.

That is, until the Bruvs began to take notice. Those blokes will bother anyone who they think is weak. They followed Xris after school and prepared to give him the option to give up his quid or take a wallop. He was outnumbered three to one and began to look for anything that could be a makeshift sword. That's when his Noble Arm appeared into his right hand, a sheathed black and gold Victorian Infantry Sword. Xris quickly unsheathed the beaut and aimed it at the would be attackers, causing them to flee in terror.

When he arrived home later, he told his mother and father about the Noble Arm but not the incident. They began looking into Academys for him and Xris overheard them trying to cut costs for him to be able to go. He began to do his own research and heard about Trinidad Academy. Knowing it was the cheapest option, as well as having a new director who hope's to make Trinidad a more successful school. He told his parents how he wished to go there as opposed to any others, and although they worried of the distance and new country, they knew it was the most affordable option.

Current Goal: To reach the luxury of Top 5 to have more freedom at school.
Student Rank: 510
Extra: Allies: Xris' allies are anyone who is working together with him in a group towards a common goal. Whether it's a mission, group assignment, or a group that aids him. If Xris is not working in a group environment, i.e. a 1 vs 1 or in a non group assignment in NA.P.E., then he is considered to have 'No Allies'.

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Name: Elena "Ellie" Vuković

Age: 18

Nationality: American

Noble Arm Name & Appearance:




Summary: Life and Liberty are technically one and the same, the weapon merely switches between forms depending on Ellie's needs. Both are beautifully engraved, Life bearing bronze motifs of elk that contrast nicely with its dark wood furniture. Liberty is adorned with simple silver foliage with black filling in its grip. Both forms are equally ostentatious and flashy, fitting their user nicely.

Noble Arm Abilities: Harm No Innocents: Bullets fired from Life and Liberty will harmlessly pass through any living target that Ellie doesn’t wish to kill, ensuring that civilian casualties are kept to a minimum.
Smell Of Ozone: When activated Life fires golden bullets that "splash" against their target, the pool turning into an acid that will begin to eat through any dead or inorganic material including clothes, weapons and buildings.
Hollow Point:Liberty can fire silver bullets that penetrate deep into their target before dissipating with leaving any physical harm. The attack causes the victim to experience a sort of "phantom pain", they will feel as if the bullet actually shattered inside of them and the shards are tearing through their body. Ellie can make the shards "grow" at varying speeds, increasing the pain from distracting to agonizing to crippling. Allowing the shards to grow will continuously tax Ellie, especially if she speeds up the rate of growth.
On Eagle's Wings:Ellie can throw herself up to a maximum of twenty feet in the air, hovering to get a better shot or gliding for extra maneuverability. This ability also makes her speed, agility and reflexes much faster than a normal human's.
Sleeping Dogs: Life and Liberty can fire a bullet that looks like a shard of lapis lazuli that can put a single target to sleep. Non Arms Users can be knocked out with immediately if taken by surprise, but people with Noble Arms can fight off the effects for anywhere from a few seconds to a minute. Shooting someone multiple times with this ability will put them to sleep faster, but fatigues Ellie in return.

Weaknesses:
Jammed:Trying to switch Life and Liberty between forms too many times will cause them to "jam", forcing her to wait for a minute before she can use them again.
Running Dry: They're guns, they need ammo. Each form of Life and Liberty can be fired seven times before "reloading", a process that takes five seconds per form.

Personality: Ellie is first and foremost a tomboy. She prides herself on being able to integrate with any group of boys and prove that she's just as rough and tumble as anyone of them put together. She rejects anything that might be perceived as "girly" (with the exception of drawing) in favor of wrestling, shooting, spitting and generally unladylike activities. Her favorite animals are dogs because like her, they're filled with boundless energy. It's hard to get the young woman to sit in one place for more than a couple of hours, and she'll be wiggling and squirming in her seat the whole time. She's almost constantly chewing something, tobacco when she has it or pens when she doesn't.

The wild little thing has an innate distrust of authority, whether it be police, teachers, government officials or religious leaders and only listens to them begrudgingly. She'll follow instructions sure, but that doesn't mean she has to like it. This dislike of high powers is part of the reason she joined Trinidad Academy in the first place. Noble Arms users represent a sort of overbearing power ready to tread on the rest of the world, and she wants to serve as a sort of safeguard for those who lack the means to protect themselves from groups like the Hammer of Masters or even individual psychopaths with an Arm of some kind.

Despite her reservations about those who hold power, Ellie is fiercely patriotic. Her family immigrated to the United States when she was three years old, and she is very proud of her adoptive nation. The US has been good to her whole life, and she carries her love for her country even when overseas.

*Likes: Shooting, Hunting, Chewing Tobacco, Dogs, Drawing

*Dislikes: Cats, Hammer of Masters, Smoking, Arrogance, Her Full Name

Fears: The deep ocean, That those who have Noble Arms might one day crush those who don't.


Bio: Elena Vuković was born to Drevan and Adrijana Vuković in the city of Split, Croatia. The family consisted only of the three of them, although a German Shepherd joined them when Elena was two years old. She was by all accounts a normal child, babling incoherently and keeping her parents up with her incessant crying. They lived a comfortable life, her father was a lawyer and her mother a doctor so they were able to keep a full time nanny to tend to their child. She was a bit of a precocious child, saying her first word at only nine months. ("Puppy.")

When Elena was three years old the family dog was murdered by a Arms User that broke into her home. The German Shepherd leapt at the intruder in an attempt to protect his family by was knocked aside by a single blow. The burglar's fist shattered the poor dog's ribcage and sent him through a solid brick wall, killing him instantly. Elena screamed at the sight of her beloved companion's ugly demise and the Arms User went to shut her up, only to end up with a bullet from her father's revolver impeding itself in his arm. The burglar fled and no one else was hurt, but the scene would stay with Elena for the rest of her life.

For her parents, the incident was the final reason they had been looking for to move. The law firm Drevan worked for had shuttered its doors, leaving him without a job. Adrijana was fed up with the bureaucracy of the hospital she worked for,, having been passed over for promotion multiple times in favor of younger men with less experience. Both of them agreed that it was time to look for greener pastures and headed for the United States, specifically Denver, Colorado where Drevan had family that could help them settle in. So the family moved, and Elena would grow up as an American child.

As early as kindergarten Elena hung out with boys more than she did girls, preferring to roughhouse and throw around toy cars than play with dolls or watch movies about princesses. Her parents assumed it was just a phase but she kept it up, earning herself many scraped knees and bruised elbows from games of soccer and kickball. Elena became "Ellie", and more than one of her childhood friends had no idea she was a girl. She just preferred the company of boys, there was no particular reason to it. Ellie could curse and roughhouse with anyone of them, even picking up the habit of chewing tobacco at the age of fifteen just to prove that she was more of man than any of them. She was completely fine so her parents just accepted it with a collective shrug. It didn't bother them very much who she played with as long as she was safe.

It bothered them slightly more when at the age of ten she and her troop of friends dragged them out to see the holes she had punched into a brick wall using her suddenly discovered Noble Arms. Ellie threw herself into practicing with her weapons, spending entire summers blasting away at birds and cans on a relative's cattle ranch. It was a lot of fun sure, but some nights the image of her beloved dog bleeding and twitching would appear in front of her. She knew what Arms Users were capable of, and understood why some people wanted them regulated or even snuffed out. People that didn't have them stood no chance. They needed someone to protect them, and Ellie would be that person.

She did some research into schools and settled on Trinidad, simply because it was the cheapest. Her parents supported their daughter in her endeavor and gave her their blessing. Before she left for the Philippines Ellie took her citizenship test and passed with flying colors, a symbolic promise that she would return to her home when she was ready to keep its people safe.
*Current Goal: Become the strongest Arms User she can so she can protect those who can't protect themselves.

Student Rank:501

*Extra:Her most prized possession is an old 1st Air Cavalry jacket from the Vietnam era that's slightly too big for her. She's almost always wearing it.

Name: Oliver Mason Laurent

Age:17

Nationality:American

Noble Arm Name & Appearance:Touche d'ombre



Noble Arm Abilities:

Bend To My Will: This ability is two-fold. Mason can sense every shadow within a 30 meter radius. In addition, he can give any shadow physical substance and control it to his will in whatever order or form he so chooses. The strength and physicality of the manifested shadows is directly related to Mason's consciousness and will. If his belief in the action he is taking isn't firm then his shadows will be flimsier and easier to shadow. On the other hand, the more firm his will and intent, then the harder and harder it will be to break, cut through or even move. The farther the distance Mason is from the shadow, the more energy it takes to control.

Where There Is Light: The crux of Mason's ability. With Where There Is Light, Mason can divest the material and meld himself physically into any shadow that he is touching. He becomes immaterial and untraceable, able to directly transfer his being into any shadow in his sense range. The transmission is nearly instantaneous and can be repeated ad infinitum, until Mason's own stamina is worn away. Every transmission takes a little bit of energy from his person tiring him. The other downside is that should the shadow is he stationed in vanish while he is inside, he will be forced out, disoriented and unable to control his power briefly.

Personality: There are many words that could be used to properly describe Mason. Lazy, disinterested, low key, average. Exceptional, driven, determined. All these words would be correct depending on when you used them. Mason does what he enjoys and follows what he believes to be his duty with a fiery passion that cannot be quenched until the task is done. Anything else however is unlikely to spark his interest.

*Likes: Sparring, Freerunning, Research, Reading.

*Dislikes: Nosy people, Boastful people, Boisterous people.

Fears: Failing himself, Giving up, Failing others.

Bio: Oliver Laurent was a child born into a wealthy family to say the least. Exceptionally wealthy would be more likely. Still, he wasn't the byproduct of an arranged marriage or any some such. His parents truly did love one another. They were both accomplished researchers and philanthropists, forefront members of the Arms of Nobility. While they did have some disagreements about the way that it should be implemented, they were both proponents of the rights of those who wield the Noble Arms. Interestingly, while Oliver was growing up, he didn't realize quite how much money his parents had, as much of what they made went back into researching Noble Arms, as well as donating to disasters caused by Noble Arms users. This left Oliver with the impression that his parents worked day and night to support him as best they could. They often weren't home, leaving the small child to often fend for himself.

It was only around the time he reached 8 or 9 years of age that he realized the actual situation. By this point, he was quite self sufficient. He didn't even require a sitter to watch over him. He was well behaved and disciplined, much more mature than nearly any child his age. Both his parents were Noble Arms wielders, so at that time, they started to process of training him to be one as well. They just assumed that such would be the case. They set aside some money for a private tutor and let him choose among many different physical aptitudes to improve in. He was instantly enamored by Savate. Maybe it was just his French roots calling back to him, but that was his decision. Oliver also spent some time training as a gymnast. His parents wanted him to tone both his body and his mind from a young age.

Of course, this was a lot for a small child to take in. But he knew the expectations that his parents had in him. So he did his best. He improved himself every day. It was not long after that his Noble Arm manifested itself, so his training expanded. Every day was a mashup of learning from books, gymnastics, Savate, and training how to best use his Noble Arm. His parents also hired someone to train him in Close Quarters Combat once they saw that his Arm was a knife. It was only later that they realized what they had done.

The time came for Oliver to enroll in an academy, he excelled. He was really, truly outstanding. But he just didn't fit in. He was cold and aloof, not letting anyone into his heart or his mind. Oliver just thought that all the children around him were idiots. How did they not understand such simple teachings. He had learned much of this years ago in preparation. Why did they all act so childish? Slowly, he became further and further outcast from his peers until he was truly, all alone.

Over the years, there was really only one thing that Oliver did in his very limited free time to unwind. Free run. He would run through his family's estate, through the city, through the woods. Wherever he could. the feeling of the wind blasting against him as he ran along tremendous heights. The exact control he had over his body to traverse any terrain. It was truly freeing.

He was 16 years old when it happened.

A reporter wanted to write a hit piece on his family. He was caught on the way home and barraged with loaded questions about his parents. About how they were bad people and had selfish reasons for any and all of their charitable donations. About how he was clearly a tortured soul who needed to be freed from the chains that were binding him to some prison.

He lost it.

Oliver beat that man half to death, leaving him battered and bruised, several broken bones and a definite concussion.

His parents did their best to protect him from the backlash. He didn't receive any criminal charges, his parents had paid off both the reporter and anyone else interested in the crime. But the damage was done. His school knew what he had done, and was going to expel him. With no credentials, he would never be able to live up to the expectations that his parents had placed on him. He was their hope to be a shining example of what a Noble Arms user could be, but he had tarnished that.

But hope comes when all is dark. Just before he was about to be expelled, it was rescinded. Instead, it was decided that he would transfer to Trinidad Academy. He would be far from home and in a completely new place, but he would be able to salvage what little image he had. The new Director had stepped in to his situation to scout him for the academy, essentially saving him from the savage fallout.

So now it was time to live on. Keep training and keep improving. It was clearly the Director's hopes that Oliver, who decided now to go by his middle name Mason as a fresh start, would be one of the frontrunners in his ultimate goal to make Trinidad First-Rate. Mason would just have to do his best. He couldn't fail everyone again.

*Current Goal: Graduate from Trinidad and place highly in the Noble Arms Summit.

Student Rank: 627

Name: Jason Castle

Age: 17

Nationality: British

Noble Arm Name & Appearance: Aesir Guard


The Aesir Guard has a diameter of 24"

Noble Arm Abilities: The Aesir Guard is one of the few defensive Noble Arms, emphasised by the fact that it is not a weapon at all, but rather a lenticular shield. However, its options for offence aren't non-existent. Its most fascinating ability is that it can be thrown much like a frisbee, and can bounce up to five times before returning back to Jason. It can only be thrown in straight lines and cannot be curved, sometimes making its path predictable and if it does not have a clear line back to Jason, it will clatter to the floor.

It can also emit a barrier for about 15 seconds at any given time before needing to be recharged. The barrier isn't very thick but increases the Guard's diameter 3 times. The deflective energy means that Jason can't travel very fast with it, reduced to a slow advance forward.

The Guard's final ability is a lot more in your face. A bull rush that surrounds Jason in momentum-based energy, clearing a path through minor obstacles in any given direction, but it's a commitment. Once that ride starts, Jason can't get off until it's done.

Personality:

*Likes: Video Games, Zero Cola, Group Combat, Norse Mythology.

*Dislikes: Oppressors (of any kind), the Terrorist Organisations, Tea

Fears: Letting someone down, not able to protect someone.

Bio: Born half Finnish and half English, Jason lived a comfortable life in Kent. Neither rich or poor, his early childhood was fairly unremarkable, apart from the fact that he had a knack for getting into trouble protecting other people, especially his little brother at school. However, his father would end up unemployed and they were forced to move to a much poorer area where the balance between crime and safety was very skewed. Suddenly the amount of times Jason had to help his brother shot up drastically.

One night he and his brother had to walk through the streets alone and was jumped by a group of hooligans. Foolishly, Jason's sibling tried to charge forward which ended up with a knife to the gut. Horrified, Jason quickly spotted a lead pipe about the hit his brother's head. Instinctively, he leapt forward bringing his forearm to stop the attack. He shut his eyes tight, ready to feel his left arm get fractured, but a metal clang rang throughout the alleyway. When he opened his eyes, Jason saw a shield affixed to his arm, radiating a larger disc of white energy.

With his Noble Arm manifested, Jason managed to fend off the attackers with some shield bashes and quick thinking. However, his efforts were in vain as he could not get them away fast enough. His brother had bled too much by the time they reached the hospital and he passed that night. Jason was devastated. Once his parents grieved, they decided to send Jason to Trinidad Academy to help him control his new ability, after a full month of begging. He didn't want anyone to suffer the same fate as his brother, and he could stop that with the power of a Noble Arm. During his travels, he saw loads of propaganda circulated by both the Hammers and Disarmers. Both went about displaying the power and destructiveness of Noble Arms in their own way, but that wasn't true for Jason. It seemed his purpose was much bigger than protecting the weak but also to show the world that Noble Arms can be used to protect people just as much as harm them.

*Current Goal: To graduate and stop both the Hammer of Masters and the Disarmers.

Student Rank: 671

Name: Cleophas Rook

Age: 17

Nationality: North American

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La Chasse Monstrueuse, meaning "The Monstrous Hunt", is a somewhat unique Noble Arm - in that it comes in the form of clothing. Because of the unique abilities this Noble Arm grants, the longer the fight, the more advantage its wielder acquires.

►Corbeau d'ombre (Raven of Shadow) LCM (La Chasse Monstrueuse) is accompanied in its summoning by a companion - a Crow. This crow appears to be just like any other of its species...but it is not. Its being is shrouded in shadow, and as such it cannot be injured by mundane means - the magic of a Noble Arm is required to harm it. However, it can still be struck or stunned.
-Ravensight- Rook is able to use the Crow's vision as his own, and vice-versa. It can also telegraph images onto another person's mind, if they are on good terms with Rook.
-Shadow Ball- The Crow is able to collect shadows as it flies, before launching them in a mass similar in size to one's head. It causes no real damage - only moderate knockback, but it restores some of Rook's mental and physical stamina if it hits an opponent.

►Ailes de corbeau (Raven Wings) LCM passively increases Rook's self-control while airborne. This can allow him to dodge more effectively - with even short hops allowing him several meters of movement - and grants him the ability to control his horizontal and vertical speed while in the air.
_{Repeated use of Ailes de corbeau will mentally fatigue Rook.}

►Monstres de l'esprit (Monsters of the Mind) LCM grants Rook the ability to summon a shadow-eyed illusion of any beast he can think of. These illusions can usually only make contact with something one time before dispersing themselves. Rook only maintains up to two of these illusions at a time.
_{Normally this technique does not substantially fatigue Rook, but repeatedly shattering his illusions will mean ramping mental fatigue for him.}
Separately, Rook is able to cast illusions on himself that resemble animals. Furthermore, for a couple seconds after the Crow perches on the Falconry Glove (2-4 seconds), Rook's self-illusions become corporeal, and he is able to manipulate them and impact the environment as if the real thing. During the duration of the empowerment he is physically stronger, and has acute senses. This has a cooldown.

►Epuisement spirituel (Spirit Sapping) The tools in LCM's arsenal are made less for brute-force attacks, and more for wearing down the opponent over time, while strengthening Rook. His illusion's strikes are the main conduit for this drain. For each successful strike, a Shadow Charge is gained.
• With Zero(0) Shadow Charges, his Monster illusion's strikes will be standard, and will cause no physical damage - they will only sap a bit of the target's spiritual energy, and cause pain.
• With One(1) Shadow Charge, the Monster illusions will be able to contact the real world twice before dispersing.
• With Two(2) Shadow Charges, Rook can consume them both to empower his self-illusions for ten seconds.

Personality: Cleophas is generally a very extroverted person, once you get him talking. He's a very active and fun-loving individual, and generally gets along decently with most reasonable people - although he is a little careless around those he considers friends. When it comes to Noble Arms, his mood shifts surprisingly; he becomes much more focused, and quiet - analytically so. Additionally, he will typically go out of his way to help others, but not at his own expense or that of his friends. Many people incipiently find Cleophas a little odd, due to his initial quiet nature and odd accent, but he's not that weird.

Likes: Noble Arms, Strong Arms Masters, Bad Weather, Animals, Windows.

Dislikes: Academic Studies, being called "Cleo".

Fears: Innocent animals being hurt. Losing his ability to protect animals / Losing his Noble Arm.

Bio: Cleophas was raised almost solely by his father, Liam Rook, in a small town in southern Louisiana. Said father, despite having a seemingly boring, white-collar job, was a very fun-loving man - and always made time to try to bond and hang out with his son. Unfortunately for Liam, it seemed Cleo was not into many sports. Golfing, Football, etc - none of them really seemed to appeal to the boy. Until his father introduced him to one of his favorite, and most unusual, hobbies - falconry. Surprisingly, Cleophas was a natural. His posture and behavior around the birds was somehow almost fully-correct. And this is how they discovered his Noble Arm.
After discovering the nature of his son's Noble Arm, which by the way was one of the first in his family line, Liam scoured the web for perfect educational opportunities for his son. However there was a problem. Ever since the 'coming out' of his Noble Arm, Cleophas had become absorbed in the world of these weapons. He no longer had desires to study, or better himself academically. This made it difficult for his father to find establishments that would accept him. Some had come close, due to Cleo's sheer talent and engaged-ness when it came to Noble Arms, but it was not enough. But then he stumbled upon information regarding "Trinidad Academy". Perhaps there, his son may learn the importance of Academics as well as how to harness his desire to engage in Noble Arms studies.
Tough love, some may call it. But if sending him there was what he had to do to establish a good future for his son - so be it.

Current Goal: Learn all he can about Noble Arms (especially his own) - and to become one of the greatest Arms Masters ever seen.

Student Rank: 1073

Name: Drake Lecarde

Age: 16

Nationality: Romanian

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Personality: Drake is a driven individual, but that alone is not particularly unique. It's what he is driven by that makes him stand out among his peers. Drake is driven by one thing, his desire to become a "true hero". What that actually means or entails... well he's always pretty vague about it as if he himself isn't entirely certain. He is, however, certain that it involves strength and honor and those things are typically what he latches onto. This makes him a particularly chivalrous sort, not afraid to leap into battle to protect someone weaker than himself or to simply punish an evil doer. That's what he says, anyway, but there is something else hiding in depths of his heart. A darkness rarely seen but dangerous if left ignored: desire for revenge. It's not something Drake would ever openly admit to, but to say the temptation hadn't ever shown its allure to him would be a lie. He does his best to keep it buried, to give that darkness no quarter in his heart. But one person's willpower can only do so much.

*Likes: Stories, Legends, Heroes, Reading, Training, Hunting, Fishing

*Dislikes: Corruption, Liars, Cowardice, Disablers, Cats (yes, seriously)

Fears: Losing his family, losing friends, and in some ways... himself

Bio:

Drake Lecarde was born in a small rural town, the name of which he can't even recall. When he was still a small child, the town was... "visited" by a segment of the Disablers. They believed an Arms Master lived there and they were determined to see them neutralized before they could become a threat. The Arms Master they were looking for was not Drake, but another man living in the town wielding a blacksmith's hammer as his summoned weapon. As for Drake himself, he was separated from his parents, left hidden in a barn wrapped up in his father's jacket like a blanket. The town's community was the kind that stood up for one another, and the townspeople stood by their Arms Master neighbor and paid the price for it. The town was practically reduced to a ghost town.

Drake would have starved, but as luck would have it, was found by a passing Romani family who took him in and raised him as one of their own. In the old days, during medieval times and even into the Renaissance period Romani often lived in caravans of traveling minstrels and entertainers, among other things. And while those caravans don't really exist anymore in the modern age, some Romani families maintain traditions revolving around song, dance, and storytelling. Drake's adopted family was one such example. Drake grew up on tales of heroes and legends, and chivalry and heroics. And when he summoned his Noble Arm for the first time, Drake instantly realized that he could become like the heroes in the stories he was told. Drake's first bit of training involved using his spear to hunt and fish.

But his first experience with the Disablers would not be Drake's last. They reared their heads again, having discovered him among his adopted family. He was determined not to lose another family, and it paid off. He was able to successfully defeat the Disablers, but Drake's adopted family saw something in him. They called it a darkness, one drawn to him by a desire for revenge. In end, agreed upon solution was to let Drake live somewhere among others of his own kind. Perhaps being around other Arms Masters and receiving real training and mastery of his powers would give Drake the clarity he needed to not let his heart be consumed with vengeful thoughts. Drake, of course, saw this as his big chance to finally become a true hero.

And so, Drake made it to Trinidad, now among the newest transfers beginning their first years there. He would have to start at the bottom like any novice, but Drake was determined to make his name known and to leave him mark as a True Hero.

*Current Goal: Become a True Hero. Right now that seems to equate to becoming the top ranked Arms Master.

Student Rank: 1500 (being among the newest transfers, it is natural he be made to start at the bottom rungs)