[hider=My Redemption Arc As A Holy Knight Is Wrong, As Expected][center][h3][color=gold]ℂardinal ℝift[/color][/h3][hr][img]https://i.ibb.co/5L60Qgt/image.png[/img][hr][/center][indent][i][h3][color=gold]ℙersonal 𝕀nformation[/color][/h3][/i][/indent][color=gold]Name: [/color] Sir Ceadda Croan
[color=gold]House: [/color] Fourth child of House Croan
[color=gold]Age: [/color] 19
[color=gold]Race: [/color] Human
[color=gold]Gender: [/color] Male
[color=gold]Appearance: [/color] Stands at about 5'6" with a slim, athletic build. Wears a specialized half-plate denoting his status as a Holy Knight adorned with a faded insignia of House Croan. Plenty of burn marks on his forearms due to the nature of his gate. Has a white streak in his hair that many assume also stems from the stress that comes from the use of his powerful gate, but it is really due to being overworked.

[hr][indent][i][h3][color=gold]𝕊o 𝕆n & 𝕊o 𝔽orth[/color][/h3][/i][/indent][color=gold]Reputation: [/color] Something of a scandalous celebrity, but is actually quite unremarkable. Due to a past incident that had him join the Holy Knights, Ceadda is seen to the general public as a loose cannon with an especially destructive gate. In reality, those who truly know Ceadda know him as a very jaded individual who finds most of the problems in life a pain. He is the type to undertake anything that is asked of him, but also tries to cut corners in an attempt to make things easier on himself. Because of this, Ceadda is sometimes treated as an "errand-boy" among his peers. In other words, the one member of a group project who volunteers to do most of the work, but ends up doing a half-assed job at it. 

[color=gold]Alignment: [/color] Neutral. Ceadda is well aware of the dangers of either side having too much power, but if he were forced to pick a side, Ceadda would begrudgingly choose Magic if only for his familial ties and his Magusist upbringing.

[color=gold]Skills: [/color] An overall perceptive individual, Ceadda is especially observant when it comes to other people. He is able to get a general feeling of what kind of person someone is after a few brief moments of interaction, and even understand the topic of a passing conversation just by hearing a few spoken words. Despite being able to read others easily, Ceadda does not put this skill into full use as a nobleman of House Croan, and instead utilizes this skill to seem unremarkable to those he interacts with. Ceadda's skills in human observation are especially apparent in the midst of conflict, such as an argument or a more physical confrontation.
 
Among the Holy Knights, Ceadda is actually considered the "weakest" in terms of overall sword skills. This is due to Ceadda's personal combat methodology. Using his skills of observation, Ceadda prefers to figure out his opponent before blades clash in order to win a fight before it even begins. When that fails, Ceadda enters combat with the mindset of ending it as quickly as possible, favoring quick dashes and rushing headlong towards his opponent as a means of finding or making openings to exploit. In other words, a seemingly reckless assault unfitting of a Holy Knight if not for Ceadda's particular gate. Some would even say that despite his mediocre skills with the blade, Ceadda is among the order's "greatest" swordsmen due to the nature of his sword along with his particular fighting style.

[color=gold]Backstory: [/color] One of the many children born under House Croan, Ceadda wasn't seen as especially remarkable in comparison to the rest of his siblings. Much of this came from Ceadda's desire to avoid attention, and he had a generally quiet childhood (for a Croan child) until the nature of his gate was discovered in a particularly scandalous incident. What was once thought to be a specialized form of [i]Electricity[/i] or [i]Heat[/i] gate turned out to be something more, as made apparent when Ceadda had lost control over it and harmed his younger sister, Rae, in the process. 

Overcome with the shame of harming his family alongside being ostracized by most of his siblings, Ceadda had felt like he was unfit for having such power, and purposely overused his gate to the point of it cracking so he wouldn't be able to use it anymore. However, the Lord and Lady of House Croan had other plans for Ceadda, believing that such a powerful gate should not be squandered over a mere accident. They soon came to a compromise, with Ceadda being sent to the Holy Knights under the guise of "rehabilitation", so he could learn to control what is left of his gate without the risk of hurting his family any longer. About two years later and Ceadda had easily cemented his place within the Holy Knights as one of its strongest members.

[color=gold]Miscellaneous: [/color] Ceadda carries a beautifully crafted glass sword as his sole weapon of choice. Appearing as more of an accessory than an actual weapon, it is unfit for use as a sword in the traditional sense, and Ceadda is sometimes ridiculed for having such a fragile-looking blade. A nameless blade due to Ceadda's belief that naming tools and objects is "something only pretentious snobs would do." In truth, Ceadda feels embarrassed about the names he's come up with so far.

[hr][indent][i][h3][color=gold]𝕄agic[/color][/h3][/i][/indent]
[color=gold]Gate: [/color] [i]Unbeatable Hollow Sword[/i]. A special gate that can only manifest within a uniquely-crafted hollowed glass sword. About as flashy as the name suggests, Ceadda's gate was originally much stronger before it was voluntarily cracked due to a past trauma.
[color=gold]Flow: [/color] Moderate-Low. Originally High, but can now only take the shape of the vessel it is summoned through. In Ceadda's case, the blade of a sword.
[color=gold]Favour: [/color] High, but due to the gate's cracks, over-exertion can lead to mana draining faster and even more potential damage to the gate and its vessel.
[color=gold]Field: [/color] Can only be summoned through Ceadda's sword, or other vessels of similar make. Can be extended from the vessel to a length of 2 meters, and upwards to a length of ~7 to 9 meters through exertion.[/hider]