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Leycil sighed and raised her rifle and shot the Ursa about to bounce Cobe in the head,  watching it fall before shooting the next one, but unlike the previous one, this one was huge and apparatus has a thick skull armor.
"I hate things with thick armor," Leycil said as she rolled backwards to prevent being squashed by the Ursa.

Of in the deep green wilderness sounds of battle popped off everywhere. Roars of Grimm, the felling of trees, and the percussion of rounds from weapons breaking through the air.

Riccardo brought up his scroll again and figured their approximate location. "Okay, sounds like we need to try and meet up with the others where those shots are coming from. Ramona! Let's continue moving. Just be a bit more careful. The Grimm know we are here. Understood?"

Through the course of the fight Ramona began to lose some of that energy and hyper behaviour she had until now, and was now more calm. You could see the seriousness emerge in her eyes. "Don't worry, those Grimm are no match for us" She said with a confident smile. "Let's go" She said as she walked towards Riccardo before picking up the pace and started running in the direction of the sound. Her hands flopped around a bit as she walked, but soon enough they were back to fully functioning.

Cobe smashed through several trees, due to the sheer force of the punch, before finally smashing into a shield of some kind, whatever it was, it hurt like hell. Cobe then flopped to the ground before looking and seeing two other people.

"So, guess your my teammates, thanks for the blockade, I probably would have appreciated a warning though, still can't feel the pain... There it is. Ooooowwwww."

Leonardo ran with Ramona to the sound of gunfire in the distance and the roar of Ursas attacking. Suddenly through the crumpling of foliage and the splintering of trees he felt a hard THUD against his shield as a young man crashed headlong into it. Riccardo stopped in his trap to look down at the boy who seemed a bit dazed by the impact.

"So, guess you're my teammates, thanks for the blockade, I probably would have appreciated a warning though, still can't feel the pain... There it is. Ooooowwwww." the boy said.

"Yeah, seems like it for now.", he responded as he offered a hand to him. "These things giving you trouble?"

CHARACTER

Name:
 Riccardo Leonardo Fadese

Age:
17
 Birthdate:
Hitahita25th
Species and Gender:
Human Male

Symbol:


Occupation:
1st year student at Beacon Academy
Appearance:

Riccardo stands at 6'1'' and weighs 185 pounds and has a tall but muscular build. He has blue eyes, black hair and tan skin. In combat he wears steal steel armor plating of a heavy infantry knight, padded shirt and pants underneath, and a long durable black cape. In his off time he prefers to wear dark blue jeans and an olive polo with brown shoes or the beacon uniform.

History:
Riccardo grew up in the city and was raised by his parents almost from birth to be a huntsman. His mother, Adelaide, was a graduate of Beacon and a skilled Huntress in her own right. Seeing her battling against the Grimm that threatened the countryside, he was inspired to take up the sword as soon as he was able. His father, Elias, is a local medical doctor and moral compass as well as school teacher growing up, often giving the young boy lessons in basic schooling and how to interact with others until the point he was able to attend regular schooling. Growing up he spent much time in his father’s office and spoke to the people who went there to learn much about the outside world when he wasn’t training with his mother Adelaide in the outside safezone. This busy lifestyle unfortunately did not offer him much time to socialize with people his own age. He left his home for Sigil when he was 14 and with him he carried a lighter his father gave to him as a small gift as well as his father’s taste for coffee. At Sigil he excelled at combat training but sacrificed progress in other subjects over the course of his schooling.
Personality:
Riccardo is very confident and forward when dealing with elders but not so much when speaking to others his own age due to his primary attention to combat training in his youth and his interactions around his father’s office with primarily adults. His parents highly emphasized virtues of loyalty and honor when he was young making him embrace these qualities fully even when it might prove disadvantageous to him. In private he is very proper and well mannered. He can be very commanding as a result when others start slacking in combat, sometimes to the point of overbearing.
Combat Behavior
Riccardo was taught from an early age by his mother to fight and is no stranger to combat. He has built up his strength considerably wearing such heavy armor and can take a large amount of damage both from his semblance absorbing some kinetic energy, Aura, and his armor. He is well suited in combat with his shield and sword and finds his best in close combat with a defensive strategy to draw enemies into close quarters with him and keeping his shield at the ready for projectiles at range. His parents also emphasized bravery and loyalty in his upbringing giving him high standards that he holds himself to and tries to not take unnecessary advantages over his opponents. He is unwilling to leave or betray friends. Often if his allies require cover he can utilize Priwen’s barricade function and fend off attackers at range with Carnwennan’s carbine mode. He can also utilize the carbine to fire over or to the side of Priwen if advancing or retreating cover fire is needed.
With heavy weapons and armor comes a weakness to more agile and faster enemies. Emphasis of his style on powerful strikes can leave a large window of opportunity for faster enemies to attack or outflank him. As a result he prefers to finish engagements swiftly as even with kinetic energy assisting him he can become fatigued if a battle drags out too long. Also, he is not fond of long range combat and is not as skilled with his assault carbine function as his sword and shield. His carbine when he uses it would take a while to set up leaving him vulnerable to attack. Emotionally he is very prideful and can be provoked into combat and not wanting to leave until he’s sure he has won. Sometimes loyalty and guardian nature can also get in the way of his better judgment sometimes leading him to try and protect others even though it might leave him outmatched.

Aura and Semblance:
Aura is a strong gold color and focused on damage reduction.
Semblance: Kinect Redirect. When Riccardo is in combat, he can use his semblance to absorb energy from impacts to his body, shield, and sword and store it as potential energy to be unleashed in battle and as a consequence softens blows. The impact energy of something equivalent of a sniper rifle would be halved in addition to how much force is absorbed his armor. With the energy stored he can unleash it and redirect it to specific parts of his body to perform better in battle for a short while adding more force to his attacks or helping him move around. The effect is greater and lasts longer depending on how much energy he has absorbed up to a max of five minutes and lessens as he expends it back down to normal levels. The downside of this is that he has to sustain impacts to gain energy which still hurt him even if the impact is dulled. Storing too much energy without releasing it can also become dangerous as the extra energy may raise his vitals to critical levels and cause him to overheat and pass out. He can tell when he nears his limit if he's sweating profusely, becoming dizzy, and becoming nauseous.

WEAPON

Name:
Priwen and Carnwennan
Primary Form:

Battle Mode: Priwen is a long reinforced steel tower shield bearing Riccardo’s symbol that matches his own dimensions, strapped with a metal restraint to Riccardo’s right arm. On its own Priwen can withstand heavy Dust ammunition and Grimm attacks with ease. Carnwennan is a heavy long sword with a gold pommel and large guard with a brown leather grip with the guard is extended on both sides.
Secondary Form:

Barricade Mode: For long range engagements Carnwennan can morph into an assault carbine utilizing conventional ammunition that can be fired from behind the shield or separately. Priwen has pneumatically driven spikes on the bottom and top ends that can pierce rock and soft metals and extendable side plates that triples its width. This mode can create a piece of cover that can be stabilized in the ground and left on its own.
History:

Priwen and Carnwennan were named after the weapons of a legendary Grimm slaying king of Vale spoken of in epic poems that Leonardo was told as a child. They were constructed by Adelaide with the assistance of Leonardo and modeled after her own fighting style. Priwen was forged as a present just before Leonardo went to Signal and has been modified to match his height after he graduated and grew taller while Carnwennan had its carbine function added more recently to augment Leonardo’s long range combat.


Riccardo was already approved in the last forum and is leader of Team RLRS