Brann Morrigan

"'The world is full of interesting things Professor, that's why I became a Huntsman.'"

Appearance
Crow is a tall, lithe crow faunus with short feathery black hair, fair skin and dull yellow eyes. He has two large black wings coming from his back. These wings are strong enough to grant him limited flight. These wings were cut off by Fenris Idrisil, and later surgically removed to make it a little more comfortable.

Crow wears a sleeveless black tunic and dark brown pants. Under his tunic, he wears a harness to keep his wings comfortable and concealed, with a quick release so he can spread them quickly. He has a pair of grey vambraces and grey shin guards over a pair of black boots. His pistol-knifeis sheathed on the back of his belt which has a silver buckle in the shape of his symbol – a three-point Celtic knot. He keeps his sword sheathed at his side.

After the fall of Beacon, Crow's style changes. He wears a white shirt under a black coat with a feather collar and cuffs. His sword is strapped to his back and his pistol-knife is strapped to the front of his chest strap. He has a gray, armoured chest-plate and new vambraces and shin-guards. He also has a pair of gray shoulder-guards

History
Crow was born in a small village in the middle of Vale. Isolation from the rest of the world led some of the residents to try to take up banditry, though most of these attempts were unsuccessful. This did mean though, that many adults saw the use of children in their illicit activities. Crow’s father taught him how to distract people and how to pick pockets.

He was a rather successful thief.

Part of Crow’s charm was his ability to seem interested in what others were saying. Crow’s father also taught him to keep an eye out for interesting marks. Crow learned how to evaluate someone’s wealth from every detail about them.

Eventually, however, Crow’s father died, leaving Crow with no direction. Eventually, Grimm began attacking the village. With no trained hunters, the village warriors quickly perished, leaving civilians and aspiring bandits. Morale lowered and enticed further Grimm attacks.

This lead several parents to call for aid. When a team of Hunters arrived, they were told to make sure the children got out alive, as by then, most had lost hope.

The Hunter’s did as they asked, and the children – including Crow – escaped with their lives. Crow grew up in an orphanage and eventually attended Signal Academy, largely because he couldn’t think of anything more interesting to do. This attendance turned to a graduation from Signal to Beacon Academy, where he meets his future team.

First Year
At Beacon, Crow passed the initiation - where he met his new partner in the form of Tian Shan - and became the leader of his team, NIHT. He made easy friends with Coco Adel, the leader of Team CFVY, primarily because he saw her as a potential mark. Over the period of his first year at Beacon, Crow received several detentions and other punishments for theft. The only reason he wasn't removed from the school was that Professor Ozpin was fully aware of his past.

Eventually, Crow and Coco started a relationship - it began as a largely physical one and a source of amusement for the two, but then emotional attachment came into play. After about six months, Crow admitted to having fallen for the confident socialite.

Second Year
Second year saw some interesting things for Crow - his relationship with Coco intensified and a rising level of White Fang activity led to learning some interesting things about Jormun Idrisil, one of the members of NIHT. Quickly enough, the second semester, as well as the Vytal Festival, began. Team NIHT didn't participate, as none of them had any interest in showboating, but they all attended to support their friends.

During the Assault on Beacon, Crow and his team came to the support of some civilians in the north end of the city, separating them from most of the other Hunters. There, they encountered Fenris, Jormun's father, who soundly defeated all four of them, even going so far as to knock Horace Pharos out while he was using his semblance. As an added torture, Fenris tore off Crow's wings and began picking off Jormun's scales when Taiyang Xiao-Long came to their rescue.

Later, Crow woke up in hospital to learn his wings had been beyond saving and thus surgically removed to prevent excessive discomfort. He was released from the hospital not long after to find his team and CFVY waiting for him. Coco invited them all to recuperate at her place, which they all accepted.

Personality
At first, Crow seems flighty. While he doesn’t talk endlessly, he can spend a long time in a conversation – so long as something more interesting doesn’t come along – and often forgets what he’s doing before the conversation started. He enjoys collecting things he deems interesting, even taking them from other people, but never holds on to them long as he loses interest rather quickly.

However, Crow knows when to be serious and when not. In what was quickly dubbed ‘Captain Mode’ by the rest of his team, Crow is fairly competent with tactics and strategy. He isn’t very good at communicating properly, leading to the team organizing short phrases to determine an attack pattern.

After the attack on Beacon, Crow gets more serious. While he still maintains a facade of his former attitude, he begins to focus on getting stronger so he can keep his friends safe, and so hes never as vulnerable as he was when Fenris attacked him. He also begins having nightmares and tries to avoid sleeping until Coco sets him straight.

Weapons
Crow’s weapons are a hand-and-a-half sword and a pistol-dagger. The sword is called Badb and the pistol-knifeis called Macha.

Badb is a hand-and-a-half sword with a steel blade. The hilt is a wrapped in brown leather and the cross-guard curves up slightly. The pommel has a black jewel encrusted in it, thought to be a fossilized dust crystal – though Crow insists it is a polished black stone. Crow typically Badb against multiple or stronger Grimm and is highly proficient in its use. He utilizes multiple sword styles, switching between them at random, adding a level of unpredictability.

Macha is forty centimeters from the tip of the blade to the pommel. It resembles a typical kitchen knife, though it has a thicker blade near the tang to compensate for the gun barrels that are on either side of the blade. The blade folds forward allowing for a ranged attack, but Crow tends to use the pistol function as a finisher – piercing the knife into his target before pulling the trigger to do more damage.

Abilities
Crow is adept in multiple sword styles, allowing him to remain unpredictable in combat. The aptitude also offers a sense of balance that is almost unparalleled among his classmates, and Crow uses this to his advantage at every turn. When using Macha, Crow tends towards a brutal and efficient style that centers around getting close to his opponent and piercing their lethal points with the knife. He then pulls the trigger to deal a devastating ballistic strike.

Crow's wings grant him limited flight, but he loses this capability when his wings are torn off.

Crow is also a talented sneak, and a highly proficient thief. He is also highly observant and can make reasonable assumptions about people using tells he can find.

Relationships
Coco Adel - Crow cares greatly for Coco, going so far as to actually buy something for her - he tends to steal gifts for his other friends. He and Coco share an appreciation for expensive items, and though the reasons for this interest differ, it gives them plenty of things to talk about.

Tian Shan - Crow and Tian can easily be called friends. Crow trusts her implicitly, though his attitude can grate on her sometimes. Still, there is no one Crow would rather have by his side in battle.

Horace Pharos - Crow and Horace share a prickly relationship. Crow's kleptomania directly opposes Horace's ideals of honor and integrity. Horace will support his leader in a fight, but will not trust him on a personal level.

Jormun Idrisil - Jormun, to put it simply, acts as Crow's fence if he finds anything worth selling. Both faunus connect on the level of their shared underworld contacts. They do not trust each other beyond that and battle, however, as there is no honor among thieves.

Trivia

 * Crow is based on the Celtic Goddess Morrigan, who is a triad Goddess consisting of Morrigan, Badb and Macha.
 * Nightingale is a reference to the bird, whose cry is considered a sorrowful lament.