Team XCBR

"Don't simply tell people who you are. Show them. Who are you?" Team XCBR (Excalibur) is a team at Beacon Academy that consists of four members total: three first years and one second year. They are first years Xiphos Gladstone, Carwen Nadim, Bren Gwalchmai, and second year Rhoen Goddard. At first XCBR almost seemed to be more of an experiement in team cooperation (due to its unlikely roster) than anything else, but Team XCBR has proven itself on multiple occasions and grown to be an extremely effective four-person cell.

Members
 Role: Leader, Tank
 * Xiphos Gladstone

 Color: Steel

Xiphos is the Leader of Team XCBR. He acts as the raw power of the team. A weaponless hunter-in-training, Xiphos relies on his the tremendous power of his punches and kicks to deal massive amounts of blunt-force damage to foes. Many of the Team XCBR’s strategies are based around him being front and center soaking up damage and dishing it out. Specializes in overwhelming and out-fighting opponents with superior power and techniques in close quarters combat.

  Role: Support
 * Carwen Nadim

 Color: White Blonde

 Quick thinking and graceful, Carwen plays the role of Support on the team. Depending on the combat situation, Carwen will use her Aura Dancer abilities to temporarily boost any of her teammates attributes (Strength, Accuracy, Stamina, Speed etc.) to fit whatever situation the team is currently facing. Otherwise, she’ll be found wearing her combat in-line skates and weaving in and around the enemy, supporting teammates offensively with quick dust-infused dagger strikes.

  Role: Second-in-Command, Striker
 * Bren Gwalchamai

 Color: Raven

Bren is the Striker of Team XCBR. His aerial ninja tactics more often than not lead to a swift and decisive victory before most Grim even realize his presence. A sharp-eyed mountain hawk faunus by nature, Bren can quickly identify critical weak spots in foes and, using his Tactical Wing Harness Custom (TWHC) Raptor Sollertia, make accurate strikes to deal massive damage. Bren specializes in covert, highly damaging surprise attacks and assassinations from  short and long range.

  Role: Long Range Offense, Healing
 * Rhoen Goddard

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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-left:48px;"> Rhoen uses her brilliance at Dustcraft on the battlefield to be the team’s other major damage dealer. With her semblance Aetherkinesis, she can command and ignite her own special highly-refined dust mixtures using hand gestures to defeat foes from afar. By combining large quantities of the different types of dust she carries on her person in various amounts, Rhoen can create tornados of fire or electrically charged ice spikes. Or, to use her dust in smaller quantities, she can load the slots on her Mult-Slot Dust Spellspear (MSDS) Heavenward Griffin with any of the elements she chooses to create combinations of dust infused spear strikes. Her Aura, Medella Curationum, allows her to heal limited amounts of damage to done to her and her teammates. Rhoen prefers using her dust from long range to defeat her enemies, but when her supply reaches a certain point, she switches to close combat dust-enhanced spearplay.

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Trivia
<span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">Team XCBR is based on the Legend of King Arthur and his equipment. Each member of XCBR represent a weapon or possession of King Arthur:


 * <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> Xiphos Gladstone represents his sword Excalibur
 * <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> Carwen Nadim represents his dagger Carnwennan
 * <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> Bren Gwalchmai represents his shield Wynebgwethucher
 * <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> Rhoen Goddard represents his spear Rhongomyniad

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,255,255);white-space:pre-wrap;">Each member of XCBR also represents one of the traditional reocurring job classes from the Final Fantasy series.

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 * <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> Xiphos Gladstone: Monk
 * <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> Carwen Nadim: Dancer
 * <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> Bren Gwalchmai: Ninja
 * <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> Rhoen Goddard: Red Mage

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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> Xiphos’ name is based on a double-edged, one-handed <span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);white-space:pre-wrap;">Iron Age straight shortsword used by the <span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);white-space:pre-wrap;">ancient Greeks. The name xiphos apparently means something in the way of "penetrating light" according to researcher and swordsmith Peter Johnsson. Like the vast majority of real world swords, it invokes the color Steel.

<p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"> Gladstone as a boy's name is of <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,255,255);white-space:pre-wrap;">Old English origin, with the meaning of "kite-shaped <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,255,255);white-space:pre-wrap;">stone " which can be taken to mean a rudimentary or simplified sword symbol or shape. Also invokes the legend of the Sword in the Stone that young arthur pulled out to be crowned the King of England in Arthurian Romance.

<span style="line-height:1.38;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;">Carwen as a girl's name is of <span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);white-space:pre-wrap;">Welsh<span style="line-height:1.38;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;"> origin, and the meaning of Carwen is " <span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);white-space:pre-wrap;">love<span style="line-height:1.38;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;">, <span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);white-space:pre-wrap;">fair<span style="line-height:1.38;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;">, <span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);white-space:pre-wrap;">blessed<span style="line-height:1.38;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;">", with fair meaning, light, blond, yellowish of skin, complexion or hair.

<span style="text-indent:36pt;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,255,255);white-space:pre-wrap;">Nadim is an <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,255,255);white-space:pre-wrap;">Arabic baby name<span style="text-indent:36pt;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,255,255);white-space:pre-wrap;">. In Arabic the meaning of the name Nadim is Friend.

<span style="line-height:1.38;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;">Bren <span style="line-height:1.38;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;"> is of Old Norse, Gaelic and Welsh origin, and the meaning of Bren is "sword; little drop of water; raven or black-haired; hill, mount".

<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,255,255);white-space:pre-wrap;">Gwalchmai as a boy's name is of <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,255,255);white-space:pre-wrap;">Welsh<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,255,255);white-space:pre-wrap;"> origin, and the meaning of Gwalchmai is " <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,255,255);white-space:pre-wrap;">battle<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,255,255);white-space:pre-wrap;"> <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,255,255);white-space:pre-wrap;">hawk<span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,255,255);white-space:pre-wrap;">".

<span style="white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;">Rhoen- (Celtic) little red-haired one

<span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;">Goddard- The name Goddard comes from the Germanic personal name Godhard, which is composed of the elements god, which means good, and hard, which means brave or strong.

<span style="color:rgb(255,255,255);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;">Author's Notes
Detailed individual character pages with weaknesses, backstory, weapon details and more are currently in progress and will be completed soon. Thank you for your patience!