User blog comment:CaptainMcToasty/Ask Bergen/@comment-5290299-20140227161209/@comment-7489529-20140227193539

Glad you asked Zaffie(can I call you Zaffie?)! My weapon is a little different from the ones I see other students. Instead of metal, Earthswimmer is made of fossilized Grimm Bone. Boarbatusk tusks, to be specific. I have whittled down the tusks to form long, sharp, sturdy shovelheads. I invented the chainsaw mechanism you see on the shovelheads to help me in combat, but mostly they help in digging. They are powered by dust capsules, which I use as explosives.

As for mountain life, I highly recommend it! The air is so clean and fresh! In Nachthiem, the weather is kind of constant. What you call "autumn" we experience year-round. It wasn't really a very exciting place, but it holds lots of memories for me. If you ever find a way to get back there, please tell me!