Sven Searfeld

""You say that you are willing to do anything to win, yet fear death. There is no space for fear in those who have the will to win.""

- Sven Searfeld

Appearance

At the age of 16, Sven is quite tall and lankily built. He has night-black hair and luminous sky-blue eyes hidden behind a piece of gunmetal glasses. His mouth is mashed into a straight line with little lip showing. His most prominent feature is the golden-brown scar originating above his left eyebrown and cutting diagonally below his left eye. Other marks on his body include his emblem which is tattoed onto his chest. And the kanji for respect tattooed on his forarm. He wears a black jacket with gold accents around the collar and sleeves, with black lacing at the sleeves and golden buttons. He has two holsters for his weapons on either side of his artfully faded denim jeans and wears a patterned gold ring on his right index finger.

Personailty
Sven is very stoic and rarely speaks or shows emotion unless neessary. He prefers to not speak due to his distrust in people which originated because of an event in his childhood. He graduated from Sanctum as one of the smarter students, which shows in his fighting style of calculating his way through rather then using brute force. Unlike most people in his graduating class, Sven didn't make any friends which made little effect on him, as he prefered to operate alone.

When fighting, he keeps his jacket buttoned up but then unbuttons it when he starts to get serious. Another sign of when he begins gets serious is that his scar will begin to glow a bit, the dust in it feeding on the aura which starts to circulate in eyes. He does not love or hate fighting, but will do anything to protect his pride once it is put on the line. Is it this one form of recklessness that often gets him into tight spots. He cannot operate in groups and will fight alone unless forced to otherwise, as per his self training.



When on the rare occasion that he does talk to someone, it will be for what Sven assumes to be a good reason and will keep the conversation short. To pass the time, Sven will play music, generally the piano or cello, to ease his mind and to calm down after an assignment has been completed, but can also play guitar. He considers music his greatest companion, greater than any living soul can provide. And it is in music that he fully expresses himself, in compositions and the songs he plays. And, in the rare occurance that Sven is alone, or believes he is alone, he will also sing whilst playing to ease himself even more.

Sven has recently acquired a smoking habit. Although he only smokes at times when he is stressed, bored, or annoyed.

Sven has shown to have a very low tolerance of alcohol. He gets drunk within a few drinks and then becomes uncharacteristically happy. He also sings and dances a lot while drunk. When he comes to, he feels like killing himself for such idiodicies. But like most people, cannot resist what is bad for him.

Nightshroud
Sven has a split personality, which goes by the name of Nightshroud.

In terms of abilities, Nightshroud has the same skills and such as Sven, except for the fact that he is much more ruthless and doesn't care about killing others. He will use any means to utterly destroy his opponent, which makes him more dangerous, but at the same time, easier to beat thean Sven. Beacuse he is so obsessed with killing, he wont think straight and isn't calculating like Sven. Also, he is much more likely to take off his glasses early on, rather than a last resort, which shows he has no care for what straing his body and mind go through.

Nightshroud lives in Sven's consciousness as an entity who only shows himself when Sven's mind is very vulnerable. This has been shows when Sven is either drunk, or has recently exerted himself by using his eyes. Although the chance of him coming out when sven is drunk is only 28%, if Sven is tired, teh chance that Nghtshroud will make an appearance is 96%. Whether Nightshroud can manipulate aura differently, or whether he is the source of Sven's personality, has yet to be revealed.

Mind World
Sven, when he goes AWOL inside his head, ends up in a world which seems to be constructed by Nightshroud. The area seems to be completely deserted, both figuratively, and literally. It is a desert with stone structures all around. some small, some big. Some ruins, some tall spiralling buildings. In replacement of a sun, there seems to be a circle which shows what Sven is doing in the outside world. At times, though rarely, the two personalities meet here and talk. Generally with fists instead of words, but that's no matter. Fighting for control over a body should be compeltely normal in split personality cases. In cases in which the two actually will get along has yet to be seen. Whether it will ever happen or not is unknown.

Weapons and Abilities
Sven mainly uses two tonfa which can transform into 4 different forms when he swaps parts. The 4 forms are:


 * 1) Regular tonfa.


 * 1) The two tonfa attach together to become a pole.


 * 1) The centre section of both tonfa break apart with a a chain at the centre to become nunchucks.


 * 1) The elbow blades can detach with a chain attached to them to increase range.

Sven also uses dust with his tonfa, generally red and white dust to increase damage. And can attach magnetic spikes on his tonfa from a pouch he wears on his belt.



Greater than his ability  with tonfa would be his ability to be able to think on his feet at all times. Using the two, he is able to launch a variety of attacks to compensate for his lack of strength.

Sven has added a safety setting on his tonfa. When safety is activated, the chains are normal chains and don't weigh much. However, when Sven snaps the safety off, the chains become razor sharp, but also add a considerable weight which tires him out faster.

However, when the stakes are serious, Sven will take off his glasses, which act as restraints for his eyes. Sven is unable to naturally send aura to every part of his body to protect him, instead, it all manifested near his eyes which caused him massive headaches until he made glasses which hinder his vision. When his glasses are off, he gains eyesight that is sharper than an eagle's and can even slow down how fast people are moving in front of his eyes so that he can calculate more accordingly. However, if used too long, he will collapse due to an information overload. Sven assumes that he can use his eyesight for different things, but is unsure for what.

Other then that, Sven's lack of strength is made up for by havnig good flexibility. He can easily bend his body to his will to dodge, climb and roll much easier. The ring that he wears can absorb a bit of aura from his eyes and will strenghten his blows until the aura is compeltely expended. His eyes have some buffs which help in his fighting other then slowing down movement. They are as follows:
 * 1) Blindspots:  Sven can substitute his eyes' slowing down ability for one that let's him see his opponent's blindspots whilst the area he is in is made into lattice segments in his eyes, much like a fly's except it's all one image, and the dark spots within the lattice are his opponent's blindspots. The stress inflicted upon his mind while doing this is however, increased, as he is calculating at an even faster rate.
 * 2) Speed increase:  Although his speed does increase when he is slowing down movement in his head, he can eliminate the slowing down of time in his head and boost his speed twice over. However, this causes his body stress instead of his mind, as he is running out of stamina twice as fast as he normally would. If he tries to retain it for long, he will end up collapsing due to a complete burnout.

Movesets
Sven has 2 different move sets that he uses when in a pinch, depending on which personality is dominant at the time, and they both are combo movesets, made on completely annihalating the enemy, however, there always retains the chance that the enemy will still be standing at the end of each moveset, as they both are not completely foolproof. The one Sven uses is called the B.L.A.S.T.E.R. Moveset and the one Nightshroud uses is called the D.E.M.I.S.E Moveset.

 B.L.A.S.T.E.R. Moveset 

Note: None of the B.L.A.S.T.E.R. Moveset moves actually has a 100% chance of hitting except for "T. Time Stop" due to it's ability of Sven speeding up and slowing down time within his own mind at the same time. Also, once the B.L.A.S.T.E.R. Moveset is comeplete, it is not 100% certain that the person fighting Sven will be down and out for the count, it all counts upon how much damage they actually take from the Moveset.
 * B. Burning Rage: Sven sprinkles fire type dust over his tonfa and dashes around, leaving a trail of flames behind him, the flames can burn him if he touches them for too long, but the burning effect is not instantanious on him, neither on his opponent.
 *  L. Last Stand:  Sven for 3 minutes straight continuously changes forms on his tonfa and varies his strikes, the two leading to a most confusing array of moves with almost no predicatbility. Sven will strike anywhere, anyhow while using this move.
 *  A. Ardent Strike:  Sven bends himself backward to his fullest extent and then lashes out using his complete flexibility to damage his opponent. The way this move works is like if an elsatic band is being stretched to it's fullest extent, and then is let go, the recoil doing damage to Sven a bit, but not nearly as much damage if the move manages to hit his opponent.
 *  S. Supreme Staff:  Sven changes his tonfa to their pole form and then, sprinkles the tip with spikes to make it much more dangerous, and then stabs his opponent with that end, kind of like manipulating a spear.
 *  T. Time Stop:  The only move of Sven's in this moveset which is sure to hit the opponent. Sven takes off his glasses at this point and activates their ability to slow down time within his mind, but can also at the same time increase his speed twofold over. This can only be kept up for half a minute, but in that haf minute, Sven will mercilessly pummel his opponent, generally, it would not be the case, but if Sven is forced to use the B.L.A.S.T.E.R. Moveset, then no mercy was ever meant to happen.
 *  E. Everlasting Flame:  Sven again sprinkles some fire type dust on his tonfa and then activates it, the flames travelling down their entire length. Sven then lashes his opponent with his arms crossed and facing downward, if the attack hits, his opponent will be branded with an "X" shape mark on their chest.
 *  R. Revenge Complete:  Sven uses the last bit of his strength the hit his opponent in the head his the chains of his tonfa, the safety snapped off, scarring then with an "S" shaped mark on their face. After this move, if the opponent is not down, then it is game over for Sven, as he will collapse within 45 seconds after "R. Revenge Complete" is used.

 D.E.M.I.S.E. Moveset  Note: None of the moves except for "S. Singularity Destruction" are bound to hit and even if this entire moveset is used, there always retains the chance that Nightshroud's opponent will be left standing. After the moveset is used, Nightshroud is too drained to remain the host consciousness.
 *  D. Deadly Strike:  Using SVEN'S analytical strengths (yea, strange because Nightshroud uses this move), Nightshroud will attempt to hit pressure points on his opponent's body.
 *  E. Everlasting Hell:  Nightshroud sprinkles fire type dust on his tonfa and lashes out to set the person he is fighting on fire, the fire catchs if the tonfa make contact. Nightshroud can also burn himself while using this move.
 *  M. Massacring Nunchucks:  Nightshroud sprinkles spikes on BOTH ends of his tonfa in nunchuck form and randomly lashes out in an attempt to scar the enemy.
 *  I. Intensive Spear:  Nightshroud sprinkles spikes all over his tonfa, now in pole form and swings rapidly to cut his opponent.
 *  S. Singularity Destruction:  The only move in the D.E.M.I.S.E. Moveset that is sure to hit. Nightshroud at this point takes off his glasses, and much like Sven's "T. Time Stop" beto utterly decimate his opponent by pummeling them wherever he can, however he can, usign wahtever he can.
 *  E. Everything is Gone:  Nightshroud barely has enough strength left after this move, he rears back and using all of his remaining strength, blasts his opponent in the stomach.

Backstory
Sven was born in a small town on the edge of the Emerald Forest. He spent most of his childhood spending time with his friends from neighbouring houses and playing games with them. Like most of the kids his age, he had hopes and aspirations of becoming a Hunter, however, when he turned 8, his dream almost came to an abrupt stop. His best friend at the time was a boy of the same age who went by the name of Kira. Kira had told Sven to come to the outskirts of town at 6:00, saying that he "had a surprise to show". At the allocated time, Sven went to the area to see Kira and a bunch of other boys there. His best friend, who he had shared all his hopes and dreams with, the person who knew everything about him, stabbed him with a dust covered knife in the eye, and left him for dead. In a few months, using dust extensively, he would be able to restore the sight to his eye, but is legally blind at the time when he is left for dead. The end result, however, is the golden-brown scar which is still visible today.

Soon after, while still trying to recover from his injury, Sven is cornered by a pack of beowolfs and is almost killed, but then realizes that the beowolves are moving slower to his eyes than they should be. Using the last of his willpower, he gets up and runs for his life. Although he did not know it at the time, the awakening of his aura saved him, but the feeling he recieved that night would not happen again until he started formally training his aura at Sanctum.

4 Years later, Sven enrolls at Sanctum Academy in order to train and become a Hunter. Life at Sanctum was okay for the most part. He didn't talk much to anyone and didn't bother forging relationships. He often found himself alone playing instruments, and later developed a passion for singing. During a practical exam, Sven nearly failed after falling into a lake, and managed to get out by using the recoil on his tonfa to break past the visicosity. He saw a girl who lived by his dorm everyday, and soon started developing something that he couldn't describe in mere words for her. however, as things may go, he was unable to talk to her and ended up regreting that when he gradauted. He does well in the written examinations, but barely passes the practical ones. Regardless, he took part in the Mistral Regional Championship during his final year at Sanctum. He gets past the first round by not even having to transform his tonfa, but in round 2, loses to Pyrrha Nikos within 3 minutes and going all out. After such a humiliating defeat, he vows never to lose that bad again and swears to destroy his tonfa if he ever does.

Sven's application got accepted by Beacon Academy and is currently headed there hoping to finally fulfill his dream of becoming a Hunter.

Quotes
"You call yourself my friend? If you were a true friend you wouldn't have done this to me."

~Sven after he gets stabbed by Kira.

"I have no other ambition than to become the best Huntsman I can possibly be. If that is not enough for your school then I have no business left here."

~Sven during his interview at Sanctum.

"You say you are willing to do anything to win, yet fear death. There is no space for fear in those who have the will to win."

~Sven after winning round one of the Mistral Region Championship.

"I swear by my scar, if I lose as badly again as you have made me lose today, then these tonfa shall break and my days of being a Hunter will be over."

~Sven to Pyrrha Nikos after losing round two.

"Beacon hmm? Sounds good."

~Sven before sending his application to Beacon.

Trivia

 * Sven's first name comes from the character from Black Cat Sven Vollified. However, he in no way resembles the other Sven in characteristics, appearance, and abilities, except that his eyes acts as a buff.
 * Sven's favourite song on the piano is Moonlight Sonata 3rd Movement by Beethoven
 * In Sven's Emblem, you can see his initals in each of the hexagons, S.M.S
 * The M in his name stands for Myterned, his father's first name.
 * Sven's most used line in Sanctum was "Why do I not believe you?"
 * Sven DOES have a crush on someone, however, that someone has not made an appearance at Beacon as of yet.
 * Sven's cannot swim, but can effortlessly jump between trees.
 * Sven's glasses, when put on by someone else, will not allow them to see anything.
 * When Sven's eyes overheat, they literally start flaming in their sockets, but do not burn.
 * No one has heard Sven talk more than twice a month, with the exception of the Mistral Regional Championship where he talked twice in a week.
 * Sven's tonfa actually have names. The one on the right is Canto del Diavolo (Song of the Devil) and the one on the left is Carazzo del Diavolo (Caress of the Devil).