Reed Every

"It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare."

Reed Every is an original character created by WeissSchnee. He is a member of Team PYRT and alludes to Henry Every.

Appearance
Reed is a young man with mahogany hair and aquamarine eyes. He has tanned skin and an athletic build. Reed has a youthful appearance, leading many to underestimate him and soon regret that mistake. He is slightly taller than average for his age.

Biography/ History
Reed was raised as an only child by his father, who was both a politician and a strict man. He raised Reed to be a soldier, instilling in him the virtues of strength, discipline and following orders. He constantly pushed Reed and had high expectations, making sure his time not spent in school was spent working out, training or at weapons and combat practise. As a result of this, Reed became a very talented fighter. He also became closed off to other people, keeping his own company and only superficially socialising at school.

Reed's father intended for his son to enrol in the military, but as Reed got older he begun to understand all the conflict and death the militaries of the kingdoms of Remnant had caused both in the distant and more immediate past, and he knew that he didn't want to become someone who killed people under the guise of wanting peace. That was when he decided that he wanted to become a Huntsman, a person who fought to protect people regardless if they were Human or Faunus, from Vale, Vacuo, Atlas or Mistral.

His father was not pleased with this, and they had a massive argument which resulted in Reed's father striking him and Reed leaving home. Not long after that, Reed met and befriended a young Faunus called Tynan Teach. Though Tynan was very different to Reed, the two quickly became friends and Reed went to stay with Tynan and his mother. Reed eventually enrolled at Signal Academy and completed two years of training there before applying to Beacon Academy. Reed's good grades and outstanding physical abilities allowed him to pass the entrance exam with no problems. Reed found Tynan in the forest during initiation, becoming his partner and they eventually became members of Team PYRT.

Reed  and his team were returning from a mission when the chaos in Vale began. They assisted in defending the safe zone and stayed in the city afterward to clear out Grimm.

Personality
Though Reed is deeply compassionate and cares greatly about people, the soldier mentality his father drummed into him as a child caused him to have trouble opening up to others and making friends. This began to change when he met Tynan, who helped Reed slowly begin to cast aside his somewhat selfish and distant nature and open up more.

Once Reed commits to something, or a course of action, he will see it through to the end and becomes somewhat vicious in his determination to accomplish it. Reed also has a deep sense of loyalty and responsability, traits that have earned him the respect of his teammates.

In Combat
Reed is extremely adept at combat. His hand-eye coordination, speed and reflexes are all excellent, and his strength is also at a high level. Per his father's request, he recieved training in martial arts, hand to hand combat and fire arms.

Reed also has good instincts and a mind for tactics. On the battlefield, he has no set role and is more a jack of all trades, able to switch between defense and offence at a moments notice. In combat, Reed uses a Dual Action Bow Sword (DABS) called Comoros. In it's default form, Comoros is a two handed sword. In it's alternate form, the blade of Comoros completely retracts and the hilt unfolds to become the limbs of a bow. The bow string, which can be connected with the press of a button, connects the limbs through the grip which then becomes the nocking point for the arrows. In bow form, Comoros can fire up to three arrows at once.

Aura:

Reed's Aura is dark red in colour.

Semblance: Reed's Semblance is called Regen. Regen allows Reed to channel energy into his arrows so that when they are fired, they multiply. How much they multiply depends on how much energy Reed channels into them.

Trivia
- Reed means a reed or red haired, and that is the colour allusion of his name.

- The name of Reed's weapon, Comoros, is a nod to the Comoros Islands where Henry Every raided a French vessel.