Van Aifread

* Human
* Daemon

**Van Aifread**, is a fictional character and deuteragonist from the *Tales of RWBY* series created by Monty Oum and Kōsuke Fujishima. He was the captain of the Van Eltia ship, leader of the Siren's Fang guild, and Patty's grandfather.

Having gone missing prior to the events of the story after a duel to a Malak, the guild, led by the First Mate, search relentlessly for him and eventually cooperate with Velvet in her mission, which intertwines with their own goals.

Aifread's mysterious disappearance is marked by a single clue: a pendulum found at the site of his duel. Once held in the same prison as Velvet, he was freed by Melchior but his whereabouts are remaining unknown for a while.

He respects his members and is said to be "a person like the sea" by Benwick. He was the human with a very bold personality and is said to admonish Eizen at times.

"*.*"

—Van Aifread.

## Appearance & Biography

*Voice Actor*: Kyle Hebert (English), Yukitoshi Hori (Japanese), Not Known (Albanian), Not Known (Arabic), Not Known (Basque), Not Known (Brazilian), Not Known (Cantonese), Not Known (Catalan), Not Known (Chinese), Not Known (Dutch), Not Known (Finnish), Not Known (French), Not Known (Galician), Not Known (German), Not Known (Greek), Not Known (Hebrew), Not Known (Hong Kong), Not Known (Hungarian), Not Known (Indonesian), Not Known (Isralian), Not Known (Italian), Not Known (Korean), Not Known (Mandarin), Not Known (Norwegian), Not Known (Polish), Not Known (Portuguese), Not Known (Romanian), Not Known (Russian), Not Known (Serbian), Not Known (Spanish), Not Known (Swedish), Not Known (Tagalog), Not Known (Thai), Not Known (Valencian), Not Known (Brazilian Portuguese), Not Known (European Spanish), Not Known (European Portuguese), Not Known (Latin American Spanish), Not Known (Latin Spanish)

### Appearance

#### Human

As a human, Aifread has brown hair, orange eyes, and a small pointy beard under his chin. He has one scar across his forehead, one over his left eye, and another on the left side of his bottom lip. He wears a purple cloak and hat with a black and grey attire and a belt keeping a red scarf around his waist.

#### Daemon

As a daemon, Aifread's skin turns black, his eyes, red, and his hair, white. He gains a pair of long, purple horns, and his clothes are replaced by a skeletal body while his cloak turns into a demonic cape.

* Hair Color: Brown (Human), White (Daemon)
* Skin Color: Not Known (Human), Gray (Daemon)
* Eye Color: Orange with White Scleras (Human), Red Irises with Jet Black Scleras (Daemon)
* Age: Not Known
* Birthday: Not Known (Deceased)
* Height: Not Known (Human), Not Known (Daemon)
* Weight: Not Known (Human), Not Known (Daemon)

## Personality

Aifread's true personality is hard to see during the course of the series, as he is under the domain of Innominat most of the time. He cares a lot about everyone sticking to his own path, and as a feared pirate he has made a name for himself all over Remnant. His guild is loyal to Aifread. Aifread believes everyone should walk their own path without their flaws holding them down, rejecting the Abbey's ideals.

Even after becoming a daemon, he still retains his indomitable willpower. However, Melchior uses an illusion to make him submit to the very people he stands against. Fortunately, he is also shown to have a photographic memory. When Eizen punches to the stomach and Patty shot him, Aifread is able to recognize them and is free from the illusion. When Patty's gunshot proves fatal, he does not hold it against his friend nor his granddaughter and dies at peace.

## Relationships

### Friends/Allies

* Siren's Fang
	+ Benwick
	+ Eizen
	+ Seifer (deceased)
	+ Jim (deceased)
* Magilou's Menagerie
	+ Velvet Crowe
	+ Laphicet
	+ Magilou Mayvin
	+ Rokurou Rangetsu
	+ Eleanor Hume
* Lloyd Irving
* Team RWBY
	+ Ruby Rose
	+ Weiss Schnee
	+ Blake Belladonna
	+ Yang Xiao Long
* Team JNPR
	+ Jaune Arc
	+ Nora Valkyrie
	+ Lie Ren
* Qrow Branwen
* Oscar Pine
* Maria Calavera

### Enemies

* Abbey
	+ Melchior Mayvin
* Heldalf and Salem's Faction
	+ Salem
	+ Arthur Watts
* Alexei Dinoia

## Abilities and Powers

While not fought as a human, Aifread is said to be extremely skilled, even for a human, able to evenly match a greater malak in a fight. As a daemon, Aifread uses his own malevolence as a weapon, able to instill it into his claws to exact damage. Each of his artes has a chance to reduce his enemies' stats, while retaining his brute strength from prior his transformation.

## History

### Past

Aifread is a notorious pirate, and the leader of the Pirate Guild Siren's Fang. Along with Don Whitehorse, Barbos and several other guild leaders, Aifread signed the oath in the sewers of the promise under Dahngrest during the Great War. Effectively, it was thus also involved in the founding of the Union by the Don. He was considered shrewd, cunning and stubborn, so even the Don had problems with him.

Few days after that, he came into the possession of Van Eltia and met the Malak, who bears the name Eizen. It was built by the Kingdom of Midgand with the help of an engineer who knew the techniques of the far-continent. Eizen became a member of the Siren's Fang and rose to become Aifread's first mate. He helped Eizen see his curse as part of his person rather than looking for a way to free himself from it.

At an unknown time, but presumably a year ago before the main story, Siren's Fang was commissioned by Alexei to provide protection for the *Black Hope*. The Van Eltia was on its way to sea when people turned into monsters by Daemonblight.

Around two years after the Fall of Becon, Aifread was captured by the Abbey after being lured away by Zaveid, who had been under Innominat's domain, and ambushed by Melchior Mayvin. Previously, Aifread had succeeded in freeing Zaveid from the influence of Innominat with Siegfried and handing him the weapon, because Melchior still believed at the time that the Aifread had needed it, not Siegfried.

Aifread was then imprisoned on Titania and is said to have been the only prisoner who managed to escape from the prison island. In fact, Melchior had taken him from there to use it as a bait to get to Siegfried. For this, Melchior's goal was to turn Aifread into a daemon, which he wanted to do with his illusions. But Aifread's resolve and will was so strong that he was able to resist his influence for 7 days.

In spite of this however, his mind is inevitably broken and finally gave in and transformed by the power of Innominat, who rids of his will entirely by consuming it.

## External links

* Van Aifread *Tales of Wiki*
* Van Aifread *Aselia*