Aeolus

**Aeolus** is Joten's signature weapon.

## Usage

The weapon, when seen, appears rather unassuming. Composed of wapometal coated in a lavender finish, with gold rings on either end the weapon appears as anything but that. Upon closer inspection there is a grove that can be found along the surface area that opens up to reveal a hollow interior. By itself, Aeolus is indeed useless as a weapon, its function meant to be used in tandem with the Weather Tubes created by Joten. The interior of Aeolus is sufficient enough to house at least four tubes at any given moment, allowing him to cycle through them in the heat of battle. The design of the weapon is so that the appropriate tube can be emitted from either end or both if Joten so desires.

## Abilities

When making use of this particular weapon, Joten's techniques tend to hold a science-esque motif naming wise, labeled as Studies and trials.

### Techniques

* **Storm Study**(嵐研究, "*Arashi kenkyū*"): A series of techniques that use various storm clouds for a number of attacks.
	+ **Thunder Trial** (雷試し, "*Kaminari tameshi*"): Using the Weather Tube housing his thunder cloud and iron cloud hybridized storm, Joten fashions the rumbling dark and electrically charged steel clouds into whatever weapon or construct needed at the time. This allows him to cut, pierce or bludgeon his enemy, *almost* regardless of their proximity to himself. As he attacks his opponent with the steel-like clouds they also suffer from the lightning striking at them, making any attack from this trial a twofold one.
	+ **Winter Trial** (冬試し, "*Fuyu tameshi*"): Using the appropriate Weather Tube, the Aeolus emits snow white clouds with a blue tint from either port on the weapon. Due to the components that make up this particular storm, Joten is unable to fashion and shape the clouds into anything other than a whip-like construct or a burst of these clouds. As they are also born from a hybridization process (*milky clouds and nimbostratus clouds*), they are rather difficult to shake off and remove. Anything caught within their confines begins to freeze over.
	+ **Thunder God's Trial** (雷神試し, "*Raijin tameshi*"): The weapon causes a blade made of concentrated lightning to extend from either end. Joten is able to extend or retract the electrical blade, piercing and shocking whatever it comes in contact with. A thunderous shockwave is produced with every swing.
	+ **Wind Trial** (風試し, "*Kaze tameshi*"): When selecting the appropriate weather tube, the weapon is able to release powerful bursts of wind able to blow away whatever is caught in its path away. When focusing these hurricane winds, it maximizes the destructive potential, essentially creating an air cannon capable of punching holes through stone.

* **Vapor Study** (蒸気究, "*Jōki Kiwamu*"): A series of techniques that makes use of fog, mist and air to produce a number of illusionary techniques.
	+ **Fog Trial** (霧試し, "*Kiri tameshi*"): Aeolus expels a thick, impenetrable stream of fog or mist that blankets the area. The screen is so thick that visibility is next to impossible as one is unable to even see anyone or anything directly beside them. Joten will often make use of this to sew confusion and panic among the enemy.
	+ **Mirage Trial** (蜃気楼試し, "*Shinkirō tameshi*"): Joten is able to produce a number of mirages from projections of himself and his allies, giving the illusion of clones, to turning himself and others invisible or even distorting one's perception of the distance between them and another, including himself.

## Trivia

* Aeolus was designed to be a combination of Nami's Clima-tact and a lightsaber, in terms of a handle that emits weaponized weather instead of a laser blade.