Yuu

**Yukiko Harlow** known under the name **Yuu Crowley** is a first-year student at NRC, the prefect of the Ramshackle dorm, and a blacksmith apprentice from the Republic of Ayden. They are the first student from Ayden to attend NRC since its founding, for their own safety they are attending the school masquerading as a family member of Dire Crowley. They were sorted in the first year even with their age since they knew nothing about magic and could not practice it either.

## History

### Early Life

Yuu was born in the Republic of Ayden to an unnamed father, said to have been a sailor and later revealed to be a notorious pirate, and an unnamed mother, said to have been a former guard and knight. Because he was a wanted man and didn't want to put his family in danger her father left a few months after Yuu was born. Yuu's childhood would be relatively uneventable until they turned five and the war between Ayden and the Valley of Thorns worsened, Yuu and their mother had lived just outside Ayden in neutral territory which they were forced to flee. Yuu remarks they don't remember much about that time except for the fact their mother always looked tired, their mother and them became homeless and in the journey across the border their mother passed away. Yuu was found by and old friend of her mother and fathers and taken to an orphanage near the border of Ayden.

### Childhood and Climax of the Border Conflict

Yuu spend their childhood growing up in the Harlow orphanage being known as a troublemaker without manners, Yuu was notorious for biting people when they tried to grab them and would spend most their time outside the orphanage at the blacksmith's forge learning about blades and fighting. Yuu remarks the orphanage would often be over-packed and there were nights where they would sleep on the floor so younger kids could have a bed for the night, at most Yuu had the share their room with over twenty other kids.

On the fifth of September when Yuu was thirteen a raid happened on the village they lived in. That morning Yuu woke up feeling uneasy and would go to the blacksmith forge earlier than usual, not long afterwards a loud sound was heard in the distance, when Yuu went to go look they noticed fire had been set to part of the village and raiders were running in holding banners of a militia-branch that had been against Ayden. Yuu would save one of the kids at the orphanage from a fire and fight of a group of raiders before fleeing to the nearby woods. Yuu says they don't like talking much about the day the only thing they've revealed is fact that the fire was surprisingly cold and the smell of gunpower and blood was something they would never be able to forget.

Afterwards they would be moved to an orphanage a few villages over at a bigger village where they would get a Blacksmith apprenticeship at fourteen and start getting involved in smuggling fae over the border back into the Valley of Thorns.

## Appearance

Yuu's appearance is highly depended on the reader since they are a self-insert/reader-insert, overall though they are said to look pretty non-threatening at the start of the story, Cater comments they have a nonchalant vibe about them. Because of years of blacksmithing and learning how to handle weapons Yuu is well-build although because of their mentioned non-threatening looks no one notices until they take of their sweater. As noted by Riddle and some other students, Yuu never wears their uniform properly, usually wearing a hoodie over their shirt with a tie or wearing their gym uniform with a black T-shirt. They are seen wearing a black school jumper over their uniform during their time on probation. Because they were transported to NRC without any time to pack Yuu bought most their clothes shortly after arriving, wearing mostly the same clothes, their casual wear seems to be mostly basic jeans with a sweater and a leather jacket. They also seem to enjoy wearing sports clothing. After the Savannaclaw arc they start wearing one leather finger less glove they stole from Leona.

## Unique Magic

Yuu cannot do any magic and as such has no unique magic, they do however have the special ability of anti-magic and seem to have a weird connection with overblot and dark magic, being able to absorb overblot into their body and nullify it.

## Abilities and Magic Tools

### Abilities

* **Swordsmanship**: Yuu is a natural swordsman and has been learning how to handle a blade since they were young, they are said to have both an innate talent with the blade while also showing to have worked hard to improve their skills. Yuu takes great pride in their swordsmanship abilities.
* **Blacksmithing Knowledge**:
* **Superhuman Strength**:
* **Intelligence**:
* **Scam Knowledge**:
* **Cartography**:
* **Hearing:**

### Magic Tools

* Anti-Magic Cloak:
* Magic Sword/The Sword That Seals the Darkness:

## Trivia

* Yuu says that while Ayden is removed from most of society since phones and other communication devices are luxury items, Ayden is still somewhat developed, the closer you get to the capital the more modern things become, Yuu says the capital looks like a modern city and a medieval town got mixed together in a blender.
* Ayden is mostly filled with non-magic users and it's capital is littered with anti-magic propaganda, saying that it's frowned upon to practice magic and classes just as history of magic aren't taught. They are also hostile towards non-humans such as beastman and especially fae.
* It's shown Yuu has developed PTSD from the raid on their village shown when they started to panic when seeing the militia's insignia in a book.