Corvus Schwartz

Corvus Schwartz is one of three protagonists of in the upcoming RWBY fanfiction "Paracasual". He is the fifth clone of famed Hunter Qrow Branwen, and the 117th Subject of the Atlas Science Division's *Einherjar* project. Along with The Lost and The Selfish, Corvus is known as **The Turncoat**.

## History

Corvus Schwartz is Subject 117 of the Atlas Science Division's ‘Mass Production Hunter Project’, also known as Project Einherjar. As all Subjects of the project are, Corvus is a clone of a Hunter; he is the fifth in the 'Qrow Branwen' series of clones, the fifth clone of the famed Hunter. Created in Atlas and raised from a tube, Corvus' growth and development was accelerated due to being not born naturally.

In the first two years of his life Corvus was put into combat training alongside most other new Subjects, his third year being when he was given a basic formal education, and then later assigned to perform missions supervised by the Atlesian military for combat experience. One of these was a "mission" to perform for executives of the Schnee Dust Company, including the head of the company, Jacques Schnee, to demonstrate the usefulness of the Subjects as potential hired muscle and an attempt to secure funding for the ASD. During the demonstration, Corvus was to slay the Grimm thrown at him in an arena on the outskirts of Mantle. The young clone performed his task as ordered, killing any Grimm that were released to the satisfaction of the scientists. At the end he was shown to the Schnee Dust Company executives like a prize, and it was during this Corvus met Weiss Schnee.

During his fourth year of life Corvus was allowed to meet the other clones of Qrow Branwen, who had all given themselves the last name of Schwartz- calling themselves a family, of which Corvus was joining since they were all cloned from the same person. Corvus was also introduced to Rosa Ceae, the "mother" of the Schwartz family. She was one of the first clones the ASD created, and acted as a caretaker for the Schwartz's since Rosa was unfit for combat. Over the course of the next two years Corvus would grow close to Rosa, seeing her as an actual mother figure, and Rosa reciprocated in kind, showing Corvus love and affection, doting on the youngest Schwartz whenever she got the chance.

It was his sixth year of life that Corvus' relationship with Rosa changed- because she died. Rosa was the first cloned subject the ASD produced, and as such, was the starting point for where future subjects could be improved. Over the years Rosa's health had started declining, and during Corvus' sixth year is when she died. Rosa's put the whole Schwartz family into inaction for a month until the ASD put them back on missions, and it affected Corvus especially.

## Appearance

Corvus stands at 5'2, with a thin and lean build. He has shaggy black hair and red eyes, a scar over his right eye, more shallow along the lid, and deeper above and below it. His right arm has a black barcode with the number 117 beneath it, and the phrase ‘Property of Atlas’.

During his years in Atlas Corvus wore the uniform all Subjects did. He wore the standard uniform which consists of a long-sleeved black coat with dark blue details including the shoulder epaulettes which has a brown Sam Browne belt passing diagonally over his right shoulder and two rows of gold buttons on the front. Along with that, he wears a pair of white gloves and a white web belt with a gold waist-plate. He also wears the uniform trousers and black boots which go over the trouser's leggings.

During his time in Vale, Corvus wears a dark gray long sleevd button up shirt underneath a black, sleeveless coat,and a pair of black gloves. His pants are a pair of navy blue jeans, baggy around the ankles and having multiple belts around his waist, and his shoes are a simple pair of brown steel-toed boots. His neck has bandages wrapped around it, and he has a mask he wears for combat. On his belts are a variety of timepieces that include his pocket watch. Corvus' combat mask is similar to the ones members of the White Fang wear. It's modeled after a shark Grimm, a row of fangs over the mask with two red stripes running from the top to bottom, over each eye.

## Personality

Corvus has lived much of his life being told he was a weapon; a blade that had been mass produced for Atlas to wield against the forces of Grimm and anything else that would stand in the way of humanity. As a result, Corvus really… lacks a full fledged personality. Years of training and education in Atlas only showed that he had a knack for learning and picking up knowledge, and was constantly dissuaded or reprimanded for trying to talk to the other test subjects. This made Corvus a quiet, obedient child. Corvus is a lonely, quiet person who has learned to enjoy solitude; he enjoys reading and listening to music since it provides moments of calm, and likes to climb things, liking high up scenery and nature, things he never saw back in Atlas.

## Abilities

**Physical Capabilities:** As a clone of experienced Huntsman Qrow Branwen, Corvus possesses similar if not higher physical capabilities than the senior Hunter; though probably the latter, since Corvus is much younger, and has more time to sharpen his physical attributes and skill. Since Corvus is a clone, his body was given a high regeneration factor to combat any faults his body could possibly face physically, as well as a dulled sense of pain. He doesn’t feel pain as much as other people but is still capable of being injured, and the sense is only dulled.

**Aura:** Corvus is noted to have a slightly above average amount of Aura, not that notable among some of the other cloned subjects who are known to have higher amounts. He is, however, adept at manipulating his Aura. Corvus can coat his hands and feet in Aura, allowing him to enhance his blows in hand to hand combat, or for other purposes. Also notable is his ability as a sensor. Corvus can use his Aura and spread it over a specific range, using it like a radar; it'll ping off living things with souls, and will act as an irritant to nearby Grimm.

**Semblance:** Known as Energy Stockpile, Corvus’ Semblance allows him to store his body’s potential and kinetic energy, and store it within his body for later use. He can use the stored energy to enhance his own physical characteristics such as his strength, speed, or even supplement his own Aura.

**Adept Hand-to-hand Combatant:** Despite his swords being his favored weapons, Corvus is no slouch in a fist fight. He uses the basic fighting style taught to subjects, which focuses on hitting a target's vitals and pressure points to disorient and incapacitate.

**Skilled Swordsman:** Corvus wields three swords and is skilled with each, having spent 8 years having sword technique and styles drilled into him. He can wield each skillfully on it's own, and is able to wield all three at once.

**Skilled Engineer:** While C.C.C was made for Corvus by the ASD, he personally designed and built Orchid Gram. He also constantly cleans and maintains both weapons.

## Equipment

**Calamity, Catastrophe, and Cataclysm; C.C.C:** C.C.C is a set of three gunblades, uchigatanas mixed with revolvers to be specific. The main blade seems to be Calamity; it’s blade is infused with red Dust, the cutting edge flecked with lightning Dust, it’s hilt oval-shaped. The revolver mechanism, made of a barrel and the cylinder, starts at the hilt with the cylinder built into the blade, with the barrel running up the back of the blade. The trigger is attached underneath the hilt. Shooting rounds out is either to hit a target or to propel yourself or propel the blade using the momentum.

Catastrophe and Cataclysm follow a similar design, but have dark purple blades from metal infused with Gravity Dust, have squared hilts, and the ends of the handles have an attachment mechanism for a chain to become chained together. Rather unique about the weapons are their sheathes; Calamity has a single sheath, resembling a traditional katana sheath that Corvus wears at his left hip. Catastrophe and Cataclysm share a sheath, rectangular and long with two openings for the blades. This sheath has a function of detaching the blades and then merging them together and pushing them from the sheath to form a large cleaver-like sword, even attaching the handles together to form a single, long handle.

**Orchid Gram:** Corvus' back up weapon, a revolver/dagger. It's based on the Colt Dragoon Revolver, though extremely modified. Orchid Gram is a top-break seven shot revolver with it's alternate form being a dagger. The handle of the revolver, straighter and non-curved, snaps upwards as the body of the revolver fully rotates. The attachment on the end of the barrel that runs to the trigger produces a blade, fully transforming the revolver into it's dagger form. The revolver itself is snow white and trimmed in black, with the cylinder colored yellow.

## Trivia

* Corvus is the name of the genus of the larger Corvidae family. The genus includes species commonly known as crows, ravens, rooks and jackdaws, all black birds.
* Schwartz is simply German for black, making Corvus’ name translate as Black Bird.
* In connection to Qrow and Raven alluding to Muninn and Huginn, Corvus also alludes to a bird of Nordic myth. Veðrfölnir is a hawk sitting between the eyes of an unnamed eagle that is perched on top of the world tree Yggdrasil. *John Lindow points out that Snorri does not say why a hawk should be sitting between the eyes of an eagle or what role it may play. Lindow theorizes that "presumably the hawk is associated with the wisdom of the eagle" and that "perhaps, like Odin's ravens, it flies off acquiring and bringing back knowledge".*
* Calamity, Catastrophe, and Cataclysm were named to follow the name of Qrow’s scythe, Harbinger. A harbinger is a person or thing that announces or signals the approach of another; signaling a Calamity, Catastrophe, or Cataclysm.
* Orchid Gram has two meanings to its name. Orchid refers to the flower, with two of the revolver's colors having their own meanings. White orchids symbolize innocence and purity, as well as elegance and reverence. Yellow orchids symbolize friendship and new beginnings.
* Ironically enough, Corvus hates liquor in all forms; the other 4 Branwen clones do not.