~ Ability Statistics ~Proficiencies/Stats
Strength: S
Agility: S
Speed: +S
Durability: -S
Senses: S
Spirit: +S
Intelligence: S
Dexterity: ++S
{Magic-Types}Sword Magic ~ Lost Magic ~ Caster Magic ~ Holder Magic
{Signature Spell}Esfera de Reversión (Sphere of Reversal) - Using long lost
Balefire magic Richardo can conjure sphere of golden fiery light which can reverse all events by burning fabrics of time and stretching burn off void between two times together again. Yesterday becoming a tomorrow. It is taboo act with Balefire to affect both in such massive scale and secondly not erase anyone or anything but time and events themselves. Everyone who experienced the events will remember them but more as if a bad dream but know the things experienced were not dreams. Richardo will become 'lost' in void between time for unknown amount of days (even weeks) which keep increasing longer and longer each time he uses this power and he returns as if no injuries have not healed nor recovered (and exact time depends on many factors; actual size of zone, number of people involved and number of unwanted events). It's said using this technique too much will eventually erase
Balefire user himself as backfire effect. Not to mention the same risks what comes
with using balefire normally and it's likely user burns off ability use magic before facing eternal banishment to void beyond time and space.
{Spell List}~
Balefire Blast - Richardo can focus to form sharp thin tendril of golden fiery force which is manifestation of ancient lost magic art; balefire. It's ultimate destructive magical force which does not destroy whatever it hits....but simply put erases it out of existence. It can burn extra brighter with extra expendency of eternano from user which can erase person even past of time. It can result events which person did in short time frame to be reversed as if they had never occurred. It does not burn memories of the people of said events but actual deeds which ask physical action which haves a physical change. Balefire is considered in itself a taboo magic completely because it's said that balefire hastens arrival of end of times and has potential wipe permanently parts of universe and so increase instability in reality and also for having extreme harmful effects on user. Using balefire henceforth is strictly forbidden in all societies of magic with threat of death penalty or exile. Using balefire is taxing on both on user's body and eternano. Uses of balefire temporally diminish reservoir of eternano from user but it has risk in extreme releases reduce it permanently, even go so far as burn talent use magic at all.
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Seoul Rasga Onda - a.c.a
Soul Ripping Wave is special dark magic wave attack coming from dark blade what Richardo possess. It unleashes torrent of magical energy which rips deep into spiritual essence of the targets and rips off great amounts of eternano (magic energy) ripped from their bodies and as result will have extreme harmful effects on their bodies which are connected with the reservoir of eternano inside their bodies. Beings with absolute zero of eternano are unaffected. It can demolish buildings which had been created or enchanted with eternano (magic).
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Ruina - A lesser version of Soul Ripping Wave,
Ruin is concentrated ball of dark energy which Richardo can fire off in stream of short bursts from his blade.
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Seoul Bebida - this wicked taboo technique from the dark sword drinks soul from victim who is impaled by the sword. It starts suck both blood and eternano from victim and fuel the user of the dark sword. Targets of this technique start wither, age and then die and crumble into dust into wind overtime which depends how much eternano the user had. This sucking besides refueling eternano reservoirs and healing from even deadly wounds will expand user's lifespan variable amount of years and preserve youth longer. Death caused by this blade is extremely painful to experience and most have no stomach watch it happen.
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Hechizo Corte Huelga - This strike which is known also as
Spell slicing strike is one oldest signature moves what Richardo knows. He makes a simple cut with his sword towards incoming spell towards him or someone and his blade simply severs eternano woven in the spell and dispels it smoothly. Shocking fact with this 'spell' is that it's not a spell at all. But pure manifest of Richardo's understanding of magic and it's structure and instinctively know where strike with his sword to dispel a spell with physical force than spending any eternano from himself. Only ancient and lost magic spells or some weird alien magic he cannot dispel as their structures are either too unknown or grand for him to grasp. Also spells which travel faster than his body he cannot attempt dispel.
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Eternano Recubierto Hoja - This technique coats his sword with his personal eternano to increase both cutting edge and power of his sword and increase reach of his cuts slightly longer and wider.
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Fiel Espada - Richardo has performed ritual to bond with his dark sword despite his dislike to darkness of the blade which craves blood and sucking life out from foes. With such bond he can call the blade anywhere onto his hand and no one can ever disarm him from his sword nor shatter the blade so long he has eternano left in his body even a drop. Nor anyone's will overcome his regarding control of his own sword.
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Hoja Prisa - a.c.a
Blade Rush this technique speeds up Richardo's body movement and attack so fast he appears as golden purple lined flash to most people's vision. This spell can be used both for offense and defense of a ally.
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Black Iron Maker Magic - Richardo has learned and mastered a black iron maker magic. Which in essence means conjuring things of black iron. May it be shields, pillars, spikes, chains or cages or even constructs. Compared to regular iron the black iron is resilient towards eternano and actually reinforced further with expenditure of eternano onto iron itself which it absorbs to reinforce itself. But against normal feats of strength it is lot weaker than regular iron before it gets infused with eternano. Black Iron does not drain eternano from contact on skin nor if user empowers their own bodies with eternano but any eternano expenditure gets snuffed by black iron.
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Utility Magic - Richardo has dozen simple utility spells to handle retrieval of unattended objects, light up candles to writing letters for him. All these minor tricks every mage can mimic and do with practice.
{Non-magic Skills}# Swordcraft
# Lore and theories about magic
# Blacksmithing
# Strategic mind
~ Personal Background ~{Biography}Richardo started his life out as simple blacksmith mage who specialized in iron maker magic in forty years ago. He was adept in magic then under tutelage of his master. However a black guild, Phantom Lords, started mass recruitment by force and Richardo's master was listed in their list as 'must have' personal because of his maker magic and his skill in enchanting magical weapons and armor. Master refused, not having interest to become slave dog for man like Josa Porla and it resulted in his master forcibly kidnapped and send to slave work on their castle and add it's dreadful cannon weapon in and do other underground bad conditioned work in workshop where he withered and suffered until Fairy Tail defeated Phantom Lords. Richardo in age of thirteen was ignored in rude manner and he went out in journey to learn more magic so he could help defeat Dark Phantoms for sure.
He traveled, using his iron maker magic which he overtime modified mimic anti-magic metal and use swordcraft what he had studied from his master. As blacksmith he had to understand how to wield and use tools what he made so he had all solid basics which were sharpened and refined on his life on road as rogue mage. He then stumbled upon ancient ruins where he found a dark sword;
Dark Fang. Dark Fang is actually sentient sword, a soul of dark knight bound inside his own sword. Richardo in his vendetta and needing more power he took the blade with him and he became then renown for wiping out entire dark guild sectors. They were small but numbers were shockingly high in his wandering age and he got his present alias name from those times. He had his own reservoir of eternano but his dark sword has it's own reservoir also, meaning he had two reservoirs of eternano which gave him reputation for having monstrous reservoir of eternano and outlasting his foes in magic endurance contests. When in truth he had two and also his sword has peculiar hunger and erasing effect on opponents own reservoirs.
In his travels in later age he came across long forbidden knowledge of Lost Magic by defeating a dark guild master; Johan Kaine. Johan Kaine had caused manslaughter and suffering in deeper southern lands beyond main contingent in name of research of Lost Magic which he sought to master;
Balefire. A ultimate destructive magic of unequaled power which left nothing left from victims...even presence from past itself. Richardo fought him fiercely in his fortress base filled with S-ranked mages which he defeated with his mixed dark magic from sword, black iron maker magic and his own extraordinary eternano empowered sword magic. Johan Kaine had murdered lots of people for sake of doing necromantic dark magic ritual to conjure former user of balefire from void of time, use raw essence of eternano to breach the barrier and then pull the said soul back to this world under his command.
Richardo defeated Johan Kaine by sucking his eternano and blood and let his blade feast on his remains and it triggered the ritual to complete unintentionally. Then soul of the former balefire user, Dhalia Brightstar, manifested. She begged Richardo to accept her dreadful power, because as she was summoned back it means balefire once more exists in the world and without a living vessel store it, anyone can grasp it from her and she cannot pass on final rest until new user of
Balefire presents itself (as Johan Kaine had planned). Richardo then swore become guardian of dreadful secrets of horrible magic and so Dhalia Brightstar's ghost bestowed him ability use
Balefire. In essence balefire was essence of unmaking which first user of balefire pulled beyond the void and imbued itself with it and eversince it has got undying cycle of passing from user to user. Only times when balefire has got lost was when latest user, Dhalia Brightstar, threw herself use it to extend which send her to beyond time and space and wander as ghost in the void. Thinking it as safer place than die and essence then wander and choose host randomly as it does otherwise. So there is limit that there is only one balefire user at time in the world if not count Lost Magic level copying or someone else pull essence of unmaking beyond veils of void of nothingness.
After that battle Richardo traveled back mainland, planning to unleash his revenge after twelve years traveling and preparations and then he heard Phantom Lords had been defeated by Fairy Tail and there was need for new guild to take care of Oak Town. So he volunteered to found the guild Draco Edge. He reunited with his master one last time and he showed what he had learned in iron making magic and finished his studies finally. He never learned enchanting secrets from his mentor and they were friends until he passed away in incurable lung cancer which he got in working with Phantom Lords. He ruled in fair hand and brought security to Oak Town and then Mage Wars came and he was back in serious action for a time until Fairy Tail, once noble guild, turned their coats and became merciless tyrants. Since then Richardo had done careful struggle maintain balance with his sense of honor and dignity but bow head to flaming fisted tyrant to keep his guild 'official' altough he sees now that roles of dark guilds and official guilds have been reversed and it disgusts him to no end and he is carefully bidding his time and planning for revolution in his own part. Matter is not would he do revolution, but more is his guild members capable yet handle titans like Natsu, Gray Fullbuster, Windy Marvell and Elfman without his aid or not and of course timing is crucial.
