• Appearance:
• Model: Knight
• Style: Sword
• Armaments: 2x Energy Sabers.
• Drive 1: [Charged Claws] Claws on the hands can be charged with energy causing them to glow and increasing their damage output.
• Drive 2: [Saber Overcharge] A temporary increase of the damaging potential of the energy sabers visually making their blades appear more jagged and longer.
• Overdrive Ability: Booster jets expend an extra burst of power; sending the Gearframe flying in any direction with great speed; allowing them to evade even some of the fastest of attacks.

✣ Name: Rhine Kurowai
✣ Callsign: Schrade
✣ Age: 17
✣ Faction: Purple Ravens
✣ Model: Bishop
✣ Style: Gun
✣ Armaments: High-Caliber Pistols and Energy Wrist Daggers.

✣ Overdrive Ability: As per all Bishops, the Desperado pools all residual energy together to reset all drive cooldowns. Such power is deadly in the correct hands and battle strategem.



✣ Background: For as long as Rhine could remember, there has always been an instinctual desire for battle that laid dormant in her chest. Like an iceberg freely floating helplessly in a dark ocean, the desire to be the best at all she could do drew her to certain activities and niches. Unfortunately, despite these ambitions, she could never find her talent. Studies bored her, extracurricular activities felt like a chore, and even sports were a flatline when she failed to ever win anything. It was only during Gearframe battle that she found something she not only enjoyed but was good at.

Time passed and soon enough she abandoned trying at all other aspects of life that weren’t Gearframe battle. Her grades were kept to just barely passable to keep from completely flunking out but social cues and others were nothing more but a distraction to her. Soon enough, she’d come to complete her skills in Gearframe battle, almost to the point of an artform. By choice or chance, she ended up in GSR, a school practically devoted to Gearframes and the virtual world.

Her goal was clear enough; obviously the Purple Ravens hailed to be the strongest of the strong and so that was where her future lied. Indeed, even now she continues to play for their team, nothing short of absolute victory all that she can see in sight. Even among the already high-brow Faction, she’s become somewhat of a talking point if only for her behavior. Much like their leader, she’s found enjoyment in playing solo and keeping distant from others.

• Appearance:


• Name: Chris Hoshino
• Faction: Green Snakes
• Callsign: Gear Aegis
• Age: 17 years
• Background: Chris is an exchange student from the cold regions of Northern Europe. She came to Gwenton for a very simple reason: She's a deep lover of Gearframes. As the lead institution around the world for all matter related to Gears, it was only natural that Chris would give her all to get in the academy.

While she loves Gears with every fiber of her being and is an excellent fight in her own right, her real talents don't lay in fighting for fighting's sake. She's a builder, an expert engineer who can apply her knowledge to a make a number of adjustments to her machine even in the middle of the raging flames of war. This expertise is also well applied to repairs, making her a well-rounded contender in any engagement.

Her ambitions are clear as well: To become a full-fledged Gear engineer. That's why she always does her best, sometimes even pulling spending a whole to work on her projects. Her aim is to get the highest score possible in any competition she faces, only then Chris can be sure that she'll catch the eyes of GSR and be allowed to pursue her dream.

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• Appearance:
• Model: Bishop
• Style: Shield
• Armaments: Beam Rifle and Energy Saber
• Drive 1 [A-Bits]: A set of support funnels that can be used for ranged attacks and, when paired in groups of at least 3, project defensive shields. Currently, the Aegis can create and control 24 of these.
• Drive 2 [V-Boost]: Drain energy from the Aegis' shields to power up other systems.
• Drive 3 [H-Drones]: Repair drones capable of healing most damage to the Aegis' systems as well as its allies.
• Overdrive Ability: Residual energy pool together to reset all drive cooldowns.

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✣ Name: Michio
✣ Callsign: Ronin
✣ Age: 15
✣ Faction: Purple Ravens. I mean, that's the faction everybody picks when they haven't actually ever talked to a faction leader?
✣ Model: Pawn
✣ Style: Sword
✣ Armaments: High-Frequency Daisho and Bow with Magnetic Incendiary Arrows

✣ Overdrive Ability: On board backup systems repair all damage to this Gearframe, making it fit for combat without delay. The default ability, Michio hopes he can upgrade it to also restock his arrows.



✣ Background: Michio lived life for some time as a 'mob character'. He had his place in the world, but he did not shine through. Still, that didn't matter too much to him. Exploring the virtual world and Gearframe battles though, has given him a bit of a taste for the flashy though. He's quite enjoying it, and wants to play the role of the try hard to see if he can make a Pawn work.

Michio is a "member" of the Purple Ravens with emphasis on the quotation marks. He's never really interacted with them much other than to idly sign up as a solo member. Michio has never met the leader or Queen, nor found their public base. He joined via a DM and that has been the beginning and the end of his interaction with them. It's the faction for loners, it seems. Who needs pay attention to one little pawn?

• Model: Knight
• Style: Sword
• Armaments:
Palm Cannons
Palm mounted cannons mainly used for supplying a steady stream of power to the Perdition sabres. Can also be used for devastating short-ranged attacks.
Perdition sabre Mk II
A powerful energy blade that is able to extend its length several times for both melee and ranged attacks. Rather than an external power cable, the sabre’s energy comes from the palm mounted cannons.
• Drive 1: [Siphoning Matrix]
Passive effect: Whenever the unit makes contact with his opponent, either through attacking or being attacked at melee range, it will siphon some of their energy to power its own systems, gradually increasing its performance in movement and shielding.

Active effect: The unit unleashes the absorbed energy through a single whirlwind attack with its blade, causing a large shockwave of destructive energy in a spherical radius around the unit. After the initial attack, the unit's Perdition blades are temporarily empowered for the next few attacks, allowing them to cut and pierce through enemy defenses before returning to its normal power level.

• Drive 2: [Disruption Pulse] Unleashes a far-reaching wave of disruptive energy that temporarily jams enemies targeting systems and overheats ranged weapons, forcing them to rely on close-ranged attacks. This ability can be recharged at a faster rate when siphoning energy from opponents.
• Overdrive Ability: Booster jets expend an extra burst of power; sending the Gearframe flying in any direction with great speed; allowing them to evade even some of the fastest of attacks.