History Characters / WarformedStormweaver

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: The other six CAD types are standardized. Atypicals are not.

* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: He fanboys over Valera Dent, The Lasher and Anatoly Sidorov the first time he sees them.

[[folder:Leighton "Catcher" Catchwick]]

* AnythingThatMoves: Viv is into both guys and girls, and is more than willing to flirt with either.

* BladeOnAStick: Their weapons tend to be types of spears or polearms like halberds.

* BladeOnAStick: One variant of Phalanxes is this classic Greek hoplite, with a spear and shield.

* BladeOnAStick: The form her [=CAD's=] weapon takes.

* BadassBaritone: In the audio book. No 21-year-old's voice sounds that deep and gravelly.

* PromotedFanboy: In universe. He's a huge SCT fanboy and gets to live his dream fighting in the SCTs.

* AwesomenessByAnalysis: She has a talent for reading oponents in the middle of battle. It’s seen in her [[spoiler: fight with Logan in the intra-school SCT, where she reads him like a book, allowing her to win.]]

A 3rd year student who Valera asks to help train Rei and his friends, in return for giving him private training. He's an A-type like Rei and is already on his way to being one of the strongest combatants Galens has ever produced.

* TheAce: He's this for Galens as a whole, as the top ranked 3rd year at A8, which puts him above some of the teachers. He may be this for the whole Astra system as whole.

* BuildingSwing: can do this using his swords, as he demonstrates in his first Intra-School fight.

* LightningBruiser: His CAD, Ouroboros, is built for speed and offense. It's defenses might suck, but you have to get through his [[SpinToDeflectStuff defensive sword spinning]], which, thanks to his speed, is fast enough it can act as a shield.

* UniqueItems: A-Types don't really fit into the accepted categories of [=CADs=], but usually their weapons are similar to some other type, like Valera's swords, or Rei's brawler-like WolverineClaws. What makes the Lasher unique is that his weapons are a pair of [[WhipSword Whip Swords]].

* ActionGirl: biggest one in the series, if somewhat off-screen. She saw 7 years of brutal combat and survived, though not in one piece.
* ButchLesbian: short cropped hair, action girl, and is implied to be dating the far more feminine Maddie.

* CasualDangerDialogue: One of the ways she solidifies her credentials as a BadassTeacher is when she does a series of exhibition matches against her assistant instructors in order to teach the class. They're all high A-rank fighters, with Michael Bretz being an A9, just 1 level below S-rank himself and a level above The Lasher. They go full tilt against her and she not only barely breaks a sweat, she spends the fights narrating for the benefit of the students.

** RenownedSelectiveMentor: To The Lasher. In return for him helping Rei and the group, she agrees to help train him as they are both A-Types.
* RuggedScar: she has one running across her face, courtesy of a combat injury that cost her most of her jaw and required a prosthesis to fix. She has many others as well, courtesy of 7 years at war.

* TheAce: She enters the school with a rank of C-0 and an ability (Third Eye) already having manifested. According to Rama Guest, that hasn't happened at Galens in a very, very long time. She herself later states that with that at entry, she was in the top 50 new assignees in the galaxy.

* AwesomenessByAnalysis: she has a talent for reading oponents in the middle of battle. It’s seen in her [[spoiler: fight with Logan in the intra-school SCT, where she reads him like a book, allowing her to win.]]

* BladeOnAStick: the form her [=CAD's=] weapon takes.

* FieryRedhead: At times, especially when it comes to Rei or when in battle. [[spoiler: This manifests in her probable name: Aria of Flames.]]

* StatuesqueStunner: she's around 6 feet tall and is noted as being attractive.

* DualWielding: Her type, duelist, lets her dual-wield swords in battle.

Rei and Viv's roommate at Galens. He's just as big an SCT fanboy as Rei is, which helps them bond. He's becomes the second student to learn about Rei's S-ranked growth.

* HeirToTheDojo: He doesn't have a dojo, per say, but his mother is highly ranked [=CAD=] user and has been fighting in the professional [=SCTs=] for years. He went to a military prep school and his mother drilled him in SCT skills from a young age.

* MasterSwordsman: He's a Saber type, so he's looking to become one. His technique is already noted to be excellent.

* TheBerserker: Subverted. He's got the build, and the tendencies, plus likes to act the part. But it's all a facade. This first comes out when he gives an excellent critique of another student during training, and when he learns from his mistakes after his [[spoiler: fight with Aria during the first round of the Intra-School.]]

* UnstoppableRage: Twice

Spear or polearm-wielding CAD oriented towards defense.

* BladeOnAStick: Their weapons tend to be types of spears or polearms like Halberds.

* MightyGlacier: Not as much as Phalanx-types, but still oriented more towards defense then offense.

* AttackAttackAttack: The role of a Mauler on a team is to attack head on.

A speed-oriented class that is good in close combat, as it has the shortest range of all the classes.

* FragileSpeedster: Almost as much as duelists. Brawler armor is light, so as to let them use their superior speed specs.

* SuperReflexes: They, like duelists, depend on their speed to avoid attacks, instead of taking hits. Their high cognition lets them predict incoming attacks to make it easier to dodge or knock them aside.

* AttackAttackAttack: Low defense specs mean Duelists tend to go in for attacking immediately, trying to quickly end their bouts.

** Two similar, but still different weapons, such as a sword and a parrying dagger. This variant seems to be more common in lower ranked Duelists.

A defensive specialist class, with high endurance to boot. This is the only class to carry a shield, in addition to armor.

* BladeOnAStick: One variant of Phalanxes is this classic Greek Hoplite, with a spear and shield.
* TheBigGuy: can take this role, especially as their armor and defensive specs improve.
* KnightlySwordAndShield: The second variant, which combines a Saber-like sword with a shield, and goes for more close-range combat then spear wielding ones.

* JackOfAllStats: Sabers don't really excel, but are very balanced. Their users can, however, specialize.
* MasterSwordsman: The primary weapon is a sword, and can either be one handed like a Duelist's or a Two-Handed {{BFS}} that can have power similar to a Mauler's.

A class that may change as the user grows and has something that sets it apart from the others, such as unique weapons, armor or [[spoiler: abilities]].

** The Lasher looks like a duelist, but has his [[WhipSword Whip Swords]].
** The Iron Bishop also looks like a duelist, but has 8 externals, which allow her to float while in combat.

* DelicateAndSickly: Rei's medical condition causes his soft tissues to calcify, requiring constant surgeries and resulting in him, at 18, being CoveredInScars.
* {{Determinator}}: Rei's defining personality trait. Despite being sick, he's on his school's combat team prior to going to Galens and his pain tolerance is so high, he's able to withstand, with relative ease, pain levels that cause students with [=CADs=] that are multiple levels stronger than his is to collapse.
** [[spoiler:A major plot point is learning to moderate this impulse to constructive levels. Initially Rei left to his own devices will train for so many hours a day it's actually detrimental leaving him dead on his feet.]]

* GuileHero: Has to be, in order to fight opponents stronger than he is due to his skewed stats.
* HeartwarmingOrphan: [[spoiler: or is he?]]
* [[spoiler: HeroesPreferSwords]]: [[spoiler: His Type Shift ability gives him a sword.]]
* LoserProtagonist: At first, though it's changing quickly thanks to his Growth spec
* MeaningfulName: His [=CAD=] is called Shido, which sounds like (and means, in Japanese) Seed. What is the only thing Seeds do? They grow.
* MetaPowerup: One of two things that set his [=CAD=] apart from the rest is his unique, S-ranked growth spec.
* [[spoiler:MorphWeapon]]: [[spoiler:His [=CAD=] Shido's unique ability, (and the second of two things that set him apart) Type Shift, lets Rei switch between entirely different types of [=CADs=] mid-battle.]]
* MysticalWhiteHair: his hair is pure white, possibly due to the stress of all the surgeries he endured as kid.

* WeakButSkilled: For now. He’s weak,but he has so much knowledge of combat, he becomes invaluable as a training partner for Aria. With his growth, however, this will change.

The highest ranked student in Galens Academy's incoming freshman class, the C-ranked Aria is the scion of an extremely influential family, and is expected to follow in her parents' and siblings' footsteps in the arena.

* UniquePortagonistAsset: What sets them apart

* AnAxeToGrind: One of their available weapons

* DropTheHammer: Another available weapon

* AnAxeToGrind: His weapon is an enormous two-handed axe and he's fond of using it to chop people in half.

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Rei is named after the Japanese god of thunder. His future moniker, The Stormweaver, also qualifies, though almost everyone has a cool one of those.

* AwesomeMccoolname: The Iron Bishop is about as cool as it gets.

A class that may change as the user grows and has something that sets it apart from the others, such as unique weapons, armor or abilities.

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers:

[[folder:Phalanx]]

[[header:Students]]

[[folder:Reidon "Rei" Ward]]

Reidon Ward is the main character of the Stormweaver series. He's a short, sickly boy who dreams of getting a [=CAD=] all his own one day. Beyond being a fan of the Simulated Combat Tournaments that [=CAD=] users routinely participate in, he also hopes that the advanced device's genetic correction ability will heal his extremely painful condition.

[[header:CAD Types]]

[[folder:Lancer]]

* SuperReflexes: They, like duelists, depend on their speed to avoid attacks, instead of taking hits.

[[header:Students]]

[[folder:Reidon "Rei" Ward]]

Reidon Ward is the main character of the Stormweaver series. He's a short, sickly boy who dreams of getting a [=CAD=] all his own one day. Beyond being a fan of the Simulated Combat Tournaments that [=CAD=] users routinely participate in, he also hopes that the advanced device's genetic correction ability will heal his extremely painful condition.

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Rei is named after the Japanese god of thunder. His future moniker, The Stormweaver, also qualifies, though almost everyone has a cool one of those.
* AmazonChaser: His first meeting with his love interest, Aria, involved them fighting and her turning him into a [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice shish kebab]] with her spear.
* TheChosenOne: He was chosen by the MIND AI to be an experiment.
* DelicateAndSickly: Rei's medical condition causes his soft tissues to calcify, requiring constant surgeries and resulting in him, at 18, being CoveredInScars.
* {{Determinator}}: Rei's defining personality trait. Despite being sick, he's on his school's combat team prior to going to Galens and his pain tolerance is so high, he's able to withstand, with relative ease, pain levels that cause students with [=CADs=] that are multiple levels stronger than his is to collapse.
* FragileSpeedster: His device manifests as a Brawler type. [[spoiler: At first.]]
* GuileHero: Has to be, in order to fight opponents stronger than he is due to his skewed stats.
* HeartwarmingOrphan: [[spoiler: or is he?]]
* [[spoiler: HeroesPreferSwords]]: [[spoiler: His Type Shift ability gives him a sword.]]
* LoserProtagonist: At first, though it's changing quickly thanks to his Growth spec
* MeaningfulName: His [=CAD=] is called Shido, which sounds like (and means, in Japanese) Seed. What is the only thing Seeds do? They grow.
* MetaPowerup: One of two things that set his [=CAD=] apart from the rest is his unique, S-ranked growth spec.
* [[spoiler:MorphWeapon]]: [[spoiler:His [=CAD=] Shido's unique ability, (and the second of two things that set him apart) Type Shift, lets Rei switch between entirely different types of [=CADs=] mid-battle.]]
* MysticalWhiteHair: his hair is pure white, possibly due to the stress of all the surgeries he endured as kid.
* PromotedFanboy: In universe. He's a huge SCT fanboy and gets to live his dream fighting in the SCTs.
* WeakButSkilled: For now. He’s weak,but he has so much knowledge of combat, he becomes invaluable as a training partner for Aria. With his growth, however, this will change.
* WolverineClaws: Rei's primary weapons are a set of claws that protrude from each hand [[spoiler: until he develops Type Shift and Shido turns into a Saber's sword]].

[[folder:Aria Laurent]]

The highest ranked student in Galens Academy's incoming freshman class, the C-ranked Aria is the scion of an extremely influential family, and is expected to follow in her parents' and siblings' footsteps in the arena.

* TheAce: She enters the school with a rank of C-0 and an ability (Third Eye) already having manifested. According to Rama Guest, that hasn't happened at Galens in a very, very long time. She herself later states that with that at entry, she was in the top 50 new assignees in the galaxy.
* ActionGirl: She's a girl, is the highest ranked [=CAD=] user in the class, and enjoys a good fight.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: she has a talent for reading oponents in the middle of battle. It’s seen in her [[spoiler: fight with Logan in the intra-school SCT, where she reads him like a book, allowing her to win.]]
* BadassFamily: Youngest daughter of one where her father is a decorated veteran and athlete, her sister is on the front lines of a war, and her brother is an S-ranked fighter at the age of 22.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: Aria's family is relationship with the above, and especially her mother, is complicated.
* BladeOnAStick: the form her [=CAD's=] weapon takes.
* CombatClairvoyance: Her Third Eye ability lets her [=CAD=] predict the opponents move while she can't see it, and do something about it.
* EverybodyKnewAlready: She's REALLY bad at hiding things like her stalking of Rei and the fact that she's Colonel Guest's niece. Especially the latter, which she thinks she can hide, but doesn't realize that because of how influential her family is, there's literally a newspaper article announcing her birth and the fact that the Colonel is her godfather.
* FieryRedhead: At times, especially when it comes to Rei or when in battle. [[spoiler: This manifests in her probable name: Aria of Flames.]]
* MeaningfulName: Not her, but her [=CAD=], Hippolyta, named after the queen of the Amazons in Greek Mythology.
* {{Nepotism}}: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]], for the most part. She tries very hard to keep the fact that Galens' commanding officer is her honorary uncle secret from the other students. She's not, however, above using the fact that he is that in order to level the playing field for Rei.
* StatuesqueStunner: she's around 6 feet tall and is noted as being attractive.

[[folder:Viviana "Viv" Arada]]

Rei's best friend from prep school, Viv's ranking is just short of the top 16 students who were invited to Galens' summer program. She's also from a well off and influential family.

* ActionGirl: Like most girls in the book, she enjoys a good fight.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Viv gets together with Logan Grant, who bullies Rei for most of the book. She sees through it, however, and realizes he's really a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
* AnythingThatMoves: Viv is into both guys and girls, and is more than willing to flirt with either.
* BloodKnight: She's the one that's usually most eager for a fight.
* BullyHunter: She defends Rei from bullies all the time, going as far as to pretend to date a boy only to brutally break his heart in order to get revenge for Rei.
* DualWielding: Her type, duelist, lets her dual-wield swords in battle.
* {{Fanboy}}: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. She's not as big an SCT fanboy as Rei and Catcher are, and so needs them to explain certain concepts to her.
* StatuesqueStunner: Being a designer baby and a [=CAD=] user, she's very tall and looks like a supermodel.

[[folder:Leighton "Catcher" Catchwick]]

Rei and Viv's roommate at Galens. He's just as big an SCT fanboy as Rei is, which helps them bond. He's becomes the second student to learn about Rei's S-ranked growth.

* CantCatchUp: He realizes he's this when it comes to Rei. He's jealous, but it doesn't affect him too much.
* HeirToTheDojo: He doesn't have a dojo, per say, but his mother is highly ranked [=CAD=] user and has been fighting in the professional [=SCTs=] for years. He went to a military prep school and his mother drilled him in SCT skills from a young age.
* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: He fanboys over Valera Dent, The Lasher and Anatoly Sidorov the first time he sees them.
* MasterSwordsman: He's a Saber type, so he's looking to become one. His technique is already noted to be excellent.
* MommasBoy: One of the first things he does when getting to Galens is to call his mother and tell her he got there alright, so she doesn't worry.

[[folder:Logan Grant]]

The number 2 freshman in the school behind Aria. He and Rei don't really see eye to eye, to put it mildly.

* TheAce: He's ranked just below Aria, and above everyone else.
* AnAxeToGrind: His weapon is an enormous two-handed axe and he's fond of using it to chop people in half.
* TheBigGuy: He's noted to be enormous, and his Mauler-type [=CAD=] is well suited for the sort of straightforward tactics Big Guys tend to use.
* TheBerserker: Subverted. He's got the build, and the tendencies, plus likes to act the part. But it's all a facade. This first comes out when he gives an excellent critique of another student during training, and when he learns from his mistakes after his [[spoiler: fight with Aria during the first round of the Intra-School.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's a bully, but he doesn't tolerate the sort of attack his posse makes on Rei. He'll fight and abuse Rei, but he'll do it fairly, inside the ring. Viv realizes this.
* SuperMode: [[spoiler: His first ability is Overclock.]]
* UnstoppableRage: Twice
** First, when he first fights Rei and Rei insults his parentage. Logan hacks Rei in half with his Axe, then attacks him outside of the battlefield before being stopped by Valera.
** Second when he beats the everloving crap out of his gang of followers after they attack Rei together. His rage is so terrifying, Viv is traumatized for a bit.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He's a jerkass, but he bullies Rei mercilessly. At the same time, he does this because he genuinely believes Rei being weak will bring everyone else in the school down, whereas he understands that everyone is trying to be the best. [[spoiler: When he finally understands this not to be the case, he makes a HeelFaceTurn]].

[[folder: Christopher Lennon, The Lasher]]

A 3rd year student who Valera asks to help train Rei and his friends, in return for giving him private training. He's an A-type like Rei and is already on his way to being one of the strongest combatants Galens has ever produced.

* TheAce: He's this for Galens as a whole, as the top ranked 3rd year at A8, which puts him above some of the teachers. He may be this for the whole Astra system as whole.
* BadassBaritone: In the audio book. No 21-year-old's voice sounds that deep and gravelly.
* BigBrotherMentor: To a degree, for Rei. He's just as excited for Rei's growth as anyone else is. He also takes time out of his schedule to train Rei beyond what Valera asked him to do.
* BuildingSwing: can do this using his swords, as he demonstrates in his first Intra-School fight.
* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: His armor's externals, which allow him to float around in a way similar to Valera's, and which simply float around above him, unattached to anything.
* LightningBruiser: His CAD, Ouroboros, is built for speed and offense. It's defenses might suck, but you have to get through his [[SpinToDeflectStuff defensive sword spinning]], which, thanks to his speed, is fast enough it can act as a shield.
* MarionetteMaster: One of his abilities, Invisible Hand, lets him sit back and control his swords remotely. He uses it to deadly effect in his first on-screen duel, where he adds that strength to his own and cuts his opponent, who is wearing a heavy suit of armor and is a MightyGlacier into 4 pieces.
* UniqueItems: A-Types don't really fit into the accepted categories of [=CADs=], but usually their weapons are similar to some other type, like Valera's swords, or Rei's brawler-like WolverineClaws. What makes the Lasher unique is that his weapons are a pair of [[WhipSword Whip Swords]].

[[header:Staff]]

[[folder: Captain Valera Dent, The Iron Bishop]]

An S-ranked SCT and combat veteran who retires from active duty to take on the job of Chief Combat Instructor at Galens.

[[header:Students]]

[[folder:Reidon "Rei" Ward]]

Reidon Ward is the main character of the Stormweaver series. He's a short, sickly boy who dreams of getting a [=CAD=] all his own one day. Beyond being a fan of the Simulated Combat Tournaments that [=CAD=] users routinely participate in, he also hopes that the advanced device's genetic correction ability will heal his extremely painful condition.