Fluttershy's Cabin
Ponyville
8:00 AM
When Robin woke, he found himself in a small (for his old form, he supposed), though beautifully rustic room. The sun shined in beams through its multiple windows, and the sound of animals rang everywhere. He didn't remember even falling asleep. He had simply spent the whole day yesterday thinking... taking this in. It was then when he realized: this was not a dream. It was his new reality.
Normally, he would have jumped from bed to train, but for once he found himself strangely lethargic. He sat there for fifteen minutes, resuming his thinking, before the door to the room finally creak open.
"Um... hello?" the voice of 'Fluttershy' squeaked.
"..."
Robin ignored her, simply looking out the window towards an expansive, nearby forest.
"Mind if I come in?"
Robin eventually sighed. "Yeah... it's fine: I guess I fell asleep dressed."
She gave a small chuckle. "It's alright to go without them - most ponies don't wear any clothing."
"Kind of makes me feel awkward, though," Robin grunted.
...
"Oh," Fluttershy blinked. "Sorry, I didn't mean to-"
"No... no, you're fine," Robin said.
"Well... OK, then."
...
She cleared her throat. "I brought you some tea... I wasn't sure what kind you wanted, so I just made green. Oh - and some cookies too."
Robin glanced over to her, noticing she was carrying a ornate, metal trey in her mouth: the mentioned items on it. He took a deep breath at the sight of it.
"Heh... um - thanks," Robin said, forcing a smile. "That was... nice of you."
"It was no big deal," she said, returning the smile. "I treat all my house guests this way. It's only polite."
With that, she set the trey down upon a nearby nightstand. Robin looked at it with apprehension, though when he reached to grab it with his two hooves, he found them surprisingly easy to manipulate things with them. Within a moment, he had the tea to his... muzzle, and took a sip.
His mask widened to nearly half his face.
"Wow... this is really good. What did you put in this: honey?"
She nodded, smiling again. "Right from the bee hive!"
Robin raised his eyebrows. "By that you mean... you bought a really fresh jar, right?"
She gazed at Robin quizzically, before shaking her head. "No. There's a hive in my back yard. They always make the best! Oh they're such joyous little creatures!" she squeaked.
Robin paused at his next sip.
"I-Is something wrong?" she asked. "I-I'm sorry- I didn't know you preferred store bought-"
"No," Robin sighed. "It's just - I meant to ask you a question last night... but I thought it was stupid. Then... well, you reminded me of an old friend, I guess."
She blinked. "You can ask me any question you want," she peeped.
"Well..." Robin said, closing his eyes. "Before we get to that... I just wanna say - I really don't deserve this hospitality: not with how I treated you and your friend. I really think we got off on the wrong foot-" He winced. "I mean uh - hoof."
Fluttershy smiled warmly yet again, relaxing him. Robin didn't know why, but she seemed to have this comforting presence to her. It was as if she radiated it... sort of like Starfire.
"It's alright," she said softly. "You're in a strange new world. You don't know where you are and have just taken a new body..."
Robin lifted an eyebrow. "Why am I not just a crazy to you, though?"
Her expression turned serious. "I just... know a few things about the Everfree Forest that many others do not... nor understand. I have a very special connection with it."
"The... Everfree Forest?" Robin said, tilting his head slightly. "Beautiful name."
Fluttershy blushed slightly at that for some strange reason.
"But uh- you said that's where you found me?" Robin asked.
Fluttershy slowly nodded.
"Well... about that question," Robin gulped. "I don't suppose... you found anybody - er... anypony else in it, did you?"
"No," she said slowly. "I'm sorry - if there was anyone in the deep woods... I would know. Were you expecting someone else to be there?"
Robin sighed, setting his tea down before resting his head against his pillow. "I'm not sure what to expect anymore, to be honest. Like I said yesterday - I feel like I just woke up after a very long sleep."
"It's not surprising," Fluttershy said. "You came from the artifact, didn't you?"
Robin blinked. That sounded familiar, but he couldn't quite place his fin- hoof on it. "I-I'm sorry?"
She nodded slightly. "It's been a long time since the artifact produced anyone. Before my lifetime, at least... from the song the forest sings, they all reacted as you did. Only one seemed to retain his immediate memories..."
"Are my memories going to come back, though?" he asked. "I mean - I remember my past... but I don't remember how I got here at all."
She glanced away from him. "The stories don't go into detail about them. They usually left the Everfree Forest fairly quickly."
"Hmmm...." Robin said, squinting an eyebrow in thought. Before long, he suddenly smiled. "Wait - if they left the Everfree Forest... W-When's the last time anyone came through?!"
"Before my lifetime," she said sorrowfully.
"And how old are you?" Robin asked.
She blinked in confusion. "About twenty-one..."
"Then that means..." Robin pondered. "That means that they could have come through earlier than me, maybe!"
Suddenly, he closed his eyes, bring a hoof to his forehead in shame.
"Ugh... I'm an idiot. That would mean we all entered whatever the artifact is together... it could have just been me. I'm guessing this is some sort of alternate reality. I can't see any reason why one of my former... um..." He didn't want to say the word 'enemies'. It might have made him sound aggressive. "Acquaintances could get out of putting me in this kind of simulation. They could be looking for me right now..."
"A simulation?" Fluttershy said. "What's that? If you don't mind me asking, that is..."
"It'd be pretty complicated to explain... unless you guys have high-tech computers."
"Com-puters?" Fluttershy said, looking baffled. "I've never heard of that... though I am sort of a shut-in..."
"If you had anything but very old ones, I'd think anyone would know about them." Robin then lifted an eyebrow. "Wait - why are you a shut-in? You seem like a nice enough... um... pegasus to me."
"Well, um..." she squeaked, rubbing a hoof into her wooden floor. "I'm just a little..."
...
"Huh?"
"Well, you know..."
"What - shy?" Robin said. "Oh.... I get it. Fluttershy."
She nodded meekly.
Robin smiled slightly. "Heh - well... you wouldn't mind going for a walk with me, still, would you? I'm going to need a guide around this place... especially in the woods."
"Huh?" she said.
"I want to go see this... artifact," Robin said, narrowing his eyes in determination. "If there's any way I'm getting home, it's gotta be that! I'm not just going to sit around when my friends are probably worried about me..." His voice grew somewhat sinister. "And while Slade could be getting further and further away... we almost had him, too!"
With that, Robin leaped out of bed, wobbling slightly due to his new hooves, but quickly stabilizing himself.
"U-Um... I'm not too sure about this, Robin..."
"Why not?" Robin asked. "You said you have a special connection to the woods, right? You could take me there!" His voice grew positively desperate. "Please... I really owe it to you for being so nice to me... but I have to get back to my own world."
Fluttershy shook her head. "I-It's not that! I really wouldn't mind taking you there, but-"
"Don't worry if the woods are dangerous," Robin said, grinning slightly. With that, he quickly drew out his bo-staff, actually gripping it with one of his forward legs. "Hah!" Steadily, he raised himself onto his hind-legs, and actually began to twirl it. It was somewhat awkward, but it was as if he had never changed bodies. "See, I still have it!"
"Y-Yeah," Fluttershy said, her eyes widening at the sight. "B-But - how in Equestria are you doing that?!"
"I was trained by the best," he smiled, shutting and stowing it. "The best. But uh - what is Equestria? Is that the name of this planet?"
"Oh no, just the country. The planet is called Trinity." She then shook her head in disbelief. "But - Oh my - I-I've seen army displays with Twilight... it was um - during her coronation, but I've never seen any of them do that with a sword! It's incredible!"
"Heh, thanks," he said. "I don't know what I'd do without it. My staff is one of my best friends. But um-" He winced in confusion. "How do I have a costume that fits on a pony?"
Fluttershy squinted in thought for a few moments, before shrugging. "I don't know... but um - t-that's a costume?"
Robin froze at that. "Yeah... it's kind of a long story... I could explain on the way to the artifact."
"Well um - like I said, I'd be glad to take you, but..." She shut her eyes. "The artifact... as far as I know... doesn't go two ways. And it doesn't like talking to anypony..."
"Wait, are you saying the artifact is alive?" Robin asked, baffled.
"From what the stories say, yes," Fluttershy nodded.
"Well, I don't need it to talk to me, I just need it to listen!" Robin grunted, before pounding a hoof into another in determination.
Clop!
Robin furrowed his brow, frustrated..
Fluttershy blinked.
Robin moaned. "Alright... doesn't have the same effect as a fist does..."
"A fist?" Fluttershy said, furrowing her brow.
"Heh - we really have a lot to talk about," Robin smirked. "Come on, let's get going!"
And with that, he galloped out the front door to the cottage. Fluttershy followed after him.
"Wait! Not so quickly! You have to navigate the forest carefully!" she called, before shutting her eyes. "It's OK, Fluttershy... just take him there and get it over with. He won't believe you until he sees for himself..."
At that, she nodded to herself in determination, before catching up to the Colt Wonder.
Deep Within the Everfree Forest
One Hour Later...
Robin and Fluttershy walked through the thickest woods he had ever seen outside of the Amazon. It was baffling, really, that they were this close to civilization. The trees looked positively primordial, abstract... haunted, and cast the forest floor in an unending shadow.
Fortunately, they were too deep in conversation to notice.
"... So I swoop in, kick the Joker in the face, and land! I think that was the first time I made a pun, too. 'I guess the joke's on you, huh?'
Fluttershy giggled softly, before quickly shutting her mouth. "O-Oh, I'm sorry - it wasn't that bad."
"No offense taken," Robin grinned. "They're supposed to be bad. It helps to make the enemy underestimate you... and sometimes it just makes them angry. In fact, that was the first I've ever seen the Joker fume a little, at me, at least. 'I make the jokes around here, Boy Brat! And you won't like what I do to the competition...'"
After that, he managed to do his best, and apparently decent (judging by his companion's frightened expression) of the Joker's laugh.
"Oh my - he sounds absolutely horrible!" Fluttershy squeaked. "W-What'd he do next?! He didn't hurt anyone else, did he?"
"Na - he didn't get the chance," Robin smiled. "His 'joke' was easy to beat. He had this bird-cage rigged up above me - don't ask me how or why - just believe me: the Joker was like that. But anyway... with the push of a button, it went slamming down. I only managed to jump out of the way at the last second! After that, Batman dropped him with one kick, and it was over! The Joker went back to Arkham."
"That's a relief," Fluttershy said, sighing heavily. "My - I suppose I can see why your homeworld needs so many superheroes. And you led your own team of one..."
"Yeah," Robin smiled nostalgically. "Still lead, you mean."
She nodded shakily.
"Still - I'm not really super and I'm no more heroic than anyone else," Robin said. "I'm just doing what I think is right..." He closed his eyes, wincing. "What I'm always going to do, I guess..."
Fluttershy gave him a curious, even slightly worried look, before shrugging it off. "I-I can see why you care about your friends so much. Going through that together must really bring you close together, doesn't it?"
"They're like brothers and sisters to me," Robin said. "Well - maybe Beast Boy is the quirky little cousin of the family, but he's got a lot of heart, really. And when him and Raven fight it can be pretty hilarious." He winced. "Well uh - most of the time."
"I know what you mean," Fluttershy nodded sympathetically. "Two of my friends can be a little... um... noisy as well, sometimes." She then smiled. "But all of them seem really nice, especially Starfire! I wish I could meet her..."
"Well hey," Robin chirped. "Once I figure out a way to uh... convince the artifact to go both ways, maybe you could! You two have a lot in common!"
"Thanks," Fluttershy said, blushing. "But I wouldn't want to distract you at all..."
Robin paused at that, frowning ever so slightly...
...
She was right. The artifact must have been somewhere in South America... a continent away from Jump City. It was too far away to be accessed easily, if at all.
"Yeah..." he whispered. "Guess it'd be a little hard..."
...
The two continued on in silence for a moment.
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...
...
"Um... Robin," Fluttershy eventually spoke. "Do you mind if I ask you something?"
"Yeah, go ahead," he said in a somewhat sorrowful tone.
"That mask you where..." Fluttershy whispered. "I haven't seen you take it off."
...
Robin paused.
"Oh- well... it's a little private, but I don't mind talking about it with you." He cleared his throat. "Most superheroes have secret identities. Basically, who we are without the costume. If we didn't... well - any villain who wanted to could go after our family and friends - to use them as hostages or worse..."
"But we're alone in the woods," Fluttershy said, blinking. "And you're planning on returning to your own world, aren't you?"
Robin closed his eyes.
He quickly shook his head.
"It's... I uh- could we change the subject?"
...
"O-Oh, sorry," Fluttershy squeaked.
"It's alright," he said. "How far are we to the artifact?"
"Not to far," she said in her usual soft tone. "So far... things are going good. The forest doesn't seem to mind your presence..."
"About that," Robin said. "This um - connection to the forest you have... is that a normal thing for ponies?"
She shook her head.
"Are you some sort of druid, then?"
"Well - in a way..." she said. "Oh and, um - this is kind of my fault, but could you keep this a secret? - It's just - I don't really want to have ponies start asking me questions and-"
Robin nodded in understanding. "Believe me, I know how you feel, and I'm really good at keeping secrets-"
Before he could finish, there was a rustle in the woods... followed by a deep, dark, laugh - as if the world itself were giving it.
"That you are... and I'm going to make sure of it!"
The two halted in their treks, Fluttershy's eyes widening in fright. "Oh no..."
"Oooooh yes," the same voice hissed, before cackling madly. "You know very well that mortals aren't meant to dwell this far..."
"He's a friend," Fluttershy said calmly. "He came from the artifact."
"Then he should not have come back," the voice growled. "The forest has its patience... and its understanding. But that understand has a limit - and it's not happy of his return..."
Suddenly, there was another rustle in a nearby bush. As Robin drew his staff, narrowing his eyes, a shadow-like leg jutted out of it.
"Whoever you are, back off!" Robin barked. "I don't want to hurt anyone here, but I will!"
"Hahaha!" he cackled, before finally revealing himself.
He was a monstrous beast: one who seemed to be composed of timber and shadow, like a wolf made of burnt wood. However, as Robin gazed upon its vicious, drooling snout, he realized that this isn't the type of wolf anyone could burn...
"Oh, this one has SPIRIT!" he said, casting a hideous grin.
"Just leave us alone, Wrath, p-please!" Fluttershy squeaked.
"I'll make sure of it," Robin hissed. "Whoever you are - you're not hurting either of us!"
He gave another chuckle. "Whooo's afraid of the big bad wolf?" he sang. "Not you, it seems, but that will just make this all the more fun. Now - What should I take from you as a toll? Those pretty teeth of yours... an arm, maybe a leg? You do look pretty muscular..."
He licked his lips, before grinning at Fluttershy.
"Isn't that right... Kindness?"
Wrath...Kindness.....Element of disharmony, or FMA reference? Keep it up man!
3023961 Wrath is from "Slendermane Takes Ponyville", I recommend reading it, it's quite good
3024057 agreed I just recently read that story and it was fantastic! However this MLP and Teen Titans crossover is just as good if not better!
Name: Necrosis Wraith.
Race:Unicorn/undead.
Eye color: black with scarlet pupils.
Mane/ mane color Tattered/ yellow-green.
Coat color: dull grey.
Physical description: Tall, extremely emancipated, Skeletal Pegasus wings grafted to his back.
Cutie mark: an eclipsed star representing a strong connection to dark magic.
Powers/abilities he uses a combination of dark and necromantic magics keep himself alive and to raise the dead to do his bidding, as well as to start to decompose the body parts of his enemies. (it should be noted that he has to be touching them to do this.)
Age: Born around the same time as Star swirl the bearded. (he was to star swirl what Trixie is to Twilight only he actually has the magic to match his "rival'.)
Well here's what I got for you villain wise, please even if you don't use him let me know what ya think.
You did a great job on the chapter.
You could always make villains reminiscent of those from the titans universe.
An extremely smart one for beast boy.(Brain)
The Lord of Tartarus for raven (Trigon)
An egotistical maniac seeking perfection and "students" for cyborg. (Brother Blood (BlueBlood maybe?))
Maybe a joker like character for robin? (Discord? ScrewBall?)
And Chrysalis is already a good villain for Starfire. She feeds off emotion and starfires powers come from emotion.
Name: Ender
Race: Unknown
Ender is a being that one day just, showed up, he has the ability to teleport but does not have magic similar to Unicorns. He went mad after discovering he was no longer in his homeland, and attempted to kill several ponies, but he was put in prison, with spell binding locks and chains. He broke out only recently.
His skills consist of Archery, fencing and a form of judo from his home world known as No Cre Her
He is tall, with a build similar to that of a Minotaur. He appears to have wisps of smoke coming off him.
No one knows where he's from as no one has ever talked to him.
let me know what you think
Negato
Race; Zebra
Power; The ability to make constructs(orbs/shields/waves/ ect) that negate magic
Targets unicorns mostly due to a loved one being killed by a unicorn gang
(Imagine Scar from FMA BH as a zebra)
Here is a Villian for you
Name: Blackhoof
Race: Unicorn
Profession: Cold hearted mercinary
Age: mid 30ties
Cutie mark: a bag of bits on a blood stained contract
Coat color: charcoal grey
Mane and tail color: black cut to short length
Blackhoof enjoys hunting targets for sport and is an excellent tracker and trap maker who often pursues his target into a cleverly conceived trap designed to maim but not kill the victim. A bit of a sadist he tortures for pleasure and often utilizes a special spell he developed to cause intense pain on whoever it is cast on. His weakness is he is overconfident of his past successes and has a bit of a temper issue.
3024172 This is a really good idea!
*Sits down quietly with his popcorn* MOAR!
Great chapter. Love how you're making Fluttershy the kindness of the Everfree in this story. Will any of her friend's find out who and what Fluttershy really is in this story?
Name: Spawn
Race: pony daemon
Appearance: coat that looks like fire itself, tail and mane are made of fire and his tail sways like the tail of a flame, and his eyes are a fiery orange that look draconic in nature.
Cutie mark: a fiery serpent dragon
All he cares about is the destruction of all those who aposse him. He hates equestria due to his containment for 5000 years. He controls fire due to being a fire spirit and fights till the end.
for you
name: Reckoletor
race: devil
power: transmutation, creature mutation, rapid adaptation, ancient magic
age: unknown
looks: reddish white skin, white bone plate covers his body and a bone head with three eyes that change color based off adaptation, and has no skin cover his lower jaw showing his teeth. sharp claws
A knowledge obsessed Devil that looks for perfection or the most powerful being that he can create for self in improvement. this is done by taking different beings and changing them to the best of their abilities, for example spiders will be made for assassination, stealing information from places, and getting in a place with out being seen. but depending on type of spider it may not have a web making ability or it will have weak poison.
please pm me if you are going to use him so I can give you all the details
Eh for a Villiam put Nergal from Blazing Sword
Nergal
Species: Human
Powers: Uses dark forbiddin magic
What he does that is evil: Steals the Quintessence of Living Beings [Life Force] to make souless warriors that kill with no mercy
Nice chapter, can't wait to see how this meeting goes. Keep goin and stay golden^^
Is Fluttershy the embodiment of Kindness for the Everfree Forest like in Slendermane takes Ponyville?
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Its the ENDERMAN! (Isn't it?)
holy shit, Wrath already? and here I thought Slendermane would be first.
hmm create a villian hmm? well I'm not good with names but will try something
name: Mystrailia
Race: Changeling/ pony hybrid
diet: love, hatred, and some forms of vegetation
skills: psychology expert and expert of reading emotions and thoughts of others
abilities: shapeshifts into the love of your life, copy abilities of others, and dark magic
back story: Mystrailia, born from the mother of a unicorn and a father, a rogue changeling. She was raised by the two in secrecy till the incident with the wedding. After Shining Armour had discovered this family. The parents were arrested but not before sending her away into hiding. Alone in the world she hopped from town to town sneaking into libraries reading many books to study on the mind. After a while she even discovers a new way of eating. Feeding off of anger. I'm sorry I kind of suck at back stories. But she's free to use.
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You got me
Hmm... We obviously need some sort of shadow beast to contend with Raven. So I found something interesting on monstropedia.
Perhaps that'd be a good supernatural villain for her
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Indeed ;).
A villian eh?
Mmmmmm let me try my hoof at this:
Name: Scorn
Race: Every pony sees him differently.
Sex: Doesn't have a specific one.
Eye color: His eyes are empty sockets
Mane color: Burning red with flames
Coat color: Ash black, perhaps with some green stripes.
Physical description: An extremely distorted and uncertain figure, no two ponies see him the same way. The ponies usually see him as an offshoot of what they hate or fear most, Fluttershy for instance might see him with a dragon face since that is what she fears.
Cutie Mark: The cutie mark constantly changes as well, and is never constant. it depends on what a pony sees him as. (I'm not good with cutie marks, apologies. :c)
Powers/Abilities: He is a representation of the negative emotions ponies harbor deep within themselves. A spirit of malevolence that prides itself in deceit, trickery, and manipulation. That said, do not mistake him for not knowing how to fight. There is not a lot of hatred or fear within Equestria, and as such his power is not what it used to be since the princesses took over. He usually is seen as something that causes greif within ponies hearts.
Bio: He came to be around the time during Nightmare Moon's rebel. never had the land seen such sadness or greif as when the princess was forced to exile her own sister, and being that Equestria is unused to handling such negative emotion, it all had to eventually go somewhere.
Thus, Scorn came to be. It thrived off of the negative feelings during Nightmare Moon's absence for a long while, but upon her return, there became a shortage of 'food.' It took on a more solid form and started contacting ponies a bit more directly, usually ones that were off by themselves, and whispers in their ear to temper any uncertainties or negative feelings they might have had before sitting back to watch how it plays out.
Eh...feels half-assed. If you DO end up using him, feel free to fill in the blanks and use him as you please. He's more of a concept than an actual character right now anyways. Obviously he wouldn't be more powerful than slade.
Villians ey I think i might just have one!
Name:Silver
Race Giraffe ( yes giraffe)
Skin color: yellowish silver fur bald mane Brown spots
Apperince: missing tail minor battle scars on face long neck long legs shorts horns no cutie mark (cause you know he/she a giraffe)
Gender: Male or female
Personality: has good sense of humor and is aways worried and is easily distracted is a little shy but is a smooth talker
Stengths: No real superpowers body is resilient has lots of stamina fast runner great at long range fighting and has steel hoofs bracers has a spray that blind and forces foes to fight blind and is strong enough to lift 400 pounds and is good at fighting when surrounded
Weaknesses: legs and neck are vulnerable parts of the body cant jump mediocre at close combat cant see if caught in own spray
Age: old enough (50s)
Bio: being on of the only giraffes left he/she has been a social outcast for years after his/her parents were killed in a fire once tried to commit suicide but failed went to gcc College and studied chemistry to try and find a way to stop fire that cant be put out with water and a fire extinguisher. finally exceeded but the chemicals along with and a biological accident slowly made him/her go insane. findings rejected by ponies and griffins because of a potently dangerous side effect and minor racism
left equestria to study chemistry in zebafrica and accidentally walked through a strand of genetically unique poison joke that pernimatly made him/her not want to help ponys anymore and instead want to hurt them has lived in whitetail woods ever sense
Situation: i would ike to see him/her in a fight with beast boy for some odd reason as on of the first fight beast boy has in equestria but whatever you want to do is fine also should be a one time thing unless you want to use him/her
well there you go I dont even no if giraffes are allowed but i said fuck it and put my villian out there anyway oh and the him/her isnt saying its a hermathidite i just cant deide if i want it to be a mare or a stallion
You should do a gag where beast boy changes into his earth form just for laughs i would love that
Name: Dusk Edge
Gender: Male
Species: Unicorn
Cutie Mark: A broadsword wrapped in a cloak of darkness
Special Talent: conjuring swords and Shadow magic
Looks: a grey furred unicorn with dark gold eyes, wears a pair of black forehoof guards and a black chest plate and helmet. Has black mane and tail
I thought the planet was Equis
My reaction exactly to the sentence
I don't think wrath is a villan he is just kind of a dick.
Ok my turn to make a terrible villain
Name: Kur
Race: dragon
Sex: male
Hieght 35 m
Appearance crimson body with yellow eyes, wings,
Powers: slight basic magic and standerd dragon abilities(blue fire)
Reason for evil: greed growth causing lust for power and objections
Possibke situation: he attacks ponyville for riches, food, and slaves
Fluttershy immortal or somthing? Do I have to read your other story's to understand what's going on here?
Robin wont' be an easy prey...
Villain concept: Razor Wind- a Unicorn about the age of the Six, with a drab brown coat and a steel-gray mane with red stripes. His cutie mark is a set of whirling blades. He is a quiet, polite loner whose special talent is magical blades. He's nice, but cripplingly hemophobic.
However, if his fear gets the better of him or he is injured or loses concentration, an alternate personality known as Blood Wind takes over. Blood is a sadistic, homicidal lunatic and a lethal fighter. However, he is a bad planner and does whatever he wants, when he wants to do it.