Qrow Branwen

An alcoholic bad luck charm and lovable uncle. Qrow Branwen is the younger twin brother of Raven Branwen, biological uncle of Yang Xiao Long and honorary uncle of Ruby Rose. He has graying black, spiky hair, faded red eyes, and slight stubble along his jawline. Along with a red, tattered cloak, he wears a gray dress shirt with a long tail, black dress pants and black dress shoes. Qrow is pale. He is a former member of the Branwen Tribe as well as a former teacher at Signal Academy. In his youth, Qrow attended Beacon Academy with his sister, and together they were on a team with Summer Rose and Taiyang Xiao Long, known as Team STRQ.

He is an alcoholic and is usually seen taking swigs from his hip flask, often at terrible times such as in front of children or during important strategic meetings.

Qrow is a rude, blunt, cynical, sometimes crass, yet cool-headed and nonchalant individual, who appears at first glance to be somewhat immature, insensitive and stand-offish. But, Qrow has a heart of gold, especially towards people he cares about.

He also has a mercurial attitude towards his age: disgusted at the notion of being called old.

Qrow has a habit of giving people nicknames.

His childish and maverick facade, however, belies the demeanor of a veteran Huntsman. He is a force to be reckoned with.

He is also very self-conscious about his Semblance to the point self-loathing, aware of its possible impact on the people around him, he makes a point to keep his distance from those he cares about. Qrow regards his life as being cursed due to his misfortune Semblance. Seeing himself as a burden to friends and family because of the bad luck he brings to everyone around him, he tries to spend most of his time living and working alone.

Qrow's weapon of choice is Harbinger, a shotgun-sword-scythe. It can switch between a scythe or a longsword.

Qrow's Semblance, Misfortune, causes bad luck around him and unlike most Semblances, it’s eternally active and can never turn off. Its effects can lead to incidents as small as a glass being knocked onto the floor in or as significant as impacting an entire fight. His Semblance does not discriminate on who it affects, which causes him to keep his distance from the people he cares about. He can also choose to amplify his Semblance in a fight, increasing the chance of his opponent getting hurt. This can be an advantage to him against unprepared opponents, but he is forced to fight alone as to not cause problems for his allies.

Qrow has the ability to transform into a corvid, specifically a crow. This ability was bestowed upon him by Ozpin through magic in order to act as his eyes in the world. In this form he is capable of flight and can cover large distances in a short amount of time. He often uses it for stealth purposes.

Qrow has a tense and distant relationship with his sister.