July was from the era where kings, kingdoms and wars happen often. (Medieval era) Her village is often and constantly being attacked, which always causes dread to the villagers. So, in the future, she’d become a knight. But due to her weak body, it seems really out of reach. Until a star from the heavens struck her town like a meteor. The “star” brought fought a calamity that caused her town to be wiped off the map.July was the only survivor. Desperate to survive, She found the source, the star that started it all. She realised that it wasn’t a star that fell from the heavens. It was a sword. Bleeding out and in absolute pain, she reached out to the sword in desperation, and it bonded to her. Turns out, the sword is…kinda sentient. She didn’t have a lot of books to read, but she has heard it in children tunes and little pages: ”The Khalid star that brings despair will become the undying vessel, they will bring hope to those in shun of its soul”As the vessel for the sword Khalid, July’s soul has been ripped from her body and is laying dormant in the sword. She’s essentially a walking corpse. she still has full control over herself. (Just think of soul gem concept of Madoka, I actually didn’t realise it until half way writing this) Only difference is that she can separate herself from the sword but she essentially just carries it everywhere with her. Yes, she still needs to eat and sleep. As one should. She can’t die though, as the body is now stuck in statis. Yes, she can die, but with a very specific reason When July “dies”, her control over her body is immediately taken from her, and the consciousness of the sword, Khalid, takes over.When “Khalid” takes over (The body goes by Khalid when it takes over) Khalid would essentially take control of the body until her body regenerates. In a fight, Khalid can twist a lot of the body’s limbs to fight off any danger (imagine him kinda like breaking every bone to make the body move faster) And they STAY in the body until they deem it well enough for July to come back, giving her all the body aches and pains from the time they take over. After that, Khalid returns to the sword. Khalid is the being that inhabits the sword. You can essentially think of it as the sword’s will. Khalid can be any type of blade, and thus also gains the fighting style of each (if it’s a rapier then Khalid can use it like a rapier, stabbing and poking, if it’s a katana Khalid uses it like a samurai.) You can kinda think of Khalid as the ultimate collection of weapon fighting styles. Khalid chose July as its eventual Vessel, firstly originating as a star. Khalid appeared a sword to entice July to make a bond with it. When Khalid takes over the body, (basically fronting in the body) they can speak and interact like any other person, but you can tell by the subtle changes in their body language and physical features. For one, the tips at the end of the hair gain a blueish color (imagine Feixiao’s hair) and the eyes become this neon blue color. (July’s original eyes are more of darker blue) Khalid sits more like how a man would sit, and their voice would become harsher and lower. July and Khalid don’t really have a telepathic connection, but they can interact with others by changing the sword. They can vibrate it sometimes to show indication, they can make the gem in the middle glow, they can even outright sometimes manipulate the limb holding the sword to move, pointing at something or someone.Fun Facts- July doesn’t actually have a last name. The name “Crown” was inherited from Khalid, thus it’s full, sword name, is “The Crown of Khalid”- Khalid can change the blade into different types to fit the fighting style.- July’s body is conditioned to remember every single movement, thrust, swing and stab of the sword when Khalid uses her body. This makes her an exceptional swords master in all fields. While she mostly uses the footwork of a knight, she unconsciously uses some other forms of other styles, like the sheathing of a katana or holding her sword like a 2 hand sword. To compensate for this, Khalid would switch to that style of sword. (Think of it’s as a constantly switching weapon, it’s so unpredictable it throws ALOT of people off guard.)- July and Khalid, together, has never lost a single battle that came down to just swordplay.- As July transitions into every era, Her body also conditionally follows it.