Van Grants

Van Grants (ヴァン・グランツ, Van Gurantsu), also born as Vandesdelca Musto Fende (ヴァンデスデルカ・ムスト・フェンデ, Vandesuderuka Musuto Fende), is both a fictional character and one of the main antagonists from the Tales of RWBY series. He is the Commandant of the Oracle Knights within the Order of Lorelei, serving as the commander of the God-Generals. Van is also Luke's sword instructor and mentor, and brother of the heroine, Tear Grants. In the Ancient Ispanian language, his birth name means "The One Who Would Seize Glory" (栄光を掴む者, Eikou wo Tsukamusha).

"Have you forgotten? I'm the one who taught you the sword."
 * —Van Grants to Luke fon Fabre.

Appearance & Biography

 * Voice Actor: Michael McConnohie (English), Jōji Nakata (Japanese), Not Known (Italian), Not Known (Spanish), Not Known (German), Not Known (Finnish), Not Known (Korean), Not Known (French), Not Known (Latin American Spanish)

Appearance

 * Hair Color: Brown
 * Skin Color: Not Known
 * Eye Color: Light brown
 * Age: 27 (Main Story)
 * Height: 189 cm
 * Weight: 86 kg

Family

 * Lord Fende (Father, Deceased)
 * Farmyriarica Satis Fende (mother)
 * Teodoro Grants (surrogate parent)
 * Tear Grants (Sister)

Fighting Style
Van Grants practices the Albert style of swordsmanship, which focuses on creating powerful strikes while sacrificing speed and evasion. Van has access to several artes that are learned by his students, Luke and Asch, including Raging Blast and Lightning Tiger Blade, and he can activate elemental FOF Changes at will, without requiring the use of FOF Circles. Van is also capable of casting both Fonic artes and Fonic Hymns, abilities that have been passed down through his ancestry as a descendant of Yulia. Van has access to three mystic artes, known as Imperial Slaughter, Celestial Elegy, and Ancient Requiem. Maintaining the same motif of similarity to his students, his Imperial Slaughter features movements similar to Asch's Rending Saber, while his Ancient Requiem follows the actions of Luke's Radiant Howl.

Notes & Trivia

 * Van has unused cut-in artwork for Imperial Slaughter, depicted in the horizontal style commonly attributed to the protagonists' first available mystic artes.
 * During the final battle against Van, after Tear begins singing the Grand Fonic Hymn, not only does the background music change to Tear's song, but Luke and his party seem to become invincible against Van, making it impossible for the party to be killed after Tear begins singing. However, this takes place after Van's normal HP is reduced to 0 and once Tear's song ends, Luke immediately unleashes Radiant Howl to end the fight. Also, this part of the battle only takes place if Luke and Tear are fighting Van.