Riley MacKenna

Riley MacKenna (ライリーマッケナ, Rairī Makkena), better known as "The Fighting Irishman", is the Guild Leader of the Golden Lions. More of an athlete and not really the gamer type, he logged onto SAO wanting to spend more time with his oldest and best friend Jocelyne D’Arcy, who now lives in Japan and loves MMOs. When the 'Death Game' started he kept a cool head and a strong will to survive. Being a natural leader, it wasn't long before he and Jo were joined by others and formed a guild. His username, RileyMac2004, is very unoriginal, basically his name and year of birth, as he is not a regular player of video games, he didn't think it was important. His guild-mates call him Red or Mac.

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A slightly older looking version of himself, only with longer, black hair. Jo jokingly speculates that he did it to be more like her, his idol, but he was just curious about what he would look like with black hair, so he made it like that.

Background

 * In his last year of high school.
 * Coaches an Under 12s Rugby Team.
 * Quite the athlete himself.
 * Has been friends with Jo since they were 3.

Sword Art Online

 * Level: 82
 * HP: 15232

Main Equipment:

 * Crescent Striker - Zanbatō - Quest Reward. (Current weapon)
 * Silver Fang - Zanbatō - Trade Reward. (First main weapon)
 * Demon's Garb (Power Variant) - Light Fabric Armor - Twin Demon Souls Boss Drop.

One Handed Curved Blade

 * Reaver - (1-hit strike) A basic sword skill.
 * Fell Crescent - (1-hit strike) A high-class charge-type sword skill that delivers a downward blow and covers a distance of 4 meters in 0.4 seconds.

Unarmed Skills

 * Martial Arts - Unarmed fighting techniques.
 * Flash Hit - A basic skill that allows the user to deliver a quick blow to an enemy. If taken by surprise, the enemy may be staggered.
 * Minimal Side Step Defense - A defensive skill that simply involves an evading side-step. It has higher counterattack speed than parry or block, but it involves greater risks if it fails.

Notable Achievements

 * First to complete the Twin Demon Souls Quest with the help of Jocelyne D’Arcy.

Trivia

 * Etymology of Names:
 * RILEY is of Irish origin, it means "Fiery, Courageous".
 * MACKENNA is also of Irish origin, meaning "Fire-Sprung".
 * So his name roughly translates to "Courage Born of Fire".
 * He can speak and read a small amount of Japanese, as taught by Jo.