Blake Reynolds

Blake Einar Reynolds is a Professional Duelist and duels with a "Red-Eyes" Deck. He is the oldest child and son of Devon and Freya Reynolds, the grandson of Katheryn Reynolds, and the older brother of Kylie Reynolds.

He currently lives in Domino City, where he shares an apartment with his girlfriend, Gianna Valente. While Kylie is living at Duel Academy, Blake acts as her legal guardian, as he's easier to be reached than his parents due to their crazy work.

Physical description
Blake is said to look exactly like his father, Devon. He has pale, blonde-white hair, and dark red eyes, inheriting them from his mother. His hair is shoulder-length, with the back going past his shoulders, and is rather shaggy. His ears are both pierced twice and he wears two silver bands on his middle finger and next finger.

His normal attire consists of a black sleeveless vest over a white dress shirt with the sleeveless rolled to elbows, dark gray jeans, and red and white sneakers. He wears a dark-colored belt with a black deck case around his waist. Blake is almost always seen with his KaibaCorp Duel Disk on his left arm.

Personality
Blake is very mature, making Kylie his top priority, doing everything he can for her. He is very close to Kylie, as he pretty much took care of Kylie when their parents were called out to a dig, but still maintains a decent parent-child relationship with his parents. He also has a somewhat short temper, but it isn't bad, it only goes off if someone annoys him to great measures or if someone pisses him off (and flirts with Gianna when he is standing right next to her).

Powers

 * Spirit perception: Blake inherited the Reynolds' family hereditary ability to see, hear, and be aware of spirits around him. He became aware of his ability early on, having noticed the Duel Spirit of one of classmates. Blake later confirmed it, getting a pack containing "Genesis Dragon". He normally can be found communicating with his partner, "Red-Eyes Sorceress", but like his sister, he is able to communicate with all his Dragons. Blake usually keeps his power of his a secret, not revealing it unless he can absolutely trust that person. Only a few people know of his family's power.

Skills

 * Dueling proficiency: As a Professional Duelist, Blake is a skilled duelist. He is quickly able to adapt and change a current plan if he needs to. He is also able to adapt to change, should something not go as planned during a duel.
 * Multilingualism: With his parents' traveling work, Blake has come to know various languages. Though, he only pays attention to the languages he uses the most; Japanese, English, Canadian French, and Norwegian.

Equipment

 * KaibaCorp duel disk

Pre-series
Born in Almería, Andalusia, Spain, Blake is the oldest and only son of Devon and Freya Reynolds, archaeologists in Ancient Egyptian and Norse culture, respectively, and the older brother of Kylie.

When he was eighteen, Blake attended university in Montreal, Canada, allowing him to stay wit his paternal grandmother, Katheryn. After graduating, Blake joined the Professional Dueling League and was paired with Reese Hayden as his manager.

Trials of Darkness
Blake is mentioned by Kylie in the first chapter, where it's known that he left a note for her before she went to take her Duel Exam. He also leaves a second note but isn't seen for the rest of the chapter.

He's mentioned several times through the rest of the series, but never makes a physical appearance.

Trials of Light
When Duel Academy has their field trip to Domino City, Jaden decides to go find Blake and tell him about what's happened to Kylie, feeling he ought to know, should he go to Duel Academy Island. Unfortunately, Blake is not seen, but is mentioned by Gianna, who does meet Jaden and his friends. She reveals that Blake is in fact, out of town, visiting his mother in Denmark for two weeks, which gives Jaden more time to try to free Kylie from The Light's control.

During the Genex Tournament, Blake is mentioned, again, by Gianna, who reveals Blake is due to come in a few days. Blake makes his physical appearance in Brotherly Love, following the defeat of Syrus, he approaches Zane. It is also revealed that both know one anther, having dueled once or twice.

Parents
Blake has a normal parent-child relationship with his parents. Though, his relationship is much closer than with Kylie and their parents. Devon and Freya didn't do much work when Blake was growing up, it was only after Kylie was born where they were deeper into their careers. While he doesn't like it, he knows his parents are doing it for both him and Kylie.

Grandmother
Katheryn is Blake's paternal grandmother, Katheryn Reynolds. While he doesn't see her very much due to his parents' job, he does call, email, and Skype her every weekend. He loves her very much and has been sending her some of his winnings since he entered the professional league. When he went to college, Katheryn let him stay with her for free, though he hated that and tried to pay back, his grandmother wouldn't let him.

Kylie Reynolds
Unlike some siblings, Blake is extremely close to Kylie. When they were younger, Blake noticed Kylie following him around all over the place, which he didn't mind. Their bond grew, even more, when Blake increased when he took her to her first Duel Monsters Tournament where Kylie got "Dark Armed Dragon". After that, he helped Kylie build her Deck.

Deck
Blake duels with a "Red-Eyes" based deck. He generally doesn't have a main strategy, which works to his advantage during his duels. He usually ends up focusing on Fusion Summoning his ace, "Red-Eyes Ethereal Dragon".

Name Etymology
The name  Blake  comes from Old English blæc (black, dark-complexioned) and from the Old English blāc (bright, shining, pale, wan). This tends to confuse people, due to Blake having nothing dark coloring on him. The name Einar is of Norwegian origin meaning "bold warrior". This was chosen to fit his mother's heritage. The surname  Reynolds  is a patronymic surname meaning "son of Reynold", where the given name of the father, "Reynold", or "Reginald", was a Germanic name meaning "Powerful Ruler" (possibly an alteration of the Old French name Reinold).

Trivia
His Deck is based on the Dragon's Roar Structure Deck.
 * While in university, Blake spent the majority of his first two years changing his major, unable to decide what to go with. Midway through his second year, he ended up deciding getting a degree in Ancient History.
 * Blake is a Leap Year Kid, which often annoys him. Kylie likes to tease him about it (often bringing Jesse in to tease).