Relius Clover

Appearance:

• Relius is a tall, well-built middle-aged man. He has short spiky blond hair and a short chinstrap beard. His most distinctive feature is the gold and black domino mask which he wears at all times. Relius wears a fine purple shirt, white pants, and white gloves. Around his collar, he wears a white cravat topped with a purple jewel. He has tall purple boots with golden metal buckles and toes. His boots also have silvery metal adornments which resemble cross-shaped screw heads. Over his clothing, Relius wears a purple cloak with a huge collar, held on by a cross-shaped buckle similar to Carl's. The bottom of this cloak has two metal rings attached to it. The inside of the cloak is green. He is 186 cm and 85kg.

Personality:

• Apathetic to everything and everyone that is not research or the fulfilment of his own goals. Relius is a self-centered individual who surrounds himself in the pursuits of every science and Art, giving everything he has to understand what is presented to him. His research mainly concerns the soul and anything related to the Boundary, but he has expressed interest in a wide variety of subjects. Because Relius only sees people as souls, which he further sees as reducible elements, the lives of others are trivial to him. Relius does not care for emotions, bar hatred and determination, two things which can strengthen the soul. Relius' fascination in his own research and lack of interest in anything else also extends to his family. He has demonstrated no love towards Carl, seeing him as an annoyance and not a son. It is only when Carl began to demonstrate hatred towards him that Relius finally acknowledged the boy and began to educate him in his research. His love towards Ignis and Ada also seems questionable at best, having only ever complimented them on their souls and willingness to commit to his research. Professionally, Relius maintains a social facade in order to fulfil his goals, but that does not mean that he feels genuine affection or connection to any of his colleagues. There are times when their actions interest him, such as Hazama wanting to fulfil his wish and Izanami's desire to know if she has a soul. Other than the arts and science, Relius has expressed an interest in other subjects such as philosophy and literature. When he is not researching, Relius enjoys opera.

Abilities:

• Far more powerful than his appearance would suggest, Relius has an entire arsenal of various abilities at his disposal and years worth of experience against extremely powerful opponents. Formerly The One of the Ten Sages, Relius is a master of magic, sorcery, and alchemy. He rarely uses any of the three, however, preferring to discreetly use sorcery to mess with his opponents. His Drive allows him to create marionette arms from any surface - these can be used for offensive purposes by ensnaring enemies or forming a shield to protect him from attacks; these arms can even be created from Relius' own clothing so he is never without them by his side. As a scientist, Relius is the creator of the Detonator line of weapons, most notably including the Fluctus Redactum: Ignis which was made from his own wife. Ignis and Relius are a deadly combination as he can command her to do any number of attacks without being constrained with having to wield a weapon. Because of Relius' exceptional knowledge, he can recognize nearly any technique and have a counter for it - one such time was him employing sorcery when fighting against Rin Hazuki so she could not copy his techniques using vision. Izanami taught Relius a technique that allows him to amplify his speed to levels fast enough that even Jin Kisaragi could not see him. In gameplay, Relius' Drive is Detonator, which allows him to summon Ignis behind him. Any Drive input will make Ignis attack, but Relius himself is free to move while she does so. Relius' attacks include summoning his marionette arms and gears or having Ignis fight on his behalf. His Astral Heat has him torture his opponents with devices specially tailored for them. Relius does not have any exploitable weakness. His eyes cannot see Celica A. Mercury, but that is all there is. He cannot be bribed, blackmailed, distracted or bested in combat unless his opponent has exceptional skill and power. There has only been two times where Relius has been bested - once by Clavis Alucard when they were younger, and the second by Kokonoe when Relius' underestimated the capabilities of the Deus Machina: Nirvana. Though he is mortal, Relius has the offensive and defensive abilities to give the impression that he is not.

Extra/Ignis:

• In his electrocution sprite, Relius' left arm is mechanical and there are gears in his right kneecap. Ignis is never seen as a human, only in her Detonator form. The doll is 209cm in height with a large red dress and distinctly feminine appearance. Its gray face has piercing blue eyes with a singular crack over the left one - its face is framed with blonde hair and on top rests a round hat with an 'X' on the front. There are two rings piercing this hat and two large 'ears' come off it, dangling to the ground and filled with various weaponry. Ignis' arms have large rings around the shoulders and her hands are sharp blades. Having only appeared when Relius demands, Ignis' personality is rarely shown. Within the Detonator, she is completely mute, and there has been an instance where she was shown to be independent of Relius' control, but she still came back to his side when asked. Otherwise, she is completely loyal to her husband, and does not leave his side despite the acts he commits.