Paul Verlaine

Paul Verlaine is an ability-derived life-form created by the French researcher Pan, under whose servitude he was known as Black No. 12. He later becomes a spy for France as trained by his eventual partner, Arthur Rimbaud. He possesses a gravity-manipulation ability, which he prominently uses in his assassination missions as the notorious King of Assassins. Verlaine was originally controlled by a series of codes programmed into him with his personality being artificial. He was Pan's personal attack dog who obeyed every command given to him. Rimbaud was sent to take down Pan's one-man group for creating Black No. 12 and decided to free him from Pan's control. After being freed from Pan's control he struggled with this fact along with the knowledge that he was not human, to which Rimbaud went to great lengths to help him cope. Verlaine is a lone wolf and does not trust anyone. Moreover, as an assassin, he displayed an enigmatic and deadly nature, not immediately revealing his identity or goals with clarity. Verlaine is a tall, young man with a slim physique. He has dark brown eyes and blond hair which is braided along the hairline on the left side of his face, while his right eye is obscured by bangs. The braid is then tied with a ribbon with the rest of his hair in a long ponytail. He wears a three-piece suit comprising a dark sand-colored backless waistcoat, matching-colored trousers, and a light sand-colored coat that he typically leaves draped on his shoulders and that carries a brooch on its lapel. He also wears a black dress shirt whose sleeves are folded to his forearms, together with a cherry-colored tie tucked beneath his waistcoat. In addition, he dons white gloves, a black porkpie hat which was gifted to him by Rimbaud, and a pair of black dress shoes.