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Name: Leviathan Nero

Alias/Nickname: Levi

Rank: Knight

Appearance: Levi is a tallish man with a strong build, sharp features and eccentric dress sense. He carries an air of aloofness and curiosity about him, though his dark, red eyes seem to always be glimmering with a multitude of unseen machinations.

Age: 29

Race: Aberrant/Human

Personality: Levi is to many the archetypal image of an eccentric genius. His thoughts are constantly flooded with plans and schematics, and human interaction seems to be a low priority to him. While he can garner up an air of professionalism when necessary, to most his demeanor is surly and foul-mouthed, distrusting of others and condescending toward their mental abilities. He treats women generally worse, as he also has a chauvinistic, lecherous streak. Regardless of his temperament, he has a strong, sort of old-fashioned sense of justice. There is evil in the world, and it must be either be punished or destroyed. Innocents must be protected, and good must prevail over all.

Biography/history: Levi was born as a scion of an ancient cabal of dark sorcerers, known as the Anticross. It was the mission of the Anticross to use ancient and otherworldly magics and technology to usurp the gods and become the new rulers of creation. As the second son of the order's mighty Grand Master, Levi was trained in the arts of the Magus as he grew up. He took exceedingly well to the skills of a war-artificer, trained to compliment his elder brother, Therion, who was concurrently being groomed to succeed their father as Grand Master.

However, as Levi grew up, he became disgusted by the organization that had raised and trained him. He saw the putrid evil of the Anticross for what it was, and hated them for their callous disregard for the suffering they wrought. Early in his manhood he defected from the order, turning to the Tower of Stars to alert them to the grave threat the Anticross presented. For years he went unheard, until the Anticross began their campaign to end the world with the use of an artificial god concocted from foul magic and the corpse of an Outsider. As the false god rose to life, the Master of Stars took notice, and himself sought out Levi for his assistance in combating the Anticross.

With Levi's knowledge of the order and skill as a Magus, the Tower of Stars quietly crushed the Anticross, killing their grand master and destroying their imitation god. The other masters of the order, including Therion, escaped however, and have been in hiding ever since. For his assistance, Levi was offered a position high in the ranks of the Tower of Stars, but declined, instead settling for a position as a lowly Knight, where his actions would be under far less scrutiny. Few in the Tower know of Levi's connection to the Anticross, and none besides himself know of his secret project to replicate their work. The Anticross' artificial god was a genius project, though ill-intentioned. Levi has been constructing in utmost secrecy a machine god of his own, with which he plans to banish evil from the world forever.

Reason for recruitment: On paper, he is signed on as a Magus, a rare breed of artisan that is soldier and scholar both. In truth, he is a member out of gratitude for his assistance in ending a threat to the world at large.

Strength of Will: Greater

Magic: While he has savant-like knowledge of magic theory and spell construction, Levi has little use for magic as most people use it. At the very most he utilizes alchemy at an extremely minuscule scale to assist in the writing of spell codes in the technology he creates.

God relations: As one might expect from someone who is trying to create their own god, Levi is not an especially pious individual, and spurns the attention of gods.

Tech: As an artificer of the highest skill, Levi is an expert in creating fusions of magic and technology. He accomplishes much of his work my integrating "spell code" at a molecular scale in the mechanics of his creations, essentially writing spells as programs into his technology. While he occasionally produces a convenience for the Tower's use, he hoards the majority of his advanced inventions to himself.

Levi's signature creation is GRIMOIRE, essentially a digital Spellbook. It utilizes Levi's "theoretical transportation" technology to keep a vast array of items and energy sources (sometimes including itself) in a sort of digital hammerspace, able to be summoned as needed. The COR LEONIS theoretical energy system that powers GRIMOIRE is also in this hammerspace, and is the fuel source for Levi's spells and technology. Other features of GRIMOIRE include mental transmission (basic telepathy) and assisted analysis of spell construction. GRIMOIRE is neurally linked to allow Levi access to its features without having to physically interface with it, even when it is in self-storage.

Levi's most prized creation is NECHRONICA, Necro for short. Necro is essentially an AI written in spell code, which is the operating system for GRIMOIRE. As a fully-realized AI, Necro has a willful and haughty personality, and is generally belligerent to everyone (often including Levi). Necro's digital avatar can be projected remotely as a holographic illusion, which can even be touched and interact with the world. Her avatar usually takes the form of a teenage girl with a white dress and long, silver hair, but it can change as she feels is necessary. Necro is an exceedingly skilled hacker, capable of learning and adapting her routines, and can improvise spell code on the fly to cast spells from the Cor Leonis on her own. Necro can also assist Levi in much the same way that a familiar would, helping to focus his spell construction and correct mistakes and bugs in his spell code.

Another of Levi's better-known inventions is the MAGUS STYLE system, closely linked to GRIMOIRE. Essentially a suit of magical armor, MAGUS STYLE bonds to Levi at a molecular level infusing his very skin with extremely efficient magical barriers. The armor enhances Levi's strength, speed and senses to superhuman levels, and grants him additional appendages formed from the armor's plasmic material. These can take the form of wings to grant Levi flight, additional arms in battle, or shields to protect him. 

Apart from MAGUS STYLE, Levi's means of protecting himself is the ELDER SIGN shield system. Essentially a a magical barrier, the ELDER SIGN works as a sort of magical computer virus that disrupts and encrypts spell code that contacts it, essentially confusing and dismantling magical attacks that attempt to breach it. Its effectiveness stems from subverting the normal protocols enacted by magical barriers, and "trapping" specially-designed barrier-breaking spells.

Levi possesses a veritable arsenal of other weapons and spell programs. These include NITOCRIS, an illusion-generating program that can turn Levi invisible, duplicate his appearance, and a variety of other functions. ATLACH-NACHA is a strange program inspired by a particular spider-worshiping cult; it can be used to create sticky, flexible, extremely strong webbing material, command spiders or other arthropods, or summon a digital avatar of the spider-demon herself for battle. Levi's most often-used weapons are the spell cannons CTHUGHA and ITHAQUA; CTHUGHA fires explosive shots as hot as sunfire, whereas ITHAQUA fires analyzing rounds that home in on enemy weaknesses. The cannons can be twin-linked to form the devastating Spell Helix Cannon, or can e overcharged to summon digital demons of fire and ice, respectively. Similar are the twin nano-blades LLOIGOR and ZHAR, which take the form of stiletto swords, capable of changing shape and size, or even joining together to create a four-edged throwing weapon. Levi's final weapon is BARZAI, a superheated hyper-phase sword that can be thrown to form a flaming whirlwind of death, and always returns to Levi's hand.

Experimental technologies yet unfinished include the HUNTING HORROR, a spell-engine powered motorcycle, and an advanced form of powered armor and weapons systems, code-named METATON. Levi is as always working on his machine god, for now christened STRANGE AEON. Some of its features are complete, such as its twin spell engines TIMAEUS and CRITIAS, its SHANTAK flight system and its LEMURIA directed-energy weapons system. He is still in the process of upgrading the COR LEONIS to withstand the strain of powering such an immense magical construction.

Possessions/items/property: Levi has a pet shoggoth named Dunsany, which while a Shapeshifter, usually takes the form of a nonthreatening yellow blob with a single eyeball. Dunsany is immensely strong and nearly indestructible, but is generally docile. His gelatinous body makes for a favorite seat for Levi, who feeds him fresh penguin meat as a treat. Dunsany likes to repeat things he hears, much like a parrot, interspersed with cries of "Teki-li-li!"
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