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[b]Markansas Valdark Reschyshyn

Devourer of Vice[/b][/h3]

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[b]Gender[/b]: Male

[b]Age[/b]: 24

[b]Alignment[/b]: Chaotic Evil (False)

[b]Rank[/b]: ?

[b]Objective for the Grail[/b]: “To plunge the world into sin and despair, the likes of which have never been glimpsed before!” 

In actuality, his goal is to create a grand utopia; a world where nobody has to suffer. To that end, he’ll stain his hands red if he has to. 

[b]Personality[/b]: A monstrous villain who embodies all the world’s evils. A creature who feasts on sin and despair, spreading it throughout the world as a plague. 

In truth, this is merely a facade. Markansas is a man thoroughly stuck in the mentality of an edgy middle-schooler. Cultivating an act similar to a supervillain, making various grand declarations about his own power and wisdom. 

Though his excuse for the act for any who see through it is that it’s essential for both his Magecraft and makes others underestimate him, it is also a method of disguising his true feelings. Those who think he’s a villain, or those who think he’s a fool

[b]Biography[/b]: A demon born from the ashes of ruin, to split the world apart in his mad quest for vengeance. 

In reality, Markansas is a failure of a Magus. Born to a family that bore multiple children to compete for inheritance of the crest, integrating some Eastern methods in an attempt to strengthen their weakening magecraft. 

Markansas was one of the youngest, and barely stood a chance to inherit in the first place. Rather than simply wallow in failure, he decided to play the role of the villain, to unite his conflicting siblings, forcing them to cooperate and even befriend each other. 

Of course, there could only be one heir, and it couldn’t be the one who’d spent all his effort making the rest of the family hate him. Perhaps he learned the wrong lesson from this, considering his villainous act a complete success despite not benefiting him in the slightest.

Nonetheless, he was able to attend the Clocktower for lessons, where he succeeded at not making any friends. After some time, he left for Japan in search of a certain genius puppet-user and mystic eye expert, but got distracted by the Fuyuki ritual, which seemed much more important at the time.

[b]Magecraft[/b]

[b]Magic Circuit Switch[/b]: The feeling of crushing his right arm. 

[b]Number of Circuits[/b]: C

[b]Quality of Circuits[/b]: C

[b]Elemental Affinity[/b]: Wind, Fire

Magecraft Abilities:

[b]General Magecraft[/b]

The basics. 

[b]Sin-Eating[/b]

The ritual purification of the dead by eating a cake that has soaked in the sins (grudges) of the deceased. Drawing these grudges into food and then devouring them, allowing them to be housed within.

[b]Scapegoating[/b]

The purification of a society by casting an innocent, usually a goat, as a being that takes on the sins of the entire group and is cast out. Various rituals also used humans for the role. Taking on this role, Markansas must make himself 'noticed' by the society as the source of their evil, before being driven out. The more it is done, the more he becomes a being that naturally accumulates grudges simply by existing.

Combining Sin-Eating and Scapegoating, one takes on ‘all the evils of the world’. Taking in these grudges is taxing on the human body, akin to a curse, even if they are only housed there temporarily. 

[b]Puppet Creation[/b]

The creation of puppets. Puppets that exceed humans in strength but are somewhat lacking in dexterity. They have no minds, but are controlled with simple commands, or directly through a karmic link. 

[b]Angels and Demons[/b]

Added to stabilise the craft. Puppets are created in the shape of angels, as a sinless shell. When tainted by the sins passed on through Markansas, they become fallen angels (demons); the natural minions of a king of darkness. Utilising the sins as fuel to go beyond their ordinary status as puppets. They are also equipped with what Markansas calls 'Dread Destruction:Demon Detonation', wherein they rapidly burn through all of the grudges within them to cause an explosion that leaves no trace.

[b]Mystic Eyes of Command[/b]

Mystic Eyes that briefly impose a simple command on the target. They’re weak enough to only be able to influence the target momentarily, for a single action; stalling the enemy by ordering them to halt, or placing them in a disadvantageous position by making them kneel or fall to the floor. Repeated use leaves the target with resistance and immunity, but since it’s a mutation of ESP and not a form of hypnosis, it can’t be simply countered with magical energy.

Magic Crest: None

[b]Equipment[/b]:

Mask of Perdition: A mask forming a lens that amplifies the scope of Mystic Eyes. It doesn’t increase their power but allows multiple targets to be affected, as many as fit within Markansas’ vision. It also has the effect of hiding his face. 

Puppets: 2 puppets. 

Fake Masks: Masks identical to the Mystic Code, simply used to hide the inhuman faces of the puppets. 

Changes of Clothes: 1 set of civilian clothes and 30 sets of Markansas’ elaborate supervillain outfit. 3 pairs of boxers. 

Money: Markansas’ life savings. Most of it’s been spent on copies of the same set of clothes and materials for puppets, so he’s only got a hundred thousand yens or so. 

Guitar: An ordinary electric guitar.

Exceptional Benefit: Preparation. 
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