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* [[Heroic Willpower]]: How he is able to {{spoiler|throw aside Malpercio's taint and [[Heel Face Turn]] back to the group's side again.}}

* [[Jerkass]]: Very much so at first.

* [[Jerk ~~With~~ a Heart of Gold]]

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]

* {{spoiler|[[The Mole]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Laughing Mad]]: After [[The Reveal]].}}

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* [[Dreaming of Things to Come]]

* [[Dull Surprise]]

* [[Eyes of Gold]] and [[Hair of Gold]] - Like many people in this world, Xelha's [[Curtains Match the Window]].

* [[Girly Run]]: Becomes a lot more noticeable when {{spoiler|you start playing as her}}

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* {{spoiler|[[Modest Royalty]]}}

* [[Mysterious Waif]]

* [[One-Hit Kill]]: Her level VIII [[Finishing Move]], ''[[Kill It ~~With~~ Water|"Seal Of Water"]]'', has a 100% instant death effect on normal enemies.

* [[One-Hit Kill]]: Her level VIII [[Finishing Move]], ''[[Kill It with Water|"Seal Of Water"]]'', has a 100% instant death effect on normal enemies.

* {{spoiler|[[Princesses Prefer Pink]]}}: ''Really'' pink outfit.

* {{spoiler|[[King Incognito|Queen Incognito]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Sealed Good in A Can]]: And SHE is the can.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Sealed Good in a Can]]: And SHE is the can.}}

* [[Ship Tease]]: Meets with Kalas under the moon at least three times, and [[Luminescent Blush|blushes brightly when teased about her apparent crush on Kalas.]] [[spoiler: {{Eventually [[Official Couple|acknowledged.]]}}

* [[Sidequest]]: Like all characters before the endgame, has her own. Hers involves searching for a forbidden magic book in the School of Magic that would prove useful to the group. {{spoiler|It was actually left behind by her ancestors, containing magic that would help them defeat Malpercio (in the form of her [[One-Hit Kill|Seal]] [[Kill It ~~With~~ Water|of Water]]). First though, we get to see some [[Flash Back|Flashbacks]] that reveal to us how [[Crazy Prepared]] Xelha's mother was.}}

* [[Sidequest]]: Like all characters before the endgame, has her own. Hers involves searching for a forbidden magic book in the School of Magic that would prove useful to the group. {{spoiler|It was actually left behind by her ancestors, containing magic that would help them defeat Malpercio (in the form of her [[One-Hit Kill|Seal]] [[Kill It with Water|of Water]]). First though, we get to see some [[Flash Back|Flashbacks]] that reveal to us how [[Crazy Prepared]] Xelha's mother was.}}

* [[Team Mom]]

* [[Three Faces of Eve]]: The mother, definitely.

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A woman introduced as a lone, silent huntress who lives in the mountains of Anuenue and who hunts monsters for a living. She generally gives off a cold aura, and her statements are often as cynical or blunt as one would expect, bound by ice-cold logic. [[You Didn't Ask|She also has a tendency for not telling things outside the realm of what is asked of her.]] However, despite how hard to approach she is, she is indeed often shown to not be as cold as she appears to be, despite her manners. A prime example of this is how she sternly dissents Mayfee from taking her as a model example of what "a brave and strong" woman should be. She fights with no weapons, [[Bare-Fisted Monk|using her own fists and feet to fight.]]

As Savyna states not too long after joining the team, she ''used'' to work for the Empire, as Lyude suspected. However, while she ''was'' in the Empire, {{spoiler|Savyna was known as '''"[[Red Baron|Lady]] [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Death]]"''', [[The Ace|the deadliest and most feared member]] of a special ops unit named [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|the Mad Wolf Unit.]] Savyna took part in a massacre known as Operation Sweep against the Azhani, in which she accidentally hit a child when the kid got in the way and took the hit for her father, after which Azdar came and killed the [[Papa Wolf|enraged man,]] Savyna too horrified at herself to stop his attacks.}} After {{spoiler|witnessing the mortally wounded Kalas and Fee fleeing for their lives after Giacomo's attack,}} Savyna decides enough is enough and quits the Empire, spending her time drifting through the Sky, [[Desperately Looking for A Purpose In Life]]. A meeting with an oracle is what prompts her to lay in wait in Anuenue, in wait for Kalas and company, to fulfill the destiny the oracle predicted Savyna would take part in.

As Savyna states not too long after joining the team, she ''used'' to work for the Empire, as Lyude suspected. However, while she ''was'' in the Empire, {{spoiler|Savyna was known as '''"[[Red Baron|Lady]] [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Death]]"''', [[The Ace|the deadliest and most feared member]] of a special ops unit named [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|the Mad Wolf Unit.]] Savyna took part in a massacre known as Operation Sweep against the Azhani, in which she accidentally hit a child when the kid got in the way and took the hit for her father, after which Azdar came and killed the [[Papa Wolf|enraged man,]] Savyna too horrified at herself to stop his attacks.}} After {{spoiler|witnessing the mortally wounded Kalas and Fee fleeing for their lives after Giacomo's attack,}} Savyna decides enough is enough and quits the Empire, spending her time drifting through the Sky, [[Desperately Looking for a Purpose In Life]]. A meeting with an oracle is what prompts her to lay in wait in Anuenue, in wait for Kalas and company, to fulfill the destiny the oracle predicted Savyna would take part in.

Savyna is also present in Origins, the only other one of the original party we get to see the past of. {{spoiler|Savyna is [[Smug Snake|Shannath's]] daughter, strongly giving off vibes of a [[Creepy Child]] as she spends all of her time following him around, idly playing with a ball and a [[Broken Smile]] permanently plastered on her face, [[Dissonant Serenity|even when she sits with her dying father after Sagi is done with him, and even when she faces almost certain death at a berserk paramachina's hands.]] She also happens to be the one sending all those unsigned letters Sagi keeps getting, which all keep referring only to "Dear Somebody".}} Before the endgame, {{spoiler|she sends one final letter where she expresses her desire for power to avenge her father, setting Savyna up for the sequel BK.}}

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* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]

* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]: though it edges into Kuudere at times, she's mostly this.

* [[Desperately Looking for A Purpose In Life]]: What she did before joining Kalas.

* [[Desperately Looking for a Purpose In Life]]: What she did before joining Kalas.

* [[Dissonant Serenity]]: NEVER stops smiling in Origins, even when {{spoiler|Shannath lays dying before her, or when a paramachina is about to kill her.}}

* [[Emotionless Girl]]: To a point

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* {{spoiler|[[Tyke Bomb]]:}} Implied to have become this after {{spoiler|Sagi kills Shannath.}}

* [[When She Smiles]]: A rare photo shot makes a deal out of this (valued at several thousand [[Worlwide Currency|Gold]] even!). To be fair, it ''is'' a rather charming smile.

* [[Yin-Yang Bomb]] - Her finishers and elemental weapons are all either [[Playing ~~With~~ Fire|fire]] or water (manifested as [[An Ice Person|ice]] often). Unlike Lyude though, she has a good chunk of her attack magnus are neutral instead of aligned, so she suffers less for it.

* [[Yin-Yang Bomb]] - Her finishers and elemental weapons are all either [[Playing with Fire|fire]] or water (manifested as [[An Ice Person|ice]] often). Unlike Lyude though, she has a good chunk of her attack magnus are neutral instead of aligned, so she suffers less for it.

* [[You Didn't Ask]]: The reason for the misunderstanding where {{spoiler|Lyude accuses Savyna of being [[The Mole]].}}

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* {{spoiler|[[Samus Is a Girl]]}}

* [[Sidequest]]: Mizuti's involves going back to [[That One Level|Zosma Tower]] and doing a whole new slew of block-pushing puzzles. If you thought the first five floors were annoying, then know the five basement floors are [[Up to Eleven]]. This is all because the Great Kamroh, accompanied by Mizuti's parents, Mizuti's friend Kee and his parents went down there in order to obtain the Ring of Stars for Mizuti, an artifact of {{spoiler|her}} ancestors that would be useful. {{spoiler|The wizard's spirit deems them unworthy and blasts them, which angers Mizuti into a reckless confrontation with the spirit, but Kee's speech about them not letting Mizuti fight her battles alone anymore calms Mizuti down and allows her to focus for the battle with the Wizard Shadow, all too reminiscent of Xelha's battle with the Goddess of Ice.}} Mizuti wins, is deemed worthy of the Ring of Stars and obtains an Infinity Minus One Finisher.

* [[Spell My Name ~~With~~ a "The"]]: See [[Insistent Terminology]] above.

* [[Spell My Name with a "The"]]: See [[Insistent Terminology]] above.

* [[Strange Syntax Speaker]]: Mainly Mizuti's habit of not conjugating "to be," though its speaking quirks as a whole could qualify.

* [[Third Person Person]]

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* [[Cool Ship]]: The Goldoba, which is primarily made of machina and gold.

* [[The Dragon]]: Functionally serves this role to Geldoblame in ''EWLO'', even though there's also Fadroh.

* {{spoiler|[[Face Death ~~With~~ Dignity]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Face Death with Dignity]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Famous Last Words]] - ''Life is so long when you live it but so short when you look back. Farewell, Kalas.''}}

* [[Heads I Win, Tails You Lose]]: Regardless of how well you were doing against him in the first battle, Kalas and Xelha will be staggering after the cutscene kicks in and Giacomo will just blast you off the Goldoba.

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* [[No One Could Survive That]]: He, Ayme and Folon stay in the Goldoba as it crashes after you beat them. {{spoiler|Predictably, they survived.}}

* [[The Medic]]: {{spoiler|Only in the rematch.}}

* [[Playing ~~With~~ Fire]]: His main method of attacking, combined with [[Casting a Shadow|darkness.]]

* [[Playing with Fire]]: His main method of attacking, combined with [[Casting a Shadow|darkness.]]

* [[Recurring Boss]] - With Ayme and Folon.

* [[Terrible Trio]]: With Ayme and Folon. He's the boss.

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* {{spoiler|[[Big Damn Heroes]]: Appears at the last minute to help the other rulers of the sky breach Cor Hydrae's magical shield.}}

* [[The Brute]]: Plays this more straight than Giacomo, also being the strongest physical attacker of the three.

* [[Casting a Shadow]]: Balances this with [[Time Master]], with one attack Finisher based on [[Playing ~~With~~ Fire|fire (Chaotic Flames)]].

* [[Casting a Shadow]]: Balances this with [[Time Master]], with one attack Finisher based on [[Playing with Fire|fire (Chaotic Flames)]].

* [[Heads I Win, Tails You Lose]]: Regardless of how well you were doing against him in the first battle, Folon will not have even broken a sweat while your characters are left staggering and panting. After mocking you, he proceeds to blast your entire party. Only Savyna going [[Big Damn Heroes]] on you allows you to escape.

* [[Mighty Glacier]]: Even more than Giacomo, attacking only once but having the ability to boost his power, as well as being able to set you on flames. A reason he is often considered the most dangerous of the trio, and often the one taken out first thereafter.

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* [[Adipose Rex]]

* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: In ''Origins'', he keeps a scrapbook dedicated to Verus and {{spoiler|takes Verus' betrayal [[Start of Darkness|VERY badly]], almost as a spurned lover}}, and has some generally effiminate mannerisms. In ''Eternal Wings'', his bedroom is filled with children's toys and heart pillows and has a generally pink theme.

* {{spoiler|[[Disc One Final Boss]]: Appears barely a few hours into the second disc. [[Spoiled By the Format|Whoops.]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Disc One Final Boss]]: Appears barely a few hours into the second disc. [[Spoiled by the Format|Whoops.]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Doomed By Canon]]}}: In ''Origins''.

* {{spoiler|[[Doomed by Canon]]}}: In ''Origins''.

* [[The Emperor]]

* [[Evil Overlord]]

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* [[Did You Just Scam Cthulhu?]]: What he [[Subverted Trope|''tries'']] to do to Hughes in ''Origins''. Unfortunately, Hughes didn't actually buy it for a minute, and was in fact already prepared for the event.

* [[Fat Bastard]]: Comes off as this. {{spoiler|Subverted. He may be somewhat rough and selfish, but he truly has the good of his nation in his heart.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Jerk ~~With~~ a Heart of Gold]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]}}

* [[Somebody Else's Problem]]: [[The Empire]] leaves him in this situation with Xelha. Then he apparently takes this stance when {{spoiler|Malperio revives. Fortunately, this is subverted at the end.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] - He ''truly'' wants the best for his nation, but he keeps allying with [[The Empire]] and doing their bidding.}}

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* [[Cheerful Child|Cheerful Teenager]]

* [[Chick Magnet]]: In a way. In addition to Milly, Lolo gets the hots for him almost instantly. And during their stay in Sadal Suud, a wanted poster claims that he steals women's hearts (and their wallets).

* {{spoiler|[[Doomed By Canon]]: If you believe that he's Melodia's father.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Doomed by Canon]]: If you believe that he's Melodia's father.}}

* [[Elemental Powers]]: His finishers are mostly [[Playing ~~With~~ Fire]] and [[An Ice Person]] with a few odd variable-element attacks and one [[Shock and Awe|electrical]] attack early in the game. There's also one notable attack that incorporates {{spoiler|[[Light'Em Up]]}}.

* [[Elemental Powers]]: His finishers are mostly [[Playing with Fire]] and [[An Ice Person]] with a few odd variable-element attacks and one [[Shock and Awe|electrical]] attack early in the game. There's also one notable attack that incorporates {{spoiler|[[Light'Em Up]]}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Gone Horribly Right]]: He is the successful tailor-made spiriter/malideiter.}}

* [[Heavy Sleeper]]: A [[Running Gag]].

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: He's voiced by Crawford Wilson, aka [[Avatar: The Last Airbender ~~(Animation)~~|Jet]] and [[The World Ends With You ~~(Video Game)~~|Beat]].

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: He's voiced by Crawford Wilson, aka [[Avatar: The Last Airbender|Jet]] and [[The World Ends With You|Beat]].

* [[Improbable Age]]: He's in the Dark Service, and he's only fifteen. Becomes justified later on when you realise {{spoiler|that certain people in the empire knew ''damn well'' who he was.}}

* [[Jack of All Stats]]: Is arguably the most balanced of the party.

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* [[Nice Guy]]: Compared to the cynical [[Jerkass]] Kalas, Sagi is very idealistic and upbeat.

* [[Precision F-Strike]]: Occasionally.

* {{spoiler|[[Tomato in ~~The~~ Mirror]]: Sagi and his spirit aren't quite what he thinks they are.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Tomato in the Mirror]]: Sagi and his spirit aren't quite what he thinks they are.}}

* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: {{spoiler|Before Heart-to-Heart, Sagi loses quite a lot of fights. Afterward, he's unstoppable.}}

* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: Just ask {{spoiler|Shanath}} what happens when you make Sagi angry.

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* [[Cute Bruiser]]

* {{spoiler|[[Cyborg]]: She was in an accident when she was young, and most of her body was replaced with machina.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Doomed By Canon]]: Again, if you buy into the idea that she's the mother of Melodia.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Doomed by Canon]]: Again, if you buy into the idea that she's the mother of Melodia.}}

* [[Dual-Wielding]]: [[Drop the Hammer|Maces]].

* [[Elemental Powers]]: Normal attacks are variable, of course, but her finishers fall primarily under [[Shock and Awe]], with some hints of [[An Ice Person]] and [[Playing ~~With~~ Fire]], except for a couple which have no element at all.

* [[Elemental Powers]]: Normal attacks are variable, of course, but her finishers fall primarily under [[Shock and Awe]], with some hints of [[An Ice Person]] and [[Playing with Fire]], except for a couple which have no element at all.

* [[Everyone Can See It]]: Her crush on Sagi is very obvious. [[Deadpan Snarker|Guillo]] takes a few shots at her for it.

* [[Face Palm]]: When Sagi {{spoiler|reveals that he told Lolo about their wedding}}.

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* {{spoiler|[[Despair Event Horizon]]: After the spectacular failure of the malideiter project, he fled [[The Empire]] and tried to kill himself. Then, he met his Guardian Spirit.}}

* [[Duel Boss]]: Briefly

* [[Elemental Powers]]: Mostly [[Light Is Not Good]] and [[Playing ~~With~~ Fire]].

* [[Elemental Powers]]: Mostly [[Light Is Not Good]] and [[Playing with Fire]].

* {{spoiler|[[Fake Boss]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Famous Last Words]]: ''Goodbye, Daimon. I'm sorry we never got to see the end of your story''.}}

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* {{spoiler|[[Red Herring]]: He's not really all that evil (at least compared to [[Complete Monster|Verus]]), but up until [[The Reveal]] he's made out to be much worse than he actually is.}}

* [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: {{spoiler|After Sagi lays the smackdown on him, Daimon realizes how misguided they've become and denies him her power}}.

* [[Villain ~~With~~ Good Publicity]]

* [[Villain with Good Publicity]]

* {{spoiler|[[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: So, so much.}}

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* {{spoiler|[[Flunky Boss]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Glass Cannon]]: For a final boss, Verus has pitiful HP. Of course, he spends most of the fight invulnerable.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Hoist By His Own Petard]]: See [[Karmic Death]].}}

* {{spoiler|[[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: See [[Karmic Death]].}}

* {{spoiler|[[I Am Not Left-Handed]]: He's faking that limp.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Karmic Death]]: The afterlings in Tarazed's core override the machina and maul him.}}

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Has a daughter, named {{spoiler|Savyna}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Death By Irony]]: The malideiter project is supposed to make Shanath into a perfect heir for [[The Empire]]. Years later, the project's only successful sample kills Shanath. Shanath even muses on this at his last moments.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Death by Irony]]: The malideiter project is supposed to make Shanath into a perfect heir for [[The Empire]]. Years later, the project's only successful sample kills Shanath. Shanath even muses on this at his last moments.}}

* [[The Dragon]]: {{spoiler|To both Baelheit AND Verus.}}

* [[Jerkass]]

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* [[Humongous Mecha]]: Her arma, a giant walking tank with a cannon for a tail.

* [[Lady of War]]: Averted and lampshaded. She makes a point of being soldier first, woman second.

* [[Married to ~~The~~ Job]]: See above.

* [[Married to the Job]]: See above.

* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: {{spoiler|'Don't get any ideas. I just did my job.'}}

* [[Recurring Boss]]

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{{quote| ''"Let's just see how many punches I've got left in me!"''}}

* [[~~Crispin Freeman (Creator)|~~Crispin Freeman]]

* [[Crispin Freeman]]

* [[The Brute]]

* [[Good Old Fisticuffs]]: His preferred attacks involve punching.

* {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Turn]]: If you choose to spare him, he comes to Milly and Sagi's [[Big Damn Heroes|rescue]] as they flee Tarazed.}}

* [[Pet the Dog]]: He really cares about his brother, Nasca.

* [[Playing ~~With~~ Fire]]: His primary elemental power.

* [[Playing with Fire]]: His primary elemental power.

* [[Power Fist]]: His machina arma is a giant gauntlet.

* [[Recurring Boss]]

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=== '''Seph''' ===

* {{spoiler|[[Deal ~~With~~ the Devil]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Deal with the Devil]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Doomed Hometown]]: Naos.}}

* [[The Hero]]

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A mysterious figure in the past, Wiseman is the ruler of most of the world. He taught humanity the power of their hearts, giving them powerful magic, their wings, and the technology to create Magnus. For this, they worshipped him as a god. He advocates 'promagnation', which involves turning people into magnus, so they can live in a truly happy world, according to him.

{{spoiler|[[Obviously Evil|Do I even need to tell you this guy is evil?]] After Seph and co. confront him in Cujam, he storms Naos, killing anyone who resists and turning the rest into magnus. This drives Seph to make a [[Deal ~~With~~ the Devil]] for the power to destroy him.}}

{{spoiler|[[Obviously Evil|Do I even need to tell you this guy is evil?]] After Seph and co. confront him in Cujam, he storms Naos, killing anyone who resists and turning the rest into magnus. This drives Seph to make a [[Deal with the Devil]] for the power to destroy him.}}

{{spoiler|There's more. Wiseman instigated the War of the Gods, with his army of empowered people fighting the Dark Brethren. Thanks to the Children of the Earth slaughtering Malpercio, Wiseman managed to escape the Battlefields of Atria without a scratch, stopping to consume the magnus of those who had fallen. However, with Marno's power, Sagi travels back in time and slays him, paying him back for the evil he's done.}}

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* [[Blue and Orange Morality]]: Wiseman doesn't quite seem to get the morality of humans.

* {{spoiler|[[Body Horror]]: His [[One-Winged Angel]] form, consisting of himself, Verus, and four afterlings fused together. It looks like a deranged cross between a rooster and an insect wearing a clown's clothing.}}

* [[Complete Monster]]: He evokes this reaction in-universe from Seph and his [[True Companions]]; who believe that he's so utterly evil and corrupt that they {{spoiler|[[Deal ~~With~~ the Devil|strike deals with]] the ''[[Baten Kaitos]]'' equivalents of [[Satan]] for the power to defeat him. It doesn't work}}

* [[Complete Monster]]: He evokes this reaction in-universe from Seph and his [[True Companions]]; who believe that he's so utterly evil and corrupt that they {{spoiler|[[Deal with the Devil|strike deals with]] the ''[[Baten Kaitos]]'' equivalents of [[Satan]] for the power to defeat him. It doesn't work}}

** [[Moral Dissonance]] / [[Values Dissonance]]: ... But, as it happens, he's more like a subversion as [[Blue and Orange Morality|he clearly doesn't adhere to the same moral ideals as human beings]] and even believes that {{spoiler|[[Well-Intentioned Extremist|he is making people "truly happy" by turning them into Magnus.]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Demonic Possession]] & [[Fusion Dance]]: The [[Final Boss]] battle with him, where he devours Verus' heart and [[Body Horror|fuses with his corpse]].}}