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Name: Azwel Door: right Canon: Soul Calibur 6 Canon Point: After the end of the Libra of Soul storyline. He's dead, but probably does't realise it yet. Age: unknown [late 30s/early 40s?] Appearance: https://soulcalibur.fandom.com/wiki/Azwel History: https://soulcalibur.fandom.com/wiki/Azwel Personality: Azwel initially comes across as jovial, gregarious, and melodramatic, like someone out of an old play. In fact, he peppers his speech with theatre references (though it's genuinely difficult to tell whether the writers meant that as a reference to extensive cultural experience or lazy sexuality shorthand) and superlatives in at least two other languages. He appears to have emotions running very close to the surface. Everything about him, down to the way he fights, is loud, bombastic, and grand. He's a literal Renaissance man (coming, as he does, from the late 1500s), as well as a figurative one, educated in sciences/alchemy, medicine, literature, history, tactics, magic(k) etc., and is terrifyingly intelligent. From his extensive study of human culture he came to the conclusion that the species would destroy itself through wars and greed and such. However, also because of his study of human culture, he came to the second conclusion that he could not allow that to happen. He therefore decided he'd save his beloved humanity from itself. Like any good villain worth his maniacal cackle this means said goal is accomplished with a hefty dose of amorality and even a touch of sadism (for example, he forced a bandit gang leader to slaughter the rest of the gang and then tell him how that felt. It could, however, be argued the gang leader learnt a valuable lesson in empathy....). He could be accused of some kind of -ism or other, as one of his objectives is to rid humanity of individuals who have been mutated by a cursed magical item (Soul Edge) and an environmental phenomenon (the interdimensional rifts that pop up intermittently). Interestingly enough, in a canon populated with viable non-human species his opinion of them is never addressed [though I expect he'd have a better opinion of them than of the mutants or the undead]. One detail of note is that, among the mutants, the ones he despises are the ones who lose their humanity and become mindless. The ones who retain their thoughts and personality fascinate him, though that isn't much better, because instead of killing them outright he'll use them as test subjects, further exposing them to the mutating factors in an effort to see how far that can be pushed before they lose their sapience. He believes that there's no kind of life for a fully Malfested (as the mutants are referred to in-game) and that it's best to end it. It's true that, as a rule, Malfestation cannot be cured and it causes an individual to go on a murderous rampage. Is killing Malfesteds a kind of 'cleansing?' Is it mercy? Is it for the greater good to prevent them from murdering innocents? Azwel would say it's all of the above. This kind of conundrum is what brings this man joy. He absolutely loves the human race. And he will repeatedly observe that to anyone within earshot. He is especially fascinated and delighted by the dichotomies of human existence--how a species capable of such creativity and beauty is also capable of such depravity and violence, the fine line everyone treads between sanity and madness, the cruelty and kindness that can be shown by a single being, and so on. That he refers to humanity as 'they' even though he is human only brings this fascination into sharper relief. Furthermore, he throws the word 'love' about with reckless abandon, dropping it into his speech the way most people use the word 'the.' Taken at face value it would appear he loves almost everyone and everything and perhaps he does--but sometimes his love can be literally pointy. Apparently he even loves his opponents! There's more than a touch of the zealot to him in that regard. He also has a tendency to refer to his associates as 'darling' or 'dear' ('My darling little Grøh') or use diminutives of their names (a fellow named Valtro became 'Valty,' for instance). All this points to a surface irreverence and an apparent preference for keeping people always a bit wrong-footed. All in all, he can be best described as 'mercurial,' which appears to be intentional: whether he is hero or villain, saviour or destroyer, all depends on his mood and what end of the sharp, pointy object you happen to be on. Powers and Abilities: All of Azwel's powers appear to be combat-oriented and originating from his weapon, Palindrome (the gauntlets). It's possible that he could do a fair bit of spellcasting without them, though. He can sense when and where astral rifts will appear, as well as various other magickal energies. Inventory: He wears most of his belongings, it seems. The important ones are the golden gauntlets on either hand, which have embedded in them shards of two supernatural swords. They make up his primary weapon, and apparently are also his primary laboratory equipment, as he uses the two shards to create or intensify mutations in his test subjects. Samples: https://duplicitymemes.dreamwidth.org/2373.html?thread=5566021#cmt5566021 https://duplicitymemes.dreamwidth.org/2373.html?thread=5604677#cmt5604677 https://duplicitymemes.dreamwidth.org/2373.html?thread=5605701#cmt5605701 https://duplicitymemes.dreamwidth.org/2373.html?thread=6056005#cmt6056005 And from a different TDM: https://soddersays.dreamwidth.org/13348.html?thread=2401828#cmt2401828 |
