Phaios Noctua

Phaios Noctua (死の夜型の人 Noctua Phaios) is the main antagonist of Vestige of Legends, the believed Deva reincarnation of the second Deva, and the father of Atrax Noctua. He is a Dark Unorthodox Mage, and leader of the Tripedal, the most powerful and dangerous group of Dark Unorthodox Mages to ever have existed, whose goal is to bring an end to a magic world ruled by the Magic Council, and build one where it is ruled by a god, Phaios, himself.

Appearance
Phaios is a tall, light skinned man with a lean build. Like his son, he has unusually bright red eyes and multi-colored hair, being a silvery white with blood red along the ends of his ties. Phaios's attire consists of a long dark gray captain's coat, with an even darker, small mantle; both of which hold red designs and silver rims. The mantle contains two pins, each of which holds a long piece of cloth that flows down below Phaios's waist. Underneath, Phaios wears black pants, and armored boots. He wears black gloves with silver rims. He carries with him a large, blood red scythe with an unusual design - the top of the handle is in an intertwined pattern, the blade holds several sharp protrusions off the top end, and opposite the bladed side, the handle holds a decorative wing. Despite his old age, Phaios maintains the appearance of a middle aged man, due to the fact that he is a Deva and thus has an extended lifetime.

Personality
Phaios's personality is calm and serious. He often tends to be arrogant in battle, belittling his opponent(s) and their abilities with derogitory words, while claiming his to be far superior. His vainglory tends to enrage his opponents, especially when he toys with them, as he often does. There are on rare occasions where he does praise his enemy's power. When fighting Atrax for the first time, Phaios first spoke of him disparagingly, until he recognized Atrax's potential to grow to a level where he could be a "threat." Despite this, Phaios still held pride in his own power, and confidence in his plans.

Phaios is extremely manipulative. His aliases of "the Omen" and "the Harbringer" come from over 100 years of suspense he created by gathering several Unorthodox Mages and made it appear as though he were planning a large scale rebellion (These suspicions are eventually revealed true). He promises "a peaceful world," and "a world of justice" to his underlings, and in turn, they remain faithful to him and believe him to be a god. Phaios apparently wanted to try the same tactic on Atrax, which is why he forced Atrax into learning Arc of Chaos.

In reality, however, Phaios sees his followers as expendable. Before Atrax, he had apparently tested the ability to learn Arc of Chaos on 34 other children of Atrax's generation, all of whom fell to the madness of total isolation and died. When one of Phaios followers are killed in combat, he claims that it was for the "benefit of god." As well, he doesn't hesitate to kill any of his subjects who so much as have doubts in the Tripedal's and Phaios's ability to change to world.

History
(To be updated in accordance to Vestige of Legends storyline updates)

Synopsis
Main Article: Vestige of Legends

Magic and Abilities
Master Magician - Phaios holds enormous magical power and over 300 years of experience as a Mage. He holds a vast knowledge of magic and methods of acquiring it. Most of Phaios's underlings actually learned their forms of magic from Phaios's methods. He is also able to use other methods to make normal magic more powerful than usual.

Immense Durability - Phaios is not just magically powerful, but physically powerful as well, being capable of withstanding attacks, spells, and explosions of a certain degree without leaving a scratch on his body.

Enhanced Strength - Phaios is incredibly strong. When first revealed fighting rival Unorthodox mages, he was able to take out an entire wave of mages by throwing a single unconscious mage towards them.

Immense Magical Power - With over 300 years of training, Phaios has reached a point where his magical power is enormous. His initial appearance brought a platoon of over 30 mages down to their knees before he even started fighting.

Master Hand-to-Hand Combatent - Phaios is physically capable. When first revealed in battle, Phaios was able to take down an entire platoon of mages with hand-to-hand combat skills alone.

Arc of Pandemonium
Arc of Pandemonium: Phaios's affinity magic, and one of Arc of Chaos's counterparts.