| “ | I am the one that is quite normal here... It is the world that is insane. Every occurrence in the world is a mere fragment of Master Unit's memory... All events are chained to a reality which can be neither improved upon nor conquered. In other words, evolution beyond what is written by Master Unit's memory is... quite simply, impossible. A pre-determined number of possibilities vie for supremacy within this finite space. The pieces on this chess board carry out what limited moves are at their disposal. How is THAT not insane? | „ |
| ~ Relius' comment about the world itself |
Summary
Relius Clover, also known as the Puppeteer, and the One as one of the Ten Sages, is Carl Clover and Ada Clover’s father, and Ignis Clover’s husband. He was a colonel in the Engineering Department for the NOL and worked alongside Yūki Terumi and Hades Izanami. He is a playable character starting with BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend.
Relius is the twisted, evil mirror image of his son Carl. While he is calculating and courteous like his son, he is cold and utterly devoid of empathy. His only true care in the world is his research. Relius is even willing to go so far as to kill gods for the sake of science – a curiosity which Terumi just so happened to pique. Carl, his son, hates him for taking Ada and his mother away, and spends a majority of his travels in pursuit of Relius. During Noel Vermillion’s story in BlazBlue: Continuum Shift, Relius attempted to kidnap her in order to 'examine' her, and he had gotten a hold of Arakune at the end of his respective story. He did not hesitate to attack his own son when confronted by him.
Powers and Stats
Tier: 5-A physically. Low 1-C with Preparation
Name: Relius Clover, The Puppeteer, One
Origin: BlazBlue
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown. Likely in 30s to 40s.
Classification: Human, Puppeteer, Scientist, Alchemist, Magician, Leader of the Ten Sages, Member of Immortal Breaker
Powers and Abilities:
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Self-Sustenance (Type 1; Can withstand the Edge, which has no oxygen), Genius Intelligence, Expert Hand-to-hand Combatant, Weapon Mastery, Ars Magus, Magic and Alchemy User, Non-Physical Interaction (Can hit Arakune and Izanami), Immortality (Type 5; Due to being an observer, he cannot die by conventional means), Body Control, Explosion Manipulation, Shapeshifting, Teleportation (Was capable of teleporting inside Kokonoe's world), Invulnerability (Is a being that exist outside of Logic; the fundamental rules of the world; meaning any abilities/weapons/and powers that are restrained by Logic cannot harm them), Stealth Mastery (Magic users are stated to hide their tracks easily), Psychometry (Alchemists are capable of gathering information on their surroundings as shown in Xblaze), Acausality (Type 1; Is unaffected by the effects from a Phenomena Intervention, which can reset an entire timeline), Telekinesis, Summoning (Can summon Ignis), Cyborgization, Status Effect Inducement (Can bind others through different means), Energy Projection, Gravity Manipulation (Should scale from Nine), Statistics Reduction, Time Stop (Capable of solidifying space), Sleep Manipulation (A superior alchemist than Cipher, who can put people to sleep by a mere touch), Information Analysis, Extrasensory Perception, Aura (Capable of sensing and analyzing souls. Mai stated that Relius has a fearsome aura), Creation, Forcefield Creation, Absorption (A superior alchemist than Cipher, who can create a barrier that absorbs the opponent's strength), Paralysis Inducement (Can paralyze Mai), Transmutation and Earth Manipulation (A superior alchemist than Cipher, who can manipulate the earth and change the shape of any objects), Power Nullification (Nullified Spinner's magic circle), Biological Manipulation, Sealing (Should be able to use Infinite Gravity), Soul Manipulation, Healing and Regeneration Negation (up to High-Godly; Has a near perfect copy of a Nox Nyctores in the form of Ignis, which can damage the soul, negate any form of recovery, even when reality itself is warped by a multiversal entity, due to wielding magic and a superior Nox Nyctores, his regeneration negation is superior to Ars Magus, weapons that are capable of killing the Black Beast, a creature that has the ability of Self Observation, which is what Terumi used to regenerate from Hakumen's Time Killer]), Instinctive Reaction (Nox Nyctores and Legacy Weapons fights, moves and warns the user on their own without any consent), Enhanced Senses (Can sense people coming nearby), Perception Manipulation (Can synchronize someone's eyes with his own), Fear Manipulation (Paralyzed Noel by sheer fear by his presence, as well as Makoto), Invisibility (Ignis can go invisible), Telepathy (Capable of looking inside someone's mind), Dimensional Travel (Traveled to Kokonoe's artificial world), Hacking (Hacked Kokonoe's systems), Statistics Amplification (Can increase his speed), Data Manipulation (Was able to manipulate the data of Rachel's Castle), Space-Time Manipulation (Can manipulate the seams of space and time), Phenomena Intervention (Can create Phenomena Interventions due to being an Observer), Shockwave Generation (Capable of blowing people away by bursting)
Resistant to the Following: Empathic Manipulation (The Nox Nyctores can shut down the user's emotions), Transmutation (As a chosen, he's unaffected by the Embryo's effect to turn everything into seithr), Absorption (Was unaffected by the Black Beast's absorption), Poison Manipulation, Madness Manipulation, Biological Manipulation and Statistics Reduction (Can resist the effects of Seithr, which is poisonous, can induce addiction and deteriorate bodies, as well as reducing the power of others), Memory Manipulation (Can resist the effects of Cauldron and/or Boundary, which erases memories), Chaos Manipulation (Resist the Boundary, which turns everything into a spiraling chaos), Void Manipulation/Existence Erasure and Corruption (Type 2) (Can resist the effects of the boundary, which can erase those that enters it, and corrupt them beyond recovery in a similar fashion to what happened to Arakune), Corrosion Inducement (Resists getting corroded by the Cauldron), Time Manipulation (Can resist the effects of Cauldron and/or Boundary, which stops time by existing), Mind Manipulation and Information Manipulation (Able to resist the boundary/cauldron, which when entered or get closed, will result in taking infinite information and memories, dating across beginning of time and all possibilities), Heat Manipulation (Is unfazed by the intense heat from a cauldron), Deconstruction (Is capable of being near a Black Beast without deconstructing as it's stated to do in Phase Shift), Paralysis Inducement (Can face a Black Beast without getting paralyzed with its presence), Body Puppetry (Unaffected by body puppetry effects of Nox Nyctores), Resistance Negation (Is immune to the Embryo's phenomena Intervention, which is shown to affect beings that are protected by Celica's existence, who were able to ward off Phenomena Intervention that's capable of affecting beings outside of logic), Power Mimicry (Vision couldn't replicate his ability), Phenomena Intervention (Unaffected by the Embryo's phenomena intervention), Technology Manipulation (Unaffected by the Izayoi's power of shutting down technology), Perception Manipulation (Resist the effects of Ars Magus, which nullifies senses of the user), Petrification and Gravity Manipulation (As one of the most powerful mages in existence, he should be able to replicate an Ars Magus barrier, which is stated to protect the user from these effects), Disease Manipulation (Can resist the Black Beast's power, who's mere existence caused the Union Virus in Xblaze), Power Absorption (Can withstand the Black Beast without having his powers absorbed from its presence), Power Nullification (Able to use abilities while in front of Celica), Law Manipulation, Water Manipulation, Earth Manipulation, Fire Manipulation, Air Manipulation, Darkness Manipulation, and Light Manipulation (Exists outside of Logic, the fundamental rules of the world, which includes the 4 elements and two great origins), Absolute Zero and Life Manipulation (Could withstand Yukianesa's strikes, which can freeze Azrael and erode away life), Radiation Manipulation (Magic is stated to being able to cancel out the effects of radioactive substances in Phase Shift), Death Manipulation (Can survive blows from Nu-13, an Anti-Observer weapon, which has the Immortal breaker ability of implanting death into the victim), Soul Manipulation, Healing and Regeneration Negation (up to High-Godly), and Fear Manipulation (Is capable of fighting against Ragna numerous times with the Azure, which can inflict soul damage beyond the help of a multiversal entity, and negate any form of Recovery, is also unfazed by his passive fear hax, can shrug off blows from the Azure, which is far superior to the Nox Nyctores, which is also superior to Ars Magus, weapons that are capable of killing the Black Beast, a creature that has the ability of Self-Observation, which is what Terumi used to regenerate from Hakumen's Time Killer), Physics Manipulation (Could tanks blows from Azrael, who is so strong that he bends and breaks physics whenever he strikes), Illusion Creation (Was capable of seeing through the illusions made by the embryo to the point that he was capable of finding Nine's actual location), Power Nullification (Is able to use his powers despite Kushinada's Lynchpin being activated), Explosion Manipulation, and Spatial Manipulation (Was able to withstand Bolverk, which can pierce through space)
Attack Potency: Large Planet level physically (Completely destroyed Izanami in their fight, who's able to replicate this destructive feat). Low Complex Multiverse level with preparation (With his plan, he's able to make the likes of Izanami, Noel and Amaterasu completely obsolete, becoming the new creator of the reality). Able to ignore conventional durability in variety of ways.
Speed: Infinite (Is capable of moving through the entire boundary with ease, which is stated to be infinite in size)
Lifting Strength: Class T (His puppet hands managed to barely stopped Clavis' movements)
Striking Strength: Large Planet level (His strikes damaged Valkenhayn)
Durability: Large Planet level (Able to take a hit from Clavis). Immortality makes him quite difficult to kill.
Stamina: Very High. Never been seen to tire throughout the entire series.
Range: Tens of Meters with Ignis and Puppet Hands, Low Complex Multiversal with hax (Is capable of traveling through the boundary and the Embryo with ease, even reaching across the boundary with an illusive clone of himself)
- Detonator: Ignis: A perfect copy of Deus Machina: Nirvana using his wife, Ignis. It has Black Beast's core and has exact abilities as Nirvana and able to call his puppet with a snap of a finger. It is stated that Ignis is more powerful than any other Nox Nyctores, a statement that hasn't contradicted even at this point.
Intelligence: Supergenius (The best alchemist in the world, surpassing Trinity and has comparable knowledge to Nine when it comes to magic. The first of the ten sages and capable of creating artificial humans such as Embryo Storage and Prime Fields seemingly in casual manner)
Weaknesses: Overconfident at times.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
- Detonator: Summons Ignis with snap of his fingers, aiding him for short period of time.
- Maximum Dance: Amplifies Ignis to an extent.
- Zera Varius: Relius strikes the opponent with two big puppet hands (formed out of many others) that cross together. Upon connecting, the very same hands then come out of the ground in a continuous row hitting the opponent along from behind until they reach Relius, who then grabs them with a big green puppet hand and crushes them with a thrusting punch while Relius himself poses.
- Id Lauger: A huge mechanical hand is summoned from the ground and blows the opponent away (which takes the shape of his leading fist). For the air version the hand comes out of Relius’ mantle (takes the shape of his following fist).
- Id Zain: Ignis just after Id Lauger connects is summoned to rush up with a turning side-blade slash to launch the opponent in a spiraling launch.
- Id Haas: Ignis is summoned, she searches and rushes the opponent in the shape of a vertical chainsaw.
- Id Naiads: Ignis is summoned, she searches and knocks the opponent down while being in the form of two drills on her feet.
- Led Ley: Relius spins around while temporarily dodging opponent's attacks, almost like a matador (in a taunt-like way).
- Val Lanto: Ignis is summoned, turns into a vertical chainsaw and attacks the opponent (basically a standalone version of Id Haas).
- Val Lyra: Ignis is summoned behind the opponent and attacks them with her hands each formed into a scissor blade, scissor-cutting the opponent (with an outward dual arm swing).
- Val Tus: Ignis is summoned and attacks the opponent three times while dancing with spinning slashes in a dash.
- Geara Act: Ignis is summoned behind Relius and throws her own following hand spinning towards the opponent and it comes back like a yo-yo.
- Geara Nose: Ignis is summoned behind Relius, she floats in the air at once and attacks diagonally downwards (with a 45° angle) with drill horns.
- Bel Lafino: Ignis is summoned in front of Relius, and she performs a downward attack in the shape of drills on her feet (a standalone version of Id Naiads).
- Geara Lugia: Relius summons lever on a gear next to himself, which when switched causes a twin-sawblade on the ground at a certain set distance that clamps the opponent (in a turning summoning motion).
- Gaad Leis: Relius makes a large switchblade mechanism attached to a green mecha-arm pop out from his mantle to slash at his foe and pull them in.
- Req Vinum: Motions his hands with energy and places them down on the ground after a quick crouch, which creates a field below that traps the opponent and hits them countless times with various cogwheels and gears.
- Vol Tedo: Ignis is summoned (If she is already on the field, she will disappear quickly, and then she will be re-summoned) behind Relius, does an arm-spiraling motion (a lot like Ada/Nirvana’s Volante) and dashes forward with her leading claw out. On hit confines the opponent inside a ball of dark energy, an explosion occurs which causes ground slide.
- Duo Bios: Relius summons Ignis at front of him and let her do the brutal rush on the opponent.
- The Puppeteer’s Altar: Relius commands Ignis to grab his opponent. Then, in a mysterious room, the opponent is immobilized while Relius says some words. Finally, a door closes.
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