Rebis

The Rebis (pronounced "Rebus" in the series) is a minor character in the Castlevania animated series. It is a humanoid being made from body parts of both male and female corpses sewn together, having no other individual features, that is intended to be used as a vessel to contain souls brought back from Hell.
==Origins==
The Rebis (from the Latin res bina, meaning dual or double matter) is the end product of the alchemical magnum opus or "great work".
After one has gone through the stages of putrefaction and purification, separating opposing qualities, those qualities are united once more in what is sometimes described as the "divine hermaphrodite", a reconciliation of spirit and matter, a being of both male and female qualities as indicated by the male and female head within a single body.
==History==
During Saint Germain's entrapment in the Infinite Corridor, Death takes the form of an Alchemist and meets him inside. The Alchemist convinces Saint Germain that he would have to give up his morals if he wants to a achieve the highest level of alchemy and control the Infinite Corridor, and then returns him to Earth.
Taking the role of Varney once again, Death begins acting as Saint Germain's benefactor and gives him the tools and information necessary to achieve his goal.
Appearing before Saint Germain, who is in the middle of casting death magic to bring Dracula and Lisa back from Hell, Varney reveals himself, not only as the Alchemist who convinced him to cast away his morals, but also as Death. Death reveals that his intent is to have Saint Germain bring back Dracula and Lisa in a single body as the Rebis. Dracula would constantly be haunted by the screams of his wife's soul, driving him further and further into madness. This madness would result in the resurrected vampire wreaking death upon the world unlike anything humanity has ever seen before, creating a feast for Death. Despite his misgivings, Saint Germain proceeds with the ritual successfully bringing back the husband and wife as the Rebis; however, before much more can be done, Alucard, Trevor and Sypha break through the barrier and kill the Rebis.
==Appearance==
The Rebis is an initially lifeless humanoid being whose body is composed of the still fresh parts of various corpses sewn together. Since its purpose is merely to serve as a vessel to contain souls, it doesn't have any facial features and instead appears to have been purposely manufactured to not have them, as to not have an initial identity.
The being is an artificial hermaphrodite, made by using parts of both male and female corpses in equal quantities. The right side of its torso is a male, while the left one is a female. Attached to each side is an opposite gendered part: the right arm is of a female, whereas the left is of a male. Its intimate parts are modestly covered by a loincloth, although it is implied that as a hermaphrodite, it also has dual genitalia.
The stitches used to fasten all the body parts together are grotesquely made and prominently visible, with semi-coagulated blood leaking from its many orifices. The face –or more precisely lack of– are just layers of human skin wrapped around the skull, with no eyes, nose, mouth, ears, hair, etc. However, once the being contains souls and is given life, it develops three of these features: eyes, nose, and mouth, which are recognizable from the people the souls belonged to.
A large wound runs vertically along the torso, having a cross-sectioned part at the height of the abdomen; this inverted cross-wound could imply that an internal intervention has also been made to place the necessary female reproductive organs inside the body.
==Appearances==
==Gallery==
===Screenshots===
Dragan's necromancers creating the Rebis body.jpg|Dragan's necromancers creating the Rebis corpse in "The Great Work".
Dragan and his necromancers carrying the Rebis body.jpg|Dragan and his necromancers carrying the Rebis corpse to the castle in "The Endings".
Dracula and Lisa's soul being transfer to the Rebis.jpg|Dracula and Lisa's souls being transferred to the Rebis.
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Rebis - Animated series - 03.png|The Rebis with Lisa's face.
Rebis - Animated series - 04.png|The Rebis with Dracula's face.
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===Concept art===
Rebis Model Sheet.png|Rebis model sheet.
Rebis Model.png|Rebis model.
Rebis (with Dracula and Lisa's Souls) Model Sheet.png|Rebis (Dracula and Lisa's soul fused inside) model sheet.
Rebis (with Dracula and Lisa's Souls) Model.png|Rebis (Dracula and Lisa's soul fused inside) model.
==Trivia==
*According to Saint Germain, if built properly, the Rebis is described as a perfect being of truly infinite knowledge and intellectual and magical power, as opposed to the intentionally faulty construct Varney/Death tricked him to unwittingly construct.
*Being that the Rebis is a body made with the body parts of several corpses sewn together and intended to artificially be given life, it shares some similarities with The Creature.
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