Dulio Gesualdo

==Summary==
Dulio Gesualdo is an Angel under the Archangel Michael, acting as his Joker. He was formerly known as the strongest exorcist and possesses one of the eighteen Longinus and the second strongest, Zenith Tempest and is the leader of the anti-terrorist group known as DxD. He was a war orphan, owing to his parents dying in a civil war, resulting in him taken under the care the Church. During that period, he awakened his Sacred Gear, and due to him possessing a Longinus, his life changed and he was taken to one of the Church's institutions to undergo training. He later became renowned as the strongest exorcist, and becomes reincarnated as an Angel under Michael.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: | 
Key: Base | Balance Breaker
Name: Dulio Gesualdo, "Joker", "The Strongest Exorcist", "God's Beloved Warrior", "The Trump Card of Heaven"
Origin: High School DxD
Gender: Male
Age Unknown
Classification: Reincarnated Angel, Former Human, Sacred Gear Wielder, Leader of DxD
Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Aura, Flight, Longevity, Teleportation, Weapon Creation, Forcefield Creation, Air Manipulation, Ice Manipulation, Fire Manipulation, Holy Manipulation, Water Manipulation, Earth Manipulation, Light Manipulation, Weather Manipulation, Lightning Manipulation, Elemental Manipulation, Extrasensory Perception, Non-Physical Interaction (Characters in the series can interact with spirits which are stated to lack physical form Volume 14, Life 4), Empathic Manipulation (Speranza Bolla di Sapone reminds targets about their most treasured memories and stimulates their most intense memories to remind them about the things they cherish the most, causing them to lose their will to fight Volume 19, Life 3)
Attack Potency: Mountain level (His lightning easily destroyed Cristaldi's barrier Volume 19, Life 3, completely defeated Vritra empowered Saji in a one-sided battle and froze Cardinal Crimson Promotion Issei Volume 17, Life 1) | Island level (Fought on par with Cardinal Crimson Promotion Issei, and matched his enormous Dragon Shot and Crimson Blaster with his massive spears of light Volume 23, Life.Youth. Zenith Tempest can destroy an entire country Shin DxD Volume 1, Life 2 by manipulating its climate and weather Volume 21, Life 2 High School DxD SS, Amida Wars)
Speed: FTL (Managed to react to, and dodge attacks from Saji and Cardinal Crimson Promotion Issei Volume 17, Life 1) | FTL (Kept up with Cardinal Crimson Promotion Issei)
Lifting Strength: At least Superhuman (Far stronger than normal humans due to his status as a Reincarnated Angel)
Striking Strength: Unknown
Durability: Mountain level (Easily fended off attacks from Issei and Saji) | Island level (Took attacks from Cardinal Crimson Promotion Issei)
Stamina: High
Range: Hundreds of kilometers
Standard Equipment: His Sacred Gear
Intelligence: Dulio is an extremely experienced and talented exorcist who had been trained at an early age and is considered the Church's strongest exorcist. He rarely attacks his opponent first and instead waits for them to make the first move, before coming up with strategies to counter and neutralize them.
Weaknesses: He can't hold his own in hand-to-hand combat, although this seems to not be the case anymore
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
*Prison of Bright Heavenly ThunderZENITH TEMPEST: Dulio's Sacred Gear. It allows him to manipulate and control the weather and take control of the elements that exist in nature, such as fire, water, wind, ice, earth and lightning. He can also create weather based phenomena and manipulate them in places where the sky isn't visible and weather conditions aren't available, creating rain and thunder clouds and flashing down genuine thunder and lightning on his foes. He can manipulate the wind to prevent his foes from reaching his position, create a vast amount of ice spears and icicles from underneath his opponents, hurl fireballs at them, create rain to slow down their movements, and generate immense tornadoes to carry out large scale attacks, among others.
**Rainbow Coloured HopeSPERANZA BOLLA DI SAPONE: Dulio creates bubbles that glow with the colours of the rainbow. The bubbles are able to remind those that make contact with them about their most precious memories and people, making them lose their will to fight. It stimulates the most intense memories of the targets, causing them to remember the things they cherish the most.
*Inevitable Punishment of the Holy Angel's Rainbow, Shining Star of the EndFLAGELLO DI COLORI DEL ACCOBALENO, SPERANCA DI BRISCOLA: Dulio's Balance Breaker. It produces a vast amount of bubbles that perform the opposite function of Speranza Bolla di Sapone, inflicting a variety of divine punishment on his foes. The bubbles trap the opponent, and a variety of natural phenomenon is inflicted upon them in the form of intensely swirling flames, freezing cold air, violent hurricanes and lightning. It is capable of controlling the weather and climate of an entire country and also producing enough bubbles to cover an entire country, or perhaps even higher as the top class Longinus have the potential to affect the world.
*Light Manipulation: As an Angel, Dulio possesses the ability to manipulate light, which he uses to create colossal spears of light to assault opponents.
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