Milas "The Aquadynamic Merman"

Milas "The Aquadynamic Merman" is a member of the Adept supremacist union Eden, holding the title of Rook and being part of its top members known as "The Seven", and one of the antagonists of Azure Striker Gunvolt 2. He is the boss of the mission Effusion (The Sewers) in Gunvolt's story route, and Eden (The Garden 1) in Copen's story route.
Milas is a devout lover of the ocean who joined Eden under the belief that exterminating humanity would forever protect the oceans. He is an Adept with the Septima Ichor, which grants him power over liquids, particularly fresh and sea water.
==Website Description==
==Appearance==
Milas is a young man with purple eyes and short spiky light brown hair with white streaks. He wears a black long-sleeved shirt with purple highlights, a white jacket with black and purple highlights, blue trousers with one leg pulled up slightly, and white boots.
In his Armed Phenomenon, Milas gains black eyes with pink irises and pale pink hair. He wears black and white armor with pink highlights, and he wields a white trident, with the two side prongs being black and pink. He also has harps attached to his hips.
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==Personality==
Milas is a considerably more laid-back character compared to other antagonists. He is generally level headed, calm and friendly, and is on rather good terms with everyone else in Eden and The Seven. However, when it comes to his enemies, he battles ruthlessly and without mercy.
Unlike the other members of Eden, Milas has no interest in building an adept utopia. Rather, he fights against humanity in the name of the ocean that they pollute. He openly admits that the only reason he joined Eden was because their goals happen to align, and dreams of a day when the Earth is nothing but a majestic sea. This love of water and the ocean has gone to the point where he is terrible at controlling any liquid that isn't fresh or seawater.
==History==
===Background===
Australian born, Milas was once part of an environmental protection group. Feeling their actions weren't bold enough, he left and joined Eden's crusade to engage in triumphant terrorism.
This occurred at some point after Zonda infiltrated the Sumeragi Group; he joined Eden long after everyone else. Coinciding with his appearance, an unnamed member of The Seven died on a mission. Milas's Septima was judged strong enough to replace him, and so he was appointed to The Seven.
===Azure Striker Gunvolt 2===
====Gunvolt route====
=====Effusion (The Sewers)=====
Some time after Eden's acquisition of the power of The Muse, Milas leads a squad of Eden troops into the city's sewage system with the intention of flooding the city. Catching wind of this, Gunvolt heads to the sewers to stop them. Along the way, Milas attempts to stop him by sending torrents of water, but is unable to stop Gunvolt from reaching him. When Gunvolt finally confronts him, Milas assumes he came for his mirror shard piece, and refuses to deliver it. Gunvolt tells him that Joule is in the shards, and that he won't leave without it. Milas just calls his goal small-minded, before using his grimoire to transform. He then declares his allegiance to the sea, before attacking Gunvolt.
During the fight, Gunvolt questions what the sea has to do with Eden. Milas replies that Eden is Zonda's plan, not his, though they share the same goal of wiping out humanity. Gunvolt asks why he believes this. In response, Milas claims that wiping out humanity will reduce the land-based population, and therefore stop pollution. He also mentions that he doesn't particularly care about an adept utopia, and cares only for the health of the ocean. When Gunvolt asks him if he's willing to commit genocide to save nature, Milas claims he lacks the will to do what is necessary. Eventually, Milas is killed, and his mirror shard is taken.
=====Savior (The Garden 3)=====
At some point, a copy of Milas is made by Zonda using her Phantasm Mirror septima. He, along with Tenjian, Gibril and Teseo, await Gunvolt as he makes his way to Zonda. When Gunvolt encounters him, Milas expresses his disdain for The Garden, wishing it be on an island somewhat. However, he puts his complaints behind him, and again proclaims his loyalty to Eden and the sea before attacking Gunvolt.
During the battle, Milas declares that even if he dies, his comrades will continue his work and protect the sea. He expresses his desire for a world that is nothing but waves, and expects Gunvolt to stand against that dream. Gunvolt says that if Milas stop killing innocents and return the shards, they don't have to fight.
Milas claims that GV's "innocents" will always sacrifice nature for their own greed, and must submit to their superiors, or perish, explaining that Eden will both wipe out humanity and save nature, insisting they can't be stopped. Despite this, Milas's copy is destroyed, and Gunvolt moves on to Zonda.
====Copen route====
=====Eden (The Garden 1)=====
When Copen breaks into The Garden, Milas is sent by Tenjian to stop him. When Milas confronts him, he asks if Copen is a man of science. When Copen asks why, Milas states he was just curious, and attacks him.
During the fight, Milas claims he won't let the sins of humanity continue to destroy the ocean. Copen just mocks his naturalist views, claiming they fit a monster like him, and there is nothing natural about his powers, which may as well be an affront to God.
In response, Milas points out the growing number of adepts, and asks if this is God's will. Copen replies that it is no God of his, declaring his faith will be Milas's end. Eventually, Milas is beaten and killed. Copen then takes his mirror shard, and moves deeper into the garden.
=====Savior (The Garden 3)=====
Zonda later summons an illusion of The Seven to aid her in her battle against Copen, Milas among them.
==Powers and Abilities==
As a human attuned to the Septimal stage of the Lifewave and a member of The Seven, Milas is a powerful Adept who wields the Ichor (リキッド, Liquid) Septima, which, true to its name, grants him the power to command and control liquids.
While based on past cases of Ichor Adepts this should in theory work on all kinds of liquids, Milas's own influence has a tendency to significantly drop when trying to control liquids with a lot of impurities that aren’t water (seawater is an exception, though). However, when he controls water and seawater, he displays a scale of power greater than any other Adept with the same Ability that may have been discovered insofar. The reason for the above is believed to be an influence of his rough, sea-loving personality.Dengeki Nintendo magazine and Armed Blue: Gunvolt Official Complete Works, Ichor section Milas can mold water into various shapes such as raging vortexes, wall-mounted condensed blasts of pressurized water that explode in response to approaching enemies, small orbs that launch spears of water, and even water clones of himself and his trident. While his Septima gives him an advantage over Gunvolt as he can short out his electricity, it also makes him more vulnerable to electric attacks.
In his Grimoire given Armed Phenomenon, Milas' primary weapon takes the form of a trident called the Triton Harpoon (トリトンハープーン) that he wears on his back when not in use. It can also transform into a boomerang or a harp, and it can further boost Milas's Septima,Dengeki Nintendo magazine and Armed Blue: Gunvolt Official Complete Works, Triton Harpoon section which may be demonstrated by his usage of the harp with his Hydro Zapper and Aqua Avatar skills.
One special move is the Hydro Zapper. It's a “water laser” that Milas's Septima creates and contains a special electrolyte which can't possibly exist in the natural world. It's fired at a very high pressure from three different directions at the same time. This skill can short-circuit any electrical device even if they are coated in a dense water resistant coating. Milas's hatred towards the science and technology civilization might’ve given birth to it.
However, when faced with Copen's gear, which had several counter-measures against several types of Septimas developed through previous research data, it was unable to display the intended effects.Dengeki Nintendo magazine and Armed Blue: Gunvolt Official Complete Works, Hydro Zapper section
===Boss Battle Skills===
Skill 	Description
Aqua Trident(アクアトライデント)4gamer.net article about Tenjian, Desna, and Milas 	He makes a leaping stab with his trident. This stab also creates a gigantic two-pronged spear of water to trap you while a third point stabs up the middle a second later. Be ready to jump away as soon as the two blades pop up.
Harp Boomerang(ハープブーメラン) 	Milas tosses a boomerang harp in a wide arc. He'll toss it either from the center or from one end of the screen. Either way, it makes a complete circuit around the arena's borders.
Splash Dash(スプラッシュダッシュ) 	Milas plants his trident into the ground, then dashes twice across the arena, generating a giant spray as he goes. If you get caught in the spray, you'll fly toward the trident.
Vortex Rush(ヴォルテックスラッシュ) 	Milas jumps to one end of the screen and creates four water tornadoes. If you get trapped inside of one of these tornadoes, you will be attacked by Harp Boomerangs.
Hydro Zapper(ハイドロザッパー) 	Milas jumps into the air and creates three water orbs in random spots. These orbs then fire water lasers that bypass Prevasion and can Overheat GV. The orbs change spots when he strums his harp, and fire off nine lasers total.
*This attack does not affect Copen's Bullits, but still ignores Prevasion.
Aqua Avatar(アクアアバタール) 	Milas’s Special Skill. He generates several currents above the arena and dives into them. One by one, his clones initiate Aqua Trident attacks at your position, albeit without the third prong at the end. The attack ends with Milas attempting a Splash Dash from the left before he pops back onto the battlefield.
==Boss Battle Voices==
Event 	Translated	Romaji 	Japanese
Transform 	 	Mitena... Ouraaah! Haa! 	見てな… おうらあぁぁ！ はぁ！
Aqua Trident 	 	Oraa! Mou hitotsuu! 	おらぁ！もひとつぅ！
Harp Boomerang	 	Seyaa! 	せゃぁ！
Splash Dash 	 	Ikuze... Oryaaah!Mada madaa! Haa! 	行くぜ… オリャアア！まだまだぁ！はぁっ！
Vortex Rush 	 	Umi no ikari wo shirina! 	海の怒りを知りな！
Hydro Zapper 	 	Kono neiro, umi ni sasagu…Taerya shine! 	この音色､海に捧ぐ…耐えりゃしねぇ！
Aqua Avatar 	 	Mokuzu to kiena…Akua Abataaru!Nagare wa tomaranee…Funn, taaa!Uraa! (x3) Oshimai daa! Haa!	藻屑と消えな…アクアアバタール！流れは止まらねぇ… ふんっ、たぁー！うらぁ！(×3) 終いだぁ！ はぁっ！
1st Phase Down	 	Tsueena, anta… 	強ぇな、アンタ…
2nd Phase Down	 	Shio… Michitaze…! 	潮…満ちたぜ…！
Defeated 	 	Guaa! Shiosai ga… kikoeru… 	ぐおっ！ 潮騒が…聴こえる……
*"Orya" can both be qualified as kiai or kakegoe. In this case, these are shouts that a Japanese combatant yells when he is in the process of performing an attack. As such, they can essentially be translated as "Take that!" or "Try this!", as the combatant is signaling to his opponent that he will attack.
==Special Skill Chants==
Aqua Avatar:
==Quotes==
==Designer Comments==
Source: Armed Blue: Gunvolt Official Complete Works
==Musical Themes==
Title 	Context 	Composer 	Audio
The Currents' Surge Arrive at the Oceans激流のうねりは大海へ到る 	The Sewers stage theme	Kotaro Yamada	
The theme's melody is intended to express Milas's "composed and big bro-like" traits.Gunvolt 2 OST, sound designer Ryo Kawakami's comment
==Trivia==
*As part of the Eden top members being based on classical fairy tales, Milas is based off The Little Mermaid, as well as sirens.
**Of the fairy tales represented by the Grimwald Seven, only The Little Mermaid is not included in the Grimms' Fairy Tales, which matches the context that Milas was not an original member of The Seven.
*As a callback to earlier story drafts, The Seven are all named after missiles.Gunvolt Official Complete Works staff interview Milas's name is presumably derived from MILAS, an anti-submarine variant of the Italian Otomat missile. His Japanese version name, Nimrod, presumably comes from the Israeli missile Nimrod.
**His name was changed from Nimrod to Milas in the English localization because Nimrod can also be slang for "klutz/moron" in English.Tweet by Inti Creates EN about Milas's name change
*Although Milas' Dengeki Nintendo profile claims he only joined Eden some time after Zonda infiltrated Sumeragi, in Eden's Party (which takes place right before the drama CD detailing Zonda's infiltration) Gibril speaks of him alongside Ghauri and Teseo. This error may be attributable to the Eden's Party script not being written by the main scenario writer of the series, Toshiaki Tai.
*In early concepts, Milas' harp could produce anti-Muse sound waves capable of disabling songs and canceling the Anthem state.
*Despite Milas' Special Skill, Aqua Avatar, having the same name in both the Japanese and English versions, his voice clip is still redubbed. 
*Milas's Ichor Septima is similar to the "Hydro Pressure" Septima used by an Adept in the drama CD Justice Rage. However, the gang member's Septima only manipulates water, while Milas's can theoretically control all forms of liquid.
*Milas is the oldest known member of Eden at age 19.
*Milas's Septima is referenced in Copen's DLC in Blaster Master Zero 2. The special final EX Weapon gained, a water one which is found at the water ability-based tank MA-02 Andreia, is named Ichor Hunter in the English version and Liquid Hunter in the Japanese version.
**Given The Creator's connections to MA-02 and Mother's use of various G7 EX Weapons, this may be more than just an easter egg.
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