Arioch

Arioch (アリオッチ), also known as Massacrer () and Invisible Tempest (), is an executive of the Garden working alongside Almata introduced in .
== Profile ==
=== Appearance ===
Arioch is a very tall man with swept back violet hair and blazing red eyes. He wears a full black outfit which includes a cape attachment to his leggings and a belt with a skull buckle. Arioch wears a set of bronze plate armour with a skeletal motif: jagged greaves with claw like sabatons, plates around his thighs, pauldrons with three spiked protrusions, a chestplate with a demonic skull and ribcage design, gauntlets and a headpiece which resembles a jawline with one side snapped off. Arioch also carries a huge halberd with a twisted metallic design around the blade and an orb at the top.
=== Personality ===
Almata's simple idea of ruling over everything with fear resonates with him and he is more than willing to murder anything that stands in his way. Arioch has quite a jovial personality and enjoys conversation, and doesn't seem to hold any particular grudges. He is willing to try new experiences despite his bloodlust and desired to do more than wander the barren wilderness.
=== Background ===
Arioch was born before S.1058 in what was once Iska before its collapse over 130 years ago. Arioch was part of its Ragou unit, one of the nine clans of guardians, the Navagraha, that protected its emperor and a unit specifically made up of those of Western Zemurian descent. Arioch's clan passed down the artifact known as the Fang of Ragou to each successive generation until Arioch himself was the bearer. Arioch was personally selected to join the Iskan emperor on a goodwill mission to Longlai due to his clan's ancestral roots. When the Iskan Empire and his clan fell, Arioch was the lone survivor, kept alive by the mysterious properties of his armour. He became driven by bloodlust, roaming the barren wastelands in the east killing others to fuel his immortality.
Ariochs immense power and supernatural abilities gathered the attention of the Septian Church who branded him a heretic. He overcame any opponents sent to kill him but eventually grew tired of this lifestyle, eventually joining Garden at the invitation of Emperor. Arioch became the overseer of the Garden of Rust. 
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Arioch, along with Olympia cooperate with Almata and Gerard Dantes at Melchior's request. Arioch acts as Almata's ace and strongest warrior, acting in the shadows until he reveals himself in Longlai. Arioch alongside the other Garden members were responsible for killing Aida and the Eisenschild‏‎ combat force, leaving no survivors.
Arioch makes his debut in Longlai, revealing his cloaked presence after Shizuna Rem Misurugi detects him. He greets the assorted people before him and introduces himself, before leaving by a means other than orbal arts.
Arioch greets the party in the waterways beneath Oración during the Carnival, Almata's death game. He is impressed that the Arkride Solutions Office found a way to skirt the line of what was permitted in the rules and states his reason for ambushing them is because he was instructed to give them a penalty for acting in a grey area. He continues to harass the party during the game. Arioch is also in charge of killing any unwanted intruders who try to infer with the game after it has commenced, doing as such to the Hercules squad despatched by a faction of the CID. Arioch is really interested to see Judith Lanster, a movie star, take part and comments he hasn't seen a movie before.
Arioch decides to take part in the game himself and collect the access keys, taking out several of the groups. He confronts Hasan Al-Fayed with one of the Khurga Warriors Clan units and the Gralsritter group with Celis Ortesiaand Rion Balthazar at once in order to get their keys. Both groups deem themselves unprepared to fight him and withdraw, ceding the game. Arioch decides to continue stealing keys but is ambushed by Elaine Auclair who states her intentions. The two fight but Arioch is far too powerful and Elaine is forced to retreats, but not before snatching the keys from him. Arioch then appears with Melchior at the Quincy headquarters where Elaine is attempting to arrest her father, Edmond Auclair for supporting Almata. Ashrad is also present to enact justice upon Edmond. Arioch and Melchior appear to try and kill Edmond the loose end, but Arioch decides to fight the bracers and Ashrad instead. They teleport out before the office explodes, suggesting that the party enjoy the last two hours before the final stage.
Arioch acts as the final barrier before Gerard himself in the Vashtar Palace ruins. He comments the palace has lost much of its splendour from when he was there last and reveals his history. Judith exclaims that he is a disappointment if this is all he had prepared which interest him. After the fight, they defeat the artifact's core which ends Arioch's immortality and causes him to vanish. Before he does so, he says that he had watched Judith's movies whilst in Oración and lets them proceed. Arioch's armor , acting of its own accord later, tries to impede them before they can escape the exploding palace.
Arioch is restored to life by the Seventh Genesis and the Genesis Tower. He says he can't complain about disappearing suddenly after having lived so long when the party reach him alongside Alexandre. When he is defeated a second time, he states that he enjoyed Judith's movie and that missing his chance to die wasn't so bad with that discovery. Arioch vanishes for good with this last encounter.
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Arioch does not appear, but the Garden-Master has managed to acquire his and Olympia's artifacts, and deploys them as autonomously acting security outside of the passageway into his territory of the Marche Garten. Lucrezia Isselee helps Van's party defeat them, and afterwards, she convinces them to allow her to take the artifacts back to the Grandmaster (going against the mission of Celis and Rion, whose mission as Gralsritter it is to gather artifacts), in exchange for Lucrezia using her weapon to help them access the Garden-Master's territory.
== Gallery ==
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Arioch - Promotional Screenshot 1 (Kuro).jpg|Promotional screenshot
Arioch - Promotional Screenshot 2 (Kuro).jpg|Promotional screenshot
Arioch - Promotional Screenshot 3 (Kuro).jpg|Promotional screenshot
== References ==
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Category:Characters
Category:Trails through Daybreak Characters
Category:Almata
Category:Axe Users
Category:Deceased Characters
Category:Garden Members
Category:Artifact Users