Muraga Fennes

Muraga Fennes is one of the two main antagonists (alongside Sterne) of the first season of War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius. 
Once the chieftain of the Urca tribe, he subsequently became the king of Fennes, earning infamy for his brutality, being called as the King of Savages for his ruthlessness in combat. He leads a strong offensive against the kingdom of Leonis, whom he seeks to crush at all costs, which puts him in direct opposition with the Leonis royals, specially Mont Leonis as he matures fighting the vicious warlord.
==History==
===Waking of the Lion - Chapter 1===
In "Redemption" in "Scene 1 - The Beautiful Steel Maiden", amid their battle with Leonis, Muraga perched atop a rocky cliff, overlooking his soldiers. Muraga was surprised when the esper Ifrit obliterated his squadron, with a shinobi appearing beside him to confirm what he saw. There should not have been anyone in Leonis with the ability to summon an esper, indicating that Machérie was on the battlefield. The shinobi promised to take care of the matter, but Muraga told him to stay out of it as war was for fighting and true pleasure lied in death and bloodbath. He headed to the battlefield where shocked Leonis soldiers surrounded him. Muraga annihilated them with his axe and loudly proclaimed to Oelde that he would take his life for having taken Machérie.
Mont and Lilyth came to a fallen soldier's aid who asked for Mont's forgiveness and explained his wound was Muraga's doing. Lilyth told Mont to take the fallen soldier and leave, as victory was not in their reach. Mont asked if she had no use for him, with Lilyth apologizing and confirming. Mont told Lilyth Muraga was killing soldiers to get Machérie back, and that it was why he could give Muraga no quarter. Lilyth insisted that fighting Muraga would cost Mont his life, to which Mont proclaimed that the Leonis line shall live on, even should they fall afoul of gods to defend it. Mont promised to defeat Muraga, asking Lilyth to lend him her strength. Lilyth would gladly obey as she had swore to be Mont's blade until her dying breath.
In "If We Work Together..." in "Scene 3 - Oath", Lilyth and Schuzelt encountered Muraga, who recognized Schuzelt as a backstabbing knight. Lilyth told Muraga that they saw through his lies. Muraga recognized Lilyth, recalling that she could not beat him. Lilyth told Muraga that she was changed and she was not alone, to which Muraga welcomed the challenge, also entertained by the notion of fighting the First Sword of the Solidus royal guard.
Mont and Machérie arrived to Muraga standing above the fallen Schuzelt and Lilyth. Muraga told Machérie to start begging for her life and exclaim how she could not wait to bear his son. Machérie called him revolting. Muraga brandished his axe and Mont drew his sword. Machérie summoned Shadowlynx who threw a smokebomb. Muraga was caught by surprise as Lilyth downed him, declaring she was prepared for their second dance. Muraga called them craven slugs, promising to pay them back in blood as he walked away.
=== Chapter 13 ===
Muraga marched against the forces of Leonis and Hourne. He spit Arcane Serpents, which Mont and Robb repelled, until Robb took a hit for Mont, and the latter killed the serpent. The bite of that unique serpent was magically venomous that turned its victims onto another serpentine monster, evidenced by Robb's reptilizing skin. Before the venom fully consumed him, Robb begged Mont to kill him but was refused. Machérie tried to commit herself to do it, but Mont relented, not wanting her to carry the sin of patricide. A confused and reluctant Machérie begged Mont to not kill her father, but Mont plunged his blade into Robb, granting his wish. Machérie was devastated.
The Leonis-Hourne forces made an inefficient charge at Muraga, Machérie calling for them to retreat. As their disadvantage looked worse, a timely Kitone attacked the mutated Muraga, goading him to eat her as she lunged against the serpentine monster, ending up in his mouth, but was spat aside. Mont pleaded for her to not do something so reckless again but nonetheless requested her help. The forces continued battling Muraga who irradiated light and exploded. Kitone revealed he had Muraga eat the flash bomb she acquired from Shadowlynx. Mont assaulted Muraga with all his might and defeated the monstrous warlord, Machérie astonished at the feat.
As Muraga was left fatally wounded, Mont tried to finish him off, but Oldoa stepped in, begging Mont to not kill him, as Muraga would soon die and she wanted to bid him farewell. Mont withdrew, telling Kitone to treat her wounds. Mont told Machérie that he needed to leave and she wondered if it was to face Sterne, to which Mont left without replying, leaving her to beg him to return safely. On the deserted battlefield Oldoa stayed by Muraga's side until Melnia appeared, casually commenting that Muraga was finally dying. Oldoa begged Melnia to treat Muraga with kindness before he passed, but Melnia refused to show any kindness to a monster, instead gloating that she would be the queen of Fennes. She assured Oldoa her position would remain unchanged and left.
Muraga tried to call out to Melnia as he was too weakened to see anymore, and pleaded to hear her one last time. Oldoa feigned being Melnia and tenderfully told Muraga she loved him, seemingly sharing her own true feelings. An alleviated Muraga was grateful before leaving in Fennes in "Melnia's" hands as he passed away. Oldoa wept and mourned his loss.
==Characteristics==
===Appearance===
Muraga is a middle-aged tanned and muscular man. His physique as per his official artwork is almost deformed with a thin waist yet an exceptionally large torso, which develops into massive arms. He is barechested and wears a suit of golden armor that protects his stomach and has spiky golden shoulder protectors, some branching into long horns. Muraga wears a golden horned helmet and dons a long white cape with a purple lining, a pair of white pants with multiple laces along with armored brown boots and brown gloves. His weapon is a two-handed axe as tall as himself.
In his Crystalite Beast form, Muraga is a purple-skinned reptilian monstrosity with a cobra-like head and small feet. His head has a golden, spiked adornment almost resembling a throne. His limbs have mutated into four large serpent heads that sprawl from behind his lower section, and which can be used to maul his foes and even to spit snake monsters.
On his younger days, Muraga dressed similarly to his present day, except with more streamlined armor, the gear around his neck has a more elaborate design, his hands were not gloved, and he sported an array of flowing purple clothing with white and golden adornments in his arms, chest, and around his waist. He did not wear a helmet, which revealed his short white hair.
===Personality===
Muraga lives up to his infamy of the King of Savages, for he is a merciless brute who finds delight in massacring his opponents. Although many consider him little more than a violent regent, he is far smarter, well aware of politics and war, and is under no circumstance a person to be underestimated. Arrogant and proud of his strength, he is fearless and destroys whoever gets in his way and generally looks down on his foes. He is treacherous and forms alliances as a means to destroy his allies and cement his power.
Muraga is capable of trusting and loving others, however, showing confidence in Oldoa, a distant relative, whom he made one of his generals and part of his royal guard, and having felt genuine unrequited love towards Melnia, who only desired power. About the only person he shows open respect and loyalty to is Sadali, whose magical proficiency and intelligence he fears, obeying his every command.
Muraga has a murderous hatred towards Leonis, bent on destroying it and particularly its royal family. It is not known whether his obsession is rooted on the small nation's resilience, or if there is a deeper meaning behind. Suffering repeated defeat at the hands of Leonis fuels his sense of humiliation, which powers the magic armor Sadali gave him, making him increasingly more feral and volatile, killing even his own men on fits of rage. In this state Muraga must be directed carefully to the object of his hatred, Mont in particular, who managed to best him in combat. 
When turning into a monster at the apex of said fury, Muraga loses almost any trace of reason and whatever remains of his humanity, becoming a true monster in every sense of the word, driven purely to murder Mont for defying him. Muraga regains his sanity as he nears his death, and shows a rare moment of vulnerability as he begs Melnia to listen one last time. 
During his younger days, Muraga was as brutal and vicious in combat, yet his unpolished language betrayed a lack of formal education. Having ascended to the throne of Fennes as a result of the vacuum left by the main Fennes royalty losing its life in combat, Muraga was the peculiar case of a king not well versed in the customs otherwise expected of someone of his position. It is thus hinted that Sadali's intervention might have brought much needed intelligence and logistics, explaining Muraga's loyalty to him.
==Gameplay==
=== Unit ===
Muraga is a UR-rarity unit of the Earth element whose main job is the unique Savage King, while his sub jobs are Paladin and Ninja. He can equip the following items: Axe, Helm, Armor, Accessory. His unit cost is 80. He can be obtained through Selection Quest, being the signature unit of the Earth Element quest, requiring Earth units of MR rarity and below to acquire.
His Master Ability increases Earth unit allies' Max HP by 10% and Earth Attack by 15, as well as his own ATK by 20%. He has no Limit Burst.
Muraga is a physical-oriented bruiser of great power and resilience. Muraga's Savage King job bestows him with aggressive tactics and durability, being capable of increasing his offensive power through DEF Penetration while increasing his DEF/SPR, buff Slash Resistance Penetration before inflicting damage, increase damage against Human enemies, and even raise his own ATK through counters. Muraga is capable of some level of disruption through Physical Barrier destruction, cast interruption, MAG debuff or slow. Some of Muraga's abilities do come with harmful perks, such as decreased Healing or going Berserk.
Muraga's Paladin job focuses on increasing his Tanking ability through defensive buffs and even resist fatal damage, or increase his Hate level. His Ninja sub job provides him with mobility, speed and tricky tactics.
Muraga's EX Job provides him with a vast HP increases and some ATK and DEX boosts. His Serpent's Stance evolves into Serpent King's Stance now gaining an additional use and increases his DEF further, Tyrannical Reave evolves into Mad Tyrant's Reave and has decreased AP cost. He also gains Skullcrusher, which deals damage, passes through units in line, and can inflict Stun.
His Trust Master Reward the Savage King's Greataxe weapon, which bestows HP +32, ATK +203, CRT +4 and Initial AP UP 25.
====Abilities====
Abilities 	Abilities
Main 	
Ruinous Axe, Serpent's Stance, Serpent's Stance Enhancement, Shieldbreaker, Skull Crusher, Sorcery Shear, Tyrannical Reave, Tyrannical Reave Enhancement 	
Sub 	
Blade Bash, Decider of Fate, Divine Grace, Doton, Draining Rend, Dream Within a Dream, Hide, Immortal Spirit, Poison Mist, Ruinbringer, Saintly Healing, Sentinel, Shuriken, Taunting Blade	
Reaction 	
Paladin's Guard, Poison Barb, Serpent's Grudge 	
Support 	
Holy Knight's Protection, Mark of the Savage, Shadow Runner, Shukuchi 	
Stat Bonus 	
HP +110, ATK +68, ATK +20%, DEF +21, AGI +6, DEX +51, Luck +60, ATK UP, Damage Limit Up, Max Lv. Up 	
=== Boss ===
Muraga is a recurring boss during season one. He appears as an Earth-elemental Viking unit. When first encountered, he is at a massive lvl 80, far eclipsing most players by the time they meet him, but is of little concern as his stats are adapted for a lesser leveled party to beat him.
Crystalite Beast Muraga is faced twice in season one's chapter 13, scene 2. He is a Dark-elemental enemy with 30,000 HP and walks alongside its four serpentine heads, his Former Right Arm, Left Arm, Right Leg, and Left Leg, all sporting 8,000 HP each, and also Dark. Muraga resists all attack types although sports less Slash resistance, while each former limb has different type of resistance, although all foes are weak to Light. In his first fight, he is accompanied by Fennes Archers and Arcane Serpents and must be depleted to half his HP to win. The second time he is by himself but must be defeated completely.
The former limbs will typically act in quick succession, which can culminate in a series of up to four attacks against a single target, increasing the overall damage as a result of the chain. The limbs can damage and either debuff DEF/SPR or even cause Paralysis. The limbs can bestow a series of buffs on all members. Conversely, when each head is defeated, the rest of the parts suffer a debuff, but also gain other buffs to compensate for its absence. Muraga is able to inflict damage and Disable around himself through Crystalite Gaze.
===Vision cards===
;The Four Warring Lords
 
The Four Warring Lords is an MR-rarity vision card with a cost of 50. At Lv. 70, its stats are HP +226, AP +30, ATK +95 and MAG +24. Its Party Abilities are Critical Hit Rate Up 20 and Ice Unit Damage Limit Up 1500. Its Bestowed Effect is ATK Up 20%. It was illustrated by SQUARE ENIX.
;Echoing Screams
 
Echoing Screams is a UR-rarity vision card with a cost of 70. At Lv. 99, its stats are HP +346, ATK +169 and MAG +10. Its Party Abilities are Slash Attack Up 35 and Earth Unit Critical Hit Rate Up 25. Its Bestowed Effect is ATK Debuff Res Up 25. It was illustrated by SQUARE ENIX.
;Exorcists
Exorcists is a UR-rarity vision card with a cost of 80. At Lv. 99, its stats are HP +372, AP +20 and ATK +134. Its Party Abilities are Slash Res Piercing Rate Up 35 and Wind Unit Critical Hit Rate Up 25. Its Limited Bestowed Effects are DEF Piercing Rate Up 12 for Greatsword-wielding job classes only, as well as Man Eater Up 20 for Oldoa only. Its Vision Ability is Triple Trick, which can only be used by Greatsword-wielding job classes and lowers target's Evasion Rate for 3 turns, then deals Dmg (M). It was illustrated by G-ROW Art.
==Gallery==
;Artwork
File:Promotional from WotV artwork 1.png|Promotional artwork featuring Muraga.
;Portraits
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File:Crystalite Beast Muraga from WotV portrait.png|Portrait.
File:Muraga Fennes Young from WotV portrait 1.png|Portrait.
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;Renders
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