Benteke

**Benteke,** was a famed high ranker. When he was the first-mate for the Blue Rose, he was well-known for killing all his enemies he met, and as the leader of Triton, he was infamous for his brutality. Former Lover of Lana. Apostle of the god Poseidon.

## Physical Appearance

Benteke was described to be a physically large and ferocious looking man and was stated to be very muscular and in good shape due to him being a sailor and warrior. Benteke most prominent physical traits was his apparent long, lion mane like hair that only added to his ferocious appearance.

After his first fight against Yeon-woo, Benteke was stated to have lost his right arm. During his final stand in Poseidon's Temple, Benteke had successfully gained his new holy artifact that took the form of a prosthetic hand made completely out of water that was slowly devouring his body. Making half of his body possess a watery appearance.

## Personality

Benteke is shown to be ferocious, brutal, cunning, charismatic and bloodthirsty. With having made a fearsome reputation as a brutal battle maniac who absolutely enjoys fighting against powerful opponents. This is seen where he took immense pleasure fighting against Cha Yeon-woo and deemed that he didn't regret fighting him despite losing his arm and his Holy Artifact to him and even wanted to fight him again immediately despite still being heavily injured and missing a limb. Because of his battle cravings and bloodlust, Benteke despises it when his subordinates comes to his aid or assists him when fighting against a worthy opponent and would likely kill them if they interfered with his fights even if they saved his life.

Benteke is also shown to have a deep craving for power, having had little to no hesitation in betraying his former leader and lover Lana in order to make way for his rise to power and usurp her position as ruler of the 27th Floor and use the bones of their former clan, Blue Rose to build his own clan of Triton.

Benteke is also shown to be fearless and easy going even in the most dire situation, as seen where he had no hesitation to bad mouth his own god Poseidon after he lost his holy artifact and had no issue belittling and talking back against him despite the possible punishment and repercussions of doing so against the God he has a direct and intimate connection with and shows no fear at being punished by the God. Later it would be revealed that Benteke himself has no actual religious reverence towards Poseidon despite being his Apostle and simply accepted due to deeming that doing so "would be interesting". Causing him to be branded as an oddity by Yeon due to how different his attitude was in comparison to other Apostles.

More than anything Benteke possess a strong sense of pride than anything else, Rather than allow himself to continue on living as a defeated loser, Benteke stated that he would instead gladly die giving his all in battle and him preferring to give his subordinates a false sense of hope of his victory against Yeon-woo in order to cement his place in their minds as their undefeated king. This pride was also his major motivation in killing his Lover Lana due to deeming her behavior as living as a defeated loser scrapping by and allowing vengeance to completely consume her as completely unbecoming of her and suicide for their clan of Blue Rose and saw it better to kill her while she still could die with some dignity.

Later it would be stated that during his time with Lana, he was genuinely in love with her and felt jealousy at her strong attachment and care for Cha Jeong-woo and later mistook her affection for him as romantic love instead of maternal/familial love she felt for him.

Benteke is also shown to have a strong sense of curiosity once something catches his interest, having been shown to be greatly drawn towards the "Masked Hoarder" after fighting him and him seeing and sensing that he was greatly similar and "beastlike" as himself and him getting the feelings he knows him from somewhere. Resulting in him to instead opt to capture him and dissect all of his secrets instead to satiate his curiosity despite the orders of Poseidon to kill him immediately and the danger he posed of letting him live while fighting him.

Benteke is also shown to be lascivious and sexually gluttonous, having been first shown to greatly enjoy in orgies within his ship and enjoys having multiple women attend to him.

## Abilities

Benteke is infamously known as a powerful Ranker and was the Second in Command to the powerful Clan of Blue Rose during its pinnacle of power and later became the King and Leader of Triton, one of the Four Emerging Clans with power rivaling the Top Ten Clans of the Obelisk and dominate each of his subordinates despite them also being Apostles themselves.

Benteke is shown to be a highly skilled Spear/Polar arm user, having been shown to primarily use Trident's or Spears when in battle and was shown to be skilled enough to fight on equal Footing to Yeon-woo. Benteke also showcased immense skill in hand to hand combat when disarmed and showed monstrous brute strength, durability and pain resistance.

### Skills

* **Six Combat:** A powerful Martial Art based skill that is obtained after reaching the pinnacle of spearman ship. Benteke combines this with his [Vortex] skill to create a six thrust vortex attacks at his target.

### Apostle

Benteke was selected by the Greater God Poseidon to be his Apostle and therefore received a gigantic amount of power from him due to him being a Greater God, an Elder Olympian and a member of the 12 Olympian Council of Gods. Thanks to this Benteke, received a gigantic amount of Holiness from Poseidon that greatly enhanced all of his natural physical abilities and granted him several skills.

Thanks to this, Benteke received numerous gifts and blessing from Poseidon.

* **Sea God's Blessing:** As his Apostle, Benteke received multiple water and sea based blessing and powers that practically rendered him near unbeatable while at sea. Benteke can also chose to share and spread this blessing to his clan members and subordinates of Triton to reinforce his clan and can easily reclaim it from them to strengthen himself.
	+ **Sea God's Seawall:** A Godly Divine Protection and blessing that grants Benteke the Authority to protect his ship and his fleet of ships from any hostile Sea Monsters and other hostile creatures, prevented them from losing their course and getting lost at sea and insured that his ship would have no problems reaching their destination. Benteke typically uses and shares this ability with his Clan mates.
	+ **Sea Regeneration:** As seen during his battle against Yeon, another ability granted to him by Poseidon is the ability to regenerate his body no matter how thoroughly his body is destroyed will at sea. As seen where despite being obliterated by Yeon's power, Benteke was able to easily regenerate and recreate his body by using sea water and sea foam to recreate and heal the damages inflicted him. Its also been stated that he could easily regrow a lost limb as long as he maintained his blessing.
	+ **Weather Manipulation:** As Poseidon is also the God of Storms, Benteke could also manipulate the weather while out sea and create destructive storms.
	+ **Vortex:** A powerful Skill that allows Benteke to create several vortex like attacks on any opponent or target within his general area that create deeper puncture like wounds on his targets physical body. With the size of the punctures being completely under his control. Benteke typically channels this skill through his spear and used in tandem with his spearman ship. It was later confirmed that this skill was a power given to him exclusively by Poseidon.

### Items

* **Triania:** The Holy Artifact given to him by Poseidon that possess massive amounts of Poseidon's Holy Powers and Authority that takes the form of Trident Spear. Its overall power was stated to be superior to the Trident found within the Olympian Vault of Hidden Piece reward of the Beginners Zone. Benteke lost this Holy Artifact after it was destroyed during his fight against the "Hoarder" and it being transformed into a new artifact altogether.
	+ **Disaster:** By combining the Holy Power he has as an Apostle and the Holy Power of the Triania, Benteke can create a massive Ocean Typhoon Storm that posses immense destructive power that can potentially destroy an entire Floor of the Obelisk.
* **Sea Arm:** After his arm was severed and devoured by Cha Yeon-woo using [Life Drain] and him losing Triania, Benteke lost a gigantic bulk of his original power and holiness that he received from Poseidon. As such Poseidon then offered him a new Holy Artifact to replace both his limb and his destroyed Trianaia. With this new Artifact seemingly taking the form of a new arm created completely out of sea water. This Holy Artifact was stated to be far superior to Benteke's original trident as it was made completely out of a gigantic clump of Poseidon's holy energy. However this weapon also came with several drawbacks, this arm was in truth given to him by Poseidon in order to usurp control of his body for himself and as such the Arm itself was parasitically spreading itself across his body and slowly eating away at Benteke until his consciousness is completely erased by Poseidon's. Additionally since the arm was made completely out of his holiness, has no physical form and was made for the purpose of possessing him, if Benteke were to ever leave Poseidon's temple within the 30th Floor, his connection to his holiness would be cut off immediately and he will die on the spot.