Divinos

Divinos's Kanji Initials

**18** (Book 5)

**20** (Book 6-8)

**21** (Book 9-10)

**Luke Lucifer** *(Younger Cousin)*

**Clara Lucifer** *(Younger Cousin)*

**Byakuya** (Bee-Ock-Uya) **Dierenji**, better known as **Divinos,** is an SZ-Class Devil and the strongest member of Black Crown. Having been the one to resurrect Zane Euphoria, the main protagonist of the series, Divinos has a major impact on the story, and is considered the tritagonist.

## **Appearance**

In his normal form, Divinos has messy black hair and brown eyes, and usually opts to wearing white or gray clothes. When not in public but not in gear, Marc retains the usage of his silver cape, which he rarely ever takes off unless he's taking a shower or heading off to bed.

During battle, and nearly every time he's seen, Marc is described as being "heavily-clothed". He wears black armor, which is noted by Zane as being the darkest shade black could reach; a large silver cape which curves over his shoulders and around his neck in a U shape; and a silver bandana that goes up to his eyes. Floating around his head are seven floating orbs — the Seven Sacred Staffs — which are each a different color than the rest.

## **Abilities**

* **Storm Dragon-Slaying Magic:** a type of magic that allows his to more effectively harm dragons, and absorb elements related to that of a storm — such as lightning, strong winds, and gray clouds.
* **Lightning Magic:** magic which allows him to shoot lightning from his body, or strike his opponents with a thunderbolt from the sky; he also makes usage of this magic by transforming into lightning itself and moving around quickly in that form.
* **Sacred Staff Magic:** magic that comes from the Seven Sacred Staffs, which he managed to collect.

1. **Death Magic *(Staff 1)***
2. **Knowledge Magic / Psychic Magic *(Staff 2)***
3. **Power Magic *(Staff 3)***
4. **Illusion Magic *(Staff 4)***
5. **Will Magic *(Staff 5)***
6. **Reflection Magic / Mirror Magic *(Staff 6)***
7. **Monster Magic** **(Staff 7)**

* **Ten Commandments Magic:** allows Divinos to cast ten different spells, all with different and unique effects, but are extremely powerful when used correctly
* **Eyes of Arashi**

## **Background**

### **Past**

Byakuya's father, the brother of the current Lucifer, was the original heir to the throne prior to his birth; however, his father gave up the position and passed it onto his brother.

When he was seven-years-old, Byakuya watched the Second Annual Mage Tournament and became increasingly interested in the art of magic and combat. Learning that he was capable of Lightning Magic, he began to train everyday to the greatest extent, even passing out sometimes.

After his parents found out about his training, they forbade him from continuing to exercise and train his magic, which eventually led him to flee the city and head out into the Underworld's wild area. For days, he stumbled around with no food or knowledge about his location, until he met a black-cloaked man who carried several weapons on his back.

Introducing himself as Akira Shirogane, the man said he would guide him to a place where he can train his Lightning Magic, eventually bringing the young mage to a deeper part of the forest where a dark cave awaited them. From the cave, a large rumble shakes the ground for miles out, until a stormy-grey dragon peaks its head out of the cave, landing its eyes on Akira and Byakuya.

Learning of the situation, the dragon—known as the Storm Dragon-Queen, Katalysta—morphs into its human form, revealing a young and beautiful woman with silver hair and a powerful magical aura. Agreeing to train the mage in light of his potential, Byakuya is taken under the Dragon-Queen's care for the foreseeable future.

Two years prior to the series, in 2018, a raid of dragons from the Absit Lands would take the Underworld by storm, leaving several cities and masses of devils dead and in ruins. Due to Katalysta's sickness, the Storm Dragon-Queen is killed in the raid as well; however, before dying, she grants Byakuya some of her power and instructs him to seek out two people: Zane Euphoria and Caloris Azathoth.

Derek Destavez, one of the Five Shields and the only other survivor of the raid on Byakuya's city, blacksmiths a cape and bandana made from Katalysta's left-over clothing at his request, while also granting him the dark-black armor that he is typically seen in. Learning of items known as the Sacred Staffs from him as well, Byakuya heads to the capital of the Underworld, where he steals the first staff from a man delivering it to Lucifer.

Spotting the encounter from nearby, Spencer McCarthy, an SZ-Class Devil, decides to step in and challenge Byakuya for the staff back; however, he fails to retrieve it and is defeated once Byakuya uses his Storm Dragon-Slaying Magic for the first time after receiving Katalysta's power. Having watched the entire encounter, Lucifer grants Byakuya the title of SZ-Class and questions him on his motives.

Introducing himself as Divinos, the new SZ-Class Devil explains that he is seeking the Sacred Staffs in order to attempt a ritual that could be used to revive primeval and ancient beings, hoping to use it to resurrect Katalysta. Recognizing Byakuya as his nephew and the boy that Akira had told him about, Lucifer allows him to keep the staff and continue on his conquest.

### **Return to Earth**

Months later, when he decides to revisit Earth, Byakuya decides to seek out the boy Katalysta had told him about—the Host of Unus, Zane Euphoria. However, he is instead met with a girl all alone in the park, who peeks his curiosity.

Casting a spell that instantly removes all of his gear and allowing his hair and eyes to reflect their natural color, Byakuya approaches the girl and introduces himself as Marc Castellan—the name he went by while attending school on Earth at the beginning of his training with Katalysta. After she introduces herself as a girl named Kristina Kaye, she explains that she recently left home due to family troubles and is invited by Byakuya to join her on his quest—though he does not tell her what it is actually about, due to the rules of the Magical Archive.

Telling her to meet him back at the same spot one day later, Byakuya leaves and returns the next day, only to find a rampaging flame demon and a recently-killed girl that he instantly recognizes. Easily dealing with the demon, Byakuya uses the coin that Akira gave him years ago—a Revival Token—to reincarnate Kristina as a devil.

Casting his gear upon him, Byakuya then introduces himself as a mage named Divinos, before taking Kristina—the unknown Host of Venous—to train her magic and devil attributes under a man named Hyberion, a member of the Seven Deadly Sins. A couple of months later, however, Byakuya is alerted of trouble within Morning Star Town, using the second Sacred Staff—which he recently obtained—to track down Hyberion.

Discovering of the mage's true intentions, Byakuya kills Hyberion using his Wind Magic, before apologizing to Kristina and asking her if she would like to join a guild known Black Crown. After she agrees, Byakuya takes her to the captain of the newly-revived guild, Amber Lucifer, who is actually his cousin—though she is unaware of the fact—and the daughter of the current Lucifer, which also makes her the Underworld's Princess.

Following Kristina's inauguration into Black Crown, Byakuya would leave to go and hunt down Caloris Azathoth, returning to Morning Star Town over a year later and finally meeting Zane, who he would then reincarnate as a devil.

## **Personality**

### **Bluntness**

Due to his past, Byakuya is generally uncaring and blunt, refusing to take up even simple quests and help anyone who sees as undeserving. After his battle with Spencer McCarthy, one of the most popular and strongest mages in the Underworld, he states that the celebrity is nothing but "a worthless nuisance with ego greater than his battle power".

After meeting the captain of Black Crown, his supposed cousin, for the first time, he deems her as lowly scum with no purpose in life and overly-exaggerated problems to cry about. When she attempts to retort the claims, he immediately shuts her down and stops her from responding, realizing and explaining that due to her shut-away from society, she can hardly understand he—or anyone else—is trying to say to her.

Later, during a trip to visit and check-up on Kristina, Byakuya meets Lance Hecate, a reincarnated devil like her who had joined Black Crown after being reincarnated by Akira following his suicide; once he learns about how he died, Byakuya laughs in his face and mocks him for his past desicion.

Even though Byakuya does change throughout the series, he still remains quite blunt and even a bit cold at times, such as when he refuses to held a sick Brant in his fight against Galvamesh until after he is defeated, despite pleading from Amber. Following the time-skip in-between Books 5 and 6, Byakuya also refuses to side with Zane in his conflict with Black Crown, and also later tells the guild to deal with Jack-O'-Hollow on their own.

### **Softness**

Despite his cold and blunt attitude though, it is shown that he is capable of a softer side, mostly when it comes to what Katalysta taught him when he was younger and growing up. As stated by Akira, Byakuya genuinely cares for the well-being of Kristina, and also feels responsible for Zane after having allowed him to die at the hands of the Soul Pawner.

As hinted at in Book 2 during the Annual Mage Tournament, is is implied that Byakuya feels a heavy regret for the events that transpired with Hyberion, which eventually leads to his desicion to help Black Crown win the semi-finals and later even joining the guild after he is invited by Zane and Amber. Following the tournament, when he meets his younger sister, Hazel, for the first time, he is intrigued by her powerful magic and strange attitude—such as her expertise in ventriloquism.

In Book 3, when he decides to face Afeus Clover following the New Alliance's defeat, he tells the Psychic God-Slayer that he is there to defeat him for the sole purpose of fulfilling the promise he had made. After he is successful in beating down the mage, he then explains that his promise was perhaps the most sincere he had ever been.

In Book 5, he admits to Kristina he wishes that he could have spent more time around her, though he states he cannot give her further assistance due to his heart condition. When asked about whether or not he would have dealt with Galvamesh himself, Byakuya states that he would have solely due to the danger that the Devil-Slayer presented to both Kristina and his younger sister, Hazel.

At the end of the series, following Hanayome's departure from the magical world, Byakuya tells Kristina that he is finished with his quest, but has nowhere to go now that it is completed. After being given suggestions by Black Crown, Byakuya agrees to follow Kristina on her own quest to travel the world.

## **Relationships**

### **Katalysta**

Having been the person who basically raised and took care of him, Katalysta was seen as a mother figure in Byakuya's eyes. Due to the lessons and techniques that she taught him, it is shown that Byakuya has a great level of respect for her, which would lead to his desicion to not resurrect her with the Sacred Staffs.

After receiving his cape and bandana, which were made from her leftover clothing she would wear while in human form, Byakuya would refuse to take them off until the day was finished, and would go right back to wearing them in the morning. As stated by Lucifer, it is also implied that one of the reasons Byakuya is so powerful is because he has to shoulder the guilt and responsibility—at least in his eyes—of having allowed Katalysta to die at the hands of dragons, despite wielding one of the most powerful variations of Dragon-Slaying Magic.

### **Zane Euphoria**

Following Katalysta's dying words, Byakuya became interested into learning why he had been instructed to seek him out. After arriving in Morning Star Town in February of 2020, he discovers the boy—who he learns is only one year younger than he is—in an encounter with a Soul Pawner, who Byakuya proceeds to eliminate.

With a sense of responsibility and guilt, Byakuya reincarnates Zane using a Revival Token, before leaving him a letter and instructing him to seek out a girl at his school, Amber Lucifer. In order to make sure the transition was successful, Byakuya visits his cousin once more and explains to her what had happened; at first, she refuses to take on responsibility for the event, mostly due to the fact that she had met Zane once before and would be too embarrassed to develop a relationship with him again.

Knowing of Zane's personality through the Staff of Knowledge, Byakuya forces Amber to accept his conditions. Later, Zane would state Byakuya was one of the first people to peek his curiosity, which would lead him to invite him to join Black Crown in Book 2.

Though the two don't interact much throughout the series, it is implied that they have a mutual respect for each other, and that Byakuya is impressed with the level of strength the Host of Unus had achieved.

### **Amber Lucifer**

Having used the Staff of Knowledge to peek into his cousin's past, Byakuya deemed Amber as a pathetic princess and a lowlife, which he told directly to her face, though she would only later understand what he truly meant after Zane explained it to her. Upon their second encounter, Byakuya would reinforce his feelings about her once again, telling her that she is still a pathetic and weak captain, and that the addition of Zane could be the best possible thing for her.

Though it is not explicitly detailed in Book 1, it is shown in Book 2 that Amber strongly respects Byakuya as someone who tells the truth bluntly and has the magical power to back it up.

In Book 5, when she learns that Byakuya is in fact her cousin, Amber attempts to cozy up to him and apologize for her weakness in the past, though she is harshly rejected.

Despite his cold words and actions to her in the past, Amber believes that he says them in order to push her to be better, which the SZ-Class Mage later admits to. At the end of the series, Amber is seen giving advice to him for his trip with Kristina.

### **Kristina Kaye**

Due to her resemblance of Katalysta—both in appearence and in terms of personality—Byakuya came to care and trust the Host of Venous, which led to him trying to help her find a place to stay. After his mistake with Hyberion following her reincarnation, Byakuya states that Kristina would be better off training her magic under Black Crown instead of with him.

After he is inaugurated into Black Crown himself, Byakuya is shown challenging both Afeus Clover and Hylax in order to keep the promise that he made to Kristina at the end of Book 2. In Book 5, he tells her that he should have spent more time with her, and that he would have already dealt with Galvamesh if he had been in the position to.

As shown, Byakuya begins to care more for Kristina, even outside of her resemblance of Katalysta, which eventually leads to him to agree to follow her on her quest to travel around the world at the end of the series. Though he refuses to admit it himself, Amber tells Zane that Byakuya probably loves her, even though he might not know it himself.

### **Spencer McCarthy**

Shown first in Book 2 during the Annual Mage Tournament, Spencer seems Byakuya as a delinquent with too much on his hands, which causes him to dislike the mage, especially after he had received the rank SZ-Class so easily after he had worked for years in order to achieve that power. In return, Byakuya sees Spencer as an annoyance with too little power to share the same title as him.

Though Byakuya is the only person to face off against all of Spencer's Slaying Magics, it is stated that Spencer still does not respect his abilities and would rather die than see himself below him.

### **Hazel Dierenji**

Because of the fact he had left home relatively young, Byakuya was unaware of the fact that he had a little sister until Amber figured out his identity and told him about it. Following their first encounter, Byakuya takes Hazel with him on his quest in order to assist her training in Lightning Dragon-Slaying Magic, as well as learn more about her such as her expertise in ventriloquism.

After the reveal of her ability to peer into the future, Byakuya becomes increasingly over-protective of her, which leads him to try and defeat Hylax all on his own, though he is unable to finish the job. By the end of the series, he allows Hazel to become independence once more.

### **Afeus Clover**

In Book 4, Byakuya states that his battle with Afeus was a unique one which allowed him to see a different perspective, and even gain respect for the now-dead God-Slayer despite the fact that he was hated by him for his lack of freedom and his over-caring attitude towards the past.

During their reunion in Book 10, Afeus states that Byakuya has become much more of a respectable person and is "less retrained by those chains," but has also become physically weaker. In return, Divinos once again beats down the Psychic God-Slayer, stating that his opinions and words are meaningless.

## **Notable Quotes**

* *"You're nothing but a worthless nuisance with ego greater than his battle power. In fact, your yapping hurts my ears more than your punches hurt my face."* **(To Spencer McCarthy)**
* *"The two of us are nothing alike. In my eyes, you're a lowly scum with absolutely no purpose in life other than to cry about your overly-exaggerated problems that mean nothing in reality. If you want to be the captain of a guild, you have to be the strongest."* **(To Amber Lucifer)**
* *"People have suffered and lived with ten-times your problems, yet you would cower and give up in light of yours."* **(To Lance Hecate)**

## **Trivia**

* Divinos in inspired by many fictional characters, with the most notable ones being Jiren(Dragon Ball Super), Gilgamesh(Fate Series), and Saitama(One Punch Man)
* Divinos's main color was originally navy blue, but was then switched to silver
* The Seven Sacred Staffs, which Divinos occasionally uses in combat, was chosen by the author to prove that mages who wields staffs can be powerful as well
* Divinos is the only mage in the entire series who wears both a cape and a bandana
* As noted by Kieron/Lagann, Divinos punches just like Saitama from the popular Japanese franchise *One Punch Man*
* While it is not outright stated, it is hinted at that Divinos is the most powerful mage in the entire series