Ivior Gurren

**Ivior** (Eye - Vee - Or) **Gurren** is an Iron God-Slayer, and one of the main villains of the fourth book in the Black Crown series, *The Ironworks of Conquest.* After surviving the events of Project G-S, Ivior inherited the ability to use Iron God-Slaying Magic, but also consequently lost the ability to speak, instead having to use sign language to communicate.

## Appearance

Ivior is noted as having dull gray eye and extremely spiky, hedgehog-like hair. Around his forehead, he wears a silver crown, and around both of his wrists he wears metal bands that are capable of defeating magic.

In his Power Manifested transformation, Ivior's hair becomes silver in color, and he gains bright silver armor that coats his body.

## Abilities

Despite being powerful, Ivior only has access to a few abilities, though he is capable of using them extremely well.

* **Iron Magic:** Allows Ivior to summon and manipulate iron, bending it to create things or shooting it out from the ground and/or his body.
* **Iron God-Slaying Magic:** Allows Ivior to absorb magical iron that comes into contact with his body, and through Inverse Principle, allows him to harm gods more effectively.
* **Iron Armor Summoning / Power Manifested:** Coats Ivior's body in durable, bright silver armor
* **Eyes of Kratos:** A magical eye ability that allows Ivior to send him and one other opponent into a pocket dimension for up to two minutes, where his abilities are boosted by two to three times.
* **Eyes of Apocalypse:** A magical eye ability that allows Ivior to increase the gravity of the area in his vision, effectively slowing down his opponents

## Background

Ivior is one of four survivors of Project God-Slayer, having inherited Iron God-Slaying Magic, but also having lost the ability to speak. Only seven-years-old, and with no family, Ivior headed to the mortal realm, where was taken in by an old man who taught him to communicate with sign language, and also helped him get a better understanding for his powers.

Five years later, he received a prophecy that said in fifteen years time, an interdimensional god would be set to invade the mortal using gaps in reality found in the Underworld. Knowing that, he seeked out to find a way to stop this god, realizing the only way was to destroy the Underworld.

## Trivia

* Ivior's last name, Gurren, is the Japanese word for "scarlet," which resembles how Ivior's life has always been filled with blood
* Ivior's muteness resembles how, despite wanting to fight for the better of the world, he has never had a voice in anything because he was always seen as an outsider and a danger to society
* Kratos is the Greek god personification of strength, such as how the Eyes of Kratos allow Ivior to boost his strength by taking him and his opponent into a separate pocket dimension
* Apocalypse is the Greek god of gravity, such as how the Eyes of Apocalypse increase the gravity and weight of anything in Ivior's sight
* Ivior's base form is noted by Zane as having strength that matches, and even possible exceeds, that of Van's Divinity Unleashed form
* Originally, Ivior was going to be the only villian of Book 4, with the entire book focusing on his conquest for an artifact that can destroy the world
* In the first draft of the story, Ivior was able to speak and was also much more violent and agressive than both Van and Afeus
* Ivior's silver wristbands and the crown and the crown on his forehead are inspired by Dragon Ball Z's Broly, who shares a similar design