Jude

**Jude** (*ジュード, Jūdo*) is a supporting antagonist of the Grando series. Jude was the creator, pillar, and leader of the notorious criminal organization, Judas. Jude is known as "The Director" of the Grando series, setting up the Restever Village Incident, Yori's transformation, and the killing of Arlo. Many unfortunate events are directed by Jude and typically ideas of Jude and his gang, Judas. Jude is known as "The Man Who Started It All".

Today, Jude works as an advisor for Yori. He often called at the Monarch Monarchy meetings when requested, and is treated with respect, even within the group. In order to create a new successor for himself and apprentice, Jude decides to make Shinjiro and take his trust and turns into Shinjiro's personal advisor fairly quickly.

## Appearance

Jude is a tall, lanky, yet lean muscular man with fair pale skin and middle-length black hair. Jude's most notable feature is his motion symbol marking on his face and the back of his neck. Jude has white eyes, typically turned red in battle. Jude's eyes are noted to be sharp and emotionless. Said by Uncle Uncle that Jude's aura is enough to terrify even the bravest of creatures. Jude wears a long black cloak, usually closed (occasionally opened, revealing his white buttoned up shirt) and black slacks. On occasions, Jude's hair can be slicked back. It is noted that Jude most resembles as a snake, specifically a king cobra. Now older, Jude keeps the same hairstyle. Because Jude had reached immortality, he keeps the same appearance.

## Personality

Jude has always been a sadistic, manipulative, clever and egotistical individual, often deceiving and manipulating others into getting what he wants. Jude is misrecognized as soft-spoken, gentle, and thoughtful before meeting him. He is known to get whatever he wants, whenever he wants.

Since childhood, Jude has always been obsessed with changing the world after he died. When he was a child, he never believed in heroes, as they always faced the same demise. Jude was addicted in solving problems in his image. He believed that if everyone thought the same way he did, the world would need no fixing. Jude has always been a genius in awareness and adaptability. When he was younger, he would analyze one's emotions to make sure that he would get what he wanted, persuading, and even went as far as lying about his emotions.

Jude typically manipulates his Judas into doing what he wants to, with his unfathomable murderous aura. Jude usually conceals his bloodlust, but in order to proceed with his tasks, he uses his aura. He has no empathy for anyone, including his subordinates. Jude hesitates to kill no one. Initially, Jude is a soft-spoken and gentle individual and hides his true intentions.

### Time With Shinjiro

Jude had taken a liking towards Shinjiro, realizing he was a decandant of the Noballz, while also being the leader of a well-known gang. In order to make Shinjiro into his own, Jude would advise Yori to create a plan to turn Shinjiro against his friends.

While in Nonobe, Jude would often remind Shinjiro of his past, using Hana and Mirion and turning them against him. Using Winter's ability to go back in time, he would take Shinjiro to the past with his former friends.

## Background

Jude was born in the slums of Amabala. When he was born, a huge gust of wind circulated throughout the entire world, along with changing the shifts of the tides. His mother named his Jude, as it resembled his importance. He was born with no siblings, however, he had a older-brother figure named Peter. Peter was a hunter in Amabala, specializing in hunting animals. Jude's mother died shortly after he turned four. Jude didn't speak until he was seven, not that he couldn't but he chose not to. Peter would feed him, then choose to leave him. Jude was top of his class, has always been extremely powerful, however, he was alone and desired friends. He would later join a delinquent gang in order to make friends. After joining the gang, he would learn about damupawa and pick it up extremely quickly. He would develop his technique within a matter of weeks, and produce an immense amount of energy rapidly. Shortly, he would surpass the gang leader in physical prowess, along with his intelligence. Jude would embark on starting his goal on becoming the strongest damupawa user in existence and be earn a nickname "King of Damupawa". He would then create Judas, named after him. Judas would dominate over the delinuqent world, however, it would not get recognition because of the powerhouse, the Eve Household. Jude would spend the next day without a second rest to devise a plan in order to tear the Eves piece by piece, along with any other threat in the future. He would design a inhuman plan to destroy the Eves, now called The Restever Incident.

## Abilities

Jude is an extremely powerful individual, and arguably one of the strongest in the entire series. He has earned the title of the "Overlord of Damupawa". Along with his incredible physical prowess, Jude possesses a monstrous amount of intelligence. He is a cunning man and proved himself to be extremely proficient in manipulating.

### Physical Abilities

* **Unfathomable Strength:** Jude possesses a tremendous amount of physical strength. He can deal with a "powerful" damupawa user without using his own technique, or even enhancing any of his attacks with energy molecules. Jude is able to tear off one's head without much effort.
* **Unfathomable Speed and Reflexes:** Jude can move swiftly and can react within light speed. As when he was four, he could outrun the fastest man to ever exist, along with the fastest animal to ever exist. He can move without those knowing that he has moved. In a millisecond where one is distracted, Jude is able to throw multiple attacks to kill them. Parring with his speed, his reflexes are insanely keen. He is able to notice an enemy's presence, regardless of if they concealed it or not, based on their eye blink pattern, motion, blood pumping through their heart, etc.
* **Immense Stamina:** Jude is able to deal with two different trained users of damupawa without breaking a sweat and without using his own damupawa technique.
* **Poison Resistance:** Since birth, Jude had been resistant against poison, having no effect on him at all.
* **AI-Level Intelligence:** Jude is one of the smartest men in existence, and arguably the smartest in the entire series. He has astounding memory along with analytical skills. He is able to understand a situation within light speed. He is able to assume the opponent's intentions, along with what they will do next. He possesses inhumane prediction skills, being able to predict even the most unpredictable plans arranged. Along with his childhood, he had graduated top of his school for all of his years.
* **Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant:** Taught by Peter, then several teachers, Jude is a master at hand-to-hand combat. He is able to deliver precise attacks at precise points in time to deliver the most amount of damage and efficiency. Jude's fight style is to a point where his the first five milliseconds of his attack is painful enough that the opponent will believe it isn't as bad, then the damage will kick in, causing internal bleeding.
* **Anatomy Design:** Jude's Anatomy Design is one of his most secretive abilities he possesses. He typically hides this ability from his enemies until their last moments. This ability allows Jude to determine his opponent's weak spots. This ability pairs well with his other abilities. He was born with this ability.
* **Extensive Lifetime:** Jude's had managed to reach almost immortality, keeping himself at almost peak each day of his life, going to extreme measures to take care of himself.

### Damupawa Abilities

Jude is one of the greatest damupawa technique users in existence. He only uses his damupawa technique when facing extremely powerful opponents, that are worthy of his power. When he was born, the an immense amount of energy attracted towards Jude, then ejecting itself into the world, creating the huge gust. Because Jude is an extremely powerful individual, he was gifted the ability to possess more than one primary technique.

Quotes* *"I'm afraid Shinjiro has fallen under Jude's darkness. He is a man of pure evil. He has no drive, only a thirst for bloodshed."* (Uncle Uncle talking about **Jude**.)
* *"But you're wrong Kathier. The world was cruel to you and you repaid the world with your kindness. Instead, the world had taken everything away from you. Now it's time we take everything away from the world."* (**Jude** to Shinjiro.)
* *"I'm driven by recognition."* (Jude's last words.)