Stein

## Stein

### Affiliation

Demonic Courts
Court of Beasts

## Physical description

### Height

5'4"

Stein is an NPC in Reflection. He is played by Jay. He is the Archdemon of the Demonic Court of Beasts.

## Appearance and Personality

### Appearance

Stein is a small man covered head to toe in body armor in the same style as the armor worn by his fellow Archdemons. Multiple tubes funnel a glowing blue material between the torso and the helmet, as well as to a large pack on Stein's back. One of the helmet's eyes seems to be constructed like a scope. A bandolier of ammunition patches is tied around his chest.

### Personality

Stein is a reckless person with little regard for responsibility or safety, either his own or others'. Unlike his father, he speaks freely with no regard for possible Burn incurred by his statements. Despite his unique skillset, Stein cares little for his duty as an Archdemon, spending most of his time both within the Coda and on the surface wandering on his own, finding powerful monsters to hunt.

## History

### Early Life

Stein was born into a world that was eventually destroyed due to overuse of Flame as an energy source. He was saved by unknown means and became the Pyromancer of Beasts. At some point, he was granted the Demonic Arm Gnashing Maw by the Queen of Flames, which he used as his primary weapon for a long time, but he eventually found its difficulty of use to not be worth its devastating power, and so he abandoned it on the third layer of the Coda.

### World Twelve

Stein, and the rest of his Court, put miminal effort into assisting with the Codan incursion into World Twelve. However, the Court of Beasts did claim Colt as a mortal of interest. At some point, Stein made contact with the OPIA AI Cam under unknown circumstances. During the battle between OPIA and the Court of Death, Stein was approached by Cam and Basilisk Id, who were searching for Gnashing Maw. He directed them to where he left it, which was not very far away.

During the climax of OPIA and Death's battle, Stein was tasked by his father Vinter with using his teleportation ability to quickly deliver the Hunter of Mortals and Rio Fenrir to OPIA HQ. After reluctantly doing so, Stein disappeared. Months later, Stein attended the funeral of the Hunter of Mortals, where he complained about the lateness of Isaac and the Golden Knight. Following the Demonic assault on Fuse City, Stein was tasked by the Queen of Flames with causing chaos in Beleth alongside The Pristine One. He accepted this mission, although he was irritated that he was going to have to chase his Stranger down before he would go with him.

## Abilities

As an Archdemon, Stein is immortal and possesses the ability to create Demons aligned with his Court. Additionally, he possesses the unique ability to travel between Flame signals. This makes him the only Archdemon able to circumvent the restriction keeping them from manifesting on the surface. However, Stein mostly uses this ability to travel to remote regions of little importance to find interesting monsters to fight, rather than advancing the goals of the Queen of Flames.

Despite his small stature, Stein is an extremely skilled survivalist and hunter. Even if he eventually abandoned Gnashing Maw, the fact that he wielded the massive blade for a meaningful length of time at all implies that he is incredibly physically strong.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 For Today
2. ↑ Crossing Threads
3. ↑ Chasing Ghosts
4. ↑ Colt Classic
5. ↑ For Tomorrow
6. ↑ Lock And Key
7. ↑ Night Ride