Bach

Bach is a character in Blue Matter. He is one of the four faction heads of Coelcaitus and works as the General of the Guard.

## Appearance

Bach is an aging man with graying brown hair and cornflower-blue eyes. He often is seen wearing his uniform, which includes a blue military jacket, golden epaulets and trimming, and black pants.

## Personality

Bach is an iron-fisted man who has complete control over the Guard and relishes in the praise and recognition he gets from his position. He is a prideful man and dislikes when things don’t go his way. When he is disagreed with, he becomes easily angered. He tends to act on his own accord and abuses his power, having the entire Guard attack Shinsa despite her already being a citizen of Coelcaitus. He is constantly looking for ways to impress Lady Seraphina, going as far as trying to defame her own son. He dislikes accepting his mistakes and shortcomings, getting easily angered when Icarus points out that the Guard had conspirators involved with the Lunar Vulture incident.

## Powers and Abilities

As a faction head, Bach can be presumed to have considerable skill in using Cael. He was able to create cael shards to attack Shinsa with, and had enough affinity with cael to create shackles to stop her. However, Eugene has stated that his mental fitness has deteriorated enough to make him unable to use a halo anymore, so it can be concluded that his skills are not up to par with what they used to be.

## Relationships

### Seraphina Leidt

The Archangel is the one person that Bach is respectful and subservient to. He is constantly looking for opportunities to impress her, going as far as trying to kill Shinsa without orders to do so. Lady Seraphina seems to trust him enough to keep him as a faction head, but Eugene has stated that she probably does so out of pity.

### Astler Leidt

Unlike his mother, Bach has very little respect for Astler and views him in a competitive light due to their positions as faction heads. He is constantly looking to defame Astler, believing that it will make him look better to Lady Seraphina. He has belittled Astler despite his position and tries to order him to stand down from protecting Shinsa, earning a much-deserved threat of violence from Astler.

### Icarus

Despite both being faction heads, Bach and Icarus are polar opposites and do not get along great. Bach views Icarus’s methods of doing things as ridiculous and crazy, arguing with her often about her methods. Icarus, on the other hand, often teases Bach, pointing out the Guard’s and his own shortcomings and referring to him as an “old geezer” and “old man”.

### Shinsa

Bach is very prejudiced towards Shinsa, believing that she should be killed for being a demon despite her humanity, going as far as having the Guard try to kill her. He is enraged by her presence on Coelcaitus, calling her a war criminal despite Icarus pointing out that most of the faction heads already were. He unsuccessfully advocated for Shinsa to be killed or expelled from Coelcaitus.

### Ryung

Although Bach has not interacted with Ryung, he considered him a paltry examinee due to his status as a blank, not caring if he or Lanning got injured during the assault on Shinsa despite them both being innocent citizens.

### Lanning Chey

Like Ryung, Bach looks down on Lanning because of her inability to use cael chemistry as a pilot, using her and Ryung as bait to reveal Shinsa’s identity as a demon.

### Rangda Ishriv

As the valedictorian of her class at the military academy, Bach viewed Rangda highly compared to other students, even sponsoring her. He vouched for her to pass the exams despite being captured during the Lunar Vulture incident. Rangda joined the guard upon becoming a citizen to honor Bach’s sponsorship, although Ryung believed it was because she didn’t want to be outperformed by members of the Armada.

### Euclase De La Solgloire

Euclase was the salutatorian of his class at the military academy and was viewed as a good candidate by Bach despite his low cael capacity. He vouched for him to pass the exams despite getting captured with Rangda.