Clay

> While it's true, I once desired destruction… and the only goal I had was power… things are different now. Because now Im going to destroy and rebuild. Imma create a nation… a world without darkness. In other words…what i wish for is... Revolution
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> Clay to Rain, and Abigail

### Aliases

bastard, dream on wish, the wandering demon, Monster, Rogue Demon

### Role

Major Antagonist(formerly), Major protagonist

## Physical description

### Eye color

lime green, left eye red with a black sclera

### Hair Color

blonde

Clay was a former citizen of Glacierford and former pupil of Zal. He was one of Rain's closest friends. They formed a friendly rivalry against each other in a pursuit of power and dissatisfied with his own progress, he defects from Glacierford so that he can acquire strength to hopefully one day surpass the legend Rain was supposed to be. His actions that followed become increasingly demanding, irrational and isolates himself from others, leading him to be branded as an international criminal. later after being he decides to help protect the world he once sought to destroy, and later being happily redeemed by Rain, Clay decides to return to Glacierford and dedicate his life to help protect the village and its inhabitants along with the rest of the overworld.

## Background

Bause his mother died when he was very young, Clay was raised during his early years by his father Saken, Clay in particular revered his father. During one of his father's missions. Saken and his team were sent on a mission of great importance. When his team-mates' lives were endangered, Saken chose to abandon the mission in order to save them. The impact of the mission's failure caused Saken to be vilified by the villagers, and even those he had saved. Dishonoured, Saken fell into a deep depression, which caused his abilities to suffer as a result. Eventually, he committed suicide. Seeing what his father went through he mourns his death.

In the Academy, Clay earned top grades, earning him recognition as a prodigy and the best of his generation. According to Abigail, Clay had a twisted personality even as a child. His sadistic attitude was presumably due to the death of his Father. During his infrequent downtime, Clay met a boy his own age named Rain. The two quickly developed a friendly rivalry, be it skipping stones or urinating in rivers, with Clay typically winning their contests.

2 And a half years before the struggle trio decides to train in a Forest where they got ambushed by a mysterious figure disguising as Rain so the duo prepare to fight The impostor, a Mysterious figure, used a technique that Made Clay and Abigail see their own gruesome death multiple times, paralyzed them with fear it hit Abigail harder and Clay helped Abigail and they managed to escape. They try to fight back but The figure was far too strong for them to contend with and may very well kill them. Clay tries to forfeit Abigail's nether star in exchange for their lives, but Rain, upon locating them, stops him, believing Clay may also be an enemy in disguise because the Clay he knows would never surrender.

Rain engages The figure in combat, and knocks him back Rain calls Clay a scaredy-cat before The figue finally rendered him unconscious. Amazed by Rain's performance and encouraged by Abigail, Clay picks up where he left off by pinning The Figure down and attacking him with the Fireball infused lightning Technique. The Figure is impressed by Clay and brands him with the Cursed eye to reward him before leaving. The pain of the cursed eye overwhelms Clay and he passes out with serious Injury.

At some point the trio were attacked by a Cloaked figure who wanted to fight Clay who accepted the dual but Clay was easily being overpowered and was tossed in a ravine Abigail saved him Rain fights him he pushes the figure back who was impressed and retreated

Clay after learning that Rain beat the cloaked figure he grew jealous of Rain who, despite a weak fighter compared to himself has seemingly surpassed Clay, Determined to prove himself superior, Clay challenges Rain to a fight. At first, Rain refuses because Clay is still in no condition to fight, but Clay persists and Rain agrees. The fight escalates quickly, when both use an energy charged strike in a desperate attempt to win. Abigail realizes this fight has gone too far and one of them is gonna die and tries to stop them.

Vanessa arrives and deflects their attacks into opposing water towers before they can clash. Clay initially believes his strike was at least stronger based on the damage to their respective water towers, but on closer examination finds that Rain's water tower is destroyed. Clay leaves, jealous of Rain's development.

Clay is confronted by a Mercenary. They fight to test his abilities and quickly defeat him. Clay tries using his cursed eye to gain the upper-hand, but discovers that he also possessed a cursed eye. The mercenary offers to take him to someone so that he can gain strength like his, which he'll never achieve if he remains in Glacierford.

Desperate to become stronger than Rain, Clay decides to take up on the offer and leaves during the night. When he gets close to the exit he gets confronted by Abigail who tries to reason with him and tell him not to leave but he remains quiet and leaves before staring at her coldly with his cursed eye Abigail then passes out he then teleports her to her room and in her bed. He meets The mercenary who introduces himself as Nikorasu and his subordinates Eryn and Chronos. They walked far away they chat for a while, Nikorasu claims that Clay made the right choice so he starts guiding him.

Then he takes a pill to make the cursed eye stronger but will be in a half dead state. He takes it and passes out due to the immense pain but his body is adjusting to the drug. But when he wakes up his body is stronger. Clay is stopped at the Valley of Gods by Rain. Clay ignores his pleas to return to Glacierford. Rain starts attacking him, ready to take him back to Glaicerford by force if necessary. Clay returns the attacks as a way of resuming the fight that Vanessa interrupted earlier. He also decides to kill Rain. With his cursed eye, Clay is able to land a number of serious blows. Although Rain didn't want to believe that Clay would really kill him, his mounting injuries convince him otherwise and allowed to access the ender eye.

Clay is surprised by the insidious power he senses, the sudden healing of Rain's wounds, and the increases to his strength and speed. Clay becomes angry and asks Rain why he would go so far for him, to which Rain responds that Clay is like a brother to him and that he simply can't let him go. Clay acknowledges their bond and promises to sever it, they continue trading blows, with Rain eventually activating his Dual ender eye form, Clay entering his cursed Eye's 100%. Clay clashes with Rain a powerful strike which created a black dome, and within the dome of resulting energy

When the energy dissipates, Clay stands over an unconscious Rain, wounded and with no energy left to finish him Clay. He decides not kill him. He leaves his Emerald behind with Rain and continues on to the figure by himself. Clay manages to reach the lair Clay came to who is revealed to be Phantom only wanting whatever power he can give him. And to this day Clay trains hard to one day surpass the legend Rain was supposed to be.

### During his Training

Approximately two and half years into his training with Phantom(this is 2 weeks before the struggle), Clay volunteers to deliver some research material to one of Zal's hideouts. While there, Clay releases one of Zal's test subjects, from his confinements and then helps Hīrā capture him yet again. Pleased with what he witnesses of her abilities, Clay resolves to win her over so that he can have her an ally in the future.

## Appearance

Clay before leaving glacierford wore a green jacket most of the time with one of his left sleeve had many small belts adorning his left arm and similar bands around both legs. His eyes were lime green before he received the cursed eye from zal when he did though his left eye became red with a black sclera after his training with zal his appearence is similar to rain's with his jacket being green and being more armored for all of his hair always covered his Cursed eye for in both of his outfits. When using the full power of the his skin turned dark-grey and his hair grew and turned darker. His eyes also turned dark red. Additionally, he grew webbed-claw-shaped wings from his back which he could use to fly and glide. Should any limbs be lost, Clay Regenerate them.

After Gaining a part Zal's Power on top of Stacking it with the Cursed eyed state his Hair Becomes black and red his scelra becomes white again while his pupils remain its blood red. His Black Cloak is made of pure magic and is as hard as Eliteknight's Armor even in overcharged mode. His Skin returns to normal color rather than its Gray color.

## Personality

#### Childhood personality

Since his early childhood, Clay was very independent and self-confident, at times even appearing arrogant and condescending. Despite that, Clay was very perceptive and intuitive, quickly realizing the situation for what it was. Clay likes to mess with Rain. he also cares for Abigail saves her multiple times and respects her as a skilled warrior. he adored spending time with his father claiming it to be his #1 favorite thing to do. Clay himself stated he is sensitive since he can't pee when someone is behind him and tries to use it as an excuse a couple times. His personality resembles Kyllian when he was a kid.

#### Defection

After leaving glacierford Clay became more calm and focused, no longer caring about his home, his friends, all of them being worthless to him. He will do whatever it takes to gain power. He was willing to his allies, turn on them the instant they no longer had any further use to him. He would do anything to get stronger and more powerful even if it meant acquiring power that wasn't his own. Clay was also a natural leader, seasoned in the art of military combat. He is mysterious by nature, taking care to mask his true intentions and hide behind his composed persona in order to maintain a level of respect and fear. This shows Clay's Megalomaniac personality as a person who desires power. but despite Clay claiming to have abandoned his friendship with Rain, Clay still held onto their friendship subconsciously.

#### Redemption

During his time as a wanderer, Clay was a recluse, keeping contact with people to an absolute minimum and maintained his strong sense of pride; he is willing to help the the nations if their problems are beyond their expertise but ignores their requests if facing insignificant issues. He also sometimes acts independently on his own and helps the four nations, but does not even bother to interact with anyone during such instances if not needed. At the same time, he is willing to acknowledging significant events. Acknowledging his mistakes and once free from hate and vengeance, Clay reverts back to the type of person he was prior to his father's death; being kind to others and displaying a sense of humour but maintaining his aloof exterior. Although publicly regarded as a hero for his role in the war, Clay feels that his crimes and imperfections outweigh anything heroic he has ever done. Ashamed of his past actions, Clay referred to the person he used to be as an entirely different person.

## Skills

Clay was a child was natural prodigy in combat so rare it is said to be seen once every generation as a child he can defeat Armed Military train soldiers with ease and he is able to fight other prodigies like Abigail and fight Rain winning almost all their duals. And even held his own against Phantom the second strongest member of the hatred clan at the time. He also has various types of drug enhancements from Phantom to increase his combat capabilities.

He is a strong and skilled warrior in combat being able to keep up and easily defeat the crusaders with his skill he is a master at the art of electrokinesis claiming he can “tame lighting itself” he was really skilled at it. He is also pretty fast to the point it looks like he is teleporting he is also a skilled pyromancer he can manipulate fire and spit fireballs he was also a skilled axeman he wields the ax of nightmares a ax that Clay primarily use in combat. He was able fight Rain for a entire day someone who claimed to be the only person who can match him.

It was a weapon created by Zal its power rival the might of Rain’s diamond spark. He is also has access to the to the cursed eye, when he activates it, he has increased power levels and physical capabilities, to the point where with its maximum level, Clay was equal in power to Rain's dual ender eyed form when he first used it. the Seal was applied to Clay's left eye. He can also swap places with his opponent or object with extreme precision. He can also fly when the full power of his cursed eye is activated and can use his wings as pretty effective shields. Clay Also has Amazing stamina and endurance as he is able to take many powerful hits without going down and fought Rain for a whole day without rest.

After receiving Zal's Energy Clay gained monsterous amounts of power he is able to keep up with End Crystal Kyllian and is even stronger than his full powered cursed eye state. In This form alongside Rain they managed to even push back End Crystal Kyllian and hold their own against powerful opponents and as Ares stated and admitted "The new generation always surpass the previous" and that Rain and Clay has Surpassed Ares and Base and Nether Star powered up Kyllian

One of his strongest attacks is the Shōmei doragon (meaning lightning dragon in Japanese)was his ultimate attack but it required stormy weathers to use it. Clay must draw natural lightning directly from thunder clouds to supplement the power of his strike, this attack uses the natural lightning, which — as noted by Zal— reaches the ground in 1/1000th of a second it was strong enough to destroy a small mountain and destroy kurokiba's arcane knight which was said to be the ultimate defense.

## Trivia

* Clay favorite food is chocolate his least favorite food is Tsukudani
* his name is inspired by Dream's real name his main weapon the Ax of nightmare is a reference to Dream naming all most his items nightmare
* Clay is one of the characters in the series to have been both a protagonist and antagonist, an antagonist when he defects from Glacierford and a becomes a protagonist after being redeemed by Rain
* his favorite word is "power"
* Clay's hobbies are training and taking walks.
* Clay is a genius, he is dull to teach because he learns everything easily, compared to the less predictable Rain.
* Cursed eye is also a reference to the Cursed Seal of Heaven in Naruto