Samuel Demantius

**Samuel Demantius** (ザムエル・デマンティウス *Zamueru Demantiusu*?) is the veteran Flame Haze bound to the Crimson Lord Zirnitra. His title is "Guardian of Steady Passage" (犀渠の護り手 *Saikyo no Morite*?). He is also known by the alias Sirotci and is also the one who coins the name "Flame Haze Army" during the Great War.

## Appearance

Samuel is a tall middle-aged man of Czech descent. He wears a stand-collar overcoat with an officer cap which hides his eyes. He lost his left eye prior to his contract with Zirnitra and has a big scar on the left side of his face.

## Personality

Other than with his close acquaintances like Sophie Sawallisch, Samuel usually speaks like a soldier with strict formalities. He is one of the few who possesses talent in leading and commanding Flame Haze as an army, thus making them victorious in many battles in Europe, including the Great War. Throughout hundreds of years, he becomes an experienced commander and essential member of the present Flame Haze Army.

## Powers and Abilities

**Flight**: Samuel was able to control his decent after leaping out of an airplane. He was also unaffected by the hard landing he received.[4]

### Unrestricted Spells

**Žižka's Mound** (ジシュカの丘 *Jishuka no Oka*?): Samuel's main powers concern the construction of many different structures like bridges and strongholds, that are activated by combining hand movements and putting Zirnitra in the middle. The patterns to activate the spell are:
*Samuel*: Construct a [name of structure]. Is that fine with you, Zirnitra?
*Zirnitra*: Construct a [name of structure]. Affirmative. Commence the mission, Demantius.
*Samuel*: Disarray. Discard. Built. Thy name is honor. O, Žižka's Mound. Samuel has also been able to construct strongholds with just quick hand movements.[4] He uses the speech patterns to construct the bridge to Seireiden.[5]

**Zikmund's Gate** (ジクムントの門 *Jikumunto no Mon*?): Samuel's original Unrestricted Spell[8] which can reinforce the structures he creates when other Flame Haze add their power to them by touching them. The chant to activate the spell is :
*Samuel*: Impassable. Unopenable. Ceased. Thy name is disgrace. Zikmund's Gate!

Similarly, Samuel can achieve somewhat the same affect by himself with this spell, allowing his tower to withstand cannon Rinne without a single scratch for an lengthy period of time until he tires.[9]

**Wagenburg** (車両要塞（ヴァーゲンブルク） *Sharyō Yōsai (Vāgenburuku)*?, lit. "Vehicle Fortress"): Wagenburg is the Unrestricted Spell that serves as Samuel's trump card. With it, vehicles such as carriages made of large stones are joined together by thick chains. Samuel is then able to control them as one and line up the vehicles to create a wall of defense for his fortresses. The wall is not affected by attacks and from the vehicles, countless projectiles such as halberds can be fired at the enemy. Also, a vehicle can be separated from the chain and can be used to carry allies away from the battlefield. Wagenburg requires a tremendous amount of Power of Existence, and thus Samuel cannot use it for long.[10][11]

Samuel can communicate with Sophie and François, using an Unrestricted Spell which connects to the latter's visual mapping spell.[8] He can also use it to project his own voice over vast distances.[9]

**Endan** (炎弾?, Flame Bullet): Samuel is able to concentrate his Power of Existence into a stream, which can instantly take down weak Denizens.[9]

## Quotes

* (To Sophie about participating in the Second Great War): "*It is my pleasure to be here, Mutter Courage.*"[1]
* (To François at Zurich Airport): "*The world's future rests in your hands.*"[2]
* (To Zirnitra after the Declaration of the Grand Order): "*It looks like the tide of battle is decided.*"[8]
* (To himself about holding off the Denizens): "*This is a losing battle isn't it? So what? I simply have to stay on my feet until I keel over.*"[8]
* (To his Flame Haze comrade): "*All our comrades' lives rest on what we do here! Don't allow any of them to break through!*"[8]
* (While trying to save the out-of-control Flame Haze): "*Victory or defeat. Order of dominance. No matter the outcome, results are never meaningless. We must think how to use those results in the next battle.*"[8]
* (After his tower crumbles): "*Fight in order to protect what's important, huh? I haven't changed at all from when I was still a human. However, this life is the war I chose to stand in!*"[9]
* (Saying goodbye to Zirnitra): "*I wish you the best of luck... my brother in arms, Zirnitra.*"[9]

## TMNT X Pokemon

Samuel was recruited by the Mayor to investigate the Kraang's activity in Season 2.

## Trivia

* Samuel's surname is named after the German composer, music theorist, writer and poet, Christoph Demantius.
* Samuel's appearance, background, Vessel and Power of Unrestraint's names are all connected to the Hussite War: his lost left eye resembles Žižka's; his participating in the Sirotci; Tábor, the name of the city in Bohemia where Žižka established his stronghold of the Hussite movement; Žižka, the Hussite leader; Sigismund, the Holy Roman Emperor who fought against the Hussites; Wagenburg, the mobile fortification made from wagons.
* A part of his title, 犀渠 (Saikyo?), has a pronunciation that is very similar to 最強 (Saikyō?), which means "the strongest". 犀渠 (Saikyo?), originally a Chinese word, has many meanings: name of the beast in Chinese text Shanhaijing, shields or armors made from rhinoceros hide, and soldiers and military affairs.
* The Four Gods of Earth's nickname for Samuel is "Stony Shield" (巌の盾 *Iwao no Tate*?).
* Interestingly, Samuel's choice of clothes resembles that of Yashichirō Takahashi himself.
* Samuel's seiyū, Akio Nojima, is the father of Kenji Nojima, seiyū of Keisaku Satō, and Hirofumi Nojima, seiyū of Hayato Ike and Takemikazuchi.
* Samuel has the same FUNimation English voice actor as Zarovee.