Victor III

* Current
* Candus City

Victor III (Victor III) is a SoulDreg researcher currently affiliated with the Starry Forest League. While he has filed the proper paperwork to enlist in the SFL, it has not been processed and is not yet an official member. He is trusted enough by Aaron to be treated as an honorary member of the League and contributes to the SoulDreg defense. Before Catherine's death, Victor III was an inspiring researcher who wished to find some way that would allow SoulDregs to coexist with humans and sought out ways to improve quality of life using materials from SoulDregs as a base. However, he changes dramatically after Catherine's death and only wishes for the complete annihilation of all SoulDregs. He built multiple tools that helped dramatically curb the SoulDregs in Candus City but also produced tremendous collateral damage. Unlike Aaron, Victor III still retains a hatred for SoulDregs after Dipluce Horizon.

## Background

Much of Victor III's background before the Great Void is unknown. He was taught alongside Leona by Trashbert in SoulDreg researcher and became fascinated in it despite Leona taking a different route. He was able to remain in contact with Leona despite the two belonging to different affiliations. During this time, Victor III was described a person who would become easily become lost in the SoulDreg research and would ignore the people around him. He took part in assisting the 21st Starry Forest Squad platoon in Candus City.

In the Granite Ridge operation, Shade mentions that Victor III had a crush on Miriam where he tries to claim that it was due to respect. After Catherine was caught sneaking off, Aaron assigns Luke to watch over her but states that his research prevents him from always keeping a close eye on her. Later on in the story, he was asked to research the Pike found in the sewers and it was revealed in certain character stories that Shade likes Luke. He ultimately becomes guilty once Catherine became infected with the enhanced Pike and attempted to obtain the antidote by himself only to end up being rescued by the SoulWorker.

After witnessing Catherine's death, he becomes consumed with hatred and devoted his entire research to eliminating SoulDregs. Due to the new anti-SoulDregs that he developed, Candus City was not able to help Grace City attack the base of the Firestream Battalion. Eventually, he becomes angry with Shade who attempted to prioritize the safety of the missions and not the annihilating the SoulDregs for Catherine's sake. He jokes that it would better to kill Shade now in order to continue with their goal and would attempt to seek a reprimand against her. In additional, he did not agree with the rebels and justified Aaron's execution of the dissenters. He considered everybody who disagreed with their methods to eliminate the SoulDregs: an enemy and justified using inhumane methods to eliminate them. He eventually goes on rampage by himself to exterminate the SoulDregs in the Unholy Cathedral's towers and the SoulWorker was asked to go rescue him before he would be killed by Tenebris. The SoulWorker was able to find Victor III in the room before reaching Tenebris. The SoulWorker expected Victor III to venture into the same room as Tenebris ,but Luke states that he felt an odd energy and decided to avoid it.

Afterwards, he devotes himself to exterminating the SoulDregs north of Grace City while the western forces defend against the Firestream Battalion.