Zius

**Zius** is a Knight with the alias "Cerulean Qilin."

## Appearance

Zius wears a baggy gray beanie over his scruffy green hair. His forehead is generally covered in a black shadow which ends just before his bright yellow eyes. Along with this, he wears a blue and black hoodie overtop a black shirt.

## Personality

Zius is analytical and suspicious by nature. Out of every Knight introduced, Nagyunn was the most worried about him finding out his secret. Along with this, he also holds a high standard of honor and is visibly disgusted by Waron's behavior during the apprentice battles.

Zius has shown himself to be protective over the apprentices and states that ensuring their safety is his top priority. Despite this, Zius doesn’t always think things through and one of his plans almost got some of the apprentices killed by Candentia at the Capital.

He is shown to be extremely intelligent and is capable of coming up with in-depth battle plans quickly. The other knights defer to his command due to his ability to quickly come up with strategies. He often finds that he and Nagyunn are on the same page, and they seem to have a similar way of thinking.

Zius has shown himself to have manipulative tendencies and even made a promise with Waron he intended to break from the start. He is confident in his ability to persuade Waron to cooperate with him despite this.

Zius prefers to avoid combat when necessary and believes the only true way to win a battle is to gain victory without fighting. He has spent the last few years using his power as a way to deter combat. Likewise, he values intelligence over strength and believes those who look down on intelligence are incapable of becoming knights. Zius does not like those who look down on others.

## Relationships

### Nagyunn

While initially suspicious of Nagyunn, Zius has taken an interest in Nagyunn’s abilities and believes he will do well as a commander in the approaching war with the Eastern Continent. Zius leaves Nagyunn in charge when he is not around and asks after Nagyunn’s opinion when making decisions. While Zius trusts Nagyunn is not with the Dragon Descendants, he does not fully trust Nagyunn as a comrade yet and has been keeping an eye on him to see what path Nagyunn will choose—revenge or knighthood.

Zius, while unable to read Nagyunn’s emotions, is able to predict what Nagyunn may do next due to their similar way of thinking. He has been able to react quickly to Nagyunn’s next move due to this, which has saved Nagyunn’s life more than once.

Even after figuring out Nagyunn's true identity, he still affirmed that he has faith in Nagyunn's abilities.

He has stated Nagyunn’s ability to perceive and react to a situation is already on the level of a knight.

### Waron

Waron and Zius have made a deal that allows Waron to control how he uses his power. Waron has threatened to kill him should he break his end of the deal again and appears to have a specific use for it in mind. Zius is able to predict Waron’s actions, stating that she is “predictably unpredictable.” The two of them seem to have an understanding of the other as upon hearing Zius took off without a word to her, Waron’s only response was to sigh and reflect that he’s always been like this.

## Abilities

**Intelligence:** Zius has highly-developed intelligence and critical thinking skills. Zius is a strategic planner and has the ability to outthink opponents with logical thinking and social engineering.

**Event Horizon:** Zius’s power is a stockpile ability. The longer he goes without using it, the more powerful it will be when he activates it. He can only keep this power activated for five minutes, and due to his Geas, he is unable to kill anyone directly. Once he has used it, he is left exhausted and the power counter is reset to zero.

### Weaknesses

**Geas:** Zius's Geas prevents him from killing anyone directly.

**Event Horizon:** Zius's power is a double-edged sword. While he is able to stockpile strength over time, his base strength is now lower than it was before he developed his power, as **Event Horizon** is constantly sapping some of his strength. This puts his base strength around the level of a strong Knight Apprentice, such as Yulnia.

## Trivia

* Zius's name could well be a reference to the Greek god Zeus, due to the lightning crackle his body displays when using Event Horizon.