Ban

**Ban**「ボン」 is an elite warrior of the Demon Race, serving directly under the Demon King as the Truth of the Ten Commandments and is the first ever human to be apart of the Demon Race.

Born in Ravens, Ban lived by stealing from others, constantly getting chased and beaten by those he stole from, until eventually being caught one day and sent to Aberdeen Prison. There, a man offered him food which he gluttonously accepted. The man asked him his name which Ban returns, and tells him that his name was Zhivago.

Ban escaped the prison with Zhivago and lived in his hideout, being fed by the man whenever they met up. He often complained about his parents who beat and brutalized the young sin on a daily basis. At some point, he was tricked and kidnapped to be sold to Lord Roxanu but was saved yet again by Zhivago who had happened to rob the cargo wagon he was on.

Ban asked the man to teach him how to steal, and despite Zhivago warning him of the dangers of such a lifestyle, Ban accepted it. Zhivago then started teaching Ban how to steal, though the boy had often failed at his own attempts. Zhivago also told him stories of legendary heists; among them was the tale of the Fountain of Youth and its guardian saint which may have inspired Ban to visit the Fairy King's Forest later on. However, after agreeing to meet at a certain location one day, Ban, who was overtaken by boredom, decides to steal on his own and eventually was caught by Lord Roxanu's guards who beat him to a pulp. Zhivago saw the boy being beaten severely by the guards but decided to save his true son rather than Ban, crying for the latter to forgive him.

Before he became a member of the Seven Deadly Sins, Ban, then known as "Bandit Ban", wanted to gain immortality, so he climbed the gigantic tree in the Fairy King's Forest, where the Fountain of Youth was located. After climbing to the top, Elaine, the fountain's guardian saint, tried to stop his quest, believing that he had malicious feelings, only for Ban to persistently climb back again and again, with the actions of each annoying and angering the other. He then unsheathed his three-section staff and prepared to fight, and seemingly attacked her, but instead manipulated his staff to grab the cup that held the water from the fountain. However, before he could drink from it, he was quickly bound by the branches of the trees by Elaine.

As soon as he gave up, Elaine realized his lack of malicious feelings by reading his mind and released him. He then informed her of his name, and also the reason he desired immortality: though his life had not been very good, he felt that if he lived long enough, something good might finally happen to him. After a few more exchanges, Ban, stating that Elaine was "too much for [him]", climbed down from the tree, and apparently left. However, he soon came back up as he had only gone down to get his ale collection book, which he had dropped when he was blown away by Elaine. During the next seven days, both of them befriended each other, with Elaine even starting to have feelings for Ban and vice versa. During one of their interactions, Ban explained to Elaine that the reason why humans are greedy was that either they want something in order to survive or show that they exist in this world. He also explains his personal motive for desiring immortality: all his life, his very existence was never good. Therefore, by attaining everlasting life, Ban believes that something good may actually happen to him if he lived long enough. Deeming his endeavor as no less selfish than those who came seeking the Fountain and the immortality it promised, but apparently not without cause other than what is purely corrupt and self-serving, Elaine tries to dissuade the bandit, telling Ban that an unending life does not necessarily guarantee anything good for the one who has it, stressing that she has lived long herself but, as the artifact's guardian, nothing good has ever happened to her the whole time. When he learned of Elaine's desire to leave the forest, he offered to take her outside. She, however, denied his offer, explaining that she had to protect the fountain, leading him to offer to find her brother, in whose stead she has been protecting the Fountain of Youth, and bring him back, which would relieve her of her duties and allow her to leave the forest. Hearing that, she hugged him, much to his surprise.

Immediately stopping their conversation, a demon suddenly appeared and begun to burn the Fairy King's Forest with its purgatory fire. Instructing Elaine to get to the Fountain of Youth and escape, Ban used his three-section staff to remove the heart of the demon with one hit, which, however, did not kill it, since demons have more than one heart. It then used its claws to fatally wound both Ban and Elaine, who, in desperation, gave him the cup which held the water from the Fountain of Youth. Since he did not have the strength to even drink the water due to his wound, Elaine made him drink it through a kiss, thus making him immortal. When his wounds healed due to his newly gained ability, he angrily and quickly killed the demon with his weapon. As the whole forest burned due to the demon's purgatory fire, a dying Elaine gave him an Almoca Seed, which was the forest's last seed, asking him to plant it somewhere. He then declared that he would definitely "make her his", but was cut off by her death. Sometime later, Ban planted the seed and soon grow into a new forest for the Fairies to live in, and they named him king. However, his "rule" was cut short as he was put on death row for apparently destroying the forest himself, drinking the fountain of youth, and killing Elaine. After being asked for any last words by the captain of the executioner knights, he simply said that his name was wrong and that he was Undead Ban, not Bandit Ban.

## Powers and Abilities

As a member of the Ten Commandments, Ban is an extremely powerful human despite being past his prime. His speed and strength greatly surpass that of an ordinary human, and his specialty is using his speed in conjunction with his ability, Snatch, in order to rip out opponents' organs, preferably their hearts. His most amazing ability, however, is his immortality. Thanks to drinking from the Fountain of Youth, all of Ban's wounds heal almost instantaneously no matter how severe. He also does not age, does not need to eat or drink, and is immune to all poisons. His immortality allows him to fight with a much more reckless style than most are willing. Ban's blood has healing qualities because it was fused with the Fountain of Youth, as seen by it being able to heal others' wounds and regenerate the Fairy King's Forest completely. However, Ban lost this ability after using the power of the Fountain of Youth to revive Elaine.

Due to his time subjected to the harsh conditions of Purgatory, Ban's endurance and durability have drastically increased. His physique has evolved and adapted so much that even after having lost his immortality, Ban could still withstand similar conditions and come out completely unharmed; this is shown when he suffers no injuries from the Demon King's energy storm, which could wipe out any living thing according to Gowther, to the point of Ban even calling it a gentle breeze compared to Purgatory. The limits of Ban's physical resilience are further demonstrated when he was able to withstand several blows from the Demon King with only minor injuries.

His physical strength and speed also increased dramatically from the many centuries adapting, living, hunting and fighting the Demon King in Purgatory. Ban's combat abilities had increased to the point that he was able to compete in physical combat, without using **Snatch**, against the Demon King in Meliodas' body, who had just overwhelmed the Sins and two of the strongest Archangels effortlessly.

* **Snatch**「 *Sunacchi*」: An ability that allows Ban to "rob" physical objects, thus grabbing them, and also the physical abilities of others, weakening them while gaining more strength and speed. However, there is a limit to how strength Ban can rob from a person, in order to not damage himself with overwhelming power. Using a form of Snatch, Ban is also able to steal body parts from his opponents such as a heart or an arm in the blink of an eye.
	+ **Contract Severance**「新しい所有権; literally meaning "New Ownership"」: This ability allows Ban to not snatch not only regular weapons but as well as active relics and doing so can cut the contract the cryptic relic and its owner meaning the new ownership of the cryptic relic is nows Ban's but it can be brought back if the owner isn't dead. This is shown when Ban tries to snatch Yuki's cryptic relic: Aldan but it refused to be taken into Ban's hands.
	+ **Ability Snatch** : In addition to the fact Ban can snatch objects he can also steal the knowledge of others meaning he can steal thoughts, memories, even skills others have learned and all he needs to do is understand the skill and perform it.
* **Gift**「 贈り物 *Gifthu*」: When Ban learned true love her learned how to gift others what he has and in doing so temporarily gave Yuki his immortality when they facing against the Demon King as they needed his power.

### Commandment

The Demon King bestowed Ban with the Commandment of **Truth**「 Shinjitsu」. This Commandment determines that any who tell a lie in Ban's presence will be turned to stone. Only those who are aware they are lying will be affected.

### Equipment

* **Courechouse**: Possessing the ability of Snatch, Ban possessed a Cryptic Relic called Courechouse and he usually uses it as his main weapon but its owner is currently unknown.  Later, it is returned to him by Merlin during the fight against an Indura. It has the ability to lengthen and distort its chain angle, allowing the wielder to attack from any angle at any opponent over a significant distance. Its special ability is **Super Concentration**, which pushes Ban's physical and mental capabilities to their limit.
* **Endeavor**: Endeavor is a crystal whip much like the witch that awakened Yamada's and Yuki's powers in the pilot but its powers include being able to control the matters of earth and can crystalize anything or anyone is penetrated with the crystals of the whip.
* **Efresta**: Elfresta is a white sword Ban used along with Julieon in a fight between Arisa and Levi and its abilities include being able to use a massive amount of magic to create huge amounts of ice and has been proven it carried major healing attributed.
* **Julieon**: Julieon is a black sword and it contained the powers of electricity and as Yuki said it carrie a huge of amount of voltage that could kill even an elephant upon contact and this sword also proved to boost his speed and gave him the ability to sense any living thing with electron volts.
* Other Weapons: Other than these four cryptic relics its been seen Ban has used brass knuckles, axes, spears, and even a dagger and some could have been other unnamed cryptic relics and all he has seem fairly skilled in being able to use