Earthly Thief Star, Arsene

One of the 108 Stars of Destiny, Earthly Thief Star, Arsene is the master phantom thief of the 72 Earthly Fiends. He is a skilled parkour master and swordfighter and is also a wit who talks to get out of tight spots. He goes by the codename Flea on a Drum.

## Character History

Arsene Comtois LeBlanc was born to middle-class parents in Saint-Claude, Franche-Comte, France. His life was relatively normal, and his parents loved him for his quick wit, even joking once that he will grow up to be a great comedian someday. He went to school and was quite great at English and French despite being the class clown, and has been known to win debate contests in for his school.

During his teenage years, he wrote for the school magazine and worked as a stand-up comedian to earn money to pay for his studies as the recession cost his parents their jobs.

However, his good life was not meant to last. Now, Arsene was on his way home when he saw a rich woman being robbed by a well-dressed man. He went to the woman's defense, and beat up the robber, leaving her to escape. Unfortunately, the robber was rich enough to bribe the police into falsifying charges against him, and the woman he failed to rob into accusing Arsene of assault and robbery. This ruined the young man's reputation.

Little did he know that his good deed attracted one of the 108 Star Orbs to Earth...

As he was old enough to live by himself, he left his parents, telling them that he did not want them to suffer having a son who disgraced them. His parents cried, telling Arsene that he will always be the funny kid to them.

Arsene managed to rent a house to live in, hoping that finally, he will live a life of peace. But some rich men, envious of his honest character, assaulted him while on his way home one night. As he lay on the road, he saw a Star Orb with the character for 'Thief' on it floating above him. It entered him, and he woke up and stumbled home to rest, badly bruised.

He dreamed of flying to a land where the spirits of good children go to when they sleep, just like when he was a child. He dreamed of a warrior wearing golden griffin armour approaching him, greeting him like an old friend, and telling him to follow him to a Realm bathed in perpetual sunlight. At the Realm's Zenith Castle, Arsene placed his hands on the Stele of 108 Stars, transforming into his Heroic Form for the first time. He poured out his situation to that warrior, Ranald, who told him that he did a good deed and was punished for it, instead of doing a bad deed and getting away with it. He told Arsene that he too was bullied in his youth despite helping his parents and the town he was born in. Ranald then gave a mission to Arsene: to help from the shadows those who are treated unfairly, and to teach the corrupt rich that they will not always escape from the hand of justice.

He went to university and currently studies journalism there, hoping to work as a journalist in Milan, and sends enough money to his parents for them to live comfortably, even taking them on a trip around Europe if he wants.

## Appearance

Arsene appears as a young French man with straight short hair and wearing simple clothes. He can be sometimes seen dressed stylish, though due to the incident, he wears sunglasses now.

His Heroic Form resembles a phantom thief, wearing a black domino mask, a top hat with golden trim, and a feather on it. He wears a black longcoat, a leather belt with a ruby on its center, golden chest armor with the character for 'Thief' engraved on it over a white undershirt, and golden gauntlets on his hands. He has black pants with golden armour on them and golden shoes. He has two weapons, a rapier and a pistol named Pursuer of Justice with him, and a Dimensional Ring that keeps the stuff he stole from evil people.

His Radiant Soul has the appearance of himself as a masked figure and a cape, with golden streams of light flowing from his eyes.

## Personality

Arsene is a witty and funny person who likes to make people laugh. He was like that when he was a child, even before he was accused of crimes he did not commit. Ever since then, he has become more sombre his humour becoming more snarky in tone.

But he still retains his sense of justice, striking at evil people from the shadows. He takes his job as a Star of Destiny seriously, helping children who are victims of unfair treatment get their justice, spying on the servants of the Devourer of Worlds (and stealing their things for giggles), patrolling his native France for nightmare monster invasion during the day, and at night, going to the Realm of the Sun in his dreams to meet with the other Stars of Destiny, exchanging stories and going on missions with them around the world to fight back the Devourer of World's evil influence.

He shows great respect to those who stand up to corrupt authorities, without care to their background. Despite being one of the victims of wicked men in high places, he respects Ranald as a leader, and the Earthly Leader Star and Heavenly Leader Star for their leadership skills.

Arsene is quite honest for a phantom thief. He can be blunt or tactful depending on the kind of person he speaks to, telling blunt truths to those he considers mature and his friends, and telling funny stories that seem innocent at first glance, but are actually about those whom he knows who overreact to their flaws being exposed.

## Powers

### Offensive

* Shadow Sun Bullet ( ●  ● ) - fires bullets made of solar energy out of Pursuer of Justice
* Grappling Hook ( ●  ● ) - fires a grappling hook at targets to pull him closer for the attack, or at hanging places to travel.
* Arc Light Slash ( ●  ●  ● ) - a slash from his rapier, with dark red light trailing from the blade
* Heart-Stopping Slash ( ●  ●  ● ) - a thrust with his rapier

#### Passive

* Treasure Hunt ( ● ) - detects if there's treasure nearby
* Parkour ( ●  ● ) - good at it
* Catlike Tread ( ●  ● ) - mutes the sound of his footsteps
* Teleportation ( ●  ●  ● ) - useful for quick getaways. He disappears in a blinding flash when doing so