Locaster Helios

* Drawing
* Gacha Life 2
* Without Wings
* Berserk

### Allies

Shay Hanamura, Yuna Hanamura, Damion Halloreen, Fēng Xu, Hideko Inazuma (neutral), Hikage Ishuko, Veena Lu, Nabi Haluška, Shizuka Ikami (neutral), Cherry Amana, Windflower Amana, Ashton Khanh, (neutral) Kahori, Lyria Emerith, Shiah Bereng, Colbalt Majmua, Soul Kawasaki, Crimson O'Connel

### Enemies

Crow Watanabe, Alistar, Hideko Inazuma (Formerly), Shítǐ, Akuji Hasegawa, Cassian Packard, Caius Astrada, Shizuka Ikami (formerly), Soul Kawasaki (formerly)

## Portrayal

### Voice Claim

Killua Zoldyck (Cristina Vee)

**All art credits go to xxayoaprilxx. Thank you so much for the drawing!**

**Locaster Helios** is the main protagonist in *Challenge of The Shadows*. He is a spirit and shadow demon hybrid, a wizard prodigy, the founder of Team Strelitzia, and the son of Damion Halloreen and Jezalyn Helios. He is mainly targeted because of his species due to the murders that happen in the kingdoms Leiden and Myria that his father has committed, but the blame was put on Locaster after his father eventually fled the area. Locaster flees from kingdom to kingdom to not get caught and managed to blend in with other civilians normally.

After finding out the existence of the Founding Demons and The Demon Gems, he realizes that his father was one of the five founding demons of the first generation who killed his council in a fit of rage after being framed for murder when trying to defend himself. He and his friends are on an ongoing mission to reunite the gems to the Fallen Gates before the sudden occurrence of black vines on land and tar on the ocean takes over each kingdom, where if they aren't reunited in time, Azuren could fall into endless mazes of black vines, including the five kingdoms.

## History

Locaster is the son of Damion Halloreen, a lieutenant colonel and former Founding Demon, and Jezalyn Helios, a famous sorceress and healer who lived in the small and quiet state of Emeraldine, located off the east coast of Elveria and recognized as an independent state and a separate entity from Elveria. As a child, he was born purely a shadow demon at first, but inherited some spirit genes from his father and did not develop his spirit abilities yet until later on when he was older, making him a shadow demon and spirit hybrid with slightly undeveloped wings.

Locaster had a relatively had an idyllic, yet peaceful life like most of the children in Emeraldine had due to the population being smaller than average. Due to coming from two powerful individuals, Locaster was trained to use his natural magic and some spells from his mothers spell-book from time to time, while also having his father teach him how to fight in case he would need to defend himself from enemies or simply for other purposes.

Locaster was described as an innocent and bright child according to his mother. He was neither spoiled or pampered but was extremely understanding, affectionate and had an extreme amount of empathy for those around him, which according to Damion made him an "easier child" to manage, and was not much of a complainer. He was curious and wanting to learn more about magic and the world, and was quite fond of learning and was one of many kids who did not attend school but having one of their parents teach them basics of magic and the other parent fighting.

Locaster's parents had kept him home for a little, but occasionally would send him to school to learn basic core subjects, such as reading, mathematics and writing, along with history: He was educated well in his subjects and was shown to have an extremely diligent mind, putting in extreme effort in his studies and training with his mother and father.

Locaster's childhood is seen as a happy one, with his parents giving him affection and was usually happy training with either one of them and was shown to have a very good relationship with both of his parents, mainly his father as he was a more easy-going individual, but still loved and cherished his mother, who had taught him healing and herbs incase he had injuries and when he was older he was taught larger and more complicated spells.

Locaster's life started to shift when he was six, as his father gotten into a conflict with another man because of issues in the military base, resulting in threats towards his family, including his own son being taken from him. Damion had decided to split up from Jezalyn and visited her from time to time to ensure her safety, having to protect Locaster at all costs.

During his time by himself, Locaster would often practice some magic in the yard, and would sometimes buy food with the silver his mother gives him incase he needed it. On some occasions, his father would watch him, but due to having a rather busy schedule in the military, he would leave abruptly after a few hours of staying as he is always required to be on duty at certain times. Though he was young, Locaster had understood that his parents were busy trying to keep themselves safe while also trying to support their son and give him protection from the on-going conflict.

Locaster did not mind this lifestyle as he had knew his parents intentions we're to keep him safe, and continued on with his life normally by teaching himself basic skills: Though, one day at home, Another argument clashed in as the threats against Damion's wife began getting more serious and violent, much to Locaster's dismay and would usually hide in the kitchen whenever the arguments escalated, and had acknowledged that these arguments were not about him, but about other matters involving his mother and himself.

After a couple of months, the threats and quarrels had stopped and his parents had temporarily split up again for safety measures: Fortunately, it had become peaceful and quiet for a couple years, and Locaster had grown up normally and without any problems while learning spells and combat from his mother while his father had came to visit every-now and then. His mother retired as a wizard and started working in a flower shop her mother had owned and was often away, though she would still take the necessary time off to be with Locaster and spend time with him.

When Locaster was nine, his mother was working and he was in the yard, playing by himself before seeing a large plasma magic beam that had traveled throughout the sky, misinterpreting it as a shooting star and hearing a loud crashing noise. As soon as he peeked over the bushes out of curiosity, he had seen that the blast directly hit the town square and was then set ablaze. Frightened by the scene, Locaster quickly used a mind-link spell to contact his mother about what he witnessed. His mother, worried, rushed her way out of work. Though she had made it on time, damage was becoming severe and hugged Locaster, frantic and nearly hysterical, but attempted to remain calm for Jezalyn.

As soon as she went inside, Jezalyn frantically tells Locaster that they had to leave so they could travel to Southern Elveria, where her mother was. When they were going to exit, a large part of debris with fire blocked their exit and much more surrounded the windows, meaning that the both of them could risk dying or major injuries. Jezalyn, with no other choice, gave Locaster the Orsella spell-book, promising that she will see him soon, with only one order to keep the spell-book she had given him safe. As another attack was launched directly at their home, she quickly mumbled a powerful spell that opens a portal to a different area, sending him into a mystical forest and sacrificing her own life to save her son and leading to her death.

After being placed in the forest, Locaster woke up and began shouting for his mother, trying to figure out where she was and attempted to use a mind-link to get in contact with her, but no avail. As he attempted to get in contact with his father, he was unable to triangulate where he was. After realizing her mind-link was inactive, he realized that she died protecting him the moment she sent the portal to transfer him to the forest.

Locaster began blaming himself for his mother's death and spent many months in the forest by himself and had lived on the top of a tree for a majority of childhood, transitioning from a once happy and bright child to more cold and mature due to his circumstances and environment. He had became isolated and had attempted to find a way back to Emeraldine, but was unsuccessful and had no choice but to live the remainder of his life in the forests. His first years on his own became exceedingly difficult, becoming malnourished and dehydrated.

Locaster started teaching himself how to survive and learning new spells along the way, attempting to not rely on his magic too much and quickly adapted to the environment, having to sleep in high trees and managed to gain agility from his constant climbing. Locaster also had to rely on his spell-book to hunt and find food, teaching himself basic survival skills at a young age. He attempted to get a mind-link from his father, though could not locate him and started to miss his family dearly. He resorted to eating animals and bugs to ensure his survival, hibernating in tall trees to receive both warmth and shelter.

After his time in the forest, Locaster began to travel to the kingdoms near his to look for a place to settle in before eventually situating in the joint kingdoms of Leiden and Myria down in the village during their phase of tension and quickly adjusted to the peaceful life in a small tent he set up in the forest, where everything was going well for a long amount of time with no issues. Though, this peace he had finally earned was disrupted by the ominous murders that have plagued the kingdoms by the shadow demon and spirit hybrid, and had went into hiding for weeks before fleeing to other kingdoms, but many kingdoms were targeting him, especially in the corrupted kingdom of Lyakon, where they sell and kill rare hybrids to take their blood in order to fuel the economy.

While he resided in Leiden, Locaster had a peaceful life going on forward. During his time in Leiden, he had met Soul Kawasaki, a bounty hunter on the hunt for the shadow demon and spirit hybrid, and was nearly killed by him because of Soul discovering that he was the hybrid, but later started to become friends with Locaster because of how the two can relate with one another and became best friends.

Locaster enjoyed reading in trees and spent time in the forest. Even though he was being targeted by two kingdoms, he had managed to remain undetected for many years before he had fled due to the conflict starting to erupt further, eventually leading to him fleeing because of the war. He settled in the Northern kingdom for an unknown amount of time, but had to flee due to the invasion of the Black Sun. After the multiple escapes, he did not know where else to settle except the North Desolates, but only lived there for a brief amount of time due to the magic instability.

### Introduction arc

Currently settled in Leiden and Myria, Locaster is seen waking up and getting ready to go over to the market place. While in the market and being greeted warmly by villagers, he sees Esmeral, a herbalist who often sold herbs to him, where the two exchanged a conversation with one another. Locaster goes over to buy some berries and does so, walking to the meadows and begun reading his spell-book as it was his usual activity.

During his reading session, he spots an injured bird and manages to lure it in so he could heal it without it having to squirm in his arms. He eventually bandages up the birds wound and allows it to spend time with him while reading before removing the bandage and allowing the bird to fly away. He spent hours reading his spell-book before realizing that the sun was setting. Realizing how late he stayed outside for, Locaster heads back to his cabin and takes a bath, finding them a comfort as they reminded him of his childhood. After cleaning up his house and organizing, he later on goes to sleep, having a dream about his mother and him being in the perspective of his infant self.

However, his dream does not last long as a large trumpet blared, immediately alerting him. Locaster lights up a candle and leans out his window, seeing that an announcement was about to be made, despite it being late in the night. When listening to the announcement, it is said they revealed that king Ferox, the ruler of Myria, recently discovered the individual behind the murders that were occurring prior to Locaster's move to the kingdoms. Unaware and curious, Locater peeks out his window to see a sketch, where his features looked identical to his. Out of fear, Locaster quickly packed his things and fled with the intent to go to the Northern and Southern Kingdoms to seek asylum. Unfortunately, he was followed by both Soul Kawasaki and Crimson O'Connel, two of Leiden's soldiers from the Demon Task Force divison, who began questioning him.

## Appearance

Locaster is a young boy who stands at roughly 5'5, making him slightly shorter than average with a rather lean build; He has brown skin, beige-white hair that is slightly disheveled and goes down to his neck, and white eyes. Due to being a Spirit and shadow demon hybrid, He has two semi-long gray horns that sometimes peek through his hat and a set of light blue wings with purple decals that trace around them; though In his berserk form, his eyes are now dual colored, with one eye being light blue and the other black. After his wings were ripped off by Akuji and a subsequent cut received from Crow, he gains deep red eye-bags and a small scratch across his face.

He gains light blue swirl markings on the left side of his face and arms, which is later revealed to be markings that are on a faerie, and his horns would grow longer while having an ombre affect going from dark gray to white. He gains two black claws similar to his father's with deer horns that have two white fluffs near his eyebrow area. Additionally, he has markings on his face, a mix of soft blue and neon purple.

His usual attire consists of a gray hat with a brown-ish brim that has a star connected to the side, and two small brown beads that hang from the end of the hat, carrying on with a black cloak thats connected to a scarf tied around his neck that has a hood and dark purple chest armor that has a white outlining on the bottom half with light purple and gray shoulder pads. Locaster wears a shoulder-revealing, light purple shirt with a dark purple line going down that has one small dark purple button attached to the shirt, with the upper part of his arm having dark purple frilled-like sleeves and rimming on the sleeves of his shirt. Around his waist is a white belt with two translucent-light purple wide triangles attached to the sides around his waist with dark purple shorts that have a darker purple rimming and knee-high socks.

On his knees are two light purple leg bracelets that have light purple gems in the center with purple boots that have three dark purple diamonds that trace down the sides; He usually carries a spell-book that is brown with golden markings on them, and has two light purple, small double hooped earrings on his left ear.

## Personality

Locaster is a kind and gentle individual at heart when he is first introduced. He usually speaks in an upbeat tone and has been described to have an interest in things he had never experienced. Locaster is polite and well-mannered when talking to someone to try and not sound impolite in order to be professional and enjoys presenting himself in a well-ordered fashion. Being a wizard prodigy, Locaster is very wise and exceptionally intelligent for his age and demonstrates to have a very high degree of knowledge with potions and wizardry. He has been shown to possess high amounts of strength due to having high amounts of stamina and magic due to having a spell book with over millions of pages, though he does not entirely rely on his magic and attempts to use his physical abilities.

Locaster is described by his father as a social butterfly, immediately being able to drag those in with his friendly and calm composure. He enjoys socializing with people, despite being a recluse as a child because of him having little friends. His social skills begin to improve when meeting Soul and many of his now acquaintances and manages to gain a sense of charm not many can achieve. He has shown to treasure the people around him dearly and cares for their well being more than his own health, protecting Ashton, one of his many rivals, from the soldiers of Lyakon despite all of their quarrels and fights with one another. With his protectiveness, Locaster is described as relatively upbeat and peppy, always in a good mood and is very energetic, even when it is early in the morning. He enjoys quality time with the people around him and takes an interest in assisting those around him.

Locaster is incredibly cautious, often becoming wary of new environments due to his past experiences of nearly being murdered for his species and has a difficult time adjusting to new environments. Though, when he believes it is safe, he would go outside with his hat and hair covering his horns, lessening his worry and left his cottage more often due to this new disguise. His caution had begun gradually reducing throughout time and now goes out on a regular basis without having to conceal his species and some of the kingdoms do not mind him revealing what he is.

Despite being sixteen, Locaster is very wise and reliable, being able to give advice with ease without having to explain most at once and even being able to outsmart Soul, the bounty hunter who soon became his ally, and has a rather tough demeanor when engaging in combat. Locaster was able to go one on one with high ranking bounty hunters and use unique strategies against them, combining all magic, combat, and deception. Locaster has demonstrated to be an excellent coordinator next to his distant cousin Shay, having the ability to swiftly coordinate his team for military-styled ambushes on the forces of both Myria And Leiden. His coordination skills had led him into escaping the kingdoms and settling in others to seek sanctuary in and during their battle with Akuji and the Lyakonian soldiers.

Locaster is a sharp and streetwise individual, being able to live in dangerous situations under the radar without being detected since during the War with both Leiden and Myria when targeting the mysterious Shadow Demon and Spirit Hybrid. With the help of his acquaintances, he managed to stay undetected, fleeing to the Northern Kingdoms and resided there for a little while before the invasion of the black sun. Despite being sixteen, Locaster has demonstrated to be mature, being able to take responsibility for his actions and others actions, and having the capability to lead a small team where they try to defeat the Black Sun that were present in the northern and southern kingdoms.

Locaster demonstrates an incredible amount of stamina and endurance, being able to climb a tall statue with ease and leaping from tree to tree in an instant without any problems. To further exemplify his stamina, he was able to have a wound in his neck and can still stand with ease, even having a fast metabolism as he's able to eat around ten cupcakes without getting full or gaining weight, and can still be energized regardless of how much he would eat, and is shown to have a lot of energy throughout the day, being able to run across an entire kingdom without getting tired.

Despite all of the good qualities he possesses, Locaster has defects of his own. He can sometimes act somewhat stubborn, refusing to change his attitude or his determination for something he stands for that is morally right, as when he refused to let his friends die in the hands of Crow or anyone for that matter due to him wiping out almost every one of the users left. and can sometimes be easily manipulated into things to go as far into protecting his friends, or even at times would be put in risky, even potentially life-threatening scenarios to protect those around him.

Locaster has also been described as overly selfless and naive, trusting Crow and thinking he was an ordinary shard user before being tricked and realizing that he was a shard thief at a later moment and nearly being coaxed into accepting a deal with the Dark Entity. With his selflessness, he often puts his friends before himself and his health, concerned about their well being more than his own. He has a hard time making his own decisions and can come off as indecisive when making decisions for himself. He has proven to be quite a risk-taker, eating the brownie Akuji had given him knowing it could have been laced with something, but only did it to save Ashton and his friends. Locaster is indecisive and lets others take the lead, not having his own opinions or thoughts and only thinking about those he cares about most.

Despite the soft spots he has for his friends and family, Locaster becomes rather agitated and seemingly can't take in the amount of yelling very well, despite being a bit of a yeller himself. He tries his best to maintain peace within his team and oftentimes attempts to calm them down if necessary, managing to calm a fight between his father and Ashton during a major fight to ensure focus. Locaster is shown to be provoked easily whenever his friends are involved in any kind of threat, especially when taking on Black sun lieutenant Shizuka Ikami because of her threatening the life of Soul and many more of his companions.

After her assisting the group with a ancient page of a synchronization book and promising to take down the famous shard thief Crow Watanabe, Locaster somewhat appreciated her help and begun getting slightly friendlier around Shizuka, but does not fully forgive her for what she had done to him and even after she had attempted to make amends, still holds a distaste for her despite her attempt into being on his side. Though, Locaster sees her as only a "mutual acquaintance." since the both of them are not as close and sees her as someone who would be his ally, despite not fully forgiving her and the apology she gave to him before, despite trying her best to team up with him to defeat Crow after he had been murdering the shard users of the demon gems to steal for himself.

Despite Locaster being easily forgiving, He can also hold a grudge against anyone quickly, often distancing himself emotionally from them and refraining from forming a bond with anyone that tries to hurt his friends. This is mainly seen with Shizuka after her threats and vicious attacks when they were enemies before becoming allies. Throughout time, he slowly becomes used to her coming around every now and then, but is implied he doesn't seem to like her as much despite having somewhat of a truce with her and her brother, Hideko, who he seems to be more fond of than his sister, despite the rocky friendship both of them had when first being introduced to each-other as he had shared some sort of hostility with him but slowly warmed up to Hideko after his assistance In attempting to reunite the demon gems after his sister had assisted him with the page of the synchronization spell.

It is noted that Locaster has a sort of empathetic nature no one else seems to have throughout the story. He manages to sympathize with anyone he could come in contact with, even being able to feel some sort of empathy towards Crow after he had mentioned his motive about becoming the more superior one from his twin brother after he had taken his identity. With his empathy, Locaster has also proven to be incredibly sympathetic towards his friends, displaying pity towards Ashton after he explains about never having a normal life and also with Hideko when he mentions his mother getting murdered in front of his eyes. Locaster has also proven to be merciful, allowing people to have second chances, even if they had committed horrible things towards him. He displays the same amount of respect, but will act rather distant with the person he chooses to spare, as seen with Shizuka and Ashton, where he befriended them both after seeing their improvements and sharing a common goal. Though he still interacts with Ashton, Locaster tends to keep his distance with Shizuka, despite allowing her to be in Team Strelitzia.

Locaster, like his father, can be quick to anger when under extreme pressure: He is prone to sometimes having emotional outbursts when being taunted, often reacting with an energetic demeanor on the outside, but with a more pent up anger on the inside, as seen when his berserk mode activated and attacked Akuji by being provoked with his words. He has demonstrated to have a rather sensitive body, being in tremendous amounts of pain when Akuji had ripped his wings off without difficulty, leaving him in a state that nearly paralyzed him, leaving him scarred and was unable to get more than an hour of sleep because of recurring nightmares. His PTSD further starts to grow after he begins to reimagine what had happened to him when he sees other people in a similar position and slowly starts to become hysterical because of the resemblance to the incident where he got his wings ripped off, leaving him with extreme physical and emotional trauma.

His flashbacks and nightmares were further driven after he was given a drug by Akuji that was baked into a brownie in order to convert him into a killing machine and rid all his memories in order to "replace" Ashton. Despite Yuna and Shay reversing some of the effects, it leaves Locaster in a frail position and makes him lose some of his coordination skills, blanking out during fights and often having hallucinations along with bad trips that can lead him into nearly getting himself killed. His effects were worsening, so much so that he was nearly unable to defeat enemies like he used to and nearly got killed By Crow after he started to hallucinate, ultimately losing coordination and nearly getting stabbed in the back.

As his flashbacks continue to worsen, Locaster starts to lose track of reality, imagining things when he's awake as his hallucinations gradually grow into a bigger threat as they start to "consume" him. He begins to lose bits of his personality and starts to drift, becoming emotionally distant and only letting a few people talk to him because of how it hurts for him to utter any words. He starts to become so psychologically damaged to a point where he wants to give up on the mission to reunite the demon gems, becoming a shut out and socially isolating himself, the opposite to his happy-go-lucky, cheerful demeanor he once assumed. He withdrew from eating and had a hard time digesting because of how the brownie he was given made him physically ill. Because of being drugged, he was unable to save Ashton from injuries and had a difficult time controlling his magic because of it.

## Abilities

**Overall Abilities**: Despite Locasters' age, he is shown to be an extremely skilled and powerful wizard and demon, as he was able to fight other demons and creatures alike with ease, while also demonstrating to have more enhanced features of all magic, intelligence, and physical capabilities and has maintained himself during his time being hunted in the kingdom regions of both Leiden and Myria. He was able to attack many of Leiden's demon task force members with ease, which further exemplifies his strength: the Task force was full of military officials with strong magic, But they had underestimated Locaster and had all been ambushed without difficulty.

According to his father, Damion, Locaster has the power to take out an entire swarm of people if they were coming to attack him, and in one fight he managed to easily combat Black Sun lieutenant Shizuka Ikami, before eventually getting captured by her, and withstands Crow after running out of energy when using the flower gem to fight him.

**Immense Speed & Reflexes:** Locaster is shown to be incredibly fast, shown when being chased by Soul during his time being hunted, he was able to quickly get away from him with ease and also being to escape other guards, even the ones capable of having Immense speed could not chase him down nor attack him in time because of his hyper-speed, mainly fueled in by carbohydrates or his species abilities, but other times it is his natural speed and can sometimes pass his limits of how fast he should run in order to get away, dodge, or lunge an attack on someone: In his berserk mode, his speed increases and is fast enough to a point where he appeared to have teleported.

Locaster has demonstrated to have incredibly fast reflexes, being able to fight off Crow with ease while possessing the flower gem and even when injured he had managed to outrun his attacks. In his battle with Shizuka, he was able to out-smart and avoid her attacks with ease. His reflexes can become faster if he enters berserk mode, where he was able to dodge his groups attacks much quicker than in his normal form. His reflexes are described by his father as almost nigh high, as he was able to dodge multiple powerful attacks from The Dark Entity that would have ended in an instant death if he was hit.

**Immense Strength:** As a shadow demon and spirit hybrid and a wizard prodigy, Locaster has demonstrated to have superhuman strength, punching down Crow with only one his and nearly tackling him into the ground. His strength is also proven when he had managed to land multiple hits on Shizuka during their time as enemies and many direct kicks and attacks on Ashton, also during their time as enemies. His speed also impresses Cassian, as he praises him for how he was able to blast him off to Akuji, giving him the idea to make him a soldier or perhaps a killing machine.

**Immense Stamina & Endurance:** With his Immense speed, Locaster is shown to have an incredibly durable body and is able to survive being poisoned or infected by dark magic he cant control for long hours, and also has enough stamina where he is able to climb a tree with only one hand and with ease, and was able to with-stand the black vine that had been implanted in his neck and was removed in time before it could poison him: Locaster is also able to endure multiple severe injuries that could lead to death without any sort of problem: He was also able to stay up after exceeding the limit of magic he uses.

**Regeneration:** Despite shadow demons being unable to regenerate due to a genetic defect and being the son of a founding demon, Locaster is able to regenerate when he awakens his full power or when berserk, as he is able to regenerate deep wounds without having to wait a long time, and can grow back any of his body parts with ease, including a hole being punctured into his stomach. Though, his regeneration abilities are slower than both Ashton and Misaya's, taking a much longer span of time for his wounds to heal.

**Keen Intellect:** Locaster, Like both his mother and father, Locaster is shown to be extremely intelligent and a keen intellect by heart; He was able to stay under the radar in Leiden during the war for many weeks and even months, even being able to escape from multiple other kingdoms, such as Lyakon, using various disguise spells to blend in with the nature of any of the five kingdoms, even the most dangerous areas, he would be able to survive in them for long periods of time.

**Flight**: As Locaster is part spirit, He has the capability to flight a high distance with his pair of wings: Though, a limitation to his flight is flying down from a high altitude area, which is why he could not save Yukari from falling down the cliff, as the change in air pressure could permanently immobilize his wings due to the fragile bones inside. He is not shown using his wings alot and would rather run across the ground than fly. He later on loses these abilities because Akuji rips off his wings.

**Faerie Markings**: As he is a quarter of a Faerie, Locaster's markings can glow and activate his other abilities, where he is able to temporarily transform into a wolf or deer for a few minutes before switching back as a human due to the lack of faerie DNA in his body. It is implied his mother or an ancestor of his was a faerie, explaining where he had gotten his Faerie genes from.

## Magic Abilities

**Orsella Spell-book:** The spell-book that once had belonged to his mother, Locaster uses it from time to time incase of emergencies, though prior he used it much more frequently: After discovering the Demon Gems, he keeps it in a satchel he has hidden in his cloak. The spell-book contains over millions of pages that is said to have great magic inside, where in the further pages it would have forbidden spells that were powerful enough to wipe out an army or two: The spell-book is mainly controlled by a Helio gem, where it holds all the magic that is needed to produce the spells. He has the capability of controlling large spells without difficulty. He is able to efficiently use dark magic spells without killing or harming anyone and is able to manipulate the dark energy without much issue, using larger attacks on soldiers when fleeing from kingdom to kingdom.

**Electrokinesis:** In one scene, Locaster had mentioned briefly that he has electrokinesis as his natural magic (magic since birth), where he would be able to send electrical blasts in different directions or if he touches someone and activates it, he would be able to electrically shock someone. Though, he is not seen using his natural magic and seems to keep his electric powers dormant due to his fear of hurting people after they get electrocuted. Since of now, he has only used it once on Cassian, to where he manages to use it to blast him off.

**Umbrakinesis:** Due to being part shadow demon, Locaster has demonstrated to have extremely strong and Immense dark magic, such as being able to manipulate ink-colored vines and being capable of controlling powerful forms of dark magic, either from his spell-book or his natural magic. He is able to create dark energy blasts if he uses his powers to a maximum extent: He is shown using his shadow powers more than his spirit powers due to him having more experience with dark magic, and can also convert spirit magic into dark magic. As he is more experienced with dark magic, he is able to swiftly manipulate masses of dark magic effortlessly and without getting tired.

**Spirit Magic**: Due to being part spirit, Locaster possesses great spirit magic he inherits from his father. He is able to form spirits out of his palm and is able to control the water around him. He cannot control large bodies of water or summon spirits constantly unlike spirit demons, who have the ability to create spirits and use them in attacks: He can however use his spirit powers to stop the dead bodies in a small cabin where Crow had placed his victims, from Spike, and alter ego of another character who had intent on controlling the souls of the victims himself to attack the group with.

**"Berserk":** Locaster has a form known as his "Berserk" form, where if he activates his faerie marks, he could use both his spirit and Umbrakinesis at the same time instead of having to switch powers. His antlers and horns would both appear at the same time, along with two enlarged black claws. His berserk mode increases his speed, strength, and overall performance. His magic that he was born with enhances whenever entering this form and is able to stay awake in this form for a longer amount of time than in his regular form. Though, this form does take in large amounts of his energy, as a result after using this form for a certain amount of time, he will fall asleep for a few days or mainly weeks due to constant energy usage.

**Mind-link**: Due to being the son of a founding demon, Locaster's mind is linked to all of the shard users around or far from his area. He is able to detect their well being through accessing their mind and observing them from a third perspective. He can also use his mind link to communicate with others through his mind: He had managed to communicate with Kaen, one of the last fire shard users via a mind message about Crow stealing shards and killing the users for their demon gems. Though, he can lose a mind-link if the individual is dead.

**Chlorokinesis:** Possessing the flower gem that had once belonged to the founding demon, Shizuko, Locaster has temporary chlorokinesis, being able to manipulate plants and flowers alike. This is shown when he uses the gem in order to grow roots to hold down the Lyakonian soldiers and also uses it during his battle with Crow. Despite possessing the gem, however, he is seen to not use it as often.

**Biokinesis:** Because of Kahori going missing, Locaster possesses the flesh gem and is granted the power of biokinesis, using his flesh to make a weapon to quickly knock down Crow after he nearly defeats him, Shay, and Soul. However, despite possessing the gem, he does not use its abilities often because of him not wanting to rely on his magic and having to opt for hand-to-hand combat.

**Pyrokinesis:** Locaster also possesses the fire gem, which had once belonged to Soul right before his disappearance and formerly belonged to the fire Founding Demon, Arlo. He is seen using it to ignite a flame in his hand to see through the dark forests as he was separated from his group when fighting the Lyakonian soldiers and using it on other occasions to help him see through the dark.

## Weaknesses

**Overuse:** Locaster's main weaknesses is overuse of his magic, whether it'd be his spell-book or natural magic: Due to his magic requiring large amounts of energy, If he uses his magic too much, he will begin to feel fatigue and start to experience symptoms of drowsiness. If he uses his berserk mode too often, he could fall asleep for days or even weeks because of his overuse in magic as his berserk mode requires more energy to use than his regular magic.

**Poison**: Locaster has demonstrated to be weak to certain types of poisons, causing him to have a violent reaction if it is injected in him. It is noted by Nabi that Locaster would occasionally stop breathing if poisons similar to arsenic or plutonium enter his body via bloodstream, Which can result in death or extreme symptoms of a type of lung problem that could make him cough up blood and cause other health issues.

**Drugs:** Locaster's body is sensitive to drugs as his body cannot compress the chemicals inside of them well. When Akuji gives him a drug-laced brownie in order to save Ashton, the effects started to take a severe toll on both his health and body, causing him to hallucinate, receive flashbacks, and even try to kill Hideko and attacked many others in the group. After the drugs effects were reversed, it had still left a severe dent in his health and caused him to lose some of his fighting and coordination skills.

**Selflessness:** A major weakness of Locaster is his selfless nature. Because of his kindness and devotion to other people instead of himself, he is seen as an easy target for manipulation and those who intend to use his selflessness for malice.

## Relationships

### Damion Halloreen

Locaster has demonstrated to have a neutral relationship with his father and has shown care and concern towards him, as he tries his best to protect and learn from him. Before the events of the story, Both Damion and Locaster had a somewhat strained relationship with one another: he initially believed that he was the one who destroyed Emeraldine and was a rather cruel person after he had killed many people in the span of a few days in Leiden and Myria, causing him to be targeted by the two kingdoms after the king of Myria, Ferox, discovered his DNA on the corpses of those he had murdered previously.

Prior to the events of the main story, Locaster stated that he forgot about his father for a while after the fall of Emeraldine, and at first could not seem to recall any memories with him other than times where he used to train with him. Due to forgetting his father and hearing about his acts, he had often thought negatively of him for a variety of reasons that were never revealed, including him being the alleged perpetrator of the Emeraldine bombing and the murders in Leiden and Myria.

As a child, in flashbacks seen the both of them were shown to have a strong bond, as the both of them would be seen doing everything together according to Locaster's mother. He was shown to have a strong love for his son and was very protective of him when he was a child, frequently training him so he could defend himself from enemies. Damion was also protective of his son, defending him from local children who attempted to steal his owl stuffed animal his mother sewed him.

Locaster held a small grudge against him due to killing his own council over his accusation of murdering a man, and was shown to see him as an enemy instead of his family: He would rarely mention his name or talk about him much with others, but would rather mention his mother instead after his head was full of the supposed terrible things he had done, especially him supposedly killing his mother. When meeting each other once more, Locaster would distance himself from him until he admitted the truth, taking the necessary steps to attempt to fix his relationship.

Though, after finding out he was framed for destroying his home and killing his mother, he had somewhat felt pity for talking rudely about him and had tried to make amends with him as compensation. At first, their relationship was somewhat rocky, as the both of them did not see each-other as family, but overtime had warmed up to him and began confiding to his father about his woes and problems, even beginning to team up with him to reunite the Demon Gems. After joining Team Strelitzia, Locaster and Damion slowly fixed their relationship.

### Soul Kawasaki

Soul was one of the first individuals Locaster encountered when fleeing from Leiden and Myria. At first, the both of them perceived each-other as enemies: Soul was after Locaster because of his species and tried killing him on numerous occasions, but had mostly failed due to him getting away every single time because of Locaster's skill and power. Because of his blood thirsty quest to capture him, he showed a disdain towards Locaster and held an extreme grudge against him for his alleged murdering of citizens in Leiden and Myria.

Though, after researching and realizing that Locaster never committed any of the murders, Locaster and Soul would start a friendship with one another: It is noted by Hikage that they seem to never leave each-others side, even when Locaster had times when he almost died from overusing his berserk forms magic. The two of them were a tight-knit pair and seemed to always work together on everything: Finding about the shard users, reuniting the Demon Gems and sometimes reading together when sparing some time. Soul would often take Locaster to a flower-field he used to collect flowers in and lie in it with him together, discussing about life and any topic they were interested in.

According to Ashton, though Soul had betrayed him, he showed dedicated loyalty towards Locaster, often concerning over his safety and acts as a guard dog in some instances. He respected Locaster and showed nothing but kindness to him, with Locaster reciprocating the same feelings back. After finding out about the black vine epidemic in Etherin, Soul shielded Locaster from being enthralled in the vines by blocking his body to slice them off without having to do it while Locaster was grabbed.

When he mysteriously disappeared after visiting Ashton in Lyakon, Locaster had begun crying for him due to the fact that Lyakon is a dangerous kingdom due to its human rights violations, and had feared that he would be dead because of how Lyakon mostly targets the shard users if it is not seen visibly. It is later on revealed that Akuji had dismembered and sold his body parts off, bragging about it to him after ripping off his wings.

### Hikage Ishuko

Locaster was introduced to Hikage by Soul and Windflower after they brought her with them when she freed them from a nearby Black Sun bunker. From the time they met to currently, both demonstrated to have a strong friendship with one another, despite not initially knowing her for a long time. Hikage found Locaster "adorable" because of his rather young, youthful appearance, though treated him like an adult and with proper respect, with Locaster reciprocating the same behavior. She often teases him playfully and makes humorous remarks with him, but also comes to his defense when needed, aiding as the watch-woman when escaping Lyakon while disguised as waiters in order to make their escape.

Locaster found Hikage remarkable for her combative skills and her swift demeanor: She assisted him in getting by many of the guards in Lyakon's castle and helped him weave around Crow's many attacks. Throughout the story, she becomes closer and closer with Locaster, growing to consider him like family and eventually care for him on a deeper level. During the fight against the Lyakonian soldiers, Hikage notices from afar that Locaster was in critical condition, but was occupied by a fleet of soldiers, causing her to feel guilt for not assisting him in time.

### Ashton Khanh

From the very start, Ashton and Locaster have both demonstrated to not get along with one another. In the series, Ashton has attempted to kill and/or capture Locaster on many different occasions because of the kingdoms large conquest to capture him because of what his father did. Locaster shard extreme hostility toward Ashton, giving him a cold shoulder while still being polite to not hurt his feelings. Ashton sees Locaster for his talents and attempted to recruit him into several armies at some point, all which resulted into multiple fights.

After running into each other once more, the both of them do not share any platonic feelings to one another, let alone feelings of hatred, but their relationship is described as neutral due to the fact that the both sometimes help each other out in tough situations, yet Ashton also tries to sabotage Locaster's plans on some occasions, nearly ousting them to Lyakon at some point out of petty revenge.

Though, throughout the span of the story, Ashton and Locaster's relationship starts to improve as the both of them begin to help one another without any sabotage involved. He starts to view Ashton as his ally more than his enemy and begins to defend him, even protecting Ashton in battle when having to fight off the Lyakonian soldiers that were after him. Locaster goes as far into eating a drug-laced brownie Akuji gave him so Ashton would be spared from being executed, demonstrating his immense care for him. Ashton later on perceives Locaster as his younger brother and slowly opened up to him with his true personality.

### Shay Hanamura

Shay is Locaster's distant cousin, discovering this after he approached him after the invasion of the northern and southern kingdoms. When Locaster introduce himself, Shay was initially shy and a bit obtuse towards Locaster, but slowly warmed up to him, educating him about certain tactics and combat styles while supporting hi through events such as Soul's murder and his wings being ripped off. In the beginning, Locaster perceived Shay as family, despite their distance in being related. Locaster remarks that Shay a role model for him in improving his skills in combat. Locaster sees Shay positively, looking up to him because of him being older and his military status and respects him greatly.

After seeing Locaster in combat, Shay found Locaster "impressive," due to his witty nature and combat skills, though protects him occasionally. Locaster became fluent in sign language because of Shay and managed to incorporate it when speaking with him. He describes Shay as quite polite and never complains, unless if it is a food he greatly dislikes or attempts to cook. He often acts more relaxed around Locaster after being rather stressed in a military environment and enjoys spending time around him. Being his older cousin, Shay protects him like he is his brother and views him similarly to Yuna.

### Shizuka Ikami

Shizuka and Locaster have demonstrated to have a neutral relationship, but still have rising tensions with one another, despite the many times Shizuka came to his defense. With the both of them first being enemies, Shizuka held a grudge towards him at first, often trying to engage in a fight with him in any given moment because of how she had threatened him and her friends. Because she is apart of the Black Sun, she was seen by Locaster as a threat because of her being affiliated with an extreme military group, nearly seizing him at some point and killing him for his specie. While invading the Northern and Southern Kingdoms, she perceived Locaster as a "wanton," and often called him that to distract and taunt him.

Shizuka perceived Locaster as another target to kill and had a complicated and strained relationship with him. Her main motive was to capture his friends in order to isolate and fight him to prove he was not as strong as many believed to be because of her superiority complex. Similar to how Shizuka views him, Locaster saw her as a threat to his friends and companions. According to Hikage, he proved to be scared of her and often had panic attacks whenever she was near or when he had a thought of her.

However, as Shizuka gave assistance with a synchronization spell and offered some assistance to take down Crow, Locaster slowly begins to tolerate her, but does not fully forgive her and sees her more as an acquaintance than a friend. He still manages to tolerate her and occasionally works with her in battle and keeps a neutral relationship with her. He still protects her and offers her assistance when needed, but prefers to not speak with her overall. She soon comes to her senses to see that he is a kind, empathetic individual and starts to protect him, seen when Shizuka carries him on her back while running away from the black vines after his back pain became too extreme for him to run further.

### Veena Lu

Veena is one of the shard users Locaster had come across when exploring the northern and southern kingdoms. At first, Veena did not trust him at first and thought he was a shard thief, but proved her wrong after exhibiting his friendly nature. After gaining her trust, she was rather quiet around him and didn't speak much, but as soon as she got used to him, the both of them began to have a business partner-esque relationship, always doing the assistance and working together from time to time. The two of them interact limitedly, but get their fair share of conversations with one another.

Veena shows to be exceptionally honest with Locaster because of his more kind and gentle demeanor, telling him that not everyone is going to survive because of their battles and referring to the event with Yukari, where he wasn't able to save her from her impending death by Crow. She later on regrets mentioning the incident and apologized to him for it, which despite the moment souring their relationship slightly, was forgiven and thanked her for the truth afterwards.

Veena proves to care for Locaster immensely, attempting to heal the wounds on his back after his wings were ripped off and offered him comfort and support during his time battling his PTSD after getting his wings ripped off and being fed a drug laced brownie. Veena further proves her care for Locaster after she nearly dies when attempting to heal the wound on his back.

### Hideko Inazuma

Like his relationship with his sister, Locaster and Hideko did not get along during their first time meeting. He appeared hostile towards him and Locaster because of their various attacks on his sister, whom he protects and cares for, and perceived them as enemies. Locaster had a distaste for Hideko, seen when he He did, however, have a slightly better relationship with Hideko than he did with Shizuka; Hideko and Locaster would act like business partners and often coordinated attacks together when needed and he would come by in order to assist Team Strelitzia.

Throughout time, Locaster and Hideko had started to become allies with one another and start to act more like acquaintances instead of enemies; Both started to express genuine compassion and care for one another while still retaining their original personalities. Despite all of their bickering, the two have shown to get along fairly well. Though, Hideko expresses a grudge towards him for the comments about his sister working in the Black Sun.

### Fēng Xu

Fēng and Locaster have shown to get along fairly well. When first meeting each-other, Fēng was initially distrusting and quiet around the other members because of her social issues. She remained aloof and quiet throughout her stay in the group and did not speak much unless it was necessary. When he had saved her from an attack from a bear, she was eternally grateful and became one of his close friends afterwards because of such an expression. Hearing about her troubles, Locaster immediately empathized with her and believes she is capable, even if she is blind, and begins to learn more about her while walking back to the camp site.

However, when she meets Nabi and many of the other members of his group, she starts to open up more and begins to become more talkative with the other members of the group, specifically Nabi, who she took a particular liking to and often spent more time with her and grew closer with Locaster throughout the story. She sees him as an influence and looks up to him greatly, often asking him to teach her several enhanced combat moves she was never able to learn because of being sheltered. Locaster views Fēng as his younger sister, like he also does with Nabi and protects her frequently from harm and at times acts like her mentor, assisting her in larger spells and making sure she does not overuse her magic too much.

### Nabi Haluška

Nabi is the youngest shard user in Team Strelitzia, and met Locaster while he, Soul and the rest of the group were investigating Elveria for murders of shard users. Locaster politely greets her, introducing her to his team and tells her their motives, along with warning her about Crow. Interested, Nabi gives them some information about Crow scouring Elveria and meeting her father and some point, setting off alarm bells in their heads. Locaster then requests she'd join Team Strelitzia for her safety so she would be protected from Crow and any other shard thief. Though their number of members were large, Nabi agreed happily and tagged along in their missions, officially joining the team as one of their healers. While traveling, Locaster describes Nabi as curious and fun-loving, playfully teasing and playing pranks on him during their downtime and frequently peers over his shoulder while he reads. Because she is one of the younger shard users, Locaster demonstrates to be over-protective of her and Fēng because of them being the youngest and susceptible to threats. He, however, does not undermine her ability to fight and only defends her when needed.

## Trivia

* Despite Locaster having Electrokinesis, He hardly uses his natural power because of his fear of hurting people, seen when he only uses it once to get Cassian off of him.
* Locaster is one of the few characters within the group to be both male and have shorter hair, as a majority of the male members have longer hair. His father attempted to sway him into growing out his hair, but refused.
* Because of his short hair, Ashton envies him for it.
* Locaster's favorite foods are curry, sweets, and muscats.
	+ Locaster dislikes spicy foods and pork.
	+ His dislike of pork is mainly due to the smell and the texture.
* Locaster likes cute things, the forest, and spending time with his friends, while he dislikes scary things, blood, and violence.
* According to Akuji, Locaster has a hard time consuming brownies.
* Locaster is shown to be fluent in playing a lyre, taking his love for instruments from his mother.
* Locaster is half Tswana and half Irish: His mother is Tswana while his father is Irish, mixed with both Italian and Scottish.
* It is implied his mother was a faerie, but her abilities were never shown. Though, she could have most likely been able to transform like her son could, but has yet to use these abilities.
* Despite Locaster being part Irish, he exhibits to have no Irish accent, unlike his father and some of his relatives.
* Locaster is one of the few hybrid characters in the series, the others being Áine, Shay, Ashton and Damion.
* Locaster's skin is sensitive to the sun, making his skin red.
* Locaster is sensitive to fire and has a small case of pyrophobia, seen when Cassian's explosives had burned some pieces of his skin.
* Despite having a spell-book with millions of pages, he has proven to not rely on his magic too much.