Imperator (A Different Path)

**Unholy God Eater: Imperator** is an armor-type Teigu that takes on the form of a purple and black lance. It was forged from the remaining flesh of the Danger Beast Tyrant after its predecessors, Grand Chariot and Incursio, and after resting unused in the Imperial Vault it was eventually taken by Maya Gleipnir as her own after she broke into the vault.

## History

Imperator was forged from the remaining flesh of the Super-class Danger Beast known as Tyrant to act as a "Trump Card" of sorts against its cousins and predecessors, Grand Chariot and Incursio, in case either should fall into the wrong hands. Imperator stood out among the three armors due to the fact that it blended the abilities of Incursio and Grand Chariot into one, namely being that it always remains in a state of equilibrium, like Grand Chariot, and that one of its abilities as well as its Trump Card, instigates a temporary evolution that's derived from Incursio's inherent ability to adapt to danger.

It originally didn't have a user and was retired to the Imperial Vault to be stored alongside other Teigu under the watchful eye of Excalibur, the vault's guardian, until the day Maya broke into the facility and took on Imperator as her own.

## Abilities

As stated by Maya, Imperator is a hybrid of Grand Chariot and Incursio due to the fact it possesses aspects of both armors that make it a "Trump Card" of sorts to them. From Grand Chariot, it inherited its constant state of equilibrium, which allows the wielder to use Imperator without worry of the dangers Incursio possessed with too many forced evolutions. The ability it inherited from Incursio appears in one of its techniques and its Trump Card, in which Imperator instigates a temporary evolution that boosts its abilities and makes it stronger.

On its own, the armor greatly enhances the user's physical abilities (such as strength and agility) whilst offering them a nigh-impenetrable defense that can only be broken by another Teigu. Imperator also grants its user access to a shield (Impeius), a longsword (Carnificem), and a secondary spear (Leomurg). Upon entering Imperator's Trump Card form Maya manifests a fourth, unnamed spear that looks similar to her second.

### Techniques

* **Awakening - God of Destruction**: A temporary evolution that Maya passed off as Imperator's Trump Card during her fight with Tatsumi and Wave, Imperator gains a drastic boost in power and from its back grows a pair of large, dark purple wings that enable the user to fly.
* **Guillotine Drop**: The user throws the target high into the air and uses the wings gained from Awakening: God of Destruction to follow them and delivers a devastating axe kick that sends the target barreling back down towards the earth. This technique possesses so much explosive power that the initial impact of the kick alone is enough to instantly kill a normal human being, and if they survive this then the fall back to earth and the impact with the ground past Mach 1 has enough force to kill them. Maya has stated that no one has ever survived this technique, but as of her fight with Tatsumi, the Jaeger is the only known person to have survived the Guillotine Drop, albeit he was left in an extremely weakened state with several, if not all, of his ribs shattered.

### Trump Card

* **Life Taker - Judecca Rising**: The Trump Card of Imperator in which the user instigates a temporary evolution that increases the Teigu's abilities tenfold, its power growing so much that Excalibur states this technique alone is how Maya earned herself the nickname "One Man Army". However, in order to activate it, Imperator feeds on the anger, rage, and life force of its user; leaving them in a weakened state and vulnerable to attack.