Faux Monsier

**Faux Monsier** Also known by his Slayer name "Daemon" is a the Captain of the infamous Cerberus Squadron and Reaver's former superior. He is the true antagonist of the Transfer Arc.

He became the Leader of Cerberus after assassinating his former superior and the previous captain Lee Van Kaitos, and transformed his squadron from a friendly and welcoming group similar to Andromeda, to a terrifying and brutal group of outlaws and trouble makers, rivaling even the Hades Squadron in its infamy.

Faux is revered to be a skilled user of Blood Magic, a powerful form of magic which typically only Vampires could use.

## Appearance

Faux is a scraggily looking short young man with medium length scruffy black hair and Blood red eyes seemingly fixed into a permanent scowl. His body is quite muscular and dense due to his Necroan heritage. He has several scars on his arms and torso from the various fights he has been a part of, the most notable being the large burn scar right below his left pectoral muscle which he gained after Seeker's Megiddo grazed him. Faux most commonly wears a crimson red tank top with black edges, Black cargo pants with dark brown leather knee padding, A Black leather vest with red feathers sown into the right shoulder, a dark metallic shoulder pad on his left shoulder with the Cerberus insignia, and black fingerless gloves. On his right forearm he also has a metallic gauntlet made out of the same material as his shoulder pad. A tattoo of a three headed serpent painted with crimson red ink is also wrapped around his left forearm.

## Personality

Faux is extremely arrogant, he loves the feeling of being superior to others and seeks it at all costs. He almost religously aims to better himself in the littlest of things, just so he could see himself as better than most people at it. He also loves dominating other people, he will violently and brutally beat any of his subordinates into submission, dominating them both physically and mentally in order to make them submit. Faux is also a massive hypocrite, often expressing disdain toward actions he has both committed in the past and commits after making the comment.

Faux is extremely unstable and violent, he hates being backstabbed and will attempt to kill anyone who betrays him, such as when he attempted to make Amalia choke herself after learning of her request to join the Andromeda Squadron. He cannot stand the idea of his subordinates not being under his full control, and as such is extremely violent toward them when they show the slightest sign of disloyalty.

## Relationships

### Cerberus Squadron

#### Lee Van Kaitos

Lee used to be Faux's mentor, he taught Faux the ways of the Slayers, and passed many of his techniques and fighting styles to him. Although Faux only ever felt envious toward the man. It was because of this jealousy that Faux eventually ended up killing his mentor and stealing the spot of Cerberus's Squadron captain for himself.

### Andromeda Squadron

#### Amalia Van Ornell

Reaver is Faux's former subordinate as well as ex girlfriend, although their relationship lacked intimacy and romantic feelings on both sides. Faux used to tolerate Reaver, even treating her better than any of his other subordinates, although he still emotionally and physically abused Reaver, she had more breathing room than her colleagues.

After Reaver left Cerberus to join the Andromeda Squadron, Faux grew to instantly despise her with every fiber of his being. Going as far as to using his manipulation powers to immediately try and make her choke herself to death. Reaver's betrayal was the first backstabbing Faux had experienced in his entire life, and thus became an everlasting scar in the man's ego, as well as creating a lasting hatred towards the girl.

#### Martin Wilson

As the Captain's of two opposing Slayer Squadrons, Faux and Colossus have a deep rivalry between the two of them, but as it stands their rivalry is far more malicious compared to the friendly rivalries of other Squadron Captains. Faux, due to his hatred of inferiority, Faux is constantly trying to one-up Andromeda as a whole, this often results in violent altercations and conflict between the two squadrons.

#### Gunther Schäfer

Faux seems to completely disrespect Titan, it is unclear as to why, but he rarely speaks to the man and seems to always simply shove him to the side. Faux seems to see Titan as nothing but dirt beneath his boot, as he doesn't even seem to see him as worthy to fight.

#### Rintaro Ube

Out of all of the members of Andromeda Squadron, Faux seems to have the most disdain toward Tempest. It is hinted at that this is because Tempest is the only member of Andromeda who fights back against Faux's blatant bullying and remarks, as even Colossus seems to shrug off Faux's regards rather than fight back. Tempest however, is quick to retaliate both verbally and even physically if the need arises. It doesn't help his case that Tempest is also one of the only members of Andromeda who is also strong enough to beat Faux in full combat.

#### Ryan Gaunt

While the two haven't interacted much, it is immediately clear that Crock, out of all of the members of Andromeda, is the only one Faux seems to fear. As he was completely fine with attempting fighting the rest of Andromeda after Amalia's transfer was revealed to him, but stopped his rampage and exited the Andromeda HQ immediately after Crock showed up and pointed his rifle at Faux's skull.

## Major Battles

Faux Monsier Battles

**Transfer Arc**

* Faux vs Andromeda Squadron

## Early version differences

### Trial versions

* The earliest version of Faux used a special gauntlet type weapon to activate his blood manipulation abilities instead of Magic.
* Early versions of Faux had him in a full suit of crimson and black armor instead of a more lighter outfit as he is seen in the canon version.

## Quotes

* “You little bitch. So, you’re telling me, this whole time you were planning to backstab me. Discard me like a used tissue. I gave you a fucking second chance at life, and the way you thank me for that is running off with a rival squadron! How dare you, Amalia Van Ornell!” -Faux after learning of Reaver's betrayal
* “Blood of the body, essence of life, heed my call as I order thee, flow as I command and make my target into my servant.” -Faux's incantation before activating Blood Puppet Manipulation.

## Trivia

* Faux is one of the character that did not appear in the original version of Eclipse created by Tojo and Thede.
* Faux is technically the first Crest/Demon mark wielder shown in the series, although he would not be the first to be seen wielding one.
* Faux's design is similar to the design of the Onyx, a race of people from Tojo's other flagship series Republic Zero.
* Faux and Scorpio have the same eyes and their names are similar, leading to many accidents where the writer almost referred to the wrong one in a given scene.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 1, Faux's name is first revealed
2. ↑ Chapter 1, part 1. Rintaro first mentions that Faux can use Blood Magic