Rao

* titan
* human

### Energia:

Light, Shadow, Air, Fire, Water, Lightning, Ice, Plasma, Storm, Magnetism, Gravity, Zela

### Occupazione:

Prince‡;
Rebel

## Relazioni

### Affiliazioni:

Rao's Legionaries;
Rao's Rebels;
Lords of the World;
Knights of the Apocalypse

### Residenza:

Babylon‡;
Wolftania‡;
Babel;
Aeden

"*The god of order, justice and revenge. The lord of the seas, the embodiment of the storm. The Seventh Lord of the World, the Fourth Knight of the Apocalypse, the Supreme Archangel, Lucifer, the Green Nephilim: Rao.*"
—Typical description of Rao's nicknames

**Rao** was a earthling titan, the first Green Nephilim and the first Nephilim in history. During the Armageddon, he is destined to become **Razel**, an archangel with eight green wings and general of the Nephilim whose symbols are "stormy sea" and "uniting crow".

Due to his nature as a titan, his reincarnations have inherited different powers. This makes it possible for them to access Zela energy through Weisz, although in particularly traumatic circumstances and on the verge of death: the only ones to have obtained it after Rao are Fenrir, Atlas, Dawidh, Romulus, Athos, Xiao and Ahuizotl.

## Appearance

He was an earthling titan with physical characteristics similar to modern werewolves, red skin, long black hair, purple left eye and green right eye.

His human form looked like a boy with a tan complexion, short blond hair, purple left eye and green right eye.

## Personality

He was usually calm, composed and thoughtful but was cheerful when he felt at ease and joked with his friends.

## Abilities

As their founder, he had authority over the 72 Legionaries and Rao's Rebels.

## Story

Nothing is known about his first four years of life other than that he lived in the royal palace of Babylon with Sel and their parents.

When 4 years old, he starts hanging out in the village outside the castle and makes friends with Rar, Rea, Fli and Kon. The five explore the area and meet Vig, Yuz and Tiz. Over the next two years, he repeatedly rejects his betrothed Vae, who meanwhile joins the group. When 6 years old, the children see the procession passing by presenting the girl who will become the new priestess of Babylon: Was, envying their freedom, begins to find various excuses to leave the temple and play with them.

When 8 years old, the children are joined by the sage Leonidas, who explains to them that Morpheus killed Rao's parents and hypnotized Sel to make himself his guardian and therefore temporary regent: the others must return to their respective homes, pretend not to know about it and be careful not to provoke the enemy, while Rao is entrusted to the werewolf Thor. In Wolftania, he forms a brotherly relationship with Nia, Nero, Redd and Zews, receiving frequent visits from his friends.

When 12 years old, he develops control over the spiritual energy of light and shadow: by training intensely, he manages to master the two elements, also adding air, fire, water and lightning. His friends train with him and decide to leave home to move to Wolftania to organize a real rebel force.

Two years later, during a collective training session on a cliff, the ground collapses and Rao falls into the water, is dragged to the bottom and loses consciousness. He awakens in a cave full of colored crystals, where a mysterious figure introduces himself as the ancient titan Lev, who offers a part of his spiritual energy to Rao, who promises to think about it because he feels he can trust him. Returning to the cliff, he reassures his companions but doesn't have time to tell what happened when smoke rises from the forest: the group hurries, making their way through the flames, until they reach Wolftania, besieged by Morpheus' soldiers. Then they join the few survivors who are fighting but Thor understands that he has no chance and orders them to flee: they split into two groups that run in opposite directions. Pursued by enemies, Rao, Was, Rar, Rea, Fli, Kon and Nia find themselves at the cliff and have to jump. Rao leads the others to the cave, where Lev guarantees them that they will become powerful enough to fight Morpheus' forces and hands them the cave's crystals, which resonate with their spiritual energy: they thus become the Seven Nephilim of Iris. Returning to the ruins of Wolftania, they are reunited with Thor, Nero, Redd, Zews, Vig, Vae, Yuw and Tiz.

The following year, Vig and Vae are seriously injured in a clash with Morpheus' soldiers, so the others take them to Lev's cave: the latter explains to them that awakening them as Nephilim will allow them to heal but that the power of the cave is about to run out and therefore there can no longer be any more Nephilim. Rao then also asks the other rebels to undergo the trial: Yuw and Tiz are the only ones to accept and thus become the last Nephilim.

Upon reaching his sixteenth year, Sel publicly declares that he wants to renounce the crown and that Morpheus will officially be the new ruler. The latter then issues severe racial laws and orders the killing of anyone who is not a demon: many civilians, clans and races rise up led by the rebels and thus begins the Grande Guerra Sacra. After almost a year of fighting, the Nephilim begin to be killed one by one: Rao remains alone and openly confronts his brother, exploiting the full potential of his powers at the cost of his life, managing to briefly bring him to his senses by dying in front of him. The incredible amount of spiritual energy released combined with Sel's crazy mental waves hit Morpheus, weakening him: the demon thus decides to give up his now useless body to possess Sel's mind, continuing to reign as if the tyrant were dead and the legitimate sovereign restored to the throne.

## Trivia

* He's the only Nephilim whose race was never passed on to subsequent reincarnations.