High Priest Lelial

## Lelial

Lelial was one of the High Blood Priests of the Order of Blood. He spent much of his time at their base in the Frosted Flatlands managing the various acolytes of his order. He often conversed with the Saguisuge Catalyst and the Founding Priests. Lelial was defeated and incarcerated by the Starrite Guardians, later aiding with Viknoh Legranov's transformation into a blood vampire in exchange for his freedom.

## Appearance

Lelial was a caucasian-skinned Human with brown-colored eyes and a bald scalp. He was toned as a result of his physical training, also bearing x-shaped marks on his forehead and in front of his heart. His clothing only consisted of baggy red pants which had black sections near his ankles.

## Brief History

Lelial was born as a regular Human under a different name, later inducted into the Order of Blood. Religiously committed to bringing about the Blood Moon, Lelial advanced through their ranks rapidly, quickly learning advanced blood techniques and gaining praise under the leaders of his order. He became assigned to their base under the Frosted Flatlands, commanding and training a group of multiple dozen acolytes while improving his own powers.

Eventually the Starrite Guardians and Passion Hearts would arrive to raid their base. Lelial confronted them in front of their lake of blood. His explosive blood was effective against the heroes, but his lack of lifesteal presented itself as an issue before the great power of the heroes. Lelial was knocked out and taken to Eternalt as a prisoner, incarcerated in an impenetrable magic bubble, bothered by shaking and loud sounds to garner his cooperation.

Lelial would later agree to work with the Starrites and oversee a ritual which would transform Viknoh Legranov into a blood vampire. He did this not because he wanted to, but because the Catalyst willed for it when it gave Viknoh a drop of its blood. Lelial used the materials they had gathered and rebirthed Viknoh into his new form. The Starrites set him free and Lelial traveled away by walking into the pool of blood.

## Abilities

As one of the higher members of the Order of Blood, Lelial was very powerful in regards to manipulating cursed blood and the magic surrounding it. His strength came at a price, as it required him to skip over several lessons such as learning how to lifesteal in order to become stronger much sooner.

* **Martial Arts-** Lelial was trained in advanced martial arts, often using jabs, kicks, and the brutal brother techniques to fight his opponents. His physical attacks were constantly strengthened through inner manipulation of his own blood.
* **Blood Magic Manipulation-** Being in the Order of Blood automatically allows an individual to access blood magic. This gives the user several powers, combining different aspects of both Water and Dark Magic. Lelial was religious to his powers, creating and controlling blood with ease, also using them to stay warm in the freezing temperatures of the Frosted Flatlands.
	+ **Blood Ravage-** Telepathically controlling his opponent's blood, Lelial could induce large amounts of damage by forcefully blood bending their bodies, although it was a difficult attack to land.
	+ **Explosive Blood-** Leila's signature move, he could spread blood across a large radius and later detonate it on anyone near it. These "blood bombs" were highly destructive and at one point sufficient to knock out Wobir Trotner and Viknoh Legranov.
	+ **Ritual Strength-** Using any sort of repenting knife, Lelial could repent and damage himself during battle in exchange for temporary higher damage and accuracy to his blood spells. There was a limit to the amount of enhancements per battle.

* **Blood Rituals-** Lelial could use a combination of his blood magic and ancient knowledge of the order to perform unique rituals that would give him different types of aid.
	+ **Priest Communication-** This ritual would call upon the wisdom of the original two blood priests. It would allow Lelial to communicate with the two priests, though it's a rite to be used with purpose.
	+ **Acolyte Summoning-** This second ritual could physically summon lesser blood acolytes to wherever Lelial was located. They would assist their priest in battle or whatever other purpose was required.

## Weaknesses

* **Marked Blood-** Lelial's blood was marked by the Catalyst upon joining the order. Although he is not under constant surveillance of a higher power, any disloyalty would result in severe consequences as the Catalyst could attack his blood directly.