Saklas

**Saklas** is the Shard created by Samael who acted as the leader of the Grigori in the Great War as his representative. Following their capture, they were cursed by God into a Fallen Angel/Dragon hybrid known as the **Dragon Eater** or **Serpent of Eden**.

As his title implies, he has the ability to destroy other Dragons before being sealed into the Cocytus. In Chapter XXX, He was revealed that they were the true alter ego of Astaphanos, is one member of the Celestial Archons.

## Appearance

Saklas was a tall and beautiful person with shoulder-length champagne-golden hair and amethyst-colored eyes. His hair was styled in an updo with an ornate golden crown, which depicted a dagger piercing a heart.

He wore a long indigo-colored robe which dragged on the floor and had high-slits in the sleeves, the inner fabric was red with a regal pattern, and an intricate golden design of the forbidden apple was also embroidered on the right shoulder of the robe.

Beneath the slits of their sleeves, His wore a tigher black long-sleeved garment, with the sleeves forming a pointed shape on the back of their hand and tied around their middle fingers. He also wore tight black pants beneath their robe, as well as high-heeled black boots with golden linings.

### Cursed Form

After his were cursed and imprisoned in the Cocytus, Saklas transformed into a large and ominous creature with bizzare features.

The upper part of their body is like that of a masked androgynous person with fangs in their mouth and giant black-feathered wings, while their lower body was like that of an Eastern Dragon, with gleaming obsidian scales and multiple serpents growing from their waist.

When his were first summoned by the Hero Faction, they were crucified on a large cross with holy nails driven into various parts of their body (arms, tails, wings, etc.), as well as several other restraints that had ancient Enochian hieroglyphs written on them. His eyes were also covered with a blindfold that had tears of poisonous blood dripping from underneath it.

## Personality

Due to the multiple layers of seals placed on Saklas, he is unable to display their personality. Issei mentioned that he sensed various types of negative emotions such as pain, jealousy, suffering, and resentment from them. After his were broken out by Astaphanos, their true persona began to rise to the surface.

Saklas possessed a twisted and sadistic sense of humor and found entertainment in the suffering of others, both allies and enemies alike. He had also shown to be quite snarky, often answering people's question with a fair amount of bitter sarcasm.

Saklas had demonstrated an immense loyalty toward his origins Samael to the point where it resembled obsession. Kokabiel described them as being Samael's greatest fanatic, and would gladly do everything and anything the Archangel asked of his regardless of how impossible or morally wrong these orders were, as well as disregarding the possibility they might die trying to perform them.

He possessed a massive hatred toward all snakes and Dragons, even before their imprisonment. However, his did show to have some begrudged respect toward the Dragon Gods, though Kokabiel stated that this was only because of their status as Samael's bastard children.

## History

Saklas was a Shard created by Samael shortly before her defeat and subsequent imprisonment as her representative, leading the Fallen Angels and the Grigori as the Governor-Consort.

Under their reign, the Grigori went under major changes, which were noticeable by all other factions and pantheons. From a group of Fallen Angels that served as a shelter for exiled Angels and the teachers of humanity, his became a military organization greatly-feared throughout the moonlit world. He invaded the territories of numerous mythological factions and expanded the Grigori's territory into an empire only seconded by their heavenly brethren.

Sometimes in the first-century AD, under the instructions of Samael through one of their dreams, they performed an ancient ritual to split parts of their consciousness and powers into an empty vessel, which they named Astaphanos.

In the Great War, alongside other Governors and Cadres, Saklas led the Grigori and the Fallen Angels into the battlefield to fight against the Angels and the Devils. However, his were eventually captured by God's personal legion and brought toward the Seventh Heaven.

There, he transformed him into a Fallen Angel/Dragon hybrid and cursed them with an immense poison that could virtually kill any snakes and Dragons. He then threw them into the deepest depth of the underworld and sealed him within a barrier of frozen water of the Cocytus. Onto them, thousands of ancient Enochian seals and hieroglyphs were placed to ensure they wouldn't be able to escape.

## Powers & Abilities

**Dragon Slaying Curse Poison:** Saklas received several curses and poisons from God who had developed a hatred for Dragons and Snakes, which resulted in the creation of an extremely powerful curse effective against Dragons and those who possess Sacred Gears related to them, with a simple fraction of it being sufficient enough to destroy the body and soul, with even Dragon Gods such as Ophis and Great Red being susceptible to this as the former lost a large portion of her power. Since it is also effective against snakes and those related to them as well, Issei used it to get rid of Cao Cao's Medusa's Eye. According to Azazel, Saklas is the "Evil Intention of God", a being who wasn't meant to have evil intentions, as such, his curse and poison is powerful enough to affect other beings and not simply focusing on extinguishing Dragons alone, thus resulting in it being sealed in Cocytus. The curse even resides within Saklas' blood, allowing others besides Saklas to use the curse by infusing it into items.

## Trivia

* Saklas' appearance is based on Vil Schoenheit from "Disney: Twisted-Wonderland".
* Their name, "Saklas", is Aramaic for "fool".
	+ It's one of the alternative titles for the demiurge in mythology.