Goëtz von Berlichingen

* Dies Irae
* Pantheon

**Iron Hand: Goëtz von Berlichingen** (鋼鉄の腕ゲッツ・フォン・ベルリッヒンゲ, *Kōtetsu no UdeGettsu fon Berurihhingen*?), also known as **Machina** (マキナ, *Makina*?), **Nigredo: the Black Knight**  (黒騎士ニグレド, *Kuro Kishi Niguredo*?), or **Michael Wittman**, is a member of the Longinus Dreizehn Orden, occupying Seat VII. An enigmatic man, with a past veiled in mystery and an equally mysterious relationship with Ren Fujii. He is also one of the Three Knights, one of three members of the Black Round Table awarded the honor of becoming an Einherjar under Reinhard Heydrich's command, serving as part of the commanding echelons of the Longinus Thirteen and an essential piece to the success of their goals.

## Story

### Before Dies Irae

Goëtz von Berlichingen, at the time known as Michael Wittman, was a Nazi soldier and best friend of Lotus Reichhart during WW2.

During the battle to determine the final member of the Obsidian Round Table, Michael and Lotus were the two finalists, with Michael killing his friend and becoming victorious. After the battle Mercurius split Lotus's soul into two halves. He combined one half with his own blood to create Zarathustra Ubermensch and fused the other half into Michael, turning him into Machina.

### Interview with Kaziklu Bey

He appears during the battle against Methuselah. There, he is stopped from reaching him by using one of the god's many powers and ecassed in a multi-layered sphere of pure darkness. Methuselah sends him flying away from the battlefield so Machina doesn't possess a threat to him during his fight with the L.D.O.

### Dies Irae

Machina appears in three of the four routes. Depending of which one, **Nigredo** manifests at different points in time during the **Transmutation of Gold** in Shambala.

### Kajiri Kamui Kagura

While he does not appear, Machina's reincarnation Tenma Ootake is part of the Yatsukahagi.

## Powers & Abilities

### Die Ewigkeit

#### Yetzirah

##### Deus Ex Machina

Machina's Holy Relic is his own body, or more specifically, his fists. He can "end" anything his fists make contact with. This allows him to break through any defenses as well as return anything he hits back to its base state.

#### Briah

##### Midgardr Völsunga Saga

Based on his desire, "I want to die with a single end" , this is an upgraded version of Deus Ex Machina. When activated, Machina's arms are covered in black armor and, rather then ending anything he hits, he can now completely erase its existence, meaning he can win any exchange in a single hit. The weakness of this Briah is that whatever he hits must have a history: a segment of time that it existed before his fist made contact. Even a fraction of a nanosecond is enough, but if his target has no history, they will be unaffected by Machina's Briah.

In both ending of Rea Route, Machina attained to status of a god through Reinhard. In such state, his fists can shatter all of Mercurius's attacks and possibly deal a fatal blow to Ren, if his name had not been called out first.

### Battle Parameter

* ATK = Attack + Bloodshed
* DEF = Defense + Durability
* MAG = Magic + Effective length of skill usage
* AGI = Agility + Mobility
* EQP = Synchronization with Ahnenerbe + Immutability of rules

 Briah

## Trivia

* Michael Wittmann was a histroical German Waffen-SS tank commander during the Second World War, he was called **Black Baron** due to the claim of his tank skills.
* Götz von Berlichingen was a historical German Imperial Knight and mercenary who is known with his iron prosthetic hand.

## References

1. ↑ Dies irae ~Amantes amentes~ - Official Illustrated Guide

 I.Reinhard Heydrich
II.Tubal Cain
III.Valeria Trifa
IV.Wilhelm Ehrenburg
V.Kei Sakurai
V.V. Beatrice Waltrud von Kircheisen
VI.Rea Himuro
VII.Goetz von Berlichingen
VIII.Rusalka Schwagerin
IX.Eleonore von Wittenburg
X.Rot Spinne
XI.Riza Brenner
XII.Wolfgang Schreiber
XIII.Mercurius
XIII.Zarathustra