Raiden Blackwell

"*Hardly anything is fair in this life. The trick is how you approach your problems.*"

## Characteristics

### Age

17 (X784)
24 (X791)

## Professional Status

### Previous Affiliation

 Tower of Heaven
Blackwell Family

### Partner(s)

Melody Lightstone
Malik Darvil

## Personal Status

### Relatives

Ren Blackwell (Father)
Azumi Blackwell (Mother)
Indra Blackwell (Younger Sister)

## Magic

### Magic

Spatial Magic (Deity Spirit Magic - Titans)

## Portrayal

### Face Claim

Colin O'Donoghue (Teen/Adult)

**Raiden Blackwell** (*ライデン・ブラックウェル Raiden Burakkūeru*) is a mage of the the Lamia Scale Guild, as well as a former child slave in the Tower of Heaven and part of the **R-System**.

## Appearance

* X784
* X791
* X792
* Childhood

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## Personality

Raiden's life, from beginning to where he stands now, has always been marred with hardships that greatly shaped his personality. From the moment he could walk and talk, his parents treated him like a precious stone that could be molded into a perfect jewel with just the right kind of prodding. Unfortunately for them, Raiden has his own pace about going around things - while he doesn't have big problems learning things he is taught, he takes time with them, time too precious for his impatient parents to waste. He was also not allowed to have any friends during his early childhood and his only friend was one of the allies of his family, a kindly young Titan named Lelantos.

Reserved to his household and overworked to exhaustion even at the young age of four under the brutality of his father, the boy was still content and thankful for the smallest things in his life, such as the friendship of Lelantos and the occasional (but rare) kind gestures from his mother. He had come to believe that if he was just thankful and hardworking enough, some day things will get better and his father would get less angrier at him.

This time never came, however, and having had enough of his "incompetence", his parents decided to sell him to the Tower of Heaven project. For Raiden the separation was extremely hard and painful - as he cried and begged his parents to not let him go, all to no avail, the young boy came face to face - for the first time in his life - with the feeling of being unwanted.

During his time in the Tower of Heaven, Raiden became more and more of an introvert, not speaking unless he absolutely had to as he was trying to come to terms with the feeling of insignificance, believing that only hard work and acceptance of circumstances defines a person as who he is. Not expecting much from the people made it easier for him to blend in the crowd, and keeping his mouth shut even if he didn't agree with most of the things about their owners kept him firmly out of trouble. In the years he spent there, little by little, he managed to befriend two other kids, Sorano and Erik. After he was rescued by Garrett Solstice, the boy grew a strong gratitude to the only adults in his life that showed him kindness and mercy - the Moonflower Family, who he had always been taught of as enemies, and eventually Ooba Babasaama, who welcomed him in her guild with open arms after listening to his story.

From this point on, Raiden's life is dominated by two features - a reserved gratefulness in the face of happy events (one of which had been the Moonflowers' daughter, Natsumi Moonflower, returning his feelings) and somewhere beneath the surface, deeply seated, a strong fear that happiness won't last long for him, not unless he works really hard to keep it. He started outdoing himself in missions in this regard, where the task could just be equally shared between his teammates. He became a perfectionist upon himself who just yearns for even a little bit of appreciation, something he never had.

His fear of being abandoned was unfortunately put to another test first when two of his strongest allies, Chronos and Atlas, abandoned him in a time of dire need after finding out he was dating the enemy and then later, when his sister (whose existence he wasn't even aware of until then) went and murdered the Moonflower Family. Devastated by the senseless murders, Raiden also had to face a big blow when Indra framed him for the murders and with all the evidences against him, even Natsumi, the only girl he ever loved, turned her back to him. It was at this point that the young man felt like he couldn't take the hardships anymore and begged Natsumi to kill him if she really believed he was guilty.

While he was on the run from the authorities trying to clear his name, Raiden entered a state of mind in which he completely shut the negative emotions of any kind towards anyone - anger, hurt, humiliation, resentment - and just entered a loop of survival without giving much thought to anything. The one thing that unconsciously remained however was the bitterness he felt towards Natsumi, which wouldn't change for a long time, not even when the latter realized how big a mistake she made and tried to make it up to him. Despite all these, and largely thanks to not having friends in his childhood, Raiden craves friendship and can form one with little to no trouble, and once he befriends someone, he can do literally anything for them, including protecting them with his life if needed. He has a merciful side, as shown when his first thought was to protect his sister despite her turning his life upside down. But on the far side of this spectrum he can also be ruthless in the face of a big disappointment and hurt, as was the case with Natsumi.

## Synopsis

* Grand Magic Games Arc
* Tartaros Arc
* Time Skip (X791-X792)
* Avatar Arc
* Alvarez Empire Arc
* Time Skip (X792-X793)
* 100 Years Quest

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## Magic and Abilities

* Deity Spirit Magic

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## Equipment

His basic items are his Titan Spirit Gate Keys. Currently, he has five different keys

* Celestial Bronze Keys

* Gate of The Infinite Time Key: Summons The Infinite Time, Chronos.
* Gate of The General Key: Summons The General, Atlas.
* Gate of The Swift Wind Key: Summons The Swift Wind, Lelantos.
* Gate of The Lioness Key: Summons The Lioness, Rhea.
* Gate of The Sorceress Key: Summons The Sorceress, Hecate.