Michael Eichenberg

Michael Eichenberg is the main antagonist of the Curse of Europe series. He is the current Gold Emperor after defeating the former Emperor, Abraham Wallman but did not win through fair and decisive combat. Not long before Abraham's escape, he launches a campaign to retake the city states within his own borders, while waiting for Abraham to return for his revenge

### **Early life**

Very little is know about Michael's early life. He was born in the German city of Dortmund and lost his parents at aged 7. He was found his his mentor, a Kemiya of the Edwards Line of Alchemists, a descendant of Maurice Soult, the first Gold Emperor. He travelled the continent, gaining experience and strength. In 2090 after a new German King was declared by the new Gold Emperor Abraham Wallman, Michael he challenged the German King and defeated him in combat, taking his place as the new King. 5 years after becoming German King, Michael decided to challenge Abraham Wallman for the throne and defeated him but did he infact cheat by using a Philosophers Stone. Instead of killing Abraham. Michael decided to imprison him

### **Personality**

Michael is a very elgant and proud man. He is from the most powerful line of Kemiya, likely something that fueled his desire to do something great and historical in the world like his forebearer, Maurice Soult. At first glance, Michael is a calm, collected man and does not lose his temper often, one time was when he saw Abraham had escaped. Michael enjoys the power he has and isn't afraid to use it when he has to. He is a practical man as shown when he decides not to pursue Abraham at first due to the fact that Abraham will have to return to him to see his revenge. Its only a while later than Michael realises the danger of letting Abraham live and decides to have him killed. He also is a tolerant man but this does have limits. He understands that sometimes plans do not work out and people can in fact fail, hence his patience with Fabian's failures, before he has enough and casts him out. He also shows this with Anita but even she near wears his patience thin with her own failures, showing also that he only keeps people around if they are useful to him and has no qualms about casting them out when they've failed him too many times. He has no issue with killing as shown when he killed the Earl of Saint Marina or his indifference to killing rebels in the Bronze Kingdom. He is also seen to be a man who likes to be kept in the loop and always seeks as much information as possible and does not like to be kept in the dark for any length of time. While he is ambitious in terms of his quest to retake the City states, he knows not to push his luck unless he is sure of victory. He even had no plan to conquer the Bronze Kingdom until Anita did it for him, showing he is not stupid.

In terms of fighting style, Michael is a near powerhouse. He uses a powerful weapon, an Axe with a sword in the shaft. He will try and overwhelm his opponents from the get go and isn't afraid to use cheap tricks, such as using his staff sword to surprise an enemy. He is capable of defending himself but more relies on the reach and strength of his weapon to keep his opponents at bay and off balance

### **Powers and Abilties**

**Platinum Manipulation:** Michael can manipulate his personal piece into almost any shape or form he desires as long as its not too big or small due to the alchemic symbol of Platinum on his lower back. This `Personal Piece` is considered unbreakable due to his power of control. He can maintain focus on a maximum of 2 different metal pieces by touch, or one metal piece though sight and make it near unbreakable by magical or physical means unless the touch or focus are broken, or if a force over 115 tons is applied. He can't make his metal into any object that requires non metallic components, like a lighter.

**Platinum Transmutation:** He can also transmute any form of matter into any metal he wishes, due to the transmutation circles on his palms but they can be controlled by others with stronger powers than his own. He can transmute all three forms of matter into Gold

**Soul Sensing:** Michael can sense the souls of other people to tell if they are weak or strong. He can sense other magic users and other Kemiya’s. This unique ability allows a Kemiya to find his/her destined apprentice, one who has a dormant Kemiya ability. Michael can detect distortions within the soul, possessions, evil etc but sensing these traits are all Michael can do in that area

**Superhuman Abilities:** Michael has speed, strength, reflexes, agility and balance far above that of a normal human, but not as high as a vampire or werewolf.

**Superhuman Combat:** Due to training, Michael is considered a superhuman melee combatant, and is able to wield his chosen weapon with such speed, strength and accuracy to superhuman levels

**Spiritual Pressure:** Michael has the ability to increase his spiritual pressure, to increase his physical abilities to superhuman levels. When not in combat Michael keeps his power suppressed and only increase it when preparing for battle. Those close to Michael while increasing his spiritual pressure will feel a great deal on their bodies, like a waterfall falling on them

**Sword Beam Emission:** Michael can put his power into his weapon of choice and use it to cut through solid objects, at point blank range or at a distance, by creating arc shaped beams

**Instinctive feel:** Michael can place his hand on almost any object and instantly tell its elemental make up

**Perceptive Combat:** Kemiya's are trained from a young age and are trained to think very carefully when in combat, not just about his moves, but his opponents moves and concoct strategies to achieve victory

**Other Powers:** Like all Kemiya’s Michael can use alchemy not only to create and manipulate metals but to break apart almost any solid material by severing the molecular bonds.

#### **Weaknesses**

**Damaged Hands:** If Michael has his hand tattoos broken he will basically be rendered powerless. He can however draw a circle to use his power, but this requires time and is not suitable in combat

**Consecrated Items:** Michael's abilities do not work on items that are blessed. Any metal they form is also vulnerable to consecrated weapons, mainly bullets

**Hunters Amulet:** Being within 50ft of a Hunters Amulet will render Michael almost powerless. Michael will be unable to strike or defend himself with any more power than a normal human. Even his transmutations will slow down greatly

**Over use:** Being immensely powerful, Michael's body can only handle so much power and must be trained correctly to increase the his body's ability to handle such power. If Michael uses his power beyond the bodies ability, it can break his bones due to the pressure and even kill if used even further