Katerios Chernenko

> “Never admit defeat and ask for a quick death! Die first, then admit defeat! If you are defeated but didn't die, it just means you were lucky! At those times, think only about survival! Survive and think only about killing the one who failed to kill you!"
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> ― Tite Kubo
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**Katerios Chernenko** is the current captain of 13th Division and the ninth holder of the Katerios name to hold the position. He is the adopted father of Yvaine Ulenspegel, who is also his lieutenant.

## Appearance

### Tattoos

* Chernenko has tattoos on his cheeks going up his temples and under his eyes. These tattoos were punishment on his home planet for his crimes though this didn't stop him.

## Abilities and Skills

* **Blqa Physiology** - He is a Blqa, a human and Majuzian subspecies native to the former labor camps of what is now known as Prometheus-411. Unlike a majority of Blqa's he was born with the ability to manipulate Mana along with superhuman strength, enhanced speed, superhuman endurance and durability.
	+ **Immesurable Mana Power** - Even by a captain's standards, Chernenko's mana is monstrous. He has so much that even while wearing his energy-sealing eyepatch, his prowess is not noticeably hindered as he is still able to fight two captain-level opponents who were at the then max level. "*The First Katerios*", one of the most powerful captains of the Union, stated she was weaker than him even while he was still a child. After defeating (\*&\*) and releasing himself from his self-imposed limits, he becomes powerful enough to fight on par with and defeat the likes of (\*&\*-\*&\*) without taking off his eyepatch. Similar to (\*&\*), when unleashing a strong enough surge of energy, it becomes visible and yellow in color, sometimes with the appearance of a skull. By his own admission, Chernenko has poor control of his spiritual energy as it constantly remains very potent, forcing him to rely on his eyepatch to keep it at a more manageable level. Despite this, he is able to make liberal use of it in a variety of ways. It can affect large areas, spanning miles, and cause others within that area to enter a state of paralysis and confusion. When exerting his energy, the sheer magnitude of Chernenko's energy can cause considerable damage, destroying the area around him and launching away weaker opponents. Likewise, this can repel or disrupt most enemy attacks and abilities.
		- **Damage Resistance** - The intensity of Chernenko's mana also acts as a sort of armor, making it impossible for him to be harmed by anyone not at least at his level of power. This is first demonstrated when he faced (\*&\*). At the start of the fight, Chernenko allows (\*&\*) to strike him, yet despite leaving himself completely unguarded and not resisting, not only did (\*&\*) fail to cut him, but (\*&\*)'s hands started to bleed because of the recoil.
		- **Shockwave** - He possesses enough control to focus and unleash his spiritual pressure in the form of a powerful shock wave. When using both hands, his shock wave can have a huge radius of destruction.
		- **Energy wave** - By striking at the ground, Chernenko can create an overflowing wave of yellow spiritual energy, which surges forward before crashing into Chernenko's target.
	+ **Enhanced Speed** - Chernenko displayed deceptively fast physical speed for his size and build. Thanks to the tremendous raw strength in his legs, allowing him to move fast enough to instantly close a huge gap of space between him and his opponent, and even seemingly disappear from sight. In battle, he can strike with incredible speed in rapid succession, making it highly difficult for his opponents to find an opening and counterattack.
	+ **Superhuman Strength** - Chernenko possesses a very large degree of physical strength, most commonly displayed by his ability to push back his opponent's attacks with a single arm, even if the opponent's weapons and attacks are gigantic in size. He can carry three full-grown human corpses on his shoulders without any apparent effort. When (\*&\*-\*&\*) began warping and damaging his arm, Chernenko ripped it off effortlessly.
	+ **Superhuman Endurance** - His physical prowess is equally shown by his resilience. Chernenko often ignores most of the injuries he sustains in battle, not suffering any debilitation despite having multiple slash wounds on his body and rarely any signs of pain much like a berserker. Even after receiving grievous injuries which left him in a comatose state, after he healed enough to return to training only days later, showing a high recovery rate as well.
	+ **Superhuman Durability** - As resilient as Chernenko is, he is just as hard to damage. During his battle against (\*&\*), as Chernenko was focusing his attention on Ichigo, (\*&\*) delivered a powerful blow with his massive fist, launching Chernenko several meters and smashing him into a large pillar. Despite the impact, Chernenko quickly emerged unfazed, claiming it was only a mere "decent punch" but was still unimpressed. During his battle with (\*&\*), Chernenko remained unharmed after being fired upon by dozens of firearms and having missiles thrown at him, and later withstood the cold vacuum of space and having several clones of (\*&\*) self-destruct at point-blank range with only moderate injuries. Even after Chernenko suffered severe organ damage from these attacks, it took the combined effort of four (\*&\*) to finally take him out of the battle.

## Etymology

* Katerios is possibly related to Katherine is from the Greek name *Αἰκατερίνη (Aikaterine)*. The etymology is debated: it could derive from an earlier Greek name *Ἑκατερινη (Hekaterine)*, itself from *ἑκάτερος (hekateros)* meaning "each of the two"; it could derive from the name of the goddess Hecate; it could be related to Greek *αἰκία (aikia)* meaning "torture"; or it could be from a Coptic name meaning "my consecration of your name". In the early Christian era, it became associated with Greek *καθαρός (katharos)* meaning "pure", and the Latin spelling was changed from *Katerina* to *Katharina* to reflect this.
* Chernenko is from the Ukrainian чорний *(chorniy)* or Russian черный *(cherniy)* both meaning "black".

## Trivia

* Katerios is associated with the number "13" which is in reference to the tarot card Death.
	+ He is also associated with the Nine of Clubs.
* His favorite food is meat and alcohol.
* Chernenko's favorite things are interesting people, cigarettes and intimidating people.
* His hidden talent according to Yvaine is that he is a very good artist.
* He has a very poor sense of direction, at times asking Yvaine for help (even though her sense of direction is just as bad).