Cornelius

## Stats

**Inquisitor Cornelius** was an arrogant Inquisitor serving Emperor Dominius. He rules over Astakampos on Duros.

## **Appearance**

Cornelius typically wears a maroon purple jacket, a ponytail, a jabot, peruke, and a silver raven mask. Under his mask, his nose was quite pointy with shrewd features. He also had a cane and two spectral, mechanical hands on either side of him.

## **Personality**

Cornelius was a rather arrogant and condescending individual, but he was also honest and nicer to his Sterrens than most Inquisitors. Cornelius also liked wine and sporting events, and speaks in a condescending manner.

He had a sadistic side, as he took much pleasure in watching people fight and kill each other as entertainment. He had demonstrated a distinct lack of respect, pity and compassion when it comes to people he deems to be of lower status, such as criminals and commoners. This callousness even extends to senior citizens, as he was looking forward to seeing an imprisoned old man be killed for sport.

## **Ability / Powers / Equipment**

#### Overview

Cornelius doesn't train his body very much, so he can't take many strong hits. But the reason he doesn't need to train was because his golden hands are so powerful.

#### Golden Hands

Cornelius always had large, golden hands around him that block him from most attacks. They also serve as his main offensive weapon by punching and grabbing opponents. Whether these hands are the result of a Devil Fruit power or something else altogether was unknown (presumed fruit, The Grasp Grasp Fruit).

## **Relationships**

### **Allies**

#### Helios

Cornelius doesn't particularly like Helios since he saw the young man as incompetent and thinks that he dresses poorly.

#### Inquisitor Maximus

He and Maximus seem to be frenemies, joking and insulting each other, although Maximus seems to take more pleasure in making Cornelius uncomfortable.

### **Enemies**

#### Devil's Luck Pirates

Cornelius hated Ragnar for being a demon and Duros for attacking him and killing him. He seems to tolerate William and didn't find out about the rest of the Crew.

#### Lyssa

Lyssa held a grudge against Cornelius for an unknown reason, presumably due to their differing views on the Sterrenkind as well as Cornelius' general demeanor. As no direct interaction between the two had been observed, the exact source of Lyssa's resentment remains unknown, though it is theorized that he was the Inquisitor who gave her parents to be killed by Dominius.

### **Other**

#### Sterrenkind

Cornelius doesn't torture his Sterrens, although the reason for this was that he views them as too far beneath him.

## **History**

Next to nothing is known of Cornelius' personal history prior to the story. At some point before the Devil's Luck Pirates' arrival on Duros he attained the office of Inquisitor.

Later in his life, he started a tournament in the Colosseum where at the end of the tournament, The Beast always killed the contestant and throws their body to the spike pits. One day, as he attends a ball in Astakampos' Great Hall, Inquisitor Maximus introduces him to two strange nobles called Lord Valerian and Ragnelius III. While Cornelius doesn't particularly care for them, during their conversation Ragnelius claims that he is the strongest noble and that he can kick Cornelius' prisoner's ass. Amused by this, Cornelius lets him fight in the Colosseum. Unbeknownst to Ragnelius and his friends, every contestant will always be killed by The Beast in the end. On the tournament day, Ragnelius really proves his word by "killing" the prisoner Aurelius. However, when the noble was about to fight The Beast, he suddenly also transforms into a Beast, surprising everyone. Cornelius then stops the fight and decides to fight Ragnelius himself instead so he can capture him. Ragnelius' friend Duros jumps down from the crowd and joins him to fight Cornelius. At the start of the fight, Ragnelius tries to clash with Cornelius, but is blocked by his golden hands. As Cornelius grapples Ragnelius, a shot from a Marksman stuns him and leaves him vulnerable to an attack from Ragnelius' friend, who ends up killing him, raising his body up into the air with his sword. His body was then thrown into the spike pits in the Colosseum and left there.

As the Devil's Luck Pirates shed their aliases and escape the Colosseum they meet back up with Lyssa, having fulfilled their objective of rescuing Aurelius, Lyssa's grandfather. After learning about everything that happened at the Colosseum, Lyssa claims that Cornelius got what he deserved, implying that he was an amoral and cruel man.

## **Major Battles**

* Inquisitor Cornelius vs Ragnar, Duros and Verona - **Lost**

## **Trivia**

* Cornelius is the first Inquisitor named and shown in the story.
* It's interesting that Cornelius believes the name Magnus to be worse than Ragnelius, even though the name Cornelius is derived from the Latin word *cornu* meaning "Horn" while the word *magnus* means "Great".
* An artist rendition of The Grasp Grasp fruit by InTheNeggative