Algol Giroir

"*That's not your average student, not even your average top student. That's Algol Giroir, the creme de la creme, Scholomance's strongest student. if anyone can break the streak and put us back on track, it's him.*"
—Creighton Valdez, both reassuring his allies and intimidating his foes by talking about Algol.

**Algol Giroir** (ジロアアルゴル , *Jiroa Arugoru*) is an 18 year old American male student of Scholomance High School. He is one of the eleven students chosen to represent the aforementioned school in the Scholomance vs Yuuei East vs West Young Heroes Exhibition Tournament (or simply, the East vs West Tournament). Due to his prowess and intellect, he was unanimously chosen to become the team's captain, and as the captain is set to face the captain of the opposing team, Izuku "Deku" Midoriya.

## Appearance

Algol is a tall, muscular and handsome young man. He possesses long ash blond hair that is tied into a pony tail and reaches between his shoulder blades. He has deep blue eyes. His stands at six feet and four inches (193 centimeters) and weighs 180 pounds (82 kilograms). He is seen typically wearing a normal shirt of monotonous color, usually either black or white, and any sort of jogging pants.

Algol's most defining feature are his iconic orbs, found all across his body. There are thirteen total and all are about the size of a fist. These orbs replace skin, muscle and even bone wherever they are in the body. These orbs have no fixed area on his body, all capable of shrinking and moving to other parts of the body. Algol however does seem to spread them evenly across this body as a form of style. One for each of his triceps, forearms, thighs and calves. Two small ones can be found on opposite sides of his neck and the last three are small and form a triangular shape of sorts on his stomach area.

Whenever Algol has to focus his power on one area, these orbs transfer to another body part. An example being if he empowers his punch, his thirteen orbs shrink and transfer to his wrist. If he doesn't want his orbs to be a bother, he shrinks them all and lines them all along his spinal area, hidden from sight.

As for his superhero costume, Algol appears to wear a luchador-esque mask that masks his entire head. Black leathers appear to complete the look, one in particular being a sort of leather jacket with metal bolts nailed into it.

## Personality

Algol is a mostly quiet individual. He gives off an aura of power around him, and is intimidating to those not close to him. He is known to have a cold and killer glare, with said glare being a perceptive one. Algol is highly analytical, capable of deducing people's strategies on sight, and managing to find out how someone managed to pull off a win, thus highlighting his high intellect. He is not one to underestimate any foe, regardless of how small or unassuming.

Algol for the most part is friendly and ready to help, and is also an open-minded individual, taken to learning from other cultures (in his words, all the knowledge humanity has to offer), he credits this to his mother, as well as how he viewed America's success. Algol is shown to be at times patriotic, and much like Creighton sometimes misses home despite all of the strife they've received as children. Algol seems to be slightly protective of his home-state of Texas, as seen with when he calls one of his super moves "Nagasaki" out of spite after hearing Deku use a move known as the Texas Smash.

Algol always puts a large amount of his effort to constantly honing his skills and physiological abilities, being a firm believer in the idea that hard work surpasses talent. Algol takes being a hero quite seriously as well, believing that heroes are meant to be civil servants that inspire hope, not celebrities that abuse their powers, be it social, political or literal, at the expense of others, as a result he has his own strong sense of justice.

## History

### Early Life

Algol was born somewhere in Dallas, Texas, USA. His father saw his mutant quirk and dubbed him as a work of evil. He would call him a ghoul, and want nothing to do with him. He was named Algol, a sort of compromise between the lighthearted mother and controlling father. Algol grew up in a troubled household, his father was like a monster, but his mother on the other hand was kindhearted, and was always willing to protect him from their father's wrath, no matter the cost. When Algol was seven, his father came home drunk and went on another abusive episode, assaulting his mother in the kitchen. This was when Algol started to fight back, according to Algol, that was the first time his orbs ever shrunk and moved around his body. Three spheres went to his wrist and he shattered his father's jaw, soon his father was arrested and his mother remarried. His stepfather was an American superhero who was also kind, understanding and became a good role model for young Algol. The entire experience would tailor Algol's journey to becoming an aspiring hero.

At age 12, he was moved to the United Kingdom and became a student of one of its most prestigious hero schools, Scholomance. At 9th Grade he would meet, befriend and become rivals with Lautrec Gascoigne.

### East vs West Tournament

Prior to the tournament, Algol was selected to become the captain of the Scholomance Team in the upcoming Scholomance vs Yuuei East vs West Young Heroes Exhibition Tournament, or the East vs West Tournament for short.

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## Abilities

**Overall Abilties**: Algol is a paragon of athletic abilities, proving that the alias of "Scholomance's Strongest" isn't a claimant but a sobriquet. Algol is one of the strongest, fastest, most durable, most intelligent, most skilled and overall most well-rounded of the eleven selected students. Algol possesses a level of strength that can only be amplified and can match the likes of Izuku Midoriya and the One-For-All, and can match it as well in terms of other physiological factors.

* **Superhuman Strength**: Even amongst those with superhuman physiologies thanks to their quirks, Algol is a cut above the rest. Algol's strength, in both lifting strength and striking potency is phenomenal. His high-caliber strength is a result of his constant training, and thanks to it he can use it to destroy any obstacles that stand in his way, such as giant robots.

**Keen Intellect**: Algol is one to hone his mind, and is particularly keen on learning from other cultures. He is incredibly perceptive and analytical, whenever he was watching the ongoing battles, he was usually able to pinpoint what strategies they're going for, or how their team's opponents were capable of performing techniques they were not able to do before. An example is when he was quickly capable of deducing that Uraraka used her gravitation quirk with rapid shifts to throw Kankuro despite her strength and weight disadvantage.

**Leadership Skills**: Algol is not simply the captain of the Scholomance team because he is the strongest and the smartest, but because he unites everyone together. He doesn't take the problems of one of his team members lightly, having a "mess with one, mess with all" mentality, and because of this he has gained both their trust and loyalty. With his strategic abilities, he is credited by various members of the team as being the one to truly bring out the best of their abilities. That is not to say he is infallible, as not all of his decisions are purely successful, such as when he sent Igor to battle Tokoyami, which while the former had the advantage, the latter was still victorious. His view and kindness also appears to not rub off on Kankuro, who always seems to have a divide between them.

### Quirk

**Demon Spheres**: Algol's quirk is known as Demon Spheres. The name was coined by his father. Various black spheres are scattered across Algol's body, to a total of thirteen. These thirteen small orbs can shrink to even smaller sizes, and can be reabsorbed into Algol's body and end up on other areas of his body. These Demon Spheres are batteries of "raw power" which allow Algol to do various things.

#### Weaknesses and Limitations

The demon spheres can be destroyed, and when destroyed, will take days if not weeks to regenerate/regrow. The less demon spheres Algol has, the weaker he becomes.

### Super Moves

* **Hiroshima**: A swift chopping attack which involves Algol placing some of his spheres on his wrist. Algol has been seen slicing clean open the skulls of giant monsters and nomu with this simple attack. Lautrec confirms that the move itself had no official name until his match with Deku, it was most likely done just to get a reaction out of Deku.
* **Nagasaki**: A powerful punch capable of (slightly) overpowering Deku's iconic Detroit Smash. It is implied that Nagasaki is not actually the official name of the attack, and was merely something Algol came up with on the spot out of spite upon seeing Deku use the Texas Smash. Algol, being a Texan, was most likely offended by being attacked with a super move named after his home state. By focusing all thirteen spheres onto his wrist, he is even capable of rivalling a 100% Detroit Smash.
	+ **Dallas Special**: Most likely the actual name of the attack, with this one just being a version with extra-effort and power. The Dallas Special is the technique Algol used to *impair* Izuku Midoriya, narrowly evading the Manchester Smash and uppercutting him with the Dallas Special.
* **Tornado Stroll**: Algol's primary ranged attack. At least two small orbs begin to spin around opposite of each other and the combined motions look like a circle. The spinning circles speedily collect air. Algol then unleashes some of the power from within the orb to *pump* all the collecting air and unleashes it as a powerful gale of wind. It is seen capable of shredding the concrete floor, as well as pierce through the thick hide of a giant robot. Said feats however require more spheres or else it would take too long and consume too much power. The move was used several times, both to simply attack Deku from a range, and to counter Deku's Delaware Smash.
	+ **Tornado Gallivant**: If Algol uses all thirteen spheres for his Tornado Stroll, he is capable of unleashing its superior form, Tornado Gallivant. Tornado Gallivant is capable of completely repelling Katsuki's infamously destructive Howitzer Impact. Lautrec claims almost being killed by the attack, and that said attack was what re-cemented Algol as Scholomance's Strongest.
* **Barred Star**: A powerful kick Kankuro claims to be stronger than Lautrec's Escalating Justice. It appears to be similar to said attack, and can be assumed as something Algol copied for his own. Algol focuses some of his spheres on his shins, and boosts himself forward at an incredible speed, he quickly transfers the spheres on one leg to the leg that is about to be used for the kick. A ferocious kick is the result.
	+ **Striped Star**: A powerful knee-kick, normally used in clinches and tight spaces. The same propulsion technique seems to be applied, but is only one leg, used for both the short propulsion and the empowerment of the kick. This move was used by Algol to crack some of Deku's ribs.

## Relationships

* **Lautrec Gascoigne:** Algol and Lautrec have been brotherly rivals since 9th grade, they always seek to surpass each other. Algol and Lautrec respect each other not only for their abilities as combatants, but also in their will as heroes. Algol and Lautrec do occasionally disagree on various topics, seeing their differing ideologies, such as Algol disapproving of Lautrec's unnecessary brutality or continued beatdowns on already defeated opponents.
* **Creighton Valdez:** Algol and Creighton have a brotherly dynamic between them. Algol is an older-brother figure to Creighton (despite their similar ages) and Algol is one of the few in Scholomance who never underestimated Creighton prior to the latter's brutal fight with Kirishima. This is due to Creighton having done the same technique to Algol in the past.
* **Winúŋna:** Winona is Algol's ex-girlfriend, they do not seem to talk much about their old relationship, but appear to be on good terms. According to Winona, Algol actually learned her tribe's language just for her and for the sake of it.

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## Trivia

* Nomenclature: *Brave spear-wielding head (ruler) of demons*
	+ Algol: Akin to the word/name Al'Ghul, meaning the *Demon's Head*.
	+ Giroir: Derived from the name Gerhard, meaning *Spear-Brave*.
* Algol was named that way by his father, who apparently saw his quirk as a work of evil. Said quirk was most likely something inherited from his estranged grandparents.
	+ Considering Algol was born and raised in the American South, his parents (or at least his father) was likely highly religious. If that was the case, this could imply Algol has a mixed-to-negative relation with religion, which deepens his bond with Creighton.
* Algol's name can be taken from three inspirations.
	+ Algol, the warrior king of 100 swords from the Soul Calibur series.
	+ Algol, the demon bull and one of the four heavenly king demon animals
	+ Ras Al Ghul, iconic Batman villain, leader of DC's League of Assassins.
* Algol's mask is based after the mask of DC's Bane.
* Algol's super moves Hiroshima and Nagasaki are both named after the two areas that were struck with the first nuclear bombs during the Second World War.
* Algol's Tornado Stroll and Tornado Gallivant super moves are likely taken from Tornado Alley, a selection of areas in the United States where tornadoes frequently appear. Texas is one of the states within the Tornado Alley.
* Algol's kick-based super moves are based after American flags. The Barred Star is taken from the Confederate States of America (the Stars and Bars) while the Striped Star is taken from the United States of America (the Stars and Stripes).
* Algol's personality drew from a Superman "Un-American" poster.
	+ Speaking of Superman, Algol's aspirations to inspire hope is also one of the core concepts of said superhero.