Rei

## PROFILE

**Rei Eden** is a protagonist of *Paradise Lost I*, major supporting character in *Paradise Lost II*, and antagonist in *Paradise Lost III*.  He is a high-ranking guard of the National Pontifica Cohors Federation, as well as a member of the royal Eden Bloodline, yet now lacks wings. Rei is assigned by the Ecclesiastical Council to protect Koune'li. He suffers from an unknown, assumed genetic, illness that is rapidly deteriorating his body; he actively seeks a cure.

## **Appearance**

Rei is a very tall, androgynous man with pale skin. He has a facial expression that, according to Koune'li, "never changes". He has the animal traits of an Arctic Hare. His hair is a pure white and goes down to his knees, always tied into a ponytail. During autumn-winter, his hair and ears fade into a near black. His eyes are noted to be a crimson red; yet they are **not real**. On his back, he has six large surgical scars.

He is rarely seen in anything besides his uniform, yet outside of work, he wears plain white shirts, long dark pants, and a large brown jacket Nurse gave him.

* The standard Chasseur uniform consists of long skin-tight pants and a long-sleeved undershirt, with a small white cloak.
* While optional, he is also normally seen with a white jacket and loincloth. He wears a red tie to note his rank as an Apostolic Chasseur.

He wears an ACEES collar around his neck. He cannot take it off. Arene notes that Rei can be tracked with it, and with the right security level, his thoughts and memories can be accessed as well. It also seems to be able to explode; yet this function is faulty.

## Personality

He seems very distant, unfocused, introverted, and solves problems with violence. He is often described as a creep, yet is mostly just awkward. There is clear trouble with his speech, often pausing in his sentences. He’s seen to be very organized and driven when working, though mostly because he wants to finish work quickly. While he's actually quite empathetic, he has trouble showing that and often makes things unintentionally worse. Enoch notes that, "The only emotions he seems to be capable of showing are anger and sadness," and cries often. He's a rather private person who keeps to himself. He spaces out often, and is normally just seen brooding.

Despite his normal personality, he is known as a Chasseur for his irrational stunts and love for attention. He gained the title of *Wingless Angel* after the 1099 incident.

In 1099, Rei was diagnosed with an illness titled as OCED; it does not stand for anything. This illness seems to be incredibly common in the Eden bloodline, yet is almost completely undocumented outside of it. It was first noted nearly 600 years ago within the 56th Generation of the Edens, with almost every generation following having at least some sort of symptoms relating to the illness.

Rei's organs and body as a whole are deteriorating; melting, yet they heal back too fast to put him out of his misery. It is unknown what this disease does exactly, and was therefore named after the man who discovered it. Despite OCED giving Rei heightened senses, it is literally melting his brain, and it is theorized that he has already begun to lose some of his cognitive functions.

## Capabilities

Rei's capabilities (magic), simplified, allows him to manipulate metal objects. In-depth, he is manipulating the magnetic fields of Erae Praepostera. While Rei is manipulating metal objects, a white ring appears around his pupil. This is not natural, and was a safety precaution inserted into his false eyes. Objects he is controlling can levitate, and move in any direction at any force without limit. He must first see the object in person, through a camera, a photo, or even memory. He cannot manipulate objects that he only touches or glances at (including microscopic objects); he **must** have, at least,  a semi-clear view. He can still manipulate objects that are not in his view, yet "very crudely". If he manipulates an object non-stop for an incredible long period of time (~3+ months), they will be permanently stuck floating. Any objects he is manipulating stop whenever he is unconscious, falls asleep, or in theory, killed. They fall to the ground normally, depending on their elevation.

* "**Nameless**" is Rei's main weapon, it is a custom semi-automatic rifle that **Faust** built for him. There are various tally marks etched into it, with Rei & Faust's names poorly written on the stock.
* There is arguably nothing special about the rifle, only that it holds sentimental value to Rei.

He cannot alter the atomic makeup of pre-existing items, yet can do so when interacting with raw metals. When an object he is manipulating breaks, he is still able to manipulate the individual parts, yet is no longer able to do so at a certain threshold. He has an **emulator** that allows him to temporary generate shields; he claims it was a birthday gift from Uriel, despite it also being illegal.

* **Artificial Aegis H.101** is the official name for Rei's emulator. It's origin or how Uriel obtained it is unknown, yet Aryl notes that it isn't a very uncommon Emulator and one that is easy to forge. It generates a small shield around the user, lasting for a maximum of thirty hours (without receiving damage). It is charged by batteries.

While it doesn't seem like much, whenever Rei uses his capabilities he describes the process as *'It's as if time slowed down',* allowing him to re-direct bullets and render almost any metal weapons obsolete. He never misses because of this, yet has **extremely bad** aim when **not** using his capabilities. Rei does not often use melee weapons, yet does carry around a switchblade, and rarely, a standard rapier that is given to all Chasseurs.

Rei himself is noted to be physically weak and has poor coordination, yet has unnaturally sharp reflexes. Without his capabilities, he is nothing, according to himself, and is scared of going anywhere without some sort of metal weapon or object he can use offensively/defensively. Flash grenades and CO-EMPs are some of the only ways to defeat him. Nurse has a special tranquilizer rifle that uses rubber bullets in case of "emergencies", yet no copies of it have been made (yet).

* Rei can move objects at ~800mph, though at this speed, they often break in the process.
* In areas where he is banned from using capabilities, he wears a blindfold to comply.

## History

### Before *Paradise Lost (I)*

Rei was born on **Ellesmere Island** as the 236th generation of a royal Angelic bloodline; the **Edens**. At first, nothing seemed to be off, as tradition proceeded as it normally would. However, due to an incident involving the 234th generation some years ago, his father was an Angelical and his mother was a Human. He recalled that father was a good man, though always too busy to take care of him or his sister, but his mother was an abusive alcoholic and substance abuser. Nevertheless, he was raised mostly by his mother and her servants, hence grew up learning **Kervolshenzshian**.

There was nothing notable about Rei at the time other than his abnormally high aptitude using his capabilities and a **lingering illness**, similar to one his father had. He spent most of his time hiding from his mother's servants, often taking walks down the shoreline and watching the waves.

Some days before his sixth birthday, the Eden Estate was suddenly firebombed and finally destroyed by an unknown explosion. Rei attempted to take his then three-year-old sister and ran, yet was kidnapped by **August**.

The entire event left the world in international panic, with fingers being pointed left and right, yet no perpetrator was ever found. It was labelled as a "planned terrorist attack", and remains one of the largest mysterious of terrorism in **Sanctum's history**. Rei's father was declared dead, while his mother, Rei himself, and Arene, were concluded to be missing. Currently, Ellesmere Island is **now uninhabited**, and has been left for nature to take care of.

In truth, August was in one who orchestrated the entire incident with the help of **Aryl**. Rei & Arene were taken to an **abandoned military base** in the far norths of Kervolshenzsky, where August had attempted his plan of "Ascension". Over the course of the next seven years, the children were subject to extreme inhumane experimentation and torture, and at some point, Rei had had all of his wings forcibly torn out against his will. He had also gotten his eyes removed and replaced by his now **False Eyes**; which Aryl considers an engineering marvel. During all of this, he refused to let August hurt his sister, and was the main victim of a majority of August's actions.

When Rei was twelve, August had finally finishing re-building The Monument (II). August's second attempt to preform Ascension backfired, causing a large explosion. Rei used this as his only chance to escape, where he carried his sister nearly two miles in the near-zero temperatures before being found and taken into the Aeropostle by Black Rabbit.

Black Rabbit had been passing in the area after being alerted of a possible Nephilim attack, yet was then alerted by the explosion. Rei and Arene were the only two found at the scene; and "the creature" (August) that Rei described was nowhere to be found.

In exchange for information, Rei made a deal that would allow him to enroll as a Chasseur for Black Rabbit and ensure his sister's safety. When it was discovered he was a child of the Eden Bloodline, it was agreed by the Council to try and rehabilitate him, yet overruled by Uriel, where his death was faked and he was ordered to remain with Black Rabbit. The reason for this is unknown; yet Rei did not attempt to fight back. For the next 14 years, Rei would work as a Chasseur owned by Black Rabbit, a very eventful yet somehow mundane life.

When he was 16 (1097), Rei was accused of attempting to murder an **unknown girl**, which led **to a fight** with Uriel. While it was soon known that the girl and Rei were completely unrelated, the battle had gotten out of control, leading to Uriel shattering Rei's core after three city blocks were destroyed. Uriel later apologized; and Rei was nearly expelled from the NPCF two years later in 1099. The real killer of the girl remains unknown.