Blake Thorne

**Blake Thorne** (ブレーク ソーン, Bureeku Soon) is a Special Grade 1 (and potential Special Grade) jujutsu sorcerer and fourth-year student of the Paris Metropolitan Curse Academy. He is seen as one of the school's top students and is slated to be one of the strongest European sorcerers. Many younger students look up to him yet he stays distant from others at most times.

## Professional Status

### Relatives

Alastair Thorne (Grandfather)Lenore Thorne (Sister)

## Appearance

Blake is slender young man with a very pale complexion, he is of average height and has heterochromia (two different colored eyes), his left eye is green whereas the right is blue. His pale skin is accompanied by fine features and silver/white hair that he wears in a ponytail.

His regular school attire consists of the standard Paris Academy jacket on top of a lilac shirt, dark hakama pants and geta sandals. He accessorizes the outfit with two overlapping prayer bead necklaces and a deep purple sash.

He also has elements of make up and sports black nail polish and purple eye shadow under his eyes.

While he often sports his school attire, he also has two additional attires, one for when out and about on the town which consists of a pale purple high collared jacket, black jeans and black military-style boots, his other attire is the one he wears at home which is a deep purple kimono over a white shirt with a stylized skull on it.

## Personality

Blake is known to be a cold person, with a very serious nature, he has even been shown to have a particularly cruel streak. This personality has lead many to believe he is uncaring and that he has no compassion. This however is far from the truth, while he is distant and can demonstrate cruelty, he does so to try and protect his fellow students. He prefers to keep people at a distance due to his abilities. He does however show concern and even attachment to certain other students whom he will rely on and protect. While they are few, he will lay down his life for them.

Towards staff and professors he has been shown to be a dutiful student despite sometimes zoning out and daydreaming.

He is a highly independent person as he has had to deal with many problems alone for the most part of his life, he also has a resentment for his heritage as the Thorne family heir due to animosity with his grandfather. His only family member he cares about is his younger sister Lenore Thorne whom he cares for.

In battle, his demeanor turns cruel as he shows no compassion for his adversaries, human or otherwise, he believes in complete destruction of anyone who stands in his way.

## Abilities and Powers

**Overall Skill Level:** Blake Thorne is considered one of the strongest students at his academy and one of Europe's finest sorcerers. He has been show to make short work of many more experienced curse users and cursed spirits.

He is able to easily wield a special grade cursed tool with great ease and fight off powerful opponents without the use of his curse.

**Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant**: Due to his slender frame, many believe that Blake would be physically weak, however he is able to dispatch powerful foes without resorting to his curse. He can masterfully use martial arts to overcome his targets.

**Master Armed Combatant:** In combat, when Blake wishes to he can use his abilities in weaponry to use polearms and spears to fight at mid to close-range. He is shown to be able to bisect enemies with his polearm attacks, a single slash from his weaponry is able to kill a curse user and high powered cursed spirit.

### Jujutsu

 **Reverse Cursed Technique** (*Hanten Jutsushiki*): Blake is able to utilize reverse cursed technique to heal himself from bodily injuries.

 **Samsara - Absolute Shadow** (*Rin'ne Joten no Kage, 輪廻 上天の影*) **:** An ability copied from Alastair Thorne, Blake's Grandfather. By manifesting a pool of darkness at his feet, Blake can sink into shadows, moving between them and becoming intangible. He can also fight someone by targeting their shadow, this will cause damage on their physical body.
 **Weaknesses**: While Samsara is an extremely powerful technique it does have its weaknesses, it exerts immense strain on the user's mind and body.

 **Simple Domain**: (*Kan'i Ryōiki*): An anti-domain technique that resists a domain expansion's can't miss attack by targeting and neutralizing its barrier.

## Etymology

Blake's name hails from British origins, meaning “black,” “dark,” “bright,” “shining,” or “pale.” It is derived from the Old English auto-antonym blac, which means both “white” or “pale” and “black” or “dark,” making its true intended meaning rather mysterious.

His surname of Thorne is of English origin. Deriving from the word “thorn,