Arsal

* RPGX
* TABA/RPGX

**Arsal**/**Alsalle** (**アルサール**) is a Brain Flayer, that appeared first in Taimanin Asagi Battle Arena and later on in Taimanin RPGX as a boss.

In both, he is an antagonistic force. His species is often responsible for the transport of characters across dimensions, which results in some cameo characters appearing.

## Personality

A rude trickster, which views himself as a higher being and both Human and Demon as pets and slaves. He is smart and avoids direct conflict, creating loose alliances if needed. Arsal tends to speak in his own language while being frustrated about lower beings, but even when trying to speak nice tends to barely hide his disgust. Sometimes falls back into using his own language.

One of his gimmicks is that he introduces himself as a "Wildlife protector", viewing all creatures, outside of brain flayers, as animals or insects. Though because of his very high arrogance, he assumes that “job” will make him look better, when in fact most people grow a very strong dislike towards him.

Arsal if given the opportunity is cruel and evil, and will use dirty tactics to stay alive. The RPGX version of him also seems to be a loyal follower of the Brain Flayer Queen Mauzer.

## Appearance

A sharp clawed, Xenomoprh looking, tentacle mouth monster with green eyes and black skin.

His normal form is that of a typical Brain Flayer.

## History

A Brain Flayer that travels dimensions. He is like a large part of his species wishes to take over other worlds, with him having his eyes on the Human World and Dark World.

### Timeline TABA

Other Brain Flayers of his form are seen earlier and are responsible for transporting people like Yatsu Murasaki (ZERO), Igawa Sakura (ZERO), Fujisaki Ai, Futaba Lily Ramses or Yukishiro Misao to Kotaro's world, and also would move him to the Magical Girl Yukikaze Universe.

Arsal/Asalle is first seen in "Mr Tanaka's Longest Day", in which Lilim and Minasaki pick him up as a pet, as he tried to make contact with the Fuuma Organization. Calling itself an environmental activist, wishing to use the group as a cover, Kotaro can tell the creature might be really evil in truth but allows it to stay. However, the Masked Taimanin arrives, much too dangerous to be left alone, the species itself could make dimensions unstable and lead to worlds ending. As Kotaro and the DSO Taimanin talked things over, Kotaro agreed for a temporary capture until Arsal was killed, at least to allow Sakura to return to her own world for a quick visit.

Arsal did not agree with these plans, and started to shift the group through dimensions, including through Prison Universe. In the end even fusing the Masked Taimanin and Sakura, with alternative versions of themselves which were currently being married to Kotaro, this created chaos in their personality and both became enraged wishing to kill Kotaro. As Kotaro overpowered both, Arsal is taken by Fuuma Tokiko off-screen. The game does mention that it had been "eliminated" but a very similar character, reappeared later trying to join Nomad, for protection to create a human farm, and is forced to work with Lilim and Minasaki the same way just to be killed by Fuuma Tokiko off-screen again.

After some more fights, he seemed to have died at either point, appearing as a ghost in one of the later events. A few years into the run of TABA.

### Timeline RPGX

Another version appears in RPGX chapter 5, in the year 2082, and moves Fuuma Kotaro to a ZERO Universe-like world. Kotaro is able to find Akiyama Rinko of his own world that also was moved to this place, and is able to befriend a Sakura (ZERO) of that Zero-universe. All three are able to confront Arsal, that introduces himself as a protector of lesser being after being brought back to the normal RPG universe. It becomes, however, clear that Arsal is more of a monster that enslaves other species and moves them forcefully to another world, scouting for another universe to take over. Being sliced in two by Rinko Arsal survives but after being hit by a kunai of Kotaro disappears without a trace. This seemed to be just a fake death as Arsal started to work on his resurrection.

Arsal later returned in the year 2084, this time connected to the Dark Future Timeline plot. Arsal had healed himself and takes on a stronger combat form, after reforming himself with technology. Planning to obtain a Brain Flayer artifact lost in the RPGX Universe called the Tesserac, he attacked a DSO warehouse.

However, this time is killed once and for all with the help of Yukikaze (Future), Koukawa Asuka and Koukawa Oboro. He is frozen and shattered, thanks to the tactical advice of Fuuma Kotaro.

Future Yukikaze had arrived to stop Arsal, and with that created a Singularity or timeline split of her own world and the ongoing RPG Universe.

## Powers/Abilities

**Main Weapon**: Ability

* **Magic**: Casts energy balls
* **Regeneration**: Only destroying his brain can kill it.
* **Portal Magic**: Can either move others away or call creatures from his portals as a form of summon
* **Shield**: Can compress dimensional energy into an invisible shield.
* **Transformation**

## Media

* Taimanin Asagi Battle Arena
* Taimanin RPGX

## Trivia

* Brain Flayer don't count as normal Demons, as they are not from the Dark World. They in fact view both demons and humans as insects.
* Also called "Alsalle" in TABA.
* The real name of Arsal can not be spoken with a human tongues and is just an approximation. This is shared by creatures in Lovecraft myth, given Arsal squid-like form this seems to be a reference.
* Uses the phrases "repli and eledentowogo you both" when talking to Lilim and Minasaki. Kotaro notices that he does not know what those words mean, but can feel those are not "nice" things.
* While Arsal introduces himself, his name displayed never changes to anything other than Brain Flayer in TABA. All other Brain Flayers also have no names in TABA.

## Gallery

Arsal fighting Koukawa Oboro, Koukawa Asuka and Mizuki Yukikaze (Future)