Neo D. Fowler

### Dislikes

Being in a powerless position, clingy people, people entering his room unannounced

## Status

### Relatives

Vincent Fowler (father)†
 Nadia Edwards (mother)†

## First Appearance

### Book Debut

Chapter 15

> *“Your submission pleases me but there’s still some fire left in your eyes that needs to be snuffed out.”*
>
> — **Neo D. Fowler**

**Neo Delwyn Fowler** is the main antagonist of the Underworld Arc in the first *Cerberus High* series. He is the second-generation head of the Viscera Purgers anarchist organization consisting of Rey, Akuji, Lita, and Oralee.

## Appearance

   Neo is a strikingly handsome demon with fair skin, knee-length chartreuse hair, narrow amethyst eyes, and slitted pupils. Neo also has upward-orienting black horns and a mole below his left eye. He’s notably tall in stature, standing at 6’5.

### Childhood

As a child, Neo wore a pair of large circle lens glasses, reflecting his quiet, meek personality during this time.

### Underworld Arc

Neo wears a white and gold tail coat over a dark violet vest that is embellished with gold buttons, a black blouse, black slacks, and black gloves. For footwear, Neo dons white and gold knee-length boots. He has a silver pauldron on his right shoulder that feature two gold chains connecting it to the amethyst jewel embedded on other side of his coat. Unlike the other purgers, Neo’s cloak lacks a hood and only covers half of his body like a Musketeer’s.

### Ascended

When he achieves godhood, Neo is nothing short of angelic. His **Ephemeral Platinum Saber** that he had previously fused with has now become multiple and encircle behind him, appearing translucent.

## Personality

Neo is a misogynistic narcissist with an insatiable sexual appetite. He has never been interested in romance as he saw women as mere playthings. However, he becomes enthralled by the melancholic demoness known as Rouge, the daughter of the late archdemon Casimir Bellerose. Since she’s already dead, Neo wishes to make her his doll forever when he becomes a god by stripping her of her free will. He puts her beauty second to his deceased mother Nadia whom he was sexually attracted to as a child.

He was said to have inherited his mother’s striking beauty and father’s demented personality. Neo was also quite gloomy and withdrawn as a child. Being the youngest member of the Viscera Purgers at the time, he was often overlooked and neglected by the adults around him. His young mother Nadia, who had him at the tender age of 19, was the only person in the organization who would give him the time of day. Neo often kept himself entertained with his piano which was a gift to him from Vincent.

Neo had always found his father’s obsession with Hades and his archdemons to be stupid and wanted nothing to do with becoming Vincent’s successor. Neo is aware of Rey's feelings for him and tries to get better control over him by leading him on.

## Background

### Early Life

Neo was born into the Viscera Purgers organization from the union of its leader Vincent Fowler and his devoted follower Nadia Edwards. Neo began developing sexual feelings for his oblivious mother at an extremely young age with him watching her as she slept at night.

Neo witnessed Nadia flee during the ritual that took place two months later the deaths of the archdemons and their families. The ritual required all 13 purgers over the age of thirteen to take their lives via cyanide-laced white wine.

After the purgers had killed themselves in their respective glass coffins, the surviving children are guided by a floating key out of the basement to a secret room where a chest was waiting for them. The key moved itself over to the chest’s keyhole and opened it, revealing an array of jewels and riches. It then levitated in the air above Neo and came down, becoming his father's Ephemeral Platinum Saber. Neo caught the saber with one hand and held it to his face to inspect it, it was almost the same size as him but felt as light as a feather.

### Killing Nadia

Nadia Edwards returned to the organization two years later, begging Neo to lift the curse that afflicted her. Neo embraced his mother's cowering form and told her that he'd end her pain in way that made Nadia recoil. She tried to defend herself with her daggers but she faltered when Neo took out his saber. Neo began begging for her life and lied about being pregnant, which made Neo pause before using his illusion powers to get her guard down and stabbing her with her own daggers. Once she was dead, Neo took her amulet as a memento and then stored the former purgers’ souls inside of it. This caused the old headquarters to crumble and a castle to be erected in its place. Aroused by the sight of his deceased mother, Neo assaults her and for years kept her stored in his closet dressed in a wedding gown.

## Abilities and Powers

* **Amulet Illusion:** He can drag his enemy’s conscience into his little personal hell inside of the amethyst amulet he stole from his deceased mother’s body (this is also where he stored the souls of the 9 decreased purgers). This causes his enemies to experience horrible illusions of the darkness within their hearts. Their consciousness is only set free once the target’s fighting spirit is completely crushed.
* **Crystal Ball:** Neo is able to summon a crystal ball that he uses to see events happening in other locations.
* **Ephemeral Platinum Saber:** A saber made of light he inherited from his father after he became the new Viscera Purger head.
* **Ascended Form:** After stabbing Kazuki in the heart and draining his blood with his EPS, Neo fuses with his saber and becomes a god.
* **Enhanced Speed:** He has mach 1 speed in his ascended form.
* **Ascended Ephemeral Platinum saber:** His saber that he had previously fused with has now become multiple and encircle behind him, appearing translucent. He has the ability to launch them at his enemies infinitely as they respawn right after.
* **Flight:** In his Ascended form.

## Trivia

* His name Neo is a prefix meaning “new”. This is a reference to him becoming the new head of the Viscera Purgers after the old generation committed mass suicide.

## Quotes

* (to Rouge) *“How cute… So this was the wound that did you in? Mother dearest always did love her knives…”*
* (to Rouge) *“You’re only allowed to stop talking after I achieve my dream.”*
* (to Rey before killing him) *“I see you have gone completely limp. That’s good, Rey, allow your pathetic life to be taken by this divine light.”*
* (to Kazuki Akai) *“You’re nothing but a homunculus created by Hades in the shape of a human. You’re a rock that was mistakenly given sentience!”*