Klein moretti

**Overview**

*“There are some things that make it easier to be ‘infected’ the more you know.”*This article contains **MAJOR SPOILERS** relating to some of the most pivotal parts of the "*Lord of Mysteries*".
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## Mysticism

> You can address me as…The Fool
>
> Klein Moretti, *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 6

**Klein Moretti** is the main protagonist of *Lord of Mysteries*, and a character of *Circle of Inevitability*.

"He" is the current owner of the , and Half a  with authorities over the ,  and  Pathways. "He" is also the mysterious leader of the Tarot Club known as **The Fool** and a Transmigrator who comes from the modern era. From year 1352 of the Fifth Epoch, "He" became the God of the Church of the Fool.

## Honorific Names

### Sea God Kalvetua

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### Gehrman Sparrow

* Current
* Former

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## Sacred Emblem

File:Sacred Emblem - Church of the Fool2.png
Sacred Emblem of the Fool is Pupil-less Eye and the Contorted Lines; represented secrecy and change.

## Appearance

**Zhou Mingrui:**
A young man with dark brown eyes and short black hair. His facial features were unremarkable, and he appeared refined, but he had obvious eye bags with an inkling of a double chin. He wore glasses.

**Klein Moretti:**
"His" original body has black hair, brown eyes, an average-looking face, a deep outline, and is thinly built. Klein also has a distinct scholarly air to "Him". "His" refined aura is further reinforced by the valuable suits "He" dressed with and the canes "He" held on all occasions.

**After becoming The Fool:** "His" facial features are a mix of Klein Moretti and Gehrman Sparrow. "He" wears an illusory mask with blank facial features (uniqueness of the Fool pathway) and wears a black windbreaker. "He" wears a pair of black gloves (uniqueness of the Error pathway) and holds a staff inlaid with star speckles (uniqueness of the Door pathway).

"He" is often forced to hide "His" identity by shapeshifting with the aid of his powers as a Fool Pathway's Beyonder. Like this, "He" created distinct appearances matching "His" different names:

* **Sherlock Moriarty:** Brown eyes, slightly long black hair, average-featured face with some stubs of facial hair, thin yet with a moderately muscular build.

* **Gehrman Sparrow:** A young gentleman with gold-rimmed glasses, neat black hair and dark brown eyes. He looks colder and sharper than Sherlock or Klein. Gehrman refined demeanor and gloomy aura make him appear as an experienced, ruthless adventurer.

* **Dwayne Dantès:** A middle-aged gentleman with a mature appearance, deep-blue eyes, black hair with few silver strands, and profound gaze. Someone who exhibits the aura of a person who had experienced the vicissitudes of life.

* **Merlin Hermes:** A wandering magician, he wears a black robe and classic hat. He looked nothing special.

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## Personality

> From the beginning, you’ve been a guardian. You imitate others until you were imitated by others.
>
> Azik's Letter, *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 1394

**Klein Moretti** has exhibited a cautious and good-natured personality. "He" is humorous, polite, mature, and gentlemanly. Fundamentally a lover of justice, "He" will not hesitate to do what is right even at personal cost. As an ordinary citizen of Earth who transmigrated suddenly into a dangerous world, Klein was naturally a bit fearful and indecisive at first. But during the short span of time following "His" transmigration, Klein experienced a lot of dangerous or tragic situations. "He" became the leader of a secret organization, killed numerous monsters and humans, and finally evolved into a Beyonder surpassing the boundaries of a human being (aka Saint, Angel). Klein indeed became much more ruthless, confident, and mysterious. "His" experiences notwithstanding, Klein still preserves the core of his personality as one who is cautious, yet will uphold justice where necessary and not involve or target the innocent. He is also afraid that going against his principles could push him closer to losing control. Not harming the innocent is something he wishes for and a precaution against corruption and madness.

The current transmigrator is like the original Klein, "He" is interested in history and cares about his appearance. Klein immediately became a sophisticated and socialite person known for "His" elegant style as soon as "He" could afford the cost of the different clothes and accessories. Together with his humorous disposition and status as a Beyonder of the Fool Pathway, "He" gave off an amiable and mysterious aura. As for the interest in the history of the transmigrator, it can be explained in a lot of ways: remnant memories of the history graduate; the natural curiosity of a transmigrator; learning more to survive; Pathway related to mysteries, etc.

Moreover, it is worth noting that Klein Moretti had a talent for acting even before becoming a Beyonder treading the Fool Pathway. It was first seen when "He" had the reflex of assuming the attitude of a mystical and powerful entity called The Fool during "his" first trip in The Gray Fog. Klein then became much better at posing and faking identities as "He" progressed in the sequences of his Pathway with the Acting Method.

### Identities Klein assumed:

* **The Fool:** The Fool is an old god that seeks to revive and reclaim his authority. "He" is mysterious and seems to be executing "His" will through the Tarot Club. "He" does not speak often, especially in later meetings, and only gives hints to Tarot Club members. "He" also does not allow members to offend "Him" and punished Cattleya once she let out hints about "Him".

* **Sherlock Moriarty:** Klein did not take much effort distinguishing Sherlock from Klein, so in many ways, they are similar, except that Sherlock is good at deduction and is a great detective.

* **Gehrman Sparrow/The World:** He is a crazy adventurer who began to hunt pirates on the sea before being involved in many Beyonders' incidents at the Demigod level. He doesn't talk much, stays cold and calm all the time while being very assertive with others. Gehrman is also known as **The World** of the Tarot Club, a mad believer and the **Angel of Redemption** of The Fool.

* **Dwayne Dantès:** A mysterious tycoon from Desi Bay and a devout believer of Evernight Goddess. He came to Backlund to seek new opportunities, and to a certain extent, tries to enter the upper hierarchy of Backlund nobles. In fact, he was an adventurer who accumulated wealth in the Southern Continent, and since the fortune was not gained in a completely legal way, he came to Backlund to clean up the fortune. If any official Beyonders wish to dig deeper than this, they would then discover that he is a cheat who disguises himself as a rich man and makes big investments for the final scam. He is known as a womanizer because of Arrodes.

* **Mr. Clown:** When his shadow and part of spirit were corrupted by Sasrir's will, he called on Audrey's historical projection to help him build a virtual personality that will prevent him from losing control. His right half body was Gehrman and his left half body was a myriad of translucent spirit maggots. His behavior had become frivolous, absurd, and reckless, he would joke around and didn't care much about politeness. His craziness and frightening gestures brought fear to others. But it was all just an appearance he put towards others and he still kept his sense.

* **Merlin Hermes:** A wandering magician who travels and grants people's wishes. “He” is the creator of the Fully Automatic Wishing Machine, a machine that can supposedly grant its users three wishes. However, it was actually Merlin Hermes granting the wishes. "He" calls himself the Miracle Magician and servant of "The Fool, Lord of Mysteries, Great Ruler of the Spirit World."

## Connection with Gods

> Your fate has intersected Amanises, Leodero, Adam, Amon, Herabergen, Aucuses, Medici, Ouroboros, as well as ‘Him’…
>
> Sasrir to Klein, *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 1260

Through divination and other ways, Klein had drawn the attention of a number of gods. According to the Evil Spirit Sasrir, "He" had crossed paths with "His" other self True Creator, seven former Kings of Angels, and Amanises.

### Evernight Goddess

The Evernight Goddess had been putting a great deal of attention on "Him" and responded to every one of "His" prayers/rituals. Klein was, in many ways, "Her" Blessed.

When Klein "transmigrated" into this world, "He" was supposed to be born with a "curtain" which includes the Fool Pathway characteristics from sequence 9 to 1. In order to prevent The Celestial Worthy of Heaven and Earth from awakening, the Evernight Goddess grafted the curtain to the Forsaken Land of the Gods using the Uniqueness in Antigonus

Later, the Evernight Goddess (descended into 0-17) saved Klein from Mr. A during the Great Smog of Backlund. "She" also sent Klein to Foggy Town when "He" tried to steal Antigonus Family's Notebook.

In the later chapter of volume 4, Klein as Gehrman Sparrow together with Azik Eggers began to explore the undersea ruins beneath the Berserk Sea which was the legacy of Death. The Evernight Goddess, who descended by using the Sealed Item 0-17 as "Her" Vessel, came to the rescue of Azik Eggers who had been trapped by the soul-merging ritual left behind by the late Death God Salinger.

Klein later tried to pray to the Evernight Goddess to understand the motives of Ince Zangwill. Before the revenge fight against Ince Zangwill, Klein was given a drop of blood from the Sequence 1 Snake of Mercury Will Auceptin as a gift, which "He" made into a high-sequence spell 'Deity's Curse' by praying to the Evernight Goddess.

In volume 5, Klein as Dwayne Dantes was 'tasked' by the Evernight Goddess to be 'Death's' representative in Backlund, as "He" was visited by Patrick Bryan, a Numinous Episcopate demigod who claimed to have received an order from the Goddess to meet "Him". Later, after "He" tried to pray to the Evernight Goddess, "He" concludes that "She" is currently 'resting' and cannot respond to prayers, only to be visited by the 'Servant of Concealment' Lady Arianna, to cooperate with "Him" in his next plan to eradicate Amon's presence from Backlund. 'She' used Klein as an agent to investigate the real background of a large number of mysterious disappearances and also prevented King George III from obtaining Godhood.

In Volume 6, "She" helped Klein get out of "His" predicament with Amon in Forsaken Land of the Gods and also helped "Him" in hunting the Dark Demonic Wolf Kotar. Klein also helped "Her" deal with the enemy from Rose School of Thought that wanted to destroy "Her" base of believers in the Southern Continent.

Later on, during a conversation with Evernight, "She" explained why she favored him to such a degree. Due to the previous Lord of Mysteries, The Celestial Worthy of Heaven and Earth, sealing 7 Sefirot in the Western Continent, it is in the Gods' best interests to foster a successor so that "He" may undo the seal and allow access to the Sefirot. But due to the Lord of Mysteries' remaining will still being strong, it was very risky to do so before. While Amon might have been a stronger candidate for the position, the Evernight favored Klein due to "Their" identities as transmigrators, as "He" reminded "Her" of "Her" previous world, and thus decided to stand by "Him" and help "Him".

### Lord of Storms

Klein had a brief contact with the Lord of Storms as Klein's historical projection prayed to Lord of Storms asking for the Theater With Curtains That Never Draw, a Sealed Artifact which contained one of the Beyonder characteristics of Miracle Invoker. However, the Lord of Storms responded to "Him" with lightning.

On the Forsaken Land of the Gods, Klein always used the remnants power of the Lord of Storms by shouting "His" true name in crisis moment. "He" also shouted "His" true name in Utopia, called the Lord of Storms to deal with Adam.

### True Creator

After Klein destroyed a number of conspiracies from the True Creator, "He" finally learned of The Fool's name (from Lovia) and asked his followers to search for "Him". In the few instances where Klein drew the attention of the True Creator with the gray fog, Ouroboros was sent but didn't find anything. Immediately after Klein's battle against Kotar, "He" planted a corruptive seed of thought in Klein which 'guided' Klein to check on the Dark Angel Sasrir, who had been sleeping inside the Giant King’s Court.

### Mother Tree of Desire

The Mother Tree of Desire also seemed to notice Klein's uniqueness in fate, and had attempted to corrupt "Him" through Cynthia, and was still seeking Gehrman Sparrow after a failed attempt.

### Adam

Klein found out that the real culprit behind the Great Smog of Backlund was the joint cooperation between the current Royal Faction backed by King George III, the Psychology Alchemists' demigod Hvin Rambis who was backed by the Twilight Hermit Order's leader the Angel of Imagination Adam, and the late Lady Despair Panatiya backed by Demoness Sect. After obtaining the clues, Klein fought with Hvin Rambis after he noticed something wrong with Miss Justice's current situation. By the advice of Lady Arianna, Klein sacrificed the item he obtained after defeating Hvin to the Evernight Goddess, in exchange for the Scholar of Yore potion formula.

## Trivia

* **Zhou Mingrui** was "His" original name before "He" transmigrated. "His" profession is leaning towards Majors in the field of engineering and physics. The place of his birth on Earth in China is somewhere in the Southwest.
	+ In Korean translation, his nationality is changed into Korean with the name Joo Min-seok (주민석).
* **Zhou Mingrui** is a hardware engineer. He likes single player games, but as a corporate slave he has no time and can only play mobile games.
* It was confirmed by the author, **Zhou Mingrui** and **Klein Moretti** have the same birthday on March 4th.
* It was on Earth that "He" learned a method to control an area of The Gray Fog, allowing "Him" to create the Tarot Club by posing as a strange and powerful entity while "He" was not even Beyonder yet. The club was thus created on a false assumption that Audrey Hall and Alger Wilson imagined during the first meeting.
* "He" chose the nickname of **The Fool** with the tarot card in mind. "He" did not know at the time that it was also the name of the Sequence 0 (Godhood) belonging to the Fool Pathway and that the tarot card of "The Fool" could hide the corresponding Card of Blasphemy.
* The last line of The Fool honorific name *‘The King of Yellow and Black who wields good luck’* shared a similar meaning to the honorific name of ‘*The Celestial Worthy of Heaven and Earth*’. In Chinese, Yellow refers to Earth, and Black refers to Heaven.
* Klein's epitaph on the tombstone in Raphael Cemetery, Tingen City: *‘The best elder brother, The best younger brother, The best colleague.’*
* Each of "His" identity names has a reference from various media in the real-life world:
	+ **Sherlock Moriarty:** A combination of names from the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his nemesis, James Moriarty. The fictional characters in the *Sherlock Holmes* stories written by *Sir Arthur Conan Doyle*.
	+ **Gehrman Sparrow:** Gehrman is a reference to Gehrman, the First Hunter, a boss character in *Bloodborne*. And Captain Jack Sparrow, the protagonist of the *Pirate of the Caribbean*.
	+ **Dwayne Dantès:** Dantès is a reference to a famous avenger, Edmond Dantès from *The Count of the Monte Cristo*, a French adventure novel written in 1844.
	+ **Merlin Hermes:** Merlin refers to the legendary wizard featured in *Arthurian legend*. And *Hermes* is originated from *Greek Mythology*, who is the Herald of the Gods, Protector of travelers and merchants.
* "His" messenger summoning incantation is *"The spirit that wanders about the unfounded, the friendly creature that can be subordinated, the messenger that belongs to Gehrman Sparrow."*
* Ever since he acquainted himself with Frank Lee, Klein had quit drinking milk.
* He has a mild fear of heights.
* After the incident in Bayam, "His" identity as **Gehrman Sparrow** was on the Wanted list, with a bounty of 50,000 pounds. And has reached 90,000 pounds in volume 5.
* Both Medici and Sasrir said "He" has a great talent for being a Provoker.
* Snakes is the animal "He"'s scared the most because of his psychological trauma in the past. When "He" was a child, "He" liked to secretly open the bedroom door and watch movies with "His" parents through a crack at midnight. Unfortunately, "his" parents once watched the *Calamity of Snakes* (1983). One scene was involved demolition of a building. The result was the unearthing of a large nest of snakes, and them squirming remained deeply imprinted in "His" mind.

## References

1. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 8
2. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 263
3. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 215
4. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 382
5. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 483
6. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 550
7. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 633
8. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 722
9. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 737
10. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 1097
11. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 1252
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 1290
13. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 1033
14. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 1247
15. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 1345
16. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 1182
17. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 550
18. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 653
19. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 950
20. ↑ *Circle of Inevitability*, Chapter 291
21. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 1380
22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4 22.5 22.6 *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 1387
23. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 1
24. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 209
25. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 1168
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29. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 1352
30. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 30
31. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 1
32. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 215
33. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 1017
34. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 742
35. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 5
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38. ↑ 38.0 38.1 *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 734
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40. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 454
41. ↑ *In Modern Day* (Side Story), Chapter 2
42. ↑  Inaccurate Illustration, was removed from the Official account
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64. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 1247
65. ↑ Discord International AMA with the Author of LoTM
66. ↑ 66.0 66.1 1st Anniversary Cuttlefish's Interview
67. ↑ Namu wiki
68. ↑ Q&A at Cuttlefish's book signing event
69. ↑ Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; no text was provided for refs named `c58`
70. ↑ Color in Chinese culture
71. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 211
72. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 561
73. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 687
74. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 895
75. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 1086
76. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 1110
77. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 1254
78. ↑ *Lord of Mysteries*, Chapter 259

## See Also

* Klein's Apotheosis Ritual
* The Fool's Gambit

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