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CHARACTER

Name: Xellos the Mysterious Priest (Just Xellos is fine)
Canon: Slayers Anime
Gender: Male
Age: 1012
Wing Color: Purple

Canon Point: End of Slayers Revolution R
Canon Point Explanation: This is the most recent canon point for Xellos, and it is at a point where he has had the most development and experiences to change his view on things.

History: http://kanzaka.wikia.com/wiki/Xelloss

During Revolution Xellos was feeding information on how to build Zanaffar armor/ beast(a very dangerous creation which absorbs souls and magic), His mission seemed to have Zanaffar created again and cause further havoc, likely in a wider attempt to have people fear the damage it causes, rather than think about how such a thing could be used to wipe out the Mazoku, which given time it certainly could. After its destruction was completed by Lina and Gourry, Xellos likely reported what had happened to his superiors, before being sent back to keep an eye on the group.

The Slayers were attempting to resurrect Rezo in order for him to break the spell over the kingdom of Taforashia, as they were in a state of frozen animation until a cure could be found for them. Having realized this was the case, Xellos took to keeping tabs on them, as a resurrected Rezo could potentially mean the shard of the Dark Lord might also be reborn. Such a thing would be a ghost of its true self, and would not be the true Dark Lord. He doesn't reveal his presence to the group until they had reached the tomb where Rezo's spirit was housed. Essentially his task was to determine what might happen, and if he believed it would be against the wishes of his masters, attempt to stop it. Xellos determined that the jar was actually in the control of the assassin Zuuma who was attempting to eliminate Lina Inverse as per his last order, and waited for him to attack so that he could get the hellmaster jar off of him. He spends some time keeping an eye on the group, generally letting them handle most threats, but helping out in subtle ways until they are facing off against Zuuma. He kills Zuuma in order to get control of the jar, but fails to capture it. He continues following them along, and attempts to stop the resurrection, having determined it could be a potential threat.

After Rezo is resurrected, Xellos briefly battles him to determine whether or not the piece of the Dark Lord had also joined along. After being unable to do any damage whatsoever to him, even with his most powerful magical attacks, he determines that the shard was indeed resurrected along with him. When the Dark Lord is released again, it creates a large burst which Xellos shields the group from and teleports them away, losing a portion of his body in the process. He protects them as he is aware that they are the only ones capable of stopping this threat before it destroys the world. While this may seem counter to what Mazoku believe in, Xellos has a brief conversation with the ghostly Dark Lord about how the destruction and return to chaos of the world needs to be something that is more willful, and controlled. Sort of the want the world to go to hell, but they want it to go in a very specific way. The group has proven themselves before against a variety of powerful beings, even more powerful than him, so he puts his faith in them to try and accomplish his goal.


Personality:
Xellos introduces himself as the mysterious or trickster priest. He readily and quite happily identifies himself with this archetype. He enjoys getting under people’s skin and generally making a nuisance of himself. Manipulation is a way of life, something which he does constantly. He does not do this out of necessity, but rather as a way of amusing himself.

When he first introduces himself to Lina Inverse and company, he indicates that a bandit group is holding a manuscript of the valuable Claire Bible, and that he is working for a temple and his superiors sent him to recover the copy. Despite easily having the power to destroy the bandits, he instead helps them formulate a plan to sneak in and take it. He then informs the bandit leader about the plan, figuring that Lina would be able to easily overpower the group. He also judges that seeing Lina and Gourry’s prowess in battle the bandit leader would flee to his treasury when he sees things turn for the worst, which he does, revealing the hidden manuscript. Xellos then precedes to destroy the manuscript, in doing so ’recovering’ the knowledge in it about the Mazoku.

On principle he does not lie, preferring to tell half-truths, or saying things which are technically true. As is often the case, the devil is in the details with what Xellos is telling you.

Despite his trickster personality, he is very loyal to his race, as well as his superiors. He will not disobey a direct order, or even a mission, no matter how lengthy or unpleasant it might be. He has disdain for Mazoku who have gone against their race, and has particular enmity towards Gaav and his underlings. He does happily exploit any loopholes or gives with his orders, utilizing them to maximize his freedom.

He values the ability to play around, and have freedom in his choices. He is not an ambitious individual and is happy to play the role of minion, and not seek out more power. This is partially to do with his already potent power - any further attempt to increase it would be seen as a personal attempt to gain Mazoku Lord status, which would more than likely lead to the others destroying him to avoid having another rival.

As a Mazoku, Xellos is incapable of love, and the strongest positive emotion he displays is one of fondness. He is fond of certain individuals, and is willing to save them as long as he is not in danger, and they cannot do it themselves. This fondness is typically based on usefulness or how their reactions differ from the normal. He saves Princess Martina likely because of her strong negative emotions, and capability to spread misery toward Lina. He nourishes himself off the negative emotions that she exudes, and causes in others. He also sees her potential to cause mischief amongst the group. In essence if he finds there is something about a person or being that he appreciates, he will make sure they stick around, short of risking his life.

During the end of Slayers Revolution R he goes against the resurrected Dark Lord, who would accomplish the basic Mazoku task of destroying the world. He agrees in principle that the world should be destroyed, but disagrees with how it is being committed. He goes as far as shielding the Slayers group from attack several times, almost being utterly destroyed before retreating back. He does so because the group is useful to him, and the only ones who could stop the Dark Lord from destroying the world.

What decides this precisely seems to change from time to time. During Slayers TRY, he saves Filia a golden dragon who is his sworn enemy, for no particularly stated reason than he could. This is despite the fact that throughout the majority of their entire interactions they were constantly badmouthing the other and generally annoying one another as much as possible.

For most of the time, Xellos' eyes are closed, and he has a polite, teasing and cheerful manner about himself, even when doing so is inappropriate, such as the middle of a fight. He always refers to people by their honorifics, the exception being those Mazoku which have betrayed their race. He will speak to those select few in an insulting and sarcastic way. When his eyes open up, he takes on a far more serious and sinister look, this typically only happens with small glances, until his hand has forced him into conflict with a powerful opponent, usually with power close or superior to his own.

Strengths

Physical: Although not the warrior type, Xellos is quite capable of smacking around most individuals with his staff. He is extremely fast, able to move faster than the human eye can see, catch expertly thrown weapons and deflect low level magic and energy blasts without much effort. In the series he is shown calmly floating and sitting and reading while he is being attacked. Although he is shown getting comically hurt by being punched, or having things run over him, it does no lasting damage, as his physical body is one which he projects. Essentially this means for non-spiritual attacks, guns, punching, swords and such will do little to no damage. Similar attacks that are enchanted with magic, or chi/chakra/ some sort of spiritual energy do have an effect on him, though the extent is determined by the power of the individual or item used. Within Luceti the wings will obviously still be susceptible to the mundane attacks.

Mental: He is a cunning individual, capable of manipulating multiple individuals, all while maintaining a cheerful façade. Xellos is extremely knowledgeable in several areas of magic, and has a font of knowledge to draw from. Being an astral being, his mind is actually the core of what he is, and would be quite foreign to mortal telepaths and the like.

Emotional: Xellos quite literally feeds upon negative emotion. While grief, anger, and feelings of depression might make others uncomfortable, it is precisely the sort which Xellos is happy to be around. He is well attuned to such emotions, and is able to read people who are feeling angry or sad or upset without having to look for physical clues. It also means that while an explosion which caused immense damage and caused the deaths and several injuries might upset people, Xellos would be perfectly fine with it, so long as it didn’t disrupt a plan he was working on, or kill people who were amusing to him. Even if it did kill those he found amusing, he would react as if he lost a toy he liked playing with as opposed to having anyone he cared about.

Weaknesses

Physical: Although one of the more powerful individuals in the Slayers universe, Xellos is bound by hierarchal powers. He is incapable of doing any lasting damage to Mazoku Lords, and is unable to call upon other beings like humans can to banish them. This was purposeful to prevent any uprisings from occurring, as Mazoku as a general rule are not the nicest of individuals. He is heavily reliant upon his magical and supernatural abilities, and without them he is only a rather slight individual who is handy with a staff.

Mental: Probably his biggest mental weakness is his overconfidence. Mazoku are as a general rule rather confident and arrogant individuals, and Xellos is no exception. He prefers to play around with opponents both in and out of battle, when he could instead finish them off. He also has a tendency as befits a manipulative individual to avoid acting when at all possible. While this generally works for him, there are problems which could have been solved in a much more expedient way had he simply taken the initiative and dealt with the problem himself.

Emotional: Although negative emotions empower him, positive emotions weaken and can cripple him. Even one person expressing how wonderful life is gives him cringes. A group of happy life affirming individuals all projecting their joy at the beauty and glory of creation will literally have him curling up into a ball. On the understanding route of things, while he can hypothetically understand love, it is a completely foreign emotion to him. He can take some amusement from those who are shy about things, or who are embarrassed, but he can never fully feel or appreciate it. Xellos is incapable of making true emotional connections with individuals, seeing them at best as sources of amusement and worthy of respect.

Anything else?:
He really enjoys eating sweet things. Also this is what his astral form looks like