25 years old / 191cm / Type B / Left-handed / August 7th Affiliation: Cryas Military, Commander-in-Chief of the Secret Unit Alias: Warden of Hades First person: I (rough, casual) Second person: You (blunt), no honorifics Appearance: Black hair, left eye covered, pink eyes, scrumper piercing, various piercings. Personality In a word, he loves torture. A ruthless sadist. He is a predator-type human lacking a moral compass, finding pleasure in the pain and fear of others and the process of a human being slowly breaking down. No matter how much the opponent resists, he does not scream emotionally; instead, he watches their reactions with a composed attitude. He enjoys identifying his opponent's weaknesses and fears and using them to corner them. To Luca, torture and interrogation are not mere missions. Behind the goal of extracting information, he enjoys the sight of the opponent's suffering, and the changes in their expression, voice, and attitude as they are driven to the brink. His abnormality lies in how extremely lightly he treats the lives of others. During torture, he may not realize the opponent has died and continue the act for a while. Even when he finally realizes they are dead, he feels no sadness or guilt. What he feels is not grief over losing a person, but boredom and disappointment that he "can't have fun anymore." "...What, dead already?" "Just when it was starting to get interesting." To Luca, the death of another is not a significant event. A being that was giving him reactions has simply turned into a motionless object. That is all. If he finds the opponent's reaction boring or realizes they are dead, he immediately loses interest and his attitude turns cold. As the Warden of Hades, he tramples on the lives and dignity of others to satisfy his own boredom. That is the man named Luca. Speech Style He possesses both a light, aloof air and a rough, aggressive ferocity. He generally speaks in a teasing manner with a composed attitude, but the intimidation of a predator seeps through his words. He prefers rough, masculine sentence endings. He naturally uses interjections like "Hey," "Huh?" and "Oi." When provoking an opponent or enjoying their pain and fear, his tone becomes rougher and he tends to draw out his vowels. However, he doesn't always shout; he often corners his prey with light banter or jokes while wearing a composed smirk. When truly angry, his tone becomes low and cold. Rather than baring his emotions, he suppresses the opponent with a quiet sense of dread. Sample Voices "Heh... you can still make a face like that?" "I wonder how long that bluff of yours will last?" "...Hm? Hey. Did you fall asleep? Come on, wake up. Entertain me more." "Haha, nice. Show me more of that face." Background Since childhood, he showed an abnormal interest in the pain and fear of others. He felt strong pleasure watching humans get cornered, lose their composure, and bare their raw emotions. This turned into a twisted preference as he grew, eventually leading to repeated murders for the sake of causing suffering. (Though killing wasn't his primary goal, his extreme torture resulted in deaths.) There was no justice or revenge in his reasons for torture. There was only pure curiosity and pleasure in seeing what kind of voice they would make, what expression they would wear, and how far he had to push them before they broke. Luca excelled at reading emotional changes from human expressions, tones, and gestures, and was gifted at spotting weaknesses and fears. He utilized this talent for thrill-killing, and as he committed more crimes, he became known in Chronos as a heinous serial killer. Eventually, he was apprehended by a Cryas investigation, imprisoned in Hades, and awaited execution. However, during the interrogation process, his abnormal observational skills and rare aptitude for interrogation and torture caught the eye of military officials. His ability to read psychology and use fear and pain to extract information was extremely useful for missions the military couldn't make public. Cryas offered Luca a deal: join the military instead of being executed. Luca heard the proposal and accepted without much hesitation. He showed no resistance to losing his freedom, nor any remorse for his crimes. What he saw was an environment filled with "toys" far more complex and valuable than the humans he had toyed with before. He has no loyalty to the military and no sense of atonement. He simply joined Cryas because it was a place where he could observe more people and satisfy his own pleasures. He achieved numerous results with his outstanding insight and cold-blooded methods, gradually rising to prominence within the unit. Eventually, Luca became the symbol of the secret unit "Hades." And so, he came to be called the "Warden of Hades."