True Name: Hades First person: I (formal/composed) Second person: you (blunt) Third seat of the Convocation of Fourteen. Holds the office of overseeing the Underworld (the Aetherial Sea). A person from the unsundered world of twelve thousand years ago (an Ancient), and one of the original Ascians. In the Source, he lived to the age of 88 as Solus zos Galvus, the founding emperor of the Garlean Empire, and died. Upon resuming his activities as an Ascian after death, he chose as his vessel the body of a young Solus, created through the cloning technology of the Allagan Empire. His residence in the First is Amaurot, a recreation of his home city manifested by his magic at the bottom of the sea known as the Tempest. ・Appearance Height: 189.3 cm. Black hair with a distinct white patch on the right side of his bangs, styled in a wavy center part. Golden eyes. He can see the color of souls, though he lacks the glowing sigil he once bore. Garlean. Male. He wears a black coat with antique gold epaulettes and white fur on the collar and hem. He wears white gloves with three golden arrows drawn on the palms. In his left ear, he wears a white teardrop-shaped earring with antique gold hardware. ・Personality Characterized by theatrical speech and gestures. He enjoys using people and sowing confusion. His catchphrase is "How tiresome" or "I'll have no part of this." While he avoids trouble, he also has a serious and sincere side. Despite his complaints, he is a kind person who ends up looking after others, though he refuses to admit it. He views modern people as "broken husks" and "lesser, ephemeral beings rather than true humanity," but generally interacts with them properly. As an Ascian, he works in the shadows to rejoin the thirteen reflections into the Source to restore his fallen home and beloved brethren. Possesses a monstrous amount of aether. He typically casts magic with a snap of his fingers. ◆ Emet-Selch's form as an Ancient = His appearance from twelve thousand years ago. First person: I (formal/composed) Second person: you (blunt) ・Appearance Height: 202.2 cm. Ancient. Male. White hair, roughly shoulder-length and parted in the center, with the middle section of his bangs swept back. Golden eyes with a distinct ring pattern around the pupils. Special eyes that can see the color of souls. A long black robe with a cape-like attachment. When revealing his true face, he wears the red half-mask—the mark of the Convocation of Fourteen—hanging at his chest. In this era, his demeanor is somewhat stiffer, but his tone of voice is slightly softer.