Itsuki Nakano is a Demon Lord and guild master of the Hyakki Yagyō who lives in Neo Arcadia. He is a descendent of the Entelexia Tribe and the only child of Raikardo and Shayera who was able to awaken a Chaos Arts to claim the title of a Chaos Knight. His skill with the Chaos Art he wields, Aether Forge and Izanagi Magic Seals, has earned him the title of Aether's Demonic Apostle.
Itsuki is certainly a demon hybrid to be respected. Not only in terms of power, but because of whom he is. The reason why can be seen in how many feasts he has accomplished. The most famous one of course is how he became a demon lord in a single night.
Firstly, Itsuki is shown to be an incredibly strong person. As life continues to throw him into difficult situations Itsuki seems to be able to endure it and continue to move forward without stopping. People can always rely on the fact that Itsuki can be calm and levelheaded when he needs to be no matter what life throws him. The best example of how strong Itsuki is can be seen in how he was able to improve from an empty husk of a person to the person he is today with nothing, but his willpower as if it was nothing more than a bit of sadness. This feat gained him the respect of many most notably Tsuki Uintā. His mental strength also allows him to have the ability to easily acknowledge his faults and his strengths. Itsuki knows he has faults and never tries to ignore them, but instead uses them to never be blinded by power and help him always find ways to improve himself.
Itsuki is also a very intelligent, wise, and clever individual. Many people have called him a master strategist referring to how he always has a plan and several back up plans, but is wise enough to never let people see what he is fighting for. Without this knowledge it is impossible for him to have enemies. He is so smart, wise, and clever that it can seem to others like he is always several steps ahead of them. There is a good reason for this feeling because Itsuki can be an excellent manipulator when he needs to. He once was able to manipulate Kira, NaVarro, and even his mom into an elaborate plan to help change Kira, like they were only pawns on a chessboard. He rarely uses this skill though and seems to dislike manipulating people, but he will if he must.
Itsuki has become is a great leader thanks to what he has learned from practicing White Arts and Black Arts. He doesn't rely on just one type of leadership, but all of them like being a charismatic leader, strict and merciless leader, mentor, a leader who leads by following, and many more types. The many ways he can be a leader has earned him the respect of many different kinds of demons. The charismatic leader role earned him respect of demons like the ones on Galuna Island, his merciless side earned him the respect of the more malevolent type of demons who respects power, etc. The many types of demons who respect him has made him one of the most respected demon lords in Earth Land. The best example of how great a leader he is can be seen by observing the Hyakki Yagyō. A guild that is a collection of Itsuki's most loyal subjects. All of them appear to be more than willing to die for Itsuki and are incredibly faithful. They respect him as a higher being, but think of him as a companion even if all of them except one call him "Lord Nurarihyon."
One of the things that help make him such a good king is one of his many principles that is an expansion of "Don't let them see you bleed." Itsuki's version is "Don't let them know you can bleed." The principle is why he keeps the extent of his abilities unknown to make it appear like he has infinite power. He does this because he isn't foolish enough to believe that respect and kindness is all it takes to lead a species like demons. He knows the moment they learn he has weaknesses in the first place is the moment that thoughts of overthrowing him will begin to surface.
The loyalty and trust most of them have isn't as straightforward as it would appear. Unlike other leaders, Itsuki doesn't just want the people who serve him to have undying loyalty and unconditional trusts. Itsuki believes says that such traits are useless to him and if he wanted mindless drones for subjects, then he would have become the "Lord of Robots." Instead, he wants those who serve him to be loyal and trusting, but also suspicious and have the ability to think on their own. He wants this so much that it is a requirement to become an S-Class mage. In order to those in the guild to achieve this contradictory idea he will sometimes say to them, "What do you think" or "Do what you think is right and accept any consequences." when they come to him in order to help them with thinking on their own, but still feeling like they need Itsuki.
To some this is it for Itsuki's personality. A person whose existence is all about being a leader and although he can be charismatic and friendly it is just in the context of leadership. They would be wrong very wrong. Tsuki has hinted that there is so much more to Itsuki and the man that they know is just a fraction of who he is. Of course this only makes him more respected, but that is unintentional.
Itsuki's usual reaction whenever he learns his family is visiting
Tsuki has said that Itsuki has a rather large personality and nothing proves this more than the way his family treats him. To them, Itsuki is still the baby of the family and not a person to be taken serious. They fail to see just how incredible Itsuki is and ignore his achievements. They laugh at Itsuki's title of demon lord and call his guild nothing, but a circus. The only exception is Kira who acknowledges Itsuki's status as a demon lord and doesn't underestimate him. Itsuki doesn't care that most of his family underestimate him and is in no rush to show them his power. In fact, as far as Itsuki is concerned the less they think of him the better so then they will keep him out of the family drama that he has grown to be irritated by. Itsuki believes that his family will never change so he thinks that it isn't worth trying and instead focus on fulfilling the plan his mom gave him. This isn't to say he hates them. He likes them around, but just wishes that they leave the drama at the door.
One of the words Tsuki has used to describe Itsuki is eccentric. When they are alone together Itsuki will often do things that have no reason behind them and make Tsuki question whether he is actually as smart as he is. Another thing that makes eccentric is how much his behavior can change. At one moment he can act like he doesn't have a care in the world and during other moments he takes everything seriously. When he takes everything seriously his emotions become much more extreme to make it very hilarious to play with him and his emotions.
One of the biggest differences between Itsuki and the rest of his family is that he is still in touch with his child side. When he was a child he used to love playing pranks at his family's expense and was overall a very playful child. In a way he is still like this. Occasionally play pranks on his guild and get away with it because all of them always suspect Marie Laveau. For the most part these pranks usually involve his illusion ability to trick people into seeing something, but sometimes he will resort to more traditional methods of pranking.
Another difference he has to the rest of his family is that he has ADHD. It is hard to tell though because Itsuki does a good job hiding it for the most part, but his symptoms can be easily noticed at times. He can be very disorganized at times and has a bad habit of prioritizing on certain things at the wrong times. For example, he will on occasion put aside his duties as a demon lord to play chess or another activity that could wait. When he is working it is hard for him to concentrate and the tiniest things can distract him. One moment he could be working and the next he could be deep in a book or on the verge of sleeping. Once distracted his procrastination habit ensure that he will never get around to it until the next day or the next week. It doesn't help that he can get bored easily so the longer he is focusing on a task the higher the chance that he will get distracted. The only exception is when he is doing something he enjoys and when he is he can spend the entire day on the activity and waste the day away. He uses this to hide his symptoms in public by tricking himself into thinking it is enjoyable. When he isn't in public he doesn't care if they show as much and this makes his symptoms much more noticeable because he isn't trying to restrain them.
Itsuki is a man of his word. If he makes a promise he will see it through no matter how long it takes or how dangerous the task becomes. This is part of the reason he is so trustworthy. This was true when he was a child as well leading to Shayera trusting him more than any of his other siblings. A fact that is still true. As for his playful side Tsuki says that he isn't playful like a child, but like fox. Tricky and mischievous because of his love of pranks.
He is also not very trusting himself. The events leading up to him awakening his Chaos Arts has made him think that everyone is inherently evil, but they can change that. The distrust he has doesn't affect how he behaves on the outside, but effects how he thinks so it is nearly impossible to tell that he has trust issues. He keeps those whom he isn't friends with on strictly on a need to know basis if that. In addition, the gap between just someone who serves him and someone whom he considers a friend is a very large gap.
Luckily for those who want to try to become his friend Itsuki knows his distrust of people is a bit immature. This makes him a very patient person, despite being distrusting. It is very hard for people to anger him. They have to be actively trying to get him angry for several weeks to succeed.
There are two things that will get Itsuki angry instantly. The first is betraying his trust. Once someone betrays him there is no getting his trust back and it isn't uncommon for thoughts of vengeance to surface. The second thing is to threaten anyone he is close to. Whether it be his family or even his guild. It is true that not many people in the guild have managed to become his friends, but he still cares for all of them in a different kind of way. A way that is hard for him to put into words. Regardless, Itsuki is merciless when it comes to threats against such people. If someone threatens anyone he cares about, he will kill them even if they take it back. In short, it isn't wise to anger Itsuki unless one has a death wish.
Itsuki can be very friendly and charismatic when he wants to be even to those whom he doesn't consider his friends. His charisma enables him to easily gain the trust and loyalty of others and he can easily win others to his side. His guild has said that his charisma has a "magnetic" quality to it. It isn't like the charisma of others, but has a unique quality to it that can't be described. At least not given a description everyone can agree on. Some say this is a mentor-like quality, others say it puts them at ease, etc. Due to his charisma and friendliness, despite his distrust he has gained many connections. Not all of them are friends, but many of them are at least on good terms with him and as a result it gives him a wide variety of people to call on when he needs help.
Itsuki letting his demonic side show to become much more brutal
Itsuki's demon and human side are always at odds with each other so it is hard to see where his moral compass points. Sometimes Itsuki will listen to his demon side, at times he will listen to his human side, and sometimes he will ignore both to acknowledge that morality is a complicated thing and something that's incapable of being painted in black and white. The conflict usually only plays a role in his professional life, but it can at times affect how he treats people outside his professional life. That is rare of course since as stated before Itsuki is generally a friendly, charismatic, and caring person just like NaVarro.
Relationships[]
Tsuki Uintā[]
Gyūki Hoori[]
Taiga[]
Lilith Demonblood[]
Hikaru Riott[]
Marie Laveau[]
Itsuki and Marie Laveau have a father/daughter-like relationship.
Yamabiko[]
Daisuke Rinku[]
Rest of the Hyakki Yagyō[]
Izanagi Okami[]
Kurama[]
Kenshin Hoori[]
Shayera Nakano[]
Raikardo[]
Raido Nakano[]
Samara Nakano[]
Kira Nakano[]
History[]
As a child, Itsuki always was just like his mother and it was very obvious that Itsuki will become even more like her as he grew up. So when Shayera had a feeling of foreboding a couple of days before Raikardo possessed her, she went immediately to the eight year old Itsuki. She told Itsuki that she had a feeling that things will change dramatically in a little while and it was up to Itsuki to help guide his brother's down the right path to fixing this change.
Shayera then told Itsuki very specific instructions that he must follow in a couple of days. The first part of her instructions was for Itsuki to not interfere in any family affairs until the time is right and remain as unnoticeable as possible. The second was for Itsuki to freely let his inner primordial demon blood flow through him for a whole night. Shayera continued to say that by doing this, demons throughout Earth Land will begin to stir and follow him as their leader. The last part of Shayera's instructions was to wait for the right moment to strike down his family's problem without mercy. After saying these things, Shayera apologized, by saying his brothers and sisters might resent him, but that he must endure it for the sake of his family. After apologizing, Shayera snuck Itsuki out of the house and threw him into a train that was headed to Fiore.
When Itsuki arrived he was tricked into being a part of the Chaos Soldier Project and taken to an unknown location against his will. Itsuki's mind and body were forced to endure through a lot of unethical things, even more so then the other people in the project. This is because the leaders of the project knew Itsuki had the potential to use the Chaos Arts and yet the Chaos Serum seemed to have no effect on his body. This caused the overseers to think that he just wasn't ready yet. To fix this, they decided to perform more horrific acts on Itsuki so that the Chaos Serum may one day be able to give him the ability to use the Chaos Arts.
Four years would pass with no progress. Itsuki life at this point was a living hell. It seemed to him like he was always in physical or mental agony. Halfway through the year the pain just stopped and he could feel a tremendous power being awakening within him. The overseers noticed this change a few days after the awakening of this new ability when Itsuki accidentally emitted a large quantity of aether from his body. Tests were immediately ran on him and the tests showed that he was a descendant of the Entelexia Tribe. This finding explained a lot about why the Chaos Serum had no effect. The overseers of the Chaos Soldier Project were about to use Itsuki to make more of the Chaos Serum when he escaped.
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Equipment[]
Magic and Abilities[]
Chaos Arts[]
The Chaos Arts (沌魔術カオス・アーツ, Kaosu Ātsu lit. Chaotic Magic Techniques) are a series of different kinds of unnatural magic that constitute an entire fighting style. Serving as an intermediate between the Black Arts and White Arts, instead of using negative and positive emotions to fuel his powers respectively, the Chaos Arts allows Itsuki to tap into all emotions, emphasizing the pragmatic utilization of belief systems and the creation of new and unorthodox methods as to harness the power of chaos, the formless, void state that preceded the creation of the universe or cosmos in a myriad of creation myths, serving as the initial gap created by the original separation of heaven and earth, which itself oftentimes manifests as aether or Sacred Aether, the so-called fifth element of the classical elements that serves as the material that fills the region of the universe above the terrestrial sphere, being the unique essence that flows through most of existence, synchronizing with the prima materia, which is the prime essence of the universe to achieve unprecedented power. The Chaos Arts are oftentimes referred to as the "Way of the Hermit" (仙道, Sendō) due to their ancient traditions and solitary way of life, preferring to stay out of the spotlight due to the stigma against them inflicted by ordinary magicians for being utterly alien in terms of power and fighting style.
Zodiac Siphon:
Break Soul:
Aether Force:
Itsuki using Aether Force to obliterate an opponent
Aether Force is a supplementary ability of Chaos Arts that is said to be the embodiment of sacred aether's destructive power, allowing Itsuki to use aether in a way similar to Crash yet on a completely different level. The power of Aether Force is so great that Itsuki has been able to use it to blast away even the great Gyūki causing severe damage to his body in the process and rip magic or curse power straight out of spells to negate anything spell in the blast's path. This is an ability that leaves nothing in its wake. Its power is so immense that as far as anyone knows no one has yet to defend against it. Of course, that might just be because the right person hasn't tried. In order to use this ability, Itsuki surges his magic power from a body part, putting the ambient ethernano under his command while siphoning the essence of his magic power into the environment in order to have the properties of his magic power drawn from his soul and interact with the masses of magical particles in the vicinity as well as his own magic power. Itsuki then draws his attention inward to install the cluster of various energies with his thoughts of what lies beyond the earth, space, and everything detailed within that region. Through this installation the mass of altered energies transform into the primary energy of Chaos Arts, Sacred Aether. From here, he goes through the well-known activation sequence of Crash. Itsuki constantly pressurizes the sacred aether to the point where any impact causes pulverization. This will usually, but not always, result in a sigil appearing on the body part containing the sacred aether. The immense pressure of the sacred aether enables it to overwhelm anything in its path even Curses and Crash itself allowing it to annihilate anything like some form of Absolute Destruction. Just like Crash, Aether Force is best suited for close range combat. Using the power to greatly augment Itsuki's attacks or to annihilate or blow away oncoming attacks.
Aether Forge[]
Aether Forge (偽性・天空の造形魔法エーテル・フォージ, Ēteru Fōji lit. Pseudo Aether-Molding Magic) is a pseudo-Molding Magic, Lost Magic, and a member of the Chaos Arts which enables Nurarihyon to shape and mold the aether that he generates through the Chaos Arts into the form of any structure he chooses, allowing them to serve countless purposes in the heat of battle.
In order to harness Aether Forge, Itsuki surges his magic power from a body part or summoning it a distant location, putting the ambient ethernano under his command while siphoning the essence of his magic power into the environment in order to have the properties of his magic power drawn from his soul and interact with the masses of magical particles in the vicinity as well as his own magic power. Itsuki then draws his attention inward to instal the cluster of various energies with his thoughts of what lies beyond the earth, space, and everything detailed within that region. Through this installation the mass of altered energies transform into the primary energy of Chaos Arts, Sacred Aether.
Coeus: Coeus (天空構造可鍛性コエウス, Koeusu lit. Aether Structure Malleability) is a secondary ability of Aether Forge – it is the ability to change the composition and properties of a preexisting object that has been manifested through the power of Aether Forge; indeed, Coeus is more akin to a command of sorts as Itsuki often speaks the word while invoking its power. When activating Coeus, Itsuki focuses his energies intently while fixing his eyesight on a structure that has been manifested through Aether Forge already – from here, he exerts a barely-noticeable pulse of aether which resonates outwards, making contact with the preformed structure near-instantly (Coeus can also be activated if Itsuki just touches the Aether Forge object) – in accordance to his imagination, the atoms that compose the object that was contacted by Itsuki's energy are directed and modified – every aspect of their existence is changed through the his imaginative processes, such as manipulating their density so that they can become as hard as diamond to as brittle as glass so that once they scatter near the enemy, Itsuki can direct the stray ether particles scattering off of their spells to trap them and induce a death by a thousand blasts. Not only this, by modifying the length of the Aether Forge creations, Itsuki is able to force his weapons to expand and contract to never-thought-of-before lengths, with a Aether Forge: Star Saber sword extending upwards to pierce the heavens in the blink of an eye. Through Coeus, Itsuki is able to affect the ground beneath them by jabbing aether whether it has already been shaped or not into the soil below, inducing the Chaos Arts upon the surface and everything that entails in order to convert everything into aether in the environment around their figure, reducing the soil to nothing, at which point, he can manipulate and shape these newly-formed aether in any manner that they please- effectively, because of this, Itsuki permanently possesses freedom of movement no matter what while enabling countless combination options in the heat of combat.
Aether Forge: Acheron Saber: Aether Forge: Acheron Saber is the most basic application of the Aether Forge magic and more often than not the first spell of Aether Forge a wielder of the magic learns – it involves Itsuki generating a sword completely composed of aether of various shapes and sizes, but it can also serve the purpose of coating his preexisting weaponry in the fifth element. When performing Aether Forge: Acheron Saber, Itsuki surges the magical energy within his frame outwards briefly, putting ambient particles of eternano suspended within the atmosphere under his control while siphoning the essence of his magical power into the environment in order to have that's classified as the properties of his energy hewn from his soul interact with the masses of magical particles in the vicinity as well as his own magical energy, and from here, through mental commands alone, the he focuses, installing within these energies his thoughts of what lies beyond the earth, space, and everything detailed within that region, enabling them to shift his own magical energies and other particles into the primary energy of Chaos Arts, Sacred Aether. From here, going by the basics of Molding Magic, Itsuki focuses his mind, and through mental commands and his own imagination, he harnesses Shape Transformation in order to rapidly expand and contract the aether gathered into the form of a sword which is utilized for the purpose of close combat. Originally in the form of a nondescript sword that is at least more than half the height of Itsuki in length, the Aether Forge: Acheron Saber is capable of being altered into any form that he deems suitable, changing the properties and composition of the manifested weapon through thoughts alone- while normally, it's in its "Shortsword" (近離刃 (ショートソード), Shōtosōdo lit. Short-Ranged Sword) form which makes it a jack of all trades, the weapon is capable of changing it to a "Longsword" (長離刃 (ロングソード), Rongusōdo lit. Long-Ranged Sword) and back in order to shorten or lengthen the blade to get the jump on the opponent; not only this, a Aether Forge: Acheron Saber can be altered further to change shape to suit the situation, as by chanting "Katana" (日本刀 (カタナ), Katana lit. Rising Sun Sword), Itsuki can make an Aether Forge: Acheron Saber more suitable to slicing, and "Rapier" (鋭刀 (レイピア), Reipia lit. Sharp Sword) makes it more suited for piercing attacks by taking upon the forms of those weaponry. In any form that the Aether Forge: Acheron Saber takes upon, it is said to possess such an unnatural sharpness that those whom are unworthy of its presence are cut just by gazing upon its brilliance - while this may or may not be a simple joke, the fact that the Aether Forge: Acheron Saber was able to cleave through diamond and even magic blasts effortlessly with the cold steel of the sword being capable of absorbing an energy blast before returning it to sender via another swing of the blade certainly isn't anything to scoff at. The sword is highly sharp and durable, capable of slicing through magical barriers of all compositions, and its slashes are capable of trailing large amounts of aether in its wake, which can damage the opponent; but more than that, since the blade is composed of Sacred Aether, each and every slash that Itsuki makes with Aether Forge: Acheron Saber creates voids within the atmosphere, busting everything that they come into contact with into naught but shreds while acting in a similar manner to that of a vacuum. Aether Forge: Acheron Saber is so deadly precisely because it's capable of being utilized in countless ways- it's almost mesmerizing that somebody can get so much mileage out of a simple sword of celestial elements. The weapon itself can endure even the strongest of attacks, making it quite effective in blocking and deflecting incoming attacks; and it can withstand getting crushed by force. The armament is strong and sharp enough to cut clean through pure metal weapons as well; the power of Aether Forge: Acheron Saber is capable of inflicting a deep cut into the opponent's body, even if they had erected a magical defense beforehand, severely damaging them- it can defeat an Etherious compared to a Guild Ace in power in a single strike - upon contact with the demonic, the celestial element known as aether overwhelms them, reducing them to naught but atoms. Finally, the Aether Forge: Acheron Saber is capable of being applied to the Itsuki's regular bladed weapon, visually represented by Sacred Aether overlaying the blade of the sword - however, it is said that only a God-Mower class sword such as the Archenemy is capable of sustaining having the celestial element imbued within the steel of the weapon for extended periods of time - normal swords are unable to maintain structure when coated with Sacred Aether.
Divine Aether Forge: Soul Blade:
Aether Forge: Acheron Chain: Aether Forge: Acheron Chain is a somewhat advanced application of Aether Forge that allows Itsuki to create an extendable sword tip, which is held together by several chain links. The sword tip and the chain links are both made purely of aether, giving it an unusual effect. Aether Forge: Acheron Chain: Aether Forge is performed by briefly surging magic power from his body and using it to put ambient particles of eternano under his control. The ethernano is used to siphon the essence and properties of his magic power from his soul. From there he installs the essence and properties of his magic power and the ethernano with his thoughts of what lies beyond the earth, space, and everything detailed within that region. What is created from the mixture of these thoughts, essence and properties of his magic power, and ethernano is known as Sacred Aether. With the Sacred Aether now created, Itsuki uses Shape Transformation to shape into an extendable sword tip, which is held together by several chain links. The aether chain links are connected to a sword like hilt made of aether that was formed in his hand. By expertly snapping his arm downward Itsuki is able to cause the sword tip to thrust itself at the opponent. When it makes contact the aether that composed the sword tip overloads the ethernano that composes the targets body. This allows any body part that the sword tip pierces to spontaneously explode.
Aether Forge: Rhea's Gauntlet:
Aether Forge: Rhea's Gauntlet
When using the spell Itsuki will have a large quantity of invisible magic power surge out from his body briefly. putting ambient particles of ethernano suspended within the atmosphere under his thrall while siphoning the essence of his magic power into the environment in order to have that's classified as the properties of his energy hewn from his soul interact with the masses of magical particles in the vicinity as well as his own magic power, and from here, through mental commands alone, Nurarihyon focuses, installing within these energies his thoughts of what lies beyond the earth, space, and everything detailed within that region, enabling him to shift his own magic power and other particles into the primary energy of Chaos Arts, Sacred Aether that cannot be seen thanks to how the magic power that was previously released was invisible. Once the aether is created, Itsuki uses mental commands alone to gather the aether around a desired body part. This takes a lot of control and patience as the aether is so concentrated that it is hard to work with. Having it gather around a body part only makes it even more difficult to work with as its concentration will increase. This means mental commands and ordinary ways of controlling aether won't work on it any more. So instead, Itsuki must rely on mental imagery. By imagining something like a tornado or whirlpool, he can use something similar to Shape Transformation to mold the aether into the shape of an invisible stream or current of aether that wraps around the desired body part. From here all that needs to be done is pulse a steady amount of magic power into the stream or current to have the current or stream of aether spiral around the body part at very high speeds. This allows it to mercilessly grind into the opponent when the body part touches the foe. This will grievously injure the opponent before launching them with a ton of force, their body spinning wildly out of control. What he is imagining can greatly influence how the spell functions. For example: imagining a tornado can make the spell drastically stronger at the cost of control, imagining a whirlpool could weaken it to give Itsuki a greater level of control to determine where the target will be launched, or imagining a fire whirl could give it an explosive effect. One other unique aspect Rhea's Gauntlet is a defensive spell as well as an offensive one since it can be used to deflect a lot of different types of attacks.
Aether Forge: Rhea's Protection: Aether Forge: Rhea's Protection is the name of a powerful Aether Forge spell which involves the generation of barriers composed entirely of aether for various defensive purposes. As the opening paragraph had stated, Rhea's Protection is an existence similar to that of a Barrier Magic in that it involves the manifestation of Itsuki's aether in the form of a barrier in order to defend himself against the attacks of his enemies. When activating Rhea's Protection, he surges his magic power within his frame outwards briefly, putting ambient particles of ethernano suspended within the atmosphere under his thrall while siphoning the essence of his magic power into the environment in order to have that's classified as the properties of his energy hewn from his soul interact with the masses of magical particles in the vicinity as well as his own magic power, and from here, through mental commands alone, Nurarihyon focuses, installing within these energies his thoughts of what lies beyond the earth, space, and everything detailed within that region, enabling him to shift his own magic power and other particles into the primary energy of Chaos Arts, Sacred Aether – from here, he focuses the aether, swiping it around himself in a circling motion; through concentration alone, Itsuki uses mental commands in order to shape the Sacred Aether and give these wondrous energies material consistency, being molded through his thoughts into the form of a four-layered barrier of aether of various shapes and sizes; it can be said that the barriers projected by Rhea's Protection is an existence similar to that of Defenser; however, Rhea's Protection has more stopping power and is capable of being modified to suit almost any situation in regards to both its shape and properties. Modifying all of its traits through thoughts, the barriers which are conjured through the powers of Rhea's Protection are able to shift with no real need to infuse any more supernatural energies into its composition to alter its shape and sizes – this places Rhea's Protection above more traditional forms of defense such as the standard Defenser spell and Barrier Magic, plus even some Lost Magics which are centered around the creation of barriers, as Itsuki isn't required to spend excess amounts of energy to modify its existence. Taking upon any form that the caster desires, Rhea's Protection changes into rectangular planes, cylinders, globes, domes, cones, and many more- it should be noted that the complexity of the shape Rhea's Protection takes upon is limited by Itsuki's ability to mentally visualize a particular form and keep it in sharp mental focus. Thanks to the effects of the aether, Aether Forge: Rhea's Protection acts as an "instant assault radius" of sorts, splitting the very air itself with a void that rips anything that does manage to cross its parameters it to shreds while forcibly repelling living organisms that attempt to cross.
Extension: Rhea's Absorption and Rejection: Extension: Rhea's Absorption and Rejection is, well, an extension of the standard Aether Forge: Rhea's Protection spell – it grants the Rhea's Protection barrier the ability to absorb the energies of incoming projectiles through nullifying the kinetic energy transferred through melee and projectile based attacks the moment it comes into contact with the defense - after this, the caster releases the kinetic and magical forces absorbed by the barrier in the form of a powerful shockwave. When performing Extension: Rhea's Absorption and Rejection, Itsuki focuses his magic power into a preexisting Rhea's Protection barrier no matter its current form, and through mental commands, instills the trait of "absorption" into its very existence, causing the projected defense to turn a slight shade of violet as the energies that compose it begin to swirl around at high speed, resulting in the Rhea's Projection barrier to resemble that of a whirling buzzsaw. The moment that an opposing attack, whether it be close range –both physical and armed- or long-ranged through a projectile of any and every kind, comes into contact with the modified barrier, the whirling buzzsaw known as Rhea's Absorption and Reflection makes good on its name by absorbing the shock of an impact and reduce the effect it would have upon the caster to nothingness, visually represented by the Rhea's Absorption and Rejection creating a gap in matter through a void as per the natural effects of aether, capturing the kinetic and magical forces sent towards Itsuki and reducing the forces, no matter the power, down to zero, before storing that transferred power as preparation for the next attack. After this, he focuses his thoughts upon the barrier which has accumulated a required amount of energies within its composition –this quantity varies depending on the intensity of the attack that he wishes to bring upon their opponent, meaning that it can either be absorbed and released in a single strike or withstand several strikes before the spell is unleashed. But in any case, once the final stage of Rhea's Absorption and Rejection is ready, Itsuki, with a single command often accompanied by a hand gesture, causing the barrier to shatter into innumerable shards which are launched in a chosen direction with incredible speed and force, effectively functioning as a makeshift catapult that scatters in a powerful blast akin to that of a shotgun that travels outwards in the blink of an eye, piercing everything in their path with incredible ease. Interestingly, Extension: Rhea's Absorption and Rejection can be applied to an opponent, by forming the barrier around the opponent's body and pulling out their magic reserves, causing extensive damage. Extension: Rhea's Absorption and Rejection is limited to a certain amount of space and thus cannot capture spells of a certain amount of magical power; however this does not apply to a magician's body as the spell can continuously pull magic from a magician.
Izanagi Magic Seals[]
The Izanagi Magic Seals are aether-based Divine Authority Magic Seal Arts; a series of magic which involve the manipulation and projection of a magician's Magic Seal while utilizing hand gestures, also known as Mudra (九字印ミュードラ, Myūdora lit. Nine Symbolic Cuts) in order to determine the effects of each Formula (式, Shiki), which in themselves require memorization. In order to activate each Izanagi Magic Seal, Itsuki gathers and condenses ambient eternano within his hands as he surges the magic power within their frame outwards briefly, putting ambient particles of eternano suspended within his atmosphere under his thrall while siphoning the essence of his magic power into the environment in order to have that's classified as the properties of his energy hewn from his soul to interact with the masses of magical particles in the vicinity as well as his own magic power. From here, through mental commands alone, he focuses, installing within these energies his thoughts of what lies beyond the earth, space, and everything detailed within that region, enabling him to shift his own magic power and other particles into the primary energy of Chaos Arts, Sacred Aether. The moment that he makes a series of complicated hand signals, he projects a pre-determined series of Magic Seals around his body, with the positions of the Magic Seal depending on what Formula Itsuki wishes to execute. Due to Itsuki infusing aether into their magical energy when performing the hand signals, the Magic Seals each glow golden as aether crackles from the rings, while a spiral of aether replaces the middle symbol- in any case, once these Magic Seals have been manifested, they then unleash a powerful effect which depends on several factors.
The Izanagi Magic Seals are referred to as an aether-based numerology (天空上数秘術, Tenkū-ue Sūhijutsu); as the strength and scope of each Formula partially run on equations—which is a formula of the form A = B, where A and B are expressions that may contain one or several variables called unknowns, and "=" denotes the equality binary relation- indeed, In order to convert a phenomena related to aether into either variable 'A' or 'B', one must be able to comprehend what goes into either variable. In a simplistic form, the equations can be described as 'aether type = effect'; where 'A' is the type of aether Itsuki is attempting to bind to his mathematical rule, while 'B' is the desired effect and phenomena Itsuki reproduces. Interestingly, unlike most forms of the Divine Authority Magic Seal Arts, however, are not named after the output formula number, and the effects of the seals can be either offensive or defensive. This magic is believed to be the parent magic of the "Generation" command of the Chaos Arts, as certain Izanagi Magic Seal spells were believed to be the first way to give aether a concrete structure. However, the most astonishing trait of the Izanagi Magic Seals is its ability to combine the two forms of aether present in the "Abstraction" and "Generation" commands. This allows certain spells to have an appearance but have the traits of voids through the light released from the magic power in the spell.
More often than not, the release of the Izanagi Magic Seals results in each Magic Seal manifested unleashing explosive blasts of aether which devastate the immediate vicinity- these explosions have shown to echo for miles and miles, engulfing everything thoroughly; at the higher levels of Formulas, the sheer quantity of light released by the Izanagi Magic Seals are capable of vaporizing everything within Itsuki's line-of-sight- though the scope of the power released is linked to the amount of Magic Seals released by the formulas. While mainly used for overwhelming offense, the Izanagi Magic Seals also have some supplementary uses, such as barriers of aether and infusing the Itsuki's nerves with aether in order to bolster his speed and power. The exact amount of magic power necessary to unleash one of the Izanagi Magic Seals is manipulated through Mudra; with there being different sequences of hand seals for every Formula, requiring memorization. While formulas may require a number of hand seals to work, Itsuki being a skilled user of this magic can use less or even one to perform the same formula. Izanagi Magic Seals are difficult to perform, because of the strain it has on magic reserves. While many spells can be performed in weaker variations, spells like Izanagi Formula Number Ninety-Nine: August Star of Heaven and Izanagi Formula Number One Hundred: Three Gods of Creation consume a large extent of magic power and can only be executed in one form, thus there is no possible way to use those spells without greatly deplenishing magic reserves.
Seals of Changing: Seals of Change: Seals of Change also known as Hieratic Seal of Reflection is Itsuki's easiest and most used Izanagi Magic Seal spell. It is a multipurpose spell and its uses is only limited by Itsuki's imagination. When using the spell Itsuki must form one murda while creating sacred aether in the hand that formed the aether. After forming the mudra, Itsuki points in any desired direction to cause a Magic Seal on what he is pointing at. The Magic Seal is composed purely of sacred aether and the pressure is so great that it changes the magnitude and direction of whatever lands on it regardless of preexisting vectors. Its most common uses is for defense by reducing an attack's speed to zero or reflecting it making the Magic Seal nearly an absolute defense, for movement by accelerating or reducing how fast he is moving for close-quarters combat purposes, heating or cooling things down by controlling how fast energy is flowing, or very limited control of pre-existing elements by changing its direction. Of course this isn't all he can use these Magic Seals for because Itsuki has found countless uses for it. Itsuki has mastered this spell to such a level that he can summon hundreds of these seals in less than a second or summon a Seal of Change at a moment's notice.
Heavenly Jewel: Halley's Comet: Heavenly Jewel: Halley's Comet is a very basic spell that allows Itsuki to create a Magical Seal to fire a single small comet of aether at his opponent that can disintegrate whatever it touches.
King's Judgement: Shining Star: King's Judgement: Shining Star: King's Judgement: Shining Star is a basic Izanagi Magic Seal spell that revolves using the immense power of the light created by aether. When performing Shining Star, Itsuki gathers and condenses ambient ethernano within his hands as he surges the magic power within his body outwards briefly, putting ambient particles of ethernano suspended within the atmosphere under his thrall. He siphons the essence of his magic power into the environment in order to have that's classified as the properties of their energy hewn from his soul interact with the masses of magic particles in the vicinity as well as his own magic power. Once done, he uses mental commands alone to instant thoughts of the earth, space, and everything detailed within that region into his magic power enabling him to shift the magic power and other particles into the primary energy of Chaos Arts, Sacred Aether, while making a series of hand signals. After forming the last mudra, a Magic Seal appears in front of Itsuki's body and soon begins to crackle with power as Itsuki charges it with sacred aether. Before too long, the aether becomes too much for the Magic Seal and it explodes to cause the aether to shine brightly in front of Itsuki before fading. The power of the light is hit opponents with immense force capable of laying waste to the area in front of Itsuki so that nothing remains.
Chains of Fate:
Itsuki casting Chains of Fate
Chains of Fate is a spell built off the principles of Bind Snake. When using the spell Itsuki must first mark an opponent with a sigil through physical contact. Once marked he quickly forms a serious of hand signals as he creates Chaos Art's primary energy sacred aether in his body. After the last mudra is formed, a Magic Seal composed purely of sacred aether encircles the opponent's arms, waist, and legs. The mere pressure of the aether is enough to restrict opponents so they stand helpless in front of Itsuki as the sacred aether feeds off their magic power. With the formation of a single mudra Itsuki breaks the Magic Seals causing a giant explosion of sacred aether fueled by the opponent's magic power. The power of the explosion makes it easy to vaporize all caught in it turning the spell into a very lethal one. The spell received its name from how difficult it is to free oneself from the restricting magic seals. It is often compared to trying to escape fate itself. If an opponent is especially durable Itsuki likes to use Shining Star in conjunction with Chains Fate. Firing Shining Star while the opponents restricted and using the power of Shining Star to set off the explosion of Chains of Fate and to dramatically increase the power of the explosion caused by Chains of Fate.
Kotoamatsukami: Raiden:
Kotoamatsukami: Raiden
Kotoamatsukami: Raiden is an Izanagi Magic Seals spell that allows Nurarihyon to use various mudras to create a handful of Magical Seals, that look like thunder clouds, that rain down bolts of aether. To use the spell Itsuki surges his magic power outward toward the sky briefly, putting ambient particles of ethernano suspended within the atmosphere under his thrall while siphoning the essence of his magic power into the environment in order to have that's classified as the properties of his energy hewn from his soul interact with the masses of magical particles in the vicinity as well as his own magical energy. From here, through mental commands alone, Itsuki focuses, installing within these energies his thoughts of what lies beyond the earth, space, and everything detailed within that region, enabling him to shift his own magic power and other particles into the primary energy of Chaos Arts, Sacred Aether, while making a series of hand signals. These hand seals force the aether that was created overhead to appear as multiple Magical Seals that look kind of like thunder clouds. Before to long, Itsuki flows magic power to the Magical Seals overhead to force it crackle with power as the magic power empowers the aether. This will cause what looks to be arcs of lightning when in reality it is magic power to course throughout the Magical Seal, making it look like thunder clouds even more. From here, Itsuki will use the magic power to charge up the Magical Seals even more to allow himself to have a single large bolt of aether that looks a lot like a lightning bolt that will rain down upon the enemy at high-speeds. This initial bolt of aether can injure the opponent quite a bit, inflicting multiple horrible wounds and giving the opponent several third degree burn. When it connects with the ground the bolt of aether will diverge into dozens of separate and smaller bolts of aether that will streak toward the sky. After a few seconds, the bolts of aether will rain back down to the ground converge back down to the ground converge on a single point: Itsuki's opponent. The convergence of these bolts of aether will create multiple mighty explosions of aether and light. The power of the explosions are determined by how much magic power Itsuki used, but they are typically powerful enough to annihilate nearly anything in its path. Additionally, if the explosion doesn't kill the foe the light might as it is powerful enough to burn away, grievously injure, or even kill some of the strongest demons.
Gazu Hyakki Yagyō:
Itsuki using his largest formula: Gazu Hyakki Yagyō
Gazu Hyakki Yagyō (画図百鬼夜行, The Illustrated Night Parade of a Hundred Demons) also known as Hyakki Yagyō Law is Itsuki's strongest Izanagi Magic Seal spell. It combines Battlemeld with Izanagi Magic Spell to unleash a cataclysmic explosion of aether. Battlemeld plays a role as it allows Itsuki to use those in the meld as "markers" to determine the size of the explosion is. The more in the meld and the more spread out they are the stronger the explosion of aether. In addition, the people in the meld serve as "batteries" and Itsuki can draw upon their magic power to fuel the explosion to increase its power and had additional effects to the explosion. In addition, the stronger the bond between those in the meld the stronger the explosion of aether is. Gazu Hyakki Yagyō is truly a spell of limitless potential provided the circumstances are just right. In any case, performing this powerful spell takes quite a long time turning it into a spell that is better to be used against armies and not a single opponent. If Itsuki has to use it on a single spell its downgraded version, Demon Unity, should be used. This provides the same affects, but requires only a few demons in the meld and thus makes it weaker than its original counterpart, but still quite capable of vaporizing opponents. Even then, Demon Unity isn't a spell to throw around. In any case when using the spell, Itsuki must first gather and condense ambient ethernano within his hands as he surges the magic power within his body outwards briefly, putting ambient particles of ethernano suspended within the atmosphere under his thrall.
Devil Magic[]
Battlemeld[]
To use Battlemeld Itsuki transforms his magic power into Inner Azoth by using his vast knowledge of magic to combine his piece of Azoth with his magic power. Afterwards, he draws in the ethernano around him into his body so that he can use his desires of achieving complete enlightenment to mutate and purify the ethernano. The mutated ethernano is then merged with Itsuki's Inner Azoth in order to give it unique abilities and transform it into Resonating Azoth.
Resonating Azoth is able to synchronize the pieces of Azoth within a single person or multiple people to themselves in order to create a system of mystical links between himself and the other occupants. This allows him to control, move, teleport, etc. the people in the system of links as if they were chess pieces on a chess board. Able to clearly "see" the layout of the land that they are in, giving him a huge advantage in a scrimmage. In addition, Itsuki is able to use Resonating Azoth to give the people within the system of links, including himself, the ability to share their magic, magic power, and abilities. There seems to be a lot of limitations to this, however, because Itsuki rarely uses this sharing on a noticeable level. He regularly borrows magic power from his followers, but he rarely borrows their magic and abilities on a large scale. The most common person he borrows from is Tsuki. This suggests that the strength of the bond is a factor that determines who he can borrow abilities and magic from and how often. On the other hand, he seems perfectly capable of sharing abilities and magic between one follower and another. Regardless, this makes fighting anyone in the army or fleet a very risky move as they could possibly have the abilities and magic of their entire fleet. Although by doing so, he would make the rest of their fleet completely vulnerable because they won't have their magic or abilities. Lastly, the special links that Resonating Azoth encourages cooperation among those within the system. It does so by empowering anyone in the meld depending on how well they get along and how much they believe in what they are fighting for.
Demon Hybrid Physiology[]
Mystifying Physical Prowess:
Superpowered Cells: Itsuki's cells and body tissue hold a considerably larger volume of ethernano than those of most demon hybrids. This allows Itsuki's body to remove foreign contaminants at a very fast rate. So quickly in fact that he is outright immune to stuff like toxins, venoms, viruses, bacteria, allergen, etc. because his body will rid his body of them the moment they enter his body. The only exception would be Magic Barrier Particles, although that weakness no longer applies once he enters his demon form. The increased volume of ethernano also allows his body to draw in the ethernano from the atmosphere a lot faster than most. This allows Itsuki to restore his reserves of magic power more quickly than most other mages. It takes him only thirty minutes to restore his reserves what would normally take weeks of rest for other mages. As well as using the ethernano to restore his reserves quicker, Itsuki can use the ethernano that his body is drawing in at an accelerated rate to activate certain cells. By activating certain cells he can increase his regeneration abilities if need be, control his body temperature, or give him a temporary immunity to extreme temperatures.
Regeneration, Immortality, and Weakness:
Body Modification: The increased volume of ethernano in his cells and body tissue has increased how much control he has over his body. So much so that he can modify his own body down to the genetic level by controlling the ethernano in his cells and body tissue. Itsuki an alter his body in many ways like growing extra limbs, transform a single body part into something else such as turning a hand into a claw, transform his entire body akin to Transformation Magic, or manipulate the properties of his blood including properties like acidity or how toxic it is. If he concentrates enough Itsuki can control the aging process of his own body. Doing this too much, however, often presents a few side-effects that vary depending on the situation.
Enhanced Senses:
Danger Sense:
Worship Empowerment: Worship Empowerment is an ability Itsuki gained upon mastering Battlemeld. It gives his body the ability to empower itself by using the worship of his followers. Prayers, rituals, or even simply believing in him without a doubt all count as worshipping. The more people worshipping Itsuki the stronger his body will become. Unfortunately, the opposite is true as well. Disbelief can weaken Itsuki. Disbelief can't weaken him by a considerable amount, but in a fight with a powerful opponent it can be enough to make it a lot easier for the foe to kill Itsuki, making this a high-risk high-reward type of power. Another weakness that he has to consider is the farther someone is from him, the less he is empowered by their worship. On the other hand, the farther someone is from him the more harm their disbelief can have.
Unpredictability:
Supernaturally Powerful Mind:
Supernatural Charisma:
Compelling Voice:
Authoritative Presence:
Master Strategist:
Illusion Manipulation: Illusion Manipulation is an ability that Itsuki has had since birth. As a child the ability was underdeveloped that it could only be used for pranking other kids. In fact, Itsuki’s love of pranks when he was a child was born from this difficulty because of the feeling of accomplishment that came from using the ability. Illusion Manipulation stayed in this state until after Itsuki awakened his ability to use the Chaos Arts at which point it drastically improved. Now, Itsuki can create very realistic illusions with great ease. The illusions are so realistic that they can even fool high-ranked mages and inflict permanent mental scarring. Additionally they can target any or all of the physical senses, giving him access to a large diversity of illusions instead of just the typical visual illusion. A year after this ability improved Itsuki learned to transcend the typical limitations of illusions to effect metaphysical one’s as well. This improvement gave Itsuki the ability use Illusion Manipulation to perform feats like mask his presence or even his very existence to cause everyone to forget he even exists until the illusion is dispelled, implant false memories in the opponent’s mind, etc. As a result of the two types of illusion he can utilize, many opponents have confused this ability with the ability to manipulate reality itself. Once the illusion is created, whether it's his own illusion or not, Itsuki can manipulate and control it in any way he chooses for a variety of effects.
Demon Form:
Itsuki beginning his transformation into his demon form
Augmented Physical Abilities:
Invulnerability:
Demon Manipulation:
Augmented Authoritative Presence:
Magical Barrier Particle Immunity:
High Curse Resistance:
Dementor:
Magic Power[]
Itsuki's magic power is extremely difficult to judge. The primary reason for this is because it is impossible to tell when he is borrowing the magic power of someone is his guild by using Battlemeld, which he often does, and when he is using his own. This essentially means the size of his reserves, power, and all other attributes his magic power has is a complete mystery. No one even knows what his magic power feels like because when anyone attempts to detect his magic power they will come up empty as if Itsuki doesn't have magic power in the first place. A lot of people find this mystery surrounding Nurarihyon's magic power very unnerving. Opponents always feel unprepared when they fight Itsuki, which leads them to doubting their every move. Itsuki will often use this lack of confidence to get into his opponent's head.
The only thing that is for certain is that Nurarihyon has a lot of control over magic power. This is most evident by his ability to use Chaos Arts with not a lot of difficulty, despite how much control it requires. This level of control grants him access to a number of Magic Skills (内魔導マジック・スキル, Majikku Sukiru lit. Internalized Magic Arts) including but not limited to: creating a Magical Aura, Magical Vortex, advanced magic power manipulation, Telekinesis, Magic Ray, Defenser, Magic Ball, and Shape Transformation.
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Trivia[]
Itsuki was inspired by the legend of Nurarihyon.
Itsuki is the only person in the Nakano family with ADHD.
