Xanvi

"There is so very much to learn... You understand so little."

- Xanvi, "In Somnis Veritas"

Xanvi is a mystical, extra-dimensional terrorist, and the founder of the Dream Eaters.

Appearance
Xanvi wears a set of simple black robes made of woven cloth, long-sleeved and draped over his shoulders with a hood obscuring his face to only show a pair of eyes, blue and yellow, set in a pale face with deep, sunken eyes of cracked, reddish skin. Underneath the robes, Xanvi wears a kimono of silk along with a belt and sash with a metal "buckle" that locks together. The top of the kimono is held together with a red, metallic clasp.

Xanvi's boots are also black, similar to combat boots with leather padding along the front to keep the laces in place. His hands are also covered by simple gloves, though his palm is uncovered, revealing pale flesh.

Xanvi's face is a pale tone, nearly devoid of all colour beyond red-tinted bags beneath his eyes. His face is gaunt, with a hooked nose and no hair of any kind. Xanvi's most defining facial feature is most likely a large wound, some sort of burn combined with rotting flesh across the right side of his jaw, starting at the chin and ending at the cheekbone.

When disguised as John Fontaine, Xanvi dresses himself in black coats and turtlenecks, along with a prosthetic eye. At the time of Primo Victoria, he dressed in an Alchemilia uniform.

Personality
Xanvi, eternally devoted to his studies and his cause, possesses a great disconnect with reality, at least compared to the way that others perceive the world around them. He treats life as though it were a game, a sort of competition with strict rules. Xanvi enjoys seeing people's unique reactions to certain events, such as fear or discomfort.

Xanvi, however, can be considered a sociopath, even amongst his own race who are famously callous and cold. He does not consider other sapient beings to be on the same level as him, mentally, and does not consider their emotions or the consequences of his own actions; The destruction of a majority of Midgarde's population, something that he inadvertently caused, was only considered a setback to his own goals.

Background
Xanvi was born on the third moon of Midgarde, a shifting, inhospitable wasteland of dunes and deserts. At some point, Xanvi was taken as an apprentice by a shadowy ulitharid known only as 'The Dream Eater.' had eventually caught Xanvi's attention. He saw a potential in Xanvi, using his inherent psychic abilities to peer into Xanvi's mind. Xanvi and the Dream Eater soon became close friends, and Xanvi was let into a shadowy web of secretive plans.

Xanvi's ascent to power started here, gaining both psychic abilities and mastery over them, as well as training with many types of weapons. He and the Dream Eater formulated schemes, gaining power among the Midgardian society and giving Xanvi a great amount of influence. Though, with the Dream Eater at the end of his lifespan, he bestowed upon Xanvi his own eye, and with it a fraction of his power.

Xanvi's potential was unlocked when he replaced his own eye with the transplant. It was as though he had opened a door he had never even known of, and his self-taught training led to a library's worth of knowledge. From here, Xanvi began recruiting individuals from both within and beyond Midgarde, as well as constructing a temple as headquarters for his apprentices and eventually, his lesser followers.

With seven apprentices from across worlds, Xanvi soon caught the attention of the Power known as Iblis. As penance for Xanvi's sins and as an attempt to stop him from gaining further power, Iblis decimated the population of Midgarde, killing one of Xanvi's apprentices while the others fled to Euclid.

Abilities

 * Levitation - One of Xanvi's more mundane abilities, he is able to defy gravity to a degree where he can hover up to four feet off the ground.
 * Dream Manipulation - Xanvi is able to traverse dreams and control them, giving himself an incredible degree of reality warping power within them.
 * Illusion Generation - Xanvi has the ability to create incredibly vivid illusions, able to mimic every sensation including touch. He uses this ability to "shapeshift," without truly changing his form.
 * Telekinesis - Xanvi can move relatively small objects with his mind, though nothing that he wouldn't be able to pick up himself.
 * Energy Draining - As a Moon Wraith, Xanvi gains sustenance from draining plants and animals of their energy through touch.

Role in Series
Dream Eaters/Season One|Season One