Vieg Neun

Vieg Neun is a main villain in "Re:" series, played by Aurek Czarny. He is the second strongest Wraith to serve under The Path. He is only succeeded by Xenos.

Background
Vieg was born on the planet Styx, birthplace and origin of the Elves. His parents are unknown, but was tutored by Lord Darkblade at a young age. When Vieg was 545 years old, he was accepted into the Political Academic course, where he excelled and quickly became a candidate for being on the High Council. A thousand years later, he became Lord Darkblade's assistant and watched as the elections of the High Council Leader came near. When it was obvious that Darkblade was going to become elected, Vieg sent out an order to San Carra, who was the most skilled blacksmith, capable of crafting the perfect coronation weapon.

When human colonies attacked Inalok, Vieg quickly hurried to aid in anyway he could. During this, he came across San and his son, Leon.

The next day, when the human forces were repelled, the Carra family set off with Vieg to travel to Arix. However, before leaving, Leon had hired a bodyguard only known as Chaos. Vieg had sworn the Dark Elf looked familiar, but couldn't place his finger on it.

Once they arrived in Arix, Vieg took the group to the Council Chambers, introducing them to the Lord and his daughter, Lhunara Darkblade. As they all separated to rest, Vieg and Leon began to talk, with the topic beginning as the crafting of weapon, but soon evolved into the use of the sacred Elements. Vieg revealed that no matter how hard he tried, there was no possible way for him to access the Element of Light, because a part of his brain blocked the prospect.

Early in the morning, the group woke up to greet Lord Darkblade in his chambers, only to find the Lord murdered in his bed. Vieg immediately suspected Chaos, but Leon's argument convinced Vieg that the Dark Elf was not the culprit. So, with the Lord dead, the other Council members refused to take the seat of the Leader, in respect for Lord Darkblade. It was then that Lhunara nominated Vieg to take Darkblade's seat. Hesitantly, Vieg agreed.

Soon after, Vieg was elected to the seat of the Council Leader, and it was not long until the human colonies attacked Arix itself. This time, they were considerably more powerful, because of one being leading them: The Path. Vieg then decided to use the ceremonial blade, the High Sunset. With Vieg and Leon becoming close friends, they and the others defended the city, until The Path himself showed. Vieg attempted to fight the montrosity, but was quickly defeated, left with only a deep gash in his head.

The Path decided to retreat, leaving with the humans and their victory and with Vieg in a deep comatose state. Doctors were able to repair the wound in his head, but Vieg stayed unconscious for weeks, without response. During this time, he had vivid dreams of bright lights and an overwhelming feeling of power. Soon, he awoke.

His sudden recovery surprised everyone, but acted as if everything was fine. Vieg wandered the hospital until he found Leon, who was sitting in an solitary garden just outside the facility. Once Leon recognized that it was Vieg, he turned to greet him. Vieg then attempted to kill Leon with Light, slicing his throat and piercing his heart, leaving him for dead. Before he left, he whispered into Leon's ears, not knowing if he was heard. "Leon... this world is not ours any longer. It will soon be bathed in the everlasting bright Light of The Path. Be thankful that you will not witness the destruction of Styx."

Vieg proceeded to pretend that Leon was attacked by Chaos, and watched as he was arrested and prepared for execution. It this time that Chaos revealed himself as Aedan Damacus, also known as the "Chaos Alchemist". However, Vieg already knew due to the influence of The Path. When Aedan was about to be put to death, Leon had healed and awoken, declaring Vieg as his attempted murderer.

Despite this revelation, Vieg kept his cool, almost evil demeanor and unsheathed his blade. Within a few seconds, he destroyed the entire crowd with a wave of Light, and tried to kill Aedan himself. But the Light dissiapted before it reached him, and felt the hand of The Path in this. Aedan was supposed to be kept alive. With Leon and Aedan chasing after him, Vieg was forced to retreat and vanished without a trace, where The Path trained his abilites and molded him to become the first Wraith, sending him to the Great Beyond, where he obtained his soul-bound weapons, the Jouten Kirite.

A few months later, Vieg returned to Arix to find Lhunara Darkblade as the new Council Leader. However, that wasn't his concern anymore. Finding Aedan, the two battled, where it seemed that Aedan had the upper hand. But as the fight went, it became clear that Vieg was allowing this to happen. He fought back with an immense amount of power, even revealing his signature attacks, the first two Pillars of Light. With several cuts on Aedan's skin, The Path was able to invade and infect his body, quickly corrupting him to become the second Wraith.

While he was a soulless puppet, The Path used Aedan's body and, with Vieg, destroyed Arix, killing Lhunara, but not before revealing that The Path had invaded Aedan's body before and murdered Lord Darkblade.

Traveling to the city of Mito, the two laid waste to the military city, only to be stopped by Leon and his father. The two Wraiths split, with Vieg attacking Leon and Aedan fighting San. Surprisingly, Leon's power had grown considerably, and it was obvious why: Leon had found the Ruby Prism. With Leon almost a match for Vieg, they continued to fight, while Aedan managed to kill San.

This angered Leon to become even more powerful, and Vieg was forced to use his strongest Light attack: Zacharias' Fury. With Leon dead and no one to stand in their way, The Path took the Ruby Prism for himself, ordering Aedan (who was, by now, himself again) and Vieg to destroy the planet and indoctrinate the surviving Elves and humans into Husks.

Personality
His first debut in the Styx Chronicles, his personality is extremely outgoing and cheerful, and carried a subtle manipulative/persuasive streak, shown when he assumed that Leon was involved with Elena Silvan, even though they weren't. When doing this, he is completely casual about, even laughing when Leon became flustered at the accusation.

In battle - particularly when he tried to fend off The Path -, his emotions are reined in, becoming calm and collected, though his face would portray determination and confidence.

Additionally, Vieg had supreme intelligence in politics and emotions. On several occasions, he helped Leon and Aedan decide where their true feelings and alliances lie.

After his corruption, Vieg almost became insane with the power that The Path offered him. He became quiet and closed in, not willing to talk because of the conflicting emotions running within him. He finally decided to vent his power upon Leon, almost killing him. Afterwards, he returned to his normal self, the power satiated but still present. When Leon had awoken and accused Vieg of trying to murder him, he remained cool, but confessed before slaughtering dozens of people.

When he returned from the Great Beyond, his visage was completely clean. He held no emotions upon his visage, and instead chose to speak clear and flat, as if he was just always waking up. Even when he became angry, his voice only rose a tiny bit. He finally became a cold killing machine.

After becoming known as Leon's attempted murderer, his outlook changed. He was completely loyal to The Path, knowing what laid ahead if he succeeded. Though power was what he sought at first, it changed because he wanted to see the destruction and annihilation of the Universe, and would sacrifice himself if that goal was completed, even wanting to go so far as killing himself.

When his death came at the hands of Izar Neele, his tone changed slightly to become humurous, thinking that anyone who opposed The Path would fail.

Appearance
Before his corruption of Light, Vieg was a tall, pale-skinned Elf with long white hair that went past his waist. His eyes were a dim gold, slim and cheerful at all times. A metal headband in the shape of the sun rested on his head, and he wore dark, billowing clothes. Around his torso was light armor, carved in the resemblance of tree branches that went around his chest. At his side was his ceremonial weapon, High Sunset.

When he became the first Wraith, his skin darkened and the points of his ear disappeared, giving him a much more human appearance. His hair was cut shorter, with white hair that fell to his chest, and black hair in the back that spiked up just slightly. The golden dim in his eyes was replaced with a greenish glow, emulating The Path. He wore a white kimono, lined by dark grey, and dark harem pants to cover his lower half. On his left hip was a few small packs of medicine and powders, and wrapped around his waist were his soul-bound katanas, the Jouten Kirite.

Abilities
Since birth, Vieg was physically unable to form any amount of Light. This was due to a part of his brain - located near the forehead - blocking the possibility of imagination for that Element. This deformation is very rare, with only 1 in 2,000,000,000 babies forming it. When The Path defeated Vieg, he cut open and retrieved that small part of the brain tissue, allowing him to use Light and planting the seed of corruption just then.

His power rose quickly at first after awaking, and slowed down until The Path sent him to the Great Beyond, where his abilities grew exponentially. Then, when he defeated Leon, his powers stopped growing for decades, until The Path ordered him to enslave the Vampires of Bloodfall. Every single creature there was just as powerful as Vieg himself, and came close to dying many times before overpowering all except one, whose name was Sivor Battosai. This battle allowed Vieg to access "Ultimate Cleansing", killing the planet and enslaving Sivor to become another Wraith.

Jouten Kirite
The main attacks of Vieg are caused by his katanas. His power and skill with them involve four stages. In the first, where his hands are completely relaxed and thus minimal power is used.

The second, he places his fingertips on the hilts. During this stage, he can create instantaneous blades of Light that travel along the the air and ground at super high speeds, not ending until they hit something solid and explode after slicing the target. In this stage, thin but durable walls of Light can be erected to immediately protect Vieg from almost any attacks. When they shatter, the Light explodes and injuries anyone in the blast radius, except for Vieg himself.

The third stage, Vieg actually wraps his hand around his katanas and unleashes the full brunt of his power. This can be used for any length of time, from one second to a full hour. He may draw the blades to use a full-power attack, then instantly sheathe them, reducing his power. He rarely keeps them drawn out, and he must be using the third stage to use his more powerful techniques.

The final stage involves Vieg reverting to his old elven form and completely synchronizing with his katanas, though this can only be done once. This increases his power a hundredfold, his Elemental strength almost near The Path, and can use any of his attacks without consequence.

Cleansing
This attack is formed when Vieg holds out his index and middle finger outwards. A small ball of energy is created and sent towards his opponent, but continously gains power and size the longer it travels. It will explode and destroy everything in a mile radius, including the oxygen and matter, literally "cleansing" the area.

Ultimate Cleansing
Similar to the Cleansing, it is much more powerful. Instead of gaining size in travel it molds itself to the planet, creating a portal for The Path to enter through, then engulfing it in an destructive ball of Light and cleansing the entire planet, erasing any trace. This usually creates a blackhole in the planet's place.

Pillars of Light
A collection of moves that were invented during Vieg's time in the Great Beyond, it numbers to at least 200 techniques that are only used by Vieg. They can only be accessed when he enters the third stage of Jouten Kirite.

X-cross Techniques
Another style focused on Vieg's weapons, these limited moves are basically an extension of the blades themselves, albeit faster and much stronger.

Paths of Enlightenment
Given to Vieg by The Path before he came to Earth, they are a type of summons, able to bring forth many different creatures and moves. There are at least 10 different attacks.

The War of The Path
Vieg and the other Wraiths arrived on Earth after the thirty year period, landing in Darien Farheit's mansion. He then injured Darien and declared war on the Lords, ordering them to surrender. When they refused, Vieg killed Darien with a blade of Light, piercing his heart. Neos then attacked Vieg, who didn't react as he was protected by another who mastered the Element of Immortality: Hinge, Neos' best friend. Vieg allowed Hinge to fight Neos before focusing his attention on Arikado Faust. The two traded blows - neither actually get hit - before Morito Casanagi intruded, forcing Vieg to retreat into an open area.

However, yet another Lord - Ignis Rakdos - arrived, and Vieg began to fend them both off with ease. When he decided to kill Ingis, he used the Cleansing to destroy him, but failed. They continued to fight, until Morito challenged him to a one-on-one fight, without weapons. Vieg complied, using Light to shield his hands and began the Tomoshibi Karasu stance.

As they began to fight, it seemed that the two fighters were equal in that regard, trading and blocking blows with extreme speed and efficency. Until Vieg destroyed the shell on Morito, the Lord's power rose significantly, overwhelming Vieg to the point when The Path ordered him to finish it. Before they continued, Vieg said to Morito, "I apologize, Lord of Earth, but I cannot abide by your set of rules any longer. It is clear that I am not your equal in this regard, and so . . . be your strongest now, so we may have a well-balanced fight . . . at least."

Morito refused to let his true power take on, and so Vieg attacked, goading him with both his blades, until Morito's godlike power was unleashed. Once they were finally even, Vieg tested Morito, attacking at any open spots. Surprisingly, Vieg was battered, as was Morito, until he noticed that his comrade Shura had failed. Luring Morito into the sky with the help of the earth, he used his katanas to unleash an X-cross Technique, called Sabers of Destruction.

Once Morito had fallen, Vieg continued on, briefly killing a few Angels in his way and attempting to kill Freya before Izar Neele, now fully recovered from death, protected her. As Izar created several energy blades of Darkness, Vieg was aware that his death would be near as Izar become stronger with each minute. He tested him by unleashing a Path of Enlightenment. It soon became clear that they would not be able to hurt each other physically, so they started a battle of spirits, focusing their strength on hurting each other's souls.

When Vieg had mentioned seeing Leon, he was surprised about how much longer Izar had spent in the Great Beyond than he had himself, and Vieg decided to use his final stage of Jouten Kirite. He managed to interrupt Izar's transformation, injuring the Demon; however, Izar proceeded to transform into a Dragonlord, the Black Dragon Kuiev appearing to fight against Vieg. When Vieg used tendrils of Light to trap Kuiev and attack Izar, the Demon changed again, fusing with the Dragon to obtain Dragon L.I.V.E. Armor

Izar was quickly overpowering Vieg, dodging all of his attacks and countering with his own. The ground began to shatter and split under Vieg, and attempted to stop it. However, he soon noticed who made the destruction: Morito. In a moment of shock, he was distracted and it allowed Izar to attack with a dragon made of Darkness. Vieg commented on the weakness of the spell, and used his own: 45th Pillar of Light: Charging of the Valkyries. The artifical sun dimmed three times, covering the earth in complete darkness before Vieg escaped the dragon, making his way into the air and attacking Izar, all the while summoning a silent assassin to attack from behind. One blade pierced Izar's chest, causing him to lose strength and faith for a moment.

Vieg watched Izar, frowning in disappointment. "I cannot believe it; The Master Path . . . was wrong. You are not even close to amount of power he has. You are not fit to fight him. No matter how hard you might try . . . you will always lose." However, he didn't expect Izar to gather everything he had in a Cero of Fate, striking Vieg and breaking his right arm. Izar then used a Cero of Truth, hitting Vieg in the chest and opening a large wound. As life fled from Vieg, he hoisted himself against Izar and whispered his last words.

"Heh . . . you may . . . be right, Demonic O-One . . . but the battle is not over. In fact . . . i-it's just b-begun. The Master P-Path created a DeathSwitch inside of me, only to be activated upon the moment of my death. Your world . . . is doomed..."

After Vieg's death, the DeathSwitch activated Krad's hidden form, The Portal, which began to destroy the city.