Graf Michael Sepperin

Graf Michael Sepperin (Count Michael Zeppelin in the English translation) is a recurring antagonist from Rosenkreuzstilette who is the former leader of RKS, succeeding Rosenkreuz, and the adoptive father of Zorne Sepperin and biological father of Iris Sepperin. He is an aristocrat who made a pact with the devil and commanded Freudia Neuwahl to lead a coup against the Empire in an attempt to destroy it and create a persecution-free world for Magi. He is voiced by Aigon.

Appearance
Graf Sepperin is a well-dressed man who wears a blue tuxedo with a blue cape and a red handkerchief worn on the neck part of his outfit. He has pale skin, white hair and red eyes. When he assumes his demon form, he takes the form of a gigantic blue demonic beast with red eyes and horns.

Personality
Graf Sepperin is an imperial nobleman at heart who is respected by many despite his frightening appearance and the darkness in his eyes that have gone unnoticed by others. He is a powerful Magus in his own right who promotes the ideals of a world where Magi can live in peace, free of fear and persecution, and is very protective of his daughter Iris.

Various Magi
As the leader of RKS, Graf Sepperin is looked up to as a father by the other Magi, including but not limited to Zorne, who, despite the absence of blood ties, admires him deeply enough to regard him as her real father and desperately yearns for him to someday accept her as his real daughter instead of Iris.

Iris Sepperin
Iris is the Graf's biological daughter, whom he loves and cares for with all his heart. In fact, he trusts her so much that he doesn't see the evil inside his own daughter, which was a fatal mistake due to his naiveness that got him killed by her. Despite that, he was brought back from the dead by her in Rosenkreuzstilette Freudenstachel, and he is still protecting his daughter; he is willing to protect his own murderer.

Abilities
Sepperin wields the ability to manipulate fire and shadows. He can release a trail of fireballs that travels across the floor, turn into bats and rush at opponents, and is also capable of teleportation. Sepperin can also create a large shadow that he can enter, from which he will transform into a huge demonic beast before re-emerging from a much larger shadow. In his demon form, Sepperin can spit fireballs and create many lasers that can obliterate their target instantly.

Early Years
When Michael Sepperin was young (and he wasn't even Graf (Count) yet), a man named Rosenkreuz gave his life for him and other Magi, whom the Church feared as the most powerful Magus in history. With Rosenkreuz's death, Sepperin and the Magi he was protecting were accepted as part of their military and became Rosenkreuzstilette, the "Blades of the Rose Cross", also known as RKS for short, and since then, Sepperin had not only became a Graf but had also been a servant of the Holy Empire. Eventually, he gave birth to his biological daughter Iris, who was born with every ounce of power and wisdom that Rosenkreuz had accumulated throughout his life.

Rosenkreuzstilette
A few decades had passed since RKS was formed, and the persecution of the Magi seemed like a thing of the past. One day, Iris came to him for help saying that Karl Palesch, an agent of the RKS Intelligence Unit, had made an attempt on her life. Sepperin had Karl imprisoned in the castle prison. Believing that RKS was the target of persecution again, Graf Sepperin organized a coup against the Empire with a mere moment of preparation and commanded Freu to lead the rebellion, which he felt was the organization's only option available with their current strength. Liebea Palesch, Karl's younger sister, was against the rebellion, and yet the Graf, while unable to persuade her to join the rebellion's cause, managed to avoid her becoming an obstacle by imprisoning her in the research tower while lying to her that the Empire had taken Karl captive and that it was hopeless to pray for his safe return. Sepperin also started using the forbidden arts, commanding an army of monsters, demons, and the undead, and even resurrected Raimund Seyfarth as a Grim Reaper-like wraith and had him guard the bridge to his castle. When Spiritia Rosenberg, having returned from her six-month training in the Black Forest under the Graf's orders, took it upon herself to stop her friends and colleagues out of refusal to join the rebellion due to condemning it and the sacrifice of innocent people alike, Freu reported the situation to the Graf, who decided to brand her as a traitor to the organization and ordered many of his followers to kill her.