Relius Clover

Relius is a playable character and villain from BlazBlue. He is Carl and Ada's father and the husband of Ignis. He is a Colonel in the engineering department for the Novus Orbis Librarium, and works alongside Hazama. He is voiced by Junichi Sawabe in Japan and Travis Willingham in English.

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Relius is a genius alchemist known as "The Puppeteer." At some point before the events of Calamity Trigger, he disappeared without a trace.

Relius is known and feared by Tsubaki Yayoi and Makoto Nanaya, and he also seems to know and dislike Jubei of the Six Heroes. His son, Carl, hates him for what he did to his sister and mother, and thus spends the majority of his travels in pursuit of Relius. During Noel Vermillion's story in Continuum Shift, he tried to capture her to "examine" her, and he seems to have gotten a hold of Arakune at the end of his respective story, for reasons unknown yet immoral. He did not hesitate to attack his own son Carl when he encountered him.

His experiments include the creation of the Nox Nyctores Deus Ex Machina: Nirvana, which he used his daughter's body to create. He completed this project with help from Kokonoe, a fellow scientist from Sector Seven. His own puppet, the Fluctis Redacium: Ignis, was created from his own wife Ignis' body, who is similar in appearance to Nirvana, although she has a red dress instead of blue, human-like eyes, a more slender headdress, a top hat instead of a bow, and hooked fingers. He also seems to be responsible for the creation of Lambda-11 and Nu-13, as told in Lambda's storyline and the extra story "That Which is Inherited", and by extension, possibly the other Murakumo Units as well.

Relius is also seen working with Phantom and the Imperator Librarius. He is also working with Hazama to achieve his goals, which at this point are unknown. In the past, he worked with Kokonoe under a group known as the "Sin Architechts". During an wxperiment with Shūichirō Ayatsuki while using the first Boundary Interface Prime Field Device, they unknowingly created the Black Beast that was sent back through time.

In Relius' Arcade Mode story in Continuum Shift Extend, he runs into Hazama following his defeat by Ragna the Bloodedge (possibly in the true ending). While the two aren't antagonistic towards one another by their conversation, Hazama decides to fight him for an unknown reason. After losing, Terumi tells Relius that the Life Link between him and Noel is secure, along with talking about "Kushinada's Lynchpin." After hearing from Phantom that Ragna had defeated Kusanagi, Relius uses Ignis to rip out Terumi's throat and force his spirit from his body, an opportunity that he uses to infiltrate and disable Takamagahara. Relius stays behind and contemplates on the current situation.

In both his and Valkenhayn's Continuum Shift Extend Story Modes, it is revealed that he did not die when was swallowed by the Cauldron during his initial experiment with Terumi and Shūichirō. Instead, he was actually sent forward 80 years into the future, to the year 2179, losing his memory in the process. However, he gradually started to regain it over the years, stating that the feeling was as exhilarating as placing books back on shelves (a personal pastime of his own). After reuniting with Terumi, he continues working with him in secret, and during the timeskip to the present day meets and marries Ignis, which in turn leads to their children Carl and Ada's births.

Profile

 * Alias: The Puppeteer, the Mad Puppeteer, the Puppet Master
 * Race: Human
 * Birthday: June 1
 * Birthplace: The 2nd Heirarchial City of Iwatsuchi
 * Gender: Male
 * Age: 100+
 * Relatives: Carl Clover (son), Ada Clover (daughter), Ignis Clover (wife)
 * Weapon: Fluctus Redactum: Ignis
 * Hobbies: Research
 * Likes: Opera
 * Dislikes: Disorganized Bookshelves
 * Drive: Detonator
 * Over-Drive: Maxima Dance
 * Astral Heat: The Puppeteer's Altar