Asimov

"Oversurge! Azure Striker! Burst forth and pulverize my enemies!"

- Asimov "BARK ALL YOU LIKE. THAT HUMAN FORM PROVES YOUR STUBBORN ADHERENCE TO THE OLD AGE. GAZE UPON ME! I HAVE ACHIEVED A PURE ELECTRONIC FORM! THIS IS THE ULTIMATE ACHIEVEMENT OF AN ADEPT WITH CONTROL OVER ELECTRICITY! I WILL PROTECT ALL ADEPTS MYSELF! AS "DEMERZEL". OVERSURGE, AZURE STRIKER... MY BLUE LIGHTNING SHALL BRING PURITY AND CLEANSE THIS WORLD OF ALL RELICS FROM THE OLD AGE!"

- Asimov as Demerzel. "With all of Sumeragi under my control, the world has finally moved closer to my ideal. But it took far too long. This peace was supposed to come on the day I was forced to kill our King and Queen — I had to wait and nurture a brand new lightning adept and Muse to take their place, you know? There's no point in hashing this out with you at this stage. We're just not capable of seeing eye-to-eye. So, there's just one thing left to do. A battle between the superhuman and the powerless — or should I say, Adept against Mino? That's how things are these days, is it not? Let's put it all on the line! This is our war by proxy!"

- Asimov in Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX.

Asimov, also known as Demerzel is the main antagonist of Inti Create's action-platformer 2D game Azure Striker Gunvolt, and the main antagonist of its alternate-timeline sequel Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX, which takes place on the bad ending of the first game.

Founder of a guerrilla group, Asimov fights for the equal rights of Adepts, humans born with different kind of superpowers known as Septimas, against the Sumeragi Group, guilty of unethical experimentation and almost slavery against them. However, in reality, Asimov is an extremely xenophobic individual whose wish is the complete eradication of all Non-Adepts by taking control of the Sumeragi foundation, goal that was achieved on the bad ending on the game. He is voiced by Masashi Yukita in his game appearances, and dubbed by Maxwell Powers on the OVA Azure Striker Gunvolt: The Anime.

Origins
Before turning into the founder of QUILL, Asimov was the son of two unnamed illegal immigrants. Originally, Asimov wasn't born as an Adept, but his genes were compatible with an specific and very rare special Septima, the Azure Thunderclap or Azure Striker, a Septima that allows the user to freely control the electrons and lightning in many forms. The first Adept to be ever discovered in the world in South America hold this Septima, and since then, the Sumeragi Group looked many ways to clone it and artificially create this Septima by implanting it to compatible individuals, with the intentions to mass-produce it for energy research. This project was known as Project Gunvolt, and thanks to his compatible genes, Asimov was taken from his parents in order to be implanted with the Azure Thunderclap, renamed with the codename Takefutsu. After many experiments, Asimov successfully deemed match with the Thunderclap Septima as expected. However, and unfortunately for him, he was too powerful that was unable to fully control his Septima, and thanks to that he was treated as a defective, being subject of different kind of horrid experiments as a lab rat. This is were Asimov grow a deep-hatred against Non-Adept people, blaming them for all the suffering he is subjugated too. Escaping after generating a blast of electricity, he went overseas and eventually founded QUILL, and helped another survivor of his experiments escape, a nameless child who became known as Gunvolt.

Azure Striker Gunvolt
Asimov is first seen guiding Gunvolt through a Sumeragi facility to track down The Muse. Although Gunvolt was dismissed from the group due to him saving The Muse/Joule, he and Asimov continue to work together to defeat the Sumeragi Seven. Once Joule is captured by Merak to deliver to Nova, Asimov launches a attack on Babel, the elevator to Nova's spaceship. After Gunvolt sneaks inside and defeats the leader of Sumeragi however, Asimov reveals his true desire: to destroy every non-adept. After failing to convince the fellow Azure Striker and his friend to rule with him, using Copen's gun (who he gladly attacked before the events of the story), he shoots both of them dead, with him only killing Joule in the original timeline. Although he tried to sneak back to Earth via Babel, Gunvolt manages to have a climactic showdown with Asimov, with Gunvolt being the victor. Asimov asks his foster son to guide humanity to a better future, and perishes.

Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX
However, in the bad ending where both Gunvolt and Joule die, Asimov takes the reins of Sumeragi, hiding under the alias Demerzel. Over time, Sumeragi's goals was completely changed, as they began to hunt down and slay non-adepts/Minos as the Sumeragi Institute of Human Evolution. Still latching on to the idea of a king and queen, he managed to find his quarry, the king as his loyal warrior Blade, and his queen as the Butterfly Effect, the alternate timeline's Mytyl, tortured for decades to help Asimov's schemes. At some point, he also ascended to become a AI.

After Copen defeated all six of his falcons, Asimov sends a myriad of Giga Lola's to speed up the process of humanity's extinction. Defeating one of them nearby, he goes into Sumeragi Building 13, Asimov's lair, to bring down the tyrant once and for all. Although managing to both beat him and his true form, it is Kohaku who manages who deliver the final blow to save Copen. With his defeat, Asimov's century long rein of terror at last finishes.

Mighty Gunvolt Burst
Although Asimov himself is absent in the game, he appears as a collectible pixel sticker, being available to anyone who can beat the game in less than a hour.

Appearance
As Asimov, he appears as a young man with white hair and purple eyes. He wears shades to limit his power, as well as a long gray coat, white pants, and black boots. When unleashing his power, his hair stands on end and his eyes turn a solid white.

As Demerzel, he appears as purely made of out of electricity. White and blue in color, Demerzel's eyes and hair resemble lightning bolts, his mouth a permanent smile, and various dark lines running throughout his body.

Personality
As Asimov, he originally keeps a professional aura during missions and takes his work seriously, with having little patience with those who disobey him. However, he has a misanthropic, fiery zeal to him, desiring to destroy everyone who isn't a adept. Despite this, Asimov does has some lighter sides to him, such as a interest in Japanese culture and his closeness to his team-mates, including being especially close to Moniqa, a non-Adept. It is unknown if said closeness was merely a ploy or not, however.

As Demerzel, however, his more positive traits are not visible, and he still desires the extinction of humanity. Over time, his psyche has weakened, becoming more insane as the time went on. He serves as a mirror to Copen in this state, as where he sacrificed his mind for power, Copen just made himself a cyborg, with his mental state intact.

Powers And Abilities
Being a adept with the Azure Striker ability, Asmiov naturally has the ability of electrokinesis. Being the one who taught Gunvolt the ropes, he also has many of his attacks, such as Voltic Chains and the Flashfield. He can also generate shockwaves along the ground. He also is a expert marksman.

As Demerzel, Asimov has lived for decades, and has access to more powerful electrical abilities (such as Crashbolt, Astrasphere, Luxcalibur, Grand Strizer, and Voltaic Chain Meteor.) and control over Sumeragi's technology. However, he isn't immortal, as if the three containers that can maintain his form are destroyed, he will die. In his first stage, Asimov can also throw knifes and summon drones.

Trivia

 * Asimov is one of the three known characters connected to Project Gunvolt, the others being Gunvolt and Nova.
 * Asimov was originally from America.
 * Asimov is the oldest known Adept in both timelines, with him at 24 years old originally and over a century old in Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX.
 * When Asimov is just about to shoot Gunvolt and Joule, he says "Hasta la vista, GV.". This is a possible reference to Terminator 2: Judgement Day, where the Terminator says the same thing to T-1000.
 * Asimov's Voltaic Chains is the most deadly normal attack in the series, dealing 350 damage. He is only beaten by Stratos, Nova, and Tenjian, who all have moves that instantly kill the player if they are hit by it.
 * Asimov's name derives from the science-fiction author Isaac Asimov. Demerzel comes from Eto Demerzel, a character in his Foundation series.