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| “ | Why should this old man make an exception of the humans and save only them? Why should I ever go to the effort? That is not to say I have an aversion to the act of salvation itself. But aren’t you disrespecting my existence as an individual if you demand I unconditionally save all of humanity? And if you wish to take a truly philanthropic view, then you must consider all life on the planet as equally valuable. When you view humanity as just one of many species, it is clearly the most sinful of the bunch. Kah kah kah. Bah!? Philanthropy!? Hwa ha ha ha ha ha!! How much wisdom did you draw on to kill the fearsome tigers and crocodiles for their skins? You say it is wrong to hunt elephants for their ivory, but tell me what humanity has done while this old man has slept!? Humanity has scattered its sin across the face of the planet, humanity has run around attempting to clean up its own mess, and after all is said and done, humanity has criticized its own actions as if that alone is enough to redefine the concepts of good and evil!! | „ |
| ~ Johann's rant after being resurrected by the Transcendents while impersonating "Christian Rosencreutz". |
| “ | Playfulness, whims, letting off steam – call it what you like. Kee hee hee. This old man is well aware how great a power I hold in my hands. So I will never blame its results on anyone else. I will not say I did it for justice, for an individual, to save someone, or even to save the world. With power this great, shifting the blame onto someone else could very well break them. No matter what anyone might say, only I am capable of bearing the burden of this power. And I wield my power only to fulfill my passion and my playfulness. Because that is ultimately the kindest option for the world at large. | „ |
| ~ Johann Valentin Andreae. |
Johann Valentin Andreae, also known as Christian Rosencreutz or CRC, is one of the overarching antagonists of the A Certain Magical Index franchise.
He is a German abbot who was the author of Chymische Hochzeit and the creator of the legends of Christian Rosencreutz, which influenced Rosicrucianism. Initially believing himself to be the forerunner of the movement, Andreae was overshadowed by his creation, which became more famous than him. After losing control of his creation and left in obscurity, he sought to tarnish CRC's legacy out of envy. He is Touma Kamijou's fourth archenemy as well as the arch-nemesis of the Bridge Builders Cabal.
Appearance[]
After being summoned into the world, Andreae appeared as an eighteen-year old young man with long silver hair and a beard. He is seen wearing a crimson red robe with a variant of the Rose Cross on it. He also wore a pentagonal pendant, with an emblem of red and white pentagons inside one another - similar to the one in the Rose Cross variant on his robes, and a red cloak with gold-orange lining.
Personality[]
Johann Valentin Andreae is a highly scornful, ruthless, egocentric, and deceptive individual who is extremely jealous of his invented character, Christian Rosencreutz, which became more famous and eclipsed him in the process. Andreae also hates the Rosicrucians for exploiting his creation for their own objectives and ignoring his truth. Due to this, he seeks to destroy Rosicrucianism by impersonating CRC and tarnishing the legends.
While posing as Christian Rosencreutz, Andreae displays a malicious personality different from the legends, in an effort to ruin his creation's image. He is extremely cruel, sadistic, arrogant, and hedonistic, displaying great enjoyment from the massacre he caused during his destructive rampage through Academy City. At same time, he is rather eccentric, showing interest in random things like a Gashapon. He also tends to refer to himself in the third person as "this old man". Like Anna Sprengel, Andreae gets bored easily due to his belief that things will work out in his favor and doesn't try really hard to defend himself or retaliate against his opponents.
In his youth, Johann was quite mischievous, initially creating the legends of "Christian Rosencreutz" as a mere prank to gain recognition. But, it would soon inspired the Rosicrucian movement. At first, Andreae thought that he was naturally at the center of Rosicrucianism due to it spawning from his writings. However, he lost control over his creation as it became more prominent and ingrained in the world's history. Due to this, Andreae sought to take responsibility for his actions and confessed to his lies. Despite his confession, he was ignored by the masses and the movement continued on, leaving him to be forgotten. Because of this, Andreae became resentful of CRC and sought to ruin his reputation by any means.
Biography[]
Johann Valentin Andreae was an abbot in Germany born in the late 16th century and lived through the first half of the 17th century. He would write a false book called Chymische Hochzeit which described the completely history of "Christian Rosencreutz", a legendary miracle worker and magician who traveled the world, healing people and gathering knowledge. These legends eventually led to the creation of Rosicrucianism and the Rosicrucian Order.
With this newfound success, Johann became highly convinced that he was the very center of the entire movement which grew from his stories. However, his own creation would later leave his control and become even bigger than him. Andreae then confessed that it was a lie, calming that the Chymische Hochzeit was written by him when he was fifthteen year old. He was ignored by others, however, with the Rosicrucian movement growing into something beyond him and later would survive in the modern era, despite Andreae's claim that confessing to the prank ended the dream.
Eventually, Andreae would grow extremely envious and resentful towards his own invention that eclipsed him, seeking to utterly tarnish the legend of Christian Rosencreutz that he himself had created.
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
- Rosicrucian Magic: As the de-facto founder of Rosicrucianism, Andreae has extensive mastery in the usage of Rosicrucian-based magic and techniques, mainly those derived from the legends of his creation, Christian Rosencreutz.
- Carbon Manipulation: Andreae's main offensive magic, which is described as a rehash of St. Germain's Chambord. He utilizes this to create "diamond bullets" that resembles a black coal the size of a golf ball which he fires from his palm. These bullets, though small, are highly destructive and lethal, able to take down a Transcendent-level opponent in a single shot, and moving extremely fast to see. Aside from the bullets, Andreae could use his carbon manipulation for other purposes, such as forcing an Anti-Skill officer to count on his fingers, crushing them in the process.
- Reanimation: By using his carbon magic, Andreae managed to reanimate the corpse of Alice Anotherbible to use against Anna Kingsford.
- Regeneration: Andreae managed to regenerate his severed arm by gathering nearby rubble and debris and formed a new arm with the command "Mend". This is described as repairing by creating something new instead of a resurrection that returned him to normal.
- Crystal World Map: Andreae can utilize this spiritual item to create a Miniature Garden, a model based on how the world Rosencreutz viewed, accurately recreating all phenomena, all things relating to the world's past, present and future, to calculate any answer desired.
- Red Elixir: Andreae could make several inorganic objects combine to create a giant doll by invoking the red elixir that conquers all diseases and manipulates lifespans. However, the doll was destroyed before it could do anything.
- Pneuma-less Shell: Like Anna Sprengel, Andreae is able to use the Pneuma-less Shell to produce random objects with various effects related to their symbolism. In Andreae's case, he can draw out the symbolism from items representing the oldest forms of types of death, such as stone tools, wooden sticks, uranium and numerous others. Additionally, Andreae could mass produce and remotely activate multiple Pneuma-less Shells at once by grasping a mother device with a ruby shine which corresponds to the female symbol of the red rose paired with the cross.
- Citrinitas: Andreae used Citrinitas to create a massive amount of yellow sand that dissolves and traps its victims into the sand as nutrients. Unlike the previous user of this spell, Darris Hewlane, Andreae doesn't use a spiritual item to activate the effects. Instead, he simulated rocking something and verbally invoked the yellow symbol which symbolizes transformation beyond decomposition with the role of fermentation.
- Clouds: Andreae is able to utilize the Rosicrucian symbol of Clouds, which are said to conceal wisdom and truth from those who are unworthy, to explosively discharge white steam and within the space covered by that cloud, not be hit by regular attacks even from point-blank range or with a dense scattershot filling the space (compared to trying attack the non-observable Schrödinger's cat). He was also able to use his control of clouds to disrupt that opponent's similar weather-based attack by blowing between two fingers to send one cloud at another, forcibly altering weather conditions and diverting a lightning strike.
- Spell of Rota: By invoking 'Rota', meaning wheel in Latin, Andreae produces a deck of Tarot cards that can be flipped around to indicate 'Taro', converting them into the 78 cards indicating the 10 spheres and 22 paths of the Sephiroth. Afterwards, a great beam of light is drawn from beyond the tree and projected from the center of the cards which was able to split apart the Dragon King.
- Eternal Lamp: An old glass lamp, based on the undying flame said to have illuminated the vault. The energy contained within the lamp is described as an inextinguishable light and just releasing a small amount can turn a soft glow into a crimson torrent of flames, which consumes all oxygen from the air and is capable of melting concrete.
- Red Powder: When Coronzon's wings caused the surroundings to blacken and rot, Andreae used a flask of red powder, which when scattered and invoked by the word "revolution", made the black vanish and the air grow clean, described as full of negative ions and like deep in a forest. If not contained by a sudden phase shift, it could have caused the city in the outside world to decay and be buried in nothing but trees.
- Carbon Manipulation: Andreae's main offensive magic, which is described as a rehash of St. Germain's Chambord. He utilizes this to create "diamond bullets" that resembles a black coal the size of a golf ball which he fires from his palm. These bullets, though small, are highly destructive and lethal, able to take down a Transcendent-level opponent in a single shot, and moving extremely fast to see. Aside from the bullets, Andreae could use his carbon manipulation for other purposes, such as forcing an Anti-Skill officer to count on his fingers, crushing them in the process.
Abilities[]
Gifted Intellect: As the inventor of Rosicrucianism, Andreae is considered Aleister's founder's founder's founder and his proficiency in magic far surpasses Aleister's to the point that Aleister couldn't intervene in a fight between him and Anna Kingsford, the latter of which had mastered the fundamentals to the point of surpassing mere experts and which Aleister could not defeat even if he used trickery, betrayal, surprise attacks, intrigue, and – when necessary – direct confrontation. He is heralded as a true expert and master of a single path, relying on nothing more than simple movements and standard symbols which is the true essence of magic that can serve as a critical last resort, dividing the world between yourself and your enemy and saving your life. The regular transcendents could not detect or understand the basis of his magic as it is fundamentally beyond their comprehension, nor could they defeat him. He was summoned with the goal of curing the world's disease of ignorance and managing all of the world's crises by optimizing society with intellectuals that utilize education as a medicine. He instantly developed a cure for an unknown toxin released by the Dragon Strike.
Equipment[]
- Rose Cross Sword: Andreae wielded a 1m long gold cross with rose vines wrapped around it as a physical weapon.
