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Avernus Diphda’s artwork for the “Journal of Legends and Origins of Desolation Alternative” is done. Here is a bonus for you; a brief summary of his character profile (The complete version will be in the main journal):

Name: Avernus Diphda (アベルヌス・ディフダ Aberunusu Difuda)

Story: Alternative Berseria The X (アルタナティブ・べうセリア・ザ・クロス Orutānatibu Beruseria Za Kurosu)

Race: Human

Place of Origin: Far-continent

Gender: Male

Age: 21(Before the Advent)

24 (Events of Alternative Berseria The X)

Height: 185cm (6′1)

Weight: 80 kg

Hair Color: Blonde

Eye Color: Bright Green

Blood Type: B

Skin Color: Light

Occupation(s):

Hyland Knight (Previous)

Prince of Hyland (Previous)

The Last Oracle of the Ancient Kingdom of Hyland (Shepherd) (Age 15 - 21)

Shadow of Calamity (Age 24)

Weapon(s):

Transformable Staff (Dreamshadow)

Elemental and Artifact Weapons (Amenoch Bow, Eumacia Bracelet, Phantom Blades, Blazing Whips)

Holy Sword (Caliburn)

Pistol (Siegfried)

Team Affiliations:

The Church of Hyland (Previous)

The Menagerie (Current)

Aifread’s Pirate Crew (Current)

Parents: Orphan (Adopted by the King of Hyland)

?????? ?????? (Real father)

Relationships:

Berseria:

Velvet Crowe (Love interest)

Laphicet (Protege)

Eleanor Hume (Squire)

Lailah the Pure (First Malak, little sister)

????? (????)

Zestiria:

Maotelus (?????)

Alisha Diphda (Descendent)

Lailah the Pure (First Malak, little sister)

Sorey (Far descendent)

(If)Voice Actor(s):

Mamoru Miyano (Japanese)

Johnny Yong Bosch (English)

Avernus Diphda ( アベルヌス・ディフダ Aberunusu Difuda ) is the last oracle and Shepherd of the Hyland kingdom. After six years of actively fighting the daemons of the far-continent and hearing about Claudin Asgard’s trip to his homeland, he journeys to the continent of Midgand in hope of finding a solution to the overgrowing daemon threat.

Appearance and Personality

Avernus has an attractive, well-proportioned, and imposing appearance. At first, he wears a casual traveler outfit. His hair is shoulder long and brown. After the advent, his hair grows down to more than waist-length. following the death of the code red daemon, Blackout by his hands, Avernus uses the black crystals that the monster made to store malevolence to upgrade his armor to increase his resistance to malakhim’s magic. Later in the story, he makes an oath to Velvet Crowe, which turns his hair blonde back to his original color, and he fashions his outfit with a mix of lighter white clothing with gold ornaments and color-changing feather earrings and feather hair bands. His attire, along with long, blond hair, is what future seraphim base their shepherd’s armatized form.

As an Oracle (Shepherd), Avernus placed people’s lives before himself. After a long and frustrating battle with daemons that in his eyes, went nowhere, he self-exiles himself to Midgand to pursue the legends of the Empyreans and find a permanent solution to the daemons. Later meeting with the Crowe siblings and feeling a close connection, their unjust fate drives him into near desperation. After reenacting his pact with his old friend, Tia, he wears the wolfskin and hunts with the pack, in the hope of not just for vengeance, but for Velvet’s redemption and securing his new family’s future.

Fighting Style

As an experienced Shepherd, he mastered several sword fighting techniques, along with using extreme magic to counter both exorcists/malakhim sorcery and daemons’ corruption. He employs a transformable staff called Dreamshadow, along with spirit swords called Phantom Blades and fire whips. After reaching his hand-to-hand mastery, he creates the ultimate but unfinished close fighting arte of Beast - Lion’s Howl at the age of 17.

After coming into possessions of the Empyrean’s artifacts, he learns Azure Assault and Earth Revolution from the subconscious connection with the Empyreans. Later in the story, he manages to find the broken and ancient holy sword of Caliburn, which Kurugane reforges it for him to channel his artes with Laphicet and Lailah. He wields Caliburn in a reverse-grip technique, similar to Star Killer (Galan Marek) in Star Wars Force Unleashed. Near the end, Zaveid entrusts him with Siegfried for helping the wind malak with Theodora and Aifread, until his quest is complete.

Trivia

Avernus in Latin means Birdless, which is why he couldn't pursue what he wanted in life.

He is named after a famous Earthpulse point in the far-continent where he was found as an infant. The place was considered to be a gateway to hell and underworld.

Avernus was brought up by a Malak nanny called Rosa. She was killed in a daemon attack, prompting him to pursue the daemon horde for a year, ignoring his duties as an Oracle to the people of Hyland. The malevolence in his heart subdued unknowingly by his mysterious malak and companion, Tia.

He wields an ancient power of purification: the Silver Flame, which the young malak, Laphicet, also shares due to being a part of Innominat. After some twists and reveals, it will be known that his connection to the Empyreans and Innominat is far from a coincidence.

He is Alisha's Diphda's fabled ancestor (The one she mentions to Sorey in Black Crystal Armor skit in Tales of Zestiria)

He doesn’t like Normins in general, especially Phoenix.

As Velvet Crowe is based on Morgan La Fey/Yomotsu-shikome (Hags of the underworld that devour anything/Therions in Christianity/And to some extent, Kushinadahime (The true hair princess and wife of Susanoo) he is based on Accolon of Gaul, Morgan’s lover from Arthurian legend, Merlin, and Susanoo of Shinto, the god of thunder and storm.

For reasons that will be revealed in the story, his power over thunder is tied to a well-known Seraphim.

The identity of his real father is a secret until the ending chapters.

Sorey is one of his far descendants but is the strongest in power relevance.

His look is loosely based on Alisha Diphda, and Usui Takumi from Kaichou wa Maid-Sama!

Avernus is responsible for giving Lailah her true name.

He is Lailah’s first true family member.

Please, do not use my art as a reference to Sorey. He’s neither him nor his armatization form.

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