Ceris Voldigoad

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Ceris Voldigoad
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Japanese	セリス・ヴォルディゴード
Rōmaji	Serisu Vorudigōdo
Alias	Commander/Isis Last Voldigoad Misfit Demon King's Father
Biographical Information
World	Militia World Elenesia World (Formerly)
Country	Dilhade
Status	Reincarnated
Relatives	Luna Voldigoad (Wife) Anos Voldigoad (Son)
Affiliation	Phantom Knights
Occupation	Leader of the Phantom Knights
Physical Description
Species	Demon
Gender	Male
Hair Color	Purple
Eye Color	Green
Debut
Web Novel	Arc 6
Light Novel	Volume 6
Portrayal
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“	The dead have no need for names. Carve this name into your head as you perish. I am the commander of the Phantom Knights, Iseis.	„
	— Ceris to Graham

Ceris Voldigoad (セリス・ヴォルディゴード, Serisu Vorudigōdo^?) was the father of Anos' previous incarnation.

Appearance

Ceris Voldigoad is a tall, handsome man with an above average physical build. He has purple hair, green eyes, and wears a long, black cloak.

Personality

Ceris is a stoic man who dedicated himself to his mission of ending the war between the demons and other races as well as overturning the natural destruction of his world.

He would come across as ruthless to his enemies or those that did not know him very well, but it is shown that he deeply cared about his comrades despite his stoic demeanor.

History

14,000 years ago, in the timeline of the Silver Water Holy Sea, Ceris was active as the leader of the Phantom Knights, who was trying to find a way to avert the world's destruction or at least grasp hope of a new life for his comrades in the future world. To this end, he started working in a unique magic called Syrica, which would allow the person it is used on to be reborn in a new life. At some point in the past, he became acquainted with the Goddess of Creation Elenesia, whom he considered an ally in attempting to avert the world's demise. While investigating the movements of human soldiers, he came across and saved Luna Arzenon, who fell to their bubble world.

He offered to cooperate with Elenesia as her Selected for the Selection Trial in exchange for her cooperation in helping him complete Syrica, but she told him that completing Syrica would be impossible, though she did agree to assist him, as she left him a Selection pledge jewel and disappeared. Deciding to take in Luna, who had nowhere to go, Ceris resumed his research of Syrica as he knew that the destruction of the world was soon approaching and that he didn't have enough time to save everyone so he tried to apply it to the members of the Phantom Knights in order to reincarnate them and bring the spell to perfection. As the world was near its end, Luna urged him to use Syrica on her, as she believed that Evansmana, the Sword of Three Races, would sever the fate of the Phantom Knights' destruction and allow Syrica to be perfected and become a part of the new world's order, Ceris obliged and used it on her and then eventually himself. Due to the power of Evansmana, Syrica was included as part of the new world's order of the Four Fundamental Gods.

After reincarnating, Ceris reformed the Phantom Knights in the Militia World, and recruited all the members who were from the Elenesia world but managed to reincarnate, among them being the First, whom he took in after his parents abandoned him, as he continued to destroy malevolent demons and humans for the sake of the world. Eventually, he would meet the reincarnated Luna Arzenon, whom he saved after she and her family were attacked by a mysterious doll, which Ceris destroyed. Taking in the orphaned Luna, Ceris married her and impregnated her, thus leading to the conception of his child, which carried the power of the Voldigoad bloodline. After defeating and destroying the Hero Graham and his squad, Ceris lead his Phantom Knights to the Zeylon village where they intercepted the attacking humans, while a squad of humans was torturing Ceris' wife, Luna. Although the humans were defeated by Anos, Graham was able to mortally wound Luna before the Phantom Knights could save her, which lead to her death.

Eventually, Ceris would track down the location of a rogue human, whom he supposedly destroyed earlier, who revealed himself as the misfit Graham, and the one responsible for Luna's death. After Graham quickly eliminated the rest of his Phantom Knight subordinates (with the exception of the First), Ceris engaged him in battle, but Graham quickly took the First as a hostage, which forced Ceris to stop his attacks and allowed Graham to land several critical blows against him. Ceris managed to save the First by piercing him with Gaudgimon and anticipating the power of the First's source to transport him away from the battle. Due to being greatly wounded, Ceris made one last attack against Graham, in an attempt to destroy his weapon; the Disorder Falsification Divine Scythe Befenguzdogma, but was decapitated before he could do so, with Graham taking Ceris' head and using it as his own, thus assuming his identity.

After Graham teleported away, the Goddess of Creation Militia appeared and healed Ceris (including recreating his destroyed head), although he was slowly dying, as most of his source was already taken away by Graham, and Ceris could only short continue existing with his consciousness alone. When asked by Militia what he wanted to do, he requested that she remove Anos' memories of him from Anos' mind, as Anos was on the cusp of realizing Ceris' true identity and would be consumed by revenge if he were to find out his father was killed. As he revealed his true feelings for the first time, Ceris' source reached its limit and disappeared from the world.

Abilities

• Source of Destruction: As a member of the Voldigoad bloodline, Ceris possesses a unique source specializing in destruction, as he was stated to be the most powerful member of his bloodline until Anos was born. According to the Goddess of Creation Elenesia, his strength surpasses the power of the gods, as he was labeled a "misfit" that defied the order of the gods. The power of his source would further increase the closer he got to his own destruction.
  • Immense Magic Power: Due to his source, Ceris possesses a vast amount of magical power, which surpasses various "king-level" demons and even the gods. He easily defeated the Hero Graham with just a single blast from Ravia Neold Galvarizen, despite the hero being strengthened by Aske and armed with Lorostalma, the Sword of Divine Protection; in addition to having the Goddess of Barriers Rinoloros protecting him with a barrier powerful enough to survive the destruction of the world. Ceris was also capable of fighting on par against Graham, another misfit who surpassed the gods in power, and only lost because Graham took a hostage, which allowed him to land several fatal attacks on Ceris. According to Luna Arzenon, Ceris was as powerful as an inhabitant of a deep world despite being the inhabitant of a bubble world.
  • Destruction Magic Affinity: Due to his Source of Destruction, Ceris possesses great affinity for destruction magic. His signature self-developed destruction spells: Ravia Gig Gaverizd and Ravia Neold Galvarizen, have demonstrated immense destructive capability and even the ability to easily kill gods if they are hit by it, as they are comparable in power to deep magic of the Silver Water Holy Sea.
• Spell Theory Knowledge: Ceris possessed great understanding and knowledge in magic and the development of magic spells. He was able to develop Veneziara, a probability spell that was able to counter the Red Thread, a divine power of a Chief God from a deep world. In addition, he was able to develop Syrica, a reincarnation spell that allows the person it is used on to reincarnate, with the possibility of retaining all of their powers and memories in a new life, as stable methods of reincarnation are unheard of even in the Silver Water Holy Sea.
• Master Swordsman: Ceris is a very proficient swordsman, as he was able to wield his signature Heavy Thunder Sword Gaudgimon with great skill. He was able to fight on par with Graham who was wielding Befenguzdogma, and hold his own against him. He was capable of using the Hidden Art.

Magic

See: Magic

• Mauve Thunder Eyes
• Mauve Magic Eyes
• Gavest
• Ravia Gig Gaverizd
• Ravia Neold Galvarizen
• Vebzud
• Veneziara
• Nedneliaz
• Gijel
• Lynel
• Najila
• Syrica
• Guala Nateh Forteos

Equipment

See: Items

• Gauddigemon, the Sword of a Thousand Bolts: Ceris' personal weapon.
• Selection Pledge Jewel: Ceris uses it to summon his Selection God, the Goddess of Creation Elenesia.

Relationships

Anos Voldigoad

Ceris' son, but he was absent most of Anos' life. He saw Anos talent and power early, as well as his potential to unify Dilhade and lead it to a better future, so he left to eliminate any demon who could pose a threat to Anos' rise as the ruler of demons. While he appeared to Anos dozens of time, he appeared aloof and never revealed blood relation to continue his mission. As he perished after losing to Graham, he asked Militia to erase him from Anos' mind as Anos would seek revenge against Graham after learning that Graham had killed his father, and that would distract from Anos' mission to bring peace to the world. As he started to disappear, he revealed his true thoughts and admonish himself for not being there for Anos and that he was despondent that he couldn't do a single fatherly thing for him.

Luna Voldigoad

He loved his wife dearly. Their first meeting in the Elenesia World was tumultuous, after Ceris saved her from being attacked by the phantom beasts that came with her, as he initially called her a fool for keeping the beasts that attacked her. The two exchanged words, with Ceris seemingly being harsh to her, though the First commented that Ceris actually took a liking to her. She followed Ceris and joined the Phantom Knights, and developed feeling for him, while he seemed indifferent to her. Though it was revealed that he kept his distance as the world was coming to an end and he wanted her to save herself though she was able to notice that later. They were able to reincarnate in the Militia World and met again after Luna's parents were killed, with Ceris asking her to have his child. While Luna was giving birth to Anos, Ceris was on a mission and didn't arrive in time to save her as she died but was happy to have met him. While it seemed that Ceris initially didn't care about her death, it is later revealed that he always regretted not being able save and protect her due to playing the role of a phantom, showing that he truly loved and cherished his wife.

Aeges Code

Aeges was Ceris' right hand man and most trusted subordinate. Their bond was shown to be very strong in the Elenesia World, as Aeges was willing to willingly subject himself to being a test subject for Ceris' Syrica research, while Ceris' acknowledged his loyalty and resolve.

After they were reincarnated in the Militia World, Ceris once again recruited Aeges after he was abandoned by his parents and allowed him to join the Phantom Knights, with Aeges harboring a great deal of respect and loyalty to Ceris. However, he would often disagree with Ceris about certain topics, such as Ceris' seeming apathy towards his family, as Ceris would reprimand him about letting his emotions cloud his judgment. Ceris seemingly discharged Aeges after Bomiras revealed that he is the Netherworld King, thus violating his oath as a Phantom Knight. However, after Aeges went to help Ceris and the rest of the Phantom Knights against Graham and during their battle against him, it is revealed that Ceris was hoping that Aeges would notice his true intentions and choose to life his own life. Ceris saved Aeges by injuring his source and anticipating that it would warp Aeges away from the battlefield, as he told that in a peaceful era, phantoms wouldn't be needed but Aeges had a life of a king, thus saving his life from Graham at the cost of his own.

Graham

Ceris once destroyed Graham while the latter was still a human, as he pursued him after learning of his survival. While Ceris was seemingly indifferent about Graham killing his wife Luna, it is revealed that Ceris harbored immense hatred towards him but was forced to contain his feelings to avoid making mistakes.

Elenesia

The two were acquaintances and allies while Ceris was a resident of the Elenesia World, as Ceris had great deal of faith in her abilities as evidenced by the fact that he requested her help in completing Syrica. Despite Luna's worries about them being lovers, the relationship between the two was strictly a platonic friendship.

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Trivia

• Ceris was a resident of the Elenesia World prior to being reincarnated as a resident of the Militia World.
  • Elenesia also made a pact to fight as Ceris' God of Selection for the Selection Trial, similar to how Militia made Anos her Selected for the Selection Trial.
• Ceris is also considered a "Misfit" who defied the order of the gods, similar to his son Anos.
• Ceris' existence was unknown during the Mythical Age, as few were even aware of the existence of "Isis" of the Phantom Knights, let alone the fact that he was Anos' father.
  • "Isis" is one of the old words of the demon race, which means "commander".
• According to Luna, she couldn't feel any cravings from Ceris, as it is shown that he possessed such strong willpower that phantom beasts could not possess him.
• Ceris is the creator of the magic of Syrica, which was originally developed in the Elenesia World, but was able to become part of the Militia World's order upon the creation of the world due to the power of Evansmana, which was trapped in Luna Arzenon's womb, severing fate of it being incompatible with order.
• It is theorized that the reason Ceris was as strong as a deep-world inhabitant is due to his Source of Destruction working in conjunction with the Elenesia World's gradual collapse.