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The Vatican

Leaders

Alessandro XVIII
Pope of the Catholic Church. Alessandro is a nervous and easily frightened teenager who lacks conviction and confidence in himself, and constantly looks to his elder siblings Francesco and Caterina for advice. Despite being the Pope, he is unable to make decisions on his own, thus he is essentially a puppet ruler. Towards the end of the series his eyes are opened a bit, and he gains confidence in himself. He then pledges his efforts towards a new world of peaceful coexistence.

Cardinal Caterina Sforza
Known as the Duchess of Milan. A woman of strong will and determination, Caterina Sforza leads the special operation group AX, a sub-section of the Department of Foreign Affairs. Her subordinates frequently solve cases that involve subduing or eradicating rogue vampires. She strongly advocates making peace with the Empire and the concept of vampires and humans co-existing together. It appears that she has known Abel for quite some time. (She joined the orden after AX was dissolved by Francesco di Medici. This part of the story is not in the anime.)

AX Agents

Abel Nightroad (Krusnik)
A Catholic priest who seems to be nothing more than a clumsy, absent-minded fool on the surface. In truth, he is a Crusnik, a vampire of extreme, extraordinary power, and is an ancient being, hundreds of years old. He is a vampire that feeds on the blood of vampires. But despite his strength, he adheres to a principle of pacifism and often refuses to outright kill his opponents. Abel is shown in flashbacks to have a hatred for humanity, but at some point that changes into his current pacifistic and peaceful outlook on life. He acknowledges having greatly sinned at some point in his life, though it is unclear as to what sin he committed, and much of his current personality is based on retribution for his sins. Abel has at one point referred to his Crusnik form as "a mark of his sins", though it is unknown what he meant by that. He has feelings towards Esther Blanchett, though they are more related to her similarities with a woman from his past. In his human form he fights with a gun that shoots silver bullets. As a Crusnik, is able to transform into various forms based on the amount of nanomachines in his body that he activates. In his higher forms he wields a huge scythe materialized from his own blood. In The Star Of Sorrow II, it is revealed that pre-Armageddon, Nightroad was Commander in the UN Air and Space Force involved in the "Red Mars" project.

AKA: Crusnik 02
Codename: Crusnik
Other name: -
Born: Created 2088 A.D. in London, United Kingdom
Ranking:Vatican Priest and AX agent
Power: Transform into Crusnik 02
Background: Abel was created in 2088 A.D. in London as one of the so-called "Test Tube Babies." There four artificial humans (Lilith Sahl, Cain Nightroad, Abel Nightroad, Seth Nightroad) were created to be in charge of the colonization of Mars after the Earth's population drastically increased. On Mars, the colonists discovered two alien technologies (the Bacillus and the Crusnik nanomachines), which they installed in their bodies: the colonists, the Bacillus, the Test Tube Babies, the Crusnik, since only their enhanced bodies were able to survive this combination. As the colonists returned to Earth, a war broke out between them and the humans who remained. Abel (hating the world for creating him and his beloved "siblings" as toys back then), Cain, and Seth took the Methuselah's side — while Lilith supported the humans' side. After she was killed by Cain (now insane after he had fused with the Crusnik nanomachines at 100%), Abel retrieved her body, and, in grief, brought it to the Vatican, where she was buried. For 900 years, Abel stayed by her side and wept, until young Caterina Sforza fled to the crypt as she was chased by Methuselah assassins. Abel, realizing that it was his task to continue Lilith's work and defend the humans, saved the young Caterina and chose to live on. He joined the AX at its foundation in May, 3055 A.D. Also, in "The Night Lords V.", Abel finds out that Cain is still alive. Near the end of the series, Abel is apparently killed by Cain. Father Tres later gives him Lilith's nanomachines, reviving him in 100% Crusnik form. Cain and Abel fight, but neither of them is victorious. During the ending credits, it is shown that Abel is indeed alive and is joined by Ion in his quest to kill Cain. There is a rumor about a Season 2 as well.

Hugue de Watteau (Sword Dancer)[b/]
Wielding a blade-staff as his weapon, Hugue can easily match an average vampire in a fight. He has artificial limbs that enhance his speed and strength. Hugue was a son of a noble family before he joined the AX. His entire family was mysteriously murdered and he has been trying to track down the culprit to seek vengeance. He has a sister who escaped the slaughter but she's missing currently, presumably taken away by the murderer. The weapon he uses could be considered a Shikomizue. He is shown to be a very independent person, and often leaves AX on a whim in order to track down vampires.

AKA: -
Codename: Sword Dancer
Other name: -
Born: 3032 AD in Antwerp, Four City State Alliance (modern Belgium)
Ranking: Former priest
Power: Sword art
Background: Sole survivor of Watteau family, the paramilitary clan which served the Dutch country for generations and which was slain in Bruges. A man with incredibly bad luck. His two arms are artificial limbs. He is currently searching for his little sister Anais (or Ana), who has been lost since the attack on the family, and hunting down his family's murderers against his orders, and thus searched by AX.

Kate Scott (Iron Maiden)
Sister Kate manifests as a hologram. She appears able to project herself nearly anywhere in the world despite the lack of a readily visible projector (i.e. when she is seen hiding with Cardinal Caterina in a closet). Her duties include relaying messages, gathering information, and most importantly, captaining the battleship Iron Maiden. She was originally from Albion (the series' name for Britain). Sister Kate is also famous for her herbal tea.

AKA: -
Codename: Iron Maiden
Other name: -
Born: 3031 AD in Albion (modern United Kingdom)
Ranking:
Power: AX battle airship - 'Iron Maiden II'
Background: Sister Kate is an actual living person. She is currently lying in a coma, but can physically move as the Battle Airship Iron Maiden II (after the destruction of the Iron Maiden I in a war against the RCO in Vienna). Thanks to the Professor, she can project image as a hologram. It has also been hinted in the series that a member of the Rosenkreutz Orden named Susanne von Skorzeny is responsible for putting Kate in a coma.

Tres Iqus (HC-IIIX, Gunslinger)
Father Tres is a battle android who wields two guns and works with cool, relentless efficiency, much like that of the Terminator. His functions are rather limited to combat situations and his vocabulary is devoid of emotion and genuine caring, saying things like, "Status report" instead of "Are you alright" and "negative" instead of "no". But there have been instances where he displays emotions. He is very loyal to Caterina Sforza. He is the third model of the ten 'Killing Doll' series androids ever produced. His gun fighting style is reminiscent of the Gun Kata used in the movie Equilibrium. He joined the order along with Caterina Sforza after AX was dissolved. (See story note above)

AKA: HC-IIIX
Codename: Gunslinger
Other name: -
Born: Created 3036 AD
Ranking: Priest
Power: Gun assault, tactical simulation
Background: Only known operational 'Killing Dolls' type mechanical soldier. Only ten of them were ever made. Created by the Vatican scientist Professor Gepetto Garibaldi and used in his attempted rebellion as weapons. Saved from destruction and recruited for AX by Caterina.

Esther Blanchett
Hailing from the city of Istavan (the series' name for Budapest), Sister Esther grew up with a nun, Bishop Laura (also translated as Vitez), who treated her like a daughter. When Abel meets her, she has just murdered a Colonel Lattikar to avenge Laura. A vivid, star-shaped birthmark adorns her side, marking her as the Albionian "star of hope" (Note: the name "Esther" is derived from the Persian word for star).[1] This mark later proves her to be part of the royal family of Albion, and she ascends the throne to become queen. She is shown to have growing romantic feelings towards Abel Nightroad, Abel also has romantic feelings toward her. for she reminds him of someone he once knew. She has also shown an strong degree of altruism (sacrificial at times) in a near romantic degree with Ion, though how she felt is very unknown and arguable.

AKA: -
Codename: -
Other name: "The Star of Hope" (as she is called by Virgil Walsh and Dietrich von Lohengrin), "The Lady-Saint of Istvan"
Born: 3045 AD in Londinium, Albion (modern United Kingdom)
Ranking: Nun, Currently Queen
Power: -
Background: Born as the legitimate granddaughter of the Albion queen, she was brought to Istvan shortly after her birth in order to save her from assassins. There, she grew up as an orphaned nun. Led the rebel troops against Gyula Kadar before his death, then joined the Vatican forces. Usually partnered with Abel Nightroad.

She is the daughter of the late Prince Gilbert that was assassinated just after she was born. At the time of the Star of Sorrow incident, she is 17 years old.

William Walter Wordsworth (Professor)
A professor at the University of Rome, Father Wordsworth often comes up with bizarre inventions - some of which work, others ending up as spectacular failures. He was originally from Albion and used to be Isaak Fernando von Kämpfer's classmate in the Londinium University. They were both expelled after working on a questionable experiment. He is often shown smoking a pipe.

AKA: -
Codename: Professor
Other name: -
Born: 3023 AD in Albion (modern United Kingdom)
Ranking:
Power: Variety of inventions, sword art
Background: A gentleman from Albion. His intellect is second to none. He used to study at London University and was one of the four prodigies of the university, along with Gepetto Garibaldi, Catherina Lange, and Isaac Butler. Framed by Isaac Butler, he was charged for a terrible accident that also killed his fiancee, and expelled from the university. He later joined AX and supported Caterina.

Leon Garcia de Asturias (Dandelion)
For killing his wife and 30 clergy men, he has been imprisoned. He assisted the AX with a case (in episode 7, Never Land) and has had his penalty reduced by twenty years. He carries a pendant with a picture of his daughter around his neck at all times, although her current status is unknown. He tends to fight with sharp throwing disks and a bazooka, and takes great offense at being called an old man. His daughter is in the Vatican's orphanage.

AKA: -
Codename: Dandelion
Other name: -
Born: 3031 AD in Hispania (modern Spain)
Ranking:
Power: Combat tactics, demolition specialist
Background: He used to be a decorated professional soldier from Hispania, but due to unfortunate circumstances he is now a criminal with a 1,000-year-long sentence. His sentence decreases with each mission he takes. He loves his only daughter more than anything in the world.

The New Human Empire

Also known as "METHUSELAH EMPIRE".

Her Majesty Augusta Vradica (Seth Nightroad)

The Empress of the Methuselah empire and is also Abel and Cain's sister, she sometimes disguises herself as a tea-seller and medical student in the human district of the capital city, Byzantium. Most of her courtiers and servants have never seen her before in all the centuries that they have served her, mainly due to the heavy veils she wears to cover her appearance as well as the use of a voice modifier. Though she does age, she still appears as a little girl at over nine hundred years old (compare with the Childlike Empress of Fantastica). She is in fact Crusnik 03 and is a capable fighter, if needed.

AKA: Crusnik 03
Title: Empress
Other name: Seth Nightroad
Born: Created 2098 AD in Quebec, Canada
Power: Nanomachine Krusnik 03
Background:The Empress of the Methuselah Empire (True Human Empire).

Mirka Fortuna (Duchess of Moldova)
Grandmother of Ion Fortuna and a faithful servant of the empress. She serves as Seth's decoy during an assassination plot, and holds the rank of Head of the Imperial Secret Council.

Title: Duchess of Moldova
Born:
Power:
Background: Ion Fortuna is her grandson. Keeper of Secret History. Known for her cunning and eccentricity. Augusta Vradica's most trusted person and double.

Ion Fortuna (Earl of Memphis)
Ion is very young by Methuselah standards, and is the grandson of Mirka Fortuna. He is ordered by the Empress to act as an Imperial messenger and envoy to negotiate with the Vatican. Initially, he holds strong prejudices against Terrans. After his acquaintance and growing familiarity with Esther, however, his attitude changes considerably. He harbors growing romantic feelings towards Esther, though these seem to be slightly one-sided. Also, through his experiences with the treachery of the Order he has a growing desire for vengeance, and eventually joins Abel in his quest to destroy them.

Title: Count of Memphis, House of Moldova
Born: 3045 AD
Power:
Background: A powerful Methuselah looking like a 13-year old boy (in reality, he is Radu's age), and so beautiful that he is often confused with a girl. He is Mirka Fortuna's grandson and thus of a high, noble family. Full of pride for his Empire and his race, he is supposed to take his grandmother's place one day.

Astharoshe Asran/Athrun/Asta (Viscountess of Odessa & Duchess of Kiev)
First sent to investigate an incident suspected to be connected to a vampire mass murderer and reluctantly partnered with Abel, Astharoshe is a no-nonsense, direct person who holds a low opinion of humans. After working with Abel, however, she changes her views and becomes his ally. She fights with a large rod that can extend on her command and fires massive bolts of energy from its tip.

Title: Viscountess of Odessa & Duchess of Kiev
Born:
Power: Spear of Gae Bolg (see Gae Bolg)
Background: Though only from a lower noble class, she is an inspector in the Empire and was sent after the criminal Enderles Kudza. On this mission, she got to know Father Abel Nightroad in Venice as she cooperated with him. This was the first step to peace treaties between the Vatican and the Empire, which is why she is respected by Augusta Vradica. A former red-head, the grief as her partner was murdered in front of her eyes caused her hair to turn white, except for one red strand on her forehead.

The Rosen∴Kreuz∴Orden (RCO)

Based very loosely on the Rosicrucian, as well as bearing great similarity to the Gestapo of the Nazi Party. They are the main antagonists of the Trinity Blood series. The Rosen Kreuz is a terrorist organization which consist of very powerful vampires, one powerful human (Dietrich), and a crusnik as their leader (Cain), they also seem to wear black outfits except for Cain. The Organization always remains secret and always manipulates people or vampires to do their dirty work for them. Their goal is probably World domination, since they seek to make a new order.

Mein Herr' Contra Mundi (Cain Nightroad)
He is the one who stands behind the Orden, lending them his nearly fathomless power. The motivations that drive him are unclear, but he is a being of destruction who, though not sharing the Orden's Biblical belief in Judgment Day, seems bent on the destruction of humanity and the world. In a flashback with Abel, when they were children (maybe young teens), he is shown at least previously holding an optimistic belief in the individual's ability to shape destiny, and change the world. His body was badly damaged by Seth and Abel, when they dropped him from a space station, and he seems to have difficulty holding his make shift body together. Towards the end of the anime series he hopes to take over Abel's body.He Does At one point kill Abel in the series, but abel is later revived. (Mein Herr = German for "My lord"; Contra Mundi = Latin for "Against the World")

AKA: Crusnik 01
Codename:
Other name: Cain Nightroad
Born: Created in 2088 AD in Berlin, Germany
Ranking: 10-1 'Ipsissimus, Order of the Rulers'
Power: Nanomachine Crusnik 01
Background: The second oldest of the Test Tube Babies, Cain is often seen as Abel's elder twin. He was the leader of the Mars Colonialization Project, called the "Red Mars Project". Apparently a gentle, beloved leader, he in truth was filled with a hatred towards the world for creating him and his siblings as tools for the project. At an accident on Mars, he was killed, but Seth injected him with the Crusnik nanomachines and thus saved his life. However, he fused with the nanomachines at 100% and thus gave up control to them, in order to get the power to destroy the world, since he had an inherently destructive personality and could not stand his hatred. In the war following the return of the colonialists to earth, he took the side of the Returners. As Lilith protected the humans, he called her for negotiations, but killed her instead, calling her a "bad influence" on Abel, since she was bringing out his humanity and convincing him that his hatred for the world was wrong. Abel then pushed Cain out of the space ship and into the atmosphere, burning him to a pile of ash. From this ash, Cain regenerated back to his normal form, and met Isaak Fernand von Kämpfer about 900 years later. Together, they took over the Rosenkreutz Orden, until then a small, insignificant organisation in Berlin consisting of enemies of the Vatican. Through Cain's and Isaak's charisma and power, the RCO grew into the world's leading terrorist organisation.

Isaak Fernand von Kämpfer (Panzer Magier)
An inventor of the Rosenkreuz Orden, he is responsible for making Cain's body (which has been permanently damaged by the punishment inflicted on him by Seth and Abel in the past). His power is creating an "electromagnetically accelerated cannon", the Arrow of Belial, which is a massive sphere of light that shoots a multitude of energy bolts at his enemy. Has gone by many aliases in the past. He is also shown piloting the Ord ship as he leads it in an attack on the city of Londinium. He is killed when the Iron Maiden destroys his ship. (Kämpfer is German for "Fighter", Panzer is "Armor", or "Shell", usually referring to tanks, and Magier is "Magician")

AKA: Magician
Codename: Panzermagier (German for "Armor Magician", sometimes wrongly translated as "Tank" Magician)
Other name: Isaac Butler
Ranking: 9=2 'Magus, Order of the Magi'
Power: Lost technology, summoning monsters from another dimension, several spells for attack and defense (such as Arrow of Belial, Sword of Beelzebub - where he cuts his enemies to pieces with invisible threads - or the "Asmodai" - an almost indestructible power shield)
Background: Most of his past and exact powers is unknown. He used to study at London University under the name Isaac Butler, and was involved in an incident which killed William's fiancee and led them both to being expelled from university. Since he met Cain, Isaak is taking care of his regeneration and is leading the Orden together with him, though his true motives are unknown.

Dietrich von Lohengrin (Marionettenspieler)
Also known as the Puppet Master, he has the ability to control bodies of both human beings and vampires alike, even if the person has already died. His favorite phrase is "Igne Natura Renovatur Integra", which means "through fire, nature is reborn whole" in Latin. Unlike most members of his order, he is a Terran, and believes that his involvement with the Rosenkreuz Orden has a great purpose for the world. He admits to being the creator of the Orden's foot soldiers, which appear to be vampire corpses seemingly reanimated by his puppetry skills. Upon failing in his mission to gain control of a rocket in Albion, Cain kills him towards the end. (Marionettenspieler means "Puppet Master" in German.)

AKA: Puppet Master
Codename: Marionettenspieler (German for "Puppeteer")
Other name: Dean Butler (fake name used to disguise him as Isaak's brother)
Born: 3042 AD in Germanicus (modern Germany)
Ranking: 8=3 'Magister, Order of the Magi'
Power: Wires that seal and control a victim's action and perception; He is also an expert on "Lost Technology", which is very rare in Trinity Blood universe.
Background: He is the only known human member of RCO. Dietrich joined RCO at the age of 7, and at the age of 10, he was already in a high ranking position. He is extremely beautiful, said to have the face of an angel, but the heart of the devil. Before joining the Orden, he grew up in a village in Germanicus. He was scared and avoided for his unusual intelligence as a child, and later shunned because of his apparent tendency towards evil. This was also the reason why his father tried to kill him one day. Dietrich thus killed his entire family and lived a life of terrorizing the villagers until he met Cain and Isaak. He is known and feared for his extreme sadism, and seems to be always bored, considering the world and people as his toys. He also appears to have a love obsession toward Esther Blanchett, telling her he loves her several times.

Radu Barvon (Baron of Luxor, Flamberg/Flame Sword)
As Ion's most trusted friend, he was sent to accompany Ion to negotiate with the Vatican. He was controlled by Dietrich von Lohengrin and worked for the Rosenkreuz. His first task was to kill Ion Fortuna (his childhood friend) of the New Human Empire and later plotted to assassinate the Empress. He possesses a unique ability to produce and control blue flames. His spilled blood appears as blue flames. He was 'killed' by Sister Paula but was reanimated and controlled by Dietrich. He was finally truly destroyed when Seth transformed into her Crusnik form and disintegrated his body.

AKA: Flame Sword
Codename: Flammenschwert (German for "Flame Sword")
Other name:
Born: 3045 AD
Ranking: 6=5 'Adeptus Major, Order of the Rose-Cross'
Title: Baron of Luxor
Power: Pyromancy
Background: A lower-class noble from the Empire and Ion Fortuna's former study-mate, Radu is part of the Empire's extremists movement and joins the Orden in order to cause a war between the Terran and the Methuselah. Forced to kill his former partner Ion during the mission, he fails and is killed by Sister Paula. His dead body, burned by the sun, is retrieved and repaired by Dietrich, using artificial blood and skin. However, this form is destroyed in the Empire by Seth. For one moment, short of killing Ion, Radu's old self returned and saved Ion's life.

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Kristen ran towards the church. She forgot to pray today which was very unlike her. She wanted to pray for everyone in the church and for all her friends. Even through most time she doesn't seem to have any. She sighed and quickly stopped in front of the church and dusted her dress off and slowly opened the church door. She sighed once more and slowly entered.

Kristen entered the church and looked around. She was the only one in there. Most to of the times she was. Slowly she made her hands into a prayer stance. She bit her lip and walked up to the front of the church and knelled down on the step and lowered her head and started to pray. She prayed for everyone. Even for people she didn't knew and just seen them walking past her the began of the day. She sighed and stood up and kissed the rosary on her neck and turned around. For some reason a picture of Abel popped in her head. She giggled softly because it was him tripping over his coat like always. A soft smile appeared on her lips while she started to walk towards the door of the church.

I would love in on this one. I just want to make sure that whoever does father Abel can pull it off. smile Heck! Maybe I'll audition for his part. Tee hee!