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Name: None.

Alias: The Guardian - Name given to the creature by Diez.

Age: Unknown. Also irrelevant.

Race: Unknown. Apparently some sort of extradimensional shapeshifter.

Physical Appearance: The Guardian has no default physical appearance; it is an incredibly powerful shapeshifter, and as such, can look like whatever it wishes.

Powers: As previously stated, the Guardian is a shapeshifting being that is currently under the control of the Dark Lord Diez. It has the ability to precisely mimic almost any material imaginable, and can alter any aspect of its own physicality at will. It even has the ability to increase or decrease its mass with complete disregard to the laws of physics. (The exact mechanics of this are unknown, but Diez believes that the creature draws on extradimensional sources to increase its mass, and exports unneeded cells to another dimension to decrease). It also has the ability to be separated into a seemingly infinite number of pieces and still retain full control of its abilities. It can mimic voices, animal noises, and even certain magical aspects of other creature's physiologies.

At the moment, Diez uses the Guardian as his eyes, ears, fingers, and mouth in the world, breaking off pieces of the creature, and shaping them into his likeness, and using his psychic control of the creature to speak and act through them, as if he were actually there. Because of the extradimensional properties of the creature, as long as a piece of it is near Diez, he can retain perfect control over all other pieces of the Guardian regardless of distance. Those properties also make it impossible to trace the psychic energy Diez uses to control the creature, as the singals he sends travel most of the distance through another plane of existance. The Guardian is a mid-level magical medium, as well, meaning that Diez can cast many of his spells using the Guardian's body just as easily as he could use his own. He cannot cast all of his spells, however, and is by no means able to transfer the full strength of his magical power.

For unknown reasons, whenever the creature transforms, it seems to produce a strange, black mist as a byproduct. The mist has no apparent adverse effects upon breathing. Whenever a piece of the Guardian is 'killed,' or subjected to an extremely powerful force which causes it to separate rapidly and lose energization, the cells will vanish from this plane, producing the same black mist, giving the impression of evaporating into the air.

Special Forms: Although the Guardian is capable of taking on nearly any form at any given moment, Diez has discovered that with the proper synchronization of his own psychic signals to the Guardian, combined with the proper energy level of the Darkness within the Guardian's cells, he can cause the creature to pull off a dramatic transformation, and assume a 'static form.' Or a form that is no longer malleable. When in these forms, the Guardian can no longer change shape at will. However, these static forms allow much more power to be channeled through the creature than normal, and numerous special abilities arise that, under normal circumstances, the Guardian would not possess. These special forms, while not as versatile as the standard form, are typically specialized for a certain purpose and are much more powerful than the standard form.

Unless otherwise noted, each transformation takes three turns to pull off, and two turns to nullify. They cannot be transferred to one another; Diez must return to normal form before transferring into another special form.

The Forms...

Asmodeus: In this form, Diez appears to be an extremely handsome man. A perfectly formed face, long, white hair, smooth skin, brilliant blue eyes. He wears no shirt, showing off his powerfully formed, muscular torso, a pair of low-hanging black pants, and black boots. He also sports two large, black demon wings on his back. His exterior appearance hides the corruption within, however; inside, he is nothing more than a huge gathering of various debilitating viruses and terrible poisons, all of which live in perfect, disgusting harmony within him. This form is primarily designed for speed, and physical combat. His weapons in this form are a number of whips which can extend and harden at will. If he wishes, he can channel any number of his viruses or poisons through the whips, to attempt to infect and damage his opponent, greatly decreasing their combat-worthiness in any number of ways. It is by far, his fastest form.

Beezlebub: In this form, Diez loses all humanoid characteristics, and becomes what appears to be a gigantic, fat fly. Sporting several sets of enormous insect wings, this is Diez's largest form. In Beezlebub form, Diez has the power to absorb all types of mana, energy, and chi attacks. He then channels the absorbed mana into producing any number of different larvae, smaller insects which have a variety of powers and purposes. This is the only way Diez can attack in this form, besides attempting to consume his opponent. All larvae produced are controlled by Diez, and are basically an extension of his will, so he can coordinate and wield them as a weapon, like a human would use an arm or a leg.

Mammon: Here, Diez assumes the appearance of a large, rotting corpse, cloaked in all black. The corpse is chained to a gigantic coffin, which can only be opened by Diez. Within this coffin, are untold numbers of enchanted trinkets, magical gems, and other suchlike supernatural treasures. Diez uses these various trinkets and jewels to great effect, reaching into the coffin and pulling out a random item, which can have any number of fantastic effects. The mobility of Diez in this form is extremely low, the heavy coffin dragging down the already weakened corpse, but the amazing powers of the magical items within the coffin more than make up for the weakness. The effects, however, are random, as in the heat of battle, Diez does not have time to rummage around in the coffin to look for the right item, so he must reach in and take whatever comes. (In other words, I use a pre-set list of effects, and use the Gaian random number generator to determine which effect I get). Because this form relies largely on luck, it can be either his absolute best, or absolute worst form.

Leviathan: The Leviathan form is a very unique one; Diez becomes a large, humanoid reptilian creature with a large number of bladelike scales which can be detached and used as weapons. This form is quick, though not as quick as Asmodeus, and very agile as well. The main strength of this form is in its special abilities; if Leviathan is able to consume even a small amount of his opponent's blood, he gains the ability to mimmick any special ability his opponent possesses. If one of the scales that he uses as a weapon comes into contact with his opponents weapon or item, it transforms into a fully functional copy of that item, possessing all the magical and unique qualities that the original does. If mockery is truly the highest form of flattery, then this form is the greatest compliment that Diez can give his opponent.

Belphegor: A very interesting form, when Diez assumes the mantle of Belphegor, he himself becomes a very small, very weak demonic creature, with no special magical or physical abilities whatsoever. However, around this tiny demon, forms a gigantic monolith of mechanical armor, possessing a large variety of missle weapons, turrets, energy cannons, bombs, mines, and any other number of mechanical weaponry. This huge armor is very thick, made of an unknown metal which far exceeds the durability of any known human metal, and appears to be exempt from the laws of magnetism. As if all this weren't enough the mechanical monster houses millions of nanomachines, near-microscopic mini-robots which rush to the site of damage and begin to repair it as soon as it happens. Belphegor himself is housed within this armor, and he commands it with his thoughts. A very good all-around form, it excels at ranged combat.

Daemon: Diez's 'strongest' form, Daemon is a gigantic, demonic looking creature with huge, bulging muscular arms, legs, and body. His strength is absolutely unreal, and is his only asset in this form. It is quite a magnificent asset, however. Think of the Incredible Hulk, put him on Galactic Steroids, and you have Daemon's strength level. He can smash the earth and create enormous shockwaves, he can hurl entire buildings at his opponent, he can punch the AIR so hard that it creates a shockwave of pure force capable of knocking down a house. He is also ridiculously tough and durable. Daemon has no magical potential whatsoever; he has no special abilities outside of his strength. One of Diez's simplest forms, it is also one of his most effective. Pure, unadulterated brute strength.

Lucifer: The last of the forms, this one appears to be an angellic being of pure light, with large, magnificent wings. This is Diez's most powerful magical form. In this form, he can cast a ridiculous number of spells from the schools of Fire, Ice, Wind, Water, Earth, Thunder, Holy, and even non-elemental spells. Because of his composition in this form, he is immune to normal physical harm, and can only be damaged by magical attacks and enchanted weaponry. This form is arguably much more powerful than all of his others, and as such, it takes 5 full turns to pull off this transformation.

History: The history of the Guardian is a mystery. All that Diez knows of the creature is that it was dwelling very deep in a cave when he found it. It was extremely vulnerable to psychic suggestion, and very simple-minded, enabling Diez to control it without much effort. At this point, the creature's own mind has almost been completely eroded away, and it now exists purely as a extension of Diez's will.