Clouded Horizons:Katanas DeValle

Katanas Terentius DeValle is the Overlord of the Nether Plane, formerly a championed Planeswalker of Aizen Sosuke and Trabia Garden SeeD Commander, in the Clouded Horizons series.

Katanas Terentius DeValle The Divider of the Azure Sky
Katanas in his office at Garden.
Character Profile
DOB:	{{{dobDay}}}, {{{dobYear}}}
Age:
Race:	Ancient
Gender:	Male
Profession:	Elemental Alchemist
Theme:	Every Story Begins With A Name
Artist:	Big Giant Circles
Garden Profile
Garden Attended:	Trabia Garden
SeeD ID Number:	51607
Highest Rank:
	Garden Commander Command Division
Planeswalker Information
Championed By:	Aizen Sosuke
Year Endorsed:	2142
Additional Information
Birth Realm:	Eighth Realm

Personnel Information

Biography

"My name is Katanas Terentius DeValle. I have prevented nations from starting war. I tread paths few dare dream, and fewer believe, exist. I completed my SeeD exam at a younger age than most are allowed to start. I’ve spoken with Authors, traversed other realities, and penned epics that make minstrels weep.

Perhaps you’ve heard of me?"

―Katanas DeValle

Katanas Terentius DeValle is the son of Darius DeValle, Sr., and Katal Corelia, and is the older brother to Revolver DeValle and Darius DeValle, Jr. He is a strong proponent of protecting the indentured and the repressed, often using his influence and extensive network of contacts to ensure that those who would take advantage of others inhumanely suffer a heavy price for it.

Throughout the entirety of the Dimensional Legend, Katanas has played a pivotal role in directing the key players throughout the series as if leading an interdimensional play where few of the actors even knew there was a script. He carefully influenced almost every single major event in Gaia from the day he became a Planeswalker, all for the ultimate purpose of purging evil from the entire universe to further Erasmus' influence in the metagame played by the Authors.

Once aware of the many realms there were outside of his own, he began to make contacts amongst other Planeswalkers, as well as suggesting to both Byakuya and Freya additional candidates from Gaia. Over the course of nine years, he had developed a large list of potential candidates, sympathetic, apathetic, and outright hostile Planeswalkers, and adjusted his plans accordingly. His friendship with the Vayash Moru Liam Bayloh would prove fortuitous, due to the vampire's unusually high moral standing, while his friendships with Ein Beoulve and Andréa Beoulve would prove essential.

Although his motives were pure, he often utilized a number of morally dubious tactics - not limited to going as far as making himself public enemy number one. Throughout it all, he maintained favor with the major figureheads, such as the Lord Sovereign, Byakuya Kuchiki, the Guardian of Creation, Freya, the previous Overlord of Unrest, Aizen Sosuke.

Over the course of the entire series, Katanas pushed events until they lead to the events of the Silent Line in his search for the one individual whose will was strong, yet tainted, enough to control the power of all 12 of the Zodiac Stones, becoming the very literal embodiment of every evil in the realm. While the revival of the Eighteen was not originally part of his plan, the resulting chaos was just the unification he was looking for, leading to the events of the finale and the final culmination of his long-term goals.

Personality

"There will always be an abundant supply of people willing to break the law, throw away their morality, ruin the lives of others. When will the scales balance? Will the scales ever balance? Perhaps not of their own accord, but what if someone were to nudge them just so...?"

―Katanas DeValle, musing to himself hours before meeting Kisara

"Should great people meet, they inevitably change the world; it’s simply their nature. So, to change the universe, one need only bring more great people. And, should those great people be in a short supply...well, why not make more?"

―Katanas DeValle, conversing with the Overlord, Xuvanti Aiden

Katanas suffers no false modesty about his capabilities; in his early education, he was an exceptional student and quick learner, and consistently made top marks in his classes. As a SeeD, he'd excelled in the use of alchemy, and became especially proficient in the use of elemental alchemy. He also trained in both classical and unconventional swordsmanship, was an capable marksman, and earned his instructor license with honors.

All of his achievements have also been to help propel him down a more difficult course of controlling the outcome of something larger than himself, and while he won't deny his own talents, this perspective has kept him grounded from becoming overconfident or careless. Once he became aware of the metagame and the Authors, he started taking more care in his actions, realizing that his actions would have consequences much larger than most people, as he was actively setting people up in high risk, high reward scenarios. He had to become as skilled as he was to be able to know the capabilities of anyone he met, to understand their strengths and weaknesses, and put them to their best uses.

In most regards, he is a patient, considerate, thoughtful person, on whose shoulders the future of a realm could very well rest, and that knowledge tempers his every action and his every response.